| TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup Riyadh 2024 | |||||||
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| Zamalek won 4–3 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 27 September 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Kingdom Arena,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Nasser Mansi (Zamalek) | ||||||
| Referee | Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)[1] | ||||||
| Weather | Fair 32 °C (90 °F) 16%humidity[2] | ||||||
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The2024 CAF Super Cup, known asThe Super of the Century,[3] officiallyTotalEnergies CAF Super Cup Riyadh 2024 for sponsorship reasons,[4] was the 33rdCAF Super Cup, an annualfootball match inAfrica organized by theConfederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, theCAF Champions League and theCAF Confederation Cup.
The match was played between the2023–24 CAF Champions League winners,Al Ahly, and the2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup winners,Zamalek, both fromEgypt and both sides of theCairo derby, on 27 September 2024 at theKingdom Arena inRiyadh,Saudi Arabia.[5]
Zamalek won the match 4–3 onpenalties, after the original time ended 1–1, to secure their fifth CAF Super Cup title.[6] The match was the third continental encounter between two Egyptian clubs, and the second in a Super Cup.
The match set numerous records. This was Zamalek's fifth title, all of which came against opponents from theUNAF region. Zamalek also became the first CAF Confederation Cup representative to win the competition more than once. Additionally, for the first time in CAF Super Cup history, a team from the CAF Confederation Cup won three consecutive editions. Meanwhile, Al Ahly tiedEspérance de Tunis's record of losing two consecutive CAF Super Cups after winning the CAF Champions League; Espérance lost the2019 and2020 editions toRaja CA and Zamalek, respectively, while Al Ahly lost theprevious edition toUSM Alger.
| Team | Zone | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
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 Al Ahly | UNAF (North Africa) | 2023–24 CAF Champions League winners | 11 (1994,2002,2006,2007,2009,2013,2014,2015,2021 (May),2021 (December),2023) |
| Zamalek | 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup winners | 5 (1994,1997,2001,2003,2020) |
The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match at a neutral venue, with the CAF Champions League winners designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If the score is tied at the end of regulation,extra time was not played, and thepenalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).[7][8]
Location of the host city of the 2024 CAF Super Cup. | City | Stadium |
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| Riyadh | Kingdom Arena | |
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| Capacity: 27,000 | ||
| Al Ahly | 1–1 | Zamalek |
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         Al Ahly | Zamalek |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[1] | Match rules
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