2001 CAF Champions League Final

Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event	2001 CAF Champions League
Mamelodi Sundowns Al Ahly 1 4
Al-Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate
First leg
Mamelodi Sundowns Al Ahly 1 1
Date	8 December 2001
Venue	Loftus Versfeld Stadium,Pretoria
Referee	Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance	5,000
Second leg
Al Ahly Mamelodi Sundowns 3 0
Date	21 December 2001
Venue	Cairo International Stadium,Cairo
Referee	Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Attendance	75,000
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The2001 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the2001 CAF Champions League.

It was afootball tie held over two legs in December 2001 betweenAl-Ahly ofEgypt, andMamelodi Sundowns ofSouth Africa.

Al-Ahly won the final with aggregate 4-1, first leg 1-1 and second 3-0

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team	Region	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Mamelodi Sundowns	COSAFA (Southern Africa)	none
Al Ahly	UNAF (North Africa)	1982,1983,1987

Loftus Versfeld Stadium is arugby andfootball stadium situated in theArcadia suburb ofPretoria,Gauteng,South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 for rugby union and it is occasionally used for football matches.^{[citation needed]}

The stadium was named afterRobert Loftus Owen Versfeld, the founder of organized sports in Pretoria. Through the years the stadium has undergone various name changes as sponsors came and went, though locals have always referred to the stadium as Loftus Versfeld.^{[citation needed]}

The stadium is the home ground of theBulls franchise of theSuper Rugby tournament and theBlue Bulls union in South Africa'sCurrie Cup. Also home ground for the South African premier soccer league championsMamelodi Sundowns.^{[citation needed]}

Also, theSouth Africa national rugby union team has played several test matches at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium. They played New Zealand in 1970, 1996, and 1999, Australia in 1967, 1997, 2001, England in 1994 and 2000, and Ireland in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Cairo International Stadium, formerly known asNasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-usestadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.^[1] The architect of the stadium is the GermanWerner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 theOlympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role ofCairo,Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located inNasr City; a suburb north east ofCairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated byPresident Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of theEgyptian Revolution of 1952.Zamalek SC currently use thePetro Sport Stadium for most of their home games andAl Ahly useAl Salam Stadium for most of their home games.

Mamelodi Sundowns				Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Costa do Sol	2–0	0–0 (H)	2–0 (A)	First round	Red Sea FC	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Young Africans	6–5	3–2 (H)	3–3 (A)	Second round	St.-Michel United	6–0	5–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
ES Tunis	0–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Petro Atlético	3–1 (A)
Julius Berger	0–2 (A)			Matchday 2	CR Belouizdad	1–0 (H)
TP Mazembe	0–0 (A)			Matchday 3	ASEC Mimosas	0–1 (A)
TP Mazembe	1–0 (H)			Matchday 4	ASEC Mimosas	2–1 (H)
ES Tunis	0–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Petro Atlético	2–4 (H)
Julius Berger	1–0 (H)			Matchday 6	CR Belouizdad	1–0 (A)
Group A Winner Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 ES Tunis 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 Advance toknockout stage 2 Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 2 2 0 9 3 Julius Berger 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 4 TP Mazembe 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Source:[citation needed]				Final standings	Group B Winner Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Petro Atlético 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 12 Advance toknockout stage 2 Al Ahly 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12 3 ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 12 5 +7 10 4 CR Belouizdad 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 Source:[citation needed]
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Petro Atlético	2–2 (5-3p)	2–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	Semifinals	ES Tunis	1–1 (a)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (A)

The final was decided overtwo legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, theaway goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to apenalty shootout (noextra time is played).^[2]

8 December 2001

--:-- UTC+2

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	Al Ahly
Kampamba 26'		Abdel Hafeez 58'

Loftus Versfeld Stadium,Pretoria

Attendance: 5,000

Referee:Coffi Codjia (Benin)

21 December 2001

--:-- UTC+2

Al Ahly	3–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
Bebo 37' (pen.),45',90'

Cairo International Stadium,Cairo

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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