1999 CAF Champions League
# 1999 CAF Champions League

The 1999 CAF Champions League was the 35th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 3rd prize under the CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia on penalties in the final to win their third title.

## Qualifying rounds

### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Red Sea FC | 1–3 | Rayon Sport | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| ASEC Ndiambour | 6–0 | Invincible Eleven | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| USFA | 2–1 | Dragons de l'Ouémé | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| CD Elá Nguema | w/o | Santana FC | – | – |
| Telecom Wanderers | 3–2 | Scouts Club | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| SS Saint-Louisienne | 6–0 | Red Star FC | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| AS CotonTchad | 2–3 | Al-Mahalah | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Notwane FC | 2–4 | LDF | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Real Banjul | 1–3 | AS Kaloum Star | 0–2 | 1–1 |

* ↑ Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.
* ↑ Santana FC withdrew

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Maji Maji FC | 0–5 | Al Ahly | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Rayon Sport | 3–1 | AFC Leopards | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| ASEC Ndiambour | 1–4 | Raja Casablanca | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Djoliba AC | 3–3 (a) | Coton Sport FC | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| FC 105 Libreville | 2–3 | ASEC Mimosas | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| USFA | 2–6 | USM El Harrach | 2–0 | 0–6 |
| CD Elá Nguema | 0–9 | Hearts of Oak | 0–3 | 0–6 |
| SC Villa | 7–2 | Mebrat Hail | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| AS Kaloum Star | 3–6 | Shooting Stars | 3–0 | 0–6 |
| Costa do Sol | 0–1 | DC Motema Pembe | 0–1 | |
| Telecom Wanderers | 1–5 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| SS Saint-Louisienne | 2–1 | DSA Antananarivo | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Mahalah | 1–4 | ES Tunis | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Nchanga Rangers | 1–2 | Al-Hilal | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Vital'O | 3–2 | Primeiro de Agosto | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| LDF | 0–4 | Dynamos Harare | 0–3 | 0–1 |

* ↑ Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Al Ahly | 3–1 | Rayon Sport | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Raja Casablanca | 3–3 (7-6 p) | Djoliba AC | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 5–2 | USM El Harrach | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Hearts of Oak | 4–1 | SC Villa | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Shooting Stars | 2–0 | DC Motema Pembe | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 3–5 | SS Saint-Louisienne | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| ES Tunis | 8–3 | Al-Hilal | 5–0 | 3–3 |
| Vital'O | 0–3 | Dynamos Harare | 0–2 | 0–1 |

* ↑ The match was abandoned at half-time with the score tied at 0–0 after Shooting Stars FC left the pitch and refused to continue due to their team officials having been manhandled and assaulted by local fans; they were awarded the tie.

## Group stage

* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAJ | ALA | HEA | SHO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Raja Casablanca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 11 | Final | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Hearts of Oak | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Shooting Stars | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | MIM | DYN | SLO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 15 | Final | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Dynamos Harare | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 7–2 |
| 4 | SS Saint-Louisienne | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1999 CAF Champions League are as follows:

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hossam Hassan | Al Ahly | 6 |
| 2 | Ishmael Addo | Hearts of Oak | 4 |
| 2 | Aruna Dindane | ASEC Mimosas | 4 |
| 2 | Venance Zézé | ASEC Mimosas | 4 |
| 2 | Mustapha Moustawdaa | Raja Casablanca | 4 |
| 2 | Walid Azaiez | ES Tunis | 4 |
| 7 | Mohamed Gouda | Al Ahly | 3 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Osei Kuffour | Hearts of Oak | 3 |
| 7 | Kingston Rinemhota | Dynamos Harare | 3 |
| 7 | Ronald Sibanda | Dynamos Harare | 3 |
