2018 Supercopa de España

The 2018 Supercopa de España was the 35th edition of the Supercopa de España, an annual football super cup contested by the winners of the previous season's La Liga and Copa del Rey competitions.

2018 Supercopa de España

Event	Supercopa de España
Sevilla Barcelona Copa del Rey La Liga 1 2
Date	12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)[1]
Venue	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier, Morocco[2]
Referee	Carlos del Cerro Grande
Attendance	40,000
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The match was played between the Copa del Rey runners-up, Sevilla, and the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey and 2017–18 La Liga, Barcelona, making it a rematch of the 2018 Copa del Rey Final.^[3][4]

Unlike all the previous editions, it was a single match hosted at a neutral venue.^[1] This year's venue was Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier, Morocco.^[2]

The match was broadcast on Spanish RTVE public television network La 1, earning an average 36.5% share and 4,785,000 viewers.^[5]

Venue

Tangier Location of the host city of the 2018 Supercopa de España.	City	Stadium
	Tangier	Ibn Batouta Stadium
	Capacity: 65,000

Match

Details

Sevilla	1–2	Barcelona
Sarabia 9'	Report	Piqué 42' Dembélé 78'

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)

21:00 WEST

Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier (Morocco)

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Sevilla

Barcelona

GK 13 Tomáš Vaclík CB 25 Gabriel Mercado  85' CB 4 Simon Kjær CB 3 Sergi Gómez RM 16 Jesús Navas CM 10 Éver Banega CM 7 Roque Mesa  69' CM 17 Pablo Sarabia  71' LM 18 Sergio Escudero (c) CF 22 Franco Vázquez  24' CF 14 Luis Muriel  60' Substitutes: GK 32 Juan Soriano DF 6 Daniel Carriço DF 11 Aleix Vidal  90+4'  71' MF 5 Ibrahim Amadou FW 8 Nolito FW 9 Wissam Ben Yedder  85' FW 12 André Silva  60' Manager: Pablo Machín

GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen  90' RB 2 Nélson Semedo CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 15 Clément Lenglet  90+2' LB 18 Jordi Alba DM 5 Sergio Busquets  16' CM 12 Rafinha  46' CM 8 Arthur  53' RW 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 9 Luis Suárez LW 11 Ousmane Dembélé  86' Substitutes: GK 13 Jasper Cillessen DF 23 Samuel Umtiti DF 27 Juan Miranda MF 4 Ivan Rakitić  46' MF 7 Philippe Coutinho  53' MF 22 Arturo Vidal  86' FW 19 Munir Manager: Ernesto Valverde

References

1. McTear, Euan (9 July 2018). "It's official: The Supercopa de Espana will be a one-legged match on August 12". MARCA. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
2. Fuentes, Ramón (22 July 2018). "OFFICIAL: The Spanish Super Cup will be played in Tangier, Morocco". Sport. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
3. "Game FC Barcelona – Sevilla FC". La Liga. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. "Ousmane Dembélé's wondergoal seals Spanish Super Cup for Barcelona". Guardian. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
5. Audiencias domingo 12/08/18: El Barça, supercampeón de España y de audiencias en La 1: 4,7 millones y 36.5%