2018 CAF Super Cup

2018 CAF Super Cup
2018 Total CAF Super Cup
Wydad AC TP Mazembe
Morocco Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 0
Date24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)
VenueStade Mohammed V, Casablanca
RefereeJanny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Attendance45,000
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The 2018 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th 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.[1]

The match was played between Wydad AC of Morocco, the 2017 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Wydad AC at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 24 February 2018.[2][3]

Wydad AC won the match 1–0 to claim their first CAF Super Cup title.[4][5]

Teams

Team Zone Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Morocco Wydad AC UNAF (North Africa) 2017 CAF Champions League winners 2 (1993, 2003)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe UNIFFAC (Central Africa) 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners 4 (2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)

Venue

Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, hosted the match.

Format

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners hosting the match. 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).[6][7]

Match

Details

Wydad AC Morocco1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Tighazoui 83' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Wydad AC[8]
TP Mazembe[8]
GK 22 Morocco Zouhair Laaroubi
RB 28 Morocco Abdelatif Noussir
CB 5 Morocco Amine Atouchi
CB 29 Ivory Coast Cheick Comara
LB 30 Morocco Mohamed Nahiri
RM 19 Morocco Amin Tighazoui downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
CM 4 Morocco Salaheddine Saidi
CM 6 Morocco Brahim Nekkach (c)
LM 11 Morocco Ismail Haddad
CF 23 Nigeria Chisom Chikatara downward-facing red arrow 63'
CF 18 Morocco Walid El Karti downward-facing red arrow 70'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Morocco Yassine El Kharroubi
DF 16 Belgium Naïm Aarab upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
DF 27 Morocco Zakaria El Hachimi
MF 10 Ghana Daniel Nii Adjei
MF 24 Morocco Jamel Aït Ben Idir
FW 20 Morocco Ayman El Hassouni upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 25 Argentina Alejandro Quintana upward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti
GK 22 Ivory Coast Sylvain Gbohouo
RB 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Issama Mpeko
CB 14 Zambia Kabaso Chongo Yellow card 14'
CB 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Joël Kimwaki
LB 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo Arsène Zola
RM 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo Déo Kanda downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 16 Ivory Coast Christian Koffi downward-facing red arrow 68'
CM 27 Democratic Republic of the Congo Miché Mika
LM 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo Elia Meschak downward-facing red arrow 82'
CF 28 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ben Malango
CF 18 Zambia Rainford Kalaba (c) Yellow card 88'
Substitutes:
GK 21 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ley Matampi
DF 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean Kasusula
DF 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kévin Mondeko upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 26 Mali Abdoulaye Sissoko upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 29 Democratic Republic of the Congo Glody Likonza
FW 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jackson Muleka upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mihayo Kazembe

Assistant referees:[8]
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)
Zakhele Thusi Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth official:[8]
Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Match rules[6][7]

  • 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 :[9]

Final
position		 Money awarded
to club
winner US$100,000
Runners-up US$75,000

See also

References

  1. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Accreditation for Total CAF Super Cup 2018". CAF. 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Wydad win Super Cup as VAR used in Africa for first time". CAF. 24 February 2018.
  5. ^ "WAC 1-0 TP Mazembe: Red Devils pip Ravens to win 2018 Caf Super Cup". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  6. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  7. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ^ a b c d "CAF Super Cup 2018 – Tactical start list" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.