The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

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1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 16 December 1973
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	AS Vita Club (1st title)
Runners-up	Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	142 (3.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chérif Souleymane (5 goals)
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The tournament was played by 24 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas	5–2	Mighty Barrolle	2–1	3–1
Kenya Breweries	2–2 (5–4 p)	Tele SC Asmara	1–1	1–1
CARA Brazzaville	3–2	Sports Dynamic	1–0	2–2
AS Forces Armées (Dakar)	4–6	Modèle Lomé	2–2	2–4
Fortior Mahajanga	6–3	Police FC	5–1	1–2
Horseed FC	3–6	Ismaily	3–1	0–5
Mighty Jets	2–21	AS Jeanne d'Arc	2–1	0–1
Young Africans	2–3	Al-Merrikh	1–2	1–1

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¹ AS Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Merrikh	1–4	Asante Kotoko	1–1	0–3
Kenya Breweries	4–3	Simba FC	3–1	1–2
Hafia FC	5–5 (3–2 p)	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	3–4
Ismaily	5–1	Al-Ahly Benghazi	4–1	1–0
Kabwe Warriors	7–0	Fortior Mahajanga	4–0	3–0
Léopard Douala	2–1	CARA Brazzaville	2–0	0–1
Stade Malien	2–1	Modèle Lomé	2–1	0–0
AS Vita Club	w/o1	Mighty Jets	—	—

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¹ Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kenya Breweries	1–21	Ismaily	0–0	1–2
Hafia FC	5–6	Léopard Douala	2–4	3–2
Kabwe Warriors	2–3	Asante Kotoko	2–1	0–2
Stade Malien	1–7	AS Vita Club	0–3	1–4

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¹ Ismaily SC withdrew after the 2nd leg.

The top scorers from the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

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Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Chérif Souleymane	Hafia FC	5
2	Laurent Pokou	ASEC Mimosas	4
3	Ismail Hefny	Ismaily	3
	Ossama Khalil	Ismaily	3
	Mayanga Maku	AS Vita Club	3
6	Roger Milla	Léopard Douala	2
	Sayed Abdel Razek	Ismaily	2
	Ali Abo Greisha	Ismaily	2
	Petit Sory	Hafia FC	2
	Bernard N'Guessan	ASEC Mimosas	2
	Ndaye Mulamba	AS Vita Club	2
	Joe Sam	Asante Kotoko	2
	Godfrey Chitalu	Kabwe Warriors	2

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• African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation