The UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge[1] (Spanish: UEFA–CONMEBOL Desafío de Clubes; Portuguese: UEFA–CONMEBOL Desafio de Clubes) is a football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA. The match is contested by the winners of the South American and European second-tier competitions UEFA Europa League and CONMEBOL Sudamericana, respectively. Organised as an annual one-off match, it is a equivalent to the former Supercopa Euroamericana, which featured the winners of the South American and European second-tier competitions. The competition was launched in 2023 as part of a renewed partnership between CONMEBOL and UEFA.
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| Organising bodies | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 |
| Region | South America Europe |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current champions | Sevilla (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Sevilla (1 title) |
 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge | |
History
editOn 12 February 2020, UEFA and CONMEBOL signed a renewed memorandum of understanding meant to enhance cooperation between the two organisations. As part of the agreement, a joint UEFA–CONMEBOL committee examined the possibility of staging European–South American intercontinental matches, for both men's and women's football and across various age groups.[2] On 15 December 2021, UEFA and CONMEBOL again signed a renewed memorandum of understanding lasting until 2028, which included specific provisions on opening a joint office in London and the potential organisation of various football events.[3]
Following a series of new events between teams from the two confederations, on 7 July 2023, UEFA and CONMEBOL confirmed that the UEFA Europa League and CONMEBOL Sudamericana winners would face each other in an intercontinental match, with the agreement initially for a pilot edition starting on 19 July 2023 at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville, Spain.[1] The UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge can be considered a successor to the Supercopa Euroamericana, played in 2015 for the first time and organised by American satellite-television company DirecTV, as a friendly football tournament, until in 2017, when the match was cancelled, after the crash of LaMia Flight 2933, carrying the majority of the Chapecoense squad on their way to the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana finals.[4]
Supercopa Euroamericana (predecessor)
editThere are two previous encounters between the champions of the UEFA Europa League and the Copa Sudamericana that took place in 2015 and 2016 under the name of Supercopa Euroamericana, but both are considered friendlies.[5] The two matches were as follows:
2015
editIn the 2015 Supercopa Euroamericana: River Plate, the 2014 Copa Sudamericana champions, faced Sevilla, the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League champions.
River Plate  | 1–0 |  Sevilla |
|---|---|---|
Kaprof  83' |
Report |
2016
editIn the 2016 Supercopa Euroamericana: Sevilla, the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League champions, faced Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana champions.
| Sevilla | 2–1 |  Santa Fe |
|---|---|---|
|
Report | Moya 61' |
Results
edit| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sevilla | 1–1 (4–1 p) |
Independiente del Valle | Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Seville, Spain | 19,407 |
Results by confederation
edit| Confederation | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| CONMEBOL | 0 | 1 |
| UEFA | 1 | 0 |
See also
edit- Supercopa Euroamericana, former friendly tournament between the same contestants
- UEFA–CONMEBOL MoU
- Finalissima
- Women's Finalissima
- Futsal Finalissima
- UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge
- Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
References
edit- ^ a b "UEFA and CONMEBOL launch Club Challenge between winners of UEFA Europa League and CONMEBOL Sudamericana". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "UEFA and CONMEBOL renew Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "UEFA and CONMEBOL renew and extend Memorandum of Understanding". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Brazil football team Chapecoense in Colombia plane crash". BBC. 29 November 2016.
- ^ "El UEFA CONMEBOL Desafío de Clubes 2023: Todo lo que necesitas saber" [UEFA CONMEBOL 2023 Club Challenge: all you need to know] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Parejo, Jaime (27 March 2015). "Una espuela monumental le da la victoria a River ante el Sevilla FC (1-0)" [A monumental spur gives River victory over Sevilla FC (1-0)] (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
