2023 Club Challenge
# 2023 Club Challenge

The 2023 Club Challenge (Spanish: Desafío de Clubes 2023), named Antonio Puerta XII in honour of the former Sevilla player who died in 2007, will be the inaugural edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge, a single football match organised by UEFA and CONMEBOL between the reigning champions of the UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana. UEFA will be in charge of the main organization of the first edition.

The Club Challenge was officially launched on 7 July 2023 as part of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding.

The single match will be played on 19 July 2023 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, Spain, between Spanish club Sevilla, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League champions, and Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle, the 2022 Copa Sudamericana champions.

## Background

The match was announced by UEFA and CONMEBOL as a pilot edition. This will be the first official meeting between a Spanish and an Ecuadorian club representing UEFA and CONMEBOL, respectively. The match will be, at the same time, the 12th edition of the Antonio Puerta Trophy, an annual football match hosted by Sevilla dedicated to its former player Antonio Puerta, who died in 2007 at the age of 22 following a cardiac arrest, during the inaugural match of the 2007-08 La Liga season between Sevilla and Getafe.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Sevilla | 2022–23 UEFA Europa League champions |
| Independiente del Valle | 2022 Copa Sudamericana champions |

## Pre-match

### Officials

The refereeing team for this edition will be appointed by UEFA.

