2001 CAF Champions League

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
Champions Al Ahly (3rd title)
Runners-up Mamelodi Sundowns
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored224 (2.43 per match)

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

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. 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
Team 1 Agg. 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
Team 1 Agg. 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
Main article: 2001 CAF Champions League group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ESP SUN JUL TPM
ES Tunis 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 — 0–0 3–2 2–1
Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 2 2 0 9 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
Julius Berger 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 1–1 2–0 — 1–0
TP Mazembe 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 3–2 0–0 1–0 —
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PET AHL ASEC BEL
Petro Atlético 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 12 — 1–3 0–1 2–1
Al Ahly 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12 2–4 — 2–1 1–0
ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 1–2 1–0 — 7–0
CR Belouizdad 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 0–1 0–1 1–1 —
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket
  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
Team 1 Agg. 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
Main article: 2001 CAF Champions League Final
Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 Al Ahly
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Al Ahly 3–0 Mamelodi Sundowns
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Top goalscorers

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 5
6 Patrick Lolo Étoile du Congo 4
Emmanuel Osei Kuffour Hearts of Oak 4
Antonin Koutouan ASEC Mimosas 4
Oluwasegun Abiodun Julius Berger 4
Adailton ES Tunis 4
Reinaldo ES Tunis 4
Mourad Melki ES Tunis 4
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