The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African

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competition contested between the winners of the

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and the

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. The competition was first held in 1993 and is organized by the CAF. Egyptian clubs have the highest number of victories (12 titles), followed by

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with 5. Morocco have the largest number of winning teams, with four clubs from each having won the title. The competition has been won by 16 clubs, 6 of which have won it more than once.

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is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament a record 8 times. RS Berkane are the current defending champions, having beaten

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by two goals to nil in the 2022 CAF Super Cup.

History

The idea of an African Super Cup germinated and was introduced at the Fraternity Tournament in

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. In 1982,

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, winner of the

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, won this trophy by defeating the winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup, Union Douala, on penalties 4–3 after the score of 1–1. It is played in a single match and on the field of the winner of the Champions League (exception in 2007). Until 2003, the African Supercup pitted the winner of the Champions League against the winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup. When the latter disappeared, it was the winner of the Confederation Cup who took the place. On only five occasions, the winner of the C1 lost in this competition: the Ivorian club Africa Sports d'Abidjan beat the Moroccans

in the first edition in Abidjan in 1993, the

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have beat Raja CA in 1997,

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beat ES Tunis in

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, Raja CA and

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beat ES Tunis in

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and

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. Fez Maghreb is the first Confederation Cup winning club to have won the CAF Supercup since the CAF Champions League winner clashed with the Confederation Cup winner.

Venues

List of venues since 2015

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: Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Algeria * 2016: Stade TP Mazembe, DR Congo *

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: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, South Africa *

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: Stade Mohammed V, Morocco *

: Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Qatar * 2021 (May): Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Qatar * 2021 (Dec): Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Qatar *

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Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium ( ar, المجمع الرياضي الأمير مولاي عبد الله) is a multi-purpose stadium in Rabat, Morocco. It is named after Prince Moulay Abdellah of Morocco. It was built in 1983 and is the home gr ...

, Morocco

Sponsorship

In July 2016,

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secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations. Due to this sponsorship, starting from 2017 the tournament is called the "Total CAF Super Cup".

Records and statistics

Winners

By country

Prize money

In 2017 and 2018, prize money shared between

winner and

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winner in CAF Super Cup were as following : Since 2019, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following :

Broadcast coverage

Below are the current broadcast rights holders of this competition:

References

External links

CAF Super Cup at CAFonline.comCAF Super Cup summary
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