1987 African Cup Winners' Cup

1987 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril - 5 December 1987
Teams35 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsKenya Gor Mahia (1st title)
Runners-upTunisia Espérance
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored140 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kenya Peter Dawo (10 goals)
1986
1988

The 1987 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Gor Mahia in two-legged final victory against Espérance Sportive de Tunis. This was the thirteenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-five sides entered the competition, with Libya F.C. disqualified before the 1st leg of the preliminary round, Real Republicans withdrawing before the 1st leg of the same round and finally, Ela Nguema and SC de Bafatá withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lesotho Defence Force FC Lesotho 2-21 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 1-1 1-1
Stade Malien Mali 2 Sierra Leone Real Republicans w/o w/o
Libya FC Libya 3 Guinea-Bissau SC de Bafatá w/o w/o

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abiola Babes Nigeria 1 Equatorial Guinea CD Elá Nguema w/o w/o
Al-Merrikh Sudan 3-0 Uganda Blue Bats FC 1-0 2-0
Olympique Kakandé Guinea 1-7 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 0-3 1-4
AS Douanes Senegal 3-4 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2-0 1-4
Estrela Vermelha Mozambique 0-4 Zambia Nchanga Rangers 0-1 0-3
ASC Garde Nationale Mauritania 1-7 Tunisia Espérance 1-3 0-4
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 1-12 Tanzania Miembeni S.C. 1-0 0-1
Inter Luanda Angola 1-3 Burundi Vital'O 1-1 0-2
LPRC Oilers Liberia 1-13 Togo Entente II 1-1 0-0
Marine Club FC Somalia 0-5 Kenya Gor Mahia 0-2 0-3
Mukura Victory Sports FC Rwanda 1-6 Egypt Al-Tersana 1-1 0-5
Okwahu United Ghana 3-1 Zaire AS Kalamu 2-0 1-1
Lesotho Defence Force FC Lesotho 3-4 Madagascar Fortior Mahajanga 3-2 0-2
Rail Douala Cameroon 1-2 Gabon USM Libreville 1-0 0-2
Stade Malien Mali 0-5 Morocco FAR Rabat 0-1 0-4
WKF Collo Algeria 4 Guinea-Bissau SC de Bafatá w/o w/o
  • 1: Elá Nguema withdrew
  • 2: Miembeni won 5-2 PSO.
  • 3: Entente II won on away goals.
  • 4: SC de Bafatá withdrew.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abiola Babes Nigeria 2-21 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2-0 0-2
Al-Merrikh Sudan 1-12 Kenya Gor Mahia 1-1 0-0
Al-Tersana Egypt 0-2 Tunisia Espérance 0-0 0-2
Dragons de l'Ouémé Benin 1-13 Gabon USM Libreville 1-0 0-1
Entente II Togo 2-0 Ghana Okwahu United 2-0 0-0
Fortior Mahajanga Madagascar 3-4 Zambia Nchanga Rangers 2-2 1-2
Miembeni S.C. Tanzania 1-4 Burundi Vital'O 0-1 1-3
WKF Collo Algeria 4-7 Morocco FAR Rabat 3-2 1-5
  • 1: Abiola Babes won 4-2 PSO
  • 2: Gor Mahia won on away goals.
  • 3: Dragons de l'Ouémé won 4-2 PSO.

Quarter finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dragons de l'Ouémé Benin 2-1 Burundi Vital'O 2-0 0-1
FAR Rabat Morocco 2-3 Tunisia Espérance 1-0 1-3
Gor Mahia Kenya 4-1 Togo Entente II 4-1 0-0
Nchanga Rangers Zambia 2-3 Nigeria Abiola Babes 1-1 1-2

Semi finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abiola Babes Nigeria 1-2 Tunisia Espérance 1-0 0-2
Dragons de l'Ouémé Benin 2-3 Kenya Gor Mahia 0-0 2-3

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance Tunisia 3-31 Kenya Gor Mahia 2-2 1-1
African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Kenya
Gor Mahia
First title