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44-752: 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. From 1972 to 1999,

88-619: A neutral venue. Between 1998 and 2012, the Super Cup was played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco . Since 2013 various stadiums have been used. The UEFA Super Cup trophy is retained by UEFA at all times. A full-size replica trophy is awarded to the winning club. Forty gold medals are presented to the winning club and forty silver medals to the runners-up. The Super Cup trophy has undergone several changes in its history. The first trophy

132-523: A total of five times each, but the Italian team is the only one which was awarded the official trophy permanently in 2007. Barcelona and Real Madrid won their fifth title in 2015 and 2022, respectively, when the policy was no longer in place. As of 2020, the fixed amount of prize money paid to the clubs is as follows: The UEFA Super Cup is contested as a single match at a neutral venue. The match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each, known as halves. If

176-493: Is considered unofficial by UEFA, as Rangers were banned from European competition due to the behaviour of their fans during the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final . As a result, UEFA refused to endorse the competition until the following season. It was played in two legs and was financially supported by De Telegraaf . Ajax defeated Rangers 6–3 on aggregate and won the first (albeit unofficial) European Super Cup. The 1973 final , in which Ajax defeated AC Milan 6–1 on aggregate,

220-483: Is no limit to the number of applications each individual can make. Super cup It is typically contested on a national level by two competition winners of the previous season: the national knock-out cup winner and the highest level league champion. There are also continental super cups, like the UEFA Super Cup in football, which puts together winners of the top and second-tier UEFA competitions and

264-434: The 2024–25 season ): Adidas is a secondary sponsor and supplies the official match ball, while Macron supplies the referee kits. Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the Super Cup. Only two sponsorships are permitted per jersey, plus that of the manufacturer, at the chest and the left sleeve. Exceptions are made for non-profit organisations, which can feature on

308-632: The CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions in 2020, previously held as the European/South American Nations Cup in 1985 and 1993 , to be contested between the champions of both confederations. The rebooted cup, now branded as the Finalissima, held its first edition in 2022 , with quadrennial editions to follow. The two confederations launched a Women's Finalissima in 2023 , involving the most recent winners of

352-727: The Copa América Femenina and Women's Euro . It is also planned to be a quadrennial event. Other tournaments like this have been held, including the Intercontinental Champions' Supercup (contested by the past winners of the Intercontinental Cup ), Supercopa Euroamericana (pitting the Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Europa League winners), Suruga Bank Championship (pitting the Copa Sudamericana and J.League Cup winners),

396-519: The Copa de Oro (pitting all the most recent CONMEBOL competition winners), and the Copa Iberoamericana (pitting the Copa de Oro and Copa del Rey winners). [REDACTED] & [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 1998%E2%80%9399 UEFA Champions League The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League

440-780: The Recopa Sudamericana between CONMEBOL Libertadores and the Sudamericana winners, and cross-border super cups between champions of neighbouring leagues, such as the Campeones Cup between the winners of the highest level leagues in the United States and Mexico, and the Champions Cup for the champions of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The now-defunct Intercontinental Cup

484-414: The 29-year hiatus. Sometimes, these are two-legged ties , with a match played at each side's stadium, but increasingly they are one-off fixtures at a neutral venue, such as a national stadium . Some Super Cups have even been staged in venues outside their home country, such as the Italian, French, Spanish, Turkish, Mexican, and Egyptian games and increasingly function as publicity events for that league in

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528-653: The European Cup Winners' Cup was renamed the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The following season, the Super Cup also renamed the UEFA Super Cup. After the 1998–99 season, the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued by UEFA. The 1999 Super Cup was the last one contested by the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup. Lazio , winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , defeated Manchester United , winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League , 1–0. Since then,

572-639: The Super Cup is now played at various stadiums (similar to the finals of the Champions League and the Europa League). It was started with the 2013 edition , which was played at Eden Stadium in Prague , Czech Republic. Starting in 2014, the date of the UEFA Super Cup was moved from Friday in late August, to Tuesday in mid-August, following the removal of the August international friendly date in

