2022 UEFA Super Cup

The 2022 UEFA Super Cup was the 47th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Spanish club Real Madrid, winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and German club Eintracht Frankfurt, winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.^[5] It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on 10 August 2022.^[6][7] The match was also a repeat of the 1960 European Cup final between both clubs, which was won 7–3 by Real Madrid. The match was the first European club competition fixture featuring the Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT).^[2]

2022 UEFA Super Cup

Match programme cover
Real Madrid Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0
Date	10 August 2022 (2022-08-10)
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Man of the Match	Casemiro (Real Madrid)[1]
Referee	Michael Oliver (England)[2]
Attendance	31,042[3]
Weather	Cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) 78% humidity[4]
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Real Madrid won the match 2–0 for their fifth UEFA Super Cup title, a competition record shared with Barcelona and Milan.^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
Real Madrid	Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League	7 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Eintracht Frankfurt	Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League	None

This was Real Madrid's eighth participation in the UEFA Super Cup, winning it four times previously and finishing as runners-up on three previous occasions. It was Eintracht Frankfurt's first UEFA Super Cup appearance.

Venue

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki hosted the match.

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium was selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 March 2020.^[8] The Albanian Football Association also had bid for the match to be hosted in Tirana, but withdrew prior to the vote, instead focusing on securing the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final.^[7]

The match was the first UEFA club competition final to be held in Finland. The stadium was previously used as a venue for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, where it hosted four group stage matches and the final.^[9]

Pre-match

Officials

On 3 August 2022, UEFA named English official Michael Oliver as the referee for the match. Oliver had been a FIFA referee since 2012, officiated at UEFA Euro 2020 and was the referee for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup final. He was joined by fellow countrymen Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett as assistant referees, while Donatas Rumšas of Lithuania served as the fourth official. Tomasz Kwiatkowski of Poland was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with compatriot Bartosz Frankowski and Tiago Martins of Portugal serving as the assistant VAR officials.^[2]

Match

Summary

Eintracht Frankfurt had the first chance in the match in the 14th minute with Thibaut Courtois saving in a one-on-one from Daichi Kamada. In the 36th minute Kevin Trapp got down to his left to save a low shot from Vinícius Júnior. From the resulting corner Real Madrid went in front when Casemiro headed back from the end line on the right to David Alaba who tapped into the net from close range.^[10] Trapp made another save in the 55th minute before Casemiro hit the crossbar from the edge of the box two minutes later. In the 65th minute Vinícius played the ball in from the left to Karim Benzema who made it 2–0 with a shot which goalkeeper Kevin Trapp failed to keep out.^[11]

Details

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

10 August 2022 (2022-08-10)

22:00 UTC+3

Real Madrid	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
Alaba 37' Benzema 65'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 31,042^[3]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Real Madrid[4]

Eintracht Frankfurt[4]

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois RB 2 Dani Carvajal  85' CB 3 Éder Militão CB 4 David Alaba LB 23 Ferland Mendy CM 10 Luka Modrić  67' CM 14 Casemiro CM 8 Toni Kroos  85' RF 15 Federico Valverde  76' CF 9 Karim Benzema (c) LF 20 Vinícius Júnior  85' Substitutes: GK 13 Andriy Lunin DF 5 Jesús Vallejo DF 6 Nacho DF 22 Antonio Rüdiger  85' MF 17 Lucas Vázquez MF 18 Aurélien Tchouaméni  85' MF 19 Dani Ceballos  85' MF 25 Eduardo Camavinga  76' FW 7 Eden Hazard FW 11 Marco Asensio FW 21 Rodrygo  67' FW 24 Mariano Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

GK 1 Kevin Trapp CB 18 Almamy Touré  70' CB 35 Tuta CB 2 Evan Ndicka RM 36 Ansgar Knauff CM 8 Djibril Sow CM 17 Sebastian Rode (c)  58' LM 25 Christopher Lenz RW 15 Daichi Kamada CF 19 Rafael Santos Borré LW 29 Jesper Lindstrøm  58' Substitutes: GK 31 Jens Grahl GK 40 Diant Ramaj DF 5 Hrvoje Smolčić DF 22 Timothy Chandler MF 6 Kristijan Jakić MF 20 Makoto Hasebe MF 27 Mario Götze  58' FW 9 Randal Kolo Muani  58' FW 11 Faride Alidou FW 21 Lucas Alario  90+2'  70' FW 23 Jens Petter Hauge Manager: Oliver Glasner

Man of the Match: Casemiro (Real Madrid)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Stuart Burt (England) Simon Bennett (England) Fourth official:[2] Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) Video assistant referee:[2] Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees:[2] Bartosz Frankowski (Poland) Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Match rules[12] 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

First half[13] Statistic Real Madrid Eintracht Frankfurt Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 8 4 Shots on target 3 2 Saves 2 2 Ball possession 63% 37% Corner kicks 3 1 Fouls committed 3 7 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half[13] Statistic Real Madrid Eintracht Frankfurt Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 5 2 Shots on target 3 1 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 52% 48% Corner kicks 0 0 Fouls committed 4 7 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall[13] Statistic Real Madrid Eintracht Frankfurt Goals scored 2 0 Total shots 13 6 Shots on target 6 3 Saves 3 4 Ball possession 57% 43% Corner kicks 3 1 Fouls committed 7 14 Offsides 2 4 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2022 UEFA Champions League final
• 2022 UEFA Europa League final
• 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final
• 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final
• Eintracht Frankfurt in European football
• Real Madrid CF in international football

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.