2014 CAF Super Cup

The 2014 CAF Super Cup (also known as the 2014 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd 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.

2014 CAF Super Cup
2014 Orange CAF Super Cup
Al-Ahly CS Sfaxien
3 2
Date20 February 2014
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeNoumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Attendance45,000

The match was played between Al-Ahly of Egypt, the 2013 CAF Champions League winner, and CS Sfaxien of Tunisia, the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by Al-Ahly at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo on 20 February 2014.[1] The match was initially scheduled to be played at the Cairo International Stadium on 22 February 2014.[2][3] Later, the CAF announced a change of venue and date, with the match scheduled to be played at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on 20 February 2014.[4] After the rejection of the 30 June Stadium to host the match, the CAF announced that the venue was moved back to the Cairo International Stadium.[1]

Al-Ahly won the match 3–2 to claim their 6th CAF Super Cup.[5][6]

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ahly 2013 CAF Champions League winner 1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
CS Sfaxien 2013 CAF Confederation Cup winner 2008, 2009

Rules

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winner hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).[7][8]

Match
Al-Ahly 3–2 CS Sfaxien
Gedo 23'
Gamal 55', 67'		 Report Maâloul 63' (pen.)
Ben Youssef 77'
Attendance: 45,000
Al-Ahly
CS Sfaxien
GK1 Sherif Ekramy
CB3 Ramy Rabia
CB6 Wael Gomaa (c) 79'
CB23 Mohamed Nagieb
RM24 Ahmed Fathy
CM25 Hossam Ashour 87'
CM8 Shehab El-Din Ahmed
LM14 Sayed Moawad 62'
AM19 Abdallah El Said 66'
CF15 Gedo 89'
CF17 Amr Gamal 27' 80'
Substitutes:
GK13 Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
DF12 Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
DF20 Saad Samir 73'
MF28 Moussa Yedan 66'
FW9 Emad Moteab
FW27 Trézéguet 80'
FW30 Ahmed Raouf
Manager:
Mohamed Youssef
GK28 Rami Jridi
RB19 Maher Hannachi
CB26 Bassem Boulaabi
CB25 Mahmoud Ben Salah
LB10 Ali Maâloul (c)
DM7 Rebai Wassim Kamoun 82'
RM15 Hamza Chotbri 60'
LM13 Ferjani Sassi
AM12 Mohamed Ali Moncer 64'
CF29 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF17 Idrissa Kouyaté
Substitutions:
GK1 Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul
DF5 Oussama Elhasini
DF21 Zied Derbali
MF14 Ghazi Challouf 60'
MF18 Wajdi Bouazzi 82'
FW11 Taha Yassine Khenissi 64'
FW30 Imed Louati
Manager:
Hamadi Daw

Assistant referees:
Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Fourth official:
Bienvenue Sinko (Ivory Coast)

References
  1. "CAF Super Cup 2014 moved to Cairo Stadium". Cafonline.com. 16 February 2014.
  2. "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  3. "Decisions made by the CAF Executive Committee, convened January 24th 2014" (PDF). Cafonline.com. 26 January 2014.
  4. "2014 CAF Super Cup: Change of venue and date". Cafonline.com. 2 February 2014.
  5. "Al Ahly wins 6th Super Cup". cafonline.com. 20 February 2014.
  6. "Al Ahly claim 6th Super Cup win". African Soccer Weebly. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  7. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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