2008 CAF Champions League Final

Football match

2008 CAF Champions League Final

Cairo International Stadium hosted the first leg of the final

Event| 2008 CAF Champions League
| Al Ahly | Coton Sport FC

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4 | 2
First leg
| Al Ahly | Coton Sport FC

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2 | 0
Date| 2 November 2008
Venue| Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee| Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Second Leg
| Coton Sport FC | Al Ahly

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2 | 2
Date| 16 November 2008
Venue| Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua
Referee| Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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The 2008 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2008 between Al-Ahly, and Coton Sport FC de Garoua.

## Contents

* 1 Qualified teams
* 2 Venues
* 2.1 Cairo International Stadium
* 2.2 Roumdé Adjia Stadium
* 3 Road to final
* 4 Format
* 5 Matches
* 5.1 First leg
* 5.2 Second leg
* 6 Notes and references
* 7 External links

## Qualified teams[edit]

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team  | Region  | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)

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Al Ahly | UNAF (North Africa) | 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
Coton Sport | UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | none

## Venues[edit]

### Cairo International Stadium[edit]

International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg.

Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.[1] The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.

### Roumdé Adjia Stadium[edit]

Garoua, Cameroon hosted the second leg.

Stade Roumdé Adjia is a multi-purpose stadium in Garoua, Cameroon. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of Cotonsport Garoua. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was built in 1978. The capacity is 22,000 people. This stadium is set to be one of the stadiums used in the African Cup of Nations in 2021. It'will be renovated by Mota-Engil.[2][3]

## Road to final[edit]

Further information: 2008 CAF Champions League

Al Ahly | Round  |  Coton Sport FC

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Opponent  | Agg.  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Qualifying rounds  | Opponent  | Agg.  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg
Bye  | Preliminary round  |  Vital'O FC | 2–0  | 1–0 (A)  | 1–0 (H)
Al Tahrir | 6–01 | 3–0 (H)  | 3–0 (A)  | First round  |  Gombe United F.C. | 6–2  | 5–0 (H)  | 1–2 (A)
Platinum Stars | 3–2  | 0–1 (A)  | 1–0 (H)  | Second round  |  JS Kabylie | 4–2  | 3–0 (H)  | 1–2 (A)
Opponent  | Result  | Group stage  | Opponent  | Result
Zamalek | 2–1 (H)  | Matchday 1  |  TP Mazembe | 1–0 (H)
Africa Sports National | 0–0 (A)  | Matchday 2  |  Enyimba | 0–2 (A)
Dynamos | 2–1 (H)  | Matchday 3  |  Al Hilal | 1–1 (A)
Dynamos | 1–0 (A)  | Matchday 4  |  Al Hilal | 1–0 (H)
Zamalek | 2–2 (A)  | Matchday 5  |  TP Mazembe | 0–2 (A)
ASEC Mimosas | 2–2 (H)  | Matchday 6  |  Enyimba | 3–0 (H)
Group A Winner  | Team

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* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Al Ahly | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 9  | 6  | +3  | 12
Dynamos | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 9
ASEC Mimosas | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 6
Zamalek | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 8  | −4  | 5

Source:[citation needed]

Final standings  |  Group B Winner  | Team

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* t
* e

| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Coton Sport FC | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 10
Enyimba | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 10  | 10  | 0  | 9
TP Mazembe | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 5  | +2  | 8
Al Hilal | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 7  | 10  | −3  | 6

Source:[citation needed]

Opponent  | Agg.  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg  | Knock-out stage  | Opponent  | Agg.  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg
Enyimba | 1–0  | 0–0 (A)  | 1–0 (H)  | Semifinals  |  Dynamos | 5–0  | 1–0 (A)  | 4–0 (H)

1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.[4]

## Format[edit]

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[5]

## Matches[edit]

### First leg[edit]

2 November 2008

18:00 GMT

Al Ahly | 2–0|  Coton Sport FC

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Gomaa 4'
Flávio 15' | Report |

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Al-Ahly

Coton Sport

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| Al-Ahly:

