UEFA Super Cup 2011: FC Barcelona Vs. FC Porto

UEFA Super Cup 2011


FC Barcelona Vs. FC Porto
Date:
Friday 26 August,2011
Time:
18:45 GMT
Venue:
Stade Louis II, Monaco

The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the two cup competitions organized by UEFA; the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It takes place at the start of the domestic season, in August, normally on a Friday.

From 1972 to 1999, the UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. After the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed as the UEFA Europa League in 2009.The competition was originally played over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, except in special circumstances. Since 1998, the final has been a single match, played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. From 2013 onwards, various stadiums will be used.The current champions are Spanish club Atletico Madrid after they beat Internazionale 2–0 in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup. The most successful team in the competition is Italian side A.C. Milan, who have won the trophy five times.

The 2011 UEFA Super Cup will be the 36th UEFA Super Cup organised by the European football governing body UEFA. It will take place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 

26 August 2011. It will be contested by the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League winners Barcelona and the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League winners Porto.

FC Barcelona Squad:
No.              Position   Player
1                GK         Victor Valdes (3rd captain)
2                DF         Daniel Alves
3                DF         Gerard Pique
4                MF         Cesc Fabregas
5                DF         Carles Puyol (captain)
6                MF         Xavi Hernandez (vice-captain)
7                FW         David Villa
8                MF         Andres Iniesta (4th captain)
9                FW         Alexis Sanchez
10               FW         Lionel Messi
11               MF         Thiago Alcantara
13               GK         Jose Manuel Pinto
14               MF         Javier Mascherano
15               MF         Seydou Keita
16               MF         Sergio Busquets
17               FW         Pedro Rodriguez
19               DF         Maxwell
20               MF         Ibrahim Afellay
21               DF         Adriano
22               DF         Eric Abidal
24               DF         Andreu Fontas
—                MF        Alexander Hleb


FC Porto Squad:
No. Position   Player
1 GK    Helton (captain)
4 DF    Maicon
5 DF    Alvaro Pereira
6 MF    Fredy Guarin
7 MF    Fernando Belluschi
8 MF    Joao Moutinho
10 MF    Cristian Rodriguez
11 FW    Kleber
12 FW    Hulk
13 DF    Jorge Fucile
14 DF    Rolando
15 DF    Emidio Rafael
17 FW    Silvestre Varela
18 FW    Walter
19 FW    James Rodriguez
20 FW    Djalma
21 DF    Cristian Sapunaru
22 DF    Eliaquim Mangala
23 MF    Souza
24 GK    Beto
25 MF    Fernando
30 DF    NicolAs Otamendi
31 GK    Rafael Bracalli
35 MF    Steven Defour
— DF    Alex Sandro
— DF    Danilo
— FW    Juan Manuel Iturbe