The 1997 CAF Super Cup was the fifth 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 African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup.
The match took place on 14 February 1997, at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Egyptian clubs Zamalek, the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner, and Al Mokawloon Al Arab, the 1996 African Cup Winners' Cup winner. In the Second all-Egyptian CAF Super Cup, and the second time two clubs from the same country participate the same match in CAF Super Cup (after 1994). Zamalek won the trophy after beating Al Mokawloon Al Arab 4–2 in the penalty shoot-out, with the game ending 0–0.
Teams TeamQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners) Zamalek1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner1994 Al Mokawloon Al Arab1996 African Cup Winners' Cup winnerNone
Match details
GK Hussein El-Sayed CB Ashraf Kasem CB Medhat Abdel Hady LB 13 Motamed Gamal CM Ismail Youssef CM Essam Marei RW Tarek Mostafa AM Khaled El-Ghandour FW 17 Mohamed Sabry FW Osama Nabieh FW Ayman MansourSubstitutions: GK Nader El-Sayed MF Kamel Kaci-Saïd FW 10 Ahmed El-Kass Manager: Werner Olk & Diethelm Ferner GK Ahmed Saber RB 6 Mahmoud El-Aref CB Haytham Houssen CB Mostafa Marei LB Ahmed Said CM Mohamed Ouda CM Saad Abd El-Baky RW 15 Ali Ashour AM Zizo LW Tamer El Nahhas CF Kofta Substitutions: GK Mamdouh Ibrahim MF 10 Abdel Sattar Sabry FW Atef Abdel Hady Manager: Michael Krüger
Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
Fourth official:
References https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekInAfrSuper.html#1997