The winners of Saturday night’s Champions League final will have another big European clash to add into their diary for next season.
Whoever comes out victorious between Liverpool and Real Madrid will face Europa League winners Frankfurt, who beat Rangers in a dramatic penalty shootout in Seville, in the 2022 Uefa Super Cup.
The annual clash between the winners of Europe’s top two competitions takes place this year at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium in the first major club competition final to be held in Finland.
The victors of the Champions League final will also have a chance to draw level with AC Milan and Barcelona, who have each won the Uefa Super Cup a record five times.
Most Uefa Super Cup wins
- 5: AC Milan, Barcelona
- 4: Real Madrid, Liverpool
- 3: Atletico Madrid
- 2: Ajax, Anderlecht, Bayern, Chelsea, Juventus, Valencia
When is the Uefa Super Cup 2022?
The Uefa Super Cup final 2022 is scheduled for August, although Uefa is yet to publish an exact date at the time of writing. The date will be published on Uefa’s website here.
Where is the Uefa Super Cup 2022 being played?
The Uefa Super Cup final 2022 will be played at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland.
It will be the 10th venue to stage the match since it moved from Monaco in 2012.
How to get tickets for the Uefa Super Cup 2022
You can get tickets for the Uefa Super Cup 2022 final via the Uefa website.
Who will Liverpool or Real Madrid face? What you need to know about Frankfurt
Players
Frankfurt do not currently have many potent attackers in their ranks. Rafael Borre, the Colombian striker, was their top scorer last season with just 11 goals. Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada is also a threat, having netted nine times, including in the Europa League semi-final victory over West Ham. Serbian midfielder Filip Kostic, who joined from Hamburg four years ago, is also deemed a key man for Frankfurt.
Manager
Oliver Glasner has been in charge of Frankfurt for a year. The 47-year-old Austrian landed the job in the summer of 2021 after an impressive two-year stint as Wolfsburg manager in which he steered them into the Europa League and then the Champions League. His first league campaign at the helm did not go to plan, with Frankfurt – who were fifth when he took over – slipping to 11th. However, the Europa League win has helped put credit in the bank for a man who began his managerial journey in 2014 with SV Ried, the club at which he spent his entire playing career.
European pedigree
Frankfurt’s only major European honour before the Europa League came in 1980 when they beat fellow German side Borussia Mönchengladbach on away goals in the Uefa Cup final. Their only appearance in the European Cup final brought a 7-3 defeat against Real Madrid at Hampden in 1960. That was the first time a German side had played in the continent’s showpiece match.
Frankfurt have not been regular participants in Europe. Last season was only the fifth season in the 21st century in which they have featured in continental competition. Prior to reaching the final in Seville, their best run since winning silverware in 1980 was in 2019 when they reached the semi-final of the Europa League before losing to Chelsea.
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