2000 CAF Champions League

The CAF Champions League 2000 was won by Hearts of Oak over Espérance.

Qualifying Stage

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(p) Tusker FC Kenya 2-2 Eritrea Red Sea FC 1-1 1-1
Villa SC Uganda 2-5 Ethiopia Saint George 2-2 0-3
Vital'O Burundi 5-0 Malawi Bata Bullets 4-0 1-0
Dragons de l'Ouémé Benin 3-1 The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority F.C. 2-0 1-1
Sporting Praia Cape Verde 2-4 Central African Republic Tempête Mocaf 2-3 0-1
Primeiro Agosto Angola 5-0 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui 4-0 1-0
Horoya AC Guinea 3-1 Guinea-Bissau Sporting Bissau 2-0 1-1
Notwane FC Botswana 3-5 Namibia Black Africa S.C. 1-1 2-4
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix Mauritius 3-21 Seychelles St Michel United 1-1 2-1
AS Fortior Madagascar 0-0 Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force FC (p) 0-0 0-0
Al Ahly Tripoli Libya 6-1 Niger Olympic Niamey 4-0 2-1
(p) APR FC Rwanda 2-2 Chad Renaissance FC 1-1 1-1
(a) Ferroviário Maputo Mozambique 3-3 Tanzania Prisons FC 1-0 2-3

1AS 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 Morocco 5-3 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 3-1 2-2
MC Alger Algeria 2-6 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 1-1 1-5
Al-Ahly Egypt 3-2 Kenya Tusker FC 3-1 0-1
Saint George Ethiopia 3-4 Burundi Vital'O FC 1-2 2-2
Espérance Tunisia 10-0 Rwanda APR FC 7-0 3-01
ASFA Yennenga Burkina Faso 3-3 Mali Djoliba AC (a) 2-2 1-1
Lobi Stars Nigeria 3-1 Central African Republic Tempête Mocaf 2-0 1-1
Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo 2-5 Angola Primeiro Agosto 2-1 0-4
Hearts of Oak SC Ghana 4-3 Guinea Horoya AC 2-1 2-2
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo w/o Namibia Black Africa S.C. 2 -
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 3-0 Seychelles St Michel United 1-0 2-0
Sable FC Cameroon 3-2 Gabon FC 105 Libreville 2-1 1-1
US Stade Tamponnaise Réunion 1-5 Zambia Nkana FC 1-2 0-3
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 6-2 Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force FC 2-1 4-1
Africa Sports National Ivory Coast 6-0 Libya Al Ahly Tripoli 4-0 2-0
Al-Hilal Sudan 2-2 Mozambique Ferroviário Maputo (p) 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 withdrew.

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca Morocco 2-2 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc (a) 2-1 0-1
Al-Ahly Egypt 4-2 Burundi Vital'O FC 3-0 1-2
Espérance Tunisia 4-3 Mali Djoliba AC 3-2 1-1
Lobi Stars Nigeria 2-1 Angola Primeiro Agosto 1-1 1-0
Hearts of Oak SC Ghana 4-3 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 4-1 0-2
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 3-3 Cameroon Sable FC (p) 3-0 0-3
Nkana FC Zambia 1-1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (a) 1-1 0-0
Africa Sports National Ivory Coast 7-1 Mozambique Ferroviário Maputo 5-0 2-1

Group Stage (Semi-Finals)

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Tunisia Espérance 1264021275
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 12640211110
Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 1063121284
Cameroon Sable FC 16015514-9
July 22, 2000
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 Africa Sports National
July 23, 2000
Espérance 4–0 Sable FC
August 6, 2000
Africa Sports National 2–1 Espérance
August 7, 2000
Sable FC 1–2 Mamelodi Sundowns
August 19, 2000
Espérance 3–2 Mamelodi Sundowns
Sable FC 1–1 Africa Sports National
October 14, 2000
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 Espérance
October 15, 2000
Africa Sports National 3–1 Sable FC
October 29, 2000
Sable FC 1–2 Espérance
November 4, 2000
Africa Sports National 6–1 Mamelodi Sundowns
November 11, 2000
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–1 Sable FC
Espérance 2–0 Africa Sports National

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Ghana Hearts of Oak 1464201257
Egypt Al-Ahly 862221091
Nigeria Lobi Stars 7621379-2
Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 36033612-6
July 22, 2000
Lobi Stars 3–1 Jeanne d'Arc
July 23, 2000
Hearts of Oak 2–1 Al Ahly
August 4, 2000
Al Ahly 3–1 Lobi Stars
August 5, 2000
Jeanne d'Arc 2–4 Hearts of Oak
August 2, 2000
Lobi Stars 0–2 Hearts of Oak
Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 Al Ahly
October 13, 2000
Al Ahly 3–1 Jeanne d'Arc
October 15, 2000
Hearts of Oak 2–0 Lobi Stars
October 27, 2000
Al Ahly 1–1 Hearts of Oak
October 29, 2000
Jeanne d'Arc 0–0 Lobi Stars
November 12, 2000
Hearts of Oak 1–1 Jeanne d'Arc
Lobi Stars 3–1 Al Ahly

Knockout stage

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance Tunisia 2-5 Ghana Hearts of Oak 1-2 1-31

1The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with Espérance de Tunis leading 1-0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box.Espérance de Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected.

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