# 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.

## Qualifying rounds
### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Petro Atlético | 1–1 (1–3 p) | SO Emyrne | 1–1$^1$ | – |
| 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | TPM | JEA | AHL |
| 1 | Raja Casablanca | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | | | |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | | — | | |
| 3 | Jeanne d'Arc | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | | | | — | |
| 4 | Al Ahly | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | | | | | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAM | ASEC | ESP | CdS |
| 1 | Zamalek | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | | | |
| 2 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | | — | | |
| 3 | ES Tunis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | | | | — | |
| 4 | Costa do Sol | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | | | | | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

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

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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
## Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2002 CAF Champions League are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Hicham Aboucherouane | Raja Casablanca | 7 |
| 1 | Ahmad Belal | Al Ahly | 7 |
| 1 | Antonin Koutouan | ASEC Mimosas | 7 |
| 4 | Hossam Hassan | Zamalek | 6 |
| 4 | Nathalie Suivestin | SO Emyrne | 6 |
| 3 | Abdel Halim Ali | Zamalek | 5 |
| 3 | Mamadou Dansoko | ASEC Mimosas | 5 |
| 3 | Bakari Koné | ASEC Mimosas | 5 |
| 3 | François Endene | Raja Casablanca | 5 |