2018 Supercopa de España

2018 Supercopa de España
EventSupercopa de España
Date12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)[1]
VenueIbn Batouta Stadium, Tangier, Morocco[2]
RefereeCarlos del Cerro Grande
Attendance40,000

The 2018 Supercopa de España was the 35th edition of the Supercopa de España, an annual football super cup contested by the winners of the previous season's La Liga and Copa del Rey competitions.

The match was played between the Copa del Rey runners-up, Sevilla, and the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey and 2017–18 La Liga, Barcelona, making it a rematch of the 2018 Copa del Rey Final.[3][4]

Unlike all the previous editions, it was a single match hosted at a neutral venue.[1] This year's venue was Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier, Morocco.[2]

The match was broadcast on Spanish RTVE public television network La 1, earning an average 36.5% share and 4,785,000 viewers.[5]

Venue

Location of the host city of the 2018 Supercopa de España.
City Stadium
Tangier Ibn Batouta Stadium
Capacity: 65,000

Match

Details

Sevilla1–2Barcelona
  • Sarabia 9'
Report


Sevilla
Barcelona
GK 13 Tomáš Vaclík
CB 25 Gabriel Mercado  85'
CB 4 Simon Kjær
CB 3 Sergi Gómez
RM 16 Jesús Navas
CM 10 Éver Banega
CM 7 Roque Mesa  69'
CM 17 Pablo Sarabia  71'
LM 18 Sergio Escudero (c)
CF 22 Franco Vázquez  24'
CF 14 Luis Muriel  60'
Substitutes:
GK 32 Juan Soriano
DF 6 Daniel Carriço
DF 11 Aleix Vidal  90+4'  71'
MF 5 Ibrahim Amadou
FW 8 Nolito
FW 9 Wissam Ben Yedder  85'
FW 12 André Silva  60'
Manager:
Pablo Machín
GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen  90'
RB 2 Nélson Semedo
CB 3 Gerard Piqué
CB 15 Clément Lenglet  90+2'
LB 18 Jordi Alba
DM 5 Sergio Busquets  16'
CM 12 Rafinha  46'
CM 8 Arthur  53'
RW 10 Lionel Messi (c)
CF 9 Luis Suárez
LW 11 Ousmane Dembélé  86'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Jasper Cillessen
DF 23 Samuel Umtiti
DF 27 Juan Miranda
MF 4 Ivan Rakitić  46'
MF 7 Philippe Coutinho  53'
MF 22 Arturo Vidal  86'
FW 19 Munir
Manager:
Ernesto Valverde

See also

References

  1. ^ a b McTear, Euan (9 July 2018). "It's official: The Supercopa de Espana will be a one-legged match on August 12". MARCA. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Fuentes, Ramón (22 July 2018). "OFFICIAL: The Spanish Super Cup will be played in Tangier, Morocco". Sport. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Game FC Barcelona – Sevilla FC". La Liga. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Ousmane Dembélé's wondergoal seals Spanish Super Cup for Barcelona". Guardian. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. ^ Audiencias domingo 12/08/18: El Barça, supercampeón de España y de audiencias en La 1: 4,7 millones y 36.5%