UEFA Super Cup

european association football tournament for clubs
Football tournament
The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football couple organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main european club competitions ; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The rival ‘s official name was in the first place the European Super Cup ; it was renamed the UEFA Super Cup in 1995, following a policy of rebranding by UEFA. It is not recognised as one of UEFA ‘s major competitions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

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From 1972 to 1999, the UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. After the discontinuance of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009. The current holders are Chelsea, who won 6–5 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time against Villarreal in 2021. The most successful teams in the rival are Barcelona and Milan, who have won the trophy five times each .

history

The European Super Cup was created in 1971 by Anton Witkamp, a reporter and late sports editor of Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. The idea came to him in a time when Dutch total football was Europe ‘s finest and Dutch football clubs were enjoying their gold earned run average ( specially Ajax ). Witkamp was looking for something fresh to decidedly decide which was the best team in Europe and besides to further test Ajax ‘s team, led by their ace musician Johan Cruyff. It was then proposed that the winner of the european Cup would face the winner of the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup. All was set for a new competition to be born. however, when Witkamp tried to get an official endorsement to his competition, the UEFA president turned it down. The 1972 final between Ajax and Scotland ‘s Rangers is considered unofficial by UEFA, [ 3 ] as Rangers were banned from european competition due to the behavior of their fans during the 1972 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup Final. As a leave, UEFA refused to endorse the contest until the pursue season. [ 4 ] It was played in two legs and was financially supported by De Telegraaf. Ajax defeated Rangers 6–3 on sum and won the first ( albeit unofficial ) european Super Cup. The 1973 final, in which Ajax defeated Milan 6–1 on aggregate, was the beginning Super Cup formally recognised and supported by UEFA. Although the two-legged format was kept until 1997, the Super Cup was decided in one individual match because of schedule issues or political problems in 1984, 1986, and 1991. In 1974, 1981 and 1985, the Super Cup was not played at all : 1974 ‘s competition was abandoned because Bayern Munich and Magdeburg could not find a mutually commodious date, 1981 ‘s was abandoned when Liverpool could not make space to meet Dinamo Tbilisi, while 1985 ‘s was abandoned due to a banish on English clubs ‘ participation preventing Everton from playing Juventus. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] In the 1992–93 temper, the european Cup was renamed the UEFA Champions League and the winners of this contest would face the winners of the Cup Winners ‘ Cup in the European Super Cup. In the 1994–1995 temper, the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup was renamed the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. The following temper, the Super Cup besides renamed the UEFA Super Cup. After the 1998–99 season, the Cup Winners ‘ Cup was discontinued by UEFA. The 1999 Super Cup was the last one contested by the winners of the Cup Winners ‘ Cup. Lazio, winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup, defeated Manchester United, winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, 1–0 .
Since then, the UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup. The 2000 Super Cup was the inaugural one contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup. Galatasaray, winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, defeated real Madrid, winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, 2–1. In the 2009–10 season, the UEFA Cup was renamed the UEFA Europa League and the winners of this rival would continue to face the winners of the Champions League in the UEFA Super Cup. In 2013, Chelsea became the first club to contest the Super Cup as holders of all three UEFA baseball club respect, having entered as holders of the Cup Winners ‘ Cup ( 1998 ), Champions League ( 2012 ), and Europa League ( 2013 ). Manchester United shared this honor in 2017 after their Europa League win, having qualified as Cup Winners ‘ Cup holders in 1991. After 15 back-to-back Super Cups being played at Stade Louis II in Monaco between 1998 and 2012, the Super Cup is now played at assorted stadiums ( exchangeable to the finals of the Champions League and the Europa League ). It was started with the 2013 version, which was played at Eden Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic. [ 6 ] Starting in 2014, the date of the UEFA Super Cup was moved from Friday in late August, to Tuesday in mid-august, following the removal of the August external friendly date in the raw FIFA International Match Calendar. [ 7 ] In 2020, the Super Cup final was originally scheduled to be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, on 12 August 2020. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] however, after the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe caused the postponements of the previous season ‘s club finals, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to award the reschedule Champions League final to Portugal, and postponed the match for 24 September 2020 and relocated the stadium to Puskás Aréna, Budapest. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Following discussions with its 55 member associations on 19 August 2020, [ 12 ] the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 25 August 2020 to use the final as a pilot burner match for which a shrink count of spectators, astir to 30 % of the capacity of the stadium, can be allowed in, and it became the first official UEFA match to have spectators since their competitions were resumed in August 2020. [ 13 ]

