- CAF Confederation Cup 2008
Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = CAF Confederation Cup
year = 2008–09
other_titles = Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
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dates = February 2008 – 23 November 2009
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attendance =TheCAF Confederation Cup 2008 schedule began with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) in mid February.Results/Fixtures
All rounds have been drawn.
Preliminary round
1st legs played on 15-17 February, 2008.
2nd legs played on 29 February, 1-2 March,2008.*Footnote: * On
10 February 2008 , CAF announced that clubs from the fb|CTA, fb|CHA, fb|KEN, fb|RWA and fb|SLE were excluded from this competition for failure to fulfill their financial obligations. [cite news|author=Gleeson, Mark|title=Five countries excluded from African club competition|publisher="Reuters "|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-nationsclubs&prov=reuters&type=lgns|date=2008-02-10|accessdate=2008-02-10]Second round
1st legs played on 21-23 March 2008.
2nd legs played on 4-6 April 2008.First round of 16
1st legs played on 25-27 April 2008.
2nd legs played on 9-11 May 2008.Second round of 16
First leg played 11/12/13 July
Second leg played 25/26/27 JulyGroup Stage
The group phase starts on the weekend of August 15-17 and concludes on the weekend of October 17-19. There are no semi-finals; the group winners meet in a two-legged final. [cite web
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title = Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008
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date=2008-08-16
time=16:00 GMT
team1=Al-Merrikh flagicon|SUD
score=3 – 1
team2=flagicon|ALGJS Kabylie
goals1=Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed goal|01
Mugahid Ahmed Mohamed goal|12
Alaa Abdul-Zahra goal|51
goals2=Saad Attiya (own goal) goal|40
stadium=Al Merreikh Stadium,Omdurman
attendance=
referee=footballbox
date=2008-08-17
time=17:10 GMT
team1=Etoile Sahel flagicon|TUN
score= 2 – 0
team2= flagicon|GHAAsante Kotoko
goals1=Emeka Opara goal|13Emeka Opara goal|70
goals2=
stadium=Stade Olympique de Sousse ,Sousse
attendance=
referee=----footballbox
date=2008-08-31
time=14:30UTC
team1=Asante Kotoko flagicon|GHA
score= 1 – 0
team2=flagicon|SUDAl-Merrikh
goals1=Eric Bekoe goal|87
goals2=
stadium=Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium,Kumasi
attendance=
referee=Mdume Gil Sebastian flagicon|GABfootballbox
date=2008-08-29
time=19:30UTC
team1=JS Kabylie flagicon|ALG
score= 1 – 0
team2=flagicon|TUNEtoile Sahel
goals1=Nassim Oussalah goal|57
goals2=
stadium=Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou),Tizi Ouzou
attendance=
referee=Younis Yasser flagicon|EGY----footballbox
date=2008-09-13
time=20:00UTC
team1=Etoile Sahel flagicon|TUN
score=2 – 1
team2=flagicon|SUDAl-Merrikh
goals1=Mehdi Meriah goal|50Emeka Opara goal|78
goals2=Haytham Tambal goal|85
stadium=Stade Olympique de Sousse ,Sousse
attendance=
referee=footballbox
date=2008-09-13
time=15:00UTC
team1=Asante Kotoko flagicon|GHA
score=3 – 1
team2=flagicon|ALGJS Kabylie
goals1=Eric Bekoe goal|39Jordan Opoku goal|57Eric Bekoe goal|72
goals2=Tayeb Berramla goal|91
stadium=Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium,Kumasi
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referee=----footballbox
date=2008-09-20
time=19:00UTC
team1=Al-Merrikh flagicon|SUD
score=2 – 0
team2=flagicon|TUNEtoile Sahel
goals1=Idahor goal|39
(pen.) Idahor goal|76
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stadium=Al Merreikh Stadium,Omdurman
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referee=Kapanga Patrick flagicon|MWIfootballbox
date=2008-09-21
time=20:30UTC
team1=JS Kabylie flagicon|ALG
score=2 – 0
team2=flagicon|GHAAsante Kotoko
goals1=(pen.)Adlène Bensaid goal|07
Tayeb Berramla goal|84
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stadium=Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou),Tizi Ouzou
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referee=Aboubacar Sharaf flagicon|CIV----footballbox
date=2008-10-04
time=15:00UTC
team1=Asante Kotoko flagicon|GHA
score=2 – 2
report= [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7651076.stm]
team2=flagicon|TUNEtoile Sahel
goals1=Kwabena Yaro goal|08
(pen.)Eric Bekoe goal|79
goals2=Slim Jedaied goal|64
(pen.)Mohamed Ali Nafkha goal|85Mohamed Sakho sent off|0|86
stadium=Baba Yara(formerly Kumasi) Sports Stadium,Kumasi
attendance=
referee=Eyene Lambert flagicon|CMRfootballbox
date=2008-10-05
time=20:00UTC
team1=JS Kabylie flagicon|ALG
score=3 – 1
team2=flagicon|SUDAl-Merrikh
goals1=Demba Barry goal|61, 72Nouri Ouznadji goal|63
goals2=Alaa Abdul-Zahra goal|85
stadium=Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou),Tizi Ouzou
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referee=Atsoo Kokou flagicon|TOG----footballbox
date=2008-10-18
time=17:10UTC
team1=Al-Merrikh flagicon|SUD
score=
team2=flagicon|GHAAsante Kotoko
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Al Merreikh Stadium,Omdurman
attendance=
referee=Musungayi Mpunga flagicon|Congo DRfootballbox
date=2008-10-18
time=17:10UTC
team1=Etoile Sahel flagicon|TUN
score=
team2=flagicon|ALGJS Kabylie
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stade Olympique de Sousse ,Sousse
attendance=
referee=Ambaya Jamal flagicon|LibyaFinal
The final 2 legs will be played on
November 7 -9 andNovember 21 -23.
1st A
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1st B
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-Leading Goal Scorers
Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.
References
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