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.
The match was played between Wydad AC 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 AC at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 24 February 2018.
Wydad AC won the match 1–0 to claim their first CAF Super Cup title.
Teams TeamZoneQualificationPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners) Wydad ACUNAF (North Africa)2017 CAF Champions League winners2 (1993, 2003) TP MazembeUNIFFAC (Central Africa)2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners4 (2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)
Venue
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).
Match
Details
GK 22 Zouhair LaaroubiRB 28 Abdelatif NoussirCB 5 Amine AtouchiCB 29 Cheick ComaraLB 30 Mohamed NahiriRM 19 Amin Tighazoui CM 4 Salaheddine SaidiCM 6 Brahim Nekkach (c)LM 11 Ismail HaddadCF 23 Chisom Chikatara CF 18 Walid El Karti Substitutes:GK 1 Yassine El KharroubiDF 16 Naïm Aarab DF 27 Zakaria El HachimiMF 10 Daniel Nii AdjeiMF 24 Jamel Aït Ben IdirFW 20 Ayman El Hassouni FW 25 Alejandro Quintana Manager: Faouzi Benzarti GK 22 Sylvain GbohouoRB 5 Issama MpekoCB 14 Kabaso Chongo CB 2 Joël KimwakiLB 4 Arsène ZolaRM 9 Déo Kanda CM 16 Christian Koffi CM 27 Miché MikaLM 23 Elia Meschak CF 28 Ben MalangoCF 18 Rainford Kalaba (c) Substitutes:GK 21 Ley MatampiDF 3 Jean KasusulaDF 15 Kévin Mondeko MF 26 Abdoulaye Sissoko MF 29 Glody LikonzaFW 17 Jackson Muleka Manager: Mihayo Kazembe
Assistant referees: Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola) Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South Africa) Fourth official: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)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 : FinalpositionMoney awardedto clubwinnerUS$100,000Runners-upUS$75,000
See also 2018 CAF Champions League final 2018 CAF Confederation Cup final
References
External links Super Cup 2018, CAFonline.com