2001 CAF Champions League
The 2001 CAF Champions League was the 37th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football, and the 5th prize under the CAF Champions League format.
In the knockout stage, was added the semifinal rounds so that the runners up as well as the winners from the group stage would progress. In the final, Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa to win their third title.
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
First round
1 The match was abandoned at 80' with Young Africans leading 2–0 and about to take a penalty, after local fans hurled plastic chairs onto the pitch and at the players and officials.Second round
Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables |
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage |
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2001 CAF Champions League are as follows:| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 |  Kapela Mbiyavanga |  Petro Atlético | 9 |
| 2 | Flávio | Petro Atlético | 7 |
| 3 |  Khaled Bebo | Al Ahly | 6 |
| 4 | Avelino Lopes | Petro Atlético | 5 |
| 4 | Alaa Ibrahim | Al Ahly | 5 |
| 6 |  Patrick Lolo | Étoile du Congo | 4 |
| 6 |  Emmanuel Osei Kuffour | Hearts of Oak | 4 |
| 6 |  Antonin Koutouan | ASEC Mimosas | 4 |
| 6 |  Oluwasegun Abiodun | Julius Berger | 4 |
| 6 |  Adailton |  ES Tunis | 4 |
| 6 | Reinaldo | ES Tunis | 4 |
| 6 | Mourad Melki | ES Tunis | 4 |