2017 UEFA Super Cup
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]
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Date | 8 August 2017 | ||||||
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Venue | Philip II Arena, Skopje | ||||||
Man of the Match | Isco (Real Madrid)[1] | ||||||
Referee | Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)[2] | ||||||
Attendance | 30,421[3] | ||||||
Weather | Partly cloudy 32 °C (90 °F) 48% humidity[4] | ||||||
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Real Madrid won the match 2–1 for their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.
Teams
Team | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
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Real Madrid | Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League | 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)[7] |
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
Details
The Champions League winners were called as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
8 August 2017 20:45 CEST |
Real Madrid | 2–1 | Manchester United | Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 30,421[3] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) |
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Report | Lukaku 62' |
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Man of the Match:
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Match rules[11]
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Statistics
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2017 UEFA Super Cup Media
The Philip II Arena in Skopje hosted the match.
Related pages
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Rocchi to referee 2017 UEFA Super Cup. Union of European Football Associations. 20 July 2017. http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/newsid=2486876.html. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ Real Madrid to face Manchester United in Super Cup. UEFA.com. 3 June 2017. http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/newsid=2471033.html.
- ↑ FYR Macedonia to host 2017 UEFA Super Cup. UEFA.com. 30 June 2015. http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/newsid=2262118.html.
- ↑ Real Madrid's previous UEFA Super Cup matches. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/newsid=2391933.html. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Man. United's previous UEFA Super Cup matches. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/newsid=2476214.html. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Real Madrid v Manchester United: past encounters. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/newsid=2476194.html. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2017" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.