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]

2017 UEFA Super Cup
Philip II Arena hosted the final
Real Madrid Manchester United
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Date8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
VenuePhilip II Arena, Skopje
Man of the MatchIsco (Real Madrid)[1]
RefereeGianluca Rocchi (Italy)[2]
Attendance30,421[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
32 °C (90 °F)
48% humidity[4]

Real Madrid won the match 2–1 for their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.

Teams
Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
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.

Real Madrid 2–1 Manchester United
 Report Lukaku  62'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 30,421[3]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Real Madrid[4]
Manchester United[4]
GK1 Keylor Navas
RB2 Dani Carvajal 84'
CB5 Raphaël Varane
CB4 Sergio Ramos (c) 86'
LB12 Marcelo
CM10 Luka Modrić
CM14 Casemiro
CM8 Toni Kroos
RF11 Gareth Bale 74'
CF9 Karim Benzema 83'
LF22 Isco 74'
Substitutes:
GK13 Kiko Casilla
DF6 Nacho
DF15 Theo Hernández
MF20 Marco Asensio 74'
MF23 Mateo Kovačić
FW7 Cristiano Ronaldo 83'
FW17 Lucas Vázquez 74'
Manager:
Zinedine Zidane
GK1 David de Gea
RB25 Antonio Valencia (c)
CB2 Victor Lindelöf
CB12 Chris Smalling
LB36 Matteo Darmian
CM21 Ander Herrera 56'
CM31 Nemanja Matić
CM6 Paul Pogba
RW22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
CF9 Romelu Lukaku
LW14 Jesse Lingard 42' 46'
Substitutes:
GK20 Sergio Romero
DF17 Daley Blind
MF8 Juan Mata
MF16 Michael Carrick
MF27 Marouane Fellaini 56'
FW11 Anthony Martial
FW19 Marcus Rashford 90+4' 46'
Manager:
José Mourinho

Man of the Match:
Isco (Real Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:[2]
Clément Turpin (France)
Additional assistant referees:[2]
Davide Massa (Italy)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy)

Match rules[11]

  • 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

References
  1. "UEFA Super Cup – Real Madrid-Man. United". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Rocchi to referee 2017 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. "Match report: Real Madrid 2 Manchester United 1". manutd.com. Manchester United F.C. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. "Real Madrid to face Manchester United in Super Cup". UEFA.com. 3 June 2017.
  6. "FYR Macedonia to host 2017 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
  7. "Real Madrid's previous UEFA Super Cup matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. "Man. United's previous UEFA Super Cup matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. "Real Madrid v Manchester United: past encounters". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  10. "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  11. "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2017" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  12. "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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