2000 CAF Champions League

2000 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates30 January – 17 December
Teams45 (from 45 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsGhana Hearts of Oak (1st title)
Runners-upTunisia ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played97
Goals scored270 (2.78 per match)
1999
2001

The 2000 CAF Champions League was the 36th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 4th prize under the CAF Champions League format. Hearts of Oak SC of Ghana defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia in the final to win their first 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
Tusker FC Kenya 2–2 (6-5 p) Eritrea Red Sea FC 1–1 1–1
SC Villa Uganda 2–5 Ethiopia Saint George 2–2 0–3
Vital'O FC Burundi 5–0 Malawi Bata Bullets 4–0 1–0
Dragons de l'Ouémé Benin 3–1 The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority FC 2–0 1–1
Sporting Praia Cape Verde 2–4 Central African Republic Tempête Mocaf 2–3 0–1
Primeiro de Agosto Angola 5–0 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui 4–0 1–0
Horoya AC Guinea 3–1 Guinea-Bissau Sporting Bissau 2–0 1–1
Notwane FC Botswana 3–5 Namibia Black Africa SC 1–1 2–4
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix Mauritius 3–21 Seychelles St.-Michel United 1–1 2–1
AS Fortior Madagascar 0–0 (2-3 p) Lesotho LDF 0–0 0–0
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya 6–1 Niger Olympic Niamey 4–0 2–1
APR FC Rwanda 2–2 (3-2 p) Chad Renaissance FC 1–1 1–1
Ferroviário de Maputo Mozambique 3–3 (a) Tanzania Prisons FC 1–0 2–3

1 AS de Vacoas-Phoenix were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca Morocco 5–3 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 3–1 2–2
MC Alger Algeria 2–6 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 1–5
Al Ahly Egypt 3–2 Kenya Tusker FC 3–1 0–1
Saint George Ethiopia 3–4 Burundi Vital'O FC 1–2 2–2
ES Tunis Tunisia 10–0 Rwanda APR FC 7–0 3–0 (awd.)1
ASFA Yennenga Burkina Faso 3–3 (a) Mali Djoliba AC 2–2 1–1
Lobi Stars Nigeria 3–1 Central African Republic Tempête Mocaf 2–0 1–1
Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo 2–5 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 0–4
Hearts of Oak Ghana 4–3 Guinea Horoya AC 2–1 2–2
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo w/o2 Namibia Black Africa SC
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 3–0 Seychelles St.-Michel United 1–0 2–0
Sable FC Cameroon 3–2 Gabon FC 105 Libreville 2–1 1–1
US Stade Tamponnaise Réunion 1–5 Zambia Nkana FC 1–2 0–3
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 6–2 Lesotho LDF 2–1 4–1
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 6–0 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 4–0 2–0
Al-Hilal Sudan 2–2 (4-5 p) Mozambique Ferroviário de Maputo 1–1 1–1

1 APR FC withdrew after the first leg; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $4000.
2 Black Africa SC withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca Morocco 2–2 (a) Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 0–1
Al Ahly Egypt 4–2 Burundi Vital'O FC 3–0 1–2
ES Tunis Tunisia 4–3 Mali Djoliba AC 3–2 1–1
Lobi Stars Nigeria 2–1 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 1–1 1–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana 4–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 4–1 0–2
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 3–3 (3-4 p) Cameroon Sable FC 3–0 0–3
Nkana FC Zambia 1–1 (a) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 0–0
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 7–1 Mozambique Ferroviário de Maputo 5–0 2–1

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP SUN AFR SAB
1 Tunisia ES Tunis 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Final 3–2 2–0 4–0
2 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 0 2 11 11 0 12 2–0 2–0 2–1
3 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 2–1 6–1 3–1
4 Cameroon Sable FC 6 0 1 5 5 14 −9 1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HEA AHL LOB JEA
1 Ghana Hearts of Oak 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14 Final 2–1 2–0 1–1
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8 1–1 3–1 3–1
3 Nigeria Lobi Stars 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 0–2 3–1 3–1
4 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 6 0 3 3 6 12 −6 3 2–4 1–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Final

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ES Tunis Tunisia1–2Ghana Hearts of Oak
  • Zitouni 36'
Attendance: 30,000
Hearts of Oak Ghana3–11Tunisia ES Tunis

1 The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with ES Tunis leading 1–0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box.ES Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected. It was also marred by the antics of Espérance's goalkeeper Chokri El Ouaer who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 2000 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ghana Emmanuel Osei Kuffour Ghana Hearts of Oak 10
2 Angola Isaac Angola Primeiro de Agosto 6
Egypt Alaa Ibrahim Egypt Al Ahly
Tunisia Ali Zitouni Tunisia ES Tunis
5 Ghana Ishmael Addo Ghana Hearts of Oak 5
6 Egypt Ibrahim Said Egypt Al Ahly 4
Ivory Coast Alhassane Issoufou Ivory Coast Africa Sports
Ivory Coast Fadel Keïta Ivory Coast Africa Sports
Senegal Mamadou Ali Diallo Senegal Jeanne d'Arc
10 South Africa Daniel Mudau South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3
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