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
Dates	22 February – 13 December
Teams	41 (from 40 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (5th title)
Runners-up	Raja Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	78
Goals scored	247 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed Belal Antonin Koutouan Hicham Aboucherouane (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hicham Aboucherouane^[1]
← 2001 2003 →

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2002 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Petro Atlético	1–1 (1–3 p)	SO Emyrne	1–1^1	–
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

Team 1	Agg.	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

Main article: 2002 CAF Champions League group stage

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Raja Casablanca	6	4	1	1	10	8	+2	13
TP Mazembe	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10
Jeanne d'Arc	6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	6
Al Ahly	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zamalek	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
ASEC Mimosas	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12
ES Tunis	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Costa do Sol	6	0	0	6	1	17	−16	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2002 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

	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

Team 1	Agg.	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

Main article: 2002 CAF Champions League Final

30 November 2002

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Raja Casablanca	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

13 December 2002

19:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	1–0	Raja Casablanca
Abdel Hamid   45+4'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 67,310

Referee: Al-Shelmani (Libya)

Top goalscorers

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	7
	Antonin Koutouan	ASEC Mimosas	7
4	Hossam Hassan	Zamalek	6
	Nathalie Suivestin	SO Emyrne	6
3	Abdel Halim Ali	Zamalek	5
	Mamadou Dansoko	ASEC Mimosas	5
	Bakari Koné	ASEC Mimosas	5
	François Endene	Raja Casablanca	5

External links

• Champions' Cup 2002 - rsssf.com

References

1. BBC Sport: CAF AWARDS 2002