1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 22 December 1972
Teams	26 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Hafia FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Simba FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	154 (3.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Godfrey Chitalu (13 goals)
Best player(s)	Chérif Souleymane
← 1971 1973 →

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 was the 8th 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.

The tournament was played by 26 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time and the first Guinean team to win the trophy.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASFA Ouagadougou	1–4	Djoliba AC	1–3	0–1
Aigle Nkongsamba	3–2	Olympic Real de Bangui	3–1	0–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli	w/o1	Al-Merrikh	—	—
ASFA	6–2	AS Cotonou	3–0	3–2
Hafia FC	5–2	ASFAN	4–1	1–1
Hearts of Oak	w/o2	Abaluhya United	—	—
Majantja	2–11	Kabwe Warriors	2–2	0–9
AS Saint Michel	2–1	Young Africans	2–0	0–1
Saint-George SA	4–2	Lavori Publici	3–1	1–1
TP Mazembe	3–1	AS Police	2–0	1–1

¹Al-Merrikh withdrew.
²Abaluhya United withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	3–7	TP Mazembe	1–2	2–5
Canon Yaoundé	4–6	Hafia FC	3–2	1–4
Dynamic Togolais	4–5	Aigle Nkongsamba	1-1	3-4
ASFA	2–2	Djoliba AC	2–0	0–21
Ismaily	2–2 (3–4 p)	Al-Ahli Tripoli	0–1	2–1
Kabwe Warriors	5–1	AS Saint Michel	2–1	3–0
Simba FC	5–1	Saint-George SA	4–0	1–1
WNDC Ibadan	1–3	Hearts of Oak	1–0	0–3

¹ After the match had finished 2-0 to Djoliba AC, leaving the aggregate level at 2–2, AS Forces Armées (Dakar) refused to take part in the penalty shootout to protest the officiating; they were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–4	Simba FC	1–1	0–3
Hafia FC	4–2	Djoliba AC	3–0	1–2
Hearts of Oak	8–4	Kabwe Warriors	7–2	1–2
TP Mazembe	6–2	Aigle Nkongsamba	4–1	2–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hearts of Oak	1–2	Simba FC	1–1	0–1
TP Mazembe	3–4	Hafia FC	3–2	0–21

¹ TP Mazembe refused to play the 2nd leg contesting the eligibility of the referees assigned by CAF: TP Mazembe were ejected from the competition, and CAF awarded Hafia FC a 2–0 victory.

Final

10 December 1972

--:-- UTC±0

Hafia FC	4–2	Simba FC
Petit Sory 19' Souleymane 35', ?' N’Jo Léa ?'		Wandera ?', ?'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

22 December 1972

--:-- UTC+3

Simba FC	2–3	Hafia FC
Wasswa 74' Sukuma 88'		Souleymane 67' Tolo 69' N’Jo Léa 76'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 Winners
Hafia FC First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Godfrey Chitalu	Kabwe Warriors	13
2	Chérif Souleymane	Hafia FC	4
3	N’Jo Léa	Hafia FC	2
	Petit Sory	Hafia FC	2
	Tolo	Hafia FC	2
	Denis Obua	Simba FC	2
	Kamunda Tshinabu	TP Mazembe	2
	Oliver Musonda	Kabwe Warriors	2
	Boniface Simutowe	Kabwe Warriors	2