2023 CAF Super Cup

2023 CAF Super Cup

TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023
Match programme cover
Al Ahly USM Alger 0 1
Date	15 September 2023
Venue	King Fahd Stadium, Taif, Saudi Arabia
Man of the Match	Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly)
Referee	Pierre Atcho (Gabon) [1]
Attendance	10,000[ citation needed ]
Weather	Partly cloudy 28 °C (82 °F) 33% humidity
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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

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

Match

15 September 2023 (2023-09-15)

21:00  UTC+3

Al Ahly	0–1	USM Alger
	Report	Belaïd 43' (pen.)

King Fahd Stadium, Taif (Saudi Arabia)

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 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used. [note 1]

Statistics

First half [6] Statistic Al Ahly USM Alger Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 5 5 Shots on target 4 4 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 57.6% 42.4% Corner kicks 6 0 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half [6] Statistic Al Ahly USM Alger Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 7 2 Shots on target 1 1 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 69.8% 30.2% Corner kicks 5 0 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 4 Red cards 0 0

Overall [6] Statistic Al Ahly USM Alger Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 12 7 Shots on target 5 5 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 63.9% 36.1% Corner kicks 11 0 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 2 5 Red cards 0 0

Notes

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

References

1. "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. "Team statistics". cafonline.com. cafonline.com. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

External links

• CAFonline.com