# 2023 CAF Super Cup

The 2023 CAF Super Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2023 for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd 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.
On 26 August, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has communicated the date of the course of CAF Super Cup final. This match took place on September 15 at the King Fahd Stadium in Taif, Saudi Arabia.
The match was played between the 2022–23 CAF Champions League winners, and the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup winners.

## Teams

| Team | Zone | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
| Al Ahly | UNAF (North Africa) | 2022–23 CAF Champions League winners | 10 (1994, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021 (May), 2021 (December)) |
| USM Alger | UNAF (North Africa) | 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup winners | None |

## Format

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 the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).

## Venue

| Taifclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2023 CAF Super Cup. | City | Stadium |
| Taifclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2023 CAF Super Cup. | Taif | King Fahd Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 ||

## Match

| Al Ahly | USM Alger |
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy (c) |
| DF | 21 | Ali Maâloul |
| DF | 5 | Ramy Rabia |
| DF | 30 | Mohamed Hany |
| DF | 24 | Mohamed Abdel Monem |
| MF | 15 | Aliou Dieng |
| MF | 14 | Hussein El Shahat | 79' |
| MF | 22 | Emam Ashour | 79' |
| MF | 13 | Marwan Attia | 64' |
| FW | 7 | Kahraba | 26' | 79' |
| FW | 12 | Reda Slim | 64' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Mostafa Shobeir |
| DF | 6 | Yasser Ibrahim | 85' |
| DF | 33 | Karim El Debes |
| MF | 19 | Mohamed Magdy | 79' |
| FW | 9 | Salah Mohsen | 90+4' | 64' |
| FW | 23 | Percy Tau | 64' |
| FW | 27 | Taher Mohamed | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcel Koller ||
| GK | 25 | Oussama Benbot | 90+9' |
| DF | 19 | Saâdi Radouani |
| DF | 15 | Nabil Lamara | 90+2' |
| DF | 4 | Zineddine Belaïd (c) |
| DF | 21 | Adam Alilet | 90+6' |
| MF | 6 | Oussama Chita | 67' |
| MF | 14 | Brahim Benzaza | 84' |
| MF | 27 | Nour El Islam Fettouhi | 38' | 67' |
| FW | 23 | Khaled Bousseliou | 83' |
| FW | 18 | Tumisang Orebonye |
| FW | 7 | Ismail Belkacemi | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Kamel Soufi |
| DF | 20 | Hocine Dehiri |
| MF | 8 | Islam Merili | 79' |
| MF | 10 | Sékou Konaté | 83' |
| MF | 13 | Omar Mbarek | 70' | 67' |
| MF | 24 | Taher Benkhelifa | 84' |
| FW | 9 | Abdoulaye Kanou | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Abdelhak Benchikha ||
| Assistant referees: Boris Ditsougo (Gabon) Karin Atizamboungou Fomo (Cameroon) Fourth official: Issa Sy (Senegal) Video assistant referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritania) Assistant video assistant referees: Adel Zourak (Morocco) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used. |

### Statistics

First half :
| Statistic | Al Ahly | USM Alger |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 5 | 5 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Ball possession | 57.6% | 42.4% |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Second half :
| Statistic | Al Ahly | USM Alger |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 7 | 2 |
| Shots on target | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Ball possession | 69.8% | 30.2% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Overall :
| Statistic | Al Ahly | USM Alger |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 12 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Ball possession | 63.9% | 36.1% |
| Corner kicks | 11 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 5 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |