2008 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2008 CAF Confederation Cup was the fifth edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. Its schedule began with the preliminary round (home and away ties) in mid-February. The competition concluded on 22 November with CS Sfaxien winning the title.

2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 22 November
Teams53 (from 37 confederations)
Final positions
Champions CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played102
Goals scored262 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eric Bekoe (10 goals)

Qualifying rounds

All rounds have been drawn.

Preliminary round

1st legs played on 15–17 February 2008 and 2nd legs played on 29 February–2 March 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Masséda 31 UNB 20 11
Black Star 03 Satellite FC 00 03
AS Mangasport 50 AS-FNIS 30 20
Ports Authority 04 ES Bingerville 01 03
AS Maniema Union 30 Akonangui FC 30 00
Express FC 11 (5–4 p) AS Inter Star 10 01
AS Adema 12 Young Africans FC 10 02
AS CotonTchad w/o1 Al Akhdar
Highlanders FC 31 Ferroviário de Nampula 30 01
Chipukizi 07 Green Buffaloes 05 02
Harrar Beer 22 (3–5 p) Rayon Sport 20 02
Anse Réunion 21 Petite Rivière 21 00
JS Talangaï 35 Mount Cameroon FC 21 14

1 Clubs from the  Central African Republic,  Chad,  Kenya,  Rwanda and  Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfill their financial obligations.[1]

First round

1st legs played on 21–23 March 2008 and 2nd legs played on 4–6 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Issia Wazi FC 34 US Masséda 20 14
Rachad Bernoussi 33 (a) Espérance 31 02
Djoliba 30 Satellite FC 20 10
Petro Atletico 13 AS Mangasport 12 01
ASC Linguère 33 (5–3 p) ES Bingerville 30 03
CS Sfaxien 21 JSM Béjaïa 10 11
Les Astres FC 20 AS Maniema Union 20 00
AS Vita Club 00 (4–2 p) Express FC 00 00
Al Akhdar 21 Young Africans FC 11 10
MC Alger 01 Haras El Hodood 00 01
Green Buffaloes FC 12 Highlanders FC 11 01
Al-Merrikh 30 Rayon Sport 30 00
Ajax Cape Town 51 Anse Réunion 10 41
1º de Maio 12 Mount Cameroon FC 02 10
Casa Sport 12 Dolphins 00 12
Wikki Tourists 36 Asante Kotoko 22 14

Second round

1st legs played on 25–27 April 2008 and 2nd legs played on 9–11 May 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Masséda 26 Espérance 10 16
Djoliba 52 AS Mangasport 31 21
ASC Linguère 44 (a) CS Sfaxien 32 12
Les Astres FC 11 (a) AS Vita Club 00 11
Al Akhdar 12 Haras El Hodood 11 01
Highlanders FC 15 Al-Merrikh 02 13
Ajax Cape Town 56 Mount Cameroon FC 51 05
Dolphins 34 Asante Kotoko 20 141

1 The match was abandoned at halftime with Asante Kotoko winning 1-0 due a storm that flooded the pitch. The match was replayed next day.

Play-off round

The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage.
First leg played 11/12/13 July and second leg played 25/26/27 July

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Etoile du Sahel 20 Espérance 20 00
Club Africain 00 (5–3 p) Djoliba 00 00
Platinum Stars 24 CS Sfaxien 22 02
JS Kabylie 21 Les Astres FC 11 10
Mamelodi Sundowns 12 Haras El Hodood 10 02
Olympique Khouribga 22 (a) Al-Merrikh 22 00
Interclube 32 Mount Cameroon FC 21 11
Al Ittihad Tripolil 34 Asante Kotoko 21 13

Group stage

The group phase starts on the weekend of 15–17 August and concludes on the weekend of 17–19 October. There are no semi-finals; the group winners meet in a two-legged final.[2]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS HEH CA INT
1 CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13 Final 1–0 2–0 4–1
2 Haras El Hodood 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 3–1 2–1 4–1
3 Club Africain 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 0–0 1–1 3–0
4 Interclube 6 1 0 5 6 16 10 3 2–3 1–0 1–2
Source: CAF
CS Sfaxien 4 1 Interclube
Nafti Abdekkrim  17'
Soumah Naby  41'
Agyemang Opoku  50'
Hamza Younes  65'
Bumba  86'
Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba
Haras El Hodood 2 1 Club Africain
Mohamed Fawzy  67'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  80'
Zouheir Dhaouadi  7'

