The 2019 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2019 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) 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.
Raja CA won the match 2–1 for their second CAF Super Cup title.
The match was originally to be hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès, Tunisia on 29 December 2018, but CAF announced on 12 December 2018 that the match would be played in Qatar on 20 February 2019. 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. 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.
Teams TeamZoneQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners) Espérance de TunisUNAF (North Africa)2018 CAF Champions League winners3 (1995, 1999, 2012) Raja CAUNAF (North Africa)2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners2 (1998, 2000)
Venue CityStadiumDohaThani bin Jassim Stadium 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).
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.
Match
Details
GK 19 Rami JridiRB 22 Sameh Derbali CB 5 Chamseddine Dhaouadi (c) CB 6 Mohamed Ali Yacoubi LB 20 Ayman Ben MohamedCM 15 Fousseny CoulibalyCM 30 Franck Kom RW 8 Anice BadriAM 18 Saad Bguir LW 17 Hamdou ElhouniCF 11 Taha Yassine KhenissiSubstitutes:GK 1 Moez Ben CherifiaDF 24 Iheb Mbarki DF 26 Houcine RabiiMF 25 Ghailene ChaalaliMF 28 Mohamed Amine MeskiniFW 10 Youcef Belaïli FW 14 Haythem Jouini Manager: Moïne Chaâbani GK 1 Anas Zniti RB 25 Omar BoutayebCB 13 Badr Banoun (c) CB 8 Sanad Al OuarfaliLB 5 Fabrice Gael NgahCM 2 Abderrahim Achchakir CM 29 Zakaria El WardiRW 24 Mahmoud BenhalibAM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi LW 7 Zakaria Hadraf CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi Substitutes:GK 22 Mohamed BouamiraDF 26 Ilias HaddadMF 4 Mohamed DouikMF 19 Ibrahima NiasseFW 9 Mouhcine Iajour FW 11 Anas JabrounFW 30 Ayoub Nanah Manager: Patrice Carteron
Assistant referees: Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan) Fourth official: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)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$200,000Runners-upUS$150,000
See also 2019 CAF Champions League final 2019 CAF Confederation Cup final
References
External links Total CAF Super Cup 2019, CAFonline.com