The 2015 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd 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.

2015 CAF Super Cup
2015 Orange CAF Super Cup
ES Sétif won 6–5 on penalties
Date21 February 2015
VenueStade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
RefereeNoumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Attendance15,000
WeatherCloudy
8 °C (46 °F)
71% humidity
2014
2016

The match was played between ES Sétif of Algeria, the 2014 CAF Champions League winner, and Al-Ahly of Egypt, the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by ES Sétif at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on 21 February 2015.[1]

After a 1–1 draw, ES Sétif won 6–5 on penalties to become the first Algerian team to win the CAF Super Cup since the creation of the competition in 1993.[2]

Teams

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Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
  ES Sétif 2014 CAF Champions League winner None
  Al-Ahly 2014 CAF Confederation Cup winner 1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014

Rules

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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, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[3][4]

Match

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ES Sétif  1–1  Al-Ahly
Ziaya   68' Report Moteab   90+4'
Penalties
Delhoum  
Mellouli  
Benyettou  
Dagoulou  
Belameiri  
Lamri  
6–5   Zakaria
  Said
  Moteab
  Samir
  Trezeguet
  Ali
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ES Sétif
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Ahly
GK 1   Sofiane Khedairia
DF 4   Said Arroussi
DF 17   Benjamin Zé Ondo
DF 24   Amine Megateli
DF 3   Farid Mellouli (c)
MF 29   Toufik Zerara
MF 10   Akram Djahnit
MF 7   Mourad Delhoum   67'
MF 25   El Hedi Belameiri
FW 8   Ahmed Gasmi   53'
FW 9   Abdelmalek Ziaya   41'   90'
Substitutes:
GK 30   Abderaouf Belhani
DF 26   Mohamed Sofiane Bouchar
DF 19   Eudes Dagoulou   67'
MF 16   Billel Raït
MF 5   Sofiane Younès
FW 13   Sid Ali Lamri   90'
FW 11   Mohamed Benyettou   53'
Manager:
  Kheirredine Madoui
GK 1   Sherif Ekramy
RB 24   Basem Ali
CB 20   Saad Samir
CB 23   Mohamed Nagieb
LB 7   Hussein El Sayed
CM 25   Hossam Ashour   19'
CM 14   Hossam Ghaly (c)   59'
RW 11   Walid Soliman   83'
AM 19   Abdallah El Said
LW 27   Trézéguet   49'
CF 21   Ahmed Abd El-Zaher
Substitutes:
GK 13   Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
MF 5   Moamen Zakaria   59'
MF 28   Ramadan Sobhi
FW 10   Emad Moteab   83'
FW 16   Peter Ebimobowei
MF 26   Mohamed Ahmed Youssef
Manager:
  Juan Carlos Garrido

Assistant referees:
Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)
Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Fourth official:
Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Accreditation for 2015 Orange CAF Super Cup". CAF. 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ "ES Setif claim trophy after Ahly penalty heartache". CAF. 21 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Start list: E. S. Setifienne vs. Al Ahly" (PDF). CAF. 21 February 2015.
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