2015 CAF Super Cup

The 2015 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd 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.

2015 CAF Super Cup
2015 Orange CAF Super Cup
ES Sétif Al-Ahly
1 1
ES Sétif won 6–5 on penalties
Date21 February 2015
VenueStade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
RefereeNoumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Attendance15,000
WeatherCloudy
8 °C (46 °F)
71% humidity

The match was played between ES Sétif of Algeria, the 2014 CAF Champions League winner, and Al-Ahly of Egypt, the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by ES Sétif at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on 21 February 2015.[1]

After a 1–1 draw, ES Sétif won 6–5 on penalties to become the first Algerian team to win the CAF Super Cup.[2]

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
ES Sétif 2014 CAF Champions League winner None
Al-Ahly 2014 CAF Confederation Cup winner 1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014

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, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[3][4]

Match
ES Sétif 1–1 Al-Ahly
Ziaya  68' Report Moteab  90+4'
Penalties
Delhoum
Mellouli
Benyettou
Dagoulou
Belameiri
Lamri 		6–5 Zakaria
Said
Moteab
Samir
Trezeguet
Ali
Attendance: 15,000
ES Sétif
Al-Ahly
GK1 Sofiane Khedairia
DF4 Said Arroussi
DF17 Benjamin Zé Ondo
DF24 Amine Megateli
DF3 Farid Mellouli (c)
MF29 Toufik Zerara
MF10 Akram Djahnit
MF7 Mourad Delhoum 67'
MF25 El Hedi Belameiri
FW8 Ahmed Gasmi 53'
FW9 Abdelmalek Ziaya 41' 90'
Substitutes:
GK30 Abderaouf Belhani
DF26 Mohamed Sofiane Bouchar
DF19 Eudes Dagoulou 67'
MF16 Billel Raït
MF5 Sofiane Younès
FW13 Sid Ali Lamri 90'
FW11 Mohamed Benyettou 53'
Manager:
Kheirredine Madoui
GK1 Sherif Ekramy
DF7 Hussein Sayed
MF27 Trezeguet 49'
MF25 Hossam Ashour 19'
DF20 Saad Samir
DF23 Mohamed Nagieb
DF24 Basem Ali
DF14 Hossam Ghaly (c) 59'
MF19 Abdallah Said
FW21 Ahmed Abd El-Zaher
MF11 Walid Soliman 83'
Substitutes:
GK13 Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
MF5 Moamen Zakaria 59'
MF28 Ramadan Sobhi
FW10 Emad Moteab 83'
FW16 Peter Ebimobowei
MF26 Mohamed Ahmed Youssef
Manager:
Juan Carlos Garrido

Assistant referees:
Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)
Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Fourth official:
Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)[5]

References
  1. "Accreditation for 2015 Orange CAF Super Cup". CAF. 17 February 2015.
  2. "ES Setif claim trophy after Ahly penalty heartache". CAF. 21 February 2015.
  3. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. "Start list: E. S. Setifienne vs. Al Ahly" (PDF). CAF. 21 February 2015.
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