2002 CAF Champions League

2002 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates22 February – 13 December
Teams41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Zamalek (5th title)
Runners-up Raja Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored247 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ahmed Belal
Antonin Koutouan
Hicham Aboucherouane
(7 goals each)
Best player(s) Hicham Aboucherouane[1]
2001
2003

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 1–11
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 Team 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
3 Jeanne d'Arc 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6
4 Al Ahly 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
Source:

Group B

Pos Team 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
3 ES Tunis 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
4 Costa do Sol 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Raja Casablanca 0–0 Zamalek
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Attendance: 60,000
Zamalek 1–0 Raja Casablanca
  • Abdel Hamid 45+4'
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Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Al-Shelmani (Libya)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2002 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Hicham Aboucherouane Raja Casablanca 7
Ahmad Belal Al Ahly
Antonin Koutouan ASEC Mimosas
4 Hossam Hassan Zamalek 6
Nathalie Suivestin SO Emyrne
3 Abdel Halim Ali Zamalek 5
Mamadou Dansoko ASEC Mimosas
Bakari Koné ASEC Mimosas
François Endene Raja Casablanca

References