ASC SNIM (Mauritania) 1-5 Entente Setif (Algeria)

 

Royal Armed Forces (Morocco) 3-0 Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands)

APR FC (Rwanda) 1-2 Zamalek (Egypt)

 

CAF Champions League first round, first leg results at the weekend:

Played on Sunday 17.02.2008:

Tonnerre FC (Benin) 0-0 Africa Sports (Ivory Coast)
Daring Club Motema Pembe (DR Congo) 2-0 Gombe United (Nigeria)
Renacimiento (Equatorial Guinea) 1-2 InterClube (Angola)
FC105 Libreville (Gabon) 3-0 Hearts of Oak (Ghana)
Stade Malien (Mali) 1-2 Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Curepipe Starlight (Mauritius) 2-0 Coin Nord Mitsamiouli (Comoros Islands)
Costa do Sol (Mozambique) 2-0 Ajesaia (Madagascar)
Sahel SC (Niger) 1-0 AshantiGold (Ghana)
Enyimba (Nigeria) 4-1 Diables Noirs (Congo)
US Tamponnaise (Reunion) 3-1 St Michel United (Seychelles)
ASC Saloum (Senegal) 1-2 Club Africain (Tunisia)
Royal Leopards (Swaziland) 0-1 Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
Simba SC (Tanzania) 3-0 Awassa City (Ethiopia)
ASKO Kara (Togo) 3-1 Union Douala (Cameroon)

Played on Saturday, 16.02.2008:

Vital’O (Burundi) 1-0 Coton Sport (Cameroon)
Sporting de Bissau (Guinea Bissau) 0-2 Olympique Khouribga (Morocco)
Royal Armed Forces (Morocco) 3-0 Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands)
APR FC (Rwanda) 1-2 Zamalek (Egypt)
AS Douanes (Senegal) 0-0 CF Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Platinum Stars (South Africa) 4-0 Lesotho Correction Services (Lesotho)
Uganda Revenue Authority (Uganda) 0-2 ZESCO United (Zambia)

Played on Friday, 15.02.2008:

ASC SNIM (Mauritania) 1-5 Entente Setif (Algeria)
Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)


Tusker FC (Kenya) disqualified v Al Tahrir (Eritrea) walkover
Invincible XI (Liberia) withdrew v AS Kaloum (Guinea) walkover
Renaissance (Tchad) disqualified v TP Mazembe (DR Congo) walkover

The return legs will be played on the weekend of February 29, March 1-2.

 

CAF Champions League first round, first leg results at the weekend:

FC105 Libreville (Gabon) 3-0 Hearts of Oak (Ghana)

Shock of the round. Although FC105 are always present on the continental front (albeit with lack of any significant success) yet for them to trounce HOK is bizarre.

P.S. Forza Interclube :thumbsup: I wish they reach the latter stages. A bit odd though that Petro Atletico are absent, which means that they finished outside the top two positions in the league!

 

Shock of the round. Although FC105 are always present on the continental front (albeit with lack of any significant success) yet for them to trounce HOK is bizarre.

That's true, although the relatively bad results of both Cameroon sides against quite weak competition were also surprising.

P.S. Forza Interclube :thumbsup: I wish they reach the latter stages. A bit odd though that Petro Atletico are absent, which means that they finished outside the top two positions in the league!

Petro Atlético was 3rd at last season's Girabola, 5 points behind champions InterClube and 4 behind runner-ups Primeiro de Agosto.

Well done Costa do Sol as well! :thumbsup:

 

Hearts in Champs League battle
in BBC Football

Gabonese military club FC 105 say they are determined to complete an African Champions League victory over former winners Hearts of Oak from Ghana in memory of deceased star Guy Tchingoma.

The footballer collapsed during a national championship match in Gabon this month and died en route to hospital one week before his team-mates stunned visiting Hearts of Oak 3-0 in the first leg.

FC 105 players and officials said the shock first leg triumph in Libreville was in honour of Tchingoma, capped by his country for the first time last September.

Lenga Basto gave the Gabonese a late first half lead and Cedric Mintsa and Juste Otomo struck in the second half to leave Hearts in a precarious position ahead of the return match in Accra on Sunday.

But Ivica Todorov, Bulgarian coach of FC 105, knows the tie is far from over as his team have a woeful away record in the Champions League with just one victory in 14 outings spanning 29 years.

