2008 CAF Confederation Cup explained

Tourney Name:CAF Confederation Cup
Year:2008
Other Titles:Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Size:130px
Dates:16 February – 22 November
Num Teams:53
Confederations:37
Champion Other: CS Sfaxien
Count:2
Second Other: ES Sahel
Matches:102
Goals:262
Top Scorer: Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason:2009

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.

1 Clubs from the,,, and 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.

Second round

1st legs played on 25–27 April 2008 and 2nd legs played on 9–11 May 2008.

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

Group stage

See 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]

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

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

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

PlayerClubGoals
Eric Bekoe Asante Kotoko10
Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Haras El Hodood5
Agyeman Prempeh Opoku CS Sfaxien4
Emeka Opara Etoile Sahel
Abdelkarim Nafti CS Sfaxien
Blaise Kouassi CS Sfaxien3
Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Merrikh
Faisal Agab Al-Merrikh
Abdelhamid Ammari Al-Merrikh
Mugahid Mohamed Al-Merrikh
Haytham Tambal Al-Merrikh

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Gleeson, Mark. Five countries excluded from African club competition. Reuters. 10 February 2008. 10 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213205823/http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-nationsclubs&prov=reuters&type=lgns. 13 February 2008 . dead.
  2. Web site: Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008 . Confederation of African Football . PDF . 5 October 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071207160850/http://www.cafonline.com/modules/documents/upload/1256.pdf . 7 December 2007 . dmy.