Paris Saint-Germain defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the UEFA Super Cup final at the Salzburg Arena in Salzburg, Austria.
PSG entered the match as the reigning UEFA Champions League holders, while Aston Villa came in as the reigning UEFA Europa League champions.
Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gave PSG the lead in the 20th minute. Aston Villa striker Brian Djomeni Madjo equalized in the 45th minute, and French winger Desire Doue scored the decisive goal in the 61st minute.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last nine UEFA competition appearances.
PSG won the UEFA Super Cup for the second consecutive year, retaining the trophy. They qualified by winning the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive time. In the 2025 UEFA Super Cup, PSG defeated Tottenham Hotspur on penalties after a 2-2 draw in normal time.
PSG became the fourth club to win consecutive UEFA Super Cups, after Ajax (1973, 1974), Milan (1989, 1990) and Real Madrid (2016, 2017). Some sources frame this as an all-time record, while others note PSG as the second club after Real Madrid to retain the trophy in the modern single-match era.
Spanish coach Luis Enrique has won all three UEFA Super Cups he contested as head coach. He won the 2015 UEFA Super Cup with Barcelona, when his opposing coach was Unai Emery, coach of Sevilla.
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has not won any of the four UEFA Super Cups he has been involved in.
The match referee was Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan. He was denied entry to the United States, preventing him from officiating at the 2026 FIFA World Cup; he refereed the UEFA Super Cup instead. Artan is the first non-European referee to officiate a UEFA Super Cup match. His assistant referees were Liban Abdoulrazack Ahmed from Djibouti and Stephen Eleazar Onyango Yiembe from Kenya.
Aston Villa goalkeeper Marco Bizot initially parried Desire Doue's deflected attempt before his side lost possession high up the pitch. Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last nine UEFA competition appearances, scoring eight and providing three assists.
Aston Villa striker Brian Djomeni Madjo sent two headers wide and struck the post before scoring his 45th-minute equalizer. Aston Villa captain John McGinn delivered the cross for Madjo's equalizer; Madjo held off Willian Pacho before heading into the roof of the net.
Brian Djomeni Madjo became the youngest player to score in the UEFA Super Cup, surpassing Patrick Kluivert.
PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov denied Aston Villa captain John McGinn's rising strike in the 50th minute. Ousmane Dembele found French winger Desire Doue on the right side of the penalty area, and Doue curled the ball beyond Marco Bizot into the far corner for PSG's second goal. Doue's 61st-minute goal was initially disallowed for offside but was awarded after a video assistant referee review.
After falling behind, Aston Villa increased pressure, and after PSG regained the lead Villa continued to threaten but could not find another equalizer. Brian Djomeni Madjo made his senior debut in the UEFA Super Cup final. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's opening goal came after Desire Doue found him; Kvaratskhelia created space with his first touch before firing into the top-left corner. Desire Doue recorded a goal and an assist in the UEFA Super Cup final.
