The 2014 UEFA Super Cup was the 39th edition of the

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, an annual

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match organised by

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and contested by the reigning champions of the two main

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an club competitions, the

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and the

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. The match featured two Spanish teams

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and

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, the winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League respectively. It was played at the

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, Wales, on 12 August 2014. The date was moved from Friday in late August in previous years, to mid-August starting this year, following the removal of the August international friendly date in the new

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. Real Madrid won 2–0 to win their second UEFA Super Cup, with both goals by

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Venue

The

was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 30 June 2012. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Wales. The Cardiff City Stadium opened in July 2009 on the site of the Cardiff Athletics Stadium. It is the home stadium of Cardiff City. The stadium had a capacity of 33,000 after expansion work.

Teams

Pre-match

Ticketing

The international ticket sales phase for the general public ran from 5 to 27 June 2014. Tickets were available in three price categories: £110, £75, and £40.

Officials

England's

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was appointed by UEFA as the referee of the match, accompanied by an all-English team of officials: assistant referees Simon Beck and Stuart Burt, fourth official Darren England, and additional assistant referees Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor. The match was the first in a UEFA club competition to use vanishing spray.

Match

Team selection

Real Madrid midfielder

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was suspended for the match, due to breaches of conduct in the Champions League Final, for which he was also suspended. New signings Toni Kroos and

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made their competitive debuts for Real Madrid; another new signing, Keylor Navas, was an unused substitute. Sevilla gave competitive debuts to Denis Suárez, Aleix Vidal and

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, as well as substitute Iago Aspas.

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and Daniel Carriço represented Sevilla for the first time since their loans were made permanent.

Details

Statistics

References

External links

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