The 2000 CAF Champions League was the 36th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 4th edition 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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tusker FC Kenya2–2 (6-5 p)Eritrea Red Sea FC1–11–1
SC Villa Uganda2–5Ethiopia Saint George2–20–3
Vital'O FC Burundi5–0Malawi Bata Bullets4–01–0
Dragons de l'Ouémé Benin3–1The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority FC2–01–1
Sporting Praia Cape Verde2–4Central African Republic Tempête Mocaf2–30–1
Primeiro de Agosto Angola5–0Equatorial Guinea Akonangui4–01–0
Horoya AC Guinea3–1Guinea-Bissau Sporting Bissau2–01–1
Notwane FC Botswana3–5Namibia Black Africa SC1–12–4
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix Mauritius3–21Seychelles St.-Michel United1–12–1
AS Fortior Madagascar0–0 (2-3 p)Lesotho LDF0–00–0
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya6–1Niger Olympic Niamey4–02–1
APR FC Rwanda2–2 (3-2 p)Chad Renaissance FC1–11–1
Ferroviário de Maputo Mozambique3–3 (a)Tanzania Prisons FC1–02–3

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

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Raja Casablanca Morocco5–3Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé3–12–2
MC Alger Algeria2–6Senegal Jeanne d'Arc1–11–5
Al Ahly Egypt3–2Kenya Tusker FC3–10–1
Saint George Ethiopia3–4Burundi Vital'O FC1–22–2
ES Tunis Tunisia10–0Rwanda APR FC7–03–0 (awd.)1
ASFA Yennenga Burkina Faso3–3 (a)Mali Djoliba AC2–21–1
Lobi Stars Nigeria3–1Central African Republic Tempête Mocaf2–01–1
Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo2–5Angola Primeiro de Agosto2–10–4
Hearts of Oak Ghana4–3Guinea Horoya AC2–12–2
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congow/o2Namibia Black Africa SC––
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe3–0Seychelles St.-Michel United1–02–0
Sable FC Cameroon3–2Gabon FC 105 Libreville2–11–1
US Stade Tamponnaise Réunion1–5Zambia Nkana FC1–20–3
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa6–2Lesotho LDF2–14–1
Africa Sports Ivory Coast6–0Libya Al Ahli Tripoli4–02–0
Al-Hilal Sudan2–2 (4-5 p)Mozambique Ferroviário de Maputo1–11–1

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Raja Casablanca Morocco2–2 (a)Senegal Jeanne d'Arc2–10–1
Al Ahly Egypt4–2Burundi Vital'O FC3–01–2
ES Tunis Tunisia4–3Mali Djoliba AC3–21–1
Lobi Stars Nigeria2–1Angola Primeiro de Agosto1–11–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana4–3Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe4–10–2
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe3–3 (3-4 p)Cameroon Sable FC3–00–3
Nkana FC Zambia1–1 (a)South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns1–10–0
Africa Sports Ivory Coast7–1Mozambique Ferroviário de Maputo5–02–1

Group stage

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

Group A

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationESPSUNAFRSAB
1Tunisia ES Tunis6402127+512Final—3–22–04–0
2South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns640211110122–0—2–02–1
3Ivory Coast Africa Sports6312128+4102–16–1—3–1
4Cameroon Sable FC6015514−911–21–21–1—

Group B

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationHEAAHLLOBJEA
1Ghana Hearts of Oak6420125+714Final—2–12–01–1
2Egypt Al Ahly6222109+181–1—3–13–1
3Nigeria Lobi Stars621379−270–23–1—3–1
4Senegal Jeanne d'Arc6033612−632–41–10–0—

Final

ES Tunis Tunisia1–2Ghana Hearts of Oak
Zitouni 36'Addo 52' Kuffour 79'
Hearts of Oak Ghana3–11Tunisia ES Tunis
Kuffour 83', 89' Addo 90'Gabsi 18'

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:

RankNameTeamGoals
1Ghana Emmanuel Osei KuffourGhana Hearts of Oak10
2Angola IsaacAngola Primeiro de Agosto6
Egypt Alaa IbrahimEgypt Al Ahly
Tunisia Ali ZitouniTunisia ES Tunis
5Ghana Ishmael AddoGhana Hearts of Oak5
6Egypt Ibrahim SaidEgypt Al Ahly4
Ivory Coast Alhassane IssoufouIvory Coast Africa Sports
Ivory Coast Fadel KeïtaIvory Coast Africa Sports
Senegal Mamadou Ali DialloSenegal Jeanne d'Arc
10South Africa Daniel MudauSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns3

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