2008 Africa Cup of Nations final

The 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match that took place on 10 February 2008 at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana to determine the winner of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of African national teams organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

2008 Africa Cup of Nations Final
Event2008 Africa Cup of Nations
Date10 February 2008
VenueOhene Djan Stadium, Accra
Man of the MatchMohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
RefereeCoffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance35,500[1]
2006
2010

It was contested between Cameroon and Egypt. Egypt defeated Cameroon 1–0 to win their sixth title.

Details edit

Cameroon  0–1  Egypt
Report Aboutrika   77'
Attendance: 35,500[1]
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cameroon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt
GK 1 Carlos Kameni
RB 8 Geremi
CB 4 Rigobert Song (c)
CB 3 Bill Tchato
LB 5 Timothée Atouba   62'
CM 19 Stéphane Mbia   65'
CM 15 Alex Song   16'
RW 14 Joël Epalle
AM 10 Achille Emaná   56'
LW 12 Alain N'Kong
CF 9 Samuel Eto'o
Substitutions:
MF 2 Gilles Binya   16'
FW 17 Mohamadou Idrissou   88'   56'
MF 7 Modeste M'bami   65'
Manager:
  Otto Pfister
GK 1 Essam El-Hadary
CB 5 Shady Mohamed
CB 6 Hany Said
CB 20 Wael Gomaa
RM 7 Ahmed Fathy
CM 17 Ahmed Hassan (c)   87'
CM 8 Hosny Abd Rabo
LM 14 Sayed Moawad
AM 22 Mohamed Aboutrika   89'
CF 10 Emad Moteab   60'
CF 19 Amr Zaki   84'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Mohamed Zidan   60'
MF 11 Mohamed Shawky   84'
DF 4 Ibrahim Said   89'
Manager:
Hassan Shehata

Man of the match
Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)

Assistant referees:
Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Enock Molefe (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Vickers, Steve (10 February 2008). "Final and third place". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2023.