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The CAF Super Cup , known as TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup . The competition was first held in 1993 and is organized by the CAF .

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16-403: Egyptian clubs have the highest number of victories (13 titles), followed by Morocco with 5. Morocco have the largest number of winning teams, with four clubs from each having won the title. The competition has been won by 17 clubs, 6 of which have won it more than once. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament a record 8 times. Zamalek SC are

32-535: A manager after his retirement, so he started as a member in the coaching staff in Kaiserslautern's youth team. Ramzy returned to Egypt and became the assistant for German coach Rainer Zobel at ENPPI . Due to a lack of success, in January 2007, the club decided to replace Zobel with Ramzy to the end of the season whatever the results were. Ramzy stated that it was a big responsibility and a good step to open

48-860: Is the first Confederation Cup winning club to have won the CAF Supercup since the CAF Champions League winner clashed with the CAF Confederation Cup winner. In July 2016, Total secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations. Due to this sponsorship, starting from 2017

64-678: Is the governing body of association football in Egypt . A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of the CAF , the EFA has jurisdiction over the Egyptian football league system and is responsible for the men's and women's national teams. The EFA headquarters is located in Gezira , Cairo . The EFA organizes the semi-professional Egyptian Second Division as well as the lower regional leagues at

80-575: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) concerning the exclusion of Christians from Egypt's Olympic teams . These exclusions have been described as systematic, though neither FIFA nor the IOC has initiated any investigations into these claims. Hany Ramzy Hany Guda Ramzy ( Arabic : هانى جودة رمزى [hæːni ˈɡuːdæ ˈɾɑmzi] ) (born 10 March 1969) is an Egyptian football coach and former defender . Ramzy

96-461: The Sawiris family, own major football clubs, including El Gouna FC and ZED FC . Over the years, there have been numerous reports and complaints (both formal and informal) from Coptic advocacy groups and community members, such as Coptic Solidarity, regarding the alleged exclusion of Christians from the football league and Egypt's national team. A similar complaint was filed by Coptic Solidarity to

112-528: The Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax , as a centre-half. Swiss media nicknamed him "The Rock". In summer 1994, Ramzy was the first Egyptian player in the Bundesliga as he joined SV Werder Bremen with a $ 1.5 million transfer fee to become the most expensive Egyptian player of the time. After the 1998 African Cup of Nations , Ramzy joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern with fellow Egyptian national Samir Kamouna and wore

128-535: The current defending champions, having beaten Al Ahly SC 4-3 on penalty shootouts after a 1-1 draw in the original time in the 2024 CAF Super Cup The African Super Cup started and organized in 1993 by the CAF under the name of the CAF Super Cup, It is played in a single match and on the field of the winner of the CAF Champions League (exception in 2007). Until 2003, the African Super cup pitted

144-520: The door for young managers in Egypt. Ending the 2006–07 season in ninth place, Ramzy returned to his original job as assistant coach. The club signed a contract with Anwar Salama , the former manager of Petrol Assiut . In the middle of September 2008, Ramzy took a new step toward the international training career, he became the assistant manager of the Egyptian under-20 team. He became their head coach

160-519: The number 6. Ramzy was famous in Kaiserslautern as he scored 12 goals from centre-back but in April 2003 after a knee injury, he spent two seasons on the bench until his contract came to an end. After Kaiserslautern released him, on 19 October 2005, Ramzy signed for 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Saarbrücken . During his knee injury, Ramzy started taking lectures about coaching in Berlin. He decided to become

176-411: The third and fourth levels of the league system. Christians comprise approximately 5–15% of Egypt's population, the majority of whom are Coptic Orthodox Christians . Despite their significant numbers, there are currently no Coptic members on the national football team. However, in the past, there have been notable Christian players, such as Hany Ramzy . Additionally, prominent Christian families, like

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192-785: The title as the first Egyptian team to win the African Super cup. On only six occasions, the winner of the Champions League lost in this competition: the Ivorian club Africa Sports d'Abidjan beat the Moroccans Wydad AC in the first edition in Abidjan in 1993, the ES Sahel have beat Raja CA in 1997, Maghreb de Fès beat ES Tunis in 2012 , Raja CA and Zamalek SC beat ES Tunis in 2019 and 2020 , and finally RS Berkane have beat Wydad AC in 2022 . Fez Maghreb

208-528: The tournament is called the "Total CAF Super Cup". In 2017 and 2018, prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup were as following : Since 2019, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following : Since 2023, prize money in CAF Super Cup are as following : Below are the current broadcast rights holders of this competition: Egyptian Football Association The Egyptian Football Association ( Arabic : الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم )

224-595: The winner of the Champions League against the winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup . When the latter disappeared, it was the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup who took the place. The notable edition was in 1994, Zamalek and Al Ahly , the two Egyptian belligerents met for the trophy in the infamous Cairo derby . They met in FNB Stadium in Johannesburg , South Africa. Zamalek won and achieved

240-759: The youth club of the red castle. Step by step, Ramzy joined the youth national team at less than 17 years old; Captain Ahamad Rafat was his coach in this time. Despite his young age, Ramzy's playing ability earned him a spot on Al Ahly 's first team. Mahmoud El-Gohary also picked him for the Egyptian National Team's journey to the World Cup in Italy. That was the key of success for the 20-year-old player and soon he became Egypt's youngest professional. In 1990, he started his professional career with

256-626: Was born in Abdeen region of Cairo to Coptic Orthodox parents. He has one sister, Miriam. Ramzy began his career at the age of 10. A scout from Tersana club saw him and tried to persuade him to join the youth team in the club but his father Guda Ramzy – one of Al-Ahly's fans – refused to have his son join Tersana or Al-Zamalek clubs. So his father and his uncle took him to Al Ahly , Captain Mustafa Hussein saw him and decided to put him in

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