2000 CAF Champions League
# 2000 CAF Champions League

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

### 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 | $3–2^1$ | 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

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

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

## Final

$^1$ 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

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 |
| 2 | Alaa Ibrahim | Al Ahly | 6 |
| 2 | Ali Zitouni | ES Tunis | 6 |
| 5 | Ishmael Addo | Hearts of Oak | 5 |
| 6 | Ibrahim Said | Al Ahly | 4 |
| 6 | Alhassane Issoufou | Africa Sports | 4 |
| 6 | Fadel Keïta | Africa Sports | 4 |
| 6 | Mamadou Ali Diallo | Jeanne d'Arc | 4 |
| 10 | Daniel Mudau | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 |
