2001 CAF Champions League

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The 2001 CAF Champions League was the 37th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 5th prize under the CAF Champions League format.

2001 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates18 February – 21 December
Teams39 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Al Ahly (3rd title)
Runners-upSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored224 (2.43 per match)
2000
2002

In the knockout stage, was added the semifinal rounds so that the runners up as well as the winners from the group stage would progress. In the final, Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa to win their third title.

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Banjul   1–0   FC Derby 0–0 1–0
Inter Bom-Bom   0–3   Sony Elá Nguema 0–2 0–1
AS Fortior   1–3   St.-Michel United 0–0 1–3
Red Sea   2–2 (4-2 p)   Tourbillon FC 2–0 0–2
Anges de Fatima   1–1 (p)   Rayon Sport 1–0 0–1
AS Marsouins   3–1   Mbabane Highlanders 1–1 2–0
Mangasport   0–4   USFA 0–1 0–3

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Diaraf   2–1   Real Banjul 1–0 1–1
ASEC Mimosas   2–2 (4-3 p)   Stade Malien 2–0 0–2
Julius Berger   8–0   Sony Elá Nguema 5–0 3–0
SC Villa   4–3   Vital'O FC 2–2 2–1
AS Marsouins   4–4 (a)   St.-Michel United 3–2 1–2
Al Ahly   3–1   Red Sea FC 3–0 0–1
ES Tunis   4–1   JS du Ténéré 1–0 3–1
Saint George   1–1 (a)   Tusker FC 1–1 0–0
Young Africans   4–2   Highlanders FC 2–2 2–01
Mamelodi Sundowns   2–0   Costa do Sol 0–0 2–0
CR Belouizdad   3–1   Al Ahli Tripoli 2–0 1–1
Al-Merrikh   4–1   Power Dynamos 2–0 2–1
Raja Casablanca   3–3 (a)   USFA 2–0 1–3
TP Mazembe   2–0   Anges de Fatima 1–0 1–0
Hearts of Oak   4–6   Étoile du Congo 3–1 1–5
Fovu Club   4–5   Petro Atlético 2–2 2–3

1 The match was abandoned at 80' with Young Africans leading 2–0 and about to take a penalty, after local fans hurled plastic chairs onto the pitch and at the players and officials.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas   2–2 (3-2 p)   ASC Diaraf 2–0 0–2
SC Villa   1–3   Julius Berger 1–0 0–3
Al Ahly   6–0   St.-Michel United 5–0 1–0
Tusker FC   2–2 (a)   ES Tunis 2–1 0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns   6–5   Young Africans 3–2 3–3
Al-Merrikh   2–3   CR Belouizdad 2–0 0–3
TP Mazembe   3–2   Raja Casablanca 2–0 1–2
Petro Atlético   6–3   Étoile du Congo 4–1 2–2

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP SUN JUL TPM
1   ES Tunis 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 3–2 2–1
2   Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 2 2 0 9 0–0 1–0 1–0
3   Julius Berger 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 1–1 2–0 1–0
4   TP Mazembe 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 3–2 0–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PET AHL ASEC BEL
1   Petro Atlético 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–3 0–1 2–1
2   Al Ahly 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12 2–4 2–1 1–0
3   ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 1–2 1–0 7–0
4   CR Belouizdad 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 0–1 0–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finals Final
          
  Mamelodi Sundowns (p) 2 0 2 (5)
  Petro Atlético 0 2 2 (3)
  Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 1
  Al Ahly 1 3 4
  Al Ahly (a) 0 1 1
  ES Tunis 0 1 1

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns   2–2 (5–3 p)   Petro Atlético 2–0 0–2
Al Ahly   1–1 (a)   ES Tunis 0–0 1–1

Final

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Mamelodi Sundowns  1–1  Al Ahly
  • Kampamba   26'
Al Ahly  3–0  Mamelodi Sundowns
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 2001 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Kapela Mbiyavanga   Petro Atlético 9
2   Flávio   Petro Atlético 7
3   Khaled Bebo   Al Ahly 6
4   Avelino Lopes   Petro Atlético 5
  Alaa Ibrahim   Al Ahly
6   Patrick Lolo   Étoile du Congo 4
  Emmanuel Osei Kuffour   Hearts of Oak
  Antonin Koutouan   ASEC Mimosas
  Oluwasegun Abiodun   Julius Berger
  Adailton   ES Tunis
  Reinaldo   ES Tunis
  Mourad Melki   ES Tunis
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