2023 UEFA Super Cup

The 2023 UEFA Super Cup will be played between the winners of the 2023 UEFA Champions League Final and the winners of the 2023 UEFA Europa League final.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was uncertain whether the match would be played in Kazan. Russia was suspended from UEFA and FIFA competitions in February 2022, and the 2022 UEFA Champions League final, scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg, was also relocated to Paris.[1] Tatarstan officials had called for UEFA to move the competition in Kazan.[2][3][4]

On 14 December 2022, Hellenic Football Federation to expected to move the matches to Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece after stripped Kazan. Central Macedonia officials had called for UEFA to move the matches to Thessaloniki. On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee stripped Kazan of hosting rights and relocated the match to the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Champions League in seismic overhaul with tennis-style knockout change". 20 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kazan still the host city for 2023 UEFA Super Cup — RealnoeVremya.com". realnoevremya.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "UEFA will transfer 2023 European Super Cup from Kazan". Apa.az. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Michaelis, Lee (18 November 2022). "Ministry of Sports of Tatarstan: we hope UEFA will meet, and the Super Cup-2023 will be held in Kazan". GAMINGDEPUTY. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "New formats for UEFA men's national team competitions approved". UEFA. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.