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

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.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Masséda Togo 31 Benin UNB 20 11
Black Star Liberia 03 Guinea Satellite FC 00 03
AS Mangasport Gabon 50 Niger AS-FNIS 30 20
Ports Authority The Gambia 04 Ivory Coast ES Bingerville 01 03
AS Maniema Union Democratic Republic of the Congo 30 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui FC 30 00
Express FC Uganda 11 (5–4 p) Burundi AS Inter Star 10 01
AS Adema Madagascar 12 Tanzania Young Africans FC 10 02
AS CotonTchad Chad w/o1 Libya Al Akhdar
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 31 Mozambique Ferroviário de Nampula 30 01
Chipukizi Zanzibar 07 Zambia Green Buffaloes 05 02
Harrar Beer Ethiopia 22 (3–5 p) Rwanda Rayon Sport 20 02
Anse Réunion Seychelles 21 Mauritius Petite Rivière 21 00
JS Talangaï Republic of the Congo 35 Cameroon 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Issia Wazi FC Ivory Coast 34 Togo US Masséda 20 14
Rachad Bernoussi Morocco 33 (a) Tunisia Espérance 31 02
Djoliba Mali 30 Guinea Satellite FC 20 10
Petro Atletico Angola 13 Gabon AS Mangasport 12 01
ASC Linguère Senegal 33 (5–3 p) Ivory Coast ES Bingerville 30 03
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 21 Algeria JSM Béjaïa 10 11
Les Astres FC Cameroon 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union 20 00
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 00 (4–2 p) Uganda Express FC 00 00
Al Akhdar Libya 21 Tanzania Young Africans FC 11 10
MC Alger Algeria 01 Egypt Haras El Hodood 00 01
Green Buffaloes FC Zambia 12 Zimbabwe Highlanders FC 11 01
Al-Merrikh Sudan 30 Rwanda Rayon Sport 30 00
Ajax Cape Town South Africa 51 Seychelles Anse Réunion 10 41
1º de Maio Angola 12 Cameroon Mount Cameroon FC 02 10
Casa Sport Senegal 12 Nigeria Dolphins 00 12
Wikki Tourists Nigeria 36 Ghana 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Masséda Togo 26 Tunisia Espérance 10 16
Djoliba Mali 52 Gabon AS Mangasport 31 21
ASC Linguère Senegal 44 (a) Tunisia CS Sfaxien 32 12
Les Astres FC Cameroon 11 (a) Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 00 11
Al Akhdar Libya 12 Egypt Haras El Hodood 11 01
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 15 Sudan Al-Merrikh 02 13
Ajax Cape Town South Africa 56 Cameroon Mount Cameroon FC 51 05
Dolphins Nigeria 34 Ghana 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Etoile du Sahel Tunisia 20 Tunisia Espérance 20 00
Club Africain Tunisia 00 (5–3 p) Mali Djoliba 00 00
Platinum Stars South Africa 24 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 22 02
JS Kabylie Algeria 21 Cameroon Les Astres FC 11 10
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 12 Egypt Haras El Hodood 10 02
Olympique Khouribga Morocco 22 (a) Sudan Al-Merrikh 22 00
Interclube Angola 32 Cameroon Mount Cameroon FC 21 11
Al Ittihad Tripolil Libya 34 Ghana 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 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13 Final 1–0 2–0 4–1
2 Egypt Haras El Hodood 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 3–1 2–1 4–1
3 Tunisia Club Africain 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 0–0 1–1 3–0
4 Angola Interclube 6 1 0 5 6 16 10 3 2–3 1–0 1–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS ALM JSK ASK
1 Tunisia Etoile Sahel 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 Final 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 2–0 3–1 2–1
3 Algeria JS Kabylie 6 3 0 3 8 9 1 9 1–0 3–1 2–0
4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 9 2 7 2–2 1–0 3–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Final

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

Etoile Sahel Tunisia2 - 2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
  • Opara 73'
  • Abdennour 79'

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

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