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 3–1 UNB 2–0 1–1
Black Star 0–3 Satellite FC 0–0 0–3
AS Mangasport 5–0 AS-FNIS 3–0 2–0
Ports Authority 0–4 ES Bingerville 0–1 0–3
AS Maniema Union 3–0 Akonangui FC 3–0 0–0
Express FC 1–1 (5–4 p) AS Inter Star 1–0 0–1
AS Adema 1–2 Young Africans FC 1–0 0–2
AS CotonTchad w/o1 Al Akhdar — —
Highlanders FC 3–1 Ferroviário de Nampula 3–0 0–1
Chipukizi 0–7 Green Buffaloes 0–5 0–2
Harrar Beer 2–2 (3–5 p) Rayon Sport 2–0 0–2
Anse Réunion 2–1 Petite Rivière 2–1 0–0
JS Talangaï 3–5 Mount Cameroon FC 2–1 1–4

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 3–4 US Masséda 2–0 1–4
Rachad Bernoussi 3–3 (a) Espérance 3–1 0–2
Djoliba 3–0 Satellite FC 2–0 1–0
Petro Atletico 1–3 AS Mangasport 1–2 0–1
ASC Linguère 3–3 (5–3 p) ES Bingerville 3–0 0–3
CS Sfaxien 2–1 JSM Béjaïa 1–0 1–1
Les Astres FC 2–0 AS Maniema Union 2–0 0–0
AS Vita Club 0–0 (4–2 p) Express FC 0–0 0–0
Al Akhdar 2–1 Young Africans FC 1–1 1–0
MC Alger 0–1 Haras El Hodood 0–0 0–1
Green Buffaloes FC 1–2 Highlanders FC 1–1 0–1
Al-Merrikh 3–0 Rayon Sport 3–0 0–0
Ajax Cape Town 5–1 Anse Réunion 1–0 4–1
1º de Maio 1–2 Mount Cameroon FC 0–2 1–0
Casa Sport 1–2 Dolphins 0–0 1–2
Wikki Tourists 3–6 Asante Kotoko 2–2 1–4

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 2–6 Espérance 1–0 1–6
Djoliba 5–2 AS Mangasport 3–1 2–1
ASC Linguère 4–4 (a) CS Sfaxien 3–2 1–2
Les Astres FC 1–1 (a) AS Vita Club 0–0 1–1
Al Akhdar 1–2 Haras El Hodood 1–1 0–1
Highlanders FC 1–5 Al-Merrikh 0–2 1–3
Ajax Cape Town 5–6 Mount Cameroon FC 5–1 0–5
Dolphins 3–4 Asante Kotoko 2–0 1–41

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 2–0 Espérance 2–0 0–0
Club Africain 0–0 (5–3 p) Djoliba 0–0 0–0
Platinum Stars 2–4 CS Sfaxien 2–2 0–2
JS Kabylie 2–1 Les Astres FC 1–1 1–0
Mamelodi Sundowns 1–2 Haras El Hodood 1–0 0–2
Olympique Khouribga 2–2 (a) Al-Merrikh 2–2 0–0
Inter de Luanda 3–2 Mount Cameroon FC 2–1 1–1
Al Ittihad Tripolil 3–4 Asante Kotoko 2–1 1–3

Group stage
Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup 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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CS Sfaxien 6411116+513
Haras El Hodood 6312106+410
Club Africain 622276+18
Interclube 6105616-103

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Etoile Sahel 631286+210
Al-Merrikh 630398+19
JS Kabylie 630389-19
Asante Kotoko 621379-27

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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