2008 CAF Confederation Cup

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2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 22 November
Teams53 (from 37 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played102
Goals scored262 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ghana.svg Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
2007
2009

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.

Contents

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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
US Masséda Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 31 Flag of Benin.svg UNB 2011
Black Star Flag of Liberia.svg 03 Flag of Guinea.svg Satellite FC 0003
AS Mangasport Flag of Gabon.svg 50 Flag of Niger.svg AS-FNIS 3020
Ports Authority Flag of The Gambia.svg 04 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ES Bingerville 0103
AS Maniema Union Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 30 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Akonangui FC 3000
Express FC Flag of Uganda.svg 11 (5–4 p) Flag of Burundi.svg AS Inter Star 1001
AS Adema Flag of Madagascar.svg 12 Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans FC 1002
AS CotonTchad Flag of Chad.svg w/o1 Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Al Akhdar
Highlanders FC Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 31 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário de Nampula 3001
Chipukizi Flag of Zanzibar.svg 07 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 0502
Harrar Beer Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg 22 (3–5 p) Flag of Rwanda.svg Rayon Sport 2002
Anse Réunion Flag of Seychelles.svg 21 Flag of Mauritius.svg Petite Rivière 2100
JS Talangaï Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 35 Flag of Cameroon.svg Mount Cameroon FC 2114

1 Clubs from the Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic , Flag of Chad.svg  Chad , Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya , Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda and Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Issia Wazi FC Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 34 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg US Masséda 2014
Rachad Bernoussi Flag of Morocco.svg 33 (a) Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance 3102
Djoliba Flag of Mali.svg 30 Flag of Guinea.svg Satellite FC 2010
Petro Atletico Flag of Angola.svg 13 Flag of Gabon.svg AS Mangasport 1201
ASC Linguère Flag of Senegal.svg 33 (5–3 p) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ES Bingerville 3003
CS Sfaxien Flag of Tunisia.svg 21 Flag of Algeria.svg JSM Béjaïa 1011
Les Astres FC Flag of Cameroon.svg 20 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Maniema Union 2000
AS Vita Club Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 00 (4–2 p) Flag of Uganda.svg Express FC 0000
Al Akhdar Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 21 Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans FC 1110
MC Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 01 Flag of Egypt.svg Haras El Hodood 0001
Green Buffaloes FC Flag of Zambia.svg 12 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Highlanders FC 1101
Al-Merrikh Flag of Sudan.svg 30 Flag of Rwanda.svg Rayon Sport 3000
Ajax Cape Town Flag of South Africa.svg 51 Flag of Seychelles.svg Anse Réunion 1041
1º de Maio Flag of Angola.svg 12 Flag of Cameroon.svg Mount Cameroon FC 0210
Casa Sport Flag of Senegal.svg 12 Flag of Nigeria.svg Dolphins 0012
Wikki Tourists Flag of Nigeria.svg 36 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2214

Second round

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

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
US Masséda Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 26 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance 1016
Djoliba Flag of Mali.svg 52 Flag of Gabon.svg AS Mangasport 3121
ASC Linguère Flag of Senegal.svg 44 (a) Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien 3212
Les Astres FC Flag of Cameroon.svg 11 (a) Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 0011
Al Akhdar Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 12 Flag of Egypt.svg Haras El Hodood 1101
Highlanders FC Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 15 Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh 0213
Ajax Cape Town Flag of South Africa.svg 56 Flag of Cameroon.svg Mount Cameroon FC 5105
Dolphins Flag of Nigeria.svg 34 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 20141

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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Etoile du Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 20 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance 2000
Club Africain Flag of Tunisia.svg 00 (5–3 p) Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba 0000
Platinum Stars Flag of South Africa.svg 24 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien 2202
JS Kabylie Flag of Algeria.svg 21 Flag of Cameroon.svg Les Astres FC 1110
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 12 Flag of Egypt.svg Haras El Hodood 1002
Olympique Khouribga Flag of Morocco.svg 22 (a) Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh 2200
Interclube Flag of Angola.svg 32 Flag of Cameroon.svg Mount Cameroon FC 2111
Al Ittihad Tripolil Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 34 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2113

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CSS HEH CA INT
1 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien 6411116+513 Final 1–0 2–0 4–1
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Haras El Hodood 6312106+410 3–1 2–1 4–1
3 Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 622276+18 0–0 1–1 3–0
4 Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 6105616103 2–3 1–0 1–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ESS ALM JSK ASK
1 Flag of Tunisia.svg Etoile Sahel 631286+210 Final 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh 630398+19 2–0 3–1 2–1
3 Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie 63038919 1–0 3–1 2–0
4 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 62137927 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 Flag of Tunisia.svg 2 - 2 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

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