2018 CAF Super Cup

2018 CAF Super Cup

2018 Total CAF Super Cup
Wydad AC TP Mazembe 1 0
Date	24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)
Venue	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Referee	Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Attendance	45,000
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The 2018 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th 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. ^[1]

The match was played between Wydad AC of Morocco, the 2017 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Wydad AC at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 24 February 2018. ^{[2] [3]}

Wydad AC won the match 1–0 to claim their first CAF Super Cup title. ^{[4] [5]}

Teams

Team	Zone	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Wydad AC	UNAF (North Africa)	2017 CAF Champions League winners	2 (1993, 2003)
TP Mazembe	UNIFFAC (Central Africa)	2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners	4 ( 2010 , 2011 , 2016 , 2017)

Venue

Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, hosted the match.

Format

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV). ^{[6] [7]}

Match

Details

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)

16:30  UTC±0

Wydad AC	1–0	TP Mazembe
Tighazoui 83'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Wydad AC [8]

TP Mazembe [8]

GK 22 Zouhair Laaroubi RB 28 Abdelatif Noussir CB 5 Amine Atouchi CB 29 Cheick Comara LB 30 Mohamed Nahiri RM 19 Amin Tighazoui  90+3' CM 4 Salaheddine Saidi CM 6 Brahim Nekkach (c) LM 11 Ismail Haddad CF 23 Chisom Chikatara  63' CF 18 Walid El Karti  70' Substitutes: GK 1 Yassine El Kharroubi DF 16 Naïm Aarab  90+3' DF 27 Zakaria El Hachimi MF 10 Daniel Nii Adjei MF 24 Jamel Aït Ben Idir FW 20 Ayman El Hassouni  70' FW 25 Alejandro Quintana  63' Manager: Faouzi Benzarti

GK 22 Sylvain Gbohouo RB 5 Issama Mpeko CB 14 Kabaso Chongo  14' CB 2 Joël Kimwaki LB 4 Arsène Zola RM 9 Déo Kanda  66' CM 16 Christian Koffi  68' CM 27 Miché Mika LM 23 Elia Meschak  82' CF 28 Ben Malango CF 18 Rainford Kalaba (c)  88' Substitutes: GK 21 Ley Matampi DF 3 Jean Kasusula DF 15 Kévin Mondeko  68' MF 26 Abdoulaye Sissoko  66' MF 29 Glody Likonza FW 17 Jackson Muleka  82' Manager: Mihayo Kazembe

Assistant referees: [8] Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola) Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South Africa) Fourth official: [8] Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Match rules [6] [7] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Prize money

Prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup are as following : ^[9]

Final position	Money awarded to club
winner	US$100,000
Runners-up	US$75,000

See also

• 2017 CAF Champions League Final
• 2017 CAF Confederation Cup Final

References

1. "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
2. "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
3. "Accreditation for Total CAF Super Cup 2018". CAF. 12 February 2018.
4. "Wydad win Super Cup as VAR used in Africa for first time". CAF. 24 February 2018.
5. "WAC 1-0 TP Mazembe: Red Devils pip Ravens to win 2018 Caf Super Cup". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
6. "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
7. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
8. "CAF Super Cup 2018 – Tactical start list" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
9. "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.

External links

• Super Cup 2018, CAFonline.com