2019 CAF Super Cup

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{{Infobox football match

| title = 2019 CAF Super Cup

| other_titles = 2019 Total CAF Super Cup

| team1 = Espérance de Tunis

| team1association = {{flagicon|TUN|size=30px}}

| team1score = 1

| team2 = Raja CA

| team2association = {{flagicon|MAR|size=30px}}

| team2score = 2

| details =

| date = {{Start date|2019|3|29|df=y}}

| stadium = Thani bin Jassim Stadium

| city = Doha, Qatar

| referee = Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

| attendance =

| previous = 2018

| next = 2020

}}

The 2019 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2019 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons){{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=z5SPEjKTyig8WgDEfOXGfg%3d%3d|title=Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football|publisher=CAF|date=21 July 2016}} was the 27th 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.

The match was played between Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia, the 2018 CAF Champions League winners, and Raja CA from Morocco, the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 29 March 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbreak.ng/2018/12/caf-move-super-cup-tie-to-qatar/|title=CAF Move Super Cup Tie To Qatar|first=Gabriel|last=Ntoka|date=12 December 2018|access-date=12 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329222827/https://www.newsbreak.ng/2018/12/caf-move-super-cup-tie-to-qatar/|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/CE%20Urgence%20English.pdf|title=Decisions of the Emergency Committee Of the Confédération Africaine de Football 26 January 2019|publisher=CAF}}

Raja CA won the match 2–1 for their second CAF Super Cup title.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/totalcafsupercup2019/News/NewsDetails?id=yMpxcvsJBcNcYTLT8OG27w%3d%3d|title=Raja edge Esperance to CAF Super Cup glory|publisher=CAF|date=29 March 2019}}

The match was originally to be hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès, Tunisia on 29 December 2018,{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20CL%202018/Annex%201.pdf|title=Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21 |publisher=CAF}} but CAF announced on 12 December 2018 that the match would be played in Qatar on 20 February 2019.{{cite tweet|user=CAF_Online|number=1072822624911323136|date=12 December 2018|title=BREAKING NEWS: CAF executive committee decided that Total CAF Super Cup 2018 between Espérance Sportive de Tunis & Raja Club Athletic will be played in Qatar .. Date & Time will be announced later .. More to follow ...}} However, the date was later changed to 29 March 2019 after both clubs requested a new date for the match. This was the first CAF Super Cup to be played outside of Africa.

The Super Cup of this season followed a transitional calendar which allows the CAF club competitions to switch from a February-to-November schedule to an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=IBQIwLhKu2GhKGftIp0AZw%3d%3d|title=DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017|date=20 July 2017|publisher=CAF}} The Super Cup of next season will then be played in August after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (which has been switched from January/February to June/July) following the new calendar.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42337314|title=Change in dates for Caf club competitions will begin in 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 December 2017}}

Teams

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Team

!Zone

!Qualification

!Previous participation (bold indicates winners)

{{flagicon|TUN}} Espérance de Tunis

|UNAF (North Africa)

|2018 CAF Champions League winners

|3 (1995, 1999, 2012)

{{flagicon|MAR}} Raja CA

|UNAF (North Africa)

|2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners

|2 (1998, 2000)

Venue

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City

!Stadium

! rowspan="4" |{{location map+|Qatar|float=center|width=300|caption=Location of the host city of the 2019 CAF Super Cup.|places={{location map~ |Qatar |lat=25.289715 |long=51.523476 |label=Doha |position=right}}}}

Doha

|Thani bin Jassim Stadium

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colspan="2" |Capacity: 20,560

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 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/CL%20English%20-%202018.pdf |title=CAF Champions League regulations |publisher=CAF }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/CC%20English%20-%202018.pdf |title=CAF Confederation Cup regulations |publisher=CAF }}

