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2015 UEFA Super Cup

{{Infobox football match

|title=2015 UEFA Super Cup

|image=File:2015 UEFA Super Cup.png

|team1=Barcelona

|team1association={{fbaicon|ESP|size=30px}}

|team1score=5

|team2=Sevilla

|team2association={{fbaicon|ESP|size=30px}}

|team2score=4

|details=After extra time

|date={{Start date|2015|8|11|df=y}}

|stadium=Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

|city=Tbilisi

|man_of_the_match1a=Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland){{cite news |title=Collum to referee Barcelona v Sevilla in Super Cup |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c510bc90359-8e983a89a5e4-1000--collum-to-referee-barcelona-v-sevilla-in-super-cup/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=12 July 2015 }}

|attendance=51,940

|weather=Clear night
{{convert|27|°C|°F}}
49% humidity{{cite web |title=Tactical lineups |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/SuperCup/2015/2015790_LU.pdf |format=PDF |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 }}

|previous=2014

|next=2016

}}

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.{{cite news|title=2006: Sevilla win big in Monaco|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/2006|access-date=6 June 2015}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c510c152cf3-8a7956eacb1d-1000--barcelona-and-sevilla-set-for-tbilisi-super-cup/|title=Barcelona and Sevilla set for Tbilisi Super Cup|publisher=UEFA|date=6 June 2015}}

Barcelona won the game 5–4 after extra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tying Milan's record.{{cite news |first=Neil |last=Johnston |title=Barcelona 5-4 Sevilla |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33872239 |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 }} 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 were 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

File:Geo-Esp 11.09.12.jpg

The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium was originally announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 5 March 2014,{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c50fb8f7dbe-0d15b1a19f6c-1000--uefa-euro-2020-uefa-super-cup-decisions/ |title=UEFA EURO 2020, UEFA Super Cup decisions |website=UEFA.org |date=30 June 2012 }}{{cite web |title=Georgia's Dinamo Arena embraces UEFA Super Cup 2015 |url=http://agenda.ge/news/9927/eng |website=Agenda.ge |date=5 March 2014 }} but the venue was changed to the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Georgia.{{cite web|title=Venue guide: Tbilisi|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c510c120d4f-829df5561eae-1000--venue-guide-tbilisi/|date=10 August 2015|work=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=10 August 2015}} 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.{{cite web |title=Press Kit |url=https://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/uefasupercup/2015/E/E_2015790_PK.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528214816/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/uefasupercup/2015/E/E_2015790_PK.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2018 |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=10 August 2015 |access-date=10 August 2015 }}

Teams

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Team

!Qualification

!Previous participation (bold indicates winners)

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

|1979, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2011

{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla

|Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

|2006, 2007, 2014

Match

=Summary=

File:2015 UEFA Super Cup 100.jpg lift UEFA Super Cup after defeating Sevilla in the final.]]

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.{{cite news |title=Pedro is Barcelona's UEFA Super Cup hero again |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c51114c505d-63dadcebc3cd-1000--pedro-is-barcelona-s-uefa-super-cup-hero-again/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 }} 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 Kevin 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. With nine goals shared between the two teams, this was the highest-scoring Super Cup.{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Saffer |title=Messi, Alves among Super Cup record-breakers |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/news/0250-0c510ba00646-f15169f40a5f-1000--messi-alves-among-super-cup-record-breakers/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=2 August 2017 }}

=Details=

{{Football box

|date={{Start date|2015|8|11|df=y}}

|time=22:45 GET (UTC+4)

|team1=Barcelona {{fbaicon|ESP}}

|score=5–4

|aet=yes

|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/2015790/

|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

|attendance=51,940{{cite web |title=Full Time Report |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/SuperCup/2015/2015790_FR.pdf |website=UEFA.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=11 August 2015 }}

|referee=Willie Collum (Scotland)

