2020 Polish Super Cup Explained

2020 Polish Super Cup
Team1:Legia Warsaw
Team1score:0
Team2:Cracovia
Team2score:0
Details:Cracovia won 5–4 on penalties
Stadium:Stadion Wojska Polskiego
City:Warsaw
Referee:Wojciech Myć (Lublin)
Attendance:6,475
Weather:13°C
Previous:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 Polish Super Cup was the 30th Polish Super Cup, an annual Polish football match played between the reigning winners of the Ekstraklasa and Polish Cup. This season Ekstraklasa champion[1] Legia Warsaw met Polish Cup champion[2] Cracovia.

The match originally scheduled on 9 August 2020 was finally held on 9 October 2020 at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego in Warsaw – the home of the Ekstraklasa champions Legia. On 8 August 2020, the Polish Football Association announced that the match was canceled due to suspicion of COVID-19 in one member of the medical staff of Legia Warsaw.[3] [4] [5] On 18 September 2020 Polish Football Association announced a new SuperCup match date on 9 October 2020.[6]

Cracovia played their first ever Super Cup match, while Legia tried to win their 5th SuperCup after not being in the Super Cup last year for the first time since 2010.

The game finished with a 0–0 draw after regular time. The extra-time has not been played. Cracovia won 5–4 on penalties.[7]

Match

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GK 33 Radosław Cierzniak
RB 2
CB 5
CB 4 Mateusz Wieteska (c)
LB 16
RM 22 Paweł Wszołek
CM 24
CM 67
CM 82 Luquinhas
LM 11 Joel Valencia
CF 9
Substitutes:
DF 34
DF 41
MF 7
MF 17
FW 30 Kacper Kostorz
FW 21
Manager:
Czesław Michniewicz
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GK 31 Lukáš Hroššo
RB 2
CB 5
CB 88
LB 44
RM 14
CM 10 Pelle van Amersfoort
CM 8 Milan Dimun (c)
CM 19 Damir Sadiković
LM 9
CF 7
Substitutes:
GK 40 Michal Peškovič
DF 87
MF 16 Przemysław Kapek
MF 21 Thiago Souza
FW 26
FW 99
Manager:
Michał Probierz
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: PKO Ekstraklasa. Legia Warszawa mistrzem Polski z najniższą średnią punktów w historii. Liczby nie kłamią. pl. 19 July 2020. sportowefakty.wp.pl. 1 August 2020. Marcin . Borciuch.
  2. News: Cracovia po raz pierwszy z Pucharem Polski. Potrzebna była dogrywka . pl. 24 July 2020. sport.onet.pl. 1 August 2020.
  3. News: Niedzielny Superpuchar Polski odwołany! Co było powodem, skoro wszyscy w Legii zdrowi?. pl. 8 August 2020. sport.pl. 8 August 2020.
  4. News: PZPN: koronawirus w Legii. Legia: wszyscy zdrowi. Dlaczego mecz został odwołany?. pl. 8 August 2020. eurosport.tvn24.pl. 8 August 2020.
  5. News: Superpuchar Polski odwołany! PZPN nie chce ryzykować. pl. 8 August 2020. weszlo.com. 8 August 2020.
  6. News: Poznaliśmy nową datę Superpucharu Polski 2020 . pl . 18 September 2020 . PZPN . 10 October 2020.
  7. News: Ekipa Probierza lepsza w karnych! Cracovia zdobywcą Superpucharu! . pl . 9 October 2020 . PZPN . 10 October 2020.