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| Manchester City won 5–4 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 16 August 2023 (2023-08-16) | ||||||
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| 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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The2023 UEFA Super Cup was the 48th edition of theUEFA Super Cup, an annualfootball match organised byUEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, theUEFA Champions League and theUEFA Europa League. The match featured English clubManchester City, winners of the2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish clubSevilla, winners of the2022–23 UEFA Europa League. It was played at theKaraiskakis Stadium inPiraeus, Greece, on 16 August 2023.[5]
The match was originally scheduled to be played at theAk Bars Arena inKazan, Russia. However, due to theRussian invasion of Ukraine, it was moved on 25 January 2023 to Athens.
Manchester City won the match 5–4 onpenalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes for their first UEFA Super Cup title.[6]
| Team | Qualification | Previous participations (bold indicates winners) |
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 Manchester City | Winners of the2022–23 UEFA Champions League | None |
 Sevilla | Winners of the2022–23 UEFA Europa League | 6 (2006,2007,2014,2015,2016,2020) |
TheAk Bars Arena inKazan, Russia, was originally selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting inAmsterdam, Netherlands, on 2 March 2020.[7] TheAlbanian Football Association also had bid for the match to be hosted inTirana, 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 the2009 UEFA Women's Cup final. The stadium was previously a venue for the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, where it hosted three group stage matches and a semi-final, and the2018 FIFA World Cup, where it hosted four group stage matches, a round of 16 fixture and a quarter-final.[9]
After theRussian 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 the2022 UEFA Champions League final, scheduled to take place inSaint Petersburg, was also relocated toParis.[10]Tatarstan officials had called for UEFA to keep the competition in Kazan.[11][12][13]
This would be the second time a UEFA club competition final is hosted at theKaraiskakis Stadium in Athens after the1971 European Cup Winners' Cup final. Prior to the relocation, Athens had been selected as one of the hosts for the2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final atAgia Sophia Stadium.[14]
On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee stripped Kazan of hosting rights and relocated the match to theKaraiskakis Stadium inPiraeus, Greece.[15]
On 14 August 2023, UEFA named French officialFrançois Letexier as the referee for the match. Letexier had been aFIFA referee since 2017 and previously worked as one of the assistant video assistant referees for the2019 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. CompatriotJérôme Brisard was selected as thevideo assistant referee (VAR), with fellow countrymen Eric Wattellier and Fedayi San of Switzerland serving as the assistant VAR officials.[2]
Manchester City came close to opening the scoring in the 8th minute after a header fromNathan Aké was saved byYassine 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 byMarcos Acuña found its way on to the head ofYoussef En-Nesyri, who managed to head the ball into the bottom left-hand corner of the net.[16] In the second half, En-Nesyri was put through on goal byLucas Ocampos before his resulting effort was saved byEderson.Cole Palmer made it 1–1 in the 63rd minute after heading the ball past Bounou via a cross in byRodri.[17] 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.[18] With both teams scoring their first four penalties, City captainKyle Walker scored their fifth penalty beforeNemanja Gudelj missed the crucial penalty for Sevilla by hitting the crossbar which meant Manchester City won the Super Cup 5–4 on penalties.
The Champions League winners were designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] | Match rules[19]
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