2014 UEFA Super Cup

The 2014 UEFA Super Cup was the 39th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, 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 two Spanish teams Real Madrid and Sevilla, the winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[5] It was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales,^[6] on 12 August 2014.^[7] The date was moved from Friday in late August in previous years, to mid-August starting this year, following the removal of the August international friendly date in the new FIFA International Match Calendar.^[6]

2014 UEFA Super Cup

Real Madrid Sevilla 2 0
Date	12 August 2014
Venue	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the Match	Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)[1]
Referee	Mark Clattenburg (England)[2]
Attendance	30,854[3]
Weather	Cloudy night 20 °C (68 °F) 75% humidity[4]
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Real Madrid won 2–0 to win their second UEFA Super Cup, with both goals by Cristiano Ronaldo.^[8]

Venue

The match was played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

The Cardiff City Stadium was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 30 June 2012.^[6] This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Wales.

The Cardiff City Stadium opened in July 2009 on the site of the Cardiff Athletics Stadium. It is the home stadium of Cardiff City. The stadium had a capacity of 33,000 after expansion work.^[9]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Real Madrid	Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League	1998, 2000, 2002
Sevilla	Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League	2006, 2007

Pre-match

Ticketing

The international ticket sales phase for the general public ran from 5 to 27 June 2014. Tickets were available in three price categories: £110, £75, and £40.^[10]

Officials

England's Mark Clattenburg was appointed by UEFA as the referee of the match, accompanied by an all-English team of officials: assistant referees Simon Beck and Stuart Burt, fourth official Darren England, and additional assistant referees Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor.^[2]

The match was the first in a UEFA club competition to use vanishing spray.^[11]

Match

Team selection

Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso was suspended for the match, due to breaches of conduct in the Champions League Final, for which he was also suspended.^[12]

New signings Toni Kroos and James Rodríguez made their competitive debuts for Real Madrid; another new signing, Keylor Navas, was an unused substitute. Sevilla gave competitive debuts to Denis Suárez, Aleix Vidal and Grzegorz Krychowiak, as well as substitute Iago Aspas. Nicolás Pareja and Daniel Carriço represented Sevilla for the first time since their loans were made permanent.^[13]

Details

12 August 2014

19:45 BST

Real Madrid	2–0	Sevilla
Ronaldo 30', 49'	Report

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 30,854^[3]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Real Madrid[4]

Sevilla[4]

GK 1 Iker Casillas (c) RB 15 Dani Carvajal  45' CB 4 Sergio Ramos CB 3 Pepe LB 5 Fábio Coentrão  84' CM 8 Toni Kroos  53' CM 19 Luka Modrić  86' AM 10 James Rodríguez  72' RF 11 Gareth Bale CF 9 Karim Benzema LF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo Substitutes: GK 13 Keylor Navas DF 2 Raphaël Varane DF 12 Marcelo  84' DF 17 Álvaro Arbeloa MF 22 Ángel Di María MF 23 Isco  72' MF 24 Asier Illarramendi  86' Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

GK 13 Beto RB 23 Coke  84' CB 21 Nicolás Pareja CB 2 Federico Fazio (c) LB 3 Fernando Navarro  66' DM 4 Grzegorz Krychowiak DM 6 Daniel Carriço RW 22 Aleix Vidal  66' AM 17 Denis Suárez  78' LW 20 Vitolo  42' CF 9 Carlos Bacca Substitutes: GK 25 Mariano Barbosa DF 5 Diogo Figueiras  84' MF 10 José Antonio Reyes  78' MF 11 Jairo Samperio MF 12 Vicente Iborra MF 26 Luismi FW 14 Iago Aspas  66' Manager: Unai Emery

Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Simon Beck (England) Stuart Burt (England) Fourth official:[2] Darren England (England) Additional assistant referees:[2] Michael Oliver (England) Anthony Taylor (England)

Match rules[14] 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

First half[15] Statistic Real Madrid Sevilla Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 10 4 Shots on target 3 2 Saves 2 2 Ball possession 58% 42% Corner kicks 9 3 Fouls committed 9 8 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half[15] Statistic Real Madrid Sevilla Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 8 7 Shots on target 4 1 Saves 1 3 Ball possession 48% 52% Corner kicks 3 5 Fouls committed 8 6 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall[15] Statistic Real Madrid Sevilla Goals scored 2 0 Total shots 18 11 Shots on target 7 3 Saves 3 5 Ball possession 53% 47% Corner kicks 12 8 Fouls committed 17 14 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2016 UEFA Super Cup – contested between same teams
• Real Madrid CF in international football competitions
• Sevilla FC in European football
• Spanish football clubs in international competitions