2017 UEFA Super Cup

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2017 UEFA Super Cup
Philip II Arena hosted the final
Real Madrid Manchester United
Spain England
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Date8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
VenuePhilip II Arena, Skopje
Man of the MatchIsco (Real Madrid)[1]
RefereeGianluca Rocchi (Italy)[2]
Attendance30,421[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
32 °C (90 °F)
48% humidity[4]
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The 2017 UEFA Super Cup was the 42nd UEFA Super Cup final, 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 Spanish side Real Madrid, the title holders and winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, and English side Manchester United, the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[5] The match was played at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia, on 8 August 2017, and was the first UEFA final staged in the country.[6]

Real Madrid won the match 2–1 for their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.

Teams[change | change source]

Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Spain Real Madrid Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)[7]
England Manchester United Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League 3 (1991, 1999, 2008)[8]

While the two teams had never met in the Super Cup, they had met 10 times in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League; Real Madrid have the advantage in the teams' previous meetings, with four wins, four draws and two losses.[9][10]

Match[change | change source]

Details[change | change source]

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

Real Madrid Spain2–1England Manchester United
 Report Lukaku Goal 62'
Attendance: 30,421[3]
Real Madrid[4]
Manchester United[4]
GK 1 Costa Rica Keylor Navas
RB 2 Spain Dani Carvajal Yellow card 84'
CB 5 France Raphaël Varane
CB 4 Spain Sergio Ramos (c) Yellow card 86'
LB 12 Brazil Marcelo
CM 10 Croatia Luka Modrić
CM 14 Brazil Casemiro
CM 8 Germany Toni Kroos
RF 11 Wales Gareth Bale Substituted off 74'
CF 9 France Karim Benzema Substituted off 83'
LF 22 Spain Isco Substituted off 74'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Spain Kiko Casilla
DF 6 Spain Nacho
DF 15 France Theo Hernández
MF 20 Spain Marco Asensio Substituted in 74'
MF 23 Croatia Mateo Kovačić
FW 7 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Substituted in 83'
FW 17 Spain Lucas Vázquez Substituted in 74'
Manager:
France Zinedine Zidane
GK 1 Spain David de Gea
RB 25 Ecuador Antonio Valencia (c)
CB 2 Sweden Victor Lindelöf
CB 12 England Chris Smalling
LB 36 Italy Matteo Darmian
CM 21 Spain Ander Herrera Substituted off 56'
CM 31 Serbia Nemanja Matić
CM 6 France Paul Pogba
RW 22 Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan
CF 9 Belgium Romelu Lukaku
LW 14 England Jesse Lingard Yellow card 42' Substituted off 46'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Argentina Sergio Romero
DF 17 Netherlands Daley Blind
MF 8 Spain Juan Mata
MF 16 England Michael Carrick
MF 27 Belgium Marouane Fellaini Substituted in 56'
FW 11 France Anthony Martial
FW 19 England Marcus Rashford Yellow card 90+4' Substituted in 46'
Manager:
Portugal José Mourinho

Man of the Match:
Isco (Real Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:[2]
Clément Turpin (France)
Additional assistant referees:[2]
Davide Massa (Italy)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy)

Match rules[11]

  • 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[change | change source]

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UEFA Super Cup – Real Madrid-Man. United". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Rocchi to referee 2017 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Match report: Real Madrid 2 Manchester United 1". manutd.com. Manchester United F.C. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Real Madrid to face Manchester United in Super Cup". UEFA.com. 3 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "FYR Macedonia to host 2017 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Real Madrid's previous UEFA Super Cup matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Man. United's previous UEFA Super Cup matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Real Madrid v Manchester United: past encounters". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2017" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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