http://www.sport.es/vivo/recursos/fotos/foto_171724_CAS.jpg Monaco set for Spanish spectacle Friday, 25 August 2006 The 2006 UEFA Super Cup is very much a Primera Division affair although some of the world's greatest names will be on show at the Stade Louis II when FC Barcelona take on Sevilla FC. The traditional European season curtain-raiser will be an all-Spanish occasion for the first time and it is also Monaco's maiden experience of a one-off duel between two clubs from the same country. Glory in May ‧ Barcelona enter as Europe's premier team after a 2-1 victory against Arsenal FC in the UEFA Champions League final in Paris on 17 May, while Sevilla participate as UEFA Cup holders having triumphed 4-0 in Eindhoven against Middlesbrough FC a week before. ‧ Both sides will start the defence of their European titles next month, while beginning their 2006/07 league programmes on the Monday after Monaco. Barcelona will travel to RC Celta de Vigo and Sevilla are at home against Levante UD. Previous meetings ‧ The teams have met once before under UEFA auspices, in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup third round. The first leg in Seville finished 1-1 on 21 November, with Gheorghe Hagi cancelling out Davor Suker's goal for the hosts just before half-time. Barcelona then won the 5 December return 3-1. All the goals came in the last 28 minutes, with Jose Mari Bakero, Gheorghe Popescu and Roger Garcia on target for Barca and Gabriel Moya Sanz earning a consolation for Sevilla, who had Jose Miguel Prieto sent off. ‧ In domestic league action, the clubs have met 124 times with Barcelona winning 63 to Sevilla's 34, although the Andalusian outfit did record an 11-1 success against their Catalan rivals on 29 September 1940. ‧ Each side won at home in last season's league encounters. On 11 December, strikes from Samuel Eto'o and Ronaldinho were enough to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Camp Nou, with Frederic Kanoute scoring for Sevilla. Then, with the championship already decided, Sevilla prevailed by 3-2 against Barcelona on 13 May, courtesy of Daniel Alves, Aitor Ocio's penalty and Kepa Blanco, with Santiago Ezquerro and Sylvinho netting for Barca. Sevilla finished fifth in the table. Spanish duels ‧ In European competition, Barcelona have been drawn against Spanish opposition on seven other occasions, including three European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals. The most recent was the 2001/02 tie against Real Madrid CF, lost 3-1 on aggregate. ‧ Sevilla have had one other all-Spanish engagement in Europe, going down 10-2 on aggregate to Madrid in the 1957/58 European Cup quarter-finals. Two triumphs ‧ While Sevilla, who had never lifted a continental trophy until their UEFA Cup success, are making their first appearance in the UEFA Super Cup, two-time European champions Barcelona are seeking their third triumph in six attempts. ‧ If achieved, it would leave them level on three wins with Liverpool FC, who reigned last year with a 3-1 victory against PFC CSKA Moskva. AC Milan have claimed the trophy four times, the most of any club. ‧ Barcelona's first UEFA Super Cup success was over two legs against Werder Bremen in early 1993. The European champions drew 1-1 in Germany before edging it 2-1 at Camp Nou with Juan Antonio Goicoechea Lasa's goal separating the teams. ‧ In early 1998, as UEFA Cup Winners' Cup holders, Barcelona disposed of BV Borussia Dortmund, another Bundesliga side, winning 2-0 at home, thanks to Luis Enrique and Rivaldo, before a 1-1 draw in Germany when Giovanni struck. Trio of defeats ‧ Barcelona failed in their first three attempts to collect the UEFA Super Cup, all while playing as UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners. These came in the 1979/80, 1982/83 and 1989/90 campaigns against Nottingham Forest FC, Aston Villa FC and Milan respectively. Italian encounters ‧ Teams from the same country have contested the UEFA Super Cup on two previous occasions. Both came when the competition was played over two legs on a home-and-away basis between the winners of the European Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. This was the format until the latter's demise and the introduction of the UEFA Cup winners for the 2000/01 event. ‧ Both one-nation UEFA Super Cups involved Italian sides. In 1990/91, Milan were 3-1 aggregate victors against Sampdoria UC before losing 2-1 over two legs in the 1993/94 final versus Parma FC. Italy has picked up more UEFA Super Cups (eight) than any other country, with England (seven) and Spain (five) next in line. ‧ The UEFA Super Cup has been staged as a one-off match in Monaco since the 1998/99 edition, when Chelsea FC overcame Madrid 1-0 on 28 August 1998. uefa.com 1998-2006. All rights reserved. -- ██████████████████ --

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