1978 African Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1978 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril - 10 December 1978
Teams22 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Horoya AC (1st title)
Runners-up NA Hussein-Dey
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored101 (2.66 per match)


Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Madina w/o Sodiam Sports — —
Lavori Publici 0-2 Al-Hilal 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
Internacional 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
NA 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 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
NA 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) NA Hussein-Dey 2-1 0-1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
NA Hussein-Dey 2-5 Horoya AC 1-3 1-2
NA Hussein-Dey 1 – 3 Horoya AC
Aït El-Hocine  54' Nfor  24'
Sylla  57'
Bengora  –'

Champions

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners

Horoya AC
First title
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