CAF Champions League: Past winners of the competition which was first held in Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah as part of his agenda of promoting African unity assembled the champions of the sub regions in Africa in Ghana to compete in the maiden African Club Champions Champions Cup which was re-named the CAF Champions League in 1997.

He achieved this through Ohene Djan, whom he appointed as the director of Sports

Fourteen teams took part in the preliminary round, divided over 4 groups:

North, Centre and East Africa:  winners: Cotton Factory Club (Ethiopia)

West Africa A:                  winners: Stade Malien (Mali)

West Africa B:                  winners: Real Republicans (Ghana)

Central Africa:                 winners: Oryx Douala (Cameroon)

The champions of the four sub-regions converged in Ghana for the semi-finals and final ties

Semifinals (Jan 31 and Feb 4)
Accra Stadium, Accra, 31- 1-1965
Oryx Douala (Cameroon) Real Republicans (Ghana)
Sports Stadium, Kumasi, 4- 2-1965
Stade Malien (Mali)  3-1 Cotton Factory Club      (Ethiopia)  

Accra Stadium, Accra, 7- 2-1965
Oryx Douala 2-1 Stade Malien   
Trivia
The first club to win the competition was Oryx Douala of Cameroon

 The most successful club in the history of the competition is Al Ahly of Egypt with eight title Egyptians clubs have the highest number of titles, a total of fourteen.

Asante Kotoko was the first Ghanaian side to win the African Inter Club competition in 1970

The Porcupine Warriors have lost five finals-the highest in the competition's history

Full list of past winners
1965 Oryx Douala
1966 Stade (Abidjan)
1967 Tout Puissant Englebert (Lubumbashi)
1968 Tout Puissant Englebert (Lubumbashi)
1969 Ismaili
1970 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)
1971 Canon Yaoundé
1972 Hafia (Conakry)
1973 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa)
1974 CARA Brazzaville
1975 Hafia (Conakry)
1976 MC Algiers
1977 Hafia (Conakry)
1978 Canon Yaoundé
1979 Union Douala
1980 Canon Yaoundé
1981 Jeunesse Electronique Tizi-Ouzou
1982 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
1983 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi)
1984 Zamalek (Cairo)
1985 Forces Armées Royal Rabat
1986 Zamalek (Cairo)
1987 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
1988 Entente Plasticiens Sétif
1989 Raja CA Casablanca
1990 Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie
1991 Club Africain (Tunis)
1992 Wydad AC Casablanca
1993 Zamalek (Cairo)
1994 Espérance Tunis
1995 Orlando Pirates (Soweto)
1996 Zamalek (Cairo)
1997 Raja CA Casablanca
1998 ASEC (Abidjan)
1999 Raja CA Casablanca
2000 Hearts of Oak (Accra)
2001 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
2002 Zamalek (Cairo)
2003 Enyimba (Aba)
2004 Enyimba (Aba)
2005 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
2006 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
2007 Etoile du Sahel (Sousse)
2008 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
2009 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2010 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
2011 Espérance Tunis
2012 Al-Ahly (Cairo)
2013 Al-Ahly (Cairo) 
2014 Entente Sportive Sétif
2015 Tout Puissant Mazembe (Lubumbashi)
Clubwise list of winners
Al-Ahly (Cairo)           8
Tout Puissant Mazembe     5  [includes Tout Puissant Englebert]

Zamalek                   5
Canon Yaoundé             3
Hafia (Conakry)           3
Raja CA Casablanca        3
Asante Kotoko             2
Entente Sportive Sétif    2  [includes Entente Plasticiens Sétif]

Enyimba (Aba)             2
Espérance Tunis           2
JS Kabylie                2  [includes JE Tizi-Ouzou]

ASEC (Abidjan)            1
CARA Brazzaville          1
Club Africain             1
Etoile du Sahel (Sousse)  1
FAR Rabat                 1
Hearts of Oak             1
Ismaili                   1
MC Algiers                1
Orlando Pirates           1
Oryx Douala               1
Stade (Abidjan)           1
Union Douala              1
AS Vita Club              1
WAC Casablanca            1
Countrywise list of winners
Egypt                    14
Congo-Kinshasa            6
Cameroon                  5
Morocco                   5
Algeria                   4
Tunisia                   4
Ghana                     3
Guinea                    3
Ivory Coast               2
Nigeria                   2
Congo-Brazzaville         1
South Africa              2