CAF Super Cup
Organising bodyCAF
Founded1993
RegionAfrica
Number of teams2
Current championsAlgeria USM Alger (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Egypt Al Ahly (8 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2023 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 idea of an African Super Cup 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.[2][3][4]

The official 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 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.[5]

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.[6]

Venues

List of venues since 2015

Sponsorship

CAF Super Cup Trophy.

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.[12] 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 matches

Winners

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Egypt Al Ahly 8 3 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021 (May), 2021 (Dec) 1994, 2015, 2023
Egypt Zamalek 4 1 1994, 1997, 2003, 2020 2001
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 3 2 2010, 2011, 2016 2017, 2018
Tunisia ES Sahel 2 3 1998, 2008 2004, 2007, 2016
Morocco Raja CA 2 2 2000, 2019 1998, 2021 (Dec)
Nigeria Enyimba 2 0 2004, 2005 —
Tunisia ES Tunis 1 4 1995 1999, 2012, 2019, 2020
Morocco Wydad AC 1 3 2018 1993, 2003, 2022
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1 1 1993 2000
Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 1 2001 2005
Morocco RS Berkane 1 1 2022 2021 (May)
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 —
Algeria USM Alger 1 0 2023 —
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 3 — 2008, 2009, 2014
Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 0 1 — 1995
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

By country

Nation Winners Runners-up Total
 Egypt 12 5 17
 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

In 2017 and 2018, prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup were as following :[17]

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 :[18]

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 :[19]

Final
position		 Money awarded
to club
Winner US$500,000
Runners-up US$250,000

Broadcast coverage

Below are the current broadcast rights holders of this competition:[20]

Country/Region Channels
 ASEAN beIN Sports
 Benin ORTB
 Europe Sportfive
 France beIN Sports
 Burkina Faso RTB
Latin America ESPN
 Ghana
Arab League MENA beIN Sports
 South Africa
[22]
Western Balkans Sport Klub
 United States beIN Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa

See also

References

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  2. ^ "TOURNOIS ABIDJAN - LE FOOTBALL FRANCAIS". francefoot.canalblog.com (in French). 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  3. ^ "JSK : SI ! La JSK a gagné la Supercoupe d'Afrique". www.competition.dz (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. ^ Adel (2010-01-13). "JSK : Le regretté Aouis sera inhumé aujourd'hui à El Madania". www.algerie360.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  5. ^ "Football - Supercoupe de la CAF : Palmarès et présentation de l'épreuve".
  6. ^ "Al Ahly chase another record". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Caf Super Cup: Esperance v Raja Casablanca - Facts you need to know | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  8. ^ "CAF Super Cup to be hosted in Doha". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Ahmed bin Ali Stadium to host CAF Super Cup". EgyptToday. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  11. ^ "Rabat to host TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup on Saturday, 10 September". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  12. ^ "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africa News. Africa News. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  13. ^ "TOTAL, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AND PARTNER OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL", CAF, 21 July 2016
  14. ^ "ORANGE SIGNS NEW EIGHT-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAF", CAF, 16 December 2016
  15. ^ "QNET ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF TOTAL CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, TOTAL CAF CONFEDERATION CUP, TOTAL CAF SUPER CUP", CAF, 24 February 2018
  16. ^ "1XBET - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE CONFÉDÉRATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL (CAF) TOURNAMENTS", CAF, 6 February 2019
  17. ^ "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.
  18. ^ "Prize money for CAF Super Cup". Radiomars.ma.
  19. ^ "130% prize money increase for Super Cup winners approved by CAF Executive Committee". Confederation of African Football.
  20. ^ "CAF appoints Broadcast Services partners for 2022-2023" (Press release). CAF. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  21. ^ "StarTimes acquires broadcast rights of CAF Inter-Club competitions". Graphic Online. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  22. ^ "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]

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