}}

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| shorts = BB0000

| socks = 062a78

| title = Barcelona

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|{{Football kit

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| title = Sevilla

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{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width=25|width=25|
GK1{{flagicon|GER}} Marc-André ter Stegen
RB6{{flagicon|BRA}} Dani Alves{{yel|120}}
CB3{{flagicon|ESP}} Gerard Piqué
CB14{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Mascherano{{suboff|93}}
LB24{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Jérémy Mathieu{{yel|71}}
DM5{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Busquets{{yel|117}}
CM4{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Rakitić
CM8{{flagicon|ESP}} Andrés Iniesta (c){{suboff|63}}
RF10{{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi
CF9{{flagicon|URU}} Luis Suárez
LF12{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafinha{{suboff|78}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK13{{flagicon|CHI}} Claudio Bravo
DF15{{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Bartra{{subon|78}}
DF21{{flagicon|BRA}} Adriano
MF20{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergi Roberto{{subon|63}}
FW7{{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro{{yel|94}}{{subon|93}}
FW29{{flagicon|ESP}} Sandro
FW31{{flagicon|ESP}} Munir
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ESP}} Luis Enrique

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width=25|width=25|
GK13{{flagicon|POR}} Beto
RB23{{flagicon|ESP}} Coke{{yel|87}}
CB3{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Adil Rami
CB4{{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Krychowiak{{yel|14}}
LB2{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Benoît Trémoulinas
CM7{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Krohn-Dehli{{yel|120}}
CM19{{flagicon|ARG}} Éver Banega{{yel|90+2}}
RW10{{flagicon|ESP}} José Antonio Reyes (c){{suboff|68}}
AM8{{flagicon|ESP}} Vicente Iborra{{suboff|80}}
LW20{{flagicon|ESP}} Vitolo
CF9{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Kevin Gameiro{{suboff|80}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK1{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Rico
DF25{{flagicon|BRA}} Mariano{{subon|80}}
MF12{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Gaël Kakuta
MF16{{flagicon|ESP}} Luismi
MF17{{flagicon|ESP}} Denis Suárez
MF22{{flagicon|UKR}} Yevhen Konoplyanka{{subon|68}}
FW11{{flagicon|ITA}} Ciro Immobile{{yel|92}}{{subon|80}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ESP}} Unai Emery

|}

width=100% style="font-size:90%"

|

Man of the Match:


Lionel Messi (Barcelona){{cite news |first=Andy |last=James |title=Messi thanks Tbilisi fans after Barça beat Sevilla |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/2015790--barcelona-vs-sevilla/ |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 }}

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{{cite web |title=Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2015 |url=http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/24/06/02/2240602_DOWNLOAD.pdf |format=PDF |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=1 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029234509/http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/24/06/02/2240602_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2015}}

  • 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=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+First half{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/SuperCup/2015/2015790_TS.pdf |title=Team statistics |publisher=UEFA |date=11 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 |format=PDF }}

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Barcelona

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Sevilla

scope=row|Goals scored

|3

|1

scope=row|Total shots

|8

|6

scope=row|Shots on target

|5

|2

scope=row|Saves

|1

|2

scope=row|Ball possession

|63%

|37%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|4

|2

scope=row|Fouls committed

|4

|7

scope=row|Offsides

|1

|2

scope=row|Yellow cards

|0

|1

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-4}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Second half

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Barcelona

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Sevilla

scope=row|Goals scored

|1

|3

scope=row|Total shots

|10

|8

scope=row|Shots on target

|3

|3

scope=row|Saves

|0

|2

scope=row|Ball possession

|57%

|43%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|1

|2

scope=row|Fouls committed

|11

|7

scope=row|Offsides

|1

|1

scope=row|Yellow cards

|1

|2

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-4}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Extra time

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Barcelona

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Sevilla

scope=row|Goals scored

|1

|0

scope=row|Total shots

|6

|3

scope=row|Shots on target

|2

|1

scope=row|Saves

|1

|1

scope=row|Ball possession

|68%

|32%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|3

|0

scope=row|Fouls committed

|5

|7

scope=row|Offsides

|1

|1

scope=row|Yellow cards

|3

|2

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-4}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Overall

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Barcelona

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Sevilla

scope=row|Goals scored

|5

|4

scope=row|Total shots

|24

|17

scope=row|Shots on target

|10

|6

scope=row|Saves

|2

|5

scope=row|Ball possession

|62%

|38%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|8

|4

scope=row|Fouls committed

|20

|21

scope=row|Offsides

|3

|4

scope=row|Yellow cards

|4

|5

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-end}}

Broadcasters

The match was shown on beIN Sports in Spain.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsmirchi.com/barcelona-vs-sevilla-2015-uefa-super-cup-broadcast-tv-channels/ |title=Barcelona vs Sevilla 2015 UEFA Super Cup broadcast, TV Channels |publisher=Sports Mirchi }}

See also

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/2015/ 2015 UEFA Super Cup], UEFA.com

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