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2008 CAF Champions League final

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The 2008 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2008 between Al-Ahly, and Coton Sport FC de Garoua.

2008 CAF Champions League Final
Cairo International Stadium hosted the first leg of the final
Event2008 CAF Champions League
Al Ahly Coton Sport FC
Egypt Cameroon
4 2
First leg
Al Ahly Coton Sport FC
2 0
Date2 November 2008
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeJerome Damon (South Africa)
Second Leg
Coton Sport FC Al Ahly
2 2
Date16 November 2008
VenueRoumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua
RefereeDjamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
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Qualified teams edit

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
  Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
  Coton Sport UNIFFAC (Central Africa) none

Venues edit

Cairo International Stadium edit

 
International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg.

Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.[1] The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.

Roumdé Adjia Stadium edit

 
Garoua, Cameroon hosted the second leg.

Stade Roumdé Adjia is a multi-purpose stadium in Garoua, Cameroon. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Cotonsport Garoua. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was built in 1978. The capacity is 22,000 people. This stadium is set to be one of the stadiums used in the African Cup of Nations in 2021. It'will be renovated by Mota-Engil.[2][3]

Road to final edit

Further information: 2008 CAF Champions League
  Al Ahly Round   Coton Sport FC
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Preliminary round   Vital'O FC 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
  Al Tahrir 6–01 3–0 (H) 3–0 (A) First round   Gombe United F.C. 6–2 5–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
  Platinum Stars 3–2 0–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Second round   JS Kabylie 4–2 3–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Zamalek 2–1 (H) Matchday 1   TP Mazembe 1–0 (H)
  Africa Sports National 0–0 (A) Matchday 2   Enyimba 0–2 (A)
  Dynamos 2–1 (H) Matchday 3   Al Hilal 1–1 (A)
  Dynamos 1–0 (A) Matchday 4   Al Hilal 1–0 (H)
  Zamalek 2–2 (A) Matchday 5   TP Mazembe 0–2 (A)
  ASEC Mimosas 2–2 (H) Matchday 6   Enyimba 3–0 (H)

Group A Winner
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Dynamos 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9
3   ASEC Mimosas 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 6
4   Zamalek 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5
Source: [citation needed]
 Final standings

Group B Winner
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Coton Sport FC 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Advance to knockout stage
2   Enyimba 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9
3   TP Mazembe 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
4   Al Hilal 6 1 3 2 7 10 −3 6
Source: [citation needed]
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Enyimba 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Semifinals   Dynamos 5–0 1–0 (A) 4–0 (H)

1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.[4]

Format edit

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[5]

Matches edit

First leg edit

Al Ahly  2–0  Coton Sport FC
Gomaa   4'
Flávio   15'		 Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Ahly
 
 
 
 
 
Coton Sport
Al-Ahly:
GK 27   Amir Abdelhamid
DF 7   Shady Mohamed
DF 5   Ahmad El-Sayed
DF 26   Wael Gomaa
DF 6   Ahmad Sedik   74'
DF 25   Hossam Ashour  
MF 12   Gilberto   78'
MF 16   Ahmed Hassan
MF 8   Mohamed Barakat
MF 22   Mohamed Aboutrika   87'
FW 23   Flávio   90'
Substitutes:
MF 11   Sayed Moawad   78'
FW 17   Anis Boujelbene   74'
MF ?   Osama Hosny   90'
Manager:
  Manuel José
Coton Sport:
GK ?   Kassaly Daouda
DF ?   Ahmadou Eboa Ngomna   86'
DF ?   Henri Minka  
DF ?   Haman Daouda
DF ?   Sébastien Ndzana Kana
DF ?   Makadji Boukar
MF ?   Stéphane Kingué Mpondo
MF 2   Karim Lancina
MF ?   Ousmaïla Baba
FW ?   Jacques Zoua   75'
FW ?   Kamilou Daouda
Substitutes:
MF ?   André Ndame Ndame   86'
FW 10   Sanda Oumarou   75'
Manager:
  Alain Ouombleon

Assistant referees:
Malebo Toko (South Africa)
Rezeers Andrew (South Africa)

Second leg edit

Coton Sport FC  2–2  Al Ahly
Lassina Abdoul Karim   45'
Ousmaïla Baba   63'		 Report Ahmed Hassan   38'
Shady   89'
 
 
 
 
 
Coton Sport
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Ahly
Coton Sport:
GK ?   Kassaly Daouda
DF ?   Henri Minka     71'
DF ?   Marcellin Gaha Djiadeu
DF ?   Sébastien Ndzana Kana
DF ?   Makadji Boukar
MF ?   Stéphane Kingué Mpondo  
MF 2   Karim Lancina  
MF ?   Ousmaïla Baba
FW 10   Sanda Oumarou   81'
FW ?   Jacques Zoua
FW ?   Kamilou Daouda  
Substitutes:
MF ?   André Ndame Ndame   71'
FW ?   Fankélé Traoré   81'
Manager:
  Alain Ouombleon
Al-Ahly:
GK 27   Amir Abdelhamid
DF 7   Shady Mohamed
DF 5   Ahmad El-Sayed
DF 26   Wael Gomaa  
DF 6   Ahmad Sedik   46'
DF 25   Hossam Ashour
MF 12   Gilberto
MF 16   Ahmed Hassan   65'
MF 8   Mohamed Barakat
MF 22   Mohamed Aboutrika   75'
FW 23   Flávio
Substitutes:
MF 11   Sayed Moawad   46'
FW 17   Anis Boujelbene   65'
MF 24   Ahmed Fathy   75'
Manager:
  Manuel José

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Sedrati (Algeria)
Omari Bouabdallah (Algeria)

Coton Sport's captain, Ahmadou Ngomna was suspended for the second leg.[6]

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "International Cairo Stadium". www.cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  2. ^ "Inspection Caf : Antony Baffoe gronde, Garoua rassure, le Cameroun avance" (in French). News du Camer. 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Infrastructures sportives. Bientôt cinq stades modernes dans le Nord" (in French). CamerNews. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Ahly given Champions League bye". bbc.co.uk. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  5. ^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League
  6. ^ "Glory in Egyptians' hands". fifa.com. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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