# 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.
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 | 2–0$^1$ |
| 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

* 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 | ESP | SUN | JUL | TPM |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Julius Berger | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PET | AHL | ASEC | BEL |
| 1 | Petro Atlético | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | | 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 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Mamelodi Sundowns (p) | 2 | 0 | 2 (5) | | | | |
| Petro Atlético | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) | | | | |
| Petro Atlético | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Al Ahly | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Al Ahly (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al Ahly | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 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
## 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 |
| 4 | Alaa Ibrahim | Al Ahly | 5 |
| 6 | Patrick Lolo | Étoile du Congo | 4 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Osei Kuffour | Hearts of Oak | 4 |
| 6 | Antonin Koutouan | ASEC Mimosas | 4 |
| 6 | Oluwasegun Abiodun | Julius Berger | 4 |
| 6 | Adailton | ES Tunis | 4 |
| 6 | Reinaldo | ES Tunis | 4 |
| 6 | Mourad Melki | ES Tunis | 4 |