# 2008 CAF Confederation Cup

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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 Eric Bekoe (10 goals) ← 2007 2009 →

International football competition

The **2008 CAF Confederation Cup** was the fifth edition of the [CAF Confederation Cup](/source/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](/source/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.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](/source/Central_African_Republic_national_football_team), [Chad](/source/Chad_national_football_team), [Kenya](/source/Kenya_national_football_team), [Rwanda](/source/Rwanda_national_football_team) and [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone_national_football_team) 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](/source/2008_CAF_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](/source/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](http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/15theditionoftotalconfederationcup/standings)
Rules for classification: [Group stage tiebreakers](/source/2008_CAF_Confederation_Cup_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](http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/15theditionoftotalconfederationcup/standings)
Rules for classification: [Group stage tiebreakers](/source/2008_CAF_Confederation_Cup_group_stage#Tiebreakers)

## Knockout stage

### Final

Main article: [2008 CAF Confederation Cup Final](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_CAF_Confederation_Cup_Final&action=edit&redlink=1)

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

8 November 2008

15:00 [UTC+1](/source/UTC%2B01%3A00)

CS Sfaxien 0 - 0 Etoile Sahel Report

[Stade Taïeb Mhiri](/source/Stade_Ta%C3%AFeb_Mhiri), [Sfax](/source/Sfax)

Referee: [Mohamed Benouza](/source/Mohamed_Benouza) ([Algeria](/source/Algerian_Football_Federation))

22 November 2008

15:00 [UTC+1](/source/UTC%2B01%3A00)

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

[Stade Olympique de Sousse](/source/Stade_Olympique_de_Sousse), [Sousse](/source/Sousse)

Referee: [Eddy Maillet](/source/Eddy_Maillet) ([Seychelles](/source/Seychelles_Football_Federation))

## 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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gleeson, Mark (10 February 2008). ["Five countries excluded from African club competition"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080213205823/http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-nationsclubs&prov=reuters&type=lgns). *[Reuters](/source/Reuters)*. Archived from [the original](https://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-nationsclubs&prov=reuters&type=lgns) on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071207160850/http://www.cafonline.com/modules/documents/upload/1256.pdf) (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Archived from [the original](http://www.cafonline.com/modules/documents/upload/1256.pdf) (PDF) on 7 December 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

## External links

- [Confederation Cup 2008](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup08.html) - *rsssf.com*

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