CAF Super Cup
 | |
| Organising body | CAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current champions |  Zamalek (5th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Al Ahly (8 titles) |
| Website | Official website |
 2024 CAF Super Cup | |
The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The competition was first held in 1993 and is organized by the CAF.
Egyptian clubs have the highest number of victories (13 titles), followed by Morocco with 5. Morocco have the largest number of winning teams, with four clubs from each having won the title. The competition has been won by 17 clubs, 6 of which have won it more than once. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament a record 8 times. Zamalek SC are the current defending champions, having beaten Al Ahly SC 4-3 on penalty shootouts after a 1-1 draw in the original time in the 2024 CAF Super Cup, also called by media the African Super of the 21st Century.[1][2]
History
[edit]The African Super Cup started and organized in 1993 by the CAF under the name of the CAF Super Cup, It is played in a single match and on the field of the winner of the CAF Champions League (exception in 2007). Until 2003, the African Super cup pitted the winner of the Champions League against the winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup. When the latter disappeared, it was the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup who took the place.[3] The notable edition was in 1994, Zamalek and Al Ahly, the two Egyptian belligerents met for the trophy in the infamous Cairo derby. They met in FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Zamalek won the African Game of the 20th Century and achieved the title as the first Egyptian team to win the African Super cup.
On only six occasions, the winner of the Champions League lost in this competition: the Ivorian club Africa Sports d'Abidjan beat the Moroccans Wydad AC in the first edition in Abidjan in 1993, the ES Sahel have beat Raja CA in 1997, Maghreb de Fès beat ES Tunis in 2012, Raja CA and Zamalek SC beat ES Tunis in 2019 and 2020, and finally RS Berkane have beat Wydad AC in 2022.
Fez Maghreb is the first Confederation Cup winning club to have won the CAF Supercup since the CAF Champions League winner clashed with the CAF Confederation Cup winner.[4]
Venues
[edit]List of venues since 2015
[edit]- 2015: Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria
- 2016: Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, DR Congo
- 2017: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa
- 2018: Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco
- 2019: Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar[5]
- 2020: Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar[6]
- 2021 (May): Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar[7]
- 2021 (Dec): Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar[8]
- 2022: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco[9]
- 2023: King Fahd Stadium, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- 2024: Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sponsorship
[edit]
In July 2016, Total secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations.[10] Due to this sponsorship, starting from 2017 the tournament is called the "Total CAF Super Cup".
| Title Sponsor | Official Sponsors |
|---|---|
Records and statistics
[edit]Winners
[edit]| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahly |
8 | 4 | 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021 (May), 2021 (Dec) | 1994 vs Zamalek sc, 2015, 2023 2024 vs Zamalek sc |
| Zamalek |
5 | 1 | 1994, 1997, 2003, 2020,2024 | 2001 |
 TP Mazembe |
3 | 2 | 2010, 2011, 2016 | 2017, 2018 |
 ES Sahel |
2 | 3 | 1998, 2008 | 2004, 2007, 2016 |
 Raja CA |
2 | 2 | 2000, 2019 | 1998, 2021 (Dec) |
 Enyimba |
2 | 0 | 2004, 2005 | — |
| ES Tunis |
1 | 4 | 1995 | 1999, 2012, 2019, 2020 |
| Wydad AC |
1 | 3 | 2018 | 1993, 2003, 2022 |
 Africa Sports |
1 | 1 | 1993 | 2000 |
 Hearts of Oak |
1 | 1 | 2001 | 2005 |
| RS Berkane |
1 | 1 | 2022 | 2021 (May) |
 Orlando Pirates |
1 | 0 | 1996 | — |
| ASEC Mimosas |
1 | 0 | 1999 | — |
| Maghreb Fes |
1 | 0 | 2012 | — |
 ES Sétif |
1 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| Mamelodi Sundowns |
1 | 0 | 2017 | — |
| USM Alger |
1 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| CS Sfaxien |
0 | 3 | — | 2008, 2009, 2014 |
| DC Motema Pembe |
0 | 1 | — | 1995 |
| JS Kabylie |
0 | 1 | — | 1996 |
| Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
0 | 1 | — | 1997 |
| Kaizer Chiefs FC |
0 | 1 | — | 2002 |
| AS FAR |
0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
 Stade Malien |
0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| Fath Union Sport |
0 | 1 | — | 2011 |
 AC Léopards |
0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
By country
[edit]| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt
|
13 | 6 | 19 |
| Morocco
|
5 | 8 | 13 |
| Tunisia
|
3 | 10 | 13 |
| DR Congo[B]
|
3 | 3 | 6 |
| Algeria
|
2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ivory Coast
|
2 | 1 | 3 |
| South Africa
|
2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nigeria
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ghana
|
1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mali
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Congo
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
Prize money
[edit]In 2017 and 2018, prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup were as following :[15]
| Final position |
Money awarded to club |
|---|---|
| Winner | US$100,000 |
| Runners-up | US$75,000 |
Since 2019, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following :[16]
| Final position |
Money awarded to club |
|---|---|
| Winner | US$200,000 |
| Runners-up | US$150,000 |
Since 2023, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following :[17]
| Final position |
Money awarded to club |
|---|---|
| Winner | US$500,000 |
| Runners-up | US$250,000 |
Broadcast coverage
[edit]Below are the current broadcast rights holders of this competition:[18]
| Country/Region | Channels |
|---|---|
 ASEAN
|
beIN Sports |
 Benin
|
ORTB |
 Europe
|
Sportfive |
 France
|
beIN Sports |
 Burkina Faso
|
RTB |
| Latin America | ESPN |
| Ghana
|
|
 MENA
|
beIN Sports |
| South Africa
|
[20] |
| Western Balkans | Sport Klub |
 United States
|
beIN Sports |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
|
| East Africa |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Zamalek triumph over Ahly in dramatic Super Cup penalty shootout".
- ^ "وائل جمعة: صدى مباراة السوبر الإفريقي سيكون مثل نهائي القرن". btolat.com (in Arabic). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Football - Supercoupe de la CAF : Palmarès et présentation de l'épreuve".
- ^ "Al Ahly chase another record". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ "Caf Super Cup: Esperance v Raja Casablanca - Facts you need to know | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "CAF Super Cup to be hosted in Doha". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ Mustafa, Abualabass (2021-05-23). "Total CAF Super Cup 2020 to be held in Qatar with fans present". Qatar Football Association. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Ahmed bin Ali Stadium to host CAF Super Cup". EgyptToday. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Rabat to host TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup on Saturday, 10 September". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africa News. Africa News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "TOTAL, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AND PARTNER OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL", CAF, 21 July 2016
- ^ "ORANGE SIGNS NEW EIGHT-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAF", CAF, 16 December 2016
- ^ "QNET ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF TOTAL CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, TOTAL CAF CONFEDERATION CUP, TOTAL CAF SUPER CUP", CAF, 24 February 2018
- ^ "1XBET - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE CONFÉDÉRATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL (CAF) TOURNAMENTS", CAF, 6 February 2019
- ^ "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.
- ^ "Prize money for CAF Super Cup". Radiomars.ma.
- ^ "130% prize money increase for Super Cup winners approved by CAF Executive Committee". Confederation of African Football.
- ^ "CAF appoints Broadcast Services partners for 2022-2023" (Press release). CAF. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "StarTimes acquires broadcast rights of CAF Inter-Club competitions". Graphic Online. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Supersport and SABC share coverage of Caf Champions League final in late deal". Sportcal. GlobalData. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- CAF Super Cup at CAFonline.com
- RSSSF
- CAF Super Cup summary - Soccerway
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