2020–21_CAF_Super_Cup

2021 CAF Super Cup (May)

2021 CAF Super Cup (May)

Football match

The 2020 CAF Super Cup (officially the Total CAF Super Cup 2020[4] for sponsorship reasons)[5] was the 29th 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.

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The match was played between Al Ahly from Egypt, the 2019–20 CAF Champions League winners, and RS Berkane from Morocco, the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 28 May 2021.

The match was originally scheduled to be played on 14, 15 or 16 August 2020,[6] in Qatar for the third season in a row, after they signed a three-year agreement with the CAF two seasons ago.[7] However, the match was delayed due to the postponement of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 20 November 2020, the CAF announced that the match would instead be played in Cairo, Egypt,[8] with the date later set to be 10 December 2020.[9] However, RS Berkane refused to play the match at the home country of Al Ahly, and insisted the match be played at a neutral country.[10] The CAF announced on 10 December 2020 that the match would be moved back to Qatar, and to be played in the first half of 2021.[11] It was reported that the match would be played on 17 February 2021, but it was later revealed that a date has not yet been set.[12][13] The match was later once again rescheduled to be played on 28 May 2021.

Al Ahly won the match 2–0, winning their seventh CAF Super Cup title.[14]

Teams

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Venue

The match was played at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The stadium has a capacity of 12,946 and is the home venue of Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd.

It was one of the five venues that hosted the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in the country, and hosted other notable matches before, including the 2014 and 2016 editions of the Supercoppa Italiana. The stadium was also one of the two venues that hosted the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, hosting all first and second round fixtures.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance was limited to only 30% of the stadium's seating capacity. Fans who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine only were allowed to enter the stadium.[15]

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).[16][17]

Background

The match was the third CAF Super Cup to feature an Egyptian and a Moroccan team, with both previous matches ending in favor of the Egyptian side. Al Ahly qualified to the match after defeating fellow Egyptian rivals Zamalek 2–1 in the 2020 CAF Champions League Final.[18] RS Berkane earned a place in the match after defeating Egyptian side Pyramids 1–0 in the 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final.[19]

This was the first ever meeting between both teams in all competitions.

Match

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Attendance: 2,900
Al Ahly
RS Berkane
GK1Egypt Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
LB12Egypt Ayman AshrafYellow card 5'downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB6Egypt Yasser IbrahimYellow card 21'downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB3Morocco Badr Benoun
RB30Egypt Mohamed HanyYellow card 89'
CM15Mali Aliou Dieng
CM17Egypt Amr El Solia
AM19Egypt Mohamed Magdy
LW27Egypt Taher Mohameddownward-facing red arrow 84'
RW14Egypt Hussein El ShahatYellow card 67'downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF10Egypt Mohamed Sherifdownward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutes:
GK13Egypt Ali Lotfi
DF5Egypt Ramy Rabiaupward-facing green arrow 46'
DF21Tunisia Ali MaâloulYellow card 48'upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF8Egypt Hamdy Fathyupward-facing green arrow 85'
MF11Egypt Walid Soliman
FW7Egypt Mahmoud KahrabaYellow card 90+2'upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW18Egypt Salah Mohsenupward-facing green arrow 67'
Manager:
South Africa Pitso Mosimane
GK1Morocco Zouheir Laâroubi
RB23Morocco Omar Namsaoui
CB4Burkina Faso Issoufou DayoYellow card 71'
CB14Morocco Ismael Mokadem
LB25Morocco Mohamed Aziz (c)downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM8Morocco Larbi Najidownward-facing red arrow 86'
RM21Morocco Bakr El Helalidownward-facing red arrow 65'
LM29Morocco Mohamed Farhanedownward-facing red arrow 78'
AM10Morocco Zaid Krouchdownward-facing red arrow 77'
CF7Morocco Hamdi Laachir
CF9Morocco Mouhcine Iajour
Substitutes:
GK12Morocco Hamza Hamiani
DF15Morocco Hamza Regragui
DF33Morocco Abdelkrim Baadiupward-facing green arrow 66'
MF11Morocco Zakaria Hadrafupward-facing green arrow 65'
MF17Morocco Amine El Kassupward-facing green arrow 78'
FW3Morocco Brahim El Bahraouiupward-facing green arrow 86'
FW19Burkina Faso Alain Traoréupward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Spain Juan Pedro Benali

Man of the Match:
Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Fourth official:[2]
Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Abdulrahman Al Jassim (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)
Saoud Ahmed (Qatar)

Match rules[16][17]

Statistics

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See also

Notes

  1. Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

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    "RS Berkane refuse to play CAF Super Cup in Cairo". KingFut. 30 November 2020.
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    "Ahly beat Berkane to clinch seventh Total CAF Super Cup title". CAF. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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    "Finally nine for Al Ahly". FIFA. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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    "Team statistics". sofascore.com. SofaScore. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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