2008 CAF Champions League
Confederation of African Football Champions League | |
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Dates | 15 February – 16 November |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The CAF Champions League 2008 was the 12th running of the CAF Champions League competition. Al-Ahly of Egypt achieved an unprecented 6th Champions League cup by winning 4–2 on aggregate against Coton Sport FC of Cameroon .
Contents
Matches
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 The CAF ordered that the tie was to be played over one leg in Kinshasa due to the civil war in Chad, but Tourbillon FC objected to the ruling; 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 was made.
Note: Clubs from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfil their financial obligations, and clubs from Somalia, Djibouti, São Tomé and Príncipe and Malawi were disqualified three months earlier.[1]
First Round (1/16 Finals)
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Olympique Khouribga ![]() |
2–2 (3–0 p) | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–2 |
ASEC Mimosas ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 |
Sporting Clube da Praia ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Al-Zamalek ![]() |
2–2 (5–4p) | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–2 |
Etoile du Sahel ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
5–0 | 0–3 |
Dynamos ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–2 |
JS Kabylie ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–0 |
Coton Sport FC ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
5–0 | 1–2 |
TP Mazembe ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 |
Al Ittihad Tripoli ![]() |
(a) 2–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
ASKO Kara ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–4 |
Enyimba FC ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 3–1 |
Al-Ahly ![]() |
6-01 | ![]() |
3-0 | 3-0 |
Platinum Stars ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 |
Mamelodi Sundowns ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 |
Al Hilal ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–1 |
1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.[2]
Second Round (1/8 Finals)
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ASEC Mimosas ![]() |
(a) 1–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Al-Zamalek ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–2 |
Dynamos ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Coton Sport FC ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–2 |
Al Ittihad Tripoli ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 |
Enyimba FC ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
5–1 | 1–2 |
Platinum Stars ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 |
Al Hilal ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
4–2 | 0–1 |
Group Stage
Teams qualified for next phase |
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 |
Bracket
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
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0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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1 | 4 | 5 |
Semi finals
The first legs were played on 5 October and the second legs on 17–19 October.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Enyimba ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Dynamos ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–4 |
Final
The first leg was played on 2 November and the second leg on 16 November.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Ahly ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–2 |
Coton Sport FC ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Lassina Abdoul Karim ![]() Ousmaïla Baba ![]() |
Report | Ahmed Hassan ![]() Shady ![]() |
Goal scorers
List of leading goal scorers in the CAF Champions League ahead of final match.
Player | Club | Goals |
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13 |
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8 |
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6 |
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5 |
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4 |
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4 |
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3 |