GK | 27 |  Amir Abdelhamid |  |
DF | 7 |  Shady Mohamed
DF | 5 |  Ahmad El-Sayed
DF | 26 |  Wael Gomaa
DF | 6 |  Ahmad Sedik |  |  74'
DF | 25 |  Hossam Ashour |
MF | 12 |  Gilberto |  |  78'
MF | 16 |  Ahmed Hassan
MF | 8 |  Mohamed Barakat
MF | 22 |  Mohamed Aboutrika |  |  87'
FW | 23 |  Flávio |  |  90'
Substitutes:
MF | 11 |  Sayed Moawad |  |  78'
FW | 17 |  Anis Boujelbene |  |  74'
MF | ? |  Osama Hosny |  |  90'
Manager:
Manuel José
|  | Coton Sport:

GK | ? |  Kassaly Daouda
DF | ? |  Ahmadou Eboa Ngomna |  |  86'
DF | ? |  Henri Minka |
DF | ? |  Haman Daouda
DF | ? |  Sébastien Ndzana Kana
DF | ? |  Makadji Boukar
MF | ? |  Stéphane Kingué Mpondo
MF | 2 |  Karim Lancina
MF | ? |  Ousmaïla Baba
FW | ? |  Jacques Zoua |  |  75'
FW | ? |  Kamilou Daouda
Substitutes:
MF | ? |  André Ndame Ndame |  |  86'
FW | 10 |  Sanda Oumarou |  |  75'
Manager:
Alain Ouombleon

Assistant referees:
Malebo Toko (South Africa)
Rezeers Andrew (South Africa)

### Second leg[edit]

16 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Coton Sport FC | 2–2|  Al Ahly

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Lassina Abdoul Karim 45'
Ousmaïla Baba 63' | Report | Ahmed Hassan 38'
Shady 89'

Stade Omnisport de Garoua, Garoua

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Coton Sport

Al-Ahly

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| Coton Sport:

GK | ? |  Kassaly Daouda
DF | ? |  Henri Minka |  |  71'
DF | ? |  Marcellin Gaha Djiadeu
DF | ? |  Sébastien Ndzana Kana
DF | ? |  Makadji Boukar
MF | ? |  Stéphane Kingué Mpondo |
MF | 2 |  Karim Lancina |
MF | ? |  Ousmaïla Baba
FW | 10 |  Sanda Oumarou |  |  81'
FW | ? |  Jacques Zoua |
FW | ? |  Kamilou Daouda |
Substitutes:
MF | ? |  André Ndame Ndame |  |  71'
FW | ? |  Fankélé Traoré |  |  81'
Manager:
Alain Ouombleon
|  | Al-Ahly:

GK | 27 |  Amir Abdelhamid |  |
DF | 7 |  Shady Mohamed
DF | 5 |  Ahmad El-Sayed
DF | 26 |  Wael Gomaa |
DF | 6 |  Ahmad Sedik |  |  46'
DF | 25 |  Hossam Ashour
MF | 12 |  Gilberto
MF | 16 |  Ahmed Hassan |  |  65'
MF | 8 |  Mohamed Barakat
MF | 22 |  Mohamed Aboutrika |  |  75'
FW | 23 |  Flávio
Substitutes:
MF | 11 |  Sayed Moawad |  |  46'
FW | 17 |  Anis Boujelbene |  |  65'
MF | 24 |  Ahmed Fathy |  |  75'
Manager:
Manuel José

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Sedrati (Algeria)
Omari Bouabdallah (Algeria)

Coton Sport's captain, Ahmadou Ngomna was suspended for the second leg.[6]

## Notes and references[edit]

1. ^ "International Cairo Stadium". www.cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
2. ^ "Inspection Caf : Antony Baffoe gronde, Garoua rassure, le Cameroun avance" (in French). News du Camer. 17 August 2018.
3. ^ "Infrastructures sportives. Bientôt cinq stades modernes dans le Nord" (in French). CamerNews. 27 April 2018.
4. ^ "Ahly given Champions League bye". bbc.co.uk. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
5. ^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League
6. ^ "Glory in Egyptians' hands". fifa.com. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

## External links[edit]

* 2008 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com

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