The 2023 CAF Super Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023 for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd 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.
On 26 August, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has communicated the date of the course of CAF Super Cup final. This match took place on September 15 at the King Fahd Stadium in Taif, Saudi Arabia.
The match was played between the 2022–23 CAF Champions League winners, and the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup winners.
USM Alger won their first title CAF Super Cup after defeating Al Ahly, which is considered a shock victory, and becoming the second Algerian team to win this title.
Teams TeamZoneQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners) Al AhlyUNAF (North Africa)2022–23 CAF Champions League winners10 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021 (May), 2021 (December)) USM AlgerUNAF (North Africa)2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup winnersNone
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 is tied at the end of regulation, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).
Venue
+CityStadiumTaifKing Fahd StadiumCapacity: 20,000
Match
GK1 Mohamed El Shenawy (c)DF21 Ali Maâloul DF5 Ramy Rabia DF30 Mohamed Hany DF24 Mohamed Abdel Monem MF15 Aliou Dieng MF14 Hussein El Shahat MF22 Emam Ashour MF13 Marwan Attia FW7 Kahraba FW12 Reda Slim Substitutes:GK31 Mostafa Shobeir DF6 Yasser Ibrahim DF33 Karim El Debes MF19 Mohamed Magdy FW9 Salah Mohsen FW23 Percy Tau FW27 Taher Mohamed Manager: Marcel Koller GK25 Oussama Benbot DF19 Saâdi Radouani DF15 Nabil Lamara DF4 Zineddine Belaïd (c)DF21 Adam Alilet MF6 Oussama Chita MF14 Brahim Benzaza MF27 Nour El Islam Fettouhi FW23 Khaled Bousseliou FW18 Tumisang Orebonye FW7 Ismail Belkacemi Substitutes:GK16 Kamel Soufi DF20 Hocine Dehiri MF8 Islam Merili MF10 Sékou Konaté MF13 Omar Mbarek MF24 Taher Benkhelifa FW9 Abdoulaye Kanou Manager: Abdelhak Benchikha
Assistant referees: Boris Ditsougo (Gabon) Karin Atizamboungou Fomo (Cameroon) Fourth official: Issa Sy (Senegal) Video assistant referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritania) Assistant video assistant referees: Adel Zourak (Morocco)Match rules
90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.
Statistics
+First halfStatisticAl AhlyUSM AlgerGoals scored01Total shots55Shots on target44Saves00Ball possession57.6%42.4%Corner kicks60Offsides10Yellow cards11Red cards00
+Second halfStatisticAl AhlyUSM AlgerGoals scored00Total shots72Shots on target11Saves00Ball possession69.8%30.2%Corner kicks50Offsides11Yellow cards14Red cards00
+OverallStatisticAl AhlyUSM AlgerGoals scored01Total shots127Shots on target55Saves00Ball possession63.9%36.1%Corner kicks110Offsides21Yellow cards25Red cards00
Notes
References
External links CAFonline.com