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The Confederation of African Football Bureau of InterClubs Committee under the chairmanship of CAF President Issa Hayatou established the fixtures of the MTN CAF Champions League following a meeting held on 4 December 2007.

Results/Fixtures

Preliminary round

1st legs played on 15-17 February 2008.
2nd legs played on 29 February, 1-2 March 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC SNIM Mauritania 1–7 Algeria ES Setif 1–5 0–2
SC de Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0–4 Morocco Olympique Khouribga 0–2 0–2
Invincible Eleven** Liberia x-x Guinea AS Kaloum Star w/o w/o
Renacimiento FC Equatorial Guinea 2–4 Angola Inter Luanda 1–2 1–2
FAR Rabat Morocco 3–3 (4–5 pso) Cape Verde Sporting Clube da Praia 3–0 0–3
Tonnerre d'Abomey FC Benin 0–3 Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 0–0 0–3
APR FC Rwanda 1–4 Egypt Al-Zamalek 1–2 0–2
AS Douanes Senegal 3–2 Burkina Faso Commune FC 0–0 3–2
Costa do Sol Mozambique 2–1 Madagascar AJESAIA 2–0 0–1
Royal Leopards Eswatini 0–3 Zimbabwe Dynamos 0–1 0–2
Sahel SC Niger 2–6 Ghana Ashanti Gold SC 1–0 1–6
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–2 (1–4 pk) Nigeria Gombe United F.C. 2–0 0–2
Vital'O Burundi 0–2 Cameroon Cotonsport Garoua 0–1 0–1
FC 105 Libreville Gabon 4–3 Ghana Hearts of Oak 3–0 1–3
Tourbillon FC* Chad x-x Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe w/o w/o
Stade Malien Mali 1–2 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 1–2 0–0
ASC Saloum Senegal 1–3 Tunisia Club Africain 1–2 0–1
ASKO Kara Togo 4-1 Cameroon Union Douala 3–1 1–0
Simba SC Tanzania 4–1 Ethiopia Awassa City FC 3–0 1–1
Enyimba FC Nigeria 7–3 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 4–1 3–2
Tusker FC Kenya x-x Eritrea Al Tahrir w/o w/o
US Stade Tamponnaise Réunion 4–1 Seychelles Saint-Michel United 3–1 1–0
Platinum Stars South Africa 4–1 Lesotho Lesotho Correctional Services 4–0 0–1
Curepipe Starlight SC Mauritius 2–1 Comoros Coin Nord 2–0 0–1
Miembeni SC Zanzibar 0–5 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 0–4
Uganda Revenue Authority SC Uganda 0–2 Zambia ZESCO United Football Club 0–2 0–0

*Tourbillon FC, Tusker FC are excluded in February 10 2008, so Al-Tahrir and TP Mazembe bye to 1st Round.

**Invincible Eleven withdrawn, so AS Kaloum Star bye to 1st Round.

On 10 February 2008, CAF announced that clubs from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone were excluded from the competition for failure to fulfil their financial obligations. (Somalian, Djiboutian, Santomean and Malawian teams were already excluded, Wallidan FC and FC Civics withdrew)[1]


Six teams qualified automatically to the first round: ASEC Mimosas, Etoile du Sahel, JS Kabylie, Al Ittihad, Al-Ahly, and Al Hilal.

Last 32

1st legs played on 21-23 March 2008.
2nd legs played on 4-6 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympique Khouribga Morocco 2–2(3–0pk) Algeria ES Setif 2–0 0–2
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 2–1 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 1–1 1–0
Sporting Clube da Praia Cape Verde 2–2(a) Angola Inter Luanda 2–1 0–1
Al-Zamalek Egypt 2–2(5–4pk) Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 2–0 0–2
Etoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–3 Senegal AS Douanes 5–0 0–3
Dynamos Zimbabwe 4–2 Mozambique Costa do Sol 3–0 1–2
JS Kabylie Algeria 3–0 Ghana Ashanti Gold SC 3–0 0–0
Cotonsport Garoua Cameroon 6–2 Nigeria Gombe United F.C. 5–0 1–2
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–1 Gabon FC 105 Libreville 1–1 1–0
Al Ittihad Libya (a)2–2 Angola 1º de Agosto 1–0 1–2
ASKO Kara Togo 2–4 Tunisia Club Africain 2–0 0–4
Enyimba FC Nigeria 7–1 Tanzania Simba SC 4–0 3–1
Al-Ahly Egypt 40* Eritrea Al Tahrir w/o w/o
Platinum Stars South Africa 3–1 Réunion US Stade Tamponnaise 2–0 1–1
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 4–0 Mauritius Curepipe Starlight SC 3–0 1–0
Al Hilal Sudan 3–1 Zambia ZESCO United Football Club 2–0 1–1
  • Footnote: * On March 16, 2008, CAF announced the withdrawal Al Tahrir of Eritrea because of an internal club problem.[2]

Last 16

1st legs played on 25-27 April 2008.
2nd legs played on 9-11 May 2008.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast (a)1–1 Morocco Olympique Khouribga 0–0 1–1
Al-Zamalek Egypt 4–2 Angola Inter Luanda 3–0 1–2
Dynamos Zimbabwe 2–0 Tunisia Etoile du Sahel 1–0 1–0
Cotonsport Garoua Cameroon 4–2 Algeria JS Kabylie 3–0 1–2
Al Ittihad Libya 2–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–1 0–2
Enyimba FC Nigeria 6–3 Tunisia Club Africain 5–1 1–2
Platinum Stars South Africa 2–3 Egypt Al-Ahly 2–1 0–2
Al Hilal Sudan 4–3 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 4–2 0–1

Group stage

Teams qualified for next phase Teams disqualified for next phase

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Al Ahly 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3 11
Zimbabwe Dynamos 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 6
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 5 1 2 2 5 4 1 5
Egypt Zamalek 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 5
Al Ahly Egypt2 – 1Egypt Zamalek
Flavio 28'
Hassan 67'
Hamza 62'



Dynamos Zimbabwe0 – 1Egypt Al Ahly
Barakat 10'


Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nigeria Enyimba 5 3 0 2 10 7 3 9
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 2 2 2 7 5 2 8
Cameroon Cotonsport Garoua 5 2 1 2 3 5 -2 7
Sudan Al Hilal 6 1 3 2 7 10 -3 6





Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
      
Egypt Al Ahly
Runner-Up From Group B
Winner of 1st Match
Winner of 2nd Match
Runner-Up From Group A
Winner From Group B

Semi-Finals

The first legs were played on 21-23 September and the second legs on 5-7 October.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt - Runner-Up From Group B - -
Runner-Up From Group A - Enyimba - -

Final

The final's two legs were played on October 27 and November 9.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner of 1st Match - Winner of 2nd Match - -


CAF Champions League 2008 Winners
TBA
First title

Leading Goal Scorers

List of leading goal scorers in the CAF Champions League ahead of the last 16, second leg fixtures.

Player Club Goals
Nigeria Stephen Worgu Nigeria Enyimba 12
Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba Zimbabwe Dynamos 5
Niger Daouda Kamilou Cameroon Cotonsport Garoua 4
Egypt Gamal Hamza Egypt El Zamalek 4
Nigeria Kelechi Osunwa Sudan Al Hilal 4
Nigeria Uche Kalu Nigeria Enyimba 3

References

  1. ^ Gleeson, Mark (2008-02-10). "Five countries excluded from African club competition". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-02-10. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Ahly given Champions League bye". bbc.co.uk. 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-03-17. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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