2021 UEFA Super Cup
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Date | 11 August 2021 | ||||||
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Venue | Windsor Park, Belfast | ||||||
Referee | Sergei Karasev (Russia)[1] | ||||||
The 2021 UEFA Super Cup will be the 46th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match will feature English club Chelsea, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Villarreal, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. It will be played at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11 August 2021.
Teams
Team | Qualification | Previous participations (bold indicates winners) |
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Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League | 4 (1998, 2012, 2013, 2019) |
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Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League | None |
Host selection
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An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.
UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that four associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Super Cup,[2] and on 22 February 2019 that all four associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[3][4]
Country | Stadium | City | Capacity | Notes |
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Dinamo Stadium | Minsk | 22,000 | |
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Olympic Stadium | Helsinki | 36,000 | |
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Windsor Park | Belfast | 18,434 | |
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Metalist Stadium | Kharkiv | 40,003 |
Windsor Park was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.[5][6]
Pre-match
Officials
On 6 August 2021, UEFA named Russian official Sergei Karasev as the referee for the match. Karasev has been a FIFA referee since 2010, and officiated at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020. He will be joined by fellow countrymen Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin as assistant referees, while Aleksei Kulbakov of Belarus will serve as the fourth official. Marco Fritz of Germany was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with Paweł Gil of Poland and Massimiliano Irrati of Italy serving as the assistant VAR officials. Irrati's fellow countryman Filippo Meli was selected as the reserve assistant referee.[1]
Match
Details
The Champions League winners are designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
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Report |
Assistant referees:[1]
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Match rules[7]
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See also
- 2021 UEFA Champions League Final
- 2021 UEFA Europa League Final
- 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sergei Karasev to referee 2021 UEFA Super Cup match". UEFA. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "11 associations interested in hosting 2021 club finals". UEFA. 1 November 2018.
- ^ "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "2021 Super Cup to take place in Belfast". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup, 2021". UEFA. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
External links
- UEFA Super Cup
- 2021–22 in UEFA football
- Scheduled association football competitions
- 2021–22 in English football
- 2021–22 in Spanish football
- Chelsea F.C. matches
- Villarreal CF matches
- August 2021 sports events in the United Kingdom
- International association football competitions hosted by Northern Ireland
- Sports competitions in Belfast
- 2021–22 in Northern Ireland association football