The 2017–18 Tunisian Super Cup was the 14th edition of the Tunisian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2017–18 Tunisian Cup competitions. The match was played on April 1, 2019, at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, between 2017 and 2018 Ligue Professionnelle 1 winners, Espérance de Tunis, and CA Bizertin, semifinalist of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup, as an alternative to Club Africain, the winners of said tournament. Esperance won the title for the fourth time in its history in the first edition since 18 years.
Pre-match The match was supposed to be played between the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion, Espérance de Tunis, and the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup champion, Club Africain, but the match was postponed several times due to the critical financial and administrative situation for Club Africain, and finally withdrew from the Super Cup.
The second choice was made for the runner-up of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup, Étoile du Sahel. The invitation was rejected due to the overcrowding of the calendar. Finally, a solution was reached with the CA Bizertin, one of the semi-finalist of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup, to occupy that place and compete in the 2017–18 Tunisian Super Cup.
Match details
GK 1 Moez Ben Cherifia DF 3 Aymen Mahmoud DF 5 Chamseddine Dhaouadi (c) MF 8 Anice Badri FW 11 Taha Yassine Khenissi MF 15 Fousseny Coulibaly MF 18 Saad Bguir MF 20 Ayman Ben Mohamed DF 24 Iheb Mbarki FW 10 Youcef Belaïli MF 25 Ghailene Chaalali Substitutes : GK 19 Rami Jridi DF 2 Ali Machani FW 14 Haythem Jouini MF 17 Hamdou Elhouni MF 28 Mohamed Amine Meskini FW 29 Junior Lokosa MF 30 Franck Kom Manager : Moïne Chaâbani GK 32 Khemais Thamri (c) DF 4 Seddik Mejri DF 6 Aliou Cissé DF 7 Mohamed Habib Yeken FW 9 Ibrahim Ouattara FW 11 Wajdi Jabbari DF 15 Wissem Bousnina MF 19 Fedi Ben Choug FW 21 Houssem Habbassi MF 22 Fahmi Maaouani MF 28 Abdelhalim Darragi Substitutes : GK 33 Naim Mahtlouthi MF 8 Radhouane Khalfaoui MF 10 Chamseddine Samti MF 17 Youssoupha Mbengue MF 23 Oussama Amdouni FW 27 Othmane Saidi DF 30 Elyes Dridi Manager : Montasser Louhichi
Assistant referees: Anouar Hmila Aymen Ismail Fourth official: Salim BelkhouasMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
See also
2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2017–18 Tunisian Cup
References