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.

2020 Polish Super Cup
Cracovia won 5–4 on penalties
Date9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)[A]
VenueStadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
RefereeWojciech Myć (Lublin)
Attendance6,475[B]
Weather13 °C (55 °F)
2019
2021

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 edit

Legia Warsaw0–0Cracovia
Report
Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 6,475[B]
Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legia Warsaw
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cracovia


GK 33   Radosław Cierzniak
RB 2   Josip Juranović
CB 5   Igor Lewczuk
CB 4   Mateusz Wieteska (c)   23'
LB 16   Luís Rocha   84'
RM 22   Paweł Wszołek
CM 24   André Martins   77'
CM 67   Bartosz Kapustka   58'
CM 82   Luquinhas
LM 11   Joel Valencia
CF 9   Tomáš Pekhart   66'
Substitutes:
DF 34   Iñaki Astiz   23'
DF 41   Paweł Stolarski   84'
MF 7   Domagoj Antolić   58'
MF 17   Mateusz Cholewiak   77'
FW 30   Kacper Kostorz
FW 21   Rafael Lopes   66'
Manager:
  Czesław Michniewicz
GK 31   Lukáš Hroššo
RB 2   Cornel Râpă   86'
CB 5   Iván Márquez   90'
CB 88   Matej Rodin
LB 44   Dawid Szymonowicz   56'
RM 14   Ivan Fiolić
CM 10   Pelle van Amersfoort
CM 8   Milan Dimun (c)
CM 19   Damir Sadiković
LM 9   Marcos Álvarez   78'
CF 7   Rivaldinho   73'
Substitutes:
GK 40   Michal Peškovič
DF 87   Diego Ferraresso   80'   56'
MF 16   Przemysław Kapek
MF 21   Thiago Souza
FW 26   Filip Piszczek   73'
FW 99   Tomáš Vestenický   78'
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 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Match originally scheduled to 9 August 2020, 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Legia Warsaw team.[8][9]
  2. ^ a b Match have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References edit

  1. ^ Borciuch, Marcin (19 July 2020). "PKO Ekstraklasa. Legia Warszawa mistrzem Polski z najniższą średnią punktów w historii. Liczby nie kłamią". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Cracovia po raz pierwszy z Pucharem Polski. Potrzebna była dogrywka". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Niedzielny Superpuchar Polski odwołany! Co było powodem, skoro wszyscy w Legii zdrowi?". sport.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ "PZPN: koronawirus w Legii. Legia: wszyscy zdrowi. Dlaczego mecz został odwołany?". eurosport.tvn24.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Superpuchar Polski odwołany! PZPN nie chce ryzykować". weszlo.com (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Poznaliśmy nową datę Superpucharu Polski 2020" (in Polish). PZPN. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Ekipa Probierza lepsza w karnych! Cracovia zdobywcą Superpucharu!" (in Polish). PZPN. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Mecz o Superpuchar Polski 2020 odwołany". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Poznaliśmy nową datę Superpucharu Polski 2020". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 18 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.