The 2021 UEFA Super Cup was the 46th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured English club Chelsea, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Villarreal, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. It was played at Windsor Park—went by the name of National Football Stadium at Windsor Park—in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11 August 2021. A capacity limit was agreed for the 18,500-seater Windsor Park, resulting in an attendance of 10,435.

Chelsea won the match 6–5 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time for their second UEFA Super Cup title.

This was the final edition of the UEFA Super Cup to use extra-time, as they removed it in the 2023 edition.

Teams TeamQualificationPrevious participations (bold indicates winners) ChelseaWinners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League4 (1998, 2012, 2013, 2019) VillarrealWinners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa LeagueNone

Venue

The match was the first UEFA club competition final to be played in Northern Ireland. The 18,500-capacity Windsor Park is the home of Linfield and the Northern Ireland national team. Opened in 1905, the stadium was most recently renovated from 2014 to 2016 with aid from UEFA's HatTrick assistance programme. The venue previously hosted the finals of the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

Host selection An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.

UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that four associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Super Cup, and on 22 February 2019 that all four associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.

+Bidding associations for 2021 UEFA Super Cup Country Stadium City Capacity Dinamo Stadium Minsk 22,000 Olympic Stadium Helsinki 36,000 Windsor Park Belfast 18,434 Metalist Stadium Kharkiv 40,003

Windsor Park was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.

Pre-match

Officials On 6 August 2021, UEFA named Russian official Sergei Karasev as the referee for the match. Karasev had been a FIFA referee since 2010, and officiated at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020. He was joined by fellow countrymen Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin as assistant referees, while Aleksei Kulbakov of Belarus served as the fourth official. Marco Fritz of Germany was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with Paweł Gil of Poland and Massimiliano Irrati of Italy serving as the assistant VAR officials. Irrati's countryman Filippo Meli was selected as the reserve assistant referee.

Match Summary Chelsea opened the scoring after 27 minutes when Kai Havertz's low cross from the left was swept into the net by Hakim Ziyech from seven yards out. Ziyech was substituted after a shoulder injury just before half-time. Alberto Moreno hit a volley off the underside of the crossbar in first-half injury time. Villarreal equalised in the 73rd minute when Gerard Moreno scored with a clinical right-foot finish to the top left corner of the net after a flick-back from Boulaye Dia on the right of the penalty area. The match went to extra-time with Chelsea goalkeeper Édouard Mendy being replaced in the last minute by Kepa Arrizabalaga. Arrizabalaga saved two penalties, the decisive one low to his right from Raúl Albiol allowed Chelsea to win 6–5 in the shoot-out.

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

GK 16 Édouard Mendy CB 15 Kurt Zouma CB 14 Trevoh ChalobahCB 2 Antonio Rüdiger RM 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi CM 7 N'Golo Kanté (c) CM 17 Mateo KovačićLM 3 Marcos AlonsoAM 22 Hakim Ziyech AM 29 Kai HavertzCF 11 Timo Werner Substitutes:GK 1 Kepa Arrizabalaga DF 4 Andreas Christensen DF 6 Thiago SilvaDF 21 Ben ChilwellDF 24 Reece JamesDF 28 César Azpilicueta DF 33 EmersonMF 5 Jorginho MF 10 Christian Pulisic MF 19 Mason Mount FW 9 Tammy AbrahamFW 12 Ruben Loftus-CheekManager: Thomas Tuchel GK 1 Sergio AsenjoRB 8 Juan FoythCB 3 Raúl Albiol (c)CB 4 Pau TorresLB 24 Alfonso Pedraza CM 14 Manu Trigueros CM 25 Étienne Capoue CM 18 Alberto Moreno RF 21 Yéremy Pino CF 7 Gerard MorenoLF 16 Boulaye Dia Substitutes:GK 13 Gerónimo RulliDF 2 Mario Gaspar DF 12 Pervis Estupiñán DF 15 Jorge CuencaDF 20 Rubén PeñaDF 22 Aïssa Mandi MF 6 Manu Morlanes MF 10 Vicente IborraMF 17 Dani Raba MF 23 Moi Gómez FW 9 Paco AlcácerFW 34 Fer NiñoManager: Unai Emery

Man of the Match: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)

Assistant referees: Igor Demeshko (Russia) Maksim Gavrilin (Russia) Fourth official: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Reserve assistant referee: Filippo Meli (Italy) Video assistant referee: Marco Fritz (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Statistics

+First halfStatisticChelseaVillarrealGoals scored10Total shots66Shots on target31Saves12Ball possession61%39%Corner kicks42Fouls committed56Offsides00Yellow cards20Red cards00

+Second halfStatisticChelseaVillarrealGoals scored01Total shots85Shots on target33Saves23Ball possession49%51%Corner kicks23Fouls committed34Offsides21Yellow cards01Red cards00

+Extra timeStatisticChelseaVillarrealGoals scored00Total shots71Shots on target10Saves01Ball possession63%37%Corner kicks30Fouls committed25Offsides21Yellow cards11Red cards00

+OverallStatisticChelseaVillarrealGoals scored11Total shots2112Shots on target74Saves36Ball possession57%43%Corner kicks95Fouls committed1015Offsides42Yellow cards32Red cards00

See also 2021 UEFA Champions League final 2021 UEFA Europa League final 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 2021–22 UEFA Europa League 2021–22 Chelsea F.C. season 2021–22 Villarreal CF season Chelsea F.C. in international football Villarreal CF in European football

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