2008 CAF Confederation Cup

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2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Dates 16 February – 22 November
Final positions
Champions Tunisia CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up Tunisia ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Ghana Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
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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
US Masséda Togo 3–1 Benin UNB 2–0 1–1
Black Star Liberia 0–3 Guinea Satellite FC 0–0 0–3
AS Mangasport Gabon 5–0 Niger AS-FNIS 3–0 2–0
Ports Authority The Gambia 0–4 Ivory Coast ES Bingerville 0–1 0–3
AS Maniema Union Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–0 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui FC 3–0 0–0
Express FC Uganda 1–1 (5–4 Pk) Burundi AS Inter Star 1–0 0–1
AS Adema Madagascar 1–2 Tanzania Young Africans FC 1–0 0–2
AS CotonTchad Chad 1 Libya Al Akhdar w/o w/o
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 3–1 Mozambique Ferroviário de Nampula 3–0 0–1
Chipukizi Zanzibar 0–7 Zambia Green Buffaloes 0–5 0–2
Harrar Beer Ethiopia 2–2 (3–5 Pk) Rwanda Rayon Sport 2–0 0–2
Anse Réunion Seychelles 2–1 Mauritius Petite Rivière 2–1 0–0
JS Talangaï Republic of the Congo 3–5 Cameroon 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]

Round of 32

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 Ivory Coast 3–4 Togo US Masséda 2–0 1–4
Rachad Bernoussi Morocco 3–3(a) Tunisia Espérance 3–1 0–2
Djoliba Mali 3–0 Guinea Satellite FC 2–0 1–0
Petro Atletico Angola 1–3 Gabon AS Mangasport 1–2 0–1
ASC Linguère Senegal 3–3 (– Pk) Ivory Coast ES Bingerville 3–0 0–3
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2–1 Algeria JSM Béjaïa 1–0 1–1
Les Astres FC Cameroon 2–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union 2–0 0–0
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 0–0 (4–2 Pk) Uganda Express FC 0–0 0–0
Al Akhdar Libya 2–1 Tanzania Young Africans FC 1–1 1–0
MC Alger Algeria 0–1 Egypt Haras El Hodood 0–0 0–1
Green Buffaloes FC Zambia 1–2 Zimbabwe Highlanders FC 1–1 0–1
Al-Merrikh Sudan 3–0 Rwanda Rayon Sport 3–0 0–0
Ajax Cape Town South Africa 5–1 Seychelles Anse Réunion 1–0 4–1
Primeiro Maio Angola 1–2 Cameroon Mount Cameroon FC 0–2 1–0
Casa Sport Senegal 1–2 Nigeria Dolphins 0–0 1–2
Wikki Tourists Nigeria 3–6 Ghana Asante Kotoko 2–2 1–4

Round of 16

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 Togo 2–6 Tunisia Espérance 1–0 1–6
Djoliba Mali 5–2 Gabon AS Mangasport 3–1 2–1
ASC Linguère Senegal 4–4(a) Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3–2 1–2
Les Astres FC Cameroon (a)1–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–0 1–1
Al Akhdar Libya 1–2 Egypt Haras El Hodood 1–1 0–1
Highlanders FC Zimbabwe 1–5 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0–2 1–3
Ajax Cape Town South Africa 5–6 Cameroon Mount Cameroon FC 5–1 0–5
Dolphins Nigeria 3–4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 2–0 1–41

1 The 2nd leg was replayed on 12 May after being abandoned at half-time on 11 May with Asante Kotoko leading 1-0 due to a storm that flooded the pitch.

Intermediate round (2nd round of 16)

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 Tunisia 2–0 Tunisia Espérance 2–0 0–0
Club Africain Tunisia 0–0 (5–3 Pk) Mali Djoliba 0–0 0–0
Platinum Stars South Africa 2–4 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2–2 0–2
JS Kabylie Algeria 2–1 Cameroon Les Astres FC 1–1 1–0
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 1–2 Egypt Haras El Hodood 1–0 0–2
Olympique Khouribga Morocco 2–2(a) Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–2 0–0
Inter Luanda Angola 3–2 Cameroon Mount Cameroon FC 2–1 1–1
Al Ittihad Tripolil Libya 3–4 Ghana 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]

Group winner

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
Egypt Haras El Hodood 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10
Tunisia Club Africain 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
Angola Interclube 6 1 0 5 6 16 -10 3

16 August 2008
18:30 GMT
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 4 – 1 Angola Interclube
Nafti Abdekkrim Goal 17'
Soumah Naby Goal 41'
Agyemang Opoku Goal 50'
Hamza Younes Goal 65'		 Pedro Costa Goal 86'

17 August 2008
14:00 GMT
Haras El Hodood Egypt 2 – 1 Tunisia Club Africain
Mohamed Fawzy Goal 67'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Goal 80'		 Zouheir Dhaouadi Goal 7'

30 August 2008
18:10 UTC
Club Africain Tunisia 0 – 0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien

31 August 2008
18:00 UTC
Interclube Angola 1 – 0 Egypt Haras El Hodood

12 September 2008
19:30 UTC
Haras El Hodood Egypt 3 – 1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ahmed Eid Abd El Malek Goal 13'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Goal 16'
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny Goal 40'		 Kouassi Blaise Goal 19'

