2008 CAF Confederation Cup

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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.

2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 22 November
Teams53 (from 37 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-upTunisia ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played102
Goals scored262 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
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2009

Qualifying rounds

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All rounds have been drawn.

Preliminary round

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1st legs played on 15–17 February 2008 and 2nd legs played on 29 February–2 March 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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1st legs played on 21–23 March 2008 and 2nd legs played on 4–6 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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1st legs played on 25–27 April 2008 and 2nd legs played on 9–11 May 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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

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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
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

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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
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Final

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

Etoile Sahel  2 - 2  CS Sfaxien

Goalscorers

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Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

Player Club Goals
  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

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  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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