Barcelona Record, Pedro Just One Goal Off Impressive

Barcelona striker Pedro is just one goal away from becoming the first Barcelona player to score in six different competitions in one season following his two goal haul in the Copa del Rey win over Cultural Leonesa on Wednesday. Should the young striker manage to get on the score sheet in any of Barcelona's FIFA World Club Championship ties in Abu Dhabi in December he will become the first player to have scored in six tournaments in one season, having already scored in the Primera Liga, UEFA Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Copa del Rey. According to Sport, Pedro equaled a record held by Giovanni Silva going back to 1997/98 when the Brazilian scored in 18 goals across the same five competitions.Hristo Stoitchkov, Txiki Begristain and Julio Salinas managed to score in four tournaments in 1992, when Barca won the European Cup for the first time and since then Deco and Eidure Gudjohnsen equaled the statistic of having scored in four separate competitions. So far this season, only Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi have scored more goals than Pedro for the Blaugrana.

Pep Guardiola Warns Barcelona in Danger Super Cup

The Blaugrana tactician has warned his players that they cannot underestimate the Ukrainian side...

Barcelona's young coach Pep Guardiola is fully concerted on tomorrow night's UEFA Super Cup final against Shakhtar Donetsk, which he trusts will not be as easy as some believe."Shakhtar are a very hard opponent," he told Sport."They are a team that know how to draw out the ball from the back, they have two wonderful centre backs and are able to dominate games."Finals are always very difficult and here (at Stade Louis II in Monaco) we are playing a European champion," the coach explained, adding that if Barcelona don't play well, "it will be impossible to win".Guardiola then notified his players that history was against them, as the Champions League winners didn't seem to take the competition as seriously as the UEFA Cup victors."We are going to play a match where the UEFA Cup winner has won seven times and the Champions League winner four times, so it's very hard to win here."Those who win the Champions League seem to only come here to accumulate prizes and look at boats. We won't relax as we know it's very hard to reach (the final)," he concluded.

Media days scheduled for UEFA Super Cup

The international media will have access to UEFA Champions League holders, FC Barcelona, and to the winners of the last UEFA Cup, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, before the teams meet in the UEFA Super Cup match in Monaco on Friday 28 August.

Barcelona open day Both clubs have announced media days ahead of their 20.45 kick off at the Stade Louis II as well as affirming the timings of all their pre-match activities in the principality. Barcelona will hold their open day on Thursday 20 August at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi near the Catalan capital. A fully open training academic at 19.00CET will be followed by a confused zone with players. Media representatives are asked to inform the Spanish club of their appearance.

Pre match audience Arrangements have also been made for the teams' schedules in Monaco. Pre match press audience will be held on Thursday 27 August at the Grimaldi Forum, the setting for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group stage draws on the same day. Barcelona will be represented by coach Josep Guardiola and a player, from 13.30CET. Shakhtar's conference, beginning at 14.00, will feature coach Lucescu and a player.

Training sessionsIn addition, the sides will have training sessions on the Stade Louis II pitch on the evening of 27 August. The Shakhtar squad will be put through their rates from 19.00 to 20.00, with the first 15 minutes of that session being approachable to the media. Guardiola and his players will train between 20.15 and 21.15, and the press will be allowed to watch the full duration of the work out. However, only announcer who have successfully applied to UEFA for accreditation for the UEFA Super Cup game may be present at these sessions. The Grimaldi Forum press conferences, by demarcation, will be open to all media accredited for the club competition draws.

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW

The groupings have been decided for the UEFA Europa League play off draw which takes place today at 13.30CET at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon and can be followed live on uefa.com.
Big namesThe 35 winners of Thursday's third qualifying round ties including the likes of AS Roma, PSV Eindhoven, Hamburger SV and Galatasaray SK – join the 15 losing sides from the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and a further 26 teams who begin their European campaigns here. The 2008 UEFA Cup winners FC Zenit St. Petersburg are among the teams to join the competition at this stage as are FC Shakhtar Donetsk, the last UEFA Cup winners, who lost their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie.
Draw procedureThe member of teams 76 have been divided into six groups (groups 1 to 6) of ten teams, and second groups (7 and 8) of eight teams. Within the eight groups an equal number of clubs will be seeded and unseeded in accordance with the club rankings established at the beginning of the season. Clubs cannot be drawn against each other from the same association. For each group, the balls containing the seeded teams will be placed in one bowl and the balls containing the unseeded teams in another. The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn. The same procedure is carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the pairings and also applies for the remaining groups.
Shakhtar exceptionThis game to be played over two legs on 20 and 27 August 2009, but as Shakhtar, as winners of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup, are due to play the UEFA Super Cup match in Monaco on 28 August against FC Barcelona, UEFA has decided the second leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off will take place on Tuesday 25 August, irrespective of their opponents and of the match venue. The 38 play-off winners will be joined by the ten losing teams from the UEFA Champions League play-offs to make up the 48 clubs that will contest the UEFA Europa League group stage.

