The 2001 CAF Champions League was the 37th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 5th prize under the CAF Champions League format.

In the knockout stage, was added the semifinal rounds so that the runners up as well as the winners from the group stage would progress. In the final, Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa to win their third title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Real Banjul The Gambia1–0Cape Verde FC Derby0–01–0
Inter Bom-Bom São Tomé and Príncipe0–3Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema0–20–1
AS Fortior Madagascar1–3Seychelles St.-Michel United0–01–3
Red Sea Eritrea2–2 (4-2 p)Chad Tourbillon FC2–00–2
Anges de Fatima Central African Republic1–1 (p)Rwanda Rayon Sport1–00–1
AS Marsouins Réunion3–1Eswatini Mbabane Highlanders1–12–0
Mangasport Gabon0–4Burkina Faso USFA0–10–3

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASC Diaraf Senegal2–1The Gambia Real Banjul1–01–1
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2–2 (4-3 p)Mali Stade Malien2–00–2
Julius Berger Nigeria8–0Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema5–03–0
SC Villa Uganda4–3Burundi Vital'O FC2–22–1
AS Marsouins Réunion4–4 (a)Seychelles St.-Michel United3–21–2
Al Ahly Egypt3–1Eritrea Red Sea FC3–00–1
ES Tunis Tunisia4–1Niger JS du Ténéré1–03–1
Saint George Ethiopia1–1 (a)Kenya Tusker FC1–10–0
Young Africans Tanzania4–2Zimbabwe Highlanders FC2–22–01
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa2–0Mozambique Costa do Sol0–02–0
CR Belouizdad Algeria3–1Libya Al Ahli Tripoli2–01–1
Al-Merrikh Sudan4–1Zambia Power Dynamos2–02–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco3–3 (a)Burkina Faso USFA2–01–3
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0Central African Republic Anges de Fatima1–01–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana4–6Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo3–11–5
Fovu Club Cameroon4–5Angola Petro Atlético2–22–3

1 The match was abandoned at 80' with Young Africans leading 2–0 and about to take a penalty, after local fans hurled plastic chairs onto the pitch and at the players and officials.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2–2 (3-2 p)Senegal ASC Diaraf2–00–2
SC Villa Uganda1–3Nigeria Julius Berger1–00–3
Al Ahly Egypt6–0Seychelles St.-Michel United5–01–0
Tusker FC Kenya2–2 (a)Tunisia ES Tunis2–10–1
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa6–5Tanzania Young Africans3–23–3
Al-Merrikh Sudan2–3Algeria CR Belouizdad2–00–3
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo3–2Morocco Raja Casablanca2–01–2
Petro Atlético Angola6–3Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo4–12–2

Group stage

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

Group A

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationESPSUNJULTPM
1Tunisia ES Tunis623187+19Advance to knockout stage—0–03–22–1
2South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns623122090–0—1–01–0
3Nigeria Julius Berger621366071–12–0—1–0
4Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe621356−173–20–01–0—

Group B

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationPETAHLASECBEL
1Angola Petro Atlético6402108+212Advance to knockout stage—1–30–12–1
2Egypt Al Ahly640297+2122–4—2–11–0
3Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas6312125+7101–21–0—7–0
4Algeria CR Belouizdad6015213−1110–10–11–1—

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
South AfricaMamelodi Sundowns (p)202 (5)
AngolaPetro Atlético022 (3)
South AfricaMamelodi Sundowns101
EgyptAl Ahly134
EgyptAl Ahly (a)011
TunisiaES Tunis011

Semifinals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa2–2 (5–3 p)Angola Petro Atlético2–00–2
Al Ahly Egypt1–1 (a)Tunisia ES Tunis0–01–1

Final

Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–1Egypt Al Ahly
Kampamba 26'Abdel Hafeez 58'
Al Ahly Egypt3–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Bebo 37' (pen.), 45', 90'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2001 CAF Champions League are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1Democratic Republic of the Congo Kapela MbiyavangaAngola Petro Atlético9
2Angola FlávioAngola Petro Atlético7
3Egypt Khaled BeboEgypt Al Ahly6
4Angola Avelino LopesAngola Petro Atlético5
Egypt Alaa IbrahimEgypt Al Ahly
6Republic of the Congo Patrick LoloRepublic of the Congo Étoile du Congo4
Ghana Emmanuel Osei KuffourGhana Hearts of Oak
Ivory Coast Antonin KoutouanIvory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Nigeria Oluwasegun AbiodunNigeria Julius Berger
Brazil AdailtonTunisia ES Tunis
Brazil ReinaldoTunisia ES Tunis
Tunisia Mourad MelkiTunisia ES Tunis

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