2024 CAF Confederation Cup final

The 2024 CAF Confederation Cup final were the final matches of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup, the 21st season of the CAF Confederation Cup and the 49th season overall of Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

2024 CAF Confederation Cup final

Event	2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
RS Berkane Zamalek 2 2
2–2 on aggregate. Zamalek won on away goals.
First leg
RS Berkane Zamalek 2 1
Date	12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)
Venue	Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane
Referee	Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Attendance	10,000
Weather	Clear weather with a few clouds 20 °C (68 °F) 75% humidity
Second leg
Zamalek RS Berkane 1 0
Date	19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Issa Sy (Senegal)
Attendance	52,000
Weather	Clear weather with a few clouds 35 °C (95 °F) 24% humidity
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Teams

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
RS Berkane	UNAF (North Africa)	3 (2019, 2020, 2022)
Zamalek	UNAF (North Africa)	1 (2019)

Venues

Berkane, Morocco, hosted the first leg.

Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, hosted the second leg.

Road to the final

Further information: 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup

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

RS Berkane				Round	Zamalek
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				First round	Bye
Bendel Insurance	3–2	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Second round	Arta Solar	4–3	0–2 (A)	4–1 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Sekhukhune United	2–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Abu Salim	1–0 (H)
Stade Malien	2–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Académie SOAR	4–0 (A)
Diables Noirs	2–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Sagrada Esperança	1–0 (H)
Diables Noirs	1–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Sagrada Esperança	0–0 (A)
Sekhukhune United	0–0 (A)			Matchday 5	Abu Salim	2–1 (A)
Stade Malien	3–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Académie SOAR	3–0 (awd.) (H)[note 1]
Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 RS Berkane 6 14 2 Stade Malien 6 10 3 Sekhukhune United 6 6 4 Diables Noirs 6 2 Source: CAF				Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Zamalek 6 16 2 Abu Salim 6 9 3 Sagrada Esperança 6 8 4 Académie SOAR 6 1 Source: CAF
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Abu Salim	3–2	0–0 (A)	3–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Modern Future	3–2	2–1 (A)	1–1 (H)
USM Alger	6–0 (w/o)	3–0 (awd.) (A)[note 2]	3–0 (awd.) (H)[note 3]	Semi-finals	Dreams F.C.	3–0	0–0 (H)	3–0 (A)

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still equal, extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

Details

12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)

20:00 UTC+1

RS Berkane	2–1	Zamalek
Dayo 13' (pen.) Tahif 32'	Report	Jaziri 46'

Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

RS Berkane

Zamalek

DF 4 Issoufou Dayo (c) FW 7 Youssef El Fahli  77' MF 8 Ayoub Khairi FW 10 Mohamed El Mourabit  77' GK 12 Hamza Hamiani DF 13 Adil Tahif  66' DF 15 Abdelhak Assal MF 17 Yassine Labhiri DF 19 Hamza El Moussaoui  90+4' FW 21 Youssef Mehri FW 30 Paul Bassène  77' Substitutes: DF 2 Amine El Maswab MF 5 Omar Arjoune MF 6 Mamadou Lamine Camara  77' FW 18 Tuisila Kisinda  77' GK 22 Amine El Ouaad MF 23 Claude Gnolou DF 29 Hamza Semmoumy  66' MF 35 Reda Hajji FW 39 Djibril Ouattara  77' Manager: Mouin Chaâbani

GK 1 Mohamed Awad DF 2 Hossam Abdel Maguid DF 4 Omar Gaber (c) MF 8 Nabil Emad Donga  90+3' FW 9 Samson Akinyoola  69' DF 13 Ahmed Fatouh DF 24 Hamza Mathlouthi MF 25 Ahmed Sayed Zizo MF 21 Ahmed Hamdi FW 30 Seifeddine Jaziri  90+2' MF 39 Mohamed Shehata Substitutes: FW 7 Ibrahima Ndiaye  88'  69' MF 14 Youssef Obama GK 16 Mohamed Sobhy MF 17 Travis Mutyaba MF 18 Sayed Abdallah FW 19 Nasser Mansi  90+3' DF 31 Yaser Hamed MF 33 Ziad Kamal MF 38 Mohab Yaser Manager: José Gomes

