2023 CAF Super Cup

2023 CAF Super Cup
TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023
Match programme cover
Al Ahly USM Alger
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Date15 September 2023
VenueKing Fahd Stadium, Taif, Saudi Arabia
Man of the MatchAliou Dieng (Al Ahly)
RefereePierre Atcho (Gabon)[1]
Attendance10,000
WeatherPartly cloudy
28 °C (82 °F)
33% humidity

The 2023 CAF Super Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023 for sponsorship reasons,[2] was the 32nd CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa 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.

On 26 August, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has communicated the date of the course of CAF Super Cup final. This match took place on September 15 at the King Fahd Stadium in Taif, Saudi Arabia.[3]

The match was played between the 2022–23 CAF Champions League winners, and the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup winners.

Teams

Team Zone Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 2022–23 CAF Champions League winners 10 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021 (May), 2021 (December))
USM Alger UNAF (North Africa) 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup winners None

Format

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match at a neutral venue, with the CAF Champions League winners designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If the score is tied at the end of regulation, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).[4][5]

Venue

Location of the host city of the 2023 CAF Super Cup.
 City Stadium
Taif King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Match

Al Ahly 0–1 USM Alger
Report
  • Belaïd 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Al Ahly
USM Alger
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
DF 21 Ali Maâloul
DF 5 Ramy Rabia
DF 30 Mohamed Hany
DF 24 Mohamed Abdel Monem
MF 15 Aliou Dieng
MF 14 Hussein El Shahat  79'
MF 22 Emam Ashour  79'
MF 13 Marwan Attia  64'
FW 7 Kahraba  26'  79'
FW 12 Reda Slim  64'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Mostafa Shobeir
DF 6 Yasser Ibrahim  85'
DF 33 Karim El Debes
MF 19 Mohamed Magdy  79'
FW 9 Salah Mohsen  90+4'  64'
FW 23 Percy Tau  64'
FW 27 Taher Mohamed  79'
Manager:
Marcel Koller
GK 25 Oussama Benbot  90+9'
DF 19 Saâdi Radouani
DF 15 Nabil Lamara  90+2'
DF 4 Zineddine Belaïd (c)
DF 21 Adam Alilet  90+6'
MF 6 Oussama Chita  67'
MF 14 Brahim Benzaza  84'
MF 27 Nour El Islam Fettouhi  38'  67'
FW 23 Khaled Bousseliou  83'
FW 18 Tumisang Orebonye
FW 7 Ismail Belkacemi  79'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Kamel Soufi
DF 20 Hocine Dehiri
MF 8 Islam Merili  79'
MF 10 Sékou Konaté  83'
MF 13 Omar Mbarek  70'  67'
MF 24 Taher Benkhelifa  84'
FW 9 Abdoulaye Kanou  67'
Manager:
Abdelhak Benchikha

Assistant referees:
Boris Ditsougo (Gabon)[1]
Karin Atizamboungou Fomo (Cameroon)[1]
Fourth official:
Issa Sy (Senegal)[1]
Video assistant referee:
Maria Rivet (Mauritania)[1]
Assistant video assistant referees:
Adel Zourak (Morocco)[1]

Match rules

Statistics

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gabonese Referee Pierre Atcho Appointed for Al Ahly vs. USM Alger in 2023 African Super Cup". SEE.News. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Super Coupe : USMA - Ahly en Arabie Saoudite". DZfoot.com. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ^ "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  6. ^ a b c "Team statistics". cafonline.com. cafonline.com. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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