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—went by the name of National Football Stadium at Windsor Park—in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11 August 2021.

2021 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
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]
2020
2022

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

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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

Venue

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Windsor Park in Belfast hosted the match.

The match was the first UEFA club competition final to be played in Northern Ireland. The 18,500-capacity Windsor Park is the home of Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team. Opened in 1905, the stadium was most recently renovated from 2014 to 2016 with aid from UEFA's HatTrick assistance programme.[5] The venue previously hosted the finals of the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[6]

Host selection

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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,[7] and on 22 February 2019 that all four associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.[8][9]

Bidding associations for 2021 UEFA Super Cup
Country Stadium City Capacity Notes
  Belarus Dinamo Stadium Minsk 22,000
  Finland Olympic Stadium Helsinki 36,000
  Northern Ireland Windsor Park Belfast 18,434
  Ukraine Metalist Stadium Kharkiv 40,003

Windsor Park was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.[10][11]

Pre-match

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Officials

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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

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Summary

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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.[12] 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.[13]

Details

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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]
GK 16   Édouard Mendy   119'
CB 15   Kurt Zouma   66'
CB 14   Trevoh Chalobah
CB 2   Antonio Rüdiger   44'
RM 20   Callum Hudson-Odoi   82'
CM 7   N'Golo Kanté (c)   65'
CM 17   Mateo Kovačić
LM 3   Marcos Alonso
AM 22   Hakim Ziyech   43'
AM 29   Kai Havertz
CF 11   Timo Werner   65'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Kepa Arrizabalaga   120+'   119'
DF 4   Andreas Christensen   66'
DF 6   Thiago Silva
DF 21   Ben Chilwell
DF 24   Reece James
DF 28   César Azpilicueta   82'
DF 33   Emerson
MF 5   Jorginho   65'
MF 10   Christian Pulisic   43'
MF 19   Mason Mount   65'
FW 9   Tammy Abraham
FW 12   Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Manager:
  Thomas Tuchel   45+1'
 
GK 1   Sergio Asenjo
RB 8   Juan Foyth
CB 3   Raúl Albiol (c)
CB 4   Pau Torres
LB 24   Alfonso Pedraza   58'
CM 14   Manu Trigueros   70'
CM 25   Étienne Capoue   70'
CM 18   Alberto Moreno   85'
RF 21   Yeremy Pino   61'   91'
CF 7   Gerard Moreno
LF 16   Boulaye Dia   85'
Substitutes:
GK 13   Gerónimo Rulli
DF 2   Mario Gaspar   70'
DF 12   Pervis Estupiñán   58'
DF 15   Jorge Cuenca
DF 20   Rubén Peña
DF 22   Aïssa Mandi   91'
MF 6   Manu Morlanes   85'
MF 10   Vicente Iborra
MF 17   Dani Raba   119'   85'
MF 23   Moi Gómez   70'
FW 9   Paco Alcácer
FW 34   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[14]

  • 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d e f g "Sergei Karasev to referee 2021 UEFA Super Cup match". UEFA. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Full Time Report Final – Chelsea v Villarreal" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland's big moment arrives with UEFA support". UEFA. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 Super Cup to take place in Belfast". UEFA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "11 associations interested in hosting 2021 club finals". UEFA. 1 November 2018.
  8. ^ "9 associations bidding to host 2021 club finals". UEFA.com. 22 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Super Cup to take place in Belfast". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  11. ^ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Ljubljana meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Kepa the hero as Chelsea beat Villarreal on penalties to win Uefa Super Cup". Guardian. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Chelsea 1 Villarreal 1 (6-5 on pens)". BBC Sport. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup, 2021". UEFA. 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

Notes

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  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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