[UEFA]Super Cup Uefa - Monaco
Monaco set for Spanish spectacle
Friday, 25 August 2006
The 2006 UEFA Super Cup is very much a Primera Division
affair although some of the world's greatest names will
be on show at the Stade Louis II when FC Barcelona take
on Sevilla FC. The traditional European season curtain-raiser
will be an all-Spanish occasion for the first time and it is
also Monaco's maiden experience of a one-off duel between two
clubs from the same country.
Glory in May
‧ Barcelona enter as Europe's premier team after a 2-1 victory
against Arsenal FC in the UEFA Champions League final in Paris
on 17 May, while Sevilla participate as UEFA Cup holders having
triumphed 4-0 in Eindhoven against Middlesbrough FC a week before.
‧ Both sides will start the defence of their European titles
next month, while beginning their 2006/07 league programmes on
the Monday after Monaco. Barcelona will travel to RC Celta de
Vigo and Sevilla are at home against Levante UD.
Previous meetings
‧ The teams have met once before under UEFA auspices, in the
1995/96 UEFA Cup third round. The first leg in Seville finished
1-1 on 21 November, with Gheorghe Hagi cancelling out Davor Suker's
goal for the hosts just before half-time. Barcelona then won the 5
December return 3-1. All the goals came in the last 28 minutes,
with Jose Mari Bakero, Gheorghe Popescu and Roger Garcia on target
for Barca and Gabriel Moya Sanz earning a consolation for Sevilla,
who had Jose Miguel Prieto sent off.
‧ In domestic league action, the clubs have met 124 times with
Barcelona winning 63 to Sevilla's 34, although the Andalusian
outfit did record an 11-1 success against their Catalan rivals
on 29 September 1940.
‧ Each side won at home in last season's league encounters. On
11 December, strikes from Samuel Eto'o and Ronaldinho were enough
to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Camp Nou, with Frederic Kanoute
scoring for Sevilla. Then, with the championship already decided,
Sevilla prevailed by 3-2 against Barcelona on 13 May, courtesy of
Daniel Alves, Aitor Ocio's penalty and Kepa Blanco, with Santiago
Ezquerro and Sylvinho netting for Barca. Sevilla finished fifth in
the table.
Spanish duels
‧ In European competition, Barcelona have been drawn against
Spanish opposition on seven other occasions, including three
European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals. The most recent was
the 2001/02 tie against Real Madrid CF, lost 3-1 on aggregate.
‧ Sevilla have had one other all-Spanish engagement in Europe,
going down 10-2 on aggregate to Madrid in the 1957/58 European
Cup quarter-finals.
Two triumphs
‧ While Sevilla, who had never lifted a continental trophy
until their UEFA Cup success, are making their first appearance
in the UEFA Super Cup, two-time European champions Barcelona are
seeking their third triumph in six attempts.
‧ If achieved, it would leave them level on three wins with
Liverpool FC, who reigned last year with a 3-1 victory against
PFC CSKA Moskva. AC Milan have claimed the trophy four times,
the most of any club.
‧ Barcelona's first UEFA Super Cup success was over two legs
against Werder Bremen in early 1993. The European champions
drew 1-1 in Germany before edging it 2-1 at Camp Nou with Juan
Antonio Goicoechea Lasa's goal separating the teams.
‧ In early 1998, as UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders, Barcelona
disposed of BV Borussia Dortmund, another Bundesliga side,
winning 2-0 at home, thanks to Luis Enrique and Rivaldo, before
a 1-1 draw in Germany when Giovanni struck.
Trio of defeats
‧ Barcelona failed in their first three attempts to collect the
UEFA Super Cup, all while playing as UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners.
These came in the 1979/80, 1982/83 and 1989/90 campaigns against
Nottingham Forest FC, Aston Villa FC and Milan respectively.
Italian encounters
‧ Teams from the same country have contested the UEFA Super Cup
on two previous occasions. Both came when the competition was
played over two legs on a home-and-away basis between the winners
of the European Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. This was the format
until the latter's demise and the introduction of the UEFA Cup
winners for the 2000/01 event.
‧ Both one-nation UEFA Super Cups involved Italian sides. In
1990/91, Milan were 3-1 aggregate victors against Sampdoria UC
before losing 2-1 over two legs in the 1993/94 final versus Parma
FC. Italy has picked up more UEFA Super Cups (eight) than any other
country, with England (seven) and Spain (five) next in line.
‧ The UEFA Super Cup has been staged as a one-off match in Monaco
since the 1998/99 edition, when Chelsea FC overcame Madrid 1-0 on
28 August 1998.
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