2023 CAF Super Cup

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.

2023 CAF Super Cup
TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023
Match programme cover
Al Ahly USM Alger
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Date15 September 2023
VenueKing Fahd Stadium, Taif
Man of the MatchAliou Dieng (Al Ahly)
RefereePierre Atcho (Gabon)
Attendance10,000[1]
WeatherPartly cloudy
28 °C (82 °F)
33% humidity

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 Sports City 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]

Match
Al Ahly 0–1 USM Alger
Report
Attendance: 10,000[6]
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)[7]
Al Ahly
USM Alger
GK1 Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
DF21 Ali Maâloul
DF5 Ramy Rabia
DF30 Mohamed Hany
DF24 Mohamed Abdel Monem
MF15 Aliou Dieng
MF14 Hussein El Shahat 79'
MF22 Emam Ashour 79'
MF13 Marwan Attia 64'
FW7 Kahraba 26' 79'
FW12 Reda Slim 64'
Substitutes:
GK31 Mostafa Shobeir
DF6 Yasser Ibrahim 85'
DF33 Karim El Debes
MF19 Mohamed Magdy 79'
FW9 Salah Mohsen 90+4' 64'
FW23 Percy Tau 64'
FW27 Taher Mohamed 79'
Manager:
Marcel Koller
GK25 Oussama Benbot 90+9'
DF19 Saâdi Radouani
DF15 Nabil Lamara 90+2'
DF4 Zineddine Belaïd (c)
DF21 Adam Alilet 90+6'
MF6 Oussama Chita 67'
MF14 Brahim Benzaza 84'
MF27 Nour El Islam Fettouhi 38' 67'
FW23 Khaled Bousseliou 83'
FW18 Tumisang Orebonye
FW7 Ismail Belkacemi 79'
Substitutes:
GK16 Kamel Soufi
DF20 Hocine Dehiri
MF8 Islam Merili 79'
MF10 Sékou Konaté 83'
MF13 Omar Mbarek 70' 67'
MF24 Taher Benkhelifa 84'
FW9 Abdoulaye Kanou 67'
Manager:
Abdelhak Benchikha

Assistant referees:
Boris Ditsougo (Gabon)[7]
Karin Atizamboungou Fomo (Cameroon)[7]
Fourth official:
Issa Sy (Senegal)[7]
Video assistant referee:
Maria Rivet (Mauritania)[7]
Assistant video assistant referees:
Adel Zourak (Morocco)[7]

Match rules

Statistics

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

References
  1. "Al Ahly SC 0-1 USM Alger - September 15, 2023 / CAF Super Cup 2023/2024". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 November 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. "Al Ahly SC 0-1 USM Alger - September 15, 2023 / CAF Super Cup 2023/2024". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  7. "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.
  8. "Team statistics". cafonline.com. cafonline.com. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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