As a South African I’m the most happy about every country getting a big stadium. South Africa was fortunate to get them from the World Cup and I hope CAF can expand it

Here's an African perspective (by the way this is a very good video). The main difference I see with the two Super Leagues is that Europe's version was all to make more money while the African version is to invest into developing the content in a footballing perspective. The reality is that when we watch European football there is a big difference in quality of everything because in Africa we do have some good clubs but generally the quality isn't the same, hence why we love football but don't watch many local games because all of Africa's best players are all playing in Europe. I'd support the Super League in Africa on condition that it benefits all teams and other smaller teams will be able to participate and get a slice of the pie, but due to greediness I don't think that will happen

glad the travel and logistics have been brought up too. Africa freaking massive and seasons differ. imagine an SA club (in the winter) having to play a local match, then flying to central Africa for a super league match in Congo in the insane heat and rain, then fly back to SA for a derby man

I can guarantee no African or African city will profit from this

I don’t know what I’d do without FD. Thanks so much for the endless info and banter. As well as for researching and finding every stat possible.

When he said "and South Africa".. I know I wasn't the only South African that got hyped up 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

I feel like the African super league should (if it ever goes through) copy the mls system as it would minimise Jetlag for players and staff as well as granting more teams entry. This would maybe even work with Africa divided into three regions

Seems like a good idea though the aspect of a maximum of 24 out 52 countries being represented is a huge issue. Having an MLS style regional split could be an alternative

Am from an African country called Namibia and we have talented players here but none of them have any exposure but if CAF could improve the exposure for us , allowing us to actually have a chance at having a career in football would be best thing.

Why have permanent clubs and not clubs being able to get promoted to it through their national league?

Good video, I'd suggest that we should start with regional super leagues (SADC, ECOWAS, East Africa and Northern Africa) then play offs then have the top 2 from all regions compete

A MLS style conference based championship would surely be more workable

Wow! I had no idea that the African Super League was even a thing. I. Kenyan and I appreciate the analysis. I will now have my eyes open and see how the idea develops. While you have ably brought out the likely downfalls, greed and all, I think the risk is worth it, because local sport is very poorly funded, clubs struggle to stay above water and it is almost taboo to support local clubs compared to the Premier League or other top five leagues. We don't have that many stadiums to speak of. So the extra money would definitely be useful. Then again, there will be the added danger of increased corruption with the new revenue streams. But on the whole, the continent needs the extra exposure and funding, if only for the sport to grow and unearth the next Wanyamas, Salahs and Koulibalys.

Just found this channel looks like I’ve been missing out . Great work !

I was today years old when I found out a Flight from Morocco to South Africa takes 12 Hours!

Love the coverage of the African game 😁🔥🇿🇦

Coming from Tanzania, i am happy to see that football matters in Tanzania are followed 🇹🇿🙂😁

I fear that the African Super League will fail harder than the Chinese one Oh and "we are Africa, we don't do things to exclude our own people" - don't make me laugh hysterically. I've never seen such a divided continent

I like in the comments the idea of splitting up into conferences that makes a lot of sense. But my biggest concern still would be the political instability across the continent and the potential for corruption similar to Italy in the early-00s. There's no question though that the talent pool is available on the continent

I’m so glad actually for this but I think there should be even more team just like USA imagin having north conference and south conference so they don’t have to fly all season around but they can have like play offs so it’s more interesting and easier if 20/20 teams and 5 each reach the play offs and meet each other only for finals

It's officially announced. Gianni stopped by in Tanzania for the Africa Super League announcement as well!

Dankie Patrice 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Please make a video about the Al Ahly coach

Africa already has continental club rivalries like Al Ahly and Sundowns

Africa and Asia are huge continents in comparison to Europe, so I'd say it's better to organise their champions League competitions in regional basis and only those who qualify for the final stages of the competition have to make those extensive journeys from north to south or east to west. Would be the best solution possible, would keep it real sportive and available for everyone.

I'm interested to see how the African Super League can work, but if there's a continent that absolutely needs a Super League, it's Oceania. The OFC and its 11 (Soon 12 when Bougainville eventually joins) members need all the money they can get to develop the game and make those 1-2 spots at the World Cup absolutely worth it.