Assistant referees: Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya) Stephen Yiembe (Kenya) Fourth official: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi) Video assistant referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia) Assistant video assistant referees: Abongile Tom (South Africa) Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)

Match rules 90 minutes. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[note 4]

Statistics

First half Statistic RS Berkane Zamalek Goals scored 2 0 Total shots 5 1 Shots on target 2 1 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 30% 70% Corner kicks 2 4 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic RS Berkane Zamalek Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 3 3 Shots on target 1 1 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 50% 50% Corner kicks 1 0 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic RS Berkane Zamalek Goals scored 2 1 Total shots 8 4 Shots on target 3 2 Saves 1 1 Ball possession 40% 60% Corner kicks 3 4 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Second leg

Details

19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)

20:00 UTC+3

Zamalek	1–0	RS Berkane
Hamdi 23'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

Zamalek

RS Berkane

GK 1 Mohamed Awad  83' DF 2 Hossam Abdel Maguid DF 4 Omar Gaber (c) FW 7 Ibrahima Ndiaye  69' MF 8 Nabil Emad Donga DF 13 Ahmed Fatouh  79' DF 24 Hamza Mathlouthi  74' MF 25 Ahmed Sayed Zizo MF 21 Ahmed Hamdi  41' FW 30 Seifeddine Jaziri MF 39 Mohamed Shehata  56'  60' Substitutes: FW 9 Samson Akinyoola FW 11 Mostafa Shalaby  69' MF 14 Youssef Obama  41' GK 16 Mohamed Sobhy MF 18 Sayed Abdallah FW 19 Nasser Mansi DF 31 Yaser Hamed MF 33 Ziad Kamal  60' MF 38 Mohab Yaser Manager: José Gomes

DF 4 Issoufou Dayo (c)  86' FW 7 Youssef El Fahli  45+6'  78' MF 8 Ayoub Khairi FW 10 Mohamed El Mourabit  66' GK 12 Hamza Hamiani DF 13 Adil Tahif  54' DF 15 Abdelhak Assal MF 17 Yassine Labhiri DF 19 Hamza El Moussaoui  90+2' FW 21 Youssef Mehri  66' FW 30 Paul Bassène  77' Substitutes: DF 2 Amine El Maswab MF 6 Mamadou Lamine Camara FW 11 Youssef Zghoudi  77' FW 18 Tuisila Kisinda  78' GK 22 Amine El Ouaad MF 23 Claude Gnolou DF 29 Hamza Semmoumy  55'  54' MF 35 Reda Hajji  66' FW 39 Djibril Ouattara  66' Manager: Mouin Chaâbani

Assistant referees: Djibril Camara (Senegal) Nouha Bangoura (Senegal) Fourth official: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia) Video assistant referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon) Assistant video assistant referees: Maria Rivet (Mauritius) Khalil Hassani (Tunisia)

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if tied on aggregate and away goals. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[note 4]

Statistics

First half Statistic Zamalek RS Berkane Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 10 5 Shots on target 3 0 Saves 0 2 Ball possession 59% 41% Corner kicks 3 4 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Zamalek RS Berkane Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 6 10 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 51% 49% Corner kicks 0 0 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 4 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Zamalek RS Berkane Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 16 15 Shots on target 4 0 Saves 0 3 Ball possession 55% 45% Corner kicks 3 4 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 4 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2024 CAF Champions League final
• 2024 CAF Super Cup

Notes

1. CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 win after Académie SOAR failed to travel to Egypt.^[1]
2. Upon arriving to Algeria, RS Berkane official kits were seized by Algerian authorities, who refused to allow them to wear it in the match against USM Alger, due to the shirts featuring a map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara, which is a disputed territory that Morocco claims to be part of their land, while Algeria recognize it as part of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.^[2] The match was cancelled as a result.^[3] On 24 April, CAF awarded RS Berkane a 3–0 win.^[4]
3. RS Berkane won on walkover after USM Alger withdrew from the match, despite arriving to the stadium.^[5] The match was cancelled as a result, and RS Berkane were awarded a 3–0 win on 1 May 2024.^[6]
4. Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.