2020 CAF Super Cup

2020 CAF Super Cup

2020 Total CAF Super Cup
Espérance de Tunis Zamalek 1 3
Date	14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)
Venue	Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha
Man of the Match	Achraf Bencharki (Zamalek)
Referee	Victor Gomes (South Africa) [1]
Attendance	19,398 [2]
Weather	Mostly clear 20 °C (68 °F) 56% humidity [3]
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The 2020 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2020 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) ^[4] was the 28th 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.

The match was played between Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia, the 2018–19 CAF Champions League winners, and Zamalek from Egypt, the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Al Rayyan, Doha, Qatar on 14 February 2020. ^[5]

This season was the first to be played according to the new calendar, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017. ^{[6] [7]} The match was initially scheduled on 16, 17 or 18 August 2019, but was postponed. ^[8] The CAF announced on 21 November 2019 that the match would be played on 14 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar. ^{[9] [10]}

The match was played in Qatar for the second season in a row, after they signed a three-year agreement with the CAF the previous season. ^[11] Zamalek announced in November 2019 that they would not play the match in Qatar due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis. ^[12] However, the club's board voted in February 2020 to play in the match. ^[13]

Zamalek won the match 3–1, winning their fourth CAF Super Cup title. ^[14]

Teams

Team	Zone	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Espérance de Tunis	UNAF (North Africa)	2018–19 CAF Champions League winners	4 ( 1995 , 1999, 2012, 2019)
Zamalek	UNAF (North Africa)	2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup winners	4 ( 1994 , 1997 , 2001, 2003 )

Venue

Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Doha, Qatar, hosted the match.

The match was played at Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Al Rayyan, Doha, Qatar. The stadium has a capacity of 21,175 and is the home venue of Qatar Stars League side Al Gharafa. It was one of the five venues that hosted the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in the country.

Format

The CAF Super Cup is 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 will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV). ^{[15] [16]}

Background

The match was the fourth CAF Super Cup to feature an Egyptian and a Tunisian team, with all previous three matches ending in favor of the Egyptian side. Espérance de Tunis qualified to the match after their controversial win against Wydad Casablanca in the 2019 CAF Champions League Final, where they were declared champions after the second leg was abandoned. ^[17] Zamalek earned a place in the match after defeating RS Berkane in the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final 5–3 on penalties after being tied 1–1 on aggregate. ^[18]

This was the seventh meeting between both teams in African competition. All of their previous six encounters were in the Champions League, including the 1994 final which was won by Espérance de Tunis where they grabbed their only victory against Zamalek in the second leg. The rest of the meetings resulted in two wins for Zamalek, including an away win in 2005, and three draws between the two teams.

Pre-match

Nine days before the match, the 2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage draw was held at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt and resulted in Zamalek being drawn against Espérance de Tunis; meaning that both teams would face each other three times in three weeks. ^[19]

Prior to their league game against US Tataouine, Espérance de Tunis announced that defender Abdelkader Bedrane has suffered from a torn ligament and would be sidelined for at least three weeks, missing the CAF Super Cup as a result. ^[20]

Zamalek captain Mahmoud Shikabala suffered from an injury during training with the club in January 2020 and was still in the recovery stage. He was included by Patrice Carteron in the club's traveling squad to Qatar, but did not appear in the starting eleven or on the bench. ^[21]

Match

Officials

On 10 February 2020, CAF named South African referee Victor Gomes as the referee for the match. Gomes is considered one of Africa's finest referees and consistently appeared in all CAF major competitions since 2013. His compatriot Zakhele Siwela was chosen as one of the assistant referees, along with Mosotho official Souru Phatsoane, while Maguette N'Diaye of Senegal was chosen as the fourth official. ^[1] Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe was named the video assistant referee and was assisted by Mustapha Ghorbal from Algeria and Gerson Emiliano dos Santos from Angola. ^[22]

Details

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)

16:00 GMT
(19:00  UTC+3)

Espérance de Tunis	1–3	Zamalek
Benguit 54' (pen.)	Report (Soccerway)	Obama 2' Bencharki 58', 90+5'

Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 19,398

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Espérance de Tunis

Zamalek

GK 1 Moez Ben Cherifia LB 23 Ilyes Chetti CB 6 Mohamed Ali Yacoubi CB 12 Khalil Chemmam (c) RB 22 Sameh Derbali CM 3 Kwame Bonsu  60' CM 15 Fousseny Coulibaly  45' AM 18 Raouf Benguit LW 10 Hamdou Elhouni RW 7 Billel Bensaha  69' CF 9 Ibrahim Ouattara  77' Substitutes: GK 19 Rami Jridi DF 5 Chamseddine Dhaouadi DF 24 Iheb Mbarki MF 25 Fedi Ben Choug  77' FW 27 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane FW 2 Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda  69' FW 11 Taha Yassine Khenissi  60' Manager: Moïne Chaâbani

GK 1 Mohamed Abou Gabal LB 19 Mohamed Abdel Shafy CB 4 Mahmoud Alaa CB 28 Mahmoud Hamdy  51' RB 7 Hazem Emam (c)  88'  88' CM 3 Tarek Hamed  83' CM 13 Ferjani Sassi AM 11 Youssef Obama LW 20 Achraf Bencharki  63' RW 25 Ahmed Sayed  82' CF 15 Mostafa Mohamed  90+1' Substitutes: GK 21 Mohamed Awad DF 5 Mohamed Abdel Ghani  88' DF 22 Abdallah Gomaa  82' MF 24 Mohamed Hassan FW 2 Kabongo Kasongo FW 28 Mohamed Ounajem  90+1' FW 30 Mostafa Fathi Manager: Patrice Carteron

Man of the Match: Achraf Bencharki (Zamalek) Assistant referees: [1] Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho) Fourth official: [1] Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal) Video assistant referee: [22] Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Assistant video assistant referees: [22] Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) Gerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola)

Match rules [15] [16] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

• 2019 CAF Champions League Final
• 2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final

References

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External links

• Total CAF Super Cup, CAFonline.com