As a Zamalek fan from Egypt I’m all for this. The European clubs have so much more money than our clubs that players are leaving Africa as kids to go to play in countries like Switzerland and Belgium. African clubs and our fans deserve better than this, and I don’t want to see our African game die for the feeding of Europe. The European super cup was all money the African super league is still all about money but it would hopefully reignite African football, and invest in our game rather than all of our game be in service of Europe even our fans rooting for European clubs.

As a South African living in South Africa this is a terrible idea

I subscribe for content like this

As an Egyptian i agree with that idea 100% 💙

Splitting up the Super league into regional conferences somehow (example North/ south) could help with travel for at least the beginning of the competition. Might not be the most fair competition wise but I don’t see how else to tackle the travel issue

I don't even see how such acompetition would be possible in terms of the logistics alone.

I Want African Super League And Make A Similar Thing For Asia , Love From India 🇮🇳

The idea did not come from Giani. It came from Motsepe.

por favor alguien tiene este video en version (ESPAÑOL)?

Something I would like to add to the idea of "regional super leagues" is that they be of 12 to 16 teams. And hopefully some sort of replacement of teams that isn't relegation.

what if the African Super League was split into 4 regional leagues(north, south, east and west), each 14 teams. At the end of the season the top four teams play a champions league playoff. Then 16 teams are split into 4 groups of 4 and each group game is one leg. And after that it just progresses like a normal knockout tournament. The 6 teams below the top 4 in each regional league could do the same and then the bottom 4 from each regional league. The champions league and confederation cup would be scrapped and domestic leagues would continue, except the top teams are promoted into the African Super Leagues.

They should partition the super league between north and South, with even central if possible. The same as American sports leagues where it’s partitioned between west and east. With playoffs at the end of it all.

the thing outside of the likes of SA's Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns, Egypt's Ah Ahli and Zamalek, Tunisia's Etoile Sahel what other big clubs from countries like Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast are their?

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-In my opinion, CAF Super League (CAF SuperL) should run parallel to current CAF Champions League (CAF ChampL). The CAF SuperL should be divided into 2 regions of North and South of 10 (or more) clubs each. And after round robin in each region league, top 4 should advanced to knockout rounds to get the CAF SuperL champion of the season. -The CAF SuperL should be treated as the top league in CAF ChampL just like the Top 4 leagues in UEFA currently: English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A, albeit with more automatic slot. Top 4 clubs of each regional league in CAF SuperL should get CAF ChampL Group Stage slot, while middle 4 clubs get a playoff slot, and bottom 2 clubs will not get any slot. This should discourage any clubs to get free slot to CAF ChampL even with the dismal result in CAF SuperL. -And CAF ChampL itself also should be revamped. The North and South division should be created just as current AFC CL with their West and East division, to reduce travel cost (Africa is huge). Each division's group stage should have 12 teams (more is preferable): 4 clubs from SuperL, 4 clubs from automatic slot and 4 clubs from playoff. -For the 4 automatic slots, let's fix the CAF 5 Year-Ranking. To ensure fairness, the points of the individual clubs participated in SuperL should not contribute to each of their respective association. Which means the points of Moroccan league association (FRMF) should minus points of e.g. Raja Casablanca participation points in 5 year calculation if Raja Casablanca have joined SuperL. After the calculation, top 4 association in each North/South regions can have 1 automatic slot to ChampL Group Stage. -And let's also talk about CAF Confederation Cup (equivalent to Europe League). The current CAF ConC structure also not helping with less prize money but with the same travel cost as CAF ChampL. Let's use the 5 regional federations (UNAF, WAFU-UFOA, UNIFFAC, CECAFA & COSAFA) to held their own group stage and crown their regional champion. And the 5 champions will advanced to next knockout rounds to crown CAF ConC champion. This should further lessen the travel cost and each country in their regions can have more slot based on CAF 5 Year-Ranking and the size of group stage (the more number of groups, the more slot each country can have). The slots also based on the participation of teams which dropped from ChampL playoff.

Good video but lots of things are off thr super power list is questionable you left out Nigeria and Ghana just to list a few i can list more

We need this

Fun fact ..... Simba Sc Instagram profile is the most viewed page outside the European Giants like Real Madrid with one month estimated to have 40 million views....during the off-season because of the transfer rumors it gets viewed almost 60 million times in a month crazy huh

In the short term this sounds like a great idea, more sponsorship and viewership but it would affect players heavily. With fixtures being played almost every season (even during the summer) and everyday a new tournament pops up there would be a dire effect on footballers. Also CAF and FIFA are both organizations with history of corruption so I don't think either of these organizations have African footballs best interest at mind. It is an interesting idea but I do not think that it can be a reality for now until we know how the tournament will function and how it affects other tournaments.