That came against lightweights Fatima Red Devils in the Central African Republic while 11 losses include two against Asante Kotoko on previous journeys to Ghana.

Hearts, winners of the 2000 Champions League, confirmed the appointment of Israeli Eyal Lahman as coach this week as they try to reverse a series of disastrous results at home and abroad.

Hearts chief executive Harry Zakour offered Lahman little sympathy as he officially took charge of the team.

"It is unfortunate that Eyal has to start with this difficult game in the African Champions League, but that is the nature of the job," Zakour said.

"We hope he can quickly restore the confidence of our players."

 

Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 3-0 Tonnerre FC (Benin) (3-0 on agg.)

Zamalek (Egypt) 2-0 APR FC (Rwanda) (4-1 on agg.)

Both teams will meet in the first round.

Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands) 3-0 Royal Armed Forces (Morocco) ( :eekani: ) (3-3 on agg., Sporting da Praia win 5-4 after a penalty shootout)

InterClube (Angola) 2-1 Renacimiento (Equatorial Guinea) (4-2 on agg.)

Both teams will meet in the first round.

 

Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands) 3-0 Royal Armed Forces (Morocco) ( :eekani: ) (3-3 on agg., Sporting da Praia win 5-4 after a penalty shootout)

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORTING!!!!!!!! :happy::thumbsup:

 

Here's the rest of the first round scores:


Diables Noirs (Congo) 2-3 Enyimba (Nigeria) [3-7 on aggregate]

Awassa Kenema (Ethiopia) 1-1 Simba SC (Tanzania) [1-4 on agg.]

AshantiGold (Ghana) 6-1 Sahel SC (Niger) [6-2 on agg.]

Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 3-1 FC105 Libreville (Gabon) [3-4 on agg.]

Lesotho Cor. Services (Lesotho) 1-0 Platinum Stars (South Africa) [1-4 on agg.]

Olympique Khouribga (Morocco) 2-0 Sporting Bissau (Guinea Bissau) [4-0 on agg.]

Gombe United (Nigeria) 2-0 Daring Club Motema Pembe (DR Congo)
[2-2 on agg. Gombe United won 4-1 on penalties]

Dynamos (Zimbabwe) 2-0 Royal Leopards (Swaziland) [3-0 on agg.]

Primeiro de Agosto (Angola) 0-0 Stade Malien (Mali) [2-1 on agg.]

CF Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) 2-3 AS Douanes (Senegal) [2-3 on agg.]

Coin Nord Mitsamiouli (Comoros Islands) 1-0 Curepipe Starlight (Mauritius) [1-2 on agg.]

St Michel United (Seychelles) 0-1 Stade Tamponnaise (Reunion) [1-4 on agg.]

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 4-0 Miembeni SC (Zanzibar) [5-0 on agg.]

Club Africain (Tunisia) 1-0 ASC Saloum (Senegal) [3-1 on agg.]

ZESCO United (Zambia) 0-0 Uganda Revenue Authority (Uganda) [2-0 on agg.]

Entente Setif (Algeria) 2-0 ASC SNIM (Mauritania) [7-1 on agg.]


These games were postponed:

Ajesaia (Madagascar) vs Costa do Sol (Mozambique) [0-2 in the 1st leg]
Coton Sport (Cameroon) vs Vital’O (Burundi) [1-0 in the 1st leg]
Union Douala (Cameroon) vs ASKO Kara (Togo) [1-3 on the 1st leg]

 

Here are the scores of the final 3 games of the 1st Round:

Ajesaia (Madagascar) 1-0 Costa do Sol (Mozambique) [1-2 on aggregate]

Coton Sport (Cameroon) 1-0 Vital’O (Burundi) [2-0 in agg.]

Union Douala (Cameroon) 0-1 ASKO Kara (Togo) [1-4 on agg.]

