The Spanish Super Cup returns to Riyadh
The Saudi capital, Riyadh, will host the Spanish Football Super Cup in January 2023, the Spanish Football Federation announced on Thursday.
It will be the third time that the Super Cup will be held in the Kingdom as part of an agreement that will continue until 2029, for which the Spanish Federation will receive 30 million euros ($30.1 million) per season.
Real Madrid, the Spanish champion, will meet with Valencia, the runner-up for the cup, in the first semi-final, while the cup champion, Real Betis, will face Barcelona, the runner-up for the league, in the second.
Al-Ittihad said in a statement, "The three matches will be held at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, which is a wonderful stadium with a capacity of sixty thousand people."
The semi-finals will be played on January 11 and 12, and the final on January 15.
The first version of the mini-tournament, which now consists of four teams instead of one match that brings together the league and cup champions (or the runner-up if the champion is the same), was held in Jeddah at the beginning of 2020, but it was held in Seville the following year due to the repercussions of the Corona virus pandemic.
At the beginning of this year, she returned to Saudi Arabia, specifically to Riyadh, and Real Madrid was crowned champion, with a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the final.
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