2019 UEFA Super Cup

2019 UEFA Super Cup
The Vodafone Park in Istanbul will host the match
Date 14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)
Venue Vodafone Park, Istanbul

The 2019 UEFA Super Cup will be the 44th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, 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 will feature the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The match will be played at Vodafone Park in Istanbul, Turkey on 14 August 2019.[1]

For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system will be used in the match.[2]

Host selection

For the first time ever, an open bidding process was launched on 9 December 2016 by UEFA to select the venues of the club competition finals (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup).[3][4] Associations had until 27 January 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 6 June 2017.

UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that nine associations expressed interest in hosting,[5] and confirmed on 7 June 2017 that seven associations submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup:[6]

Bidding associations for 2019 UEFA Super Cup
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 AlbaniaArena KombëtareTirana22,500
 FranceStadium MunicipalToulouse33,150
 IsraelSammy Ofer StadiumHaifa30,870
 KazakhstanAstana ArenaAstana30,244Also bid for 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
 Northern IrelandWindsor ParkBelfast18,434
 PolandStadion Energa GdańskGdańsk41,160[7]Preferred over National Stadium, Warsaw
 TurkeyVodafone ParkIstanbul41,188[8]Also bid for 2019 UEFA Europa League Final

The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids:

The bid evaluation report was published by UEFA on 14 September 2017.[9] Vodafone Park was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 September 2017.[10][1]

Venue

This is the first UEFA Super Cup held in Turkey, and the third time a UEFA club competition final is held in the country, after the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium and the 2009 UEFA Cup Final at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, both also in Istanbul.[11]

The stadium is the home ground of Turkish club Beşiktaş. Due to UEFA regulations regarding naming rights of non-tournament sponsors, the stadium will be referred to as the "Beşiktaş Stadium" in all UEFA materials.

Match

Details

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

2018–19 Champions League winners v 2018–19 Europa League winners

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Madrid to host UEFA Champions League Final 2019". UFEA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "VAR to be introduced in 2019/20 UEFA Champions League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA. 9 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "UEFA club competition finals 2019: bid regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  5. ↑ "15 associations interested in hosting 2019 club finals". UEFA. 3 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ten associations bidding to host 2019 club finals". 7 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Stadion Energa Numbers".
  8. ↑ "Stat Arama Detay TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  9. ↑ "UEFA Club Competition Finals 2019 Evaluation Report" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Nyon meeting". UEFA.com. 7 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Beşiktaş Stadium, Istanbul to stage 2019 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 20 September 2017.
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