2008 CAF Confederation Cup

2008–09 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Dates February 2008 – 22 November 2009
Teams  (from CAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions CS Sfaxien
Runners-up Etoile Sahel
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
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The CAF Confederation Cup 2008 schedule began with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) in mid February. The competition concluded on November 22 with CS Sfaxien winning the title.

Contents

Results/Fixtures

All rounds have been drawn.

Preliminary round

1st legs played on 15–17 February 2008.
2nd legs played on 29 February, 1–2 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 Entente Sportive 0–1 0–3
AS Maniema Union 3–0 Akonangui FC 3–0 0–0
Express FC 1–1 (5–4 Pk) AS Inter Star 1–0 0–1
AS Adema 1–2 Young Africans FC 1–0 0–2
AS CotonTchad 1 Al Akhdar w/o w/o
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 Pk) Rayon Sport 2–0 0–2
Anse Réunion 2–1 Petite Rivière 2–1 0–0
JS de Talangai 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]

Second round

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

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Issia Wazi 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 (– Pk) Entente Sportive 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 Pk) 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
Primeiro 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

First round of 16

1st legs played on 25–27 April 2008.
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 (a)1–1 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 2nd leg was replayed on May 12 after being abandoned at half-time on May 11 with Asante Kotoko leading 1-0 due to a storm that flooded the pitch.

Second round of 16

First leg played 11/12/13 July
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 Pk) 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
Inter Luanda 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 August 15–17 and concludes on the weekend of October 17–19. 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
CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13
Haras El Hodood 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10
Club Africain 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
Interclube 6 1 0 5 6 16 -10 3
2008-08-16
18:30 GMT
 CS Sfaxien 4 – 1 Interclube Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba
Nafti Abdekkrim  17'
Soumah Naby  41'
Agyemang Opoku  50'
Hamza Younes  65'		 Pedro Costa  86'
2008-08-17
14:00 GMT
 Haras El Hodood 2 – 1 Club Africain Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Mohamed Fawzy  67'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  80'		 Zouheir Dhaouadi  7'
2008-08-30
18:10 UTC
 Club Africain 0 – 0 CS Sfaxien Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: El Achiri Abdellah
2008-08-31
18:00 UTC
 Interclube 1 – 0 Haras El Hodood Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: Kaoma Wellington
2008-09-12
19:30 UTC
 Haras El Hodood 3 – 1 CS Sfaxien Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Ahmed Eid Abd El Malek  13'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  16'
Abdul Hamid Bassiouny  40'		 Kouassi Blaise  19'
2008-09-14
20:00 UTC
 Club Africain 3 – 0 Interclube Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis
Junior Osagie  16'
Wissem Ben Yahia  21'
Oussama Sellami  81'		 [1]
2008-09-19
20:00 UTC
 CS Sfaxien 1 – 0 Haras El Hodood Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Ould Lemghambodj
Issam Merdassi  25' [2] Kameni (GK)  89'
2008-09-21
18:00 UTC
 Interclube 1 – 2 Club Africain Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: Fakudze Mbongseni
 90' Wissem Ben Yahia  2'
Abdelmoneem Derbali  42'
Wissem Ben Yahia  89'
2008-10-05
17:10 UTC
 Club Africain 1 – 1 Haras El Hodood Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Tamuni Wahid
Sellami  32' (pen.) Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  49'
2008-10-03
20:00 UTC
 Interclube 2 – 3 CS Sfaxien Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda
Referee: AGBOVI William
 34'
Zinga  78'		 Kouassi Blaise  12'
Karim Nafti  37'
 76'
2008-10-19
17:10 UTC
 CS Sfaxien 2 – 0 Club Africain Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Keita Yakhouba
Karim Nafti  34'
Karim Ben Amor  90'
2008-10-19
17:10 UTC
 Haras El Hodood 4 – 1 Interclube Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Mwandike Victor
Mohamed Meky  1'  20'
Mohamed Fawzy  40'
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  70'		 Pedro Henriques  85'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Etoile Sahel 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
Al-Merrikh 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
JS Kabylie 6 3 0 3 8 9 -1 9
Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7
2008-08-16
16:00 GMT
 Al-Merrikh 3 – 1 JS Kabylie Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed  01'
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed  12'
Alaa Abdul-Zahra  51'		 Saad Attiya (own goal)  40'
2008-08-17
17:10 GMT
 Etoile Sahel 2 – 0 Asante Kotoko Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Emeka Opara  13'
Emeka Opara 70'
2008-08-31
14:30 UTC
 Asante Kotoko 1 – 0 Al-Merrikh Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi
Referee: Mdume Gil Sebastian
Eric Bekoe  87'
2008-08-29
19:30 UTC
 JS Kabylie 1 – 0 Etoile Sahel Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Tizi Ouzou
Referee: Younis Yasser
Nassim Oussalah  57'
2008-09-13
20:00 UTC
 Etoile Sahel 2 – 1 Al-Merrikh Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Mehdi Meriah  50'
Emeka Opara 78'		 Haytham Tambal  85'
2008-09-13
15:00 UTC
 Asante Kotoko 3 – 1 JS Kabylie Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi
Eric Bekoe  39'
Jordan Opoku 57'
Eric Bekoe 72'		 Tayeb Berramla  91'
2008-09-20
19:00 UTC
 Al-Merrikh 2 – 0 Etoile Sahel Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Kapanga Patrick
Idahor  39'
(pen.) Idahor  76'
2008-09-21
20:30 UTC
 JS Kabylie 2 – 0 Asante Kotoko Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Tizi Ouzou
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf
(pen.) Adlène Bensaid  07'
Tayeb Berramla  84'		 Jordan Opoku  63'
2008-10-04
15:00 UTC
 Asante Kotoko 2 – 2 Etoile Sahel Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi
Referee: Eyene Lambert
Kwabena Yaro  08'
(pen.) Eric Bekoe  79'		 [3] Slim Jedaied  64'
(pen.) Mohamed Ali Nafkha  85'
Mohamed Sakho  86'
2008-10-05
20:00 UTC
 JS Kabylie 3 – 1 Al-Merrikh Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Tizi Ouzou
Referee: Atsoo Kokou
Demba Barry  61, 72'
Nouri Ouznadji  63'		 Alaa Abdul-Zahra  85'
2008-10-18
17:10 UTC
 Al-Merrikh 2 – 1 Asante Kotoko Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga
Abdelhamid Ammari  10'  24' Eric Bekoe  21'
2008-10-18
17:10 UTC
 Etoile Sahel 2 – 0 JS Kabylie Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Ambaya Jamal
Ammar Al Jamal  11'
Mohamed Ali Nafkha  90' (pen.)		 Tayeb Maroci
Mohamed Rabie Meftah  90+2'

