The 1996 CAF Cup was the fifth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each African country's domestic league. It was won by Kawkab Marrakesh in two-legged final victory against ES Sahel.

1996 CAF Cup
Tournament details
Dates- 30 November 1996
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco Kawkab Marrakesh (1st title)
Runners-upTunisia ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played58
Goals scored150 (2.59 per match)
1995
1997

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eleven Men in Flight   5–5 (a)   Blue Waters 4–2 1–3
Meat Commission   4–2   Defence Force 4–2 0–0

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kiyovu Sports   4–6   Patronage Sainte-Anne 4–2 0–4
Kawkab Marrakesh   dq1   ASC Garde Nationale
Étoile Filante   2–4   MC Oran 1–1 1–3
Ferroviário de Maputo   2–0   Mebrat Hail 2–0 0–0
FC 105   0–4   Unisport FC 0–0 0–4
Étoile Filante du Togo   2–6   Enugu Rangers 1–0 1–6
SO Armée   3–0   Dragons de l'Ouémé 2–0 1–0
Entente Sotrac   2–6   ES Sahel 1–4 1–2
ASFAG   3–4   Junior Professional 2–1 1–3
Ports Authority   w/o   Real Tamale United
AS Inter Star   1–5   AS Vita Club 1–1 0–4
Blue Waters   2–6   Primeiro de Agosto 1–2 1–4
Kenya Breweries   2–1   Uganda Electricity Board 2–0 0–1
Small Simba SC   1–1 (a)   Hay Al-Arab SC 1–1 0–0
Meat Commission   1–7   Mamelodi Sundowns 0–3 1–4
US Stade Tamponnaise   w/o   Kabwe Warriors
Notes
1 ASC Garde Nationale were disqualified because their federations were in debt to CAF.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Patronage Sainte-Anne   0–2   Kawkab Marrakesh 0–0 0–2
MC Oran   4–3   Ferroviário de Maputo 4–1 0–2
Unisport FC   2–1   Enugu Rangers 1–1 1–0
SO Armée   3–4   ES Sahel 2–1 1–3
Junior Professional   w/o1   Ports Authority
AS Vita Club   3–1   Primeiro de Agosto 3–0 0–1
Kenya Breweries   1–0   Hay Al-Arab SC 0–0 1–0
Mamelodi Sundowns   1–2   US Stade Tamponnaise 1–2 0–0
Notes
1 Winner was to be determined in a single match in Freetown, Sierra Leone, due to civil war in Liberia; Junior Professional withdrew.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ES Sahel   4–2   Unisport FC 4–1 0–1
US Stade Tamponnaise   0–1   Kawkab Marrakesh 0–0 0–1
MC Oran   2–2 (1–3 p)   AS Vita Club 2–0 0–2
Kenya Breweries   1–1 (4–2 p)   Ports Authority 1–0 0–1

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kawkab Marrakesh   4–2   Kenya Breweries 4–1 0–1
ES Sahel   3–2   AS Vita Club 2–0 1–2

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ES Sahel   3–3 (a)   Kawkab Marrakesh 3–1 0–2

Winners

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1996 African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
 
Kawkab Marrakesh
First title
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