2017 Uefa Super Cup: Football match
The 2017 UEFA Super Cup was the 42nd UEFA Super Cup final, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
The match featured Spanish side Real Madrid, the title holders and winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, and English side Manchester United, the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia, on 8 August 2017, and was the first UEFA final staged in the country.
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| Date | 8 August 2017 | ||||||
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| Venue | Philip II Arena, Skopje | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Isco (Real Madrid) | ||||||
| Referee | Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,421 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 32 °C (90 °F) 48% humidity | ||||||
Real Madrid won the match 2–1 for their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.
Teams
| Team | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
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 Real Madrid | Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League | 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016) |
 Manchester United | Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League | 3 (1991, 1999, 2008) |
While the two teams had never met in the Super Cup, they had met 10 times in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League; Real Madrid have the advantage in the teams' previous meetings, with four wins, four draws and two losses.
Match
Details
The Champions League winners were called as the "home" team for administrative purposes.
| Real Madrid | 2–1 | Manchester United |
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| Report | Lukaku  62' |
          Real Madrid |      Manchester United |
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| Man of the Match: Assistant referees: | Match rules
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Statistics
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Related pages
- 2017 UEFA Champions League Final
- 2017 UEFA Europa League Final
References
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