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| Date | 11 August 2015 | ||||||
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| Venue | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Lionel Messi (Barcelona)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Willie Collum (Scotland)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 51,940[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear night 27 °C (81 °F) 49% humidity[4] | ||||||
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.[5]
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 3–2 in the final.[6]
Barcelona won the game 5–4 after extra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tying Milan's record.[7] 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.
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fulltimewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Tactical lineups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "2006: Sevilla win big in Monaco". UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Barcelona and Sevilla set for Tbilisi Super Cup". UEFA.com. 6 June 2015.
- ^ Johnston, Neil (11 August 2015). "Barcelona 5-4 Sevilla". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 12 August 2015.