Venues

The rival was primitively played over two legs, one at each participating club ‘s stadium, except in exceeding circumstances ; for exemplify in 1991 when Red Star Belgrade were not permitted to play the leg in their native Yugoslavia due to the war which was taking position at the time, then alternatively Manchester United ‘s home leg was lone played. Since 1998, the Super Cup was played as a single match at a neutral venue. [ 14 ] Between 1998 and 2012, the Super Cup was played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. Since 2013 respective stadiums have been used .

list of venues since 1998

Prizes

trophy

original Super Cup trophy handed to Ajax 1977 Super Cup brass seen in the bottom shelf at Anfield ‘s trophy cabinet display

UEFA Super Cup trophy since 2006 The UEFA Super Cup trophy is retained by UEFA at all times. A life-size replica trophy is awarded to the winning club. Forty amber medals are presented to the victorious club and forty flatware medals to the runner-up. [ 21 ] The Super Cup trophy has undergo several changes in its history. The first trophy was presented to Ajax in 1973. In 1977, the master trophy was replaced by a plaque with a gold UEFA emblem. In 1987, the next trophy was the smallest and lightest of all the European club trophies, weighing 5 kilogram ( 11 pound ) and measuring 42.5 centimeter ( 16.7 in ) in acme ( the UEFA Champions League trophy weighs 8 kilogram ( 18 pound ) and the UEFA Europa League trophy 15 kilogram ( 33 pound ) ). It was designed and manufactured at the Bertoni workshop in Milan. The new model, which is a larger version of the previous trophy, was introduced in 2006 and weighs 12.2 kilogram ( 27 pound ) and measures 58 curium ( 23 in ) in stature. [ 22 ] Until 2008, a team which won three times in a row or five in full received an original imitate of the trophy and a particular scar of recognition. Since then, the original trophy has been kept entirely by UEFA. Milan and Barcelona have achieved this respect, winning a sum of five times each but the italian team is the entirely one which was awarded the official trophy permanently in 2007 .

Prize money

As of 2020, the situate amount of prize money paid to the club is as follows :

Runner-up: €3,800,000
Winner: €5,000,000

Rules

presently, the rules of the UEFA Super Cup are that it is a single meet, contested in a neutral venue. The match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each, known as halves. If the scores are level at the goal of 90 minutes, two extra 15-minute periods of extra time are played. If there is no achiever at the end of the second period of extra clock time, a penalty shoot-out determines the winner. Each team name 23 players, 11 of which start the match. Of the 12 remaining players, a full of 3 may be substituted throughout the match ; a fourth substitute is permitted however if the match enters extra time. Each team may wear its first option kit ; if these clash, however, the previous class ‘s Europa League winning team must wear an option color. If a club refuses to play or is ineligible to play then they are replaced by the runner-up of the competition through which they qualified. If the playing field is unfit for play ascribable to regretful weather, the match must be played the following day. [ 21 ]

The UEFA Super Cup ‘s sponsors are the same as the sponsors for the UEFA Champions League. The tournament ‘s stream main sponsors are ( as of the 2021–22 season ) [ 23 ]
Adidas is a secondary patronize and supplies the official match ball and referee uniform. person clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, evening if such sponsors conflict with those of the Super Cup. however, only two sponsorships are permitted per jersey ( plus that of the manufacturer ), at the breast and the leave sleeve. [ 30 ] Exceptions are made for non-profit organisations, which can feature on the front man of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor, or on the back, either below the police squad number or between the actor name and the collar .

Tickets

60 % of the stadium capability is reserved for the visiting clubs. The remaining seats are sold by UEFA through an on-line auction. There are an outright number of applications for tickets given out. The 5 euro administration fee is deducted from each applicant and there is no terminus ad quem to the number of applications each individual can make. [ 31 ]

Records and statistics

Winners

By nation

Performance by nation

Nation

Winners

Runners-up

Total

Spain
15

England
9

Italy
9

Belgium
3

Germany[C]

Netherlands[B]

Portugal
1

Russia
1

Soviet Union[D]

Romania
1

Scotland[B]

Turkey
1

France
0

Ukraine
0

Yugoslavia
0

Total
46
46
92

Notes

individual records

Hat-tricks

Only player to have scored a hat-trick in a two-legged final: Terry McDermott, against Hamburger SV on 6 December 1977[42]
Only player to have scored a hat-trick in a single final: Radamel Falcao, against Chelsea on 31 August 2012[43]

See besides

References

Media related to UEFA Super Cup at Wikimedia Commons