14 September 2008
20:00 UTC
Club Africain Tunisia 3 – 0 Angola Interclube
Junior Osagie Goal 16'
Wissem Ben Yahia Goal 21'
Oussama Sellami Goal 81'		 [1]

19 September 2008
20:00 UTC
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1 – 0 Egypt Haras El Hodood
Issam Merdassi Goal 25' [2] Kameni (GK) Red card 89'

21 September 2008
18:00 UTC
Interclube Angola 1 – 2 Tunisia Club Africain
Goal 90' Wissem Ben Yahia Goal 2'
Abdelmoneem Derbali Goal 42'
Wissem Ben Yahia Red card 89'

5 October 2008
17:10 UTC
Club Africain Tunisia 1 – 1 Egypt Haras El Hodood
Sellami Goal 32' (pen.) Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Goal 49'

3 October 2008
20:00 UTC
Interclube Angola 2 – 3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Goal 34'
Zinga Goal 78'		 Kouassi Blaise Goal 12'
Karim Nafti Goal 37'
Goal 76'

19 October 2008
17:10 UTC
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2 – 0 Tunisia Club Africain
Karim Nafti Goal 34'
Karim Ben Amor Goal 90'

19 October 2008
17:10 UTC
Haras El Hodood Egypt 4 – 1 Angola Interclube
Mohamed Meky Goal 1' Goal 20'
Mohamed Fawzy Goal 40'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Goal 70'		 Pedro Henriques Goal 85'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Etoile Sahel 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
Sudan Al-Merrikh 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
Algeria JS Kabylie 6 3 0 3 8 9 -1 9
Ghana Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7

16 August 2008
16:00 GMT
Al-Merrikh Sudan 3 – 1 Algeria JS Kabylie
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed Goal 01'
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed Goal 12'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra Goal 51'		 Saad Attiya (own goal) Goal 40'

17 August 2008
17:10 GMT
Etoile Sahel Tunisia 2 – 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
Emeka Opara Goal 13'
Emeka OparaGoal 70'

31 August 2008
14:30 UTC
Asante Kotoko Ghana 1 – 0 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Eric Bekoe Goal 87'

29 August 2008
19:30 UTC
JS Kabylie Algeria 1 – 0 Tunisia Etoile Sahel
Nassim Oussalah Goal 57'

13 September 2008
20:00 UTC
Etoile Sahel Tunisia 2 – 1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Mehdi Meriah Goal 50'
Emeka OparaGoal 78'		 Haytham Tambal Goal 85'

13 September 2008
15:00 UTC
Asante Kotoko Ghana 3 – 1 Algeria JS Kabylie
Eric Bekoe Goal 39'
Jordan OpokuGoal 57'
Eric BekoeGoal 72'		 Tayeb Berramla Goal 91'

20 September 2008
19:00 UTC
Al-Merrikh Sudan 2 – 0 Tunisia Etoile Sahel
Idahor Goal 39'
(pen.) Idahor Goal 76'

21 September 2008
20:30 UTC
JS Kabylie Algeria 2 – 0 Ghana Asante Kotoko
(pen.) Adlène Bensaid Goal 07'
Tayeb Berramla Goal 84'		 Jordan Opoku Red card 63'

4 October 2008
15:00 UTC
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2 – 2 Tunisia Etoile Sahel
Kwabena Yaro Goal 08'
(pen.) Eric Bekoe Goal 79'		 [3] Slim Jedaied Goal 64'
(pen.) Mohamed Ali Nafkha Goal 85'
Mohamed Sakho Red card 86'

5 October 2008
20:00 UTC
JS Kabylie Algeria 3 – 1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
Demba Barry Goal 61, 72'
Nouri Ouznadji Goal 63'		 Alaa Abdul-Zahra Goal 85'

18 October 2008
17:10 UTC
Al-Merrikh Sudan 2 – 1 Ghana Asante Kotoko
Abdelhamid Ammari Goal 10' Goal 24' Eric Bekoe Goal 21'

18 October 2008
17:10 UTC
Etoile Sahel Tunisia 2 – 0 Algeria JS Kabylie
Ammar Al Jamal Goal 11'
Mohamed Ali Nafkha Goal 90' (pen.)		 Tayeb Maroci Red card
Mohamed Rabie Meftah Red card 90+2'

Final

The final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2–2 (a) Tunisia ES Sahel 0–0 2–2

8 November 2008
14:00 GMT
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 0 - 0 Tunisia Etoile Sahel
Apoko Booked
Mardassi Booked
Mrabet Booked		 [4] Booked Sakho

22 November 2008
14:00 GMT
Etoile Sahel Tunisia 2 - 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Opara Goal 73'
Abdennour Goal 79'		 Apoko Goal 2'
Karim Nafti Goal 69'

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

Player Club Goals
Ghana Eric Bekoe Ghana Asante Kotoko 10
Egypt Ahmed Abdelghani Egypt Haras El Hodood 5
Ghana Agyeman Prempeh Opoku Tunisia CS Sfaxien 4
Nigeria Emeka Opara Tunisia Etoile Sahel
Tunisia Karim Nafti Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ivory Coast Kouassi Blaise Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3
Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Sudan Al-Merrikh
Sudan Faisal Agab Sudan Al-Merrikh
Sudan Abdelhamid Ammari Sudan Al-Merrikh
Sudan Mugahid Mohamed Sudan Al-Merrikh
Sudan Haytham Tambal Sudan Al-Merrikh

References

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