CAF Super Cup

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CAF Super Cup
CAF Supercup official logo.png
Founded1993
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teams2
Current championsEgypt Al Ahly (8th title)
Most successful club(s)Egypt Al Ahly (8 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2021 CAF Super Cup (December)

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.

History[]

The idea of an African Supercup germinated and was introduced at the Fraternity Tournament in Abidjan. In 1982, JS Kabylie, winner of the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1981, won this trophy by defeating the winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup, Union Douala, on penalties 4–3 after the score of 1–1. But this cup did not officially see the light of day until 1993 under the name of the CAF Super Cup.

It is played in a single match and on the field of the winner of the Champions League (exception in 2007). Until 2003, the African Supercup 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 Confederation Cup who took the place.

On only five occasions, the winner of the C1 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.

Fez Maghreb is the first Confederation Cup winning club to have won the CAF Supercup since the CAF Champions League winner clashed with the Confederation Cup winner.[1]

Sponsorship[]

CAF Super Cup Trophy.

In July 2016, Total has 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.[2] Due to this sponsorship, starting from 2017 the tournament is called the "Total CAF Super Cup".

Title Sponsor Official Sponsors

Records and statistics[]

Main article: List of CAF Super Cup winners

Winners[]

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Egypt Al Ahly 8 2 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021 (May), 2021 (Dec) 1994, 2015
Egypt Zamalek 4 1 1994, 1997, 2003, 2020 2001
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 3 2 2010, 2011, 2016 2017, 2018
Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2 3 , 2008 2004, 2007, 2016
Morocco Raja CA 2 2 2000, 2019 , 2021 (Dec)
Nigeria Enyimba 2 0 2004, 2005 —
Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis 1 4 1999, 2012, 2019, 2020
Morocco Wydad AC 1 2 2018 , 2003
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1 1 2000
Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 1 2001 2005
South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 0 1996 —
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1 0 1999 —
Morocco Maghreb Fes 1 0 2012 —
Algeria ES Sétif 1 0 2015 —
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 2017 —
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 3 — 2008, 2009, 2014
Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 0 1 —
Algeria JS Kabylie 0 1 — 1996
Egypt Al Mokawloon Al Arab 0 1 — 1997
South Africa Kaizer Chiefs FC 0 1 — 2002
Morocco AS FAR 0 1 — 2006
Mali Stade Malien 0 1 — 2010
Morocco Fath Union Sport 0 1 — 2011
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 0 1 — 2013
Morocco RS Berkane 0 1 — 2021 (May)

By country[]

Nation Winners Runners-up
 Egypt 12 4
 Morocco 4 7
 Tunisia 3 10
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo[B] 3 3
 Ivory Coast 2 1
 South Africa 2 1
 Nigeria 2 0
 Algeria 1 1
 Ghana 1 1
 Mali 0 1
 Republic of the Congo 0 1

Prize money[]

In 2017 and 2018, prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup were as following :[7]

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 :[8]

Final
position		 Money awarded
to club
Winner US$200,000
Runners-up US$150,000

Media coverage[]

Country/Region Channels
 ASEAN BeIN Sports
 Canada beIN Sports
Réseau des sports
 Europe Sportfive
 France beIN Sports
Latin America ESPN
 Mali ORTM
 Morocco Arryadia
Arab League MENA beIN Sports
 South Africa SuperSport
Southern Balkans Arena Sport
 United States beIN Sports

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Al Ahly chase another record". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africa News. Africa News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ "TOTAL, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AND PARTNER OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL", CAF, 21 July 2016
  4. ^ "ORANGE SIGNS NEW EIGHT-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAF", CAF, 16 December 2016
  5. ^ "QNET ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF TOTAL CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, TOTAL CAF CONFEDERATION CUP, TOTAL CAF SUPER CUP", CAF, 24 February 2018
  6. ^ "1XBET - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE CONFÉDÉRATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL (CAF) TOURNAMENTS", CAF, 6 February 2019
  7. ^ "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.
  8. ^ "Prize money for CAF Super Cup". Radiomars.ma.

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