2001 CAF Cup

The 2001 CAF Cup was the 10th edition of the CAF Cup, the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Algerian team JS Kabylie who beat Étoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia on the away goals rule in the final, after the two teams finished level on aggregate 2–2. It was the second year in a row that JS Kabylie's won the competition after also winning the 2000 edition.

2001 CAF Cup

Tournament details
Dates	31 March 2001 – 23 November 2001
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	JS Kabylie (2nd title)
Runners-up	Étoile du Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
← 2000 2002 →

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester SC	2–4	ASA	1–0	1–4
Almahalla Tripoli	2–3	ASC Ndiambour	2–1	0–2
MO Constantine	3–1	Al-Merreikh Al-Thagher	1–0	2–1
Katsina United	w/o1	Simba FC	—	—
Ajax Cape Town	3–1	Kampala City Council	2–0	1–1
SM Sanga Balende	w/o2	Deportivo Mongomo	3–01	—
FC Jirama Antsirabe	2–6	Ferroviário	0–3	2–3
Zanaco F.C.	1–1 (a)	Green Mamba FC	1–1	0–0
Mtibwa Sugar FC	2–2 (a)	Mebrat Hail	2–1	0–1
Oserian Fastac	5–2	Arabica FC Kirundo	2–1	3–1
FC 105 Libreville	3–4	Cotonsport Garoua	3–2	0–2

¹ Simba FC withdrew before first leg
² First leg abandoned with the score 3–0 due to poor visibility. CAF disqualified Mongomo for arriving late and delaying kick-off.
Five teams received a bye : JS Kabylie (Algeria), Goldfields (Ghana), Africa Sport (Ivory Coast), Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), Étoile du Sahel (Tunisia)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Goldfields	3–2	ASA	1–0	2–2
Wydad AC	3–1	ASC Ndiambour	1–1	2–0
MO Constantine	1–1 (p)	Africa Sport	1–0	0–1
Katsina United	w/o1	Ajax Cape Town	2–2	—
Cotonsport Garoua	4–2	SM Sanga Balende	2–0	2–2
Ferroviário	4–0	Green Mamba FC	2–0	2–0
JS Kabylie	2–1	Mebrat Hail	2–0	0–1
Étoile du Sahel	(a) 4–4	Oserian Fastac	2–0	2–4

¹ Katsina United did not show up for second leg

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	3–0	Ajax Cape Town	2–0	1–0
Ferroviário	2–3	Cotonsport Garoua	2–2	0–1
Goldfields	0–2	Africa Sport	0–0	0–2
Wydad AC	0–3	JS Kabylie	0–1	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	3–2	Cotonsport Garoua	3–1	0–1
Africa Sport	3–3 (a)	JS Kabylie	3–1	0–2

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13 October 2001

Étoile du Sahel	3–1	Cotonsport Garoua
Ghodhbane 26', 93' Keïta 62'		Soussia 11'

28 October 2001

Cotonsport Garoua	1–0	Étoile du Sahel
Wadale 32'

Étoile du Sahel won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

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14 October 2001

Africa Sport	3–1	JS Kabylie
Nkowa 15' Dao 26' Kenmogne 53'	Report	Bezzaz 20'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

27 October 2001

JS Kabylie	2–0	Africa Sport
Berguiga 60' Mounir Dob 90'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Alger

3–3 on aggregate, JS Kabylie won on away goals rule and advanced to the final.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	2–2 (a)	JS Kabylie	2–1	0–1

First leg

10 November 2001

Étoile du Sahel	2–1	JS Kabylie
Keïta 14', 73'	Report	Boubrit 42'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Second leg

23 November 2001

JS Kabylie	1–0	Étoile du Sahel
Zafour 28'	Report

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Alger

Attendance: 80,000

2–2 on aggregate, JS Kabylie won on away goals rule

Champions

2001 CAF Cup Winners
JS Kabylie Second Title

See also

• 2001 CAF Champions League
• CAF Cup

External links

• Results at RSSSF.com
• Results at SportScheduler