UNAF Club Cup

The UNAF Club Cup (Arabic: كأس إتحاد شمال إفريقيا للأندية) is a tournament designed by the Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) that puts together the top three best finishers of the domestic leagues and the two finalists of the domestic cups around North Africa. The tournament has representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

UNAF Club Cup
Founded2015
RegionNorth Africa (UNAF)
Number of teams5
Current championsMorocco Raja Casablanca (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Morocco Raja Casablanca (1 title)
Websiteofficial site
2015 UNAF Club Cup

History

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The idea of creating this competition was proposed by the UNAF in 2011 by merging both the North African Cup of Champions and the North African Cup Winners Cup in a single competition.[1] The tournament planned to start in September 2011, however it was postponed because financial problem of the principal sponsor of the competition, Nessma TV.[2] In 2015 the competition took part for the first time.[3]

Format

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The competition played in a round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Finals

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YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueAttendance
2015
Details
Raja Casablancan/a Ismaily SCStade Mohamed V, Casablanca

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Records and statistics

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Winning clubs

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NumClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
1 Raja Casablanca102015
2 Ismaily SC012015

Winners by country

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NumNationWinnersRunners-up
1 Morocco10
2 Egypt01

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UNAF Nessma Cup a new-look format". unaf. 2011-08-15.
  2. ^ "Annulation de la coupe Nessma UNAF". Raja AC official fun website. 2011-11-21.
  3. ^ "La Cuope de l'UNAF Relancée". Foot Algerien. 2015-06-17.
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