1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs
# 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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 | 2–1 |
| Ground Force | 1–4 | Vital'O | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Mbabane Highlanders | 4–3 | LPF | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Petro Atlético | 5–2 | AS Tempête Mocaf | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Ports Authority | $w/o^1$ | USFA | — | — |

$^1$ USFA Ouagadougou withdrew on the morning of the first leg.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AS Bilima | 4–0 | Township Rollers | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| AS Kaloum Star | 3–2 | Real Republicans | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| OC Agaza | 1–3 | CARA Brazzaville | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 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 |
| FAR Rabat | 10–0 | Ports Authority | 8–0 | $w/o^1$ |
| GCR Mascara | 4–3 | Al-Ittihad | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Invincible Eleven | $4–1^2$ | Stade Malien | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Lions de l'Atakory | 0–4 | Hearts of Oak | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| SC Villa | 4–4 (a) | Al-Hilal | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Power Dynamos | 6–1 | KMKM FC | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Scarlets (Nakuru) | 2–2 (a) | Vital'O | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Stella d'Abidjan | 1–4 | US Gorée | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Tonnerre Yaoundé | 2–2 (a) | AS Sogara | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Zamalek | $w/o^3$ | Marine Club | — | — |

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

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AS Bilima | 2–1 | CARA Brazzaville | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| AS Kaloum Star | 3–3 (a) | 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 |
| Stade Malien | 2–3 | GCR Mascara | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| US Gorée | 3–1 | Hearts of Oak | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Vital'O | 4–2 | AS Sogara | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Zamalek | 5–1 | Al-Hilal | 4–0 | 1–1 |

## Quarter-finals

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

## Semi-finals

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

## Champion

* 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
* FAR Rabat First title

## Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mokhtar Chibani | GCR Mascara | 4 |
| 1 | Saad Dahane | FAR Rabat | 4 |
| 1 | Abdellah Haidamou | FAR Rabat | 4 |
| 1 | Abderrazak Khairi | FAR Rabat | 4 |
| 5 | Jesus | Petro Atlético | 3 |
| 5 | Gamal Abdel Hamid | Zamalek | 3 |
| 5 | Lahcen Chicha | FAR Rabat | 3 |
| 5 | Mohamed Timoumi | FAR Rabat | 3 |
| 9 | Mourad Belhadj | GCR Mascara | 2 |
| 9 | Mohamed Helmi | Zamalek | 2 |
| 9 | Nasr Ibrahim | Zamalek | 4 |
| 9 | Tarek Yehia | Zamalek | 2 |
| 9 | Abdelmalek El Aziz | FAR Rabat | 2 |
