2019 CAF Super Cup

The 2019 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2019 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons)[2] 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.

2019 CAF Super Cup
2019 Total CAF Super Cup
Espérance de Tunis Raja Casablanca
1 2
Date29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)
VenueThani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan
RefereeBamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)[1]

The match was played between Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia, the 2018 CAF Champions League winners, and Raja Casablanca from Morocco, the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on 29 March 2019.[3][4]

Raja Casablanca won the match 2–1 for their second CAF Super Cup title.[5]

The match was originally to be hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès, Tunisia on 29 December 2018,[6] but CAF announced on 12 December 2018 that the match would be played in Qatar on 20 February 2019.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Teams
Team Zone Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Espérance de Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 2018 CAF Champions League winners 3 (1995, 1999, 2012)
Raja Casablanca UNAF (North Africa) 2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners 2 (1998, 2000)

Venue
Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, hosted the match.

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).[10][11]

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.[12]

Match

Details
Espérance de Tunis 1–2 Raja Casablanca
 Report
Espérance de Tunis[1]
Raja Casablanca[1]
GK19 Rami Jridi
RB22 Sameh Derbali 54'
CB5 Chamseddine Dhaouadi (c) 76'
CB6 Mohamed Ali Yacoubi 73'
LB20 Ayman Ben Mohamed
CM15 Fousseny Coulibaly
CM30 Franck Kom 81'
RW8 Anice Badri
AM18 Saad Bguir 46'
LW17 Hamdou Elhouni
CF11 Taha Yassine Khenissi
Substitutes:
GK1 Moez Ben Cherifia
DF24 Iheb Mbarki 54'
DF26 Houcine Rabii
MF25 Ghailene Chaalali
MF28 Mohamed Amine Meskini
FW10 Youcef Belaïli 46'
FW14 Haythem Jouini 73'
Manager:
Moïne Chaâbani
GK1 Anas Zniti 90+2'
RB25 Omar Boutayeb
CB13 Badr Banoun (c) 86'
CB8 Sanad Al Ouarfali
LB5 Fabrice Gael Ngah
CM2 Abderrahim Achchakir 89'
CM29 Zakaria El Wardi
RW24 Mahmoud Benhalib
AM18 Abdelilah Hafidi 80'
LW7 Zakaria Hadraf 76'
CF21 Soufiane Rahimi 90+4'
Substitutes:
GK22 Mohamed Bouamira
DF26 Ilias Haddad
MF4 Mohamed Douik
MF19 Ibrahima Niasse
FW9 Mouhcine Iajour 90+4'
FW11 Anas Jabroun
FW30 Ayoub Nanah 80'
Manager:
Patrice Carteron

Assistant referees:[1]
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)
Fourth official:[1]
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Match rules[10][11]

  • 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 :[13]

Final
position		Money awarded
to club
winnerUS$200,000
Runners-upUS$150,000

See also

References
  1. "Total CAF Super Cup 2019, E.S.T. v Raja Club Athletic: Media Start list" (PDF). CAFonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 29 March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  3. Ntoka, Gabriel (12 December 2018). "CAF Move Super Cup Tie To Qatar". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. "Decisions of the Emergency Committee Of the Confédération Africaine de Football 26 January 2019" (PDF). CAF.
  5. "Raja edge Esperance to CAF Super Cup glory". CAF. 29 March 2019.
  6. "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  7. @CAF_Online (12 December 2018). "BREAKING NEWS: CAF executive committee decided that Total CAF Super Cup 2018 between Espérance Sportive de Tunis & Raja Club Athletic will be played in Qatar .. Date & Time will be announced later .. More to follow ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  9. "Change in dates for Caf club competitions will begin in 2018". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017.
  10. "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  11. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  12. "Tickets for Total CAF Super Cup 2019 go on sale". CAF. 11 March 2019.
  13. "Prize money for CAF Super Cup". Radiomars.ma.
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