It's 50 Years Since IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Rangers International of Enugu Dominated CAF Club Competitions 1975 to 1977 was the Nigerian Era in African club football. In 1975 Rangers International of Enugu got to the final of the African Cup of Champion Clubs, but lost to Hafia of Guinea. In 1976 IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan defeated Tonerre Kalara of Cameroon to win the African Cup Winners Cup.
In 1977 Rangers International of Enugu defeated Canon Yaounde to win the African Cup Winners Cup. In fact, IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan played against Rangers International of Enugu in the semi-finals of the 1977 African Cup Winners Cup. It was dubbed the Brothers Clash. African Cup Winners Cup Final (1st leg): IICC Shooting Stars 4-1 Tonnerre Kalala | November 1976. Sunday, November 28th 1976.
IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan defeat the Cameroonian side Tonnerre Kalala of Yaounde by four goals to one in the first leg of the African Cup Winners Cup Final. Held at Nigeria's National Stadium in the Surulere district of Lagos, the lead proved to be an insurmountable one, and Shooting Stars became the first Nigerian team to win an African football club competition when they lost by a single goal in the second leg.
Among the players are Segun Odegbami who scored the first goal for Shooting Stars and Tonnerre's Roger Milla, who would later become a World Cup hero for Cameroon. Source: Reuters. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT5jtb4lCLo Photo 1) Chairman Christian Chukwu Photo 2) Mathematical Segun Odegbami
