The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1988 was the 23rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF

Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

 region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football

Football (soccer)

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 in Africa

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The tournament was played by 37 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches.

Entente Sétif

ES Sétif

Entente Sportive Sétifienne , commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1...

 from Algeria

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 won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

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First round

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¹ Al-Nasr withdrew.

Second round

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Quarter-Finals

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Semi-Finals

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Final

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Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1988   ES Setif ES Sétif Entente Sportive Sétifienne , commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1... First title