 

Fixtures list of the 2nd Round, 1st leg:

Games to be played on the coming weekend, 21-23 March 2008


Olympique Khouribga (Morocco) vs Entente Setif (Algeria)

ASEC Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) v AS Kaloum (Guinea)

Sporting Praia (Cape Verde Islands) v InterClube (Angola)

Zamalek (Egypt) v Africa Sports (Côte d’Ivoire)

Etoile Sahel (Tunisia) v AS Douanes (Senegal)

Dynamos (Zimbabwe) v Costa do Sol (Mozambique)

JS Kabylie (Algeria) v AshantiGold (Ghana)

Coton Sport (Cameroon) v Gombe United (Nigeria)

TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) v FC105 Libreville (Gabon)

Al Ittihad (Libya) v Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)

ASKO Kara (Togo) v Club Africain (Tunisia)

Enyimba (Nigeria) v Simba SC (Tanzania)

Al Ahli (Egypt) v Al Tahrir (Eritrea)

Platinum Stars (South Africa) v US Tamponnaise (Reunion)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) v Curepipe Starlight (Mauritius)

Al Hilal (Sudan) v ZESCO United (Zambia)

 

Al Tahrir have pulled out of the competition a few days ago, so Al Ahly are through to the last 16.

Looking forward to the Zamalek-Africa Sports game tomorrow, also JS Kabylie v AshantiGold should be a good tie.

 

Scores of the 2nd Round, 1st leg:

Games played on 21-23 March 2008


Olympique Khouribga (Morocco) 2-0 Entente Setif (Algeria)

ASEC Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) 1-1 AS Kaloum (Guinea)

Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands) 2-1 InterClube (Angola)

Zamalek (Egypt) 2-0 Africa Sports (Côte d’Ivoire)

Etoile Sahel (Tunisia) 5-0 AS Douanes (Senegal)

Dynamos (Zimbabwe) 3-0 Costa do Sol (Mozambique)

JS Kabylie (Algeria) 3-0 AshantiGold (Ghana)

Coton Sport (Cameroon) 5-0 Gombe United (Nigeria)

TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) 1-1 FC105 Libreville (Gabon)

Al Ittihad (Libya) 1-0 Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)

ASKO Kara (Togo) 2-0 Club Africain (Tunisia)

Enyimba (Nigeria) 4-0 Simba SC (Tanzania)

Platinum Stars (South Africa) 2-0 US Tamponnaise (Reunion)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 3-0 Curepipe Starlight (Mauritius)

Al Hilal (Sudan) 2-0 ZESCO United (Zambia)


Al Ahli (Egypt) v Al Tahrir (Eritrea) (withdrew)

 

Scores of the 2nd Round, 2nd leg:

Games played on 4-6 April 2008


Entente Setif (Algeria) 2-0 Olympique Khouribga (Morocco)
(2-2 on agg. 4-5 after pen.)

AS Kaloum (Guinea) 0-1 ASEC Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
(0-1 on agg.)

InterClube (Angola) 1-0 Sporting da Praia (Cape Verde Islands)
(*2-2 on agg.)

Africa Sports (Côte d’Ivoire) 2-0 Zamalek (Egypt)
(2-2 on agg. 4-5 after pen.)

AS Douanes (Senegal) 3-0 Etoile Sahel (Tunisia)
(3-5 on agg.)

Costa do Sol (Mozambique) 2-1 Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
(2-4 on agg.)

AshantiGold (Ghana) 0-0 JS Kabylie (Algeria)
(0-3 on agg.)

Gombe United (Nigeria) 2-1 Coton Sport (Cameroon)
(2-6 on agg.)

FC105 Libreville (Gabon) 0-1 TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo)
(1-2 on agg.)

Primeiro de Agosto (Angola) 2-1 Al Ittihad (Libya)
(2-2* on agg.)

Club Africain (Tunisia) 4-0 ASKO Kara (Togo)
(4-2 on agg.)

Simba SC (Tanzania) 1-3 Enyimba (Nigeria)
(1-7 on agg.)

US Tamponnaise (Reunion) 0-1 Platinum Stars (South Africa)
(0-3 on agg.)

Curepipe Starlight (Mauritius) 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
(0-4 on agg.)

ZESCO United (Zambia) 1-1 Al Hilal (Sudan)
(1-3 on agg.)


