2014 CAF Super Cup

The 2014 CAF Super Cup (also known as the 2014 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd 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.

2014 CAF Super Cup
2014 Orange CAF Super Cup
Al-Ahly CS Sfaxien
Egypt Tunisia
3 2
Date20 February 2014
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeNoumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Attendance45,000

The match was played between Al-Ahly of Egypt, the 2013 CAF Champions League winner, and CS Sfaxien of Tunisia, the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by Al-Ahly at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo on 20 February 2014.[1] The match was initially scheduled to be played at the Cairo International Stadium on 22 February 2014.[2][3] Later, the CAF announced a change of venue and date, with the match scheduled to be played at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on 20 February 2014.[4] After the rejection of the 30 June Stadium to host the match, the CAF announced that the venue was moved back to the Cairo International Stadium.[1]

Al-Ahly won the match 3–2 to claim their 6th CAF Super Cup.[5][6]

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Egypt Al-Ahly 2013 CAF Champions League winner 1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2013 CAF Confederation Cup winner 2008, 2009

Rules

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winner hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played).[7][8]

Match
Al-Ahly Egypt3–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Gedo 23'
Gamal 55', 67'		 Report Maâloul 63' (pen.)
Ben Youssef 77'
Attendance: 45,000
Al-Ahly
CS Sfaxien
GK1Egypt Sherif Ekramy
CB3Egypt Ramy Rabia
CB6Egypt Wael Gomaa (c)Yellow card 79'
CB23Egypt Mohamed Nagieb
RM24Egypt Ahmed Fathy
CM25Egypt Hossam AshourYellow card 87'
CM8Egypt Shehab El-Din Ahmed
LM14Egypt Sayed MoawadYellow card 62'
AM19Egypt Abdallah El Saiddownward-facing red arrow 66'
CF15Egypt Gedodownward-facing red arrow 89'
CF17Egypt Amr GamalYellow card 27'downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK13Egypt Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
DF12Egypt Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
DF20Egypt Saad Samirupward-facing green arrow 73'
MF28Burkina Faso Moussa Yedanupward-facing green arrow 66'
FW9Egypt Emad Moteab
FW27Egypt Trézéguetupward-facing green arrow 80'
FW30Egypt Ahmed Raouf
Manager:
Egypt Mohamed Youssef
GK28Tunisia Rami Jridi
RB19Tunisia Maher Hannachi
CB26Tunisia Bassem Boulaabi
CB25Tunisia Mahmoud Ben Salah
LB10Tunisia Ali Maâloul (c)
DM7Tunisia Rebai Wassim Kamoundownward-facing red arrow 82'
RM15Tunisia Hamza Chotbridownward-facing red arrow 60'
LM13Tunisia Ferjani Sassi
AM12Tunisia Mohamed Ali Moncerdownward-facing red arrow 64'
CF29Tunisia Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF17Ivory Coast Idrissa Kouyaté
Substitutions:
GK1Tunisia Mohamed Hedi Gaaloul
DF5Tunisia Oussama Elhasini
DF21Tunisia Zied Derbali
MF14Tunisia Ghazi Challoufupward-facing green arrow 60'
MF18Tunisia Wajdi Bouazziupward-facing green arrow 82'
FW11Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissiupward-facing green arrow 64'
FW30Tunisia Imed Louati
Manager:
Tunisia Hamadi Daw

Assistant referees:
Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Fourth official:
Bienvenue Sinko (Ivory Coast)

References
  1. "CAF Super Cup 2014 moved to Cairo Stadium". Cafonline.com. 16 February 2014.
  2. "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  3. "Decisions made by the CAF Executive Committee, convened January 24th 2014" (PDF). Cafonline.com. 26 January 2014.
  4. "2014 CAF Super Cup: Change of venue and date". Cafonline.com. 2 February 2014.
  5. "Al Ahly wins 6th Super Cup". cafonline.com. 20 February 2014.
  6. "Al Ahly claim 6th Super Cup win". African Soccer Weebly. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  7. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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