2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge
The 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge (Spanish: UEFA–CONMEBOL Desafío de Clubes 2023), named Antonio Puerta XII in honour of the former Sevilla player who died in 2007, was the inaugural edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge, a one-off friendly football match organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL between the reigning champions of the UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana. UEFA was in charge of the main organization of the first edition.
The Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville hosted the match | |||||||
| Event | UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge | ||||||
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| Sevilla won 4–1 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | 19 July 2023 | ||||||
| Venue | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville | ||||||
| Referee | Rade Obrenović (Slovenia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 19,407 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 36 °C (97 °F) | ||||||
The UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge was officially launched on 7 July 2023 as part of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding.
The single match was played on 19 July 2023 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, between Spanish club Sevilla, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League winners and Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle, the 2022 Copa Sudamericana winners.