2018 CAF Super Cup

The 2018 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th 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.[1]

2018 CAF Super Cup
2018 Total CAF Super Cup
Wydad Casablanca TP Mazembe
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Date24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)
VenueStade Mohammed V, Casablanca
RefereeJanny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Attendance45,000

The match was played between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, the 2017 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Wydad Casablanca at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 24 February 2018.[2][3]

Wydad Casablanca won the match 1–0 to claim their first CAF Super Cup title.[4]

Teams
Team Zone Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Wydad Casablanca UNAF (North Africa) 2017 CAF Champions League winners 2 (1993, 2003)
TP Mazembe UNIFFAC (Central Africa) 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners 4 (2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)

Venue
Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, hosted the match.

Format

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).[5][6]

Match

Details
Wydad Casablanca 1–0 TP Mazembe
Tighazoui  83' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Wydad Casablanca[7]
TP Mazembe[7]
GK22 Zouheir Laaroubi
RB28 Abdelatif Noussir
CB5 Amine Atouchi
CB29 Cheick Comara
LB30 Mohamed Nahiri
RM19 Amin Tighazoui 90+3'
CM4 Salaheddine Saidi
CM6 Brahim Nekkach (c)
LM11 Ismail Haddad
CF23 Chisom Chikatara 63'
CF18 Walid El Karti 70'
Substitutes:
GK1 Yassine El Kharroubi
DF16 Naïm Aarab 90+3'
DF27 Zakaria El Hachimi
MF10 Daniel Nii Adjei
MF24 Jamel Aït Ben Idir
FW20 Aymane El Hassouni 70'
FW25 Alejandro Quintana 63'
Manager:
Faouzi Benzarti
GK22 Sylvain Gbohouo
RB5 Issama Mpeko
CB14 Kabaso Chongo 14'
CB2 Joël Kimwaki
LB4 Arsène Zola
RM9 Déo Kanda 66'
CM16 Christian Koffi 68'
CM27 Miché Mika
LM23 Elia Meschak 82'
CF28 Ben Malango
CF18 Rainford Kalaba (c) 88'
Substitutes:
GK21 Ley Matampi
DF3 Jean Kasusula
DF15 Kévin Mondeko 68'
MF26 Abdoulaye Sissoko 66'
MF29 Glody Likonza
FW17 Jackson Muleka 82'
Manager:
Mihayo Kazembe

Assistant referees:[7]
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)
Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth official:[7]
Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Match rules[5][6]

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Prize money

Prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup are as following :[8]

Final
position		Money awarded
to club
winnerUS$100,000
Runners-upUS$75,000
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See also

References
  1. "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  2. "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  3. "Accreditation for Total CAF Super Cup 2018". CAF. 12 February 2018.
  4. "Wydad win Super Cup as VAR used in Africa for first time". CAF. 24 February 2018.
  5. "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  6. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  7. "CAF Super Cup 2018 – Tactical start list" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  8. "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.
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