{"id":33624,"date":"2023-09-01T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?p=33624"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:05:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T14:05:28","slug":"saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september","title":{"rendered":"Saudi host Caf Super Cup on 15 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Confederation of African Football (Caf) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) have announced Saudi Arabia to be this year\u2019s host of the Caf Super Cup 2023, taking place on 15 September.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Caf Super Cup Final 2023 will be contested by current Caf Champions League champions, Al Ahly SC, and Algeria\u2019s Union Sportive de la Me\u0301dina d\u2019Alger (\u201cUSMA\u201d), the champions of the Caf Confederation Cup. The match is set to be played in the city of Taif at the iconic King Fahd Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>CAF General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, said: \u201cWe are excited to take the Caf Super Cup to a new territory in Saudi Arabia \u2013 a country that has been making significant strides in global football. African football ranks amongst the best in the world right now, and it\u2019s fitting that, in an era where many international stars are heading to Saudi Arabia, African Football is also a part of this movement. On behalf of CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, I would like to thank the Saudi Arabia Football family for their cooperation and we look forward to what will be an exciting Caf Super Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Alkassim, Saff General Secretary said: \u201cOur collaboration with Caf to host this event exemplifies our commitment to partnering with CAF in event hosting and match organization in line with our existing partnership. This event marks yet another milestone in our ongoing collaboration. On behalf of SAFF President, Yasser Al Misehal, we thank CAF for this opportunity and we look forward to a remarkable match for everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Caf and Saff signed a landmark five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at hosting competitions and nurturing growth opportunities for both African and Saudi football.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU encompasses initiatives focusing on technical and football development at both club and national team levels, grassroots football, women\u2019s football, talent identification, competitions, friendly matches, and commercial prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketing information and kick-off times will be announced in due course by both Caf and Saff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) have announced Saudi Arabia to be this year\u2019s host of the Caf Super Cup 2023, taking place on 15 September. The Caf Super Cup Final 2023 will be contested by current Caf Champions League champions, Al Ahly SC, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-33624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saudi host Caf Super Cup on 15 September - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Confederation of African Football (Caf) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) have announced Saudi Ara ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saudi host Caf Super Cup on 15 September\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Confederation of African Football (Caf) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) have announced Saudi Ara ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-01T14:16:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/09\/sm_1693564473.959777.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1110\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Saudi host Caf Super Cup on 15 September\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-01T14:16:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/09\/sm_1693564473.959777.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/saudi-host-caf-super-cup-on-15-september\",\"name\":\"Saudi host Caf Super Cup on 15 September - 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