Publication date: 05 Sep 2022
About the UEFA Super Cup
The UEFA Super Cup is an official football tournament consisting of a single match between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League of the previous season. The Super Cup match opens the European football season.
2022 UEFA Super Cup
The 87th UEFA Super Cup match took place on 10 August 2022 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland. The match was played between Real Madrid (winner of the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League) and Eintracht Frankfurt (winner of the 2021-22 UEFA Europa League). Real Madrid won the Super Cup by beating their opponents with the score 2:0.
History of the UEFA Super Cup
The foundation of the Super Cup dates back to 1972. The same year the first match took place. AFC Ajax was the first team to win the Super Cup. Back then, the Dutch players were regarded as one of the strongest teams.
However, the first Super Cup under UEFA auspices was held in 1974.
The original format of the tournament envisaged home-and-away matches.
The first experience of a one-day match occurred in 1984.
Since 1998, the Super Cup format switched to a one-day match on a permanent basis.
At the end of the 1998-99 season, it was decided to hold the Super Cup match between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
In 2008, a Russian football club won the Super Cup for the first time. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg defeated England’s Manchester United with a score of 2:1.
Results of the previous UEFA Super Cup matches
| The year | Venue | Results |
| 2022 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland | Real Madrid CF |
| 2021 | Windsor Park Stadium, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Chelsea F.C. |
| 2020 | Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary | FC Bayern Munich |
2023 UEFA Super Cup
The 48th UEFA Super Cup football match will take place in August 2023. Initially, the match was scheduled to take place in Kazan, but later UEFA confirmed the information that the meeting would be held in Athens (Greece).
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