2021 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
Chelsea Villarreal
England Spain
1 1
After extra time
Chelsea won 6–5 on penalties
Date11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)
VenueWindsor Park, Belfast
Man of the MatchGerard Moreno (Villarreal)[1]
RefereeSergei Karasev (Russia)[2]
Attendance10,435[3]
WeatherPartly 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)
England Chelsea Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League 4 (1998, 2012, 2013, 2019)
Spain 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.

Chelsea England1–1 (a.e.t.)Spain Villarreal
  • Ziyech 27'
 Report
Penalties
 6–5
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 10,435[3]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Chelsea[4]
Villarreal[4]
GK 16 Senegal Édouard Mendy downward-facing red arrow 119'
CB 15 France Kurt Zouma downward-facing red arrow 66'
CB 14 England Trevoh Chalobah
CB 2 Germany Antonio Rüdiger Yellow card 44'
RM 20 England Callum Hudson-Odoi downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 7 France N'Golo Kanté (c) downward-facing red arrow 65'
CM 17 Croatia Mateo Kovačić
LM 3 Spain Marcos Alonso
AM 22 Morocco Hakim Ziyech downward-facing red arrow 43'
AM 29 Germany Kai Havertz
CF 11 Germany Timo Werner downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Spain Kepa Arrizabalaga Yellow card PSO' upward-facing green arrow 119'
DF 4 Denmark Andreas Christensen upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 6 Brazil Thiago Silva
DF 21 England Ben Chilwell
DF 24 England Reece James
DF 28 Spain César Azpilicueta upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 33 Italy Emerson
MF 5 Italy Jorginho upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 10 United States Christian Pulisic upward-facing green arrow 43'
MF 19 England Mason Mount upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 9 England Tammy Abraham
FW 12 England Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Manager:
Germany Thomas Tuchel Yellow card 45+1'
GK 1 Spain Sergio Asenjo
RB 8 Argentina Juan Foyth
CB 3 Spain Raúl Albiol (c)
CB 4 Spain Pau Torres
LB 24 Spain Alfonso Pedraza downward-facing red arrow 58'
CM 14 Spain Manu Trigueros downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM 25 France Étienne Capoue downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM 18 Spain Alberto Moreno downward-facing red arrow 85'
RF 21 Spain Yeremy Pino Yellow card 61' downward-facing red arrow 91'
CF 7 Spain Gerard Moreno
LF 16 Senegal Boulaye Dia downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Argentina Gerónimo Rulli
DF 2 Spain Mario Gaspar upward-facing green arrow 70'
DF 12 Ecuador Pervis Estupiñán upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF 15 Spain Jorge Cuenca
DF 20 Spain Rubén Peña
DF 22 Algeria Aïssa Mandi upward-facing green arrow 91'
MF 6 Spain Manu Morlanes upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 10 Spain Vicente Iborra
MF 17 Spain Dani Raba Yellow card 119' upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 23 Spain Moi Gómez upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 9 Spain Paco Alcácer
FW 34 Spain Fer Niño
Manager:
Spain 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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d e f g "Sergei Karasev to referee 2021 UEFA Super Cup match". UEFA. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Full Time Report Final – Chelsea v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "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.

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