Orlando Pirates FC and Mamelodi SundownsFC are the two South African football clubs to have reached the final of the CAF Champions League.
Orlando Pirates also known as the Buccaneers beat ASEC Mimosas of Cote d'Ivoire in the 1995 final while Mamelodi Sundowns lost to Al-Ahly of Egypt in the 2001 final.
ASEC Mimosas based in Abidjan, commercial capital of Cote D'Ivoire went unbeaten for 108 league games between 1989 and 1994 in the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division under managers Phillipe Garot (1987-1989), Philippe Troussier (1990-1992), Eustache Manglé (1992–1993) and Charles Roessli (1993–1994).
ASEC Mimosas' record is four more than the unbeaten run of Steaua Bucureşti in the Romania Liga 1 which started from June 1986 to September 1989, a record of 104-matches setting a world record for that time and a European one still standing.
Orlando Pirates FC and Mamelodi Sundowns FC are the two South African football clubs to have reached the final of the CAF Champions League. 