Al Ahli (Egypt) v Al Tahrir (Eritrea) (withdrew)

 

Draw for the third round

First legs to be played on the weekend of April 25-27.
Second legs to be played on the weekend of May 9-11

Winners advance to the group phase in July


ASEC Abidjan (Ivory Coast) v Olympique Khouribga (Morocco)

Zamalek (Egypt) v InterClube (Angola)

Dynamos (Zimbabwe) v Etoile Sahel (Tunisia)

Coton Sport (Cameroon) v JS Kabylie (Algeria)

Al Ittihad (Libya) v TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo)

Enyimba (Nigeria) v Club Africain (Tunisia)

Platinum Stars (South Africa) v Al Ahli (Egypt)

Al Hilal (Sudan) v Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

------------------------------------------------------

Great games in perspective and a truly Maghreb vs Sub-Saharan football display

 

Third Round scores

1st Leg

ASEC Abidjan (Ivory Coast) 0-0 Olympique Khouribga (Morocco)

Zamalek (Egypt) 3-0 InterClube (Angola)

Dynamos (Zimbabwe) 1-0 Etoile Sahel (Tunisia)

Coton Sport Garoua (Cameroon) 3-0 JS Kabylie (Algeria)

Al Ittihad (Libya) 2-1 TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo)

Enyimba (Nigeria) 5-1 Club Africain (Tunisia)

Platinum Stars (South Africa) 2-1 Al Ahli (Egypt)

Al Hilal (Sudan) 4-2 Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

 

Third Round scores:

2nd Leg


Olympique Khouribga (Morocco) 1-1 ASEC Mimosas Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
(1-1 on agg. ASEC qualifies on away goals rule)

InterClube (Angola) 2-1 Zamalek (Egypt)
(2-4 on agg.)

Etoile Sahel (Tunisia) 0-1 Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
(0-2 on agg.)

JS Kabylie (Algeria) 2-1 Coton Sport Garoua (Cameroon)
(2-4 on agg.)

TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) 2-0 Al Ittihad (Libya)
(3-2 on agg.)

Club Africain (Tunisia) 2-1 Enyimba (Nigeria)
(3-6 on agg.)

Al Ahli (Egypt) 2-0 Platinum Stars (South Africa)
(3-2 on agg.)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 1-0 Al Hilal (Sudan)
(3-4 on agg.)

 

A great round for Sub-Saharan African football. Only Egypt hold the North African fort. Maybe this is a sign that the axis of African football is again turning south.

 

You must be jolly huh

 

 

It's better this way anyway. New faces. I'm interested in seeing the likes of Cotton Sport, Dynamos (I love you guys!) and TP Mazembe (they reached the semis of this tournament in 2002, former winners too.)

The draw will be held next Saturday in Yaounde, btw.

Al Ahly and ASEC (I guess) will be first seeds. They have the best results in this tournament over the last 3 years (which is what CAF bases their seeding system on)

 

I totally agree with you. New faces, new countries and new clubs being successful can only be good news to African football.

Good luck to Al Ahly in any case

 

Al-Ahly and Zamalek have been paired together! :fero: :excited:

ASEC and giant killers Dynamos complete the group A line-up.

Group B: Al-Hilal (last year's semi-finalists), Enyimba (back to back Champions in 2003 and 2004), Cotton Sport and TP Mazembe (semi-finalists back in 2002)

Al-Ahly and Zamalek are no strangers to derbies taking place beyond Egyptian borders. They met in the 1994 African Super Cup which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Zamalek won 1-0 thanks to a shot by Aiman Mansour from outside the penalty area.

In the 2005 edition of this competition they faced off twice at the semi-final stage, with Al-Ahly winning 4-1 on aggregate (2-1 and 2-0. thus inflicting the first home defeat on Zamalek in their entire continental history.) The Red devils went on to win the trophy after dismantling Etoile Sportive du Sahel in the final.

This season Ahly have had the upper hand on the derby front, winning both (1-0 and 2-0 respectively)

And to add more fuel to the fire, Dynamos have a score to settle with ASEC after the Elephants trashed them 4-2 on agg. in the final of the 1998 CAF Champions league.

 

Match Results for the Group Stages of the 2008 CAF Champions League after the first two rounds:

Group A
Al Ahly (EGY) 2-1 Zamalek (EGY)
Dynamos (ZIM) 2-1 ASEC Abidjan (CIV)

ASEC Abidjan (CIV) 0-0 Al Ahly (EGY)
Zamalek (EGY) 1-0 Dynamos (ZIM)

Table after 2 rounds
1 Al Ahly (EGY) .......2G 1W 1D 0L 2-1 4P
2 Dynamos (ZIM) ......2G 1W 0D 1L 2-2 3P
2 Zamalek (EGY) ........2G 1W 0D 1L 2-2 3P
4 ASEC Abidjan (CIV) ...2G 0W 1D 1L 1-2 1P

