1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	JE Tizi Ouzou (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Vita Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played	53
Goals scored	145 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mahmoud El Khatib (6 goals)

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1981 was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that years club champion of association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 31 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. JE Tizi Ouzou from Algeria won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	3–1	Starlight Banjul	2–1	1–0
OC Agaza	w/o1	Benfica de Bissau	—	—
Al Ahly	4–2	Abaluhya FC	3–1	1–1
Al Ahli Tripoli	1–2	JE Tizi Ouzou	0–0	1–2
Asante Kotoko	4–1	Invincible Eleven	3–0	1–1
Dynamos FC	6–1	Linare FC	5–0	1–1
East End Lions	1–2	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	1–1	0–1
Horseed FC	w/o2	Simba SC	—	—
MMM Tamatave	2–6	Costa do Sol	2–4	0–2
USM Nziami	1–1 (4–2 p)	Real Bamako	1–0	0–1
Nchanga Rangers	5–0	Mbabane Highlanders	1–0	4–0
Nile Breweries	4–1	TP USCA Bangui	2–1	w/o3
Primeiro de Agosto	2–3	AS Vita Club	1–1	1–2
SEIB Diourbel	3–3 (3–4 p)	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	1–2
Shooting Stars	7–3	Township Rollers	7–1	0–2

¹ Benfica de Bissau withdrew.
² Simba SC withdrew.
³ TP USCA Bangui failed to appear for the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	2–4	AS Kaloum Star	1–0	1–3
Canon Yaoundé	1–3	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	1–3
Costa do Sol	2–6	Nchanga Rangers	1–3	1–3
Horseed FC	1–4	JE Tizi Ouzou	1–2	w/o1
USM Nziami	2-1	OC Agaza	2–0	0–1
Nile Breweries	2–5	Al Ahly	2–0	0–5
Shooting Stars	1–5	Dynamos FC	1–2	0–3
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	3–4	AS Vita Club	0–1	3–3

¹ Horseed FC withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	4–2	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	2–1
JE Tizi Ouzou	5–2	Dynamos FC	3–0	2–2
USM Nziami	1–4	Al Ahly	1–1	0–3
AS Vita Club	4–3	Nchanga Rangers	4–1	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JE Tizi Ouzou	w/o1	Al Ahly	—	—
AS Vita Club	1–0	AS Kaloum Star	1–0	0–0

¹ Al Ahly were forced to withdraw due to the political and security situation in Egypt following the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Final

27 November 1981

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JE Tizi Ouzou	4–0	AS Vita Club
Bahbouh 16', 38' Belahcène 56' Larbes 65' (pen.)

1st November Stadium, Tizi Ouzou

Attendance: 20 000

Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

13 December 1981

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AS Vita Club	0–1	JE Tizi Ouzou
		Belahcène 49'

20 May Stadium, Kinshasa

Attendance: 30 000

Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)

Champion

1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
JE Tizi Ouzou First title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mahmoud El Khatib	Al Ahly	6
2	Ali Belahcène	JE Tizi Ouzou	5
3	Mohamed Abbas	Al Ahly	4
4	Lyès Bahbouh	JE Tizi Ouzou	3
5	Bobo	AS Vita Club	2
	Mostafa Younis	Al Ahly	2
	Lucien Kassi-Kouadio	ASEC Mimosas	2

Notification

JE Tizi Ouzou (Jeunesse Eléctronique de Tizi Ouzou) are now called JS Kabylie (Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie).

References

• 1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs - rsssf.com