2002 CAF Champions League

The 2002 CAF Champions League was the 38th of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Zamalek of Egypt defeated Raja Casablanca of Morocco in the final to win their fifth title. The holders of the 2001 edition, Al Ahly took part in the competition.

2002 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates22 February – 13 December
Teams41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Zamalek (5th title)
Runners-up Raja Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored247 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ahmed Belal
Antonin Koutouan
Hicham Aboucherouane
(7 goals each)
Best player(s) Hicham Aboucherouane[1]

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SO Emyrne 4–1 Olympique de Moka 2–0 2–1
Costa do Sol 5–0 Prince Louis FC 4–0 1–0
Hintsa FC 1–4 APR FC 1–0 0–4
Red Star 0–4 Simba SC 0–1 0–3
Wallidan FC 4–1 Horoya AC 3–0 1–1
Tourbillon FC 3–2 Dynamic Togolais 3–2 0–0
Olympique Réal 1–1 (6-7 p) Akonangui FC 1–0 0–1
Mogoditshane Fighters 1–2 LDF 0–1 1–1
Oserian Fastac 3–1 Mebrat Hail 1–0 2–1

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Petro Atlético 1–1 (1–3 p) SO Emyrne 1–11 –
Highlanders FC 1–2 Costa do Sol 1–0 0–2
ASEC Mimosas 8–2 FC 105 Libreville 4–0 4–2
Enyimba 5–3 EF Ouagadougou 4–0 1–3
Zamalek 6–0 APR FC 6–0 0–0
Nkana FC 4–3 Simba SC 4–0 0–3
Raja Casablanca 5–2 Wallidan FC 2–1 3–1
Coton Sport 1–2 Étoile du Congo 0–1 1–1
ES Tunis 8–2 Tourbillon FC 5–1 3–1
Al Madina 5–5 (a) Akonangui FC 3–1 2–4
Hearts of Oak 2–4 Stade Malien 1–1 1–3
CR Belouizdad 1–2 Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 0–1
TP Mazembe 3–1 LDF 2–0 1–1
Orlando Pirates 4–1 SS Saint-Louisienne 2–1 2–0
Al Ahly 2–1 Oserian Fastac 2–1 0–0
Al-Merrikh 4–3 SC Villa 2–1 2–2

1 The match was played over one leg due to civil unrest and a violent general strike in Madagascar.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SO Emyrne 2–3 Costa do Sol 2–1 0–2
ASEC Mimosas 5–4 Enyimba 4–1 1–3
Zamalek 3–1 Nkana FC 2–0 1–1
Raja Casablanca 5–3 Étoile du Congo 3–0 2–3
ES Tunis 5–2 Al Madina 4–0 1–2
Stade Malien 1–5 Jeanne d'Arc 0–3 1–2
TP Mazembe 4–2 Orlando Pirates 1–1 3–1
Al Ahly 3–3 (a) Al-Merrikh 2–0 1–3

Group stage
Main article: 2002 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
Raja Casablanca 6 4 1 1 10 8 +2 13
TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10
Jeanne d'Arc 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6
Al Ahly 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Zamalek 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13
ASEC Mimosas 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12
ES Tunis 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
Costa do Sol 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
                         
ASEC Mimosas 2 0 2  
Raja Casablanca 0 4 4  
    Raja Casablanca 0 0 0
  Zamalek 0 1 1
TP Mazembe 1 0 1
Zamalek 1 2 3  

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas 2–4 Raja Casablanca 2–0 0–4
TP Mazembe 1–3 Zamalek 1–1 0–2

Final
Main article: 2002 CAF Champions League Final
Raja Casablanca 0–0 Zamalek
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Zamalek 1–0 Raja Casablanca
 Report
Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Al-Shelmani (Libya)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2002 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ahmad Belal Al Ahly 7
Antonin Koutouan ASEC Mimosas 7
Hicham Aboucherouane Raja Casablanca 7
4 Hossam Hassan Zamalek 6
Nathalie Suivestin SO Emyrne 6
3 Abdel Halim Ali Zamalek 5
Mamadou Dansoko ASEC Mimosas 5
Bakari Koné ASEC Mimosas 5
François Endene Raja Casablanca 5

References
  1. BBC Sport: CAF AWARDS 2002
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