The competition was previously contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League (calledAfrican Cup of Champions Clubsfrom 1964 to 1996) andAfrican Cup Winners' Cupuntil 2004 when the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued. The last Super Cup in this format was the 2004 CAF Super Cup betweenEnyimbaandÉtoile du Sahelwhich Enyimba won 1–0. In 2004 the CAF Cup Winners' Cup was merged withCAF Cupinto the newly establishedCAF Confederation Cupwhich acts as Africa's second-tier international club competition,[1](analogous to theUEFA Europa Leaguein European football) and since 2005 the competition is contested in its current format.
EgyptiansideAl Ahlyhold the record for the most victories, winning the competition Eight times since its inception.[2]They are also one of only two teams to have retained the Super Cup title, doing so in 2007, after winning the previous competition in 2006 (the other beingNigerianside Enyimba who won the Super Cup in 2004 and 2005) and again in 2014.[3]Teams from Egypt have won the competition the most, with teams from the country winning the competition Thirteen times.Al Ahlyis the most successful team with Eight titles.[2]
A.abcTheConfederation of African FootballandRSSSFclassify Super Cup editions as belonging to the football season in which the qualified teams won their respective tournaments, even though the Super Cup match is always played in February or March the following year. On the other hand,FIFAlists them according to the calendar year in which the match was played. This article uses the latter format.
C.^In 2001 the Super Cup was originally planned to be held inAccra,Ghana,but Zamalek sought a change of venue toCairo,citing safety concerns following the incidents at the2000 CAF Champions Leaguefinal when the match was interrupted for 18 minutes after teargas had been fired into the rioting crowd. CAF eventually imposed a year-long ban on international club football atHearts of Oak's stadium and decided to move the Super Cup venue toKumasi.[34]