The 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs, known as Kwame Nkrumah Cup was the first 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 14 teams. They were split in 3 groups, with each group winner qualifying to the final tournament held in Ghana. Oryx Douala from Cameroon won the final, and became the first CAF club champion.
Preliminary round
Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over three zones.
Real Republicans of Ghana qualified as the host of the final tournament.
North-Eastern Zone
First round
| Team 1
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Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Cotton Factory Club
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w/o
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Al-Hilal
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—
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—
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El-Tersana
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bye
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—
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—
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Second round
| Team 1
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Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Cotton Factory Club
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w/o
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El-Tersana
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—
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—
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Cotton Factory Club qualified.
Western Zone
First round
| Team 1
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Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Stade Malien
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5–1
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Espoir de Saint-Louis
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4–0
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1–1
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Sily CK
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6–4
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Invincible Eleven
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4–1
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2–3
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ASEC Mimosas
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w/o
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Étoile Filante
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—
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—
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AS Porto-Novo
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w/o
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Port Harcourt FC
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—
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—
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Stade Malien won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sily CK won 6–4 on aggregate.
ASEC Mimosas won after Étoile Filante withdrew.
AS Porto-Novo won after Port Harcourt FC withdrew.
Second round
As the aggregate finished 4–4, a replay was required.
Stade Malien qualified.
ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on aggregate.
Third round
Stade Malien won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified.
Central-South-Western Zone
| Team 1
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Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score
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Team 2
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Oryx Douala
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5–4
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CS Imana
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3–2
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2–2
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Oryx Douala won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified.
Final tournament
The final tournament was held in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana.
| Semi-finals | | Final |
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| 31 January – Accra | | |
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| Real Republicans | 1 |
| 7 February – Accra |
| Oryx Douala | 2
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| Oryx Douala | 2 |
| 4 February – Kumasi |
| | Stade Malien | 1
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| Cotton Factory Club | 1 |
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| Stade Malien | 3
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| Third-place match |
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| 5 February – Accra |
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| Real Republicans | 3 |
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| Cotton Factory Club | 1
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Semi-finals
Bronze-medal match
Final
Champion
1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs Oryx Douala First Title
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Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:
External links
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| Regional |
- UNAF
- Kagame Interclub Cup
- Defunct
- North African Cup of Champions
- North African Cup Winners Cup
- North African Super Cup
- WAFU
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Europe & South America |
- Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
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- Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
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| Domestic leagues |
- Algeria
- Cameroon
- Libya
- Senegal
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| CAF competitions | |
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African Champion Clubs' Cup era, 1964–1996 | | Seasons | |
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| Finals |
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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CAF Champions League era, 1997–present | | Seasons | |
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- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
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- Finals
- Records and statistics
- Winning managers
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