2023 Supercopa de España final

The 2023 Supercopa de España final was a football match that decided the winner of the 2023 Supercopa de España, the 39th edition of the annual Spanish football super cup competition. The match was played on 15 January 2023 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The match was 'El Clásico' between the 2021–22 La Liga winners Real Madrid and its runners-up Barcelona, the eighth time both clubs played each other in the competition's decisive tie (until 2020 its format was simply a two-legged match; the teams were meeting in their first final under the four-team setup having played a semi-final in 2022).^[5]

2023 Supercopa de España final

Event	2022–23 Supercopa de España
Real Madrid Barcelona 1 3
Date	15 January 2023 (2023-01-15)
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Man of the Match	Gavi (Barcelona)[1]
Referee	Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Basque Country)[2]
Attendance	57,340[3]
Weather	Clear 14 °C (57 °F) 88% humidity[4]
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Barcelona won the match 3–1 for their 14th Supercopa de España title.^[6][7]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Real Madrid	2021–22 La Liga winners	17 (1982, 1988, 1989,[a] 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2022)
Barcelona	2021–22 La Liga runners-up	24 (1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)

1. Real Madrid won the double in 1988–89, and thus were automatically awarded the Supercopa de España title for 1989.

Route to the final

Real Madrid		Round	Barcelona
Opponent	Result	2022–23 Supercopa de España	Opponent	Result
Valencia	1–1 (a.e.t.), 4–3 (p)	Semi-finals	Real Betis	2–2 (a.e.t.), 4–2 (p)

Match

Details

Real Madrid	1–3	Barcelona
Benzema 90+3'	Report	Gavi 33' Lewandowski 45' Pedri 69'

15 January 2023 (2023-01-15)

22:00 AST

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 57,340^[3]

Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Basque Country)

Real Madrid

Barcelona

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois RB 2 Dani Carvajal  72' CB 3 Éder Militão CB 22 Antonio Rüdiger LB 23 Ferland Mendy  32' DM 8 Toni Kroos  72' CM 10 Luka Modrić  65' CM 12 Eduardo Camavinga  46' RF 15 Federico Valverde  82' CF 9 Karim Benzema (c) LF 20 Vinícius Júnior Substitutes: GK 13 Andriy Lunin GK 26 Luis López DF 5 Jesús Vallejo DF 6 Nacho  72' DF 16 Álvaro Odriozola MF 19 Dani Ceballos  65' MF 31 Mario Martín FW 7 Eden Hazard FW 11 Marco Asensio  72' FW 21 Rodrygo  46' FW 24 Mariano Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen RB 4 Ronald Araújo  68'  86' CB 23 Jules Koundé CB 15 Andreas Christensen  49' LB 28 Alejandro Balde DM 5 Sergio Busquets (c) CM 21 Frenkie de Jong  87' CM 30 Gavi  90' RF 7 Ousmane Dembélé  78' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski LF 8 Pedri  90' Substitutes: GK 13 Iñaki Peña GK 36 Arnau Tenas DF 17 Marcos Alonso DF 18 Jordi Alba DF 24 Eric García  86' MF 19 Franck Kessié  87' MF 20 Sergi Roberto  90' FW 10 Ansu Fati  90' FW 11 Ferran Torres FW 14 Memphis Depay FW 22 Raphinha  78' Manager: Xavi

Man of the Match: Gavi (Barcelona)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Basque Country) Jon Núñez Fernández (Basque Country) Fourth official:[2] Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz (Galicia) Reserve assistant referee:[2] Diego Sánchez Rojo (Galicia) Video assistant referee:[2] José Luis González González (Castile and León) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] Juan Luis Pulido Santana (Las Palmas)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Eleven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

1. Royal Spanish Football Federation [@rfef] (15 January 2023). "¡Man of the Match! Gavi ha sido elegido como el mejor jugador de la final de la Supercopa. ¡Muchas felicidades! Un trofeo que es posible gracias a Neom" [Man of the Match! Gavi has been chosen as the best player in the Super Cup final. Congratulations! A trophy that is possible thanks to Neom] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2023 – via Twitter.
2. "Relación de equipos arbitrales designados: Supercopa España, Final" [List of designated officials: Supercopa España, Final] (PDF). Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Real Madrid vs. Barcelona". ESPN. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
4. "Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Weather History". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
5. "Spanish Super Cup 2022-23 final: Real Madrid vs Barcelona in first El Clasico of the year". Olympics. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
6. "Real Madrid1 Barcelona 3". BBC Sport. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
7. "Barcelona ease past Real Madrid to win Spanish Super Cup as PSG lose again". Guardian. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.