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2008 CAF Confederation Cup

Field	Value
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	TUN CS Sfaxien
count	2
second_other	TUN ES Sahel
matches	102
goals	262
top_scorer	GHA Eric Bekoe (10 goals)
prevseason	[2007](2007-caf-confederation-cup)
nextseason	[2009](2009-caf-confederation-cup)

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

Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup 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.

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.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

Main article: 2008 CAF Confederation Cup Final

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

Opara
Abdennour
Apoko
Nafti

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

Player		Club		Goals	10	5	4	3
GHA Eric Bekoe	GHA Asante Kotoko
EGY Ahmed Abdel-Ghani	EGY Haras El Hodood
GHA Agyeman Prempeh Opoku	TUN CS Sfaxien
NGA Emeka Opara	TUN Etoile Sahel
TUN Abdelkarim Nafti	TUN CS Sfaxien
CIV Blaise Kouassi	TUN CS Sfaxien
IRQ Alaa Abdul-Zahra	SUD Al-Merrikh
SUD Faisal Agab	SUD Al-Merrikh
SUD Abdelhamid Ammari	SUD Al-Merrikh
SUD Mugahid Mohamed	SUD Al-Merrikh
SUD Haytham Tambal	SUD Al-Merrikh

References

Gleeson, Mark. (10 February 2008). "Five countries excluded from African club competition". [[Reuters]].
"Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008". Confederation of African Football.

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