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

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, an annual football 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 Real Madrid and

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, the winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League and the

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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

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. 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

Mark Clattenburg Mark Clattenburg (born 13 March 1975) is an English professional football referee. Clattenburg is a former member of the Premier League and the Durham County Football Association and also a former FIFA referee. He has refereed a number of nota ...

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

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, and additional assistant referees Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor. The match was the first in a UEFA club competition to use

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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 Toni Kroos (born 4 January 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid. Kroos plays mainly as a central midfielder, but has also been deployed as a deep-lying playmaker in his career. He is kn ...

and

James Rodríguez James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Super League Greece club Olympiacos and the Colombia national team. He has been praised in the past ...

made their competitive debuts for Real Madrid; another new signing,

Keylor Navas Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa (born 15 December 1986), known as Keylor Navas, is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Costa Rica national team. He was named CONCACAF Men's G ...

, was an unused substitute. Sevilla gave competitive debuts to

Denis Suárez Denis Suárez Fernández (; born 6 January 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Espanyol, on loan from Celta Vigo. Club career Early years Born in Salceda de Caselas, Pontevedra, Galicia, Suárez ...

Aleix Vidal Aleix Vidal Parreu (born 21 August 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol. Mainly a right winger and a player of great speed, he can also operate as a right-back. Having spent his early career at a string of l ...

and

Grzegorz Krychowiak Grzegorz Krychowiak (; born 29 January 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab, on loan from Krasnodar, and the Poland national team. Beginning his senior career in France ...

, as well as substitute

Iago Aspas Iago Aspas Juncal (; born 1 August 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Celta and the Spain national team. He has spent most of his career with Celta, appearing in 418 official games across 13 seasons and scor ...

Nicolás Pareja Nicolás Martín Pareja (born 19 January 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender. After starting out at Argentinos Juniors he went on to spend most of his career with Spartak Moscow and Sevilla, wi ...

and

Daniel Carriço Daniel Filipe Martins Carriço (born 4 August 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a central defender. He spent most of his early professional career with Sporting CP, appearing in 154 official matches over four and ...

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

Details

Statistics

References

External links

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