616-586: The Treble , becoming the fourth side in Europe to do so and in the process prevented Bayern Munich from achieving the feat themselves, Bayern eventually finished runners-up in their domestic cup two weeks later. Manchester United won the trophy without losing a single match, despite having competed in a group with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Brøndby, plus two highly rated Italian clubs in the knock-out stages. However, United became champions with just five wins in total,

660-871: The UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup . After the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009. The current holders are Champions League winners Real Madrid , who defeated Europa League winners Atalanta 2–0 in 2024 . Real Madrid are also

704-460: The UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup . The 2000 Super Cup was the first one contested by the winners of the UEFA Cup. Galatasaray , winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup , defeated Real Madrid , winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League , 2–1. In the 2009–10 season, the UEFA Cup was renamed the UEFA Europa League and

748-499: The competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva , Switzerland , unless stated otherwise). The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup . The winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round. Twenty-four teams took part in the group stage: the national champions of Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, England and Portugal,

792-592: The continental football confederations have jointly held a competition pitting their champions against each other: All of these competitions are now defunct and have been succeeded by the FIFA Club World Cup , which features the champions of all of the confederations, plus the champion of the host country. In 2017, FIFA retroactively recognised the winners of the European/South American Cup as world champions. A similar tournament

836-404: The final was played as a single match at a neutral venue. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, in the event that two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs of their tie, the winner would be determined by the number of goals scored away from home. If both sides scored the same number of goals away from home, two 15-minute periods of extra time would be played. If both teams scored

880-416: The front of the shirt, incorporated with the main sponsor, or on the back, either below the squad number or between the player name and the collar. 60% of the stadium capacity is reserved for the visiting clubs. The remaining seats are sold by UEFA through an online auction. There are an unlimited number of applications for tickets given out. The 5 euro administration fee is deducted from each applicant. There

924-651: The global market. If the league champions are also the national cup winners , they may play a selected XI team, or more commonly the runners-up from one of the competitions, typically from the league. The Finalissima between the national team continental champions of UEFA and CONMEBOL , also known as the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions, plus its women's counterpart , are rare examples of 'super cups' between national sides. The following nations have an active super cup competition: Some continental football federations also have their own super cups: Most of

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968-462: The lowest number of wins recorded by a champion in the Champions League era to date, though the competition now has an extra round of two matches in the knock-out stages. It was the first time the Champions League was won by a team that had neither won their domestic league nor the Champions League the previous season and therefore would not have qualified for the tournament under the old qualification rules (title holder or national league champion). For

1012-568: The match for 24 September 2020 and relocated the stadium to Puskás Aréna , Budapest . Following discussions with its 55 member associations on 19 August 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 25 August 2020 to use the final as a pilot match for which a reduced number of spectators, up to 30% of the capacity of the stadium, can be allowed in, and it became the first official UEFA match to have spectators since their competitions were resumed in August 2020. The competition

1056-433: The most successful team in the competition, having won the trophy six times. The European Super Cup was created in 1971 by Anton Witkamp, a reporter and later sports editor of Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf . The idea came to him in a time when Dutch total football was Europe's finest and Dutch football clubs were enjoying their golden era (especially Ajax ). Witkamp was looking for something new to definitely decide which

1100-563: The new FIFA International Match Calendar. In 2020, the Super Cup final was originally scheduled to be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto , Portugal, on 12 August 2020. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe caused the postponements of the previous season's club finals, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to award the rescheduled Champions League final to Portugal, and postponed

1144-531: The post and the bar. They were the first English club to win Europe's premier club football tournament since 1984 and were also the first English club to reach a Champions League final since the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent banning of English clubs from all UEFA competitions between 1985 and 1990. It was the first time since 1968 that Manchester United won the Champions League, giving them their second title. Manchester United also completed

