The 1998 CAF Champions League was the 34th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format. ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast defeated Dynamos Harare of Zimbabwe in the final to win their first title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
St.-Michel United Seychelles2–8Ethiopia Ethiopian Coffee SC1–01–8
Rayon Sport Rwanda6–1Burundi Maniema FC6–1w/o1
Telecom Wanderers Malawi4–1Botswana BDF XI3–01–1
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini1–6Lesotho LDF1–40–2
Mdlaw Megbi Eritrea0–2Kenya Utalii0–10–1
SS Saint-Louisienne Réunion1–3Mauritius Sunrise Flacq United1–20–1
Deportivo Mongomo Equatorial Guineaw/o2Republic of the Congo Muni Sport––
Wallidan FC The Gambia0–2Senegal AS Douanes0–00–2
Mogas 90 FC Beninw/o2Sierra Leone East End Lions––
Tourbillon FC Chadw/o3Central African Republic AS Tempête Mocaf––

1 Maniema FC withdrew after the 1st leg. 2 Muni Sport and East End Lions both withdrew. 3 AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC Ethiopia3–3 (a)Egypt Al Ahly1–12–2
Rayon Sport Rwanda3–3 (a)Tanzania Young Africans2–21–1
Telecom Wanderers Malawi2–4Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare1–21–2
Sunrise Flacq United Mauritius0–4Mozambique Ferroviário0–40–0
KCC Uganda1–3Zambia Power Dynamos0–11–2
LDF Lesotho4–5South Africa Manning Rangers3–31–2
Utalii Kenya4–3Sudan Al-Merrikh4–00–3
CI Kamsar Guinea3–5Tunisia ES Sahel1–22–3
Deportivo Mongomo Equatorial Guinea3–13Angola Petro Atlético1–42–9
Eagle Cement Nigeria4–3Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club4–10–2
RC Bobo Burkina Faso2–4Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas1–01–4
Dynamic Lomé Togo5–9Gabon FC 105 Libreville3–32–6
AS Douanes Senegal2–1Algeria CS Constantine2–10–0
Mogas 90 FC Benin1–6Morocco Raja Casablanca0–01–6
Tourbillon FC Chad1–4Cameroon Coton Sport FC0–01–4
Djoliba AC Mali0–1Ghana Hearts of Oak0–00–1

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC Ethiopia3–8Tanzania Young Africans2–21–6
Dynamos Harare Zimbabwe2–1Mozambique Ferroviário1–11–0
Power Dynamos Zambia0–4South Africa Manning Rangers0–20–2
Utalii Kenya1–1 (2-4 p)Tunisia ES Sahel1–00–1
Petro Atlético Angola0–3Nigeria Eagle Cement0–10–2
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast4–2Gabon FC 105 Libreville2–02–2
AS Douanes Senegal1–2Morocco Raja Casablanca1–00–2
Coton Sport FC Cameroon2–2 (a)Ghana Hearts of Oak2–10–1

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationDYNHEAESSEAG
1Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare631263+310Final—0–11–03–0
2Ghana Hearts of Oak631276+1101–1—3–21–0
3Tunisia ES Sahel6303117+491–02–1—5–0
4Nigeria Eagle Cement6204311−860–11–02–1—

Group B

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationASECMANRCAYOU
1Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas6411104+613Final—3–11–12–1
2South Africa Manning Rangers631296+3101–0—1–04–0
3Morocco Raja Casablanca6222127+580–12–1—6–0
4Tanzania Young Africans6024519−1420–31–13–3—

Final

Dynamos Harare Zimbabwe0–0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast4–2Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare
Camara 30', 38' Sié 43' Zaki 52'Phiri 60' Owusu 81'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1998 CAF Champions League are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1Ethiopia Aseged TesfayeEthiopia Ethiopian Coffee SC6
Morocco Reda EreyahiMorocco Raja Casablanca
3Morocco Mustapha MoustawdaaMorocco Raja Casablanca4
4Angola ZicoAngola Petro Atlético3
Nigeria MusaNigeria Eagle Cement

External links

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