Ticket Information for UEFA

The UEFA Super Cup match between FC Barcelona and FC Shakhtar Donetsk takes place at the Stade Louis II from 20.45CET on 28 August. Stadium capacity for the meeting of the European champions and UEFA Cup winners will be 18,000, with 75 per cent of seats reserved for the general public and supporters of the two clubs.General public tickets must be picked up by the applicant from the collection point at the stadium's main entrance as they will not be shipped by post. Further details will be communicated to the winners. The applicant should present a copy of their confirmation email together with valid ID. Barcelona and Shakhtar will distribute their allocations directly to their fans.

The international general public ticket sales process began – exclusively via uefa.com – on Tuesday 7 July and ended today, 20 July. The allocation will now be decided by lottery, with each valid application entering a ballot, independently of the time of submission within the application period. Successful candidates will be entitled to a maximum of two tickets.

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This August, Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk will contest the annual UEFA Super Cup in the beautiful city of Monaco. Spain's Barcelona FC beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League final in Rome to qualify for the Super Cup and a few days later, Shakhtar beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the 2009 UEFA Cup Final winning the Club's first European trophy and a place in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup. Be a part of the UEFA SUPER CUP this August and experience memories that will last a life time. click here for more information about uefa super cup tickets

UEFA Super Cup 2009

The 2009 UEFA Super Cup will be the 35th UEFA Super Cup, an yearly football contest between the victors of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup opposition. The competition will be contested by 2008–09 UEFA Champions League winners Barcelona, and 2008–09 UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 28 August 2009, next the UEFA Champions League and Europa League draws at the Grimaldi Forum.

Uefa Super Cup 2008 Winner

The contest for the 2008 UEFA Super Cup was played on Friday, 29 August in Monaco at the Stade Louis II.

European champions Manchester United faced FC Zenit St. Petersburg, winner of the UEFA Cup. After a very physical competition, Man Utd came out on top. Football calculation: Man Utd are the victors of the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.

Started in 1974, the match today signals the start of the regular season. Off-season wounds and sickness left the status of many top players in question only days before the match.

Stade Louis II sits very near to Monaco’s waterfront; the current but quite small stadium, built in the beginning of 1980s, sits on the same mark as the original, which was made in 1939.

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UEFA Super Cup Winning Manager by Nationality

Nationality	Number of wins
Italy	10
Netherlands	6
Spain	4
England	3
Romania	3
Belgium	2
Scotland	2
France	1
Croatia	1
Sweden	1
Soviet Union	1

Uefa Super Cup Winning Managers

Final		Winning manager	Club
1972	ROM	Ştefan Kovács	Ajax
1973	NLD	George Knobel	Ajax
1974	–	–	–
1975	USSR	Valeri Lobanovsky	FC Dynamo Kyiv
1976	BEL	Raymond Goethals	R.S.C. Anderlecht
1977	ENG	Bob Paisley	Liverpool F.C.
1978	BEL	Raymond Goethals	R.S.C. Anderlecht
1979	ENG	Brian Clough	Nottingham Forest F.C.
1980	ESP	Bernadino Eladiran	Valencia CF
1981	–	–	–
1982	ENG	Tony Barton	Aston Villa F.C.
1983	SCO	Alex Ferguson	Aberdeen F.C.
1984	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	Juventus F.C.
1985	–	–	–
1986	ROM	Anghel Iordănescu	FC Steaua Bucureşti
1987	CRO	Tomislav Ivić	FC Porto
1988	NLD	Aad de Mos	KV Mechelen
1989	ITA	Arrigo Sacchi	A.C. Milan
1990	ITA	Arrigo Sacchi	A.C. Milan
1991	SCO	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United F.C.
1992	NLD	Johan Cruijff	FC Barcelona
1993	ITA	Nevio Scala	Parma FC
1994	ITA	Fabio Capello	A.C. Milan
1995	NLD	Louis van Gaal	AFC Ajax
1996	ITA	Marcello Lippi	Juventus F.C.
1997	NLD	Louis van Gaal	FC Barcelona
1998	ITA	Gianluca Vialli	Chelsea F.C.
1999	SWE	Sven-Göran Eriksson	S.S. Lazio
2000	ROM	Mircea Lucescu	Galatasaray S.K.
2001	FRA	Gérard Houllier	Liverpool F.C.
2002	ESP	Vicente del Bosque	Real Madrid CF
2003	ITA	Carlo Ancelotti	A.C. Milan
2004	ITA	Claudio Ranieri	Valencia CF
2005	ESP	Rafael Benítez	Liverpool F.C.
2006	ESP	Juande Ramos	Sevilla FC
2007	ITA	Carlo Ancelotti	A.C. Milan
2008	NLD	Dick Advocaat	FC Zenit St. Petersburg

