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1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs final

The 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs final was the final of the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs.

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Asante Kotoko
AS Vita Club

4 5 | | Vita Club won 5 – 3 on aggregate | | Asante Kotoko AS Vita Club

4 2 | | 25 November 1973 | | Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi | | 38°C | | AS Vita Club Asante Kotoko

3 0 | | 16 December 1973 | | 20 May Stadium, Kinshasa |

The 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs final was the final of the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs.

It was a football tie held over two legs in November 1973 and December 1973 between Asante Kotoko of Ghana, and AS Vita Club of Zaïre.

Vita Club won the final with aggregate 5–4, became the 2nd Zaïrian club to win the cup.  ·  ·

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Asante Kotoko3 (1967,1970, 1971)
Al Ahly
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Kumasi Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana, hosted the first leg.20 may Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaïre, hosted the second leg.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Asante KotokoRoundAS Vita Club
Opponent.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Agg1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg1st leg2nd leg
ByeFirst roundBye
Al Merrikh4–11–1 (A)3–0 (H)Second roundMighty Jetsw/o1— (A)— (H)
OpponentAgg1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg1st leg2nd leg
Kabwe Warriors3–21–2 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsStade Malien7–13–0 (A)4–1 (H)
Kenya Breweries4–12–0 (A)2–1 (H)Semi-finalsLéopard Douala4–33–0 (H)1–3 (A)

1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).

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Asante KotokoAS Vita Club
GKJohn Botwe
DFDadzie
DFDan Oppong
DFBrenya
DFOliver Acquah
MFSamuel Yaw
MFKwame Nti
FWJoe Sam
FWEssien
FWGordon
FWMalik Jabir
Substitutes:
GK
DF
DF
MFIbrahim Sunday
MFLawal
FWAbukari Gariba
FWOsei Kofi
Manager:
Boakye
GKLouis Pombi
DFJoseph Lungwila
DFNestor Luyeye
DFMatondo Matudi
DFFlorian Lobilo
MFKondi Affa Luvu
MFLéon Mungamuni
MFJoseph Kibonge(c)
FWPierre Ndaye
FWJean Kembo
FWAdélard Mayanga
Substitutes:
GKAlbert Tubilandu
DFMusungu wa Musungu
DFMambwena
MFNgoie
FWRicky Mavuba
FWNsangu
FWGary Ngassebe
FWJean Kalala
Manager:
Yvon Kalambayi Ngoie
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AS Vita ClubAsante Kotoko
GKAlbert Tubilandu
DFJoseph Lungwila
DFNestor Luyeye
DFMusungu wa Musungu
DFFlorian Lobilo
MFKondi Affa Luvu
MFRicky Mavuba
MFJoseph Kibonge(c)
FWPierre Ndaye
FWJean Kembo
FWAdélard Mayanga
Substitutes:
GKLouis Pmbi
DFMatondo Matudi
DFMambwena
MFNgoie
FWLéon Mungamuni
FWNsangu
FWGary Ngassebe
FWJean Kalala
Manager:
Yvon Kalambayi Ngoie
GKJohn Botwe
DFDadzie
DFDan Oppong
DFBrenya
DFOliver Acquah
MFSamuel Yaw
MFKwame Nti
MFEssien
FWJoe Sam
FWGordon
FWMalik Jabir
Substitutes:
GK
DF
DF
MFIbrahim Sunday
MFLawal
FWAbukari Gariba
FWOsei Kofi
Manager:
Boakye
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