2014 UEFA Super Cup
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Date | 12 August 2014 | ||||||
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Venue | Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff | ||||||
Man of the Match | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | ||||||
Referee | Mark Clattenburg (England) | ||||||
The 2014 UEFA Super Cup was the 39th 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 two Spanish teams Real Madrid and Sevilla, the winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League respectively.[1] It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales,[2] on 12 August 2014.[3] The date has been moved from Friday in late August in previous years, to mid-August starting this year, following the removal of the August international friendly date in the new FIFA International Match Calendar.[2]
Real Madrid bacame the winner of UEFA Super Cup 2014. They beat Sevilla FC by the final score 2-0.
Venue
The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 30 June 2012.[2] It opened in July 2009 on the site of the Cardiff Athletics Stadium. It is the home stadium of Cardiff City. The stadium will have a capacity of 33,000 after expansion work.[4]
Teams
Team | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
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Real Madrid | Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League | 1998, 2000, 2002 |
Sevilla | Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League | 2006, 2007 |
Ticketing
The international ticket sales phase for the general public ran from 5 to 27 June 2014. Tickets were available in three price categories: £110, £75, and £40.[5]
Officials
England's Mark Clattenburg was appointed by UEFA as the referee of the match, accompanied by an all-English team of officials: assistant referees Simon Beck and Stuart Burt, fourth official Darren England, and additional assistant referees Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor.[6]
The match will be the first in an UEFA club competition to use the vanishing spray.[7]
Match
Team selection
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso was suspended for the match, due to breaches of conduct in the Champions League Final, for which he was also suspended.[8]
Details
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Sevilla |
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Ronaldo 30', 49' | Report |
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Sevilla
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules[9]
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References
- ^ "Cardiff date for Madrid and Sevilla". UEFA.com. 24 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "UEFA EURO 2020, UEFA Super Cup decisions". UEFA.org. 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. 20 September 2013.
- ^ "Cardiff to embrace UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 February 2014.
- ^ "UEFA Super Cup Cardiff 2014 tickets on sale". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Clattenburg to referee UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Vanishing spray paint approved for UEFA games". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Alonso one-match ban confirmed for Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2014" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2014.
External links
- 2014 UEFA Super Cup, UEFA.com