2008 CAF Champions League explained

Tourney Name:CAF Champions League
Year:2008
Other Titles:African Champions League
Size:130px
Dates:15 February – 16 November
Num Teams:58
Champion Other: Al Ahly
Count:6
Second Other: Coton Sport
Matches:110
Goals:281
Top Scorer: Stephen Worgu
(13 goals)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2009

The 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon in the final to win their sixth title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

The preliminary round first legs were played on 15–17 February, and the second legs were played on 29 February-2 March 2008.4|}Byes: ASEC Mimosas, Etoile du Sahel, JS Kabylie, Al Ittihad, Al Ahly, and Al Hilal.

1 Invincible Eleven withdrew.
2 CAF ordered that the tie was to be played over one leg in Kinshasa due to the civil war in Chad, but Renaissance FC objected to the ruling and refused to travel; they were ejected from the competition, fined $4000 and banned from CAF competitions for three years.
3 Tusker FC were ejected from the competition and fined $5000 after Kenyan immigration officials refused the appointed match officials for the first leg entry into the country.
4 Wallidan FC and FC Civics withdrew before the draw.

Note: Clubs from the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone and Somalia all had their entries rejected for failure to fulfil their financial obligations.[1]

First round

The 1/16 Finals first leg matches were played on 21–23 March and the second legs were played on 4–6 April 2008.

|}1Al Tahrir withdrew due to internal dissent.[2]

Second round

The 1/8 Finals first legs were played on 25–27 April and the second legs were played on 9–11 May 2008.

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Group stage

See main article: 2008 CAF Champions League group stage.

Group B

Knockout stage

See main article: 2008 CAF Champions League knockout stage.

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 5 October and the second legs on 17–19 October.|}

Final

See main article: 2008 CAF Champions League Final.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2008 CAF Champions League are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Stephen Worgu Enyimba13
2 Daouda Kamilou Coton Sport7
3 Ousmaïla Baba Coton Sport6
4 Flávio Al Ahly5
Ezenwa Otorogu Enyimba
Edward Sadomba Dynamos Harare
7 Ghislain Mvete Luyeye TP Mazembe4
Gamal Hamza Zamalek
Kalu Uche Enyimba
Kelechi Osunwa
Muhannad El Tahir
Surprise Moriri Mamelodi Sundowns

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gleeson, Mark . Five countries excluded from African club competition . . 10 February 2008 . 10 February 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213205823/http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-nationsclubs&prov=reuters&type=lgns . 13 February 2008 . dmy .
  2. News: Ahly given Champions League bye. bbc.co.uk. 16 March 2008. 17 March 2008.