2016 CAF Super Cup

The 2016 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th 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.

2016 CAF Super Cup
2016 Orange CAF Super Cup
TP Mazembe Étoile du Sahel
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Date20 February 2016
VenueStade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
RefereeHamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

The match was played between TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2015 CAF Champions League winner, and Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on 20 February 2016.[1][2]

TP Mazembe defeated Étoile du Sahel 2–1 to win the competition for the third time in its history.[3]

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
TP Mazembe 2015 CAF Champions League winner 2010, 2011
Étoile du Sahel 2015 CAF Confederation Cup winner 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008

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, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).[4][5]

Match
TP Mazembe 2–1 Étoile du Sahel
Adjei  19', 45+1' Report Msakni  45+2'
TP Mazembe
Étoile du Sahel
GK22 Sylvain Gbohouo
DF2 Joël Kimwaki (c) 56'
DF3 Jean Kasusula
DF6 Salif Coulibaly
DF14 Kabaso Chongo 75'
MF12 Merveille Bokadi
MF13 Nathan Sinkala
MF19 Daniel Nii Adjei 87'
FW7 Roger Assalé 67'
FW11 Adama Traoré 78'
FW17 Jonathan Bolingi
Substitutes:
GK1 Robert Kidiaba
DF4 Patient Mwepu
DF25 Christian Luyindama
FW10 Given Singuluma 87'
FW16 Christian Koffi
FW23 Elia Meschak 67'
FW28 Thomas Ulimwengu 78'
Manager:
Hubert Velud
GK1 Aymen Mathlouthi (c)
DF3 Ghazi Abderrazzak
DF5 Ammar Jemal 70'
DF8 Alaya Brigui
DF15 Zied Boughattas 64'
MF10 Iheb Msakni
MF12 Franck Kom 41'
MF26 Rami Bedoui 33'
MF29 Mohamed Ben Amor
FW7 Hamza Lahmar 65'
FW9 Ahmed Akaïchi 85'
Substitutes:
GK22 Zied Jebali
DF4 Saddam Ben Aziza
DF17 Marouane Tej 85'
FW18 Diogo da Silva 33'
MF20 Nidhal Saïed
FW24 Michailou Dramé 65'
MF27 Aymen Trabelsi
Manager:
Faouzi Benzarti

Assistant referees:
Berhe O'Michael (Eritrea)
Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Davies Omweno (Kenya)[6]

Prize money

The winner earned $75k USD and the runner-up received $50k USD.[7]

References
  1. "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "CAF Super Cup to be played on weekend of 19-21 February". CAF. 9 December 2015.
  3. "Adjei brace hands Mazembe third Super Cup". CAF. 20 February 2016.
  4. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  6. "Start list: TP Mazembe vs Étoile Sportive du Sahel" (PDF). CAF. 20 February 2016.
  7. "Prize money" (pdf). Confederation of African Football. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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