2021 CAF Super Cup (May)

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2020 CAF Super Cup
Total CAF Super Cup 2020
Al Ahly RS Berkane
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Date28 May 2021
Venue Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Man of the Match Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly) [1]
Referee Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) [2]
Attendance2,900
WeatherFair
38 °C (100 °F)
15% humidity [3]
← 2020

The 2020 CAF Super Cup (officially the Total CAF Super Cup 2020 [4] for sponsorship reasons) [5] was the 29th 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.

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The match was played between Al Ahly from Egypt, the 2019–20 CAF Champions League winners, and RS Berkane from Morocco, the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 28 May 2021.

The match was originally scheduled to be played on 14, 15 or 16 August 2020, [6] in Qatar for the third season in a row, after they signed a three-year agreement with the CAF two seasons ago. [7] However, the match was delayed due to the postponement of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 20 November 2020, the CAF announced that the match would instead be played in Cairo, Egypt, [8] with the date later set to be 10 December 2020. [9] However, RS Berkane refused to play the match at the home country of Al Ahly, and insisted the match be played at a neutral country. [10] The CAF announced on 10 December 2020 that the match would be moved back to Qatar, and to be played in the first half of 2021. [11] It was reported that the match would be played on 17 February 2021, but it was later revealed that a date has not yet been set. [12] [13] The match was later once again rescheduled to be played on 28 May 2021.

Al Ahly won the match 2–0, winning their seventh CAF Super Cup title. [14]

Teams

TeamZoneQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 2019–20 CAF Champions League winners8 (1994, 2002 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015)
Flag of Morocco.svg RS Berkane UNAF (North Africa) 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup winnersNone

Venue

The match was played at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The stadium has a capacity of 12,946 and is the home venue of Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd.

It was one of the five venues that hosted the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in the country, and hosted other notable matches before, including the 2014 and 2016 editions of the Supercoppa Italiana. The stadium was also one of the two venues that hosted the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, hosting all first and second round fixtures.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance was limited to only 30% of the stadium's seating capacity. Fans who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine only were allowed to enter the stadium. [15]

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Location of the host city of the match.
Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
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Capacity: 15,000

Format

The CAF Super Cup is 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 will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV). [16] [17]

Background

The match was the third CAF Super Cup to feature an Egyptian and a Moroccan team, with both previous matches ending in favor of the Egyptian side. Al Ahly qualified to the match after defeating fellow Egyptian rivals Zamalek 2–1 in the 2020 CAF Champions League Final. [18] RS Berkane earned a place in the match after defeating Egyptian side Pyramids 1–0 in the 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final. [19]

This was the first ever meeting between both teams in all competitions.

Match

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Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
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Al Ahly
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RS Berkane
GK1 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
LB12 Flag of Egypt.svg Ayman Ashraf Yellow card.svg 5'Sub off.svg 46'
CB6 Flag of Egypt.svg Yasser Ibrahim Yellow card.svg 21'Sub off.svg 46'
CB3 Flag of Morocco.svg Badr Benoun
RB30 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hany Yellow card.svg 89'
CM15 Flag of Mali.svg Aliou Dieng
CM17 Flag of Egypt.svg Amr El Solia
AM19 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Magdy
LW27 Flag of Egypt.svg Taher Mohamed Sub off.svg 84'
RW14 Flag of Egypt.svg Hussein El Shahat Yellow card.svg 67'Sub off.svg 67'
CF10 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Sherif Sub off.svg 85'
Substitutes:
GK13 Flag of Egypt.svg Ali Lotfi
DF5 Flag of Egypt.svg Ramy Rabia Sub on.svg 46'
DF21 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ali Maâloul Yellow card.svg 48'Sub on.svg 46'
MF8 Flag of Egypt.svg Hamdy Fathy Sub on.svg 85'
MF11 Flag of Egypt.svg Walid Soliman
FW7 Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud Kahraba Yellow card.svg 90+2'Sub on.svg 84'
FW18 Flag of Egypt.svg Salah Mohsen Sub on.svg 67'
Manager:
Flag of South Africa.svg Pitso Mosimane
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GK1 Flag of Morocco.svg Zouheir Laâroubi
RB23 Flag of Morocco.svg Omar Namsaoui
CB4 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Issoufou Dayo Yellow card.svg 71'
CB14 Flag of Morocco.svg Ismael Mokadem
LB25 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Aziz (c)Sub off.svg 66'
CM8 Flag of Morocco.svg Larbi Naji Sub off.svg 86'
RM21 Flag of Morocco.svg Bakr El Helali Sub off.svg 65'
LM29 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Farhane Sub off.svg 78'
AM10 Flag of Morocco.svg Zaid Krouch Sub off.svg 77'
CF7 Flag of Morocco.svg Hamdi Laachir
CF9 Flag of Morocco.svg Mouhcine Iajour
Substitutes:
GK12 Flag of Morocco.svg Hamza Hamiani
DF15 Flag of Morocco.svg Hamza Regragui
DF33 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelkrim Baadi Sub on.svg 66'
MF11 Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria Hadraf Sub on.svg 65'
MF17 Flag of Morocco.svg Amine El Kass Sub on.svg 78'
FW3 Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim El Bahraoui Sub on.svg 86'
FW19 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Alain Traoré Sub on.svg 77'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Pedro Benali

Man of the Match:
Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly) [1]

Assistant referees: [2]
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Fourth official: [2]
Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Video assistant referee: [2]
Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees: [2]
Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)
Saoud Ahmed (Qatar)

Match rules [16] [17]

Statistics

See also

Notes

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

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