1999 CAF Super Cup explained

1999 CAF Super Cup
Team1:ASEC Mimosas
Team1association:
Team1score:3
Team2:Espérance
Team2association:
Team2score:1
Details:(After extra time)
Date:7 February 1999
Stadium:Stade Houphouët-Boigny
City:Abidjan
Referee:Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
Attendance:20,000
Previous:1998
Next:2000

The 1999 CAF Super Cup was the seventh CAF Super Cup, an annual football match organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's CAF Champions League and African Cup Winners' Cup competitions. The match was contested by 1998 CAF Champions League winners, ASEC Mimosas, and 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup winners, Espérance, at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on 7 February 2009.

After the regular 90 minutes ended in a 1 - 1 draw, Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas won the match 3 - 1 in extra time. This was the first title for ASEC and only the second Super Cup title won by Ivorian clubs, after Africa Sports (also based in Abidjan) won the first edition in 1993. As for Tunisian side Espérance, this was their second final, after they had won the 1995 Super Cup.

Teams

TeamQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
ASEC Mimosas1998 CAF Champions League winnerNone
Espérance1998 African Cup Winners' Cup winner1995

Match details

ASEC MIMOSAS:
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GK Boubacar Barry
DF
DF Kolo Touré
DF Didier Zokora
DF Siaka Tiéné
DF Gilles Yapi Yapo
MF
MF
MF Mamadou Dansoko
MF
FW Venance Zézé
Substitutes:
DF
FW
Manager:
Oscar Fulloné
ESPERANCE:
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GK Chokri El Ouaer
DF Tarek Thabet
DF Walid Azaiez
DF Khaled Badra
DF
MF Sirajeddine Chihi
MF Sofiane Melliti
MF
MF
FW Gabriel Okolosi
FW Edith Agoye
Manager:
Youssef Zouaoui
CAF Super Cup 1999
ASEC Mimosas
First Title

See also