The 1997 CAF Super Cup was the fifth 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 African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup.

1997 CAF Super Cup
Zamalek won 4–2 on penalties
Date14 February 1997
VenueCairo Stadium, Cairo
RefereeAhmed El Shenawi (Egypt)
Attendance50,000
1996
1998

The match took place on 14 February 1997, at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Egyptian clubs Zamalek, the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner, and Al Mokawloon Al Arab, the 1996 African Cup Winners' Cup winner. In the Second all-Egyptian CAF Super Cup, and the second time two clubs from the same country participate the same match in CAF Super Cup (after 1994). Zamalek won the trophy after beating Al Mokawloon Al Arab 4–2 in the penalty shoot-out, with the game ending 0–0.

Teams

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Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
  Zamalek 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner 1994
  Al Mokawloon Al Arab 1996 African Cup Winners' Cup winner None

Match details

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Zamalek
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al Mokawloon Al Arab
GK   Hussein El-Sayed   61'
CB   Ashraf Kasem
CB   Medhat Abdel Hady
LB 13   Motamed Gamal
CM   Ismail Youssef   88'
CM   Essam Marei
RW   Tarek Mostafa   16'
AM   Khaled El-Ghandour   67'
FW 17   Mohamed Sabry
FW   Osama Nabieh
FW   Ayman Mansour
Substitutions:
GK   Nader El-Sayed   61'
MF   Kamel Kaci-Saïd   88'
FW 10   Ahmed El-Kass   67'
Manager:
  Werner Olk &   Diethelm Ferner
GK     Ahmed Saber   120'
RB 6   Mahmoud El-Aref
CB     Haytham Houssen
CB     Mostafa Marei
LB     Ahmed Said
CM     Mohamed Ouda
CM     Saad Abd El-Baky
RW 15   Ali Ashour
AM     Zizo   45'
LW     Tamer El Nahhas   95'   110'
CF     Kofta   87'
Substitutions:
GK     Mamdouh Ibrahim   120'
MF 10   Abdel Sattar Sabry   87'
FW     Atef Abdel Hady   110'
Manager:
  Michael Krüger

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:


Fourth official:

References

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