1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	37 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	FAR Rabat (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Bilima
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	170 (2.62 per match)
Best player	Mohamed Timoumi

The 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 21st 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.

37 teams played in the tournament. The tournament consisted of six rounds of two-legged matches. FAR Rabat from Morocco won the final and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Garde Nationale	3-1	Sporting de Bissau	1-0	2-2
Ground Force	1-4	Vital'O	1-2	0-2
Petro Atlético	5-2	AS Tempête Mocaf	4-1	1-1
Ports Authority	w/o	ASFA Ouagadougou	1

¹ ASFA Ouagadougou withdrew after the first leg.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	4-0	Township Rollers	3-0	1-0
Lions de l'Atakory	0-4	Hearts of Oak	0-1	0-3
Stella d'Abidjan	1-4	US Gorée	1-1	0-3
Scarlets (Nakuru)	2-2	Vital'O	2-1	0-1
Nakivubo Villa SC	4-4	Al-Hilal Club	4-2	0-2
Tonnerre Yaoundé	2-2	AS Sogara	2-1	0-1
AS Kaloum Star	3-2	Real Republicans	1-0	2-2
Black Rhinos	4-1	Mbabane Highlanders	1-0	3-1
CA Bizertin	2-1	ASC Garde Nationale	1-0	1-1
Enugu Rangers	4-1	Petro Atlético	2-0	2-1
GCR Mascara	4-3	Al-Ittihad	4-0	0-3
Power Dynamos	6-1	KMKM FC	4-0	2-1
FAR Rabat	10-0	Ports Authority	8-0	2-0^1
Zamalek SC	w/o	Marine Club FC	^2
OC Agaza	1-3	CARA Brazzaville	0-1	1-2
Invincible Eleven	4-1^3	Stade Malien	3-0	1-1

¹ Ports Authority withdrew after the first leg.
² Marine Club FC withdrew.
³ Invincible Eleven were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	2-1	CARA Brazzaville	1-1	1-0
US Gorée	3-1	Hearts of Oak	3-0	0-1
Vital'O	4-2	AS Sogara	3-1	1-1
AS Kaloum Star	3-3	Enugu Rangers	2-0	1-3
CA Bizertin	2-4	FAR Rabat	1-4	1-0
Power Dynamos	1-3	Black Rhinos	0-2	1-1
Zamalek SC	5-1	Al-Hilal Club	4-0	1-1
Stade Malien	2-3	GCR Mascara	2-0	0-3

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
GCR Mascara	0-3	AS Bilima	0-0	0-3
Vital'O	3-5	Zamalek SC	1-0	2-5
FAR Rabat	3-3 (3-1 p)	AS Kaloum Star	3-0	0-3
Black Rhinos	2-3	US Gorée	2-0	0-3

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zamalek SC	1-1 (3-4 p)	FAR Rabat	1-0	0-1
AS Bilima	2-1	US Gorée	2-0	0-1

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAR Rabat	6-3	AS Bilima	5-2	1-1

Champion

1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
FAR Rabat First title

References

• RSSSF.com