2019 CAF Super Cup

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2019 CAF Super Cup
2019 Total CAF Super Cup
Date29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)
Venue Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Referee Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) [1]
2018
2020

The 2019 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2019 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) [2] was the 27th 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.

Contents

The match was played between Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia, the 2018 CAF Champions League winners, and Raja CA from Morocco, the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 29 March 2019. [3] [4]

Raja CA won the match 2–1 for their second CAF Super Cup title. [5]

The match was originally to be hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès, Tunisia on 29 December 2018, [6] but CAF announced on 12 December 2018 that the match would be played in Qatar on 20 February 2019. [7] However, the date was later changed to 29 March 2019 after both clubs requested a new date for the match. This was the first CAF Super Cup to be played outside of Africa.

The Super Cup of this season followed a transitional calendar which allows the CAF club competitions to switch from a February-to-November schedule to an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017. [8] The Super Cup of next season will then be played in August after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (which has been switched from January/February to June/July) following the new calendar. [9]

Teams

TeamZoneQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 2018 CAF Champions League winners3 ( 1995 , 1999, 2012)
Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA UNAF (North Africa) 2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners2 (1998, 2000 )

Venue

CityStadium
Location of the host city of the 2019 CAF Super Cup.
Doha Thani bin Jassim Stadium
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Capacity: 20,560

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 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). [10] [11]

Ticketing

A total of 20,560 tickets are available in three categories: category 1 for 100 QR, category 2 for 50 QR, and category 3 for 20 QR. [12]

Match

Details

Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–2 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA
  • Belaïli Soccerball shade.svg57'
Report
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Espérance de Tunis [1]
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Raja CA [1]
GK19 Flag of Tunisia.svg Rami Jridi
RB22 Flag of Tunisia.svg Sameh Derbali Sub off.svg 54'
CB5 Flag of Tunisia.svg Chamseddine Dhaouadi (c)Yellow card.svg 76'
CB6 Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Ali Yacoubi Sub off.svg 73'
LB20 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ayman Ben Mohamed
CM15 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Fousseny Coulibaly
CM30 Flag of Cameroon.svg Franck Kom Yellow card.svg 81'
RW8 Flag of Tunisia.svg Anice Badri
AM18 Flag of Tunisia.svg Saad Bguir Sub off.svg 46'
LW17 Flag of Libya.svg Hamdou Elhouni
CF11 Flag of Tunisia.svg Taha Yassine Khenissi
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Tunisia.svg Moez Ben Cherifia
DF24 Flag of Tunisia.svg Iheb Mbarki Sub on.svg 54'
DF26 Flag of Tunisia.svg Houcine Rabii
MF25 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ghailene Chaalali
MF28 Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Amine Meskini
FW10 Flag of Algeria.svg Youcef Belaïli Sub on.svg 46'
FW14 Flag of Tunisia.svg Haythem Jouini Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Flag of Tunisia.svg Moïne Chaâbani
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GK1 Flag of Morocco.svg Anas Zniti Yellow card.svg 90+2'
RB25 Flag of Morocco.svg Omar Boutayeb
CB13 Flag of Morocco.svg Badr Banoun (c)Yellow card.svg 86'
CB8 Flag of Libya.svg Sanad Al Ouarfali
LB5 Flag of Cameroon.svg Fabrice Gael Ngah
CM2 Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrahim Achchakir Yellow card.svg 89'
CM29 Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria El Wardi
RW24 Flag of Morocco.svg Mahmoud Benhalib
AM18 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelilah Hafidi Sub off.svg 80'
LW7 Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria Hadraf Yellow card.svg 76'
CF21 Flag of Morocco.svg Soufiane Rahimi Sub off.svg 90+4'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Bouamira
DF26 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ilias Haddad
MF4 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Douik
MF19 Flag of Senegal.svg Ibrahima Niasse
FW9 Flag of Morocco.svg Mouhcine Iajour Sub on.svg 90+4'
FW11 Flag of Morocco.svg Anas Jabroun
FW30 Flag of Morocco.svg Ayoub Nanah Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Patrice Carteron

Assistant referees: [1]
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)
Fourth official: [1]
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Match rules [10] [11]

  • 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 : [13]

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Total CAF Super Cup 2019, E.S.T. v Raja Club Athletic: Media Start list" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 29 March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  3. Ntoka, Gabriel (12 December 2018). "CAF Move Super Cup Tie To Qatar". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. "Decisions of the Emergency Committee Of the Confédération Africaine de Football 26 January 2019" (PDF). CAF.
  5. "Raja edge Esperance to CAF Super Cup glory". CAF. 29 March 2019.
  6. "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  7. @CAF_Online (12 December 2018). "BREAKING NEWS: CAF executive committee decided that Total CAF Super Cup 2018 between Espérance Sportive de Tunis & Raja Club Athletic will be played in Qatar .. Date & Time will be announced later .. More to follow ..." (Tweet) via Twitter.
  8. "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  9. "Change in dates for Caf club competitions will begin in 2018". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017.
  10. 1 2 "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  11. 1 2 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  12. "Tickets for Total CAF Super Cup 2019 go on sale". CAF. 11 March 2019.
  13. "Prize money for CAF Super Cup". Radiomars.ma.