Uefa Super Cup Result Country Wise

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
Italy	9	3
England	7	6
Spain	6	8
Belgium	3	0
Netherlands	2	3
Portugal	1	2
Soviet Union	1	1
Russia	1	1
Romania	1	0
Scotland	1	0
Turkey	1	0
Germany	0	7
France	0	1
Yugoslavia	0	1

UEFA Super Cup Results Team Wise

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Milan	5	2	1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007	1973, 1993
Liverpool	3	2	1977, 2001, 2005	1978, 1984
Ajax	3	1	1972, 1973, 1995	1987
Barcelona	2	4	1992, 1997	1979, 1982, 1989, 2006
Anderlecht	2	0	1976, 1978	–
Valencia	2	0	1980, 2004	–
Juventus	2	0	1984, 1996	–
Porto	1	2	1987	2003, 2004
Manchester United	1	2	1991	1999, 2008
Real Madrid	1	2	2002	1998, 2000
Dynamo Kyiv	1	1	1975	1986
Nottingham Forest	1	1	1979	1980
Sevilla	1	1	2006	2007
Aston Villa	1	0	1982	–
Aberdeen	1	0	1983	–
Steaua Bucharest	1	0	1986	–
Mechelen	1	0	1988	–
Parma	1	0	1993	–
Chelsea	1	0	1998	–
Lazio	1	0	1999	–
Galatasaray	1	0	2000	–
Zenit St. Petersburg	1	0	2008	–
Bayern Munich	0	3	–	1975, 1976, 2001
Hamburg	0	2	–	1977, 1983
PSV Eindhoven	0	1	–	1988
Sampdoria	0	1	–	1990
Red Star Belgrade	0	1	–	1991
Werder Bremen	0	1	–	1992
Arsenal	0	1	–	1994
Real Zaragoza	0	1	–	1995
Paris Saint-Germain	0	1	–	1996
Borussia Dortmund	0	1	–	1997
Feyenoord	0	1	–	2002
CSKA Moscow	0	1	–	2005

Uefa Super Cup History

The contest was first theatrical in the 1973/74 season, and until 1999 brought together the champions of the preceding season's European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League and their complements in the European Cup Winners' Cup. Since 2000, the competition has featured the champions of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup, subsequent the elimination of the Cup Winners' Cup after the 1998/99 final.The UEFA Super Cup has evolved over the years to become the event which messenger the begin of a new European club contest season as it is played in Monaco at the end of August to correspond with the draws for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
Previous Winners Of The European Super Cup

Date	Winner	Score	Runne- up
1972	Ajax	3-1 3-2	Glasgow Rangers
1973	Ajax	0-1 6-0	AC Milan
1974 NOT CONTESTED
1975	Dynamo Kiev	1-0 2-0	Bayern München
1976	Anderlecht	1-2 4-1	Bayern München
1977	Liverpool	1-1 6-0	Hamburger SV
1978	RSC Anderlecht	3-1 1-2	Liverpool
1979	Nottingham Forest	1-0 1-1	Barcelona
1980	Valencia	1-2 1-0	Nottingham Forest
1981 NOT CONTESTED
1982	Aston Villa	0-1 3-0	Barcelona
1983	Aberdeen	0-0 2-0	Hamburger SV
1984	Juventus	2-0	Liverpool
1985 NOT CONTESTED
1986	Steaua Bucuresti	1-0	Dynamo Kiev
1987	FC Porto	1-0 1-0	Ajax
1988	KV Mechelen	3-0 0-1	PSV Eindhoven
1989	AC Milan	1-1 1-0	Barcelona
1990	AC Milan	1-1 2-0	Sampdoria
1991	Manchester United	1-0	Crvena Zvezda Beograd
1992	Barcelona	1-1 2-1	Werder Bremen
1993	Parma	0-1 2-0	AC Milan
1994	AC Milan	0-0 2-0	Arsenal
1995	Ajax	1-1 4-0	Real Zaragoza
1996	Juventus	6-1 3-1	Paris Saint-Germain
1997	Barcelona	2-0 1-1	Borussia Dortmund
1998	Chelsea	1-0	Real Madrid
1999	Lazio	1-0	Manchester United
2000	Galatasaray	2-1 aet	Real Madrid
2001	Liverpool	3-2	Bayern
2002	Real Madrid	3-1	Feyenoord Monaco
2003	AC Milan	1-0	FC Porto
2004	Valencia CF	2-1	FC Porto
2005	Liverpool	3-1	CSKA Moskva
2006	Sevilla FC	3-0	Barcelona
2007	AC Milan	3-1	Sevilla FC
2008	Zenit St. Petersburg ¤	3-1	Manchester United *

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Uefa Super Cup Introduction

Founded	1972
Region	Europe (UEFA))
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Zenit St. Petersburg
Most successful club	Milan (5 times)
Website	Official Website

UEFA Super Cup

The European Super Cup is also called UEFA Super Cup. It is an annual football game between the supremacy champions of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup). It takes place at the begin of the home season, in August.

The present winners are Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg and the most winning team in the competition is Italian side A.C. Milan, who have won the trophy five times.