2021 UEFA Super Cup

The 2021 UEFA Super Cup was the 46th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured English club Chelsea, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Villarreal, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. It was played at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11 August 2021.

2021 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
Chelsea Villarreal
1 1
After extra time
Chelsea won 6–5 on penalties
Date11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)
VenueWindsor Park, Belfast
Man of the MatchGerard Moreno (Villarreal)[1]
RefereeSergei Karasev (Russia)[2]
Attendance10,435[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
18 °C (64 °F)
59% humidity[4]

Chelsea won the match 6–5 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time for their second UEFA Super Cup title.[1]

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
Chelsea Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League 4 (1998, 2012, 2013, 2019)
Villarreal Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League None

Host selection
Windsor Park in Belfast hosted the match.

An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.

UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that four associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Super Cup,[5] and on 22 February 2019 that all four associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[6][7]

Bidding associations for 2021 UEFA Super Cup
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 BelarusDinamo StadiumMinsk22,000
 FinlandOlympic StadiumHelsinki36,000
 Northern IrelandWindsor ParkBelfast18,434
 UkraineMetalist StadiumKharkiv40,003

Windsor Park was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.[8][9]

Pre-match

Officials

On 6 August 2021, UEFA named Russian official Sergei Karasev as the referee for the match. Karasev had been a FIFA referee since 2010, and officiated at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020. He was joined by fellow countrymen Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin as assistant referees, while Aleksei Kulbakov of Belarus served as the fourth official. Marco Fritz of Germany was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with Paweł Gil of Poland and Massimiliano Irrati of Italy serving as the assistant VAR officials. Irrati's countryman Filippo Meli was selected as the reserve assistant referee.[2]

Match

Summary

Chelsea opened the scoring after 27 minutes when Kai Havertz's low cross from the left was swept into the net by Hakim Ziyech from seven yards out. Ziyech was substituted after a shoulder injury just before half-time. Alberto Moreno hit a volley off the underside of the crossbar in first-half injury time. Villarreal equalised in the 73rd minute when Gerard Moreno scored with a clinical right-foot finish to the top left corner of the net after a flick-back from Boulaye Dia on the right of the penalty area.[10] The match went to extra-time with Chelsea goalkeeper Édouard Mendy being replaced in the last minute by Kepa Arrizabalaga. Arrizabalaga saved two penalties, the decisive one low to his right from Raúl Albiol allowed Chelsea to win 6–5 in the shoot-out.[11]

Details

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

Chelsea 1–1 (a.e.t.) Villarreal
  • Ziyech 27'
 Report
Penalties
 6–5
Attendance: 10,435[3]
Chelsea[4]
Villarreal[4]
GK16 Édouard Mendy 119'
CB15 Kurt Zouma 66'
CB14 Trevoh Chalobah
CB2 Antonio Rüdiger 44'
RM20 Callum Hudson-Odoi 82'
CM7 N'Golo Kanté (c) 65'
CM17 Mateo Kovačić
LM3 Marcos Alonso
AM22 Hakim Ziyech 43'
AM29 Kai Havertz
CF11 Timo Werner 65'
Substitutes:
GK1 Kepa Arrizabalaga PSO' 119'
DF4 Andreas Christensen 66'
DF6 Thiago Silva
DF21 Ben Chilwell
DF24 Reece James
DF28 César Azpilicueta 82'
DF33 Emerson
MF5 Jorginho 65'
MF10 Christian Pulisic 43'
MF19 Mason Mount 65'
FW9 Tammy Abraham
FW12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Manager:
Thomas Tuchel 45+1'
GK1 Sergio Asenjo
RB8 Juan Foyth
CB3 Raúl Albiol (c)
CB4 Pau Torres
LB24 Alfonso Pedraza 58'
CM14 Manu Trigueros 70'
CM25 Étienne Capoue 70'
CM18 Alberto Moreno 85'
RF21 Yeremi Pino 61' 91'
CF7 Gerard Moreno
LF16 Boulaye Dia 85'
Substitutes:
GK13 Gerónimo Rulli
DF2 Mario Gaspar 70'
DF12 Pervis Estupiñán 58'
DF15 Jorge Cuenca
DF20 Rubén Peña
DF22 Aïssa Mandi 91'
MF6 Manu Morlanes 85'
MF10 Vicente Iborra
MF17 Dani Raba 119' 85'
MF23 Moi Gómez 70'
FW9 Paco Alcácer
FW34 Fer Niño
Manager:
Unai Emery

Man of the Match:
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Igor Demeshko (Russia)
Maksim Gavrilin (Russia)
Fourth official:[2]
Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Filippo Meli (Italy)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

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

See also

References
  1. "Chelsea 1–1 Villarreal (pens: 6–5): Kepa edges Blues to silverware". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. "Sergei Karasev to referee 2021 UEFA Super Cup match". UEFA. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "Full Time Report Final – Chelsea v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. "11 associations interested in hosting 2021 club finals". UEFA. 1 November 2018.
  6. "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. 22 February 2019.
  7. "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. "2021 Super Cup to take place in Belfast". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  9. "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  10. "Kepa the hero as Chelsea beat Villarreal on penalties to win Uefa Super Cup". Guardian. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. "Chelsea 1 Villarreal 1 (6-5 on pens)". BBC Sport. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup, 2021". UEFA. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

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.
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