UEFA Super Cup 2012

Stade Louis II. (Sportsfile)

UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea will face Europa League champions Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup on 31 August 2012 (20:45 CEST). The Super Cup is the annual clash between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League and the curtain raiser to the new season of European club competition.

This year's Super Cup will the last to be held annually at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. While the competition has been in existence since 1972, it only became a one-off game played at a neutral venue in 1998. From then, it has always been held in Monaco. From 2013, it will be held in different stadia across Europe, much like the Champions League and Europa League finals, albeit at smaller ones in smaller cities.

UEFA has awarded the 2013 edition to the Eden Arena in Prague (capacity 21,000), 2014 to the Cardiff City Stadium (26,000), and 2015 to the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi (27,000). All of them are larger than Louis II (18,000).

From 2014, the Super Cup will also be moved forward to mid-August.

In addition to the Super Cup, Monaco is also home to a host of other events surrounding the match, including the Champions League group stage draw and the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award ceremony, collectively known as the "European Club Season Kick-Off". So any city where the Super Cup is held in the future may have additional hosting duties as well.