The 2017 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th 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.
The match was played between Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, the 2016 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Mamelodi Sundowns at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on 18 February 2017.
Mamelodi Sundowns defeated TP Mazembe 1–0 to win their first CAF Super Cup.
Teams TeamZoneQualificationPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners) Mamelodi SundownsCOSAFA (Southern Africa)2016 CAF Champions League winnersNone TP MazembeUNIFFAC (Central Africa)2016 CAF Confederation Cup winners3 (2010, 2011, 2016)
Venue
Format The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners 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).
Match
Details
GK 14 Denis OnyangoRB 27 Thapelo MorenaCB 6 Wayne ArendseCB 16 Ricardo NascimentoLB 4 Tebogo LangermanCM 13 Tiyane MabundaCM 8 Hlompho Kekana (c)RW 28 Anthony Laffor AM 26 Khama Billiat LW 18 Themba Zwane CF 22 Percy Tau Substitutes:GK 1 Kennedy MweeneDF 20 Anele Ngcongca DF 29 Soumahoro Bangaly MF 11 Sibusiso Vilakazi MF 15 Lucky MohomiMF 19 Mzikayise MashabaFW 25 Leonardo CastroManager: Pitso Mosimane GK 22 Sylvain GbohouoRB 5 Issama Mpeko CB 2 Joël Kimwaki CB 6 Salif CoulibalyLB 3 Jean KasusulaCM 13 Nathan SinkalaCM 19 Daniel Nii AdjeiRW 20 Solomon AsanteAM 18 Rainford Kalaba (c) LW 23 Elia Meschak CF 28 Ben MalangoSubstitutes:GK 21 Ley MatampiDF 14 Kabaso ChongoMF 10 Given SingulumaMF 16 Christian KoffiFW 8 Trésor Mputu FW 9 Déo KandaFW 11 Adama Traoré Manager: Thierry Froger
Assistant referees: Redouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan) Fourth official: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Prize money The winners would receive $100,000 USD in prize money while the runners-up would receive $75,000 USD.
See also 2016 CAF Champions League Final 2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final
References
External links Total Super Cup 2017, CAFonline.com