2015 UEFA Super Cup

2015 UEFA Super Cup

Barcelona Sevilla 5 4
After extra time
Date	11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)
Venue	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Player of the Match	Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Referee	Willie Collum (Scotland)
Attendance	51,940
Weather	Clear night 27 °C (81 °F) 49% humidity
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The 2015 UEFA Super Cup was a football match between Spanish teams Barcelona and Sevilla on 11 August 2015 at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was the 40th UEFA Super Cup, an annual tournament contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Barcelona were appearing in the Super Cup for the ninth time, they had previously won and lost the competition four times each. Sevilla were appearing in the competition for the fourth time, they had won once and lost twice. The two sides had met before in the competition in 2006, when Sevilla won 3–0.

The teams had qualified for the competition by winning the two seasonal European competitions. Barcelona won the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, defeating Italian Juventus 3–1 in the final. Sevilla qualified as winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. They beat Ukrainian team Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–2 in the final.

Barcelona won the game 5–4 after extra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tying Milan's record. Their ninth Super Cup appearance was also a record, two ahead of Milan. Dani Alves's fourth Super Cup win and fifth appearance matched Paolo Maldini's records, while Luis Enrique became the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as coach and player after Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone. The nine goals scored was also the most in any Super Cup fixture, and the attendance of 51,940 was a record for a one-off, neutral venue UEFA Super Cup.

Venue

The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium was originally announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 5 March 2014, but the venue was changed to the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Georgia. The Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena was built in 1976 and renovated in 2011. It is the home stadium of the Georgia national football team and FC Dinamo Tbilisi.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Barcelona	Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League	1979, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2011
Sevilla	Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League	2006, 2007, 2014

Match

Summary

Sevilla took the lead in the third minute through a curling free kick from Éver Banega, awarded for a foul on José Antonio Reyes by Javier Mascherano. Barcelona equalised in a similar manner four minutes later, when Lionel Messi scored from a free kick following Grzegorz Krychowiak's foul on Luis Suárez, and then took the lead through another Messi free kick in the 16th minute, after Banega fouled former Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitić. Suárez had a goal ruled out for offside shortly after, but Rafinha made the score 3–1 to Barcelona at half time, sliding in from close range after Suárez's effort was saved by Beto.

Suárez scored early in the second half, assisted by a pass from Sergio Busquets after the midfielder intercepted a pass in the Sevilla half, but Reyes pulled a goal back for Sevilla five minutes later, following a cross from Vitolo. In the 72nd minute, Vitolo was brought down in the Barcelona penalty area by Jérémy Mathieu, and Kévin Gameiro powered home the resulting penalty kick to make the score 4–3. With 10 minutes to play, two Sevilla substitutes combined for the equalising goal, as Ciro Immobile squared the ball across the goal area for Yevhen Konoplyanka to score. Messi almost had a hat-trick of free kicks in the 89th minute, but his attempt hit the crossbar.

Barcelona introduced Pedro in place of Mascherano at the start of the additional half-hour. With five minutes to play in the second half of extra time, he pounced on the rebound from yet another Messi free kick to put Barcelona ahead, just as he had against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2009. Adil Rami had an attempt on goal from the edge of the goal area in injury time at the end of the extra period, but he missed and Barcelona won the Super Cup for a record fifth time.

Details

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) 22:45 GET (UTC+4)	Barcelona	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Sevilla	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 51,940 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
	Messi  7', 16' Rafinha  44' Suárez  52' Pedro  115'	Report	Banega  3' Reyes  57' Gameiro  72' (pen.) Konoplyanka  81'

Barcelona

Sevilla

GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen RB 6 Dani Alves 120' CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 14 Javier Mascherano 93' LB 24 Jérémy Mathieu 71' RM 4 Ivan Rakitić CM 5 Sergio Busquets 117' LM 8 Andrés Iniesta (c) 63' RF 10 Lionel Messi CF 9 Luis Suárez LF 12 Rafinha 78' Substitutes: GK 13 Claudio Bravo DF 15 Marc Bartra 78' DF 21 Adriano MF 20 Sergi Roberto 63' FW 7 Pedro 94' 93' FW 29 Sandro Ramírez FW 31 Munir El Haddadi Manager: Luis Enrique

GK 13 Beto RB 23 Coke 87' CB 3 Adil Rami CB 4 Grzegorz Krychowiak 14' LB 2 Benoît Trémoulinas CM 7 Michael Krohn-Dehli 120' CM 19 Éver Banega 90+2' RM 10 José Antonio Reyes (c) 68' AM 8 Vicente Iborra 80' LM 20 Vitolo CF 9 Kévin Gameiro 80' Substitutes: GK 1 Sergio Rico DF 25 Mariano 80' MF 12 Gaël Kakuta MF 16 Luismi MF 17 Denis Suárez MF 22 Yevhen Konoplyanka 68' FW 11 Ciro Immobile 92' 80' Manager: Unai Emery

Man of the Match: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Assistant referees: Damien MacGraith (Republic of Ireland) Francis Connor (Scotland) Fourth official: Graham Chambers (Scotland) Additional assistant referees: Bobby Madden (Scotland) Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

Statistics

First half Statistic Barcelona Sevilla Goals scored 3 1 Total shots 8 6 Shots on target 5 2 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 63% 37% Corner kicks 4 2 Fouls committed 4 7 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Barcelona Sevilla Goals scored 1 3 Total shots 10 8 Shots on target 3 3 Saves 0 2 Ball possession 57% 43% Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 11 7 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Extra time Statistic Barcelona Sevilla Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 6 3 Shots on target 2 1 Saves 1 1 Ball possession 68% 32% Corner kicks 3 0 Fouls committed 5 7 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 3 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Barcelona Sevilla Goals scored 5 4 Total shots 24 17 Shots on target 10 6 Saves 2 5 Ball possession 62% 38% Corner kicks 8 4 Fouls committed 20 21 Offsides 3 4 Yellow cards 4 5 Red cards 0 0

Broadcasters

The match was shown on beIN Sports in Spain.

External links

• UEFA Super Cup (official website)
• 2015 UEFA Super Cup, UEFA.com

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