Final

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

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
CS Sfaxien 2 - 2(a) Etoile Sahel 0 - 0 2 - 2
2008-11-08
14:00 GMT
 CS Sfaxien 0 - 0 Etoile Sahel Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Benouza Mohamed
Apoko
Mardassi
Mrabet		 [4] Sakho
2008-11-22
14:00 GMT
 Etoile Sahel 2 - 2 CS Sfaxien Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Opara  73'
Abdennour  79'		 Apoko  2'
Karim Nafti  69'
 CAF Confederation Cup 2008 Winners 

CS Sfaxien
2nd title

Leading Goal Scorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

Player Club Goals
Eric Bekoe Asante Kotoko 10
Ahmed Abdelghani Haras El Hodood 5
Karim Nafti CS Sfaxien 4
Apoko CS Sfaxien
Emeka Opara Etoile Sahel
Mugahid Mohamed Al-Merrikh 3
Faisal Agab Al-Merrikh
Haytham Tambal Al-Merrikh
Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Merrikh
Abdelhamid Ammari Al-Merrikh
Kouassi Blaise CS Sfaxien

References

  1. ^ Gleeson, Mark (2008-02-10). "Five countries excluded from African club competition". Reuters. http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-nationsclubs&prov=reuters&type=lgns. Retrieved 2008-02-10. 
  2. ^ "Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. http://www.cafonline.com/modules/documents/upload/1256.pdf. 
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