2021 UEFA Super Cup

2021 UEFA Super Cup

Match programme cover
Chelsea Villarreal 1 1
After extra time Chelsea won 6–5 on penalties
Date	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)
Venue	Windsor Park, Belfast
Man of the Match	Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) [1]
Referee	Sergei Karasev (Russia) [2]
Attendance	10,435 [3]
Weather	Partly cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) 59% humidity [4]
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The 2021 UEFA Super Cup was 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 featured 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 was played at Windsor Park—went by the name of National Football Stadium at Windsor Park—in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11 August 2021.

Chelsea won the match 6–5 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time for their second UEFA Super Cup title. ^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
Chelsea	Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League	4 ( 1998 , 2012, 2013, 2019)
Villarreal	Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League	None

Venue

Windsor Park in Belfast hosted the match.

The match was the first UEFA club competition final to be played in Northern Ireland. The 18,500-capacity Windsor Park is the home of Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team. Opened in 1905, the stadium was most recently renovated from 2014 to 2016 with aid from UEFA's HatTrick assistance programme. ^[5] The venue previously hosted the finals of the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. ^[6]

Host selection

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, ^[7] and on 22 February 2019 that all four associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline. ^{[8] [9]}

Bidding associations for 2021 UEFA Super Cup

Country	Stadium	City	Capacity	Notes
Belarus	Dinamo Stadium	Minsk	22,000
Finland	Olympic Stadium	Helsinki	36,000
Northern Ireland	Windsor Park	Belfast	18,434
Ukraine	Metalist Stadium	Kharkiv	40,003

Windsor Park was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019. ^{[10] [11]}

Pre-match

Officials

On 6 August 2021, UEFA named Russian official Sergei Karasev as the referee for the match. Karasev had been a FIFA referee since 2010, and officiated at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020. He was joined by fellow countrymen Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin as assistant referees, while Aleksei Kulbakov of Belarus served 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 countryman Filippo Meli was selected as the reserve assistant referee. ^[2]

Match

Summary

Chelsea opened the scoring after 27 minutes when Kai Havertz's low cross from the left was swept into the net by Hakim Ziyech from seven yards out. Ziyech was substituted after a shoulder injury just before half-time. Alberto Moreno hit a volley off the underside of the crossbar in first-half injury time. Villarreal equalised in the 73rd minute when Gerard Moreno scored with a clinical right-foot finish to the top left corner of the net after a flick-back from Boulaye Dia on the right of the penalty area. ^[12] The match went to extra-time with Chelsea goalkeeper Édouard Mendy being replaced in the last minute by Kepa Arrizabalaga. Arrizabalaga saved two penalties, the decisive one low to his right from Raúl Albiol allowed Chelsea to win 6–5 in the shoot-out. ^[13]

Details

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

11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)

20:00 BST

Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Villarreal
Ziyech 27'	Report	Gerard 73'
Penalties
Havertz Azpilicueta Alonso Mount Jorginho Pulisic Rüdiger	6–5	Gerard Mandi Estupiñán Gómez Raba Foyth Albiol

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,435 ^[3]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Chelsea [4]

Villarreal [4]

GK 16 Édouard Mendy  119' CB 15 Kurt Zouma  66' CB 14 Trevoh Chalobah CB 2 Antonio Rüdiger  44' RM 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi  82' CM 7 N'Golo Kanté (c)  65' CM 17 Mateo Kovačić LM 3 Marcos Alonso AM 22 Hakim Ziyech  43' AM 29 Kai Havertz CF 11 Timo Werner  65' Substitutes: GK 1 Kepa Arrizabalaga  120+'  119' DF 4 Andreas Christensen  66' DF 6 Thiago Silva DF 21 Ben Chilwell DF 24 Reece James DF 28 César Azpilicueta  82' DF 33 Emerson MF 5 Jorginho  65' MF 10 Christian Pulisic  43' MF 19 Mason Mount  65' FW 9 Tammy Abraham FW 12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek Manager: Thomas Tuchel  45+1'

GK 1 Sergio Asenjo RB 8 Juan Foyth CB 3 Raúl Albiol (c) CB 4 Pau Torres LB 24 Alfonso Pedraza  58' CM 14 Manu Trigueros  70' CM 25 Étienne Capoue  70' CM 18 Alberto Moreno  85' RF 21 Yeremy Pino  61'  91' CF 7 Gerard Moreno LF 16 Boulaye Dia  85' Substitutes: GK 13 Gerónimo Rulli DF 2 Mario Gaspar  70' DF 12 Pervis Estupiñán  58' DF 15 Jorge Cuenca DF 20 Rubén Peña DF 22 Aïssa Mandi  91' MF 6 Manu Morlanes  85' MF 10 Vicente Iborra MF 17 Dani Raba  119'  85' MF 23 Moi Gómez  70' FW 9 Paco Alcácer FW 34 Fer Niño Manager: Unai Emery

Man of the Match: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) [1] Assistant referees: [2] Igor Demeshko (Russia) Maksim Gavrilin (Russia) Fourth official: [2] Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Reserve assistant referee: [2] Filippo Meli (Italy) Video assistant referee: [2] Marco Fritz (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: [2] Paweł Gil (Poland) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Match rules [14] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time [note 1]

Statistics

First half [3] Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 6 6 Shots on target 3 1 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 61% 39% Corner kicks 4 2 Fouls committed 5 6 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half [3] Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 8 5 Shots on target 3 3 Saves 2 3 Ball possession 49% 51% Corner kicks 2 3 Fouls committed 3 4 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Extra time [3] Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 7 1 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 63% 37% Corner kicks 3 0 Fouls committed 2 5 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall [3] Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 21 12 Shots on target 7 4 Saves 3 6 Ball possession 57% 43% Corner kicks 9 5 Fouls committed 10 15 Offsides 4 2 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2021 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2021 UEFA Europa League Final
• 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
• Chelsea F.C. in international football
• Villarreal CF in European football

References

1. "Chelsea 1–1 Villarreal (pens: 6–5): Kepa edges Blues to silverware". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
2. "Sergei Karasev to referee 2021 UEFA Super Cup match". UEFA. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
3. "Full Time Report Final – Chelsea v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
4. "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
5. "Northern Ireland's big moment arrives with UEFA support". UEFA. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. "2021 Super Cup to take place in Belfast". UEFA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
7. "11 associations interested in hosting 2021 club finals". UEFA. 1 November 2018.
8. "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. 22 February 2019.
9. "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
10. "2021 Super Cup to take place in Belfast". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
11. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
12. "Kepa the hero as Chelsea beat Villarreal on penalties to win Uefa Super Cup". Guardian. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
13. "Chelsea 1 Villarreal 1 (6-5 on pens)". BBC Sport. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
14. "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup, 2021". UEFA. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

External links

• Official website