The 2005 UEFA Super Cup was an association football match between Liverpool of England and CSKA Moscow of Russia on 26 August 2005 at Stade Louis II, Monaco, the annual UEFA Super Cup contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Liverpool were appearing in the Super Cup for the fifth time, having won the competition in 1977 and 2001. CSKA Moscow were appearing in the Super Cup for the first time, the first Russian team to appear in the competition.
Match programme cover
The Stade Louis II, which was the venue for the UEFA Super Cup from 1998 to 2012
Luis García scored Liverpool's third goal
The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originally the Super Competition, and later the European Super Cup. It was renamed the UEFA Super Cup in 1995, following a policy of rebranding by UEFA.
The first official Super Cup trophy was won by Ajax in January 1974.
Barcelona captain Andrés Iniesta lifting the 2015 UEFA Super Cup trophy.
The UEFA Super Cup trophy since 2006