Club Africain 0 0 CS Sfaxien
Referee: El Achiri Abdellah
Interclube 1 0 Haras El Hodood
Abdel Traoré  80'
Referee: Kaoma Wellington

Haras El Hodood 3 1 CS Sfaxien
Ahmed Eid Abd El Malek  13'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  16'
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny  40'
Kouassi Blaise  19'

CS Sfaxien 1 0 Haras El Hodood
Issam Merdassi  25' Kameni (GK)  89'
Referee: Ould Lemghambodj
Interclube 1 2 Club Africain
Romi  90' Wissem Ben Yahia  2'
Abdelmoneem Derbali  42'
Wissem Ben Yahia  89'
Referee: Fakudze Mbongseni

Club Africain 1 1 Haras El Hodood
Sellami  32' (pen.) Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  49'
Referee: Tamuni Wahid
Interclube 2 3 CS Sfaxien
Abdel Traoré  34'
Mingo  78'
Kouassi Blaise  12'
Karim Nafti  37'
 76'
Referee: AGBOVI William

CS Sfaxien 2 0 Club Africain
Karim Nafti  34'
Karim Ben Amor  90'
Referee: Keita Yakhouba
Haras El Hodood 4 1 Interclube
Mohamed Meky  1'  20'
Mohamed Fawzy  40'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  70'
Pedro Henriques  85'
Referee: Mwandike Victor

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS ALM JSK ASK
1 Etoile Sahel 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 Final 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 Al-Merrikh 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 2–0 3–1 2–1
3 JS Kabylie 6 3 0 3 8 9 1 9 1–0 3–1 2–0
4 Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 9 2 7 2–2 1–0 3–1
Source: CAF
Al-Merrikh 3 1 JS Kabylie
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed  01'
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed  12'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  51'
Saad Attiya (own goal)  40'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Etoile Sahel 2 0 Asante Kotoko
Emeka Opara  13'
Emeka Opara 70'

Asante Kotoko 1 0 Al-Merrikh
Eric Bekoe  87'
JS Kabylie 1 0 Etoile Sahel
Nassim Oussalah  57'

Etoile Sahel 2 1 Al-Merrikh
Mehdi Meriah  50'
Emeka Opara 78'
Haytham Tambal  85'

Al-Merrikh 2 0 Etoile Sahel
Idahor  39'
(pen.) Idahor  76'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Kapanga Patrick
JS Kabylie 2 0 Asante Kotoko
(pen.) Adlène Bensaid  07'
Tayeb Berramla  84'
Jordan Opoku  63'
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf

Asante Kotoko 2 2 Etoile Sahel
Kwabena Yaro  08'
(pen.) Eric Bekoe  79'
Slim Jedaied  64'
(pen.) Mohamed Ali Nafkha  85'
Mohamed Sakho  86'
JS Kabylie 3 1 Al-Merrikh
Demba Barry  61, 72'
Nouri Ouznadji  63'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  85'

Al-Merrikh 2 1 Asante Kotoko
Abdelhamid Ammari  10'  24' Eric Bekoe  21'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga
Etoile Sahel 2 0 JS Kabylie
Ammar Al Jamal  11'
Mohamed Ali Nafkha  90' (pen.)
Tayeb Maroci
Mohamed Rabie Meftah  90+2'
Referee: Ambaya Jamal

Knockout stage

Final

The final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.

CS Sfaxien 0 - 0 Etoile Sahel
Report
Etoile Sahel 2 - 2 CS Sfaxien

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

PlayerClubGoals
Eric Bekoe Asante Kotoko 10
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Haras El Hodood 5
Agyeman Prempeh Opoku CS Sfaxien 4
Emeka Opara Etoile Sahel
Abdelkarim Nafti CS Sfaxien
Blaise Kouassi CS Sfaxien 3
Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Merrikh
Faisal Agab Al-Merrikh
Abdelhamid Ammari Al-Merrikh
Mugahid Mohamed Al-Merrikh
Haytham Tambal Al-Merrikh

References

  1. Gleeson, Mark (10 February 2008). "Five countries excluded from African club competition". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  2. "Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
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