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 record-breaking 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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASC SNIM Mauritania1–7Algeria ES Setif1–50–2
SC de Bissau Guinea-Bissau0–4Morocco Olympique Khouribga0–20–2
Invincible Eleven Liberiaw/o1Guinea AS Kaloum Star
Renacimiento FC Equatorial Guinea2–4Angola Interclube1–21–2
FAR Rabat Morocco3–3 (4–5 p)Cape Verde Sporting Clube da Praia3–00–3
Tonnerre d'Abomey FC Benin0–3Ivory Coast Africa Sports National0–00–3
APR FC Rwanda1–4Egypt Zamalek1–20–2
AS Douanes Senegal3–2Burkina Faso Commune FC0–03–2
Costa do Sol Mozambique2–1Madagascar AJESAIA2–00–1
Royal Leopards Eswatini0–3Zimbabwe Dynamos0–10–2
Sahel SC Niger2–6Ghana Ashanti Gold SC1–01–6
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–2 (1–4 p)Nigeria Gombe United F.C.2–00–2
Vital'O FC Burundi0–2Cameroon Coton Sport FC0–10–1
FC 105 Libreville Gabon4–3Ghana Hearts of Oak SC3–01–3
Renaissance FC Chad0-3Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe0-32n/p
Stade Malien Mali1–2Angola Primeiro de Agosto1–20–0
ASC Saloum Senegal1–3Tunisia Club Africain1–20–1
ASKO Kara Togo4-1Cameroon US Douala3–11–0
Simba SC Tanzania4–1Ethiopia Awassa City FC3–01–1
Enyimba FC Nigeria7–3Republic of the Congo CSMD Diables Noirs4–13–2
Tusker FC Kenyaw/oEritrea Al Tahrir3
US Stade Tamponnaise Réunion4–1Seychelles St Michel United3–11–0
Platinum Stars South Africa4–1Lesotho Lesotho Correctional Services4–00–1
Curepipe Starlight SC Mauritius2–1Comoros Coin Nord2–00–1
Miembeni SC Zanzibar0–5South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns0–10–4
Uganda Revenue Authority SC Uganda0–2Zambia ZESCO United Football Club0–20–0

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.

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Olympique Khouribga Morocco2–2 (3–0 p)Algeria ES Setif2–00–2
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2–1Guinea AS Kaloum Star1–11–0
Sporting Clube da Praia Cape Verde2–2 (a)Angola Interclube2–10–1
Zamalek Egypt2–2 (5–4p)Ivory Coast Africa Sports National2–00–2
Etoile du Sahel Tunisia5–3Senegal AS Douanes5–00–3
Dynamos Zimbabwe4–2Mozambique Costa do Sol3–01–2
JS Kabylie Algeria3–0Ghana Ashanti Gold SC3–00–0
Coton Sport FC Cameroon6–2Nigeria Gombe United F.C.5–01–2
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Gabon FC 105 Libreville1–11–0
Al Ittihad Tripoli Libya2–2 (a)Angola 1º de Agosto1–01–2
ASKO Kara Togo2–4Tunisia Club Africain2–00–4
Enyimba FC Nigeria7–1Tanzania Simba SC4–03–1
Al Ahly Egypt6–01Eritrea Al Tahrir3–03–0
Platinum Stars South Africa3–1Réunion US Stade Tamponnaise2–01–1
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa4–0Mauritius Curepipe Starlight SC3–01–0
Al Hilal Sudan3–1Zambia ZESCO United Football Club2–01–1

1Al Tahrir withdrew due to internal dissent.

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast(a) 1–1Morocco Olympique Khouribga0–01–1
Zamalek Egypt4–2Angola Interclube3–01–2
Dynamos Zimbabwe2–0Tunisia Etoile du Sahel1–01–0
Coton Sport FC Cameroon4–2Algeria JS Kabylie3–01–2
Al Ittihad Tripoli Libya2–3Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe2–10–2
Enyimba FC Nigeria6–3Tunisia Club Africain5–11–2
Platinum Stars South Africa2–3Egypt Al Ahly2–10–2
Al Hilal Sudan4–3South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns4–20–1

Group stage

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

Group A

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationAHLDYNASECZAM
1Egypt Al Ahly633096+312Advance to knockout stage—
2Zimbabwe Dynamos63036609—
3Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas613276+16—
4Egypt Zamalek612348−45—

Group B

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationCOTENYTPMHIL
1Cameroon Coton Sport631265+110Advance to knockout stage—
2Nigeria Enyimba6303101009—
3Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe622275+28—
4Sudan Al Hilal6132710−36—

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
1Nigeria Enyimba000
4Egypt Al Ahly011
Egypt Al Ahly224
Cameroon Coton Sport022
3Zimbabwe Dynamos000
2Cameroon Coton Sport145

Semifinals

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Enyimba Nigeria0–1Egypt Al Ahly0–00–1
Dynamos Zimbabwe0–5Cameroon Coton Sport0–10–4

Final

Al Ahly Egypt2–0Cameroon Coton Sport
Gomaa 4' Flávio 15'
Coton Sport Cameroon2–2Egypt Al Ahly
Lassina Abdoul Karim 45' Ousmaïla Baba 63'Ahmed Hassan 38' Shady 89'

Top goalscorers

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

RankNameTeamGoals
1Nigeria Stephen WorguNigeria Enyimba13
2Niger Daouda KamilouCameroon Coton Sport7
3Cameroon Ousmaïla BabaCameroon Coton Sport6
4Angola FlávioEgypt Al Ahly5
Nigeria Ezenwa OtoroguNigeria Enyimba
Zimbabwe Edward SadombaZimbabwe Dynamos Harare
7Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghislain Mvete LuyeyeDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe4
Egypt Gamal HamzaEgypt Zamalek
Nigeria Kalu UcheNigeria Enyimba
Nigeria Kelechi OsunwaSudan Al Hilal
Sudan Muhannad El TahirSudan Al Hilal
South Africa Surprise MoririSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns

See also

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