2020 UEFA Super Cup

2020 UEFA Super Cup
Match programme cover
After extra time
Date24 September 2020 (2020-09-24)
VenuePuskás Aréna, Budapest
Man of the MatchThomas Müller (Bayern Munich)[1]
RefereeAnthony Taylor (England)[2]
Attendance15,180[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy night
20 °C (68 °F)
60% humidity[4]
2019
2021

The 2020 UEFA Super Cup was 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 featured German club Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Sevilla, the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary on 24 September 2020.[5]

The match was originally scheduled to be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, on 12 August 2020.[6][7] However, after the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe caused the postponements of the previous season's club finals, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to award the rescheduled Champions League final to Portugal, and postponed and relocated the Super Cup to Budapest.[8][9]

Following discussions with its 55 member associations on 19 August 2020,[10] the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 25 August 2020 to use the 2020 UEFA Super Cup as a pilot match for which a reduced number of spectators, up to 30% of the capacity of the stadium, can be allowed in, and it became the first official UEFA match to have spectators since their competitions were resumed in August 2020.[11]

Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 after extra time to secure their second UEFA Super Cup title.[1]

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  4. ^ "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Super Cup: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Istanbul to host 2020 UEFA Champions League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2020/21 UEFA Champions League match calendar". Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2019.
  8. ^ "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. ^ "2020 UEFA Super Cup: new date and venue". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020.
  10. ^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  11. ^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.