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
Interclube 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS HEH CA INT
1 CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13 Final — 1–0 2–0 4–1
2 Haras El Hodood 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 3–1 — 2–1 4–1
3 Club Africain 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 0–0 1–1 — 3–0
4 Interclube 6 1 0 5 6 16 −10 3 2–3 1–0 1–2 —
Source: CAF
CS Sfaxien 4 – 1 Interclube
Nafti Abdekkrim 17'
Soumah Naby 41'
Agyemang Opoku 50'
Hamza Younes 65'		 Bumba 86'
Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba
Haras El Hodood 2 – 1 Club Africain
Mohamed Fawzy 67'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 80'		 Zouheir Dhaouadi 7'
Club Africain 0 – 0 CS Sfaxien
Referee: El Achiri Abdellah
Interclube 1 – 0 Haras El Hodood
Abdel Traoré 80'
Referee: Kaoma Wellington
Haras El Hodood 3 – 1 CS Sfaxien
Ahmed Eid Abd El Malek 13'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 16'
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny 40'		 Kouassi Blaise 19'
Club Africain 3 – 0 Interclube
Junior Osagie 16'
Wissem Ben Yahia 21'
Oussama Sellami 81'
CS Sfaxien 1 – 0 Haras El Hodood
Issam Merdassi 25' Kameni (GK)  89'
Referee: Ould Lemghambodj
Interclube 1 – 2 Club Africain
Romi 90' Wissem Ben Yahia 2'
Abdelmoneem Derbali 42'
Wissem Ben Yahia  89'
Referee: Fakudze Mbongseni
Club Africain 1 – 1 Haras El Hodood
Sellami 32' (pen.) Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 49'
Referee: Tamuni Wahid
Interclube 2 – 3 CS Sfaxien
Abdel Traoré 34'
Mingo 78'		 Kouassi Blaise 12'
Karim Nafti 37'
76'
Referee: AGBOVI William
CS Sfaxien 2 – 0 Club Africain
Karim Nafti 34'
Karim Ben Amor 90'
Referee: Keita Yakhouba
Haras El Hodood 4 – 1 Interclube
Mohamed Meky 1' 20'
Mohamed Fawzy 40'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 70'		 Pedro Henriques 85'
Referee: Mwandike Victor

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS ALM JSK ASK
1 Etoile Sahel 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 Final — 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 Al-Merrikh 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 2–0 — 3–1 2–1
3 JS Kabylie 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9 1–0 3–1 — 2–0
4 Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 2–2 1–0 3–1 —
Source: CAF
Al-Merrikh 3 – 1 JS Kabylie
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed 01'
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed 12'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 51'		 Saad Attiya (own goal) 40'
Etoile Sahel 2 – 0 Asante Kotoko
Emeka Opara 13'
Emeka Opara 70'
Asante Kotoko 1 – 0 Al-Merrikh
Eric Bekoe 87'
Referee: Mdume Gil Sebastian
JS Kabylie 1 – 0 Etoile Sahel
Nassim Oussalah 57'
Referee: Younis Yasser
Etoile Sahel 2 – 1 Al-Merrikh
Mehdi Meriah 50'
Emeka Opara 78'		 Haytham Tambal 85'
Asante Kotoko 3 – 1 JS Kabylie
Eric Bekoe 39'
Jordan Opoku 57'
Eric Bekoe 72'		 Tayeb Berramla 91'
Al-Merrikh 2 – 0 Etoile Sahel
Idahor 39'
(pen.) Idahor 76'
Referee: Kapanga Patrick
JS Kabylie 2 – 0 Asante Kotoko
(pen.) Adlène Bensaid 07'
Tayeb Berramla 84'		 Jordan Opoku  63'
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf
Asante Kotoko 2 – 2 Etoile Sahel
Kwabena Yaro 08'
(pen.) Eric Bekoe 79'		 Slim Jedaied 64'
(pen.) Mohamed Ali Nafkha 85'
Mohamed Sakho  86'
Referee: Eyene Lambert
JS Kabylie 3 – 1 Al-Merrikh
Demba Barry 61, 72'
Nouri Ouznadji 63'		 Alaa Abdul-Zahra 85'
Referee: Atsoo Kokou
Al-Merrikh 2 – 1 Asante Kotoko
Abdelhamid Ammari 10' 24' Eric Bekoe 21'
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga
Etoile Sahel 2 – 0 JS Kabylie
Ammar Al Jamal 11'
Mohamed Ali Nafkha 90' (pen.)		 Tayeb Maroci
Mohamed Rabie Meftah  90+2'
Referee: Ambaya Jamal

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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