2000 CAF Champions League final

2000 CAF Champions League Final
Event	2000 CAF Champions League
	On aggregate
First leg
Date	2 December 2000
Venue	Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee	Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
Attendance	30,000
Second leg
Date	17 December 2000
Venue	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra
Referee	Robin Williams (South Africa)
Attendance	45,000
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2000. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat Espérance of Tunisia 5–2.^[1]

Qualified teams

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)
ES Tunis	UNAF (North Africa)	1994, 1999
Hearts of Oak	WAFU (West Africa)	1977, 1979

Venues

Stade El Menzah

Stade El Menzah in Tunis, Tunisia hosted the first leg.

Stade Olympique El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia.

It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium. Since then, it is an integral part of Tunisia's main sports complex. Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there. The stadium is completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It has a capacity of 39,858 seats.^[2] The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration.

Ohene Djan Stadium

The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium is a multi-use, 39,800 all-seater stadium in Accra.^[3] Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for rugby union.^[4]

The stadium was inaugurated in 1952 by a football match played between Accra XI and Kumasi XI.

The stadium is also the home of one of Africa's most popular clubs, Hearts of Oak as well as Great Olympics, but Ghana's national team matches are sometimes played there.

During the 2000 African Cup of Nations in Ghana and Nigeria, the stadium hosted 9 matches,^[5] and was also the venue of the 1978 final.

Road to final

ES Tunis

Round

Hears of Oak

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

APR FC

7–0

7–0 (H)

withdrew (A)

First round

Horoya AC

4–3

2–1 (H)

2–2 (A)

Djoliba AC

4–3

3–2 (H)

1–1 (A)

Second round

DC Motema Pembe

4–3

4–1 (H)

0–2 (A)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Sable FC

4–0 (H)

Matchday 1

Al Ahly

2–1 (H)

Africa Sports

1–2 (A)

Matchday 2

Jeanne d'Arc

4–2 (A)

Mamelodi Sundowns

3–2 (H)

Matchday 3

Lobi Stars

2–0 (A)

Mamelodi Sundowns

0–2 (A)

Matchday 4

Lobi Stars

2–0 (H)

Sable FC

2–1 (A)

Matchday 5

Al Ahly SC

1–1 (A)

Africa Sports

2–0 (H)

Matchday 6

Jeanne d'Arc

1–1 (H)

Group A Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ES Tunis	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	12	Final
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	0	2	11	11	0	12
3	Africa Sports	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
4	Sable FC	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Final standings

Group B Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hearts of Oak	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7	14	Final
2	Al Ahly	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8
3	Lobi Stars	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	Jeanne d'Arc	6	0	3	3	6	12	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Format

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).^[6]

Matches

First leg

2 December 2000

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ES Tunis	1–2	Hearts of Oak
Zitouni 36'		Addo 52' Kuffour 79'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Second leg

17 December 2000

--:-- UTC±0

Hearts of Oak	3–1^[a]	ES Tunis
Kuffour 83', 89' Addo 90'		Gabsi 18'

Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Robin Williams (South Africa)

Notes and references

Notes

^ The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with ES Tunis leading 1–0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box.ES Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected. It was also marred by the antics of Espérance's goalkeeper Chokri El Ouaer who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned since Espérance had exhausted their substitution. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.

References

^ Stokkermans, Karel. "African Club Competitions 200". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "CNS : Cité Natinale Sportive". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums Ghana". www.worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
^ "Conquerors blow Hurricanes away in Rugby Championship Final - X Live Africa". xliveafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
^ "Accra National Stadium". Cup of Nations Venue Guide. BBC. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League

[7] The match was interrupted for 18 minutes at 75' with ES Tunis leading 1–0 after teargas was fired into a rioting crowd by police, with one canister landing in the VIP box.ES Tunis protested against the result, but the protest was rejected. It was also marred by the antics of Espérance's goalkeeper Chokri El Ouaer who deliberately injured himself with the intent to get the game abandoned since Espérance had exhausted their substitution. He was banned for one year by CAF for gamesmanship after the game.

[1] Stokkermans, Karel. "African Club Competitions 200". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[2] "CNS : Cité Natinale Sportive". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

[3] "World Stadiums - Stadiums Ghana". www.worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

[4] "Conquerors blow Hurricanes away in Rugby Championship Final - X Live Africa". xliveafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

[stadium-5] "Accra National Stadium". Cup of Nations Venue Guide. BBC. Retrieved 2007-04-06.

[regulations-6] Regulations of the CAF Champions League

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