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.
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| Date | 20 February 2014 | ||||||
| Venue | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | ||||||
| Referee | Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) | ||||||
| Attendance | 45,000 | ||||||
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 edit
| Team | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
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 Al-Ahly
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2013 CAF Champions League winner | 1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 |
 CS Sfaxien
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2013 CAF Confederation Cup winner | 2008, 2009 |
Rules edit
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 edit
| Al-Ahly | 3–2 | CS Sfaxien |
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Gedo  23'Gamal 55', 67' |
Report | Maâloul 63' (pen.) Ben Youssef 77' |
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  CS Sfaxien
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References edit
- ^ a b "CAF Super Cup 2014 moved to Cairo Stadium". Cafonline.com. 16 February 2014.
- ^ "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
- ^ "Decisions made by the CAF Executive Committee, convened January 24th 2014" (PDF). Cafonline.com. 26 January 2014.
- ^ "2014 CAF Super Cup: Change of venue and date". Cafonline.com. 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Al Ahly wins 6th Super Cup". cafonline.com. 20 February 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
External links edit
- Orange CAF Super Cup 2014, CAFonline.com