The 2021 Russian Women's Football Super Cup was the first edition of the Russian Super Cup in women's football, held on March 8, 2021, at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.[1]

The match

The match pitted the 2020 Russian champion, CSKA Moscow, against the 2020 Russian Cup winner, Lokomotiv Moscow. The game took place on March 8, with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The referee was Vera Opeykina, a native of Chelyabinsk and a FIFA referee since 2015, who has previously officiated, among other games, European Championship qualifiers.[2][1]

Hosting in Nizhny Novgorod

Volunteer support for the match was organized by the City Volunteer Center (1A Betankura St.). Six volunteer applications were submitted for the event.[1]

Sources

  1. om-saratov.ru — The referee of the 2021 Russian Women's Football Super Cup match was Vera Opeykina, a native of Chelyabinsk and a FIFA referee since 2015, who has previously offici
  1. dobro.ru — Russian Women's Football Super Cup match Lokomotiv vs. CSKA (Nizhny Novgorod) — Dobro.rf