2020 Polish SuperCup

The 2020 Polish SuperCup was the 30th Polish SuperCup, an annual Polish football match played between the reigning winners of the Ekstraklasa and Polish Cup. This season Ekstraklasa champion[1] Legia Warsaw met Polish Cup champion[2] Cracovia.

2020 Polish SuperCup
Legia Warsaw Cracovia
0 0
Cracovia won 5–4 on penalties
Date9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)[upper-alpha 1]
VenuePolish Army Stadium, Warsaw
RefereeWojciech Myć (Lublin)
Attendance6,475[upper-alpha 2]
Weather13 °C (55 °F)

The match originally scheduled on 9 August 2020 was finally held on 9 October 2020 at Polish Army Stadium in Warsaw – the home of the Ekstraklasa champions Legia. On 8 August 2020, the Polish Football Association announced that the match was canceled due to suspicion of COVID-19 in one member of the medical staff of Legia Warsaw.[3][4][5] On 18 September 2020 Polish Football Association announced a new SuperCup match date on 9 October 2020.[6]

Cracovia played their first ever SuperCup match, while Legia tried to win their 5th SuperCup after not being in the SuperCup last year for the first time since 2010.

The game finished with a 0–0 draw after regular time. The extra-time has not been played. Cracovia won 5–4 on penalties.[7]

Match
Legia Warsaw0–0Cracovia
Report
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 6,475[upper-alpha 2]
Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)

See also

Notes
  1. Match originally scheduled to 9 August 2020, 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Legia Warsaw team.[8][9]
  2. Match have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. Borciuch, Marcin (19 July 2020). "PKO Ekstraklasa. Legia Warszawa mistrzem Polski z najniższą średnią punktów w historii. Liczby nie kłamią". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. "Cracovia po raz pierwszy z Pucharem Polski. Potrzebna była dogrywka". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. "Niedzielny Superpuchar Polski odwołany! Co było powodem, skoro wszyscy w Legii zdrowi?". sport.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "PZPN: koronawirus w Legii. Legia: wszyscy zdrowi. Dlaczego mecz został odwołany?". eurosport.tvn24.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. "Superpuchar Polski odwołany! PZPN nie chce ryzykować". weszlo.com (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. "Poznaliśmy nową datę Superpucharu Polski 2020" (in Polish). PZPN. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. "Ekipa Probierza lepsza w karnych! Cracovia zdobywcą Superpucharu!" (in Polish). PZPN. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. "Mecz o Superpuchar Polski 2020 odwołany". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. "Poznaliśmy nową datę Superpucharu Polski 2020". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 18 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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