1997 African Cup Winners' Cup

The 1997 African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Étoile Sportive du Sahel in two-legged final victory against FAR Rabat. This was the twenty-third season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Forty-one sides entered the competition. Teams from Niger and the Central African Republic were disqualified because their federations were in debt to CAF. Club 'S' Namakia from Madagascar withdrew before the 1st leg of the preliminary round, Maxaquene from Mozambique withdrew before the 1st leg of the first round while Racing Bafoussam from Cameroon was disqualified for not showing up in time for the 1st leg. The last team to withdraw from the competition was Dragons from Zaire before the 1st leg of the second round.
Jomo Cosmos replaced Orlando Pirates, who were admitted to the Champions League for being the champions of both the league and cup competitions in South Africa.

1997 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesFebruary - 6 December 1997
Teams41 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions ES Sahel (1st title)
Runners-up FAR Rabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored173 (2.62 per match)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bata Bullets 2–2 (a) Kiyovu Sport 1–0 1–2
Awassa Flour Mill 0–5 Uganda Electricity Board 0–2 0–3
MP Tigers 1–1 (a) Eleven Men in Flight 1–1 0–0
Lerotholi Polytechnic 2–1 Township Rollers 2–0 0–1
Club S Namakia w/o Red Star FC — —
Renaissance FC 7–1 Akonangui FC 3–0 4–1
Sigara SC 1–3 Dynamos FC 1–0 0–3
UNB FC dq1 unknown — —
Étoile Filante dq1 Sahel SC — —
Notes
1 Sahel SC and Central African Republic representative club disqualified because their federations were in debt to CAF.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merreikh 0–3 El Mansoura SC 0–1 0–2
UNB FC 0–6 Julius Berger 0–3 0–3
Scouts Club 3–4 SS Saint-Louisienne 2–1 1–3
Red Star FC w/o CD Maxaquene — —
Eleven Men in Flight 0–6 Jomo Cosmos 0–3 0–3
Bata Bullets 0–2 Dynamos FC 0–1 0–1
Mumias Sugar FC 0–2 El Mokawloon 0–0 0–2
Lerotholi Polytechnic 0–6 Nchanga Rangers 0–1 0–5
FAR Rabat 4–2 Real Bamako 4–1 0–1
FC 105 Libreville 2–1 Progresso do Sambizanga 2–0 0–1
Étoile Filante 3–4 ES Sahel 3–0 0–4
ASFAG 0–2 Hearts of Oak 0–0 0–2
US Gorée 2–4 MC Oran 1–0 1–4
Renaissance FC 3–7 AS Dragons 2–1 1–6
Vita Club Mokanda 1–2 SO Armée 0–0 1–2
Uganda Electricity Board dq1 RC Bafoussam — —
Notes
1 RC Bafoussam were disqualified for not showing up in time for the 1st leg.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Julius Berger 0–2 El Mansoura SC 0–0 0–2
Red Star FC 0–5 SS Saint-Louisienne 0–2 0–3
Dynamos FC 2–3 Jomo Cosmos 2–1 0–2
Nchanga Rangers 2–4 El Mokawloon 2–1 0–3
FC 105 Libreville 2–2 (3–4 p) FAR Rabat 2–0 0–2
Hearts of Oak 3–6 ES Sahel 2–2 1–4
Uganda Electricity Board 2–3 MC Oran 2–0 0–3
SO Armée w/o AS Dragons — —

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
El Mansoura SC 5–2 Jomo Cosmos 3–0 2–2
El Mokawloon 2–4 ES Sahel 2–2 0–2
SS Saint-Louisienne 3–3 (a) SO Armée 2–0 1–3
FAR Rabat 3–1 MC Oran 2–0 1–1

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ES Sahel 5–4 El Mansoura SC 3–0 2–4
FAR Rabat 5–2 SS Saint-Louisienne 3–0 2–2

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ES Sahel 2–1 FAR Rabat 2–0 0–1

First leg
ES Sahel 2 – 0 FAR Rabat
Mhedhebi  40'
Ben Younes  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000

Second leg
FAR Rabat 1 – 0 ES Sahel
Chemmami  29'
Attendance: 45,000

Champions
1997 African Cup Winners' Cup Winners

ES Sahel
First title
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