The 2016 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th 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 TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2015 CAF Champions League winner, and Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on 20 February 2016.
TP Mazembe defeated Étoile du Sahel 2–1 to win the competition for the third time in its history.
Teams TeamQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners) TP Mazembe2015 CAF Champions League winner2010, 2011 Étoile du Sahel2015 CAF Confederation Cup winner1998, 2004, 2007, 2008
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, 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).
Match
GK 22 Sylvain Gbohouo DF 2 Joël Kimwaki (c) DF 3 Jean Kasusula DF 6 Salif Coulibaly DF 14 Kabaso Chongo MF 12 Merveille Bokadi MF 13 Nathan Sinkala MF 19 Daniel Nii Adjei FW 7 Roger Assalé FW 11 Adama Traoré FW 17 Jonathan BolingiSubstitutes: GK 1 Robert Kidiaba DF 4 Patient Mwepu DF 25 Christian Luyindama FW 10 Given Singuluma FW 16 Christian Koffi FW 23 Elia Meschak FW 28 Thomas Ulimwengu Manager: Hubert Velud GK 1 Aymen Mathlouthi (c) DF 3 Ghazi Abderrazzak DF 5 Ammar Jemal DF 8 Alaya Brigui DF 15 Zied Boughattas MF 10 Iheb Msakni MF 12 Franck Kom MF 26 Rami Bedoui MF 29 Mohamed Ben Amor FW 7 Hamza Lahmar FW 9 Ahmed Akaïchi Substitutes: GK 22 Zied Jebali DF 4 Saddam Ben Aziza DF 17 Marouane Tej FW 18 Diogo da Silva MF 20 Nidhal Saïed FW 24 Michailou Dramé MF 27 Aymen TrabelsiManager: Faouzi Benzarti
Assistant referees: Berhe O'Michael (Eritrea) Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan) Fourth official: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Prize money
The winner earned $75k USD and the runner-up received $50k USD.
References
External links Orange CAF Super Cup 2016, CAFonline.com