2020 UEFA Super Cup

The 2020 UEFA Super Cup was the 45th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured German club Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Sevilla, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary on 24 September 2020.[5]

2020 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
Bayern Munich Sevilla
2 1
After extra time
Date24 September 2020 (2020-09-24)
VenuePuskás Aréna, Budapest
Man of the MatchThomas Müller (Bayern Munich)[1]
RefereeAnthony Taylor (England)[2]
Attendance15,180[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy night
20 °C (68 °F)
60% humidity[4]

The match was originally scheduled to be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, on 12 August 2020;[6][7] 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 rescheduled Champions League final to Portugal, and postponed and relocated the Super Cup to Budapest.[8][9]

Following discussions with its 55 member associations on 19 August 2020,[10] the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 25 August 2020 to use the 2020 UEFA Super Cup as a pilot match for which a reduced number of spectators, up to 30% of the capacity of the stadium, can be allowed in, and it is the first official UEFA match to have spectators since their competitions were resumed in August 2020.[11]

Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 after extra time to secure their second UEFA Super Cup title.[1]

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
Bayern Munich Winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League 4 (1975, 1976, 2001, 2013)
Sevilla Winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League 5 (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Venue
The Puskás Aréna in Budapest hosted the match.

The Estádio do Dragão was scheduled to stage its first ever UEFA Super Cup match. It had hosted the UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League Final. The city of Porto and Portugal as a whole, however, had seen one Super Cup match before in 1987, as the now-demolished Estádio das Antas hosted the second leg.

This was the first UEFA club competition final hosted at the Puskás Aréna and the second for Budapest and Hungary, having hosted the 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final at the Groupama Arena. Prior to the relocation, the stadium had been selected as one of the hosts for the UEFA Euro 2020 as well as hosting the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final,[12] before being rescheduled to 2023.[8][13]

Host selection

An open bidding process was launched on 8 December 2017 by UEFA to select the venue of the UEFA Super Cup in 2020. Associations had until 12 January 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 29 March 2018. Associations hosting matches at UEFA Euro 2020 were not allowed to bid for the 2020 UEFA Super Cup.

UEFA announced on 15 January 2018 that nine associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2020 UEFA Super Cup.[14]

Bidding associations for 2020 UEFA Super Cup
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 AlbaniaArena KombëtareTirana22,500
 BelarusDinamo StadiumMinsk22,000
 FinlandOlympic StadiumHelsinki36,000
 FranceAllianz RivieraNice35,624
 IsraelSammy Ofer StadiumHaifa30,870
 KazakhstanCentral StadiumAlmaty23,804
 MoldovaZimbru StadiumChișinău10,400Withdrew, did not submit bid[15]
 Northern IrelandWindsor ParkBelfast18,434
 PortugalEstádio do DragãoPorto50,033Also bid for 2020 UEFA Europa League Final

The Estádio do Dragão was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Kyiv on 24 May 2018.[16][6]

The UEFA Executive Committee relocated the match to Puskás Aréna in Budapest at their meeting on 17 June 2020.[8]

Pre-match

Ticketing

Tickets were on sale for the general public until 9 September 2020.[17] Moreover, 3,000 tickets were available for the supporters of each team. In total, 15,500 tickets were sold.[18] Strict hygiene measures, including social distancing and wearing of face masks when social distancing could not be respected, were in place during the match. Ticket holders from overseas had to present proof of a negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test performed within three days of entry, and had to leave the country within 72 hours after their entry.

Despite Hungarian government insisting that the match would be safe to attend, there was opposition to the decision to have spectators. Hungarian politician Ildikó Borbély called the game an "unacceptable experiment", while Minister President of Bavaria Markus Söder urged Bayern fans not to travel, fearing that the match could turn into a "hotbed for COVID-19 to spread". Hungarian Medical Chamber advisor, epidemiologist András Csilek, stated that the Chamber also considered it wrong, saying that it "carries unnecessary risk adding" and "shouldn't be allowed".[19]

Officials

On 15 September 2020, UEFA named English official Anthony Taylor as the referee for the match. Taylor had been a FIFA referee since 2013, and previously worked as one of the additional assistant referees in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup, 2015 UEFA Europa League Final, 2016 UEFA Champions League Final and UEFA Euro 2016 Final. He was joined by his fellow countrymen, with Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn as assistant referees, Stuart Attwell as the video assistant referee (VAR) and Paul Tierney as the assistant VAR. Israeli referee Orel Grinfeld served as the fourth official.[2]

Match

Summary

Sevilla were awarded a penalty after 13 minutes when Ivan Rakitic was blocked and bundled over in the penalty area by David Alaba. Lucas Ocampos scored the penalty shooting to the left corner to put them ahead. Leon Goretzka made it 1-1 in the 34th minute with a side foot finish to the left corner of the net after a take down assist from Robert Lewandowski.[20] The game went into extra-time with substitute Javi Martínez getting the winner for Bayern Munich in the 104th minute with a powerful header to the top left corner of the net when the ball fell to him after Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou punched the ball back into play.[21]

Details

The Champions League winners was designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Bayern Munich 2–1 (a.e.t.) Sevilla
 Report
Attendance: 15,180[3]
Bayern Munich[4]
Sevilla[4]
GK1 Manuel Neuer (c)
RB5 Benjamin Pavard
CB21 Lucas Hernandez 90+1' 99'
CB4 Niklas Süle
LB27 David Alaba 12' 112'
CM18 Leon Goretzka 99'
CM6 Joshua Kimmich
RW10 Leroy Sané 70'
AM25 Thomas Müller
LW7 Serge Gnabry
CF9 Robert Lewandowski
Substitutes:
GK26 Sven Ulreich
GK35 Alexander Nübel
DF17 Jérôme Boateng 112'
DF41 Chris Richards
MF8 Javi Martínez 99'
MF11 Michaël Cuisance
MF19 Alphonso Davies 99'
MF24 Corentin Tolisso 70'
MF30 Adrian Fein
MF40 Malik Tillman
MF42 Jamal Musiala
FW14 Joshua Zirkzee
Manager:[note 1]
Hans-Dieter Flick
GK13 Yassine Bounou
RB16 Jesús Navas (c)
CB20 Diego Carlos
CB12 Jules Koundé 55'
LB18 Sergio Escudero 119'
CM8 Joan Jordán 45+1' 94'
CM25 Fernando 70'
CM10 Ivan Rakitić 56'
RF7 Suso 73'
CF9 Luuk de Jong 56'
LF5 Lucas Ocampos
Substitutes:
GK1 Tomáš Vaclík
GK31 Javi Díaz
DF3 Sergi Gómez
MF6 Nemanja Gudelj 73'
MF14 Óscar
MF19 Marcos Acuña
MF21 Óliver Torres 56'
MF22 Franco Vázquez 94'
FW11 Munir
FW15 Youssef En-Nesyri 56'
FW24 Carlos Fernández
FW29 Bryan Gil
Manager:[note 2]
Julen Lopetegui

Man of the Match:
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Gary Beswick (England)
Adam Nunn (England)
Fourth official:[2]
Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Stuart Attwell (England)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Paul Tierney (England)

Match rules[23]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics

See also

Notes
  1. Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić was shown a yellow card (64').[22]
  2. Sevilla assistant manager Pablo Sanz was shown a yellow card (90+2').[22]

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