2020 UEFA Super Cup

2020 UEFA Super Cup
The Estádio do Dragão in Porto will host the match
Date August 2020 (2020-08)
Venue Estádio do Dragão, Porto

The 2020 UEFA Super Cup will be the 45th 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 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. It will be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal in August 2020.[1]

Host selection

An open bidding process was launched on 8 December 2017 by UEFA to select the venue of the UEFA Super Cup in 2020. Associations had until 12 January 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 29 March 2018. Associations hosting matches at UEFA Euro 2020 were not allowed to bid for the 2020 UEFA Super Cup.

UEFA announced on 15 January 2018 that nine associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2020 UEFA Super Cup.[2]

Bidding associations for 2020 UEFA Super Cup
CountryStadiumCityCapacityNotes
 AlbaniaArena KombëtareTirana22,500
 BelarusDinamo StadiumMinsk22,000
 FinlandOlympic StadiumHelsinki36,000
 FranceAllianz RivieraNice35,624
 IsraelSammy Ofer StadiumHaifa30,870
 KazakhstanCentral StadiumAlmaty23,804
 MoldovaZimbru StadiumChișinău10,400Withdrew, did not submit bid[3]
 Northern IrelandWindsor ParkBelfast18,434
 PortugalEstádio do DragãoPorto50,033Also bid for 2020 UEFA Europa League Final

The Estádio do Dragão was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Kiev on 24 May 2018.[4][1]

Venue

This is the first UEFA club competition final hosted at the stadium, which was one of the venues of UEFA Euro 2004.[5]

Match

Details

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

2019–20 Champions League winners v 2019–20 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 "Istanbul to host 2020 UEFA Champions League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nine associations interested in hosting 2020 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA. 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Supercupa Europei" (in Romanian). fmf.md.
  4. ↑ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Kyiv meeting". UEFA.com. 8 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Porto to host 2020 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 24 May 2018.
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