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 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
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 tablesGroup winners advance to the final
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Final The final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.
Goalscorers Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.
PlayerClubGoals Eric Bekoe Asante Kotoko 10 Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Haras El Hodood 5 Agyeman Prempeh Opoku CS Sfaxien 4 Emeka Opara Etoile Sahel Abdelkarim Nafti CS Sfaxien Blaise Kouassi CS Sfaxien 3 Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Merrikh Faisal Agab Al-Merrikh Abdelhamid Ammari Al-Merrikh Mugahid Mohamed Al-Merrikh Haytham Tambal Al-Merrikh
References
External links Confederation Cup 2008 - rsssf.com