2008 CAF Champions League final

2008 CAF Champions League final Cairo International Stadium.jpg Cairo International Stadium hosted the first leg of the final 2008 CAF Champions League Al Ahly EGY 30px 4 Coton Sport FC CMR 30px 2 First leg 2 0 2 November 2008 Cairo International Stadium Cairo Jerome Damon (South Africa) Second Leg 2 2 16 November 2008 Roumdé Adjia Stadium Garoua Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) 2007 2009 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 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. TeamRegionPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)EGY Al AhlyUNAF (North Africa)1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007CMR Coton SportUNIFFAC (Central Africa)none Venues Cairo International Stadium thumb|right|170px|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.http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10 International Cairo Stadium www.cairo-stadium.org.eg 2017-02-11 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 thumb|right|170px|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.http://www.newsducamer.com/inspection-caf-antony-baffoe-gronde-garoua-rassure-le-cameroun-avance/ Inspection Caf : Antony Baffoe gronde, Garoua rassure, le Cameroun avance News du Camer 17 August 2018 frhttps://www.camernews.com/infrastructures-sportives-bientot-cinq-stades-modernes-dans-le-nord/ Infrastructures sportives. Bientôt cinq stades modernes dans le Nord 27 April 2018 CamerNews fr 8 December 2019 8 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191208005024/https://www.camernews.com/infrastructures-sportives-bientot-cinq-stades-modernes-dans-le-nord/ dead Road to final 2008 CAF Champions League EGY Al AhlyRoundCMR Coton Sport FCOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legByePreliminary roundBDI Vital'O FC2–01–0 (A)1–0 (H)ERI Al Tahrir6–013–0 (H)3–0 (A)First roundNGA Gombe United F.C.6–25–0 (H)1–2 (A)RSA Platinum Stars3–20–1 (A)1–0 (H)Second roundALG JS Kabylie4–23–0 (H)1–2 (A)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultEGY Zamalek2–1 (H)Matchday 1COD TP Mazembe1–0 (H)CIV Africa Sports National0–0 (A)Matchday 2NGA Enyimba0–2 (A)ZIM Dynamos2–1 (H)Matchday 3SUD Al Hilal1–1 (A)ZIM Dynamos1–0 (A)Matchday 4SUD Al Hilal1–0 (H)EGY Zamalek2–2 (A)Matchday 5COD TP Mazembe0–2 (A)CIV ASEC Mimosas2–2 (H)Matchday 6NGA Enyimba3–0 (H)n Group A Group A Winner AHLFinal standingsn Group B Group B Winner COTOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legNGA Enyimba1–0 0–0 (A)1–0 (H)SemifinalsZIM Dynamos5–01–0 (A)4–0 (H) 1Al Tahrir of Eritrea withdrew because of an internal club problem.Ahly given Champions League bye bbc.co.uk https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7299537.stm 16 March 2008 17 March 2008 Format 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).Regulations of the CAF Champions League Matches First leg 2 November 2008 18:00 GMT Al Ahly EGY 2–0 Report CMR Coton Sport FC Gomaa 4Flávio 15 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Jerome Damon (South Africa) _puma_ahly_vodafone_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Al-Ahly008633 008633 008633 000000 #008633 Coton Sport Al-Ahly: GK 27EGY Amir Abdelhamid DF 7EGY Shady MohamedDF 5EGY Ahmad El-SayedDF 26EGY Wael GomaaDF 6EGY Ahmad Sedik 74DF 25EGY Hossam Ashour MF 12ANG Gilberto 78MF 16EGY Ahmed HassanMF 8EGY Mohamed BarakatMF 22EGY Mohamed Aboutrika 87 FW 23 ANG Flávio 90 Substitutes:MF 11 EGY Sayed Moawad 78FW 17 TUN Anis Boujelbene 74MF ? EGY Osama Hosny 90Manager:POR Manuel JoséCoton Sport: GK ?NIG Kassaly DaoudaDF ?CMR Ahmadou Eboa Ngomna 86DF ?CMR Henri Minka DF ?CMR Haman DaoudaDF ?CMR Sébastien Ndzana KanaDF ?CMR Makadji BoukarMF ?CMR Stéphane Kingué Mpondo MF 2NIG Karim LancinaMF ?CMR Ousmaïla BabaFW ?CMR Jacques Zoua 75 FW ? NIG Kamilou Daouda Substitutes:MF ? CMR André Ndame Ndame 86FW 10 CMR Sanda Oumarou 75Manager:CIV Alain Ouombleon Assistant referees: Malebo Toko (South Africa) Rezeers Andrew (South Africa) Second leg 16 November 2008 14:00 GMT Coton Sport FC CMR 2–2 Report EGY Al Ahly Lassina Abdoul Karim 45Ousmaïla Baba 63 Ahmed Hassan 38Shady 89 Stade Omnisport de Garoua, Garoua Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) 008633 008633 008633 FFFFFF #008633 Coton Sport _puma_ahly_vodafone_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Al-Ahly Coton Sport: GK ?NIG Kassaly DaoudaDF ?CMR Henri Minka 71 DF ?CMR Marcellin Gaha DjiadeuDF ?CMR Sébastien Ndzana KanaDF ?CMR Makadji BoukarMF ?CMR Stéphane Kingué Mpondo MF 2NIG Karim Lancina MF ?CMR Ousmaïla BabaFW 10CMR Sanda Oumarou 81 FW ?CMR Jacques ZouaFW ? NIG Kamilou Daouda Substitutes:MF ? CMR André Ndame Ndame 71FW ? NIG Fankélé Traoré 81Manager:CIV Alain OuombleonAl-Ahly: GK 27EGY Amir Abdelhamid DF 7EGY Shady MohamedDF 5EGY Ahmad El-SayedDF 26EGY Wael Gomaa DF 6EGY Ahmad Sedik 46DF 25EGY Hossam AshourMF 12ANG GilbertoMF 16EGY Ahmed Hassan 65MF 8EGY Mohamed BarakatMF 22EGY Mohamed Aboutrika 75 FW 23 ANG FlávioSubstitutes:MF 11 EGY Sayed Moawad 46FW 17 TUN Anis Boujelbene 65MF 24 EGY Ahmed Fathy 75Manager:POR Manuel José Assistant referees: Ahmed Sedrati (Algeria) Omari Bouabdallah (Algeria) Coton Sport's captain, Ahmadou Ngomna was suspended for the second leg.fifa.com Glory in Egyptians' hands https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/glory-egyptians-hands-946943 https://web.archive.org/web/20200213151518/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/glory-egyptians-hands-946943 dead February 13, 2020 14 November 2008 16 February 2020 Notes and references External links 2008 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com 2008 1 Category:Al Ahly SC matches Category:Coton Sport FC de Garoua Category:Garoua Category:2008–09 in Egyptian football Category:2008 in Cameroonian football Category:November 2008 sports events in Africa Category:Football matches in Cairo Category:2000s in Cairo Category:Football matches in Cameroon