2008 CAF Confederation Cup

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
Dates	16 February – 22 November
Teams	53 (from 37 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	CS Sfaxien (2nd title)
Runners-up	ES Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	102
Goals scored	262 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
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Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup 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.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

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

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

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

Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup 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]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Final

Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup Final

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

8 November 2008

15:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	0 - 0	Etoile Sahel
	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

22 November 2008

15:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Goalscorers

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