2023 UEFA Super Cup

2023 UEFA Super Cup

Match programme cover
Manchester City Sevilla 1 1
Manchester City won 5–4 on penalties
Date	16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Man of the Match	Cole Palmer (Manchester City) [1]
Referee	François Letexier (France) [2]
Attendance	29,207 [3]
Weather	Clear night 28 °C (82 °F) 47% humidity [4]
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The 2023 UEFA Super Cup was the 48th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured English club Manchester City, winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Sevilla, winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, on 16 August 2023. ^[5]

The match was originally scheduled to be played at the Ak Bars Arena in Kazan, Russia. However, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was moved on 25 January 2023 to Piraeus.

Manchester City won the match 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes for their first UEFA Super Cup title. ^[6]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
Manchester City	Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League	None
Sevilla	Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League	6 ( 2006 , 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020)

Venue

The Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus hosted the match.

Original host selection

The Ak Bars Arena in Kazan, Russia, was originally selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 2 March 2020. ^[7] The Albanian Football Association also had bid for the match to be hosted in Tirana, but withdrew the candidature prior to the vote. ^[8]

The match would have been the first UEFA Super Cup to be held in Russia, and the second UEFA club competition final to be held in the city after the 2009 UEFA Women's Cup final. The stadium was previously a venue for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, where it hosted three group stage matches and a semi-final, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where it hosted four group stage matches, a round of 16 fixture and a quarter-final. ^[9]

Relocation to Piraeus

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was uncertain whether the match would be played in Kazan. Russia was suspended from UEFA and FIFA competitions in February 2022, and the 2022 UEFA Champions League final, scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg, was also relocated to Paris. ^[10] Tatarstan officials had called for UEFA to keep the competition in Kazan. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee stripped Kazan of hosting rights and relocated the match to the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece. ^[14] This would be the second time a UEFA club competition final is hosted at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus after the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup final. Prior to the relocation, Greece had been selected as one of the hosts for the 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final at Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens.

Pre-match

Officials

On 14 August 2023, UEFA named French official François Letexier as the referee for the match. Letexier had been a FIFA referee since 2017 and previously worked as one of the assistant video assistant referees for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. He was accompanied by fellow countrymen Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni as assistant referees, while Espen Eskås of Norway served as the fourth official. Compatriot Jérôme Brisard was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with fellow countrymen Eric Wattellier and Fedayi San of Switzerland serving as the assistant VAR officials. ^[2]

Match

Summary

Manchester City came close to opening the scoring in the 8th minute after a header from Nathan Aké was saved by Yassine Bounou. Jack Grealish also had an effort from outside the penalty area saved by Bounou in the 17th minute. In the 25th minute, Sevilla took the lead after a cross into the penalty area by Marcos Acuña found its way on to the head of Youssef En-Nesyri, who managed to head the ball into the bottom left-hand corner of the net. ^[15] In the second half, En-Nesyri was put through on goal by Lucas Ocampos before his resulting effort was saved by Ederson. Cole Palmer made it 1–1 in the 63rd minute after heading the ball past Bounou via a cross in by Rodri. ^[16] In the 64th minute, En-Nesyri was put through on goal again by Ocampos but was again denied by Ederson. Palmer also had a curling effort saved by Bounou in the 69th minute. Constant pressure from City eventually lead to Aké having a header end up being tipped over by Bounou. The match finished 1–1 after 90 minutes and so went to a penalty shoot-out. With both teams scoring their first four penalties, City captain Kyle Walker scored their fifth penalty before Nemanja Gudelj missed the crucial penalty for Sevilla by hitting the crossbar which meant Manchester City won the Super Cup 5–4 on penalties.

Details

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

16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)

22:00 EEST

Manchester City	1–1	Sevilla
Palmer 63'	Report	En-Nesyri 25'
Penalties
Haaland Álvarez Kovačić Grealish Walker	5–4	Ocampos Mir Rakitić Montiel Gudelj

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 29,207 ^[3]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

Manchester City [4]

Sevilla [4]

GK 31 Ederson RB 2 Kyle Walker (c) CB 25 Manuel Akanji CB 24 Joško Gvardiol LB 6 Nathan Aké CM 8 Mateo Kovačić CM 16 Rodri RW 80 Cole Palmer  85' AM 47 Phil Foden LW 10 Jack Grealish CF 9 Erling Haaland Substitutes: GK 18 Stefan Ortega GK 33 Scott Carson DF 3 Rúben Dias DF 5 John Stones DF 14 Aymeric Laporte DF 21 Sergio Gómez DF 82 Rico Lewis MF 4 Kalvin Phillips MF 32 Máximo Perrone MF 87 James McAtee FW 19 Julián Álvarez  85' FW 52 Oscar Bobb Manager: Pep Guardiola

GK 13 Yassine Bounou RB 16 Jesús Navas (c)  83' CB 22 Loïc Badé  33' CB 6 Nemanja Gudelj LB 19 Marcos Acuña CM 8 Joan Jordán CM 10 Ivan Rakitić RW 5 Lucas Ocampos AM 21 Óliver Torres  74' LW 17 Erik Lamela  62'  90+3' CF 15 Youssef En-Nesyri  90+3' Substitutes: GK 1 Marko Dmitrović DF 2 Federico Gattoni DF 3 Adrià Pedrosa DF 4 Gonzalo Montiel  83' DF 27 Kike Salas MF 18 Djibril Sow MF 24 Alejandro Gómez MF 26 Juanlu  90'  74' MF 28 Manu Bueno FW 7 Suso  90+3' FW 9 Rafa Mir  90+3' FW 11 Jesús Corona Manager: José Luis Mendilibar

Man of the Match: Cole Palmer (Manchester City) [1] Assistant referees: [2] Cyril Mugnier (France) Mehdi Rahmouni (France) Fourth official: [2] Espen Eskås (Norway) Video assistant referee: [2] Jérôme Brisard (France) Assistant video assistant referees: [2] Eric Wattellier (France) Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Match rules [17] 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions [note 1]

Statistics

First half [18] Statistic Manchester City Sevilla Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 9 4 Shots on target 3 1 Saves 0 3 Ball possession 72% 28% Corner kicks 4 0 Fouls committed 1 9 Offsides 0 3 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half [18] Statistic Manchester City Sevilla Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 14 4 Shots on target 4 3 Saves 3 3 Ball possession 69% 31% Corner kicks 4 0 Fouls committed 4 5 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall [18] Statistic Manchester City Sevilla Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 23 8 Shots on target 7 4 Saves 3 6 Ball possession 71% 29% Corner kicks 8 0 Fouls committed 5 14 Offsides 0 3 Yellow cards 0 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2023 UEFA Champions League final
• 2023 UEFA Europa League final
• 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final
• 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

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16. "Manchester City 1-1 Sevilla: Pep Guardiola's side win Super Cup on penalties". BBC Sport. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
17. "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup: 2023". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
18. "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

External links

• Official website