2008 CAF Super Cup

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2008 CAF Super Cup
Date23 February 2008
Venue Stade 7 November, Tunis
Referee Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
2007
2009

The 2008 CAF Super Cup was the 16th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The match was contested by 2007 CAF Champions League winners, ES Sahel, and 2007 CAF Confederation Cup winners, CS Sfaxien at the Stade 14 January in Tunis on 23 February 2008.

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This was only the third time that the African Super Cup was contested by teams from the same country (after all-Egyptian Super Cups in 1994 and 1997), and the first ever involving two Tunisian clubs.

Teams

TeamQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel 2007 CAF Champions League winner 1998 , 2004, 2007
Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien 2007 CAF Confederation Cup winnerNone

Match details

ES Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 2 1 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfaxien
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Report Opoku Soccerball shade.svg26'
Stade 7 November, Tunis
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
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Étoile du Sahel
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CS Sfaxien
Étoile du Sahel:
GK Flag of Tunisia.svg Aymen Mathlouthi
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Mejdi Traoui
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Souheïl Ben Radhia
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Mehdi Meriah
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Radhouène Felhi
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Ammar Jemal
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Ali Nafkha
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Afouène Gharbi Sub off.svg 71'
MF Flag of Cape Verde.svg Gilson Silva Sub off.svg 84'
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Mehdi Ben Dhifallah
FW Flag of Tunisia.svg Amine Chermiti
Substitutes:
MF Flag of Benin.svg Mouritala Ogunbiyi Sub on.svg 71'
FW Flag of Ghana.svg Moussa Narry Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Bertrand Marchand
CS Sfaxien:
GK Flag of Tunisia.svg Lotfi Saidi
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Fateh Gharbi Sub off.svg 83'
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Karim Ben Amor
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Hamdi Rouid
DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Bouzidi
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Chaker Bargawi
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Chadi Hammami Sub off.svg 68'
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Fraj Bnouni Sub off.svg 59'
MF Flag of Guinea.svg Naby Soumah
FW Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Blaise Kouassi
FW Flag of Ghana.svg Agyeman Opoku
Substitutes:
MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Ahmed Hleli Sub on.svg 59'
DF Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Guy Lusadisu Basisila Sub on.svg 68'
DF Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg Dominique da Silva Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michel Decastel
CAF Super Cup 2008
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Étoile du Sahel
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