The 2019 UEFA Super Cup was the 44th 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 European club competitions, the

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and the

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. The match featured two English sides,

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, the winners of the

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, and Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The match was played at Vodafone Park in

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on 14 August 2019. The match was the first all-English UEFA Super Cup, and the eighth overall Super Cup to feature two teams from the same country. For the first time, the

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(VAR) system was used in the competition. Liverpool won the match 5–4 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time for their fourth UEFA Super Cup title. As winners, Liverpool were rewarded £4 million in

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Teams

Venue

This was the first UEFA Super Cup held in Turkey, and the third time a UEFA club competition final was held in the country, after the

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at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium and the 2009 UEFA Cup Final at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, both also in Istanbul. The stadium is the home ground of Turkish club

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. UEFA regulations regarding naming rights of non-tournament sponsors required that the stadium be referred to as Beşiktaş Park in all UEFA materials.

Host selection

For the first time ever, an open bidding process was launched on 9 December 2016 by UEFA to select the venues of the club competition finals (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup). Associations had until 27 January 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers had to be submitted by 6 June 2017. UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that nine associations expressed interest in hosting, and confirmed on 7 June 2017 that seven associations submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup: The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids: *

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: Groupama Arena,

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The bid evaluation report was published by UEFA on 14 September 2017. Vodafone Park was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 September 2017.

Background

The match was the first UEFA Super Cup to feature two English teams, after all-English finals in both of UEFA's seasonal tournaments;

beat

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in the Champions League and Chelsea beat

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in the Europa League. The match was the eighth overall Super Cup to feature two teams from the same country, previously achieved five times by Spanish teams (

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and

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) and twice by Italian teams (

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and

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). This also ensured that it would be the first Super Cup to be won by an English team since Liverpool in

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. This was the eleventh meeting between both clubs in UEFA competition. Liverpool and Chelsea were drawn against each other in five successive Champions League seasons between 2004–05 and 2008–09. Chelsea had won three of these meetings (including one

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) to Liverpool's two, with the other five ending in draws (including one decided on penalties in Liverpool's favour). Each side had advanced against the other two times apiece, with the other tie coming in the

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as Liverpool's unique qualifying situation that season did not grant them association protection. The teams have met twice previously in domestic cup finals, which Chelsea have triumphed on both occasions. First was in the 2005 Football League Cup Final, played outside England at the

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while

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was being rebuilt, where they won 3–2 after extra time, and more recently in the 2012 FA Cup Final at Wembley, winning 2–1. They both also contested the English super cup, the

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, in

and Liverpool won 2–1 on that occasion at

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's Millennium Stadium.

Officials

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On 2 August 2019, UEFA named French official Stéphanie Frappart as the referee for the match, marking the first time in history a woman would referee the final of a UEFA men's competition. Frappart has been a FIFA referee since 2009, and had officiated at the

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in the month prior, where she was appointed as the referee for the

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. She also previously officiated at the

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and UEFA Women's Euro 2017, and became the first woman to referee in

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in April 2019. Her compatriot Manuela Nicolosi was chosen as one of the assistant referees, along with Irish official Michelle O'Neill, while Cüneyt Çakır of Turkey was chosen as the fourth official. French referee Clément Turpin was named the

, presiding over the first use of the technology in the UEFA Super Cup. His fellow countryman François Letexier was named as one of the assistant video assistant referees for the match, along with Massimiliano Irrati of Italy, while Mark Borsch of Germany offside VAR.

Match

Summary

Chelsea took the lead after 36 minutes when a pass from

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played in

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on the left and his first-time left-foot shot found the right corner of the net. Pulisic had a second goal ruled out shortly after for offside after confirmation from VAR.

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made it 1–1 after 48 minutes when he scored from close range at the second attempt after a flick past the goalkeeper from substitute Roberto Firmino. The match went to extra time and Sadio Mané got his second goal of the match in the 95th minute with a side-foot into the top right-hand corner of the net after Roberto Firmino found him with a cut-back from the left. Chelsea were awarded a penalty six minutes later when Adrián was adjudged to have brought down Tammy Abraham when he ran onto a pass in the penalty area. Jorginho scored to make it 2–2 with a low shot to the right corner. The match went to a penalty shoot-out and with the score at 5–4 Tammy Abraham saw his low shot saved by Adrián with his right leg to win the game for Liverpool.

Details

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

Statistics

References

External links

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2019 UEFA Super Cup: Istanbul
UEFA.com
Full Time Report
UEFA.com {{Chelsea F.C. matches

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