2026 UEFA SUPER CUP: PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN TAKE ON ASTON VILLA

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Aug 12, 2026 - 19:26

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2026 UEFA SUPER CUP: PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN TAKE ON ASTON VILLA

By: Isaac Amponsah (Dr Ike)

Predictions: Home win/draw

• The Final are locked in as PSG welcome Aston Villa to the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg, Austria on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

• Host selection:

• The Red Bull Arena was selected as the host by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Tirana, Albania, on September 11, 2025.

• This will be the first UEFA Super Cup to be held in Austria, and the first major European Final to be played in Salzburg. It will be the seventh major European club Final to be played in Austria, after four in the European Cup/Champions League (1964, 1987, 1990, 1995), one in the Cup Winners' Cup (1970) and one in the UEFA Cup (1994 first leg), all of which were held at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna. The Red Bull Arena is the home stadium of Red Bull Salzburg, and has a capacity of 30,071.

• The venue opened in 2003, and hosted three group stage matches at UEFA Euro 2008. It will be known as Stadion Salzburg in UEFA communications due to their restrictions on third-party sponsorship.

• The 2026 UEFA Super Cup is the 51st edition of the UEFA Super Cup since the competition inception in 1973.

• The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match will feature French club, Paris Saint-Germain, the winners of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League and reigning UEFA Super Cup title holders, and English club Aston Villa, the winners of the 2025-26 UEFA Europa League.

• This fixture promises to be an exciting curtain-raiser to the new football season, with both teams looking to make a strong statement ahead of their respective campaigns.

• Red Bull Arena is expected to be packed to capacity as fans from across the world flock in to witness the highly anticipated showdown between PSG and Aston Villa. With both teams boasting quality squads and passionate followings, the atmosphere is set to be electric.

• The UEFA Super Cup trophy has been won by twenty-six (26) clubs with Real Madrid been the most successful club with 6 titles, followed by FC Barcelona and AC Milan with 5 titles each, Liverpool with 4 titles, Atletico Madrid with 3 titles, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Anderlecht, Valencia and Juventus with 2 titles each, Sevilla, FC Porto, Manchester United, Dynamo Kyiv, Nottingham Forest, Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa, Aberdeen, Steaua Bucuresti, KV Mechelen, Parma, Lazio, Galatasaray, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Manchester City has won 1 title each.

• Performance by Nation:

• Spain is the most successful country with 17 titles, followed by England with 10 titles, Italy with 9 titles, Belgium with 3 titles, Germany and Netherlands with 2 titles each, Portugal, France, Russia, Soviet Union, Romania, Scotland, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia with 1 title each.

Head-to-Head statistics

Total matches played - 2

PSG wins - 1

Goals scored - 5

Aston Villa wins - 1

Goals scored - 4

Drawn games - 0

• April 9, 2025 (Quarter-finals, 1st leg) [2024-25 UCL]

PSG 3-1 Aston Villa

• April 15, 2025 (Quarter-finals, 2nd leg) [2024-25 UCL]

Aston Villa 3-2 PSG

• Match Facts:

• The 2026 edition of the UEFA Super Cup is the third time PSG will participate at the Final of the tournament (1996, 2025, 2026).

• PSG lost their maiden participation of the UEFA Super Cup in 1996 against Juventus.

• The current holders are Champions League winners, Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Europa League winners Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw in the 2025 edition.

• Should PSG win over Aston Villa, they will become the third team to have won the UEFA Super Cup trophy back-to-back after AC Milan in 1989 and 1990, and Real Madrid in 2016 and 2017.

• The 2026 edition of the UEFA Super Cup will be the second time Aston Villa will participate in the Final of the UEFA Super Cup.

• Aston Villa won their only previous UEFA Super Cup in 1982 against FC Barcelona.

• Individual records:

• All-time top scorer: Arie Haan, Oleg Blokhin, David Fairclough, Gerd Muller, Rob Rensenbrink, Francois Van Der Elst, Terry McDermott, Radamel Falcao and Lionel Messi with 3 goals each.

• Hat-tricks:

• Only player to have scored a hat-trick in a two-legged final: Terry McDermott, against Hamburger SV on December 6,1977.

• Only player to have scored a hat-trick in a single final: Radamel Falcao, against Chelsea on August 31,2012.

• Match Officials:

• 34-year-old Omar Abdulkadir Artan to officiate the 2026 UEFA Super Cup between UCL winners, PSG and Europa winners Aston Villa on August 12, 2026 in Salzburg.

• After being denied entry to the United States to officiate at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Somalia referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was appointed as the lead official for the 2026 UEFA Super Cup on June 11, 2026, becoming the first ever non-European to officiate the match.