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The 2008 CAF Super Cup was the 16th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in
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organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The match was contested by
2007 CAF Champions League The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al Ahly SC of Egypt 3–1 in ...
winners,
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, and 2007 CAF Confederation Cup winners,
CS Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928. History The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The tea ...
at the Stade 14 January in
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on 23 February 2008. This was only the third time that the African Super Cup was contested by teams from the same country (after all-Egyptian Super Cups in
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), and the first ever involving two
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2007 CAF Champions League The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al Ahly SC of Egypt 3–1 in ...
* 2007 CAF Confederation Cup Super
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