*****

Group B
Al Hilal (SUD) 3-2 Enyimba (NIG)
Coton Sport (CAM) 1-0 TP Mazembe (DRC)

TP Mazembe (DRC) 0-0 Al Hilal (SUD)
Enyimba (NIG) 2-0 Coton Sport (CAM)

Table after 2 rounds
1 Al Hilal (SUD) .........2G 1W 1D 0L 3-2 4P
2 Enyimba (NIG) .........2G 1W 0D 1L 4-3 3P
3 Coton Sport (CAM) ....2G 1W 0D 1L 1-2 3P
4 TP Mazembe (DRC) .....2G 0W 1D 1L 0-1 1P

 

Here are the current tables plus the match results of rounds 3 and 4 of the 2008 CAF Champions League Group Stages:

Group A
Al Ahly (EGY) 2-1 Dynamos (ZIM)
Zamalek (EGY) 0-0 ASEC Abidjan (CIV)

ASEC Abidjan (CIV) 3-0 Zamalek (EGY)
Dynamos (ZIM) 0-1 Al Ahly (EGY)

Table after 4 rounds
1 Al Ahly (EGY) ...........4G 3W 1D 0L 5-2 10P
2 ASEC Abidjan (CIV) ....4G 1W 2D 1L 4-2 5P
3 Zamalek (EGY) ...........4G 1W 1D 2L 2-5 4P
4 Dynamos (ZIM) ...........4G 1W 0D 3L 3-5 3P

*****

Group B
Enyimba (NIG) 2-0 TP Mazembe (DRC)
Al Hilal (SUD) 1-1 Coton Sport (CAM)

Coton Sport (CAM) 1-0 Al Hilal (SUD)
TP Mazembe (DRC) 3-0 Enyimba (NIG)

Table after 4 rounds
1 Coton Sport (CAM) ....4G 2W 1D 1L 3-3 7P
2 Enyimba (NIG) ...........4G 2W 0D 2L 6-6 6P
3 Al Hilal (SUD) .............4G 1W 2D 1L 4-4 5P
4 TP Mazembe (DRC) ......4G 1W 1D 2L 3-3 4P

 

Here are the current tables plus the match results of round 5 of the 2008 CAF Champions League Group Stages:

Group A

ASEC Abidjan (CIV) 1-2 Dynamos (ZIM)
Zamalek (EGY) 2-2 Al Ahly (EGY)

Table after 5 rounds
1 Al Ahly (EGY) ...........5G 3W 2D 0L 7-4 11P
2 Dynamos (ZIM) .........5G 2W 0D 3L 5-6 6P
3 ASEC Abidjan (CIV) ....5G 1W 2D 2L 5-4 5P
4 Zamalek (EGY) ...........5G 1W 2D 2L 4-7 5P

*****

Group B

TP Mazembe (DRC) 2-0 Coton Sport (CAM)
Enyimba (NIG) 4-1 Al Hilal (SUD)

Table after 5 rounds
1 Enyimba (NIG) ...........5G 3W 0D 2L 10-7 9P
2 TP Mazembe (DRC) ......5G 2W 1D 2L 5-3 7P
3 Coton Sport (CAM) .......5G 2W 1D 2L 3-5 7P
4 Al Hilal (SUD) ................5G 1W 2D 2L 5-8 5P

 

Group B is tight to say the least. I plan to watch Enyimba-Hilal later today, should be quite the battle. :thumbsup:

Matchday 6 will take place next weekend.

If Dynamos beat bottom feeders Zamalek :tongue: at home they'd accompany us to the semis. If the Zimbabweans draw they'd still qualify as long as ASEC don't beat Ahly, while Zamalek must win, and at the same time hope that ASEC don't beat an unmotivated Ahly side in Cairo.

Go Dynamos! :fero: (if not, then Go ASEC :stuckup: )

What an odd, yet delicious, situation for Ahly fans. p

 

I see that you're not a nationalist when your bitter rivals are involved...and that's the way it should be!

Personally I'd like to see Dynamos doing well. It would be a great moral boost to a country ravaged with so many problems.

 

Enyimba won 4-1 against Hilal and go top of Group B. 100% Home record for the Nigerians, 3 wins from 3. Yet they lost the 2 away games they played..

Matchday 6:

Hilal v Mazembe
Coton v Enyimba

Enyimba 9
Mazembe 7
Coton Sport 7
Hilal 5