2008 CAF Champions League
African Champions League
Tournament details
Dates15 February – 16 November
Teams58
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Al Ahly (6th title)
Runners-upCameroon Coton Sport
Tournament statistics
Matches played110
Goals scored281 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Stephen Worgu
(13 goals)

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC SNIM Mauritania 17 Algeria ES Setif 15 02
SC de Bissau Guinea-Bissau 04 Morocco Olympique Khouribga 02 02
Invincible Eleven Liberia w/o1 Guinea AS Kaloum Star
Renacimiento FC Equatorial Guinea 24 Angola Interclube 12 12
FAR Rabat Morocco 33 (45 p) Cape Verde Sporting Clube da Praia 30 03
Tonnerre d'Abomey FC Benin 03 Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 00 03
APR FC Rwanda 14 Egypt Zamalek 12 02
AS Douanes Senegal 32 Burkina Faso Commune FC 00 32
Costa do Sol Mozambique 21 Madagascar AJESAIA 20 01
Royal Leopards Eswatini 03 Zimbabwe Dynamos 01 02
Sahel SC Niger 26 Ghana Ashanti Gold SC 10 16
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 (14 p) Nigeria Gombe United F.C. 20 02
Vital'O FC Burundi 02 Cameroon Coton Sport FC 01 01
FC 105 Libreville Gabon 43 Ghana Hearts of Oak SC 30 13
Renaissance FC Chad 0-3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0-32 n/p
Stade Malien Mali 12 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 12 00
ASC Saloum Senegal 13 Tunisia Club Africain 12 01
ASKO Kara Togo 4-1 Cameroon US Douala 31 10
Simba SC Tanzania 41 Ethiopia Awassa City FC 30 11
Enyimba FC Nigeria 73 Republic of the Congo CSMD Diables Noirs 41 32
Tusker FC Kenya w/o Eritrea Al Tahrir 3
US Stade Tamponnaise Réunion 41 Seychelles St Michel United 31 10
Platinum Stars South Africa 41 Lesotho Lesotho Correctional Services 40 01
Curepipe Starlight SC Mauritius 21 Comoros Coin Nord 20 01
Miembeni SC Zanzibar 05 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 01 04
Uganda Revenue Authority SC Uganda 02 Zambia ZESCO United Football Club 02 00

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique Khouribga Morocco 22 (30 p) Algeria ES Setif 20 02
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 21 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 11 10
Sporting Clube da Praia Cape Verde 22 (a) Angola Interclube 21 01
Zamalek Egypt 22 (54p) Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 20 02
Etoile du Sahel Tunisia 53 Senegal AS Douanes 50 03
Dynamos Zimbabwe 42 Mozambique Costa do Sol 30 12
JS Kabylie Algeria 30 Ghana Ashanti Gold SC 30 00
Coton Sport FC Cameroon 62 Nigeria Gombe United F.C. 50 12
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 Gabon FC 105 Libreville 11 10
Al Ittihad Tripoli Libya 22 (a) Angola 1º de Agosto 10 12
ASKO Kara Togo 24 Tunisia Club Africain 20 04
Enyimba FC Nigeria 71 Tanzania Simba SC 40 31
Al Ahly Egypt 6–01 Eritrea Al Tahrir 3–0 3–0
Platinum Stars South Africa 31 Réunion US Stade Tamponnaise 20 11
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 40 Mauritius Curepipe Starlight SC 30 10
Al Hilal Sudan 31 Zambia ZESCO United Football Club 20 11

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast (a) 11 Morocco Olympique Khouribga 00 11
Zamalek Egypt 42 Angola Interclube 30 12
Dynamos Zimbabwe 20 Tunisia Etoile du Sahel 10 10
Coton Sport FC Cameroon 42 Algeria JS Kabylie 30 12
Al Ittihad Tripoli Libya 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 21 02
Enyimba FC Nigeria 63 Tunisia Club Africain 51 12
Platinum Stars South Africa 23 Egypt Al Ahly 21 02
Al Hilal Sudan 43 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 42 01

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL DYN ASEC ZAM
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Zimbabwe Dynamos 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9
3 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 6
4 Egypt Zamalek 6 1 2 3 4 8 4 5
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COT ENY TPM HIL
1 Cameroon Coton Sport FC 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Nigeria Enyimba 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8
4 Sudan Al Hilal 6 1 3 2 7 10 3 6
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
1 Nigeria Enyimba 0 0 0
4 Egypt Al Ahly 0 1 1
Egypt Al Ahly 2 2 4
Cameroon Coton Sport 0 2 2
3 Zimbabwe Dynamos 0 0 0
2 Cameroon Coton Sport 1 4 5

Semifinals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Enyimba Nigeria 0–1 Egypt Al Ahly 0–0 0–1
Dynamos Zimbabwe 0–5 Cameroon Coton Sport 0–1 0–4

Final

Al Ahly Egypt2–0Cameroon Coton Sport
Gomaa 4'
Flávio 15'
Report

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Nigeria Stephen Worgu Nigeria Enyimba 13
2 Niger Daouda Kamilou Cameroon Coton Sport 7
3 Cameroon Ousmaïla Baba Cameroon Coton Sport 6
4 Angola Flávio Egypt Al Ahly 5
Nigeria Ezenwa Otorogu Nigeria Enyimba
Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghislain Mvete Luyeye Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 4
Egypt Gamal Hamza Egypt Zamalek
Nigeria Kalu Uche Nigeria Enyimba
Nigeria Kelechi Osunwa Sudan Al Hilal
Sudan Muhannad El Tahir Sudan Al Hilal
South Africa Surprise Moriri South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns

See also

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. "Ahly given Champions League bye". bbc.co.uk. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
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