Very good

It would be great if the best African players actually play for African clubs.

Africa needs to do everything possible to revamp, generate and sell African football to the rest of the world. Good football developmental ideas are welcomed. Africans got lots of talents. “African cup of nations, pride of Africa. “

I think Africa is too big for a single league, but I agree that many of the continent’s leagues are too small to be profitable. I think the solution is a middle ground: regional leagues. For me, having 4-5 regional African leagues might be the right size, plus it would still allow for an African champions league. The best split would probably be a North African league, a west African one, Southern Africa, East Africa, and a potential 5th for Central Africa (tho I think it’s quite reasonable to split central Africa between east, west, and south)

One thing similar for all continents would be how the fans would like relate with the opponents, unlike the small and closely related countries of Europe , Asia and Africa have large countries. With respect to Asia , Me being from India would not be able to relate to a club from China as an opponent during an Asian super league game there’d be no passion, no banter nothing for the fans , I’d rather watch a regional derby

For nearly 2 billion people you need a super league of at least 200 teams done In a nfl style conferences/divisions.

So what I'm hearing is we are getting new options in football manager

It will only benefit the 20 clubs involved…all players in domestic leagues will only want to play for the 20 teams, not to mention European teams now only have to scout 20 teams to pull talent out of Africa, I don’t see this benefitting Africa tbh

Africa is so big the logistic will be a nightmare, but I believe we can do it in four clusters North Africa, west Africa, east Africa and south Africa each cluster can have ten teams by end of the season the champions from each cluster play against each other in one country in that case logistic, different seasons transportation will not be a big issue

Senegal to South Africa is the same distance as London to Beirut

In life, one must embrace risk and not fear failure, for therein lies invaluable lessons. Africa's past struggles should motivate it to take bold steps towards progress. Problems often find their solutions when action is taken. To succeed, Africa must dare to try and, if necessary, to fail, as this is the path to growth and transformation.

Good ideas I which them best of lucky . 🙏😊

Hear me out 4 regional leagues with like 15 teams so it’s like 60 teams but u only play in the area and then the top team for each “Conference” goes to a 4 team playoff. That way there’s no travel problem and every nation can have a team and maybe the national leagues continue but without the teams in the caf league and then maybe sum form for pro/Rel can be worked out

This so researched

Make no mistake this is a pre cursor for the ESL..........once there is a precedent its a lot easier to get the ESL established.

if the next Salah stayed in African football in his younger days would he really become as good i wonder?

Cameroon is already living up to it’s football expectations 💪🏾

I like the idea as it will put light on the African football which should be beneficial... The implementation however is yet to be seen... I don't mind people being greedy, but at least, don't eat the whole darn pie!

I was watching Concaf matches and it feels like it's still 1960 going out there as an Indian i feel tech in Other countries is behind in every aspect leaving Japan and South Korea of ofcourse and before someone preaches me about football in India I feel more sophisticated tech is there in Cricket from a Decade which the footballing world is using just now and Indian football is growing as fast as you can expect

They're thinking about splitting it to 3 regions. each region will have it's own league and then the qualified teams from all the groups play against each other in the play-offs. It might sound reasonable but it's really stupid and not fair, the North African region has most of the best teams in Africa and they mostly dominate. It's not fair that we play against each other in the group stage while other teams TP Mazembe or Sundowns will have it so easy to the finals.

3:07 thanks EFD for featuring a training pitch in my country (Zambia)

Nice

We should be ashamed of ourselves relying on fifa for everything

Since we have 54 countries we should just have two leagues with like 25 / 25 each …..you qualify to go to the better league and some teams are relegated to the second league then everyone is happy

Africa and asia/ofc should have super leagues. Would bring big funding for these country's football. I think concacaf clubs should join the Copa liberdores

I hate the idea of permanent members....

