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'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
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'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
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'
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
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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