2008 CAF Confederation Cup

2008 CAF Confederation Cup

Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Dates	16 February – 22 November
Final positions
Champions	CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up	ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Eric Bekoe (10 goals)

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	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 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 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]

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	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)	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 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

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	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	1–4^1

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	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 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
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

CS Sfaxien v Interclube

16 August 2008 18:30 GMT

CS Sfaxien	4 – 1	Interclube
Nafti Abdekkrim  17' Soumah Naby  41' Agyemang Opoku  50' Hamza Younes  65'		Pedro Costa  86'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax Referee: Diouf Abdou Samba

Haras El Hodood v Club Africain

17 August 2008 14:00 GMT

Haras El Hodood	2 – 1	Club Africain
Mohamed Fawzy  67' Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  80'		Zouheir Dhaouadi  7'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

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Club Africain v CS Sfaxien

30 August 2008 18:10 UTC

Club Africain	0 – 0	CS Sfaxien

Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis Referee: El Achiri Abdellah

Interclube v Haras El Hodood

31 August 2008 18:00 UTC

Interclube	1 – 0	Haras El Hodood

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda Referee: Kaoma Wellington

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Haras El Hodood v CS Sfaxien

12 September 2008 19:30 UTC

Haras El Hodood	3 – 1	CS Sfaxien
Ahmed Eid Abd El Malek  13' Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  16' Abdul Hamid Bassiouny  40'		Kouassi Blaise  19'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Club Africain v Interclube

14 September 2008 20:00 UTC

Club Africain	3 – 0	Interclube
Junior Osagie  16' Wissem Ben Yahia  21' Oussama Sellami  81'

Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis

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CS Sfaxien v Haras El Hodood

19 September 2008 20:00 UTC

CS Sfaxien	1 – 0	Haras El Hodood
Issam Merdassi  25'		Kameni (GK)  89'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax Referee: Ould Lemghambodj

Interclube v Club Africain

21 September 2008 18:00 UTC

Interclube	1 – 2	Club Africain
90'		Wissem Ben Yahia  2' Abdelmoneem Derbali  42' Wissem Ben Yahia  89'

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda Referee: Fakudze Mbongseni

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Club Africain v Haras El Hodood

5 October 2008 17:10 UTC

Club Africain	1 – 1	Haras El Hodood
Sellami  32' (pen.)		Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  49'

Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis Referee: Tamuni Wahid

Interclube v CS Sfaxien

3 October 2008 20:00 UTC

Interclube	2 – 3	CS Sfaxien
34' Zinga  78'		Kouassi Blaise  12' Karim Nafti  37'  76'

Estádio dos Coqueiros, Luanda Referee: AGBOVI William

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CS Sfaxien v Club Africain

19 October 2008 17:10 UTC

CS Sfaxien	2 – 0	Club Africain
Karim Nafti  34' Karim Ben Amor  90'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax Referee: Keita Yakhouba

Haras El Hodood v Interclube

19 October 2008 17:10 UTC

Haras El Hodood	4 – 1	Interclube
Mohamed Meky  1'  20' Mohamed Fawzy  40' Ahmed Abdel-Ghani  70'		Pedro Henriques  85'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Referee: Mwandike Victor

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

Al-Merrikh v JS Kabylie

16 August 2008 16:00 GMT

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 v Asante Kotoko

17 August 2008 17:10 GMT

Etoile Sahel	2 – 0	Asante Kotoko
Emeka Opara  13' Emeka Opara 70'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

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Asante Kotoko v Al-Merrikh

31 August 2008 14:30 UTC

Asante Kotoko	1 – 0	Al-Merrikh
Eric Bekoe  87'

Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi Referee: Mdume Gil Sebastian

JS Kabylie v Etoile Sahel

29 August 2008 19:30 UTC

JS Kabylie	1 – 0	Etoile Sahel
Nassim Oussalah  57'

Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Tizi Ouzou Referee: Younis Yasser

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Etoile Sahel v Al-Merrikh

13 September 2008 20:00 UTC

Etoile Sahel	2 – 1	Al-Merrikh
Mehdi Meriah  50' Emeka Opara 78'		Haytham Tambal  85'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Asante Kotoko v JS Kabylie

13 September 2008 15:00 UTC

Asante Kotoko	3 – 1	JS Kabylie
Eric Bekoe  39' Jordan Opoku 57' Eric Bekoe 72'		Tayeb Berramla  91'

Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi

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Al-Merrikh v Etoile Sahel

20 September 2008 19:00 UTC

Al-Merrikh	2 – 0	Etoile Sahel
Idahor  39' (pen.) Idahor  76'

Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman Referee: Kapanga Patrick

JS Kabylie v Asante Kotoko

21 September 2008 20:30 UTC

JS Kabylie	2 – 0	Asante Kotoko
(pen.) Adlène Bensaid  07' Tayeb Berramla  84'		Jordan Opoku  63'

Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Tizi Ouzou Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf

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Asante Kotoko v Etoile Sahel

4 October 2008 15:00 UTC

Asante Kotoko	2 – 2	Etoile Sahel
Kwabena Yaro  08' (pen.) Eric Bekoe  79'		Slim Jedaied  64' (pen.) Mohamed Ali Nafkha  85' Mohamed Sakho  86'

Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium, Kumasi Referee: Eyene Lambert

JS Kabylie v Al-Merrikh

5 October 2008 20:00 UTC

JS Kabylie	3 – 1	Al-Merrikh
Demba Barry  61, 72' Nouri Ouznadji  63'		Alaa Abdul-Zahra  85'

Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Tizi Ouzou Referee: Atsoo Kokou

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Al-Merrikh v Asante Kotoko

18 October 2008 17:10 UTC

Al-Merrikh	2 – 1	Asante Kotoko
Abdelhamid Ammari  10'  24'		Eric Bekoe  21'

Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman Referee: Musungayi Mpunga

Etoile Sahel v JS Kabylie

18 October 2008 17:10 UTC

Etoile Sahel	2 – 0	JS Kabylie
Ammar Al Jamal  11' Mohamed Ali Nafkha  90' (pen.)		Tayeb Maroci Mohamed Rabie Meftah  90+2'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Referee: Ambaya Jamal

Final

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

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

CS Sfaxien v Etoile Sahel

8 November 2008 14:00 GMT

CS Sfaxien	0 - 0	Etoile Sahel
Apoko Mardassi Mrabet		Sakho

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax Referee: Benouza Mohamed

Etoile Sahel v CS Sfaxien

22 November 2008 14:00 GMT

Etoile Sahel	2 - 2	CS Sfaxien
Opara  73' Abdennour  79'		Apoko  2' Karim Nafti  69'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Referee: Eddy Maillet

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

Player	Club	Goals
Eric Bekoe	Asante Kotoko	10
Ahmed Abdelghani	Haras El Hodood	5
Agyeman Prempeh Opoku	CS Sfaxien	4
Emeka Opara	Etoile Sahel
Karim Nafti	CS Sfaxien
Kouassi Blaise	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.

External links

• Confederation Cup 2008 - rsssf.com