2001 CAF Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	18 February – 21 December
Teams	39 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (3rd title)
Runners-up	Mamelodi Sundowns
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	224 (2.43 per match)
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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.

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.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

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

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	SUN	JUL	TPM
1	ES Tunis	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–2	2–1
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	2	3	1	2	2	0	7			0–0	—	1–0	1–0
3	Julius Berger	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	5			1–1	2–0	—	1–0
4	TP Mazembe	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	5			3–2	0–0	1–0	—

Group B

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

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.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

8 December 2001

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Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	Al Ahly
Kampamba 26'		Abdel Hafeez 58'

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

21 December 2001

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Al Ahly	3–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
Bebo 37' (pen.), 45', 90'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

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
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