2008 North African Cup of Champions

2008 North African Cup of Champions

Tournament details
Dates	December 2008 – January 2009
Teams	4 (from UNAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-up	FAR Rabat

The 2008 North African Cup of Champions was the first edition of the competition initiated by the North African Football Union (UNAF). Tunisian side Club Africain were crowned champions after beating Moroccan side FAR Rabat 3-2 on penalties in the final, after both legs ended 0-0.

Participating teams

Algeria	JS Kabylie (Algerian Championnat National Winners 2007-08)
Egypt	Al-Ahly1 (Egyptian Premier League Winners 2007-08)
Libya	Al Ittihad (Libyan Premier League Winners 2007-08)
Morocco	FAR Rabat (Botola Winners 2007-08)
Tunisia	Club Africain (Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Winners 2007-08)

¹ Al Ahly will not compete as they have commitments with the Club World Championship in Japan.

Semi-Final

Draw

First Legs

Club Africain 2 - 1 Al Ittihad (17 December)

JS Kabylie 1 - 1 FAR Rabat (19 December)

December 17, 2008 14:00 GMT	Club Africain	2 – 1	Al Ittihad	Stade Olympique d'El Menzah Attendance: 25,000
	Sellami  26' Ben Yahia  61' (pen.)		Ellafi  68'

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December 19, 2008 14:00 GMT	JS Kabylie	1 – 1	FAR Rabat	Stade 1er Novembre Attendance: 15,000
	Coulibaly  23'		Ouchela  48'

Second Legs

Al Ittihad 1 - 1 Club Africain (24 December)

FAR Rabat 1 - 0 JS Kabylie (26 December)

December 24, 2008 15:30 GMT	Al Ittihad	1 – 1	Club Africain	11 June Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Essam Abdelfattah
	Esnani  14'		Ouertani  57'

Club Africain advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 3-2

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December 26, 2008 14:30 GMT	FAR Rabat	1 – 0	JS Kabylie	Stade Moulay Abdellah
	Akadar  59'

FAR Rabat advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1

3rd/4th Place Play-Off

January 8, 2009 15:00 GMT	Al Ittihad	1 – 1	JS Kabylie	11 June Stadium Referee: Qasim Belnasir
	Rahuma  20' Zubya 90+1		Bensaid  79'

There has been an ongoing feud as to who will take 3rd place. Al Ittihad were originally given 3rd place as JS Kabylie did not play a penalty shootout, as they claim they won the tie on away goals. The Algerian club also said that Ittihad had an unfair advantage playing at home in a one-off match. As a result, CAF will meet on January 19 to discuss the match.

The FNAF later decided that the two clubs would share 3rd place, and therefore share the $75,000 prize fund.

Final

First leg

January 8, 2009 13:30 GMT	Club Africain	0 – 0	FAR Rabat	Stade Olympique d'El Menzah Referee: Mohamed Benouza

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Second leg

January 25, 2009	FAR Rabat	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (2 – 3 pen.)	Club Africain	Stade Moulay Abdellah Referee: Essam Abdelfattah

2008 North African Cup of Champions Winners
Club Africain First title

References

External links

• North African Champions' Cup 2008/09