2000 CAF Champions League

The 2000 CAF Champions League was the 36th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 4th prize under the CAF Champions League format. Hearts of Oak SC of Ghana defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia in the final to win their first title.

2000 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates30 January – 17 December
Teams45 (from 45 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsGhana Hearts of Oak (1st title)
Runners-upTunisia ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played97
Goals scored270 (2.78 per match)
1999
2001

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tusker FC   2–2 (6-5 p)   Red Sea FC 1–1 1–1
SC Villa   2–5   Saint George 2–2 0–3
Vital'O FC   5–0   Bata Bullets 4–0 1–0
Dragons de l'Ouémé   3–1   Gambia Ports Authority FC 2–0 1–1
Sporting Praia   2–4   Tempête Mocaf 2–3 0–1
Primeiro de Agosto   5–0   Akonangui 4–0 1–0
Horoya AC   3–1   Sporting Bissau 2–0 1–1
Notwane FC   3–5   Black Africa SC 1–1 2–4
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix   3–21   St.-Michel United 1–1 2–1
AS Fortior   0–0 (2-3 p)   LDF 0–0 0–0
Al Ahli Tripoli   6–1   Olympic Niamey 4–0 2–1
APR FC   2–2 (3-2 p)   Renaissance FC 1–1 1–1
Ferroviário de Maputo   3–3 (a)   Prisons FC 1–0 2–3

1 AS de Vacoas-Phoenix were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca   5–3   Dragons de l'Ouémé 3–1 2–2
MC Alger   2–6   Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 1–5
Al Ahly   3–2   Tusker FC 3–1 0–1
Saint George   3–4   Vital'O FC 1–2 2–2
ES Tunis   10–0   APR FC 7–0 3–0 (awd.)1
ASFA Yennenga   3–3 (a)   Djoliba AC 2–2 1–1
Lobi Stars   3–1   Tempête Mocaf 2–0 1–1
Vita Club Mokanda   2–5   Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 0–4
Hearts of Oak   4–3   Horoya AC 2–1 2–2
DC Motema Pembe   w/o2   Black Africa SC
Highlanders FC   3–0   St.-Michel United 1–0 2–0
Sable FC   3–2   FC 105 Libreville 2–1 1–1
US Stade Tamponnaise   1–5   Nkana FC 1–2 0–3
Mamelodi Sundowns   6–2   LDF 2–1 4–1
Africa Sports   6–0   Al Ahli Tripoli 4–0 2–0
Al-Hilal   2–2 (4-5 p)   Ferroviário de Maputo 1–1 1–1

1 APR FC withdrew after the first leg; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $4000.
2 Black Africa SC withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca   2–2 (a)   Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 0–1
Al Ahly   4–2   Vital'O FC 3–0 1–2
ES Tunis   4–3   Djoliba AC 3–2 1–1
Lobi Stars   2–1   Primeiro de Agosto 1–1 1–0
Hearts of Oak   4–3   DC Motema Pembe 4–1 0–2
Highlanders FC   3–3 (3-4 p)   Sable FC 3–0 0–3
Nkana FC   1–1 (a)   Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 0–0
Africa Sports   7–1   Ferroviário de Maputo 5–0 2–1

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP SUN AFR SAB
1   ES Tunis 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Final 3–2 2–0 4–0
2   Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 0 2 11 11 0 12 2–0 2–0 2–1
3   Africa Sports 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 2–1 6–1 3–1
4   Sable FC 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HEA AHL LOB JEA
1   Hearts of Oak 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14 Final 2–1 2–0 1–1
2   Al Ahly 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 1–1 3–1 3–1
3   Lobi Stars 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 0–2 3–1 3–1
4   Jeanne d'Arc 6 0 3 3 6 12 −6 3 2–4 1–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Final

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ES Tunis  1–2  Hearts of Oak
  • Zitouni   36'
Attendance: 30,000
Hearts of Oak  3–11  ES Tunis

1 The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with ES Tunis leading 1–0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box.ES Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected. It was also marred by the antics of Espérance's goalkeeper Chokri El Ouaer who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 2000 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Emmanuel Osei Kuffour   Hearts of Oak 10
2   Isaac   Primeiro de Agosto 6
  Alaa Ibrahim   Al Ahly
  Ali Zitouni   ES Tunis
5   Ishmael Addo   Hearts of Oak 5
6   Ibrahim Said   Al Ahly 4
  Alhassane Issoufou   Africa Sports
  Fadel Keïta   Africa Sports
  Mamadou Ali Diallo   Jeanne d'Arc
10   Daniel Mudau   Mamelodi Sundowns 3
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