The 2022 UEFA Super Cup was the 47th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Spanish club Real Madrid, winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and German club Eintracht Frankfurt, winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.[5] It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on 10 August 2022.[6][7] The match was also a repeat of the 1960 European Cup final between both clubs, which was won 7–3 by Real Madrid. The match was the first European club competition fixture featuring the Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT).[2]

2022 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
Date10 August 2022 (2022-08-10)
VenueOlympic Stadium, Helsinki
Man of the MatchCasemiro (Real Madrid)[1]
RefereeMichael Oliver (England)[2]
Attendance31,042[3]
WeatherCloudy
18 °C (64 °F)
78% humidity[4]
2021
2023

Real Madrid won the match 2–0 for their fifth UEFA Super Cup title, a competition record shared with Barcelona and Milan.[1]

Teams

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Team Qualification Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
  Real Madrid Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 7 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  Eintracht Frankfurt Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League None

This was Real Madrid's eighth participation in the UEFA Super Cup, winning it four times previously and finishing as runners-up on three previous occasions. It was Eintracht Frankfurt's first UEFA Super Cup appearance.

Venue

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The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki hosted the match.

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium was selected as the final host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2 March 2020.[8] The Albanian Football Association also had bid for the match to be hosted in Tirana, but withdrew prior to the vote, instead focusing on securing the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final.[7]

The match was the first UEFA club competition final to be held in Finland. The stadium was previously used as a venue for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, where it hosted four group stage matches and the final.[9]

Pre-match

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Officials

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On 3 August 2022, UEFA named English official Michael Oliver as the referee for the match. Oliver had been a FIFA referee since 2012, officiated at UEFA Euro 2020 and was the referee for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup final. He was joined by fellow countrymen Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett as assistant referees, while Donatas Rumšas of Lithuania served as the fourth official. Tomasz Kwiatkowski of Poland was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with compatriot Bartosz Frankowski and Tiago Martins of Portugal serving as the assistant VAR officials.[2]

Match

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Summary

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Eintracht Frankfurt had the first chance in the match in the 14th minute with Thibaut Courtois saving in a one-on-one from Daichi Kamada. In the 36th minute Kevin Trapp got down to his left to save a low shot from Vinícius Júnior. From the resulting corner Real Madrid went in front when Casemiro headed back from the end line on the right to David Alaba who tapped into the net from close range.[10] Trapp made another save in the 55th minute before Casemiro hit the crossbar from the edge of the box two minutes later. In the 65th minute Vinícius played the ball in from the left to Karim Benzema who made it 2–0 with a shot which goalkeeper Kevin Trapp failed to keep out.[11]

Details

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

Real Madrid  2–0  Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Alaba   37'
  • Benzema   65'
Report
Attendance: 31,042[3]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eintracht Frankfurt[4]
GK 1   Thibaut Courtois
RB 2   Dani Carvajal   85'
CB 3   Éder Militão
CB 4   David Alaba
LB 23   Ferland Mendy
CM 10   Luka Modrić   67'
CM 14   Casemiro
CM 8   Toni Kroos   85'
RF 15   Federico Valverde   76'
CF 9   Karim Benzema (c)
LF 20   Vinícius Júnior   85'
Substitutes:
GK 13   Andriy Lunin
DF 5   Jesús Vallejo
DF 6   Nacho
DF 22   Antonio Rüdiger   85'
MF 17   Lucas Vázquez
MF 18   Aurélien Tchouaméni   85'
MF 19   Dani Ceballos   85'
MF 25   Eduardo Camavinga   76'
FW 7   Eden Hazard
FW 11   Marco Asensio
FW 21   Rodrygo   67'
FW 24   Mariano
Manager:
  Carlo Ancelotti
 
GK 1   Kevin Trapp
CB 18   Almamy Touré   70'
CB 35   Tuta
CB 2   Evan Ndicka
RM 36   Ansgar Knauff
CM 8   Djibril Sow
CM 17   Sebastian Rode (c)   58'
LM 25   Christopher Lenz
RW 15   Daichi Kamada
CF 19   Rafael Santos Borré
LW 29   Jesper Lindstrøm   58'
Substitutes:
GK 31   Jens Grahl
GK 40   Diant Ramaj
DF 5   Hrvoje Smolčić
DF 22   Timothy Chandler
MF 6   Kristijan Jakić
MF 20   Makoto Hasebe
MF 27   Mario Götze   58'
FW 9   Randal Kolo Muani   58'
FW 11   Faride Alidou
FW 21   Lucas Alario   90+2'   70'
FW 23   Jens Petter Hauge
Manager:
  Oliver Glasner

Man of the Match:
Casemiro (Real Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Stuart Burt (England)
Simon Bennett (England)
Fourth official:[2]
Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Match rules[12]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

Statistics

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Real Madrid 2–0 Frankfurt: Five-star Madrid triumph in Helsinki". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Michael Oliver to referee 2022 UEFA Super Cup with Semi-Automated Offside Technology to be introduced". UEFA. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Real Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2022 UEFA Super Cup in Helsinki: All you need to know". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ "International match calendar and access list for 2022/23". UEFA Circular Letter. No. 51/2021. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Budapest to host 2022 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "UEFA Executive Committee agenda for Amsterdam meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  9. ^ "UEFA Super Cup bound for Helsinki and Kazan". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Real Madrid lift Super Cup after Alaba and Benzema sink Eintracht Frankfurt". The Guardian. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Real Madrid 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0". BBC Sport. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup, 2022". UEFA. 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  13. ^ a b c "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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