I don't see the Super League idea no matter where doesn't work. It isn't practical and it isn't about culture. I agree in investing in infrastructure but where CAF and everyone should be focusing on is the grassroots of football. Giving them flexibility and funs not creating a 'big boys' club like new leagues

What about ISL (Indian Super League)

They should just do a super league and then a bunch of lower feeder leagues. Build the same structure as the FA but in all of Africa. Maybe that’s a bit too large of a project I’m no expert on African footy

IF the league is commercially viable then the funding issue is not really a problem. There is no shortage of investors that would gladly put their money into the project, if it is commercially worthwhile. Dangote for example has been obsessed with buying a football club for at least 10 years, while he is mostly associated with Arsenal, he has gone on record saying that it doesn't HAVE to be Arsenal.

As a South African, I really wish to abandon my home team Orlando Pirates and start supporting Al Ahly. I just want to support winners. But I can't support them if there is no relationship built, as they are way up north, going against teams I know little about, and aren't familiar with. So I can't support them. But with a superleague, I can compare them side to side with tes I do know like Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Kaiser Chiefs. Which means I can see them beat my teams, or I can see my teams beat them, which would be extra cool.

Personally, I do think it a good idea for the big clubs. But for some countries and leagues it wouldn't be fair for example the algerian league because it is still the 4th best league in Africa but hasn't the same clubs qualifying for the African competition. The most important question is who's gonna participate to this African super league?

A super league would be great if it had relegation

I think it's better if CAF just improves CAF Champions League, Confederations Cup & Super Cup than introduce a new tournament. AFCON every two years is fine but maybe every three years could be less hassle. Here in South Africa, CAF Champions League isn't that popular. All we know is two clubs have won it. South Africans only like local soccer or European football for those who can afford satellite TV, African football is usually just noticed by us fanatics.

What else is going to happen

Saudi Arabia, China, America is attracting footballers and Africa should not be left behind. Africa must be seen as one united continent with all the talent to improve our infrastructure and very soon we'll win the world cup

It will also cripple the small clubs just like in Europe and they’ll be a chasm between the super teams and the smaller ones

South Africa we are heading to the ryt direction thnx to sir motsepe for making this competition happen

African Super league isn't the answer to African football woes. This is a nonstarter as well. The detailed concept of a super league is flawed and fishy, but unfortunately we don't have the fine details for this African super League. Maybe, just maybe if it's different from the European one, once it's public we will know all, but from the info. herein I doubt it will be.

Man this would be great for Africa, just imagine a league with Al Ahly, Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates, Zamalek, Wydad

Africa makes sense of what Europe couldn't. Is it a fair reflection or is Africa back to square one where it swallows with asking saying, yes boss.

If Africa is going ahead with this plan they should divide up the continent like they’ve done with the nba, East and West instead it would be South and North as travel times would be greatly decreased. Each country would have 1 team as theirs already 52 countries = 52 teams. Only problem we could see is South Africa as it already has a league of its own, some other countries may as well but idk. This is just an idea at 1am and now I am going off to bed 🛏

they should make something like promotion and relegation to the African supper league. it would have to have more then 20 teams, which for a big enough area is possible, america now has 30 teams and 40 teams is possible, mostly likely stop around mid 30s. with 40 teams you could have promotion from national leagues to the african super league.

Tbh its a good idea to make africa stronger i would like too See that Nigeria or a another country would win the Wc

I would have an opinion about the best african players but the only ones that come to mind are already playing for other countries (France, England, etc.) I think the CONCACAF could benefit from this as well as we also have most of our best talent playing for other countries such as France or England and even the Netherlands. But in all seriousness, I think the whole world needs to get their players back from Europe. We could all be the best and not centralize all the best talent in one location.

I love it that they’re investing in African football, but if they’re going to do a Super Leauge, they need to be smart about it And I don’t think they’re being smart about it 😢

Hopefully when Jurgen is ready to leave we can sign Stevie G or Ted Lasso.

Good idea. It won't work unless people are actually invested in raising Africa's football standards rather than profiting from it. Profit should be secondary in the early stages

P. Motsepe mandate is to unite Africa to one Super League with the continent. Watch the space.

but the CAF champions league exists

Ahly is the strongest team in Africa

Quater finals Here we go!

It's all connected to the economic progress of African countries; we can not have a competitive and high level in all champions leagues without pushing the African leaders for making economic reforms and propel Africa into the right path.

That so good make it happan

The FiFA president mentioned something regarding Africans crossing over the Mediterranean for a better life in Europe as part of the reason for the super league. Could it be that this is a political strategy as a way to reduce the number of African players in the European clubs???🤔🤔🤔