2021 CAF Confederation Cup final

The 2021 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final match of the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup, the 18th season of Africa's premier club football tournament organised by CAF under the CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup. It was played at the Stade de l'Amitié in Cotonou, Benin on 10 July 2021.^[4]

2021 CAF Confederation Cup Final

Event	2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup
Raja CA JS Kabylie 2 1
Date	10 July 2021 (2021-07-10)
Venue	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin
Man of the Match	Soufiane Rahimi (Raja CA)[1]
Referee	Victor Gomes (South Africa)[2]
Weather	Partly cloudy 26 °C (79 °F) 83% humidity[3]
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Raja CA defeated JS Kabylie 2–1 to secure their second ever CAF Confederation Cup title. They also earned the right to play against Al Ahly S.C the CAF Champions league winner in the 2021–22 CAF Super Cup.

Teams

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Raja CA	UNAF (North Africa)	1 (2018)
JS Kabylie	UNAF (North Africa)	None

Venue

Stade de l'Amitié in Cotonou, Benin hosted the match.

For the second consecutive year, the final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue by CAF instead of a two-legged fixtures format, which was being used in the competition since 1966.

On 16 May 2021, Stade de l'Amitié in Cotonou, Benin was chosen by a CAF Executive Committee to host the final during a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.^[4]

Road to the final

Further information: 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Raja CA				Round	JS Kabylie
Champions League					Confederation Cup
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds (CL, CC)	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Teungueth	0–0 (1–3 p)	0–0 (A)	0–0 (H)	First round	USGN	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Confederation Cup
US Monastir	1–1 (6–5 p)	1–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Play-off round	Stade Malien	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Namungo	1–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Coton Sport	1–0 (H)
Nkana	2–0 (A)			Matchday 2	NAPSA Stars	2–2 (A)
Pyramids	2–0 (H)			Matchday 3	RS Berkane	0–0 (A)
Pyramids	3–0 (A)			Matchday 4	RS Berkane	0–0 (H)
Namungo	3–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Coton Sport	2–1 (A)
Nkana	2–0 (H)			Matchday 6	NAPSA Stars	2–1 (H)
Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Raja Casablanca 6 18 2 Pyramids 6 12 3 Nkana 6 6 4 Namungo 6 0 Source: Soccerway				Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 JS Kabylie 6 12 2 Coton Sport 6 9 3 RS Berkane 6 8 4 NAPSA Stars 6 4 Source: Soccerway
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Orlando Pirates	5–1	1–1 (A)	4–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	CS Sfaxien	2–1	1–0 (A)	1–1 (H)
Pyramids	0–0 (5–4 p)	0–0 (A)	0–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Coton Sport	5–1	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)

Format

The final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue, with the winner of semi-final 1 according to the knockout stage draw designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If scores were level after full time, extra time would not to be played and the winner would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article III. 28).^[5]

Officials

Match

Raja CA	2–1	JS Kabylie
Rahimi 5' Malango 14'	Report	Zaka 46'

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10)

19:00 GMT
(20:00 UTC+1)

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Raja CA

JS Kabylie

GK 1 Anas Zniti (c) CB 24 Marouane Hadhoudi CB 15 Ilias Haddad RB 29 Abdelilah Madkour  90+4' LB 27 Oussama Soukhane CM 16 Omar Arjoune  63' CM 17 Zakaria El Wardi RW 10 Mahmoud Benhalib  58' AM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi  71' LW 21 Soufiane Rahimi  90+1' CF 28 Ben Malango  90+1' Substitutes: GK 22 Mohamed Bouamira DF 3 Mohamed Souboul DF 20 Abdeljalil Jbira MF 6 Fabrice Ngoma  71' MF 19 Mohamed Zrida  58' MF 23 Mohamed Al Makaazi  90+1' MF 26 Riad Idbouiguiguine FW 14 Zakaria Habti FW 30 Ayoub Nanah  90+1' Manager: Lassaad Chabbi

GK 25 Oussama Benbot CB 31 Ahmed Kerroum  84' CB 2 Ahmed Ait Abdessalem CB 5 Badreddine Souyad RM 22 Walid Bencherifa CM 13 Aziz Benabdi CM 8 Juba Oukaci  69' LM 21 Malik Raiah  46' AM 7 Mohamed Benchaira CF 17 Rédha Bensayah (c)  34'  76' CF 9 Zaka  76' Substitutes: GK 1 Mohamed Idir Hadid DF 3 Abdelmoumen Chikhi DF 4 Bilal Tizi Bouali DF 37 Fares Djabri MF 6 Ammar El Orfi MF 14 Abdussalam Tubal  76' MF 38 Kouceila Boualia  69' FW 11 Rezki Hamroune  46' FW 34 Massinissa Nezla  76' Manager: Denis Lavagne

Man of the Match: Soufiane Rahimi (Raja CA)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho) Fourth official:[2] Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo) Video assistant referee:[2] Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Assistant video assistant referees:[2] Gerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola) Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Match rules[5] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[a]

See also

• 2021 CAF Champions League Final
• 2021–22 CAF Super Cup

Notes

1. Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

1. TotalEnergies CAFCL - TotalEnergies CAFCC [@CAFCLCC] (11 July 2021). "A Solid performance from Raja Casablanca's superstar Soufiane Rahimi that won him the TotalEnergies Man of the Match award!" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 July 2021 – via Twitter.
2. "فيكتور جوميز حكما لنهائي الكونفدرالية الأفريقية" [Victor Gomes to take charge at CAF Confederation Cup final]. El Watan News (in Arabic). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
3. "Weather History for Cotonou, Littoral, Benin". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
4. "كاف يستقر على ملعبي نهائي دوري الأبطال والكونفدرالية" [CAF decides venues for Champions League and Confederation Cup final] (in Arabic). FilGoal. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
5. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.

External links

• CAFonline.com

1. "Supercoupe d'Afrique 1982". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
2. "Djamel Menad : «Même la JS Kabylie a remporté un trophée équivalent en 1982»". www.lebuteur.com. Retrieved 2024-09-20. (in French)