2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 16 February – 22 November |
Teams | 53 (from 37 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | CS Sfaxien (2nd title) |
Runners-up | ES Sahel |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 102 |
Goals scored | 262 (2.57 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Eric Bekoe (10 goals) |
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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[]
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 |
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Group winners advance to the final |
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSS | HEH | CA | INT | |
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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 | — |
CS Sfaxien | 4 – 1 | Interclube |
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17' 41' Agyemang Opoku 50' Hamza Younes 65' |
86' |
Haras El Hodood | 2 – 1 | Club Africain |
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Mohamed Fawzy 67' Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 80' |
Zouheir Dhaouadi 7' |
Club Africain | 0 – 0 | CS Sfaxien |
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Interclube | 1 – 0 | Haras El Hodood |
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80' |
Haras El Hodood | 3 – 1 | CS Sfaxien |
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Ahmed Eid Abd El Malek 13' Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 16' Abdul Hamid Bassiouny 40' |
19' |
Club Africain | 3 – 0 | Interclube |
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Junior Osagie 16' Wissem Ben Yahia 21' Oussama Sellami 81' |
[1] |
CS Sfaxien | 1 – 0 | Haras El Hodood |
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Issam Merdassi 25' | [2] | Kameni (GK) 89' |
Interclube | 1 – 2 | Club Africain |
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90' | Wissem Ben Yahia 2' 42' Wissem Ben Yahia 89' |
Club Africain | 1 – 1 | Haras El Hodood |
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Sellami 32' (pen.) | Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 49' |
Interclube | 2 – 3 | CS Sfaxien |
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34' 78' |
12' 37' 76' |
CS Sfaxien | 2 – 0 | Club Africain |
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34' 90' |
Haras El Hodood | 4 – 1 | Interclube |
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1' 20' Mohamed Fawzy 40' Ahmed Abdel-Ghani 70' |
85' |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESS | ALM | JSK | ASK | |
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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 | — |
Al-Merrikh | 3 – 1 | JS Kabylie |
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01' 12' Alaa Abdul-Zahra 51' |
Saad Attiya (own goal) 40' |
Etoile Sahel | 2 – 0 | Asante Kotoko |
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Emeka Opara 13' Emeka Opara 70' |
Asante Kotoko | 1 – 0 | Al-Merrikh |
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Eric Bekoe 87' |
JS Kabylie | 1 – 0 | Etoile Sahel |
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Nassim Oussalah 57' |
Etoile Sahel | 2 – 1 | Al-Merrikh |
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Mehdi Meriah 50' Emeka Opara 78' |
Haytham Tambal 85' |
Asante Kotoko | 3 – 1 | JS Kabylie |
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Eric Bekoe 39' Jordan Opoku 57' Eric Bekoe 72' |
Tayeb Berramla 91' |
JS Kabylie | 2 – 0 | Asante Kotoko |
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(pen.) Adlène Bensaid 07' Tayeb Berramla 84' |
Jordan Opoku 63' |
Asante Kotoko | 2 – 2 | Etoile Sahel |
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08' (pen.) Eric Bekoe 79' |
[3] | 64' (pen.) Mohamed Ali Nafkha 85' Mohamed Sakho 86' |
JS Kabylie | 3 – 1 | Al-Merrikh |
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Demba Barry 61, 72' Nouri Ouznadji 63' |
Alaa Abdul-Zahra 85' |
Al-Merrikh | 2 – 1 | Asante Kotoko |
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Abdelhamid Ammari 10' 24' | Eric Bekoe 21' |
Etoile Sahel | 2 – 0 | JS Kabylie |
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11' Mohamed Ali Nafkha 90' (pen.) |
Tayeb Maroci Mohamed Rabie Meftah 90+2' |
Knockout stage[]
Final[]
The final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.
CS Sfaxien | 0 - 0 | Etoile Sahel |
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Report |
Etoile Sahel | 2 - 2 | CS Sfaxien |
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Goalscorers[]
Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.
Player | Club | Goals |
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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 | |
Al-Merrikh | ||
Haytham Tambal | Al-Merrikh |
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Confederation Cup 2008 - rsssf.com
- 2008 CAF Confederation Cup
- CAF Confederation Cup
- 2008 in African football