1997 CAF Super Cup
# 1997 CAF Super Cup

The 1997 CAF Super Cup was the fifth CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup.

The match took place on 14 February 1997, at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, between Egyptian clubs Zamalek, the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner, and Al Mokawloon Al Arab, the 1996 African Cup Winners' Cup winner. In the Second all-Egyptian CAF Super Cup, and the second time two clubs from the same country participate the same match in CAF Super Cup (after 1994). Zamalek won the trophy after beating Al Mokawloon Al Arab 4–2 in the penalty shoot-out, with the game ending 0–0.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Zamalek | 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner | 1994 |
| Al Mokawloon Al Arab | 1996 African Cup Winners' Cup winner | None |

## Match details

| Zamalek | Al Mokawloon Al Arab |
| - | - |
| GK | | Hussein El-Sayed | | 61' |
| CB | | Ashraf Kasem |
| CB | | Medhat Abdel Hady |
| LB | 13 | Motamed Gamal |
| CM | | Ismail Youssef | | 88' |
| CM | | Essam Marei |
| RW | | Tarek Mostafa | 16' | |
| AM | | Khaled El-Ghandour | | 67' |
| FW | 17 | Mohamed Sabry |
| FW | | Osama Nabieh |
| FW | | Ayman Mansour |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | | Nader El-Sayed | | 61' |
| MF | | Kamel Kaci-Saïd | | 88' |
| FW | 10 | Ahmed El-Kass | | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Werner Olk & Diethelm Ferner ||
| GK | | Ahmed Saber | | 120' |
| RB | 6 | Mahmoud El-Aref |
| CB | | Haytham Houssen |
| CB | | Mostafa Marei | | |
| LB | | Ahmed Said |
| CM | | Mohamed Ouda | | |
| CM | | Saad Abd El-Baky |
| RW | 15 | Ali Ashour | | |
| AM | | Zizo | 45' | |
| LW | | Tamer El Nahhas | 95' | 110' |
| CF | | Kofta | | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | | Mamdouh Ibrahim | | 120' |
| MF | 10 | Abdel Sattar Sabry | | 87' |
| FW | | Atef Abdel Hady | | 110' |
| Manager: ||
| Michael Krüger ||

* Man of the Match:
* Assistant referees:
* Fourth official:
