2018 Supercopa de España

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.

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
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2020

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

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

Match

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Details

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Sevilla1–2Barcelona
  • Sarabia   9'
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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

References

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  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%
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