2008 CAF Champions League final

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 4 2
First leg
Al Ahly Coton Sport FC 2 0
Date	2 November 2008
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Second Leg
Coton Sport FC Al Ahly 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.

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

Venues[edit]

Cairo International Stadium[edit]

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]

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]

Al Ahly				Round	Coton Sport FC
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 Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout stage 2 Dynamos 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 9 3 ASEC Mimosas 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 6 4 Zamalek 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 Source: [citation needed]				Final standings	Group B Winner Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Coton Sport FC 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Advance to knockout stage 2 Enyimba 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9 3 TP Mazembe 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 8 4 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
Gomaa 4' Flávio 15'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Al-Ahly

Coton Sport

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

Second leg[edit]

16 November 2008

14:00 GMT

Coton Sport FC	2–2	Al Ahly
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

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

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

Notes and references[edit]

External links[edit]

• 2008 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com