Ticketing

A total of 20,560 tickets are available in three categories: category 1 for 100 QR, category 2 for 50 QR, and category 3 for 20 QR.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=EDNETFhOkJhO0b%2fr%2f3IJRw%3d%3d|title=Tickets for Total CAF Super Cup 2019 go on sale|publisher=CAF|date=11 March 2019}}

Match

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|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|MAR}} Raja CA

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|stadium = Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha (Qatar)

|attendance =

|referee = Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

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|title = {{nowrap|Espérance de Tunis}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20AFCON%202016/media-start-list-[total-caf-super-cup-2019--1].pdf |title=Total CAF Super Cup 2019, E.S.T. v Raja Club Athletic: Media Start list |website=CAFonline.com |publisher=Confederation of African Football |format=PDF |date=29 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329172603/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Total%20AFCON%202016/media-start-list-%5Btotal-caf-super-cup-2019--1%5D.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2019}}

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GK19{{flagicon|TUN}} Rami Jridi
RB22{{flagicon|TUN}} Sameh Derbali{{suboff|54}}
CB5{{flagicon|TUN}} Chamseddine Dhaouadi (c){{yel|76}}
CB6{{flagicon|TUN}} Mohamed Ali Yacoubi{{suboff|73}}
LB20{{flagicon|TUN}} Ayman Ben Mohamed
CM15{{flagicon|CIV}} Fousseny Coulibaly
CM30{{flagicon|CMR}} Franck Kom{{yel|81}}
RW8{{flagicon|TUN}} Anice Badri
AM18{{flagicon|TUN}} Saad Bguir{{suboff|46}}
LW17{{flagicon|LBY}} Hamdou Elhouni
CF11{{flagicon|TUN}} Taha Yassine Khenissi
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK1{{flagicon|TUN}} Moez Ben Cherifia
DF24{{flagicon|TUN}} Iheb Mbarki{{subon|54}}
DF26{{flagicon|TUN}} Houcine Rabii
MF25{{flagicon|TUN}} Ghailene Chaalali
MF28{{flagicon|TUN}} Mohamed Amine Meskini
FW10{{flagicon|ALG}} Youcef Belaïli{{subon|46}}
FW14{{flagicon|TUN}} Haythem Jouini{{subon|73}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|TUN}} Moïne Chaâbani

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GK1{{flagicon|MAR}} Anas Zniti{{yel|90+2}}
RB25{{flagicon|MAR}} Omar Boutayeb
CB13{{flagicon|MAR}} Badr Banoun (c){{yel|86}}
CB8{{flagicon|LBY}} Sanad Al Ouarfali
LB5{{flagicon|CMR}} Fabrice Gael Ngah
CM2{{flagicon|MAR}} Abderrahim Achchakir{{yel|89}}
CM29{{flagicon|MAR}} Zakaria El Wardi
RW24{{flagicon|MAR}} Mahmoud Benhalib
AM18{{flagicon|MAR}} Abdelilah Hafidi{{suboff|80}}
LW7{{flagicon|MAR}} Zakaria Hadraf{{yel|76}}
CF21{{flagicon|MAR}} Soufiane Rahimi{{suboff|90+4}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK22{{flagicon|MAR}} Mohamed Bouamira
DF26{{flagicon|NED}} Ilias Haddad
MF4{{flagicon|MAR}} Mohamed Douik
MF19{{flagicon|SEN}} Ibrahima Niasse
FW9{{flagicon|MAR}} Mouhcine Iajour{{subon|90+4}}
FW11{{flagicon|MAR}} Anas Jabroun
FW30{{flagicon|MAR}} Ayoub Nanah{{subon|80}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Carteron

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Assistant referees:


Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)


Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)


Fourth official:


Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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Match rules

  • 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 :{{cite news |title=Prize money for CAF Super Cup|url=https://www.radiomars.ma/ar/69533/|publisher=Radiomars.ma }}

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Final
position
Money awarded
to club
style="background:gold;"

|winner

US$200,000
style="background:silver;"

|Runners-up

US$150,000

See also

References

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