African Club Competitions 1964/65

  • Champions' Cup
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    1966


    Champions' Cup 1964/65

    
    Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over 3 zones:
    North-Eastern Zone:             winners: Cotton Factory Club (Ethiopia)
    Western Zone:                   winners: Stade Malien (Mali)
    Central-South-Western Zone:     winners: Oryx Douala (Cameroon)
    
    Real Republikans (Ghana) qualified by default as the representative of the host country.
    
    
    North-Eastern Zone
    
    Round 1
    Cotton Factory Club      Eth  Al-Hilal                 Sud      w/o
    
    Round 2
    Cotton Factory Club      Eth  Tersana                  Egy      w/o
    
    
    Western Zone
    
    Round 1
    Stade Malien             Mli  Espoir de Saint-Louis    Sen   4-0  1-1  5-1x
    Sily Club de Kindia      Gui  Invincible Eleven        Lbr   4-1  2-3  6-4y
    ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC  Etoile Filante           Tog      w/o
    AS Porto-Novo            Dah  [unknown club]           Nga      w/o
    x 1st leg on Apr 5, 1964
    y 1st leg on Apr 12, 1964, 2nd leg on Apr 25, 1964
    
    Round 2
    Sily Club de Kindia      Gui  Stade Malien             Mli   4-2  0-2  4-4  [2-3]x
    AS Porto-Novo            Dah  ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC   2-1  1-4  3-5y
    x 1st leg Jun 7, 1964, 2nd leg Jun 21, 1964, play-off in Bamako Jun 24, 1964
    y 1st leg Jul 19, 1964, 2nd leg Nov 15, 1964 (original 2nd leg Jul 28, 1964 was abandoned
      just before kickoff when AS Porto-Novo refused to play under floodlights)
    
    Round 3
    Stade Malien             Mli  ASEC (Abidjan)           IvC   3-3  6-4  9-7x
    x 1st leg Dec 13, 1964, 2nd leg Jan 10, 1965. CAF rejected a protest from ASEC against Stade
      for fielding players from other clubs; the rules of this tournament permitted the inclusion
      of former players who had helped the club to win its domestic title in 1962-63.
    
    
    Central-South-Western Zone
    
    Oryx Douala (Cameroon) qualified; they were to play the representatives from "Congo" (presumably
    Congo-Léopoldville) but it is not clear whether any matches were played or Oryx qualified thanks
    to their opponents forfeiting.
    
    
    The four winners qualified for the final tournament, held in Ghana.
    
    Semi-finals (Jan 31)
    
    Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 31- 1-1965
    Oryx Douala              Cam  Real Republikans         Gha   2-1x
    x Real Republikans were dissolved in 1966 following a coup in Ghana
      Goals: Walther Moumi Ebellé 63', Maurice Epétè 75' / Ben Tawiah 2'
    
    Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi, 31- 1-1965
    Stade Malien             Mli  Cotton Factory Club      Eth   3-1
      Goals: Salif Keïta 5' 54', Tiémoko Sinaté 50' / ? 68' OG
    
    
    Bronze medal match (Feb 5)
    
    Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 5- 2-1965
    Real Republikans         Gha  Cotton Factory Club      Eth   3-1
      Goals: Kofi Pare 57', Amusa Gbadamosi ~65', Charles Addo Odametey 79' pen / Abdelle 50'
    
    
    Final (Feb 7)
    
    Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, 7- 2-1965
    Oryx Douala              Cam  Stade Malien             Mli   2-1
      Goals: Emmanuel Koum 41', Walther Moumi Ebellé 65' / Tiémoko Sinaté 85'
      Referee: Anthony Arthur (Liberia)
      Oryx: Rodolphe Tokoto, Priso Dotélé Kuntz, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, Jean Moukoko, Emmanuel Koum,
            Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Maurice Epété, Samuel Essomba, Walter Moumi Ebellé, Colbert Kotto,
            Pierre Ekimbié Dallé.
    
    

    About this document

    Sources included: [Con 08], "La Part Du Lion: L'Encyclopedie de L'Histoire Du Football Du Cameroun", Maliweb (originally appeared in L'Essor), "Ghanaian Times", "Daily Graphic" (Accra), "Afrique Nouvelle" (Dakar), "Daily Listener" (Monrovia), "Liberian Age", "Abidjan-Matin" / "Fraternité-Matin" (Abidjan), "Ethiopian Herald", "East African Standard" (Nairobi), "Uganda Argus"

    Thanks to Luca Gandini

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    Authors: Eric Boesenberg and Neil Morrison
    Last updated: 18 Jan 2018

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