2008 CAF Champions League

The 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon in the final to win their sixth title.

2008 CAF Champions League
African Champions League
Tournament details
Dates15 February – 16 November
Teams58
Final positions
Champions Al Ahly (6th title)
Runners-up Coton Sport
Tournament statistics
Matches played110
Goals scored281 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Stephen Worgu
(13 goals)

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

The preliminary round first legs were played on 15–17 February, and the second legs were played on 29 February-2 March 2008.4

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC SNIM 1–7 ES Setif 1–5 0–2
SC de Bissau 0–4 Olympique Khouribga 0–2 0–2
Invincible Eleven w/o AS Kaloum Star 1
Renacimiento FC 2–4 Inter Luanda 1–2 1–2
FAR Rabat 3–3 (4–5 p) Sporting Clube da Praia 3–0 0–3
Tonnerre d'Abomey FC 0–3 Africa Sports National 0–0 0–3
APR FC 1–4 Zamalek 1–2 0–2
AS Douanes 3–2 Commune FC 0–0 3–2
Costa do Sol 2–1 AJESAIA 2–0 0–1
Royal Leopards 0–3 Dynamos 0–1 0–2
Sahel SC 2–6 Ashanti Gold SC 1–0 1–6
DC Motema Pembe 2–2 (1–4 p) Gombe United F.C. 2–0 0–2
Vital'O FC 0–2 Coton Sport FC 0–1 0–1
FC 105 Libreville 4–3 Hearts of Oak SC 3–0 1–3
Renaissance FC 0-3 TP Mazembe 0-32 n/p
Stade Malien 1–2 Primeiro de Agosto 1–2 0–0
ASC Saloum 1–3 Club Africain 1–2 0–1
ASKO Kara 4-1 US Douala 3–1 1–0
Simba SC 4–1 Awassa City FC 3–0 1–1
Enyimba FC 7–3 CSMD Diables Noirs 4–1 3–2
Tusker FC w/o Al Tahrir 3
US Stade Tamponnaise 4–1 St Michel United 3–1 1–0
Platinum Stars 4–1 Lesotho Correctional Services 4–0 0–1
Curepipe Starlight SC 2–1 Coin Nord 2–0 0–1
Miembeni SC 0–5 Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 0–4
Uganda Revenue Authority SC 0–2 ZESCO United Football Club 0–2 0–0

Byes: ASEC Mimosas, Etoile du Sahel, JS Kabylie, Al Ittihad, Al Ahly, and Al Hilal.

1 Invincible Eleven withdrew.
2 The CAF ordered that the tie was to be played over one leg in Kinshasa due to the civil war in Chad, but Renaissance FC objected to the ruling; they were ejected from the competition, fined $4000 and banned from CAF competitions for three years.
3 Tusker FC were ejected from the competition and fined $5000 after Kenyan immigration officials refused the appointed match officials for the first leg entry into the country.
4 Wallidan FC and FC Civics withdrew before the draw was made.
Note: Clubs from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfil their financial obligations, and clubs from Somalia, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe and Malawi were disqualified three months earlier.[1]

First round

The 1/16 Finals first leg matches were played on 21–23 March and the second legs were played on 4–6 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique Khouribga 2–2 (3–0 p) ES Setif 2–0 0–2
ASEC Mimosas 2–1 AS Kaloum Star 1–1 1–0
Sporting Clube da Praia 2–2 (a) Inter Luanda 2–1 0–1
Zamalek 2–2 (5–4p) Africa Sports National 2–0 0–2
Etoile du Sahel 5–3 AS Douanes 5–0 0–3
Dynamos 4–2 Costa do Sol 3–0 1–2
JS Kabylie 3–0 Ashanti Gold SC 3–0 0–0
Coton Sport FC 6–2 Gombe United F.C. 5–0 1–2
TP Mazembe 2–1 FC 105 Libreville 1–1 1–0
Al Ittihad Tripoli 2–2 (a) 1º de Agosto 1–0 1–2
ASKO Kara 2–4 Club Africain 2–0 0–4
Enyimba FC 7–1 Simba SC 4–0 3–1
Al Ahly 6-01 Al Tahrir 3-0 3-0
Platinum Stars 3–1 US Stade Tamponnaise 2–0 1–1
Mamelodi Sundowns 4–0 Curepipe Starlight SC 3–0 1–0
Al Hilal 3–1 ZESCO United Football Club 2–0 1–1

1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.[2]

Second round

The 1/8 Finals first legs were played on 25–27 April and the second legs were played on 9–11 May 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas (a) 1–1 Olympique Khouribga 0–0 1–1
Zamalek 4–2 Inter Luanda 3–0 1–2
Dynamos 2–0 Etoile du Sahel 1–0 1–0
Coton Sport FC 4–2 JS Kabylie 3–0 1–2
Al Ittihad Tripoli 2–3 TP Mazembe 2–1 0–2
Enyimba FC 6–3 Club Africain 5–1 1–2
Platinum Stars 2–3 Al Ahly 2–1 0–2
Al Hilal 4–3 Mamelodi Sundowns 4–2 0–1

Group stage
Main article: 2008 CAF Champions League group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12
Dynamos 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9
ASEC Mimosas 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 6
Zamalek 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Coton Sport FC 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
Enyimba 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9
TP Mazembe 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
Al Hilal 6 1 3 2 7 10 −3 6
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2008 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Bracket
  Semifinals Final
                         
Enyimba 0 0 0  
Al Ahly 0 1 1  
    Al Ahly 2 2 4
  Coton Sport 0 2 2
Dynamos 0 0 0
Coton Sport 1 4 5  

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 5 October and the second legs on 17–19 October.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Enyimba 0–1 Al Ahly 0–0 0–1
Dynamos 0–5 Coton Sport 0–1 0–4

Final
Main article: 2008 CAF Champions League Final
Al Ahly 2–0 Coton Sport
Gomaa  4'
Flávio  15'		 Report
Coton Sport 2–2 Al Ahly
Lassina Abdoul Karim  45'
Ousmaïla Baba  63'		 Report Ahmed Hassan  38'
Shady  89'
Stade Omnisport de Garoua, Garoua

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2008 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Stephen Worgu Enyimba 13
2 Daouda Kamilou Coton Sport 7
3 Ousmaïla Baba Coton Sport 6
4 Flávio Al Ahly 5
Ezenwa Otorogu Enyimba 5
Edward Sadomba Dynamos Harare 5
7 Ghislain Mvete Luyeye TP Mazembe 4
Gamal Hamza Zamalek 4
Kalu Uche Enyimba 4
Kelechi Osunwa Al Hilal 4
Muhannad El Tahir Al Hilal 4
Surprise Moriri Mamelodi Sundowns 4

See also

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. "Ahly given Champions League bye". bbc.co.uk. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
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