2022 Russian Super Cup Explained

2022 Russian Super Cup
Team1:Zenit Saint Petersburg
Team1score:4
Team2:Spartak Moscow
Team2score:0
Date:9 July 2022
Stadium:Gazprom Arena
City:Saint Petersburg
Referee:Vladimir Moskalyov
Attendance:55,608
Previous:2021
Next:2023

The 2022 Russian Super Cup (Rus. 2022 Российский Суперкубок) was the 20th edition of the Russian Super Cup, an annual football match organised jointly by the Russian Football Union and the Russian Premier League. It was contested by the reigning champions of the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League. The match featured FC Spartak Moscow, the champions of the 2021–22 Russian Cup, and FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, the winners of the 2021–22 Russian Premier League. It was played at Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Zenit won 4:0, its third consecutive title of Russian Super Cup.

Teams

TeamQualificationPrevious participations (bold indicates winners)
Zenit Saint PetersburgWinners of the 2021-22 Russian Premier League9 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Spartak MoscowWinners of the 2021-22 Russian Cup4 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2017)

Venue

Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg was hosted the match.

The venue selected was controversial, as the venue is supposed to be neutral and Gazprom Arena is the home stadium of Zenit. Spartak considered boycotting the match in protest, but ultimately decided to attend.[1]

Match

Details

Man of the Match: Malcom.

Assistant referees


Valery Danchenko (Ufa)
Maksim Kovalyov (Reutov)
Fourth official


Kirill Levnikov (St. Petersburg)
Inspector:
Aleksandr Safonov (Moscow)
VAR


Sergei Karasev (Moscow)
AVAR:
Maksim Gavrilin (Vladimir)

Match rules[2]
  • 90 minutes
  • No extra time
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Eleven named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Суперкубок России пройдет в Петербурге вопреки протестам «Спартака» . 2022-07-09 . РБК Спорт . ru.
  2. Web site: Regulations of the Russian Super Cup . Russian Football Union . 2021 . 15 July 2022 .