Who against whom?
Sevilla, winner of the UEFA Europa League, will meet Paris or Bayern, who face each other in the final of the UEFA Champions League on Sunday.
When and where ?
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The match will be played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 p.m. In previous years, the match has been played in Prague (2013), Cardiff (2014), Tbilisi (2015), Trondheim (2016), Skopje (2017), Tallinn (2018) and Istanbul (2019). Before that, the meeting was played in Monaco.
This edition was originally scheduled to be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal on August 12. However, on June 17, the UEFA executive committee announced its decision to relocate the match to Budapest due to the COVID-19 pandemic which postponed the finals of the various clubs.
Will there be audiences?
All UEFA matches are currently played behind closed doors, until further notice. On August 19, UEFA met by video conference to discuss with the 55 general secretaries of its national member associations. It has been decided that the UEFA Super Cup will serve as a pilot match which a limited number of spectators can attend.
What is the Supercup?
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This is the match between the title holders of the two main European club competitions every year. It was created by Dutch reporter Anton Witkamp to determine the best team in Europe. The winner of the Champions Clubs Cup / UEFA Champions League has always played this game. Opposite, he found first the winner of the European Cup Winners’ Cup (1972–1999) then the winner of the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League (2000–).
Does the winner of the C1 win often?
The UEFA Champions League winner (Liverpool) won the game in 2019, but that’s not always the case. The winner of the C1 won 24 of the 44 editions. The complete list can be found here.
Where will the next one be played?
The next editions of the UEFA Super Cup will be played in Belfast (2021), Helsinki (2022) and Kazan (2023).
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