2002 CAF Champions League

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
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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.

Qualifying rounds

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

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.

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage		—
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]}

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage		—
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]}

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

30 November 2002

--:-- UTC 1

Raja Casablanca	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

Attendance: 60,000

13 December 2002

19:00 UTC 2

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

Attendance: 67,310

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

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