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2001 CAF Champions League

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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

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.

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 The Gambia 1–0 Cape Verde FC Derby 0–0 1–0
Inter Bom-Bom São Tomé and Príncipe 0–3 Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema 0–2 0–1
AS Fortior Madagascar 1–3 Seychelles St.-Michel United 0–0 1–3
Red Sea Eritrea 2–2 (4-2 p) Chad Tourbillon FC 2–0 0–2
Anges de Fatima Central African Republic 1–1 (p) Rwanda Rayon Sport 1–0 0–1
AS Marsouins Réunion 3–1 Eswatini Mbabane Highlanders 1–1 2–0
Mangasport Gabon 0–4 Burkina Faso 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 Senegal 2–1 The Gambia Real Banjul 1–0 1–1
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 2–2 (4-3 p) Mali Stade Malien 2–0 0–2
Julius Berger Nigeria 8–0 Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema 5–0 3–0
SC Villa Uganda 4–3 Burundi Vital'O FC 2–2 2–1
AS Marsouins Réunion 4–4 (a) Seychelles St.-Michel United 3–2 1–2
Al Ahly Egypt 3–1 Eritrea Red Sea FC 3–0 0–1
ES Tunis Tunisia 4–1 Niger JS du Ténéré 1–0 3–1
Saint George Ethiopia 1–1 (a) Kenya Tusker FC 1–1 0–0
Young Africans Tanzania 4–2 Zimbabwe Highlanders FC 2–2 2–01
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 2–0 Mozambique Costa do Sol 0–0 2–0
CR Belouizdad Algeria 3–1 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 2–0 1–1
Al-Merrikh Sudan 4–1 Zambia Power Dynamos 2–0 2–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco 3–3 (a) Burkina Faso USFA 2–0 1–3
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–0 Central African Republic Anges de Fatima 1–0 1–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana 4–6 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 3–1 1–5
Fovu Club Cameroon 4–5 Angola 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 Ivory Coast 2–2 (3-2 p) Senegal ASC Diaraf 2–0 0–2
SC Villa Uganda 1–3 Nigeria Julius Berger 1–0 0–3
Al Ahly Egypt 6–0 Seychelles St.-Michel United 5–0 1–0
Tusker FC Kenya 2–2 (a) Tunisia ES Tunis 2–1 0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 6–5 Tanzania Young Africans 3–2 3–3
Al-Merrikh Sudan 2–3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 2–0 0–3
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–2 Morocco Raja Casablanca 2–0 1–2
Petro Atlético Angola 6–3 Republic of the Congo 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 Tunisia ES Tunis 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 3–2 2–1
2 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 2 2 0 9 0–0 1–0 1–0
3 Nigeria Julius Berger 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 1–1 2–0 1–0
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 Angola Petro Atlético 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–3 0–1 2–1
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12 2–4 2–1 1–0
3 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 1–2 1–0 7–0
4 Algeria 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
          
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (p) 2 0 2 (5)
Angola Petro Atlético 0 2 2 (3)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 1
Egypt Al Ahly 1 3 4
Egypt Al Ahly (a) 0 1 1
Tunisia ES Tunis 0 1 1

Semifinals

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

Final

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Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–1Egypt Al Ahly
  • Kampamba 26'
Al Ahly Egypt3–0South Africa 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kapela Mbiyavanga Angola Petro Atlético 9
2 Angola Flávio Angola Petro Atlético 7
3 Egypt Khaled Bebo Egypt Al Ahly 6
4 Angola Avelino Lopes Angola Petro Atlético 5
Egypt Alaa Ibrahim Egypt Al Ahly
6 Republic of the Congo Patrick Lolo Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 4
Ghana Emmanuel Osei Kuffour Ghana Hearts of Oak
Ivory Coast Antonin Koutouan Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Nigeria Oluwasegun Abiodun Nigeria Julius Berger
Brazil Adailton Tunisia ES Tunis
Brazil Reinaldo Tunisia ES Tunis
Tunisia Mourad Melki Tunisia ES Tunis
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