2002 CAF Champions League

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.

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

Qualifying rounds edit

Preliminary round edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A edit

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: [citation needed]

Group B edit

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: [citation needed]

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

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 edit

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 edit

Raja Casablanca  0–0  Zamalek
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Zamalek  1–0  Raja Casablanca
Report
Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Al-Shelmani (Libya)

Top goalscorers edit

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

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