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 2 1
Date	20 February 2016
Venue	Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee	Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
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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

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20)

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–1	Étoile du Sahel
Adjei   19', 45+1'	Report	Msakni   45+2'

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

TP Mazembe

Étoile du Sahel

GK 22   Sylvain Gbohouo DF 2   Joël Kimwaki (c)   56' DF 3   Jean Kasusula DF 6   Salif Coulibaly DF 14   Kabaso Chongo   75' MF 12   Merveille Bokadi MF 13   Nathan Sinkala MF 19   Daniel Nii Adjei   87' FW 7   Roger Assalé   67' FW 11   Adama Traoré   78' FW 17   Jonathan Bolingi Substitutes: GK 1   Robert Kidiaba DF 4   Patient Mwepu DF 25   Christian Luyindama FW 10   Given Singuluma   87' FW 16   Christian Koffi FW 23   Elia Meschak   67' FW 28   Thomas Ulimwengu   78' Manager:   Hubert Velud

GK 1   Aymen Mathlouthi (c) DF 3   Ghazi Abderrazzak DF 5   Ammar Jemal   70' DF 8   Alaya Brigui DF 15   Zied Boughattas   64' MF 10   Iheb Msakni MF 12   Franck Kom   41' MF 26   Rami Bedoui   33' MF 29   Mohamed Ben Amor FW 7   Hamza Lahmar   65' FW 9   Ahmed Akaïchi   85' Substitutes: GK 22   Zied Jebali DF 4   Saddam Ben Aziza DF 17   Marouane Tej   85' FW 18   Diogo da Silva   33' MF 20   Nidhal Saïed FW 24   Michailou Dramé   65' MF 27   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.

External links

• Orange CAF Super Cup 2016, CAFonline.com