2024 CAF Super Cup

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2024 CAF Super Cup
TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup Riyadh 2024
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Zamalek won 4–3 on penalties
Date27 September 2024
Venue Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Man of the Match Nasser Mansi (Zamalek)
Referee Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya) [1]
WeatherFair
32 °C (90 °F)
16% humidity [2]
2023
2025

The 2024 CAF Super Cup, known as The Super of the Century, [3] officially TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup Riyadh 2024 for sponsorship reasons, [4] was the 33rd 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 the 2023–24 CAF Champions League winners, Al Ahly, and the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup winners, Zamalek, both from Egypt and both sides of the Cairo derby, on 27 September 2024 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [5]

Zamalek won the match 4–3 on penalties, after the original time ended 1–1, to secure their fifth CAF Super Cup title. [6] The match was the third continental encounter between two Egyptian clubs, and the second in a Super Cup.

The match set numerous records. This was Zamalek's fifth title, all of which came against opponents from the UNAF region. Zamalek also became the first CAF Confederation Cup representative to win the competition more than once. Additionally, for the first time in CAF Super Cup history, a team from the CAF Confederation Cup won three consecutive editions. Meanwhile, Al Ahly tied Espérance de Tunis's record of losing two consecutive CAF Super Cups after winning the CAF Champions League; Espérance lost the 2019 and 2020 editions to Raja CA and Zamalek, respectively, while Al Ahly lost the previous edition to USM Alger.

Teams

TeamZoneQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 2023–24 CAF Champions League winners11 (1994, 2002 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015, 2021 (May) , 2021 (December) , 2023)
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup winners5 ( 1994 , 1997 , 2001, 2003 , 2020 )

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). [7] [8]

Venue

Location of the host city of the 2024 CAF Super Cup.
CityStadium
Riyadh Kingdom Arena
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Capacity: 27,000

Match

Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 1–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
Report
Penalties
3–4
Kingdom Arena, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)
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Al Ahly
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Zamalek
GK1 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
RB30 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hany Sub off.svg 27'
CB6 Flag of Egypt.svg Yasser Ibrahim
CB5 Flag of Egypt.svg Ramy Rabia
LB18 Flag of Morocco.svg Yahia Attiyat Allah
CM22 Flag of Egypt.svg Emam Ashour Sub off.svg 66'
CM13 Flag of Egypt.svg Marwan Attia Sub off.svg 84'
CM8 Flag of Egypt.svg Akram Tawfik Yellow card.svg 32'
RW10 Flag of South Africa.svg Percy Tau Sub off.svg 66'
LW14 Flag of Egypt.svg Hussein El Shahat Sub off.svg 84'
CF9 Flag of Palestine.svg Wessam Abou Ali
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Shobeir
DF3 Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Kamal Sub on.svg 27'
DF15 Flag of Morocco.svg Achraf Dari
MF17 Flag of Egypt.svg Amr El Solia
MF19 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Magdy Sub on.svg 66'
MF36 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Nabil Koka Sub on.svg 84'
FW7 Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud Kahraba
FW12 Flag of Morocco.svg Reda Slim Sub on.svg 84'
FW29 Flag of Egypt.svg Taher Mohamed Sub on.svg 66'
Manager:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Koller
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GK1 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Awad
RB4 Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Gaber (c)Sub off.svg 89'
CB24 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hamza Mathlouthi Yellow card.svg 37'
CB5 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Abdelmaguid
LB3 Flag of Morocco.svg Mahmoud Bentayg
CM22 Flag of Egypt.svg Nasser Maher Sub off.svg 76'
CM8 Flag of Egypt.svg Nabil Emad Yellow card.svg 89'Sub off.svg 89'
CM19 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdallah El Said
RW25 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Sayed
LW7 Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Shalaby Sub off.svg 63'
CF30 Flag of Tunisia.svg Seifeddine Jaziri Yellow card.svg 38'Sub off.svg 76'
Substitutes:
GK32 Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud El Shenawy
DF6 Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa El Zenary
DF36 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hamdy
MF15 Flag of Egypt.svg Ziad Kamal Sub on.svg 89'
MF17 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Shehata Sub on.svg 89'
FW9 Flag of Egypt.svg Nasser Mansi Yellow card.svg 90+8' (pso)Sub on.svg 76'
FW10 Flag of Egypt.svg Shikabala
FW11 Flag of Palestine.svg Omar Faraj Sub on.svg 76'
FW21 Flag of Poland.svg Konrad Michalak Sub on.svg 63'
Manager:
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Man of the Match:
Nasser Mansi (Zamalek)

Assistant referees: [1]
Attia Issa (Libya)
Khalil Hassani (Tunisia)
Fourth official: [1]
Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Video assistant referee: [1]
Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Assistant video assistant referees: [1]
Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Zakaria Brinsi (Morocco)

Match rules

Notes

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 ""غضب منتظر".. كاف يُعلن حكم مباراة الأهلي والزمالك في السوبر الإفريقي" [Potential anger? CAF announces officials for African Super Cup clash between Al Ahly and Zamalek]. Btolat (in Arabic). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. "Weather History for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia". Weather Underground . The Weather Company . Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. "جماهير الأهلي والزمالك تتوافد على ملعب المملكة أرينا بالرياض لحضور قمة السوبر الأفريقى.. المدرجات تتزين لاستقبال "سوبر القرن".. والصلاة تجمع جمهور الفريقين فى مشهد رائع أمام ملعب المباراة.. فيديو وصور".
  4. "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  5. "Ahly and Zamalek set for epic CAF Super Cup showdown in Riyadh". Confederation of African Football . 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  6. "Zamalek's Treasure Trove: Fifth CAF Super Cup Win Brings in Major Cash!". EgyptToday. 2024-09-29. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  7. "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  8. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.