2015 UEFA Super Cup

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2015 UEFA Super Cup
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After extra time
Date11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)
Venue Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Man of the Match Lionel Messi (Barcelona) [1]
Referee Willie Collum (Scotland) [2]
Attendance51,940 [3]
WeatherClear night
27 °C (81 °F)
49% humidity [4]
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The 2015 UEFA Super Cup was a football match between Spanish teams Barcelona and Sevilla on 11 August 2015 at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was the 40th UEFA Super Cup, an annual tournament contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Barcelona were appearing in the Super Cup for the ninth time, they had previously won and lost the competition four times each. Sevilla were appearing in the competition for the fourth time, they had won once and lost twice. The two sides had met before in the competition in 2006, when Sevilla won 3–0. [5]

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The teams had qualified for the competition by winning the two seasonal European competitions. Barcelona won the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, defeating Italian Juventus 3–1 in the final. Sevilla qualified as winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. They beat Ukrainian team Dnipro 3–2 in the final. [6]

Barcelona won the game 5–4 after extra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tying Milan's record. [7] Their ninth Super Cup appearance was also a record, two ahead of Milan. Dani Alves's fourth Super Cup win and fifth appearance matched Paolo Maldini's records, while Luis Enrique became the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as coach and player after Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone. The nine goals scored was also the most in any Super Cup fixture, and the attendance of 51,940 was a record for a one-off, neutral venue UEFA Super Cup.

Venue

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia, hosted the match. Geo-Esp 11.09.12.jpg
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia, hosted the match.

The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium was originally announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 5 March 2014, [8] [9] but the venue was changed to the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Georgia. [10] The Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena was built in 1976 and renovated in 2011. It is the home stadium of the Georgia national football team and FC Dinamo Tbilisi. [11]

Teams

TeamQualificationPrevious participation (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1979, 1982, 1989, 1992 , 1997 , 2006, 2009 , 2011
Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2006 , 2007, 2014

Match

Summary

Barcelona lift UEFA Super Cup after defeating Sevilla in the final. 2015 UEFA Super Cup 100.jpg
Barcelona lift UEFA Super Cup after defeating Sevilla in the final.

Sevilla took the lead in the third minute through a curling free kick from Éver Banega, awarded for a foul on José Antonio Reyes by Javier Mascherano. [12] Barcelona equalised in a similar manner four minutes later, when Lionel Messi scored from a free kick following Grzegorz Krychowiak's foul on Luis Suárez, and then took the lead through another Messi free kick in the 16th minute, after Banega fouled former Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitić. [12] Suárez had a goal ruled out for offside shortly after, but Rafinha made the score 3–1 to Barcelona at half time, sliding in from close range after Suárez's effort was saved by Beto. [12]

Suárez scored early in the second half, assisted by a pass from Sergio Busquets after the midfielder intercepted a pass in the Sevilla half, but Reyes pulled a goal back for Sevilla five minutes later, following a cross from Vitolo. [12] In the 72nd minute, Vitolo was brought down in the Barcelona penalty area by Jérémy Mathieu, and Kevin Gameiro powered home the resulting penalty kick to make the score 4–3. [12] With 10 minutes to play, two Sevilla substitutes combined for the equalising goal, as Ciro Immobile squared the ball across the goal area for Yevhen Konoplyanka to score. [12] Messi almost had a hat-trick of free kicks in the 89th minute, but his attempt hit the crossbar. [12]

Barcelona introduced Pedro in place of Mascherano at the start of the additional half-hour. [12] With five minutes to play in the second half of extra time, he pounced on the rebound from yet another Messi free kick to put Barcelona ahead, just as he had against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2009. [12] Adil Rami had an attempt on goal from the edge of the goal area in injury time at the end of the extra period, but he missed and Barcelona won the Super Cup for a record fifth time. [12] With nine goals shared between the two teams, this was the highest scoring Super Cup. [13]

Details

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Barcelona [4]
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Sevilla [4]
GK1 Flag of Germany.svg Marc-André ter Stegen
RB6 Flag of Brazil.svg Dani Alves Yellow card.svg 120'
CB3 Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piqué
CB14 Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Mascherano Sub off.svg 93'
LB24 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jérémy Mathieu Yellow card.svg 71'
DM5 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Busquets Yellow card.svg 117'
CM4 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Rakitić
CM8 Flag of Spain.svg Andrés Iniesta (c)Sub off.svg 63'
RF10 Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
CF9 Flag of Uruguay.svg Luis Suárez
LF12 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafinha Sub off.svg 78'
Substitutes:
GK13 Flag of Chile.svg Claudio Bravo
DF15 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Bartra Sub on.svg 78'
DF21 Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano
MF20 Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Roberto Sub on.svg 63'
FW7 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Yellow card.svg 94'Sub on.svg 93'
FW29 Flag of Spain.svg Sandro
FW31 Flag of Spain.svg Munir
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Enrique
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GK13 Flag of Portugal.svg Beto
RB23 Flag of Spain.svg Coke Yellow card.svg 87'
CB3 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Adil Rami
CB4 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Krychowiak Yellow card.svg 14'
LB2 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Benoît Trémoulinas
CM7 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Krohn-Dehli Yellow card.svg 120'
CM19 Flag of Argentina.svg Éver Banega Yellow card.svg 90+2'
RW10 Flag of Spain.svg José Antonio Reyes (c)Sub off.svg 68'
AM8 Flag of Spain.svg Vicente Iborra Sub off.svg 80'
LW20 Flag of Spain.svg Vitolo
CF9 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Kevin Gameiro Sub off.svg 80'
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Rico
DF25 Flag of Brazil.svg Mariano Sub on.svg 80'
MF12 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Gaël Kakuta
MF16 Flag of Spain.svg Luismi
MF17 Flag of Spain.svg Denis Suárez
MF22 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yevhen Konoplyanka Sub on.svg 68'
FW11 Flag of Italy.svg Ciro Immobile Yellow card.svg 92'Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Unai Emery

Man of the Match:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) [1]

Assistant referees: [2]
Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland)
Francis Connor (Scotland)
Fourth official: [2]
Graham Chambers (Scotland)
Additional assistant referees: [2]
Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Match rules [14]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

Statistics

Broadcasters

The match was shown on beIN Sports in Spain. [16]

See also

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