CAF Super Cup explained

CAF Super Cup
Organiser:CAF
Founded:1993
Region:Africa
Number Of Teams:2
Website:Official website
Current: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 (12 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. USM Alger are the current defending champions, having beaten Al Ahly SC by one goal to nil in the 2023 CAF Super Cup.[1]

History

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 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 Confederation Cup who took the place.[2] 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. 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 Confederation Cup winner.[3]

Venues

List of venues since 2015

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Algeria

Stade TP Mazembe, DR Congo

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, South Africa

Stade Mohammed V, Morocco

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Qatar[6]

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Qatar[7]

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Morocco[8]

King Fahd Sports City (Taif), Saudi Arabia

Kingdom Arena, Saudi Arabia

Sponsorship

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.[9] Due to this sponsorship, starting from 2017 the tournament is called the "Total CAF Super Cup".

Records and statistics

See main article: article and List of CAF Super Cup matches.

Winners

ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Al Ahly832002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021 (May), 2021 (Dec)1994, 2015, 2023
Zamalek411994, 1997, 2003, 20202001
TP Mazembe322010, 2011, 20162017, 2018
ES Sahel231998, 20082004, 2007, 2016
Raja CA222000, 20191998, 2021 (Dec)
Enyimba202004, 2005
ES Tunis1419951999, 2012, 2019, 2020
Wydad AC1320181993, 2003, 2022
Africa Sports1119932000
Hearts of Oak1120012005
RS Berkane1120222021 (May)
Orlando Pirates101996
ASEC Mimosas101999
Maghreb Fes102012
ES Sétif102015
Mamelodi Sundowns102017
USM Alger102023
CS Sfaxien032008, 2009, 2014
DC Motema Pembe011995
JS Kabylie011996
Al Mokawloon Al Arab011997
Kaizer Chiefs FC012002
AS FAR012006
Stade Malien012010
Fath Union Sport012011
AC Léopards012013

By country

NationWinnersRunners-upTotal
12517
5813
31013
336
213
213
213
202
112
011
011

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 :[14]

Final
position
Money awarded
to club
WinnerUS$100,000
Runners-upUS$75,000

Since 2019, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following :[15]

Final
position
Money awarded
to club
WinnerUS$200,000
Runners-upUS$150,000

Since 2023, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following :[16]

Final
position
Money awarded
to club
WinnerUS$500,000
Runners-upUS$250,000

Broadcast coverage

Below are the current broadcast rights holders of this competition:[17]

Country/RegionChannels
beIN Sports
BeninORTB
Sportfive
FrancebeIN Sports
Burkina FasoRTB
Latin AmericaESPN
Ghana
MENAbeIN Sports
South Africa[18]
Western BalkansSport Klub
United StatesbeIN Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football . RS Berkane win their first ever TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup . 2022-10-24 . CAFOnline.com . en.
  2. Web site: Football - Supercoupe de la CAF : Palmarès et présentation de l'épreuve .
  3. Web site: Al Ahly chase another record. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207053950/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1017106.html. dead. February 7, 2009. 15 January 2010. FIFA.com.
  4. Web site: Caf Super Cup: Esperance v Raja Casablanca - Facts you need to know Goal.com . 2022-11-08 . www.goal.com.
  5. Web site: CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football . CAF Super Cup to be hosted in Doha . 2022-11-08 . CAFOnline.com . en.
  6. Web site: Mustafa . Abualabass . 2021-05-23 . Total CAF Super Cup 2020 to be held in Qatar with fans present . 2022-11-08 . Qatar Football Association . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2021-12-10 . Ahmed bin Ali Stadium to host CAF Super Cup . 2022-11-08 . EgyptToday.
  8. Web site: CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football . Rabat to host TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup on Saturday, 10 September . 2022-11-08 . CAFOnline.com . en.
  9. News: Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years. 21 July 2016. Africa News. Africa News. 21 July 2016.
  10. http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=z5SPEjKTyig8WgDEfOXGfg%3D%3D "TOTAL, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AND PARTNER OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL"
  11. http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=FTlYXZ1pzZ2c71L90kJHEw%3D%3D "ORANGE SIGNS NEW EIGHT-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAF"
  12. http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=gj3%2Ff24rKUQ1ubk9Zg5ilg%3D%3D "QNET ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF TOTAL CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, TOTAL CAF CONFEDERATION CUP, TOTAL CAF SUPER CUP"
  13. http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=QlQOHG4iRiF0Q%2BJYqmtB%2Bw%3D%3D "1XBET - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE CONFÉDÉRATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL (CAF) TOURNAMENTS"
  14. News: Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017. cafonline.com .
  15. News: Prize money for CAF Super Cup. Radiomars.ma .
  16. News: 130% prize money increase for Super Cup winners approved by CAF Executive Committee. Confederation of African Football.
  17. 21 December 2021. CAF appoints Broadcast Services partners for 2022-2023. CAF. 23 January 2022.
  18. News: 19 July 2021. Supersport and SABC share coverage of Caf Champions League final in late deal. Sportcal. GlobalData. 19 January 2022.