2019 UEFA Super Cup

2019 UEFA Super Cup
Date August 2019
Venue TBA

The 2019 UEFA Super Cup will be the 44th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, 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 will feature the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Host selection

For the first time ever, an open bidding process was launched on 9 December 2016 by UEFA to select the venues of the club competition finals (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League, and UEFA Super Cup).[1][2] Associations had until 27 January 2017 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 6 June 2017.

UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that nine associations expressed interest in hosting,[3] and confirmed on 7 June 2017 that seven associations submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Super Cup:[4]

Country Stadium City Capacity Notes
 Albania Arena Kombëtare Tirana 22,500
 France Stadium Municipal Toulouse 33,150
 Israel Sammy Ofer Stadium Haifa 30,870
 Kazakhstan Astana Arena Astana 30,244 Also bid for 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
 Northern Ireland Windsor Park Belfast 18,434
 Poland Stadion Energa Gdańsk Gdańsk 43,615 Preferred over National Stadium, Warsaw
 Turkey Vodafone Park Istanbul 41,903 Also bid for 2019 UEFA Europa League Final

The following associations expressed interest in hosting but eventually did not submit bids:

UEFA will select the venue on 21 September 2017.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League final". UEFA. 9 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "UEFA club competition finals 2019: bid regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
  3. ↑ "15 associations interested in hosting 2019 club finals". UEFA. 3 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ten associations bidding to host 2019 club finals". 7 June 2017.
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