2008 CAF Confederation Cup
Tourney nameCAF Confederation Cup
Year2008
Other titlesConfederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Size130px
Dates16 February – 22 November
Num teams53
Confederations37
Champion otherCS Sfaxien
Count2
Second otherES Sahel
Matches102
Goals262
Top scorerEric Bekoe (10 goals)
Prevseason2007
Nextseason2009

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 CTA, CHA, Kenya, RWA and SLE 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

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

Knockout stage

Final

Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup Final

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

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

PlayerClubGoals
Eric BekoeAsante Kotoko10
Ahmed Abdel-GhaniHaras El Hodood5
Agyeman Prempeh OpokuCS Sfaxien4
Emeka OparaEtoile Sahel
Abdelkarim NaftiCS Sfaxien
Blaise KouassiCS Sfaxien3
Alaa Abdul-ZahraAl-Merrikh
Faisal AgabAl-Merrikh
Abdelhamid AmmariAl-Merrikh
Mugahid MohamedAl-Merrikh
Haytham TambalAl-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 on 7 December 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2008.