2000 CAF Champions League

2000 CAF Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	30 January – 17 December
Teams	45 (from 45 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Hearts of Oak (1st title)
Runners-up	ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	97
Goals scored	270 (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

Main article: 2000 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tusker FC	2–2 (6-5 p)	Red Sea FC	1–1	1–1
SC Villa	2–5	Saint George	2–2	0–3
Vital'O FC	5–0	Bata Bullets	4–0	1–0
Dragons de l'Ouémé	3–1	Gambia Ports Authority FC	2–0	1–1
Sporting Praia	2–4	Tempête Mocaf	2–3	0–1
Primeiro de Agosto	5–0	Akonangui	4–0	1–0
Horoya AC	3–1	Sporting Bissau	2–0	1–1
Notwane FC	3–5	Black Africa SC	1–1	2–4
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix	3–21	St.-Michel United	1–1	2–1
AS Fortior	0–0 (2-3 p)	LDF	0–0	0–0
Al Ahli Tripoli	6–1	Olympic Niamey	4–0	2–1
APR FC	2–2 (3-2 p)	Renaissance FC	1–1	1–1
Ferroviário de Maputo	3–3 (a)	Prisons FC	1–0	2–3

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

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Raja Casablanca	5–3	Dragons de l'Ouémé	3–1	2–2
MC Alger	2–6	Jeanne d'Arc	1–1	1–5
Al Ahly	3–2	Tusker FC	3–1	0–1
Saint George	3–4	Vital'O FC	1–2	2–2
ES Tunis	10–0	APR FC	7–0	3–0 (awd.)1
ASFA Yennenga	3–3 (a)	Djoliba AC	2–2	1–1
Lobi Stars	3–1	Tempête Mocaf	2–0	1–1
Vita Club Mokanda	2–5	Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	0–4
Hearts of Oak	4–3	Horoya AC	2–1	2–2
DC Motema Pembe	w/o 2	Black Africa SC	–	–
Highlanders FC	3–0	St.-Michel United	1–0	2–0
Sable FC	3–2	FC 105 Libreville	2–1	1–1
US Stade Tamponnaise	1–5	Nkana FC	1–2	0–3
Mamelodi Sundowns	6–2	LDF	2–1	4–1
Africa Sports	6–0	Al Ahli Tripoli	4–0	2–0
Al-Hilal	2–2 (4-5 p)	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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Raja Casablanca	2–2 (a)	Jeanne d'Arc	2–1	0–1
Al Ahly	4–2	Vital'O FC	3–0	1–2
ES Tunis	4–3	Djoliba AC	3–2	1–1
Lobi Stars	2–1	Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	1–0
Hearts of Oak	4–3	DC Motema Pembe	4–1	0–2
Highlanders FC	3–3 (3-4 p)	Sable FC	3–0	0–3
Nkana FC	1–1 (a)	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	0–0
Africa Sports	7–1	Ferroviário de Maputo	5–0	2–1

Group stage

Main article: 2000 CAF Champions League group stage

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	SUN	AFR	SAB
1	ES Tunis	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Final		—	3–2	2–0	4–0
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	0	2	11	11	0	12			2–0	—	2–0	2–1
3	Africa Sports	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10			2–1	6–1	—	3–1
4	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HEA	AHL	LOB	JEA
1	Hearts of Oak	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7	14	Final		—	2–1	2–0	1–1
2	Al Ahly	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8			1–1	—	3–1	3–1
3	Lobi Stars	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7			0–2	3–1	—	3–1
4	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

Main article: 2000 CAF Champions League Final

2 December 2000

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ES Tunis	1–2	Hearts of Oak
Zitouni 36'		Addo 52' Kuffour 79'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

17 December 2000

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Hearts of Oak	3–11	ES Tunis
Kuffour 83', 89' Addo 90'		Gabsi 18'

Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)

¹The 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

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

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

External links

• Champions' Cup 2000 - rsssf.com