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2006 UEFA Super Cup

Football match

2006 UEFA Super Cup

Match programme cover
Event	31st UEFA Super Cup
Barcelona Sevilla 0 3
Date	25 August 2006
Venue	Stade Louis II, Monaco
Man of the Match	Dani Alves (Sevilla)[1]
Referee	Stefano Farina (Italy)[2]
Attendance	17,480[3]
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The 2006 UEFA Super Cup was the 31st edition of the annual UEFA Super Cup, a UEFA-sponsored football club match that pitted the winners of the UEFA Champions League against the winners of the UEFA Cup. It took place at the Stade Louis IIinMonaco, on 25 August 2006, and featured two Spanish clubs: Barcelona, who won the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, against Sevilla, who took the 2005–06 UEFA Cup title. Sevilla beat Barcelona by 3–0 and added its first UEFA Super Cup trophy to its maiden UEFA Cup.^[4][5]

For the third time, two clubs from the same country played each other in the UEFA Super Cup, after the all-Italian 1990 and 1993 editions. Barcelona guaranteed a sixth presence in the UEFA Super Cup match, following their victorious campaign in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, where they defeated first-time finalists Arsenal by 2–1, at the Stade de FranceinParis. Their first three presences—as 1979, 1982 and 1989 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners—resulted in an equal number of defeats. Having won their first European Cup title in 1992, Barcelona finally claimed the Super Cup trophy in their fourth attempt by beating Werder Bremen 3–2 on aggregate. Five years later, as 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders they defeated another German club (Borussia Dortmund) to add a second Super Cup to their cabinet.^[6]

Spanish side Sevilla made their debut in the UEFA Super Cup by taking the 2005–06 UEFA Cup title with a 4–0 win over Middlesbrough in the final, held at the Philips StadioninEindhoven. This triumph was achieved in Sevilla's sixth participation in the UEFA Cup tournament, following participations in the 1982–83, 1983–84, 1990–91, 1995–96 and 2004–05 editions.^[7]

Before the 2006 UEFA Super Cup, the two clubs had previously met in European competition only once. It was in the third round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup edition, and it resulted in a 4–2 aggregate win for Barcelona.^[7]

Barcelona	0–3	Sevilla
	Report	Renato 7' Kanouté 45' Maresca 89' (pen.)

Attendance: 17,480^[3]

Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)^[2]

GK 1 Víctor Valdés RB 2 Juliano Belletti CB 4 Rafael Márquez CB 5 Carles Puyol (c) LB 16 Sylvinho  47'  72' CM 20 Deco CM 6 Xavi  57' CM 3 Thiago Motta  57' RW 19 Lionel Messi LW 10 Ronaldinho CF 9 Samuel Eto'o Substitutes: GK 25 Albert Jorquera DF 11 Gianluca Zambrotta DF 21 Lilian Thuram DF 23 Oleguer Presas MF 8 Ludovic Giuly  72' MF 24 Andrés Iniesta  57' FW 7 Eiður Guðjohnsen  57' Manager: Frank Rijkaard

GK 1 Andrés Palop  77' RB 4 Dani Alves  54' CB 2 Javi Navarro (c)  60' CB 14 Julien Escudé  85' LB 3 David Castedo RM 15 Jesús Navas  75' CM 8 Christian Poulsen CM 11 Renato LM 6 Adriano  81' CF 12 Frédéric Kanouté  49' CF 10 Luís Fabiano  46' Substitutes: GK 13 David Cobeño DF 19 Ivica Dragutinović DF 24 Andreas Hinkel MF 16 Antonio Puerta  81' MF 18 José Luis Martí  46' MF 25 Enzo Maresca  90'  75' FW 7 Javier Chevantón Manager: Juande Ramos

• 2005–06 UEFA Champions League
• 2005–06 UEFA Cup
• 2015 UEFA Super Cup – contested between same teams
• FC Barcelona in international football competitions
• Sevilla FC in European football
• Spanish football clubs in international competitions