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AFRICA – CAF announces the launch of its first African Super League
On the occasion of its 44th General Assembly held in Tanzania, the CAF officially launched its first African Super League on Wednesday, August 2023. Presentation of this new continental competition bringing together the elite of the cradle of humanity.
What created a real earthquake on the European scene is making its appearance on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea: at the 44th Ordinary General Assembly held in Arusha (Tanzania), the African Football Confederation has announced the launch of its Super League, the first edition of which is scheduled for August 2023. A new project that fits into the action plan 2021-2025 of the continental body, and which, unlike the European Super League, should make it possible to change the face and competitiveness of the CAF and African football.
The CAF is committed to adhering to and complying with global best practices in governance, audit, ethics, transparency, finance and management. We are excited for the CAF African Super League and convinced that it will change the face and competitiveness of CAF and African football. The CAF Executive Committee took the decision to launch the CAF African Super League in August 2022. The official kick-off of this league will be given in August 2023», said CAF President Patrice Motsepe at the General Assembly.
An ambitious and concrete project
In its video presentation of this new competition, the confederation wanted to be transparent about the objectives. First, the African Super League will bring together 24 clubs (from three zones) from more than 16 different countries, representing more than a billion inhabitants of the continent. On the calendar, 197 matches will be played in 10 months (between August 2023 and May 2024 for the first edition), or 21 matches played maximum per team. Add to this a prize money of US$100 million (approximately €97.6 million), of which US$11.5 million went to the winner.
The final of the tournament is presented as a new «Super Bowl», confirming the will to develop the visibility of African football around the world. In addition to being supervised by the CAF and FIFA, this event aims to become one of the best continental round ball competitions: the 54 federations of the continent will each receive 1 million dollars (nearly 976.000 euros) from ALS profits, which will be used to develop sports infrastructure and support the finances of local clubs.
In addition, the scope of this tournament goes beyond the athlete: indeed, the CAF will also allocate a solidarity fund of $50 million (more than €48.7 million) ‘for the development of youth and women’s football and all its other competitions, to ensure that they are globally competitive,’ confirmed the South African leader. A new boost, not only for men’s football but also for women’s teams, thanks to the enthusiasm noticed during the last African Cup of Nations women in Morocco. The promises are there, to see the actions now…
Source : Footmercato / Par Anas Bakhkhar
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The African Football Confederation (CAF) has just unveiled the emblem and the official poster of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, Morocco 2024. A symbolic launch that embodies the renewal and growing ambition of women’s football in Africa.
This is a new milestone for African women’s football. This Wednesday, JUNE 11, 2025, the CAF revealed the visual identity of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, which will be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025. Through this modern and powerful emblem, the CAF intends to reflect the growing prestige of the tournament, while paying tribute to the cultural richness of the host country, Morocco, and the diversity of women’s football on the continent.
Morocco, the host country of the previous edition in 2022, had already made an impression by hosting a high-caliber competition, crowned by record attendance and an internationally acclaimed organization. The 2025 edition therefore promises to take things up a notch, both in terms of sports and media.
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Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Partenariat: La FIF et le Groupe Carré D’Or ensemble pour la promotion du football Ivoirien
La Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) et le Groupe Carré D’Or ont conclu, ce vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à Novotel Plateau, un accord de partenariat en vue du développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire.
Leader de l’agro-industrie en Côte d’Ivoire depuis la fin des années 90, le Groupe Carré D’Or vient de s’ajouter à la liste des entreprises citoyennes partenaires de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) dans sa mission de développer le football en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce vendredi en effet, à Novotel Plateau, son Directeur Exécutif M. Khalil Ezzedine et le Président de la FIF M. Yacine Idriss Diallo, ont paraphé devant une parterre d’invité constitué de chefs d’entreprises, de légendes du football Ivoirien, de dirigeants sportifs et des médias, un accord de partenariat.
« Au Groupe Carré D’Or, nous avons une politique sportive très développée. Depuis plusieurs années en effet, nous partageons notre passion du port avec les Ivoiriens, sur le plan organisationnel et du sponsoring. Pour nous, sceller un partenariat avec la FIF un fait naturel. Nous sommes donc heureux de soutenir les Éléphants et dans le même temps le championnat national. C’est un réel plaisir de nous associer à la FIF dans sa mission de développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire et à participer à l’encadrement de la jeunesse Ivoirienne », explique le patron du Groupe Carré d’Or.
Pour sa part, le Président de la FIF, M. Yacine Idriss Diallo s’est réjouit de cette union avec le Groupe Carré d’Or.« Notre mission est d’encadrer la jeunesse à travers la mise en place d’une organisation efficiente pour que le football ivoirien aille de l’avant. Et donc dans cette mission là, avoir à ses côtés des entreprises symboliques comme le Groupe Carré d’Or est une fierté et une grande joie pour nous. Nous allons faire tout pour que ce partenariat soit de qualité, qu’il soit gagnant-gagnant sur l’ensemble des produits qui vont être utilisés. Le Groupe Carré d’Or sera donc à nos côtés en partie avec les Éléphants mais aussi sur la Ligue 1 et d’autres activités de la fédération. C’est donc une grosse satisfaction pour nous », reconnaît le Président de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football.
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