1978 African Cup Winners' Cup

1978 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates	April - 10 December 1978
Teams	22 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Horoya AC (1st title)
Runners-up	MA Hussein Dey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	101 (2.66 per match)

The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Horaya in two-legged final victory against NA Hussein Dey. This was the fourth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-two sides entered the competition, with Sodiam withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Madina	w/o	Sodiam Sports	—	—
Lavori Publici	0-2	Al-Hilal Club	0-1	0-1
Simba FC	2-2 (5-4 p)	Saint George F.C.	1-1	1-1
Sucoma Chikwawa	1-2	Fortior Mahajanga	1-1	0-1
UDIB Bissau	3-3 (a)	Espoirs	3-1	0-2
Zumunta AC	0-8	Horoya AC	0-3	0-5

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Caïman de Douala	3-3 (a)	FC 105 Libreville	2-0	1-3
Inter Club Brazzaville	4-1	S.C. Alliance	0-0	4-1
KMKM FC	3-1	Simba FC	2-0	1-1
RC Kadiogo	2-0	Espoirs	2-0	0-0
MA Hussein Dey	3-2	Al Madina	2-1	1-1
Mufulira Wanderers	4-2	Fortior Mahajanga	3-1	1-1
Shooting Stars F.C.	3-4	Horoya AC	3-1	0-3
Zamalek	3-2	Al-Hilal Club	1-1	2-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Horoya AC	7-4	Caïman de Douala	4-1	3-3
MA Hussein Dey	5-1	Inter Club Brazzaville	3-0	2-1
Mufulira Wanderers	——¹	KMKM FC	w/o	w/o
Zamalek	2-2 (a)	RC Kadiogo	2-1	0-1

1:KMKM FC withdrew before 1st leg.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RC Kadiogo	3-3 (a)	Horoya AC	3-2	0-1
Mufulira Wanderers	2-2 (a)	MA Hussein Dey	2-1	0-1

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MA Hussein Dey	2-5	Horoya AC	1-3	1-2

MA Hussein Dey v Horoya AC

24 November 1978

MA Hussein Dey	1 – 3	Horoya AC
Aït El-Hocine 54'		Nfor 24' Sylla 57' Bengora –'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Horoya AC v MA Hussein Dey

10 December 1978

Horoya AC	2 – 1	MA Hussein Dey

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Champions

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Horoya AC First title

External links

Results available on CAF Official Website

African Cup Winners' Cup seasons

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

In 2004, the African Cup Winners' Cup merged with the CAF Cup to form the CAF Confederation Cup.

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