1188-453: The previous year's Europa League winning team must wear an alternative colour. If a club refuses to play or is ineligible to play then they are replaced by the runner-up of the competition through which they qualified. If the field is unfit for play due to bad weather, the match must be played the next day. The UEFA Super Cup's sponsors are the same as the sponsors for the UEFA Champions League. The tournament's current main sponsors are (as of

1232-408: The same number of goals during extra time, the visiting team would qualify for the next round by having scored more goals away from home. If neither side scored during extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out . In the final, if the scores were level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of golden goal extra time would be played; i.e. whichever team scored first would be declared

1276-455: The scores are level at the end of 90 minutes, the match goes straight to a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner. Before the 2023 edition, two additional 15-minute periods of extra time were played before the match went to penalties if still tied. Each team names 23 players, 11 of which start the match. Of the 12 remaining players, a total of 5 may be substituted throughout the match. Each team may wear its first choice kit . If these clash,

1320-432: The second time, the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered the competition. Real Madrid were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Dynamo Kyiv . Number of teams per country as well as the starting round for each club and seeding were based on 1998 UEFA league coefficient , which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1997–98. The schedule of

1364-410: The teams in each group playing each other twice (home and away) in a double round-robin format. Three points were awarded for each win, with one point each for a draw and none for a defeat. The winners of each group progressed to the quarter-finals, along with the two best second-placed teams. In the event that two or more teams had the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the rankings of

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1408-418: The teams in question were determined by the following criteria: The two best runners-up were determined by the following criteria: The knockout stage was played in a single-elimination tournament format consisting of three rounds: quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Each tie in the quarter-finals and semi-finals was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home, while

1452-408: The title holders, and the 16 winning teams from the second qualifying round. Arsenal , Athletic Bilbao , Brøndby , Croatia Zagreb , HJK , Internazionale , 1. FC Kaiserslautern , Lens and Sturm Graz made their debuts in the group stage of the competition. This was the first time that a team from Finland played in the group stage. The teams were divided into six groups of four teams each, with

1496-418: The winner. If neither side scored during golden goal extra time, a penalty shoot-out would again be used to determine the winner. In the quarter-finals, the two best runners-up cannot be drawn together, nor could the winners and runners-up from the same group. Both runners-up played the first leg of their quarter-final at home, as did the other two teams drawn first in the other two quarter-finals. The final

1540-579: The winners of this competition would continue to face the winners of the Champions League in the UEFA Super Cup. In 2013, Chelsea became the first club to contest the Super Cup as holders of all three UEFA club honours, having entered as holders of the Cup Winners' Cup ( 1998 ), Champions League ( 2012 ), and Europa League ( 2013 ). Manchester United shared this honour in 2017 after their Europa League win , having qualified as Cup Winners' Cup holders in 1991. After 15 consecutive Super Cups being played at Stade Louis II in Monaco between 1998 and 2012 ,

1584-545: Was a super cup played between the continental champions of Europe and South America, with winners retroactively recognised by world governing body FIFA as World Champions prior to the creation of the official FIFA Club World Cup and the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions between the winners of the European Football Championship and the Copa América , which rebranded once again in 2022 after

1628-542: Was abandoned when Liverpool could not make space to meet Dinamo Tbilisi ; while 1985's was abandoned due to a ban on English clubs' participation preventing Everton from playing Juventus . In the 1992–93 season, the European Cup was renamed the UEFA Champions League and the winners of this competition would face the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup in the European Super Cup. In the 1994–1995 season,

1672-631: Was designed and manufactured at the Bertoni workshop in Milan. The new model, which is a larger version of the previous trophy, was introduced in 2006 and weighs 12.2 kg (27 lb) and measures 58 cm (23 in) in height. Until 2008, a team which won three times in a row or five in total received an original copy of the trophy and a special mark of recognition. Since then, the original trophy has been kept exclusively by UEFA. AC Milan , Barcelona and Real Madrid have achieved this honour, winning

1716-597: Was held at international level, the FIFA Confederations Cup . It was initially held on a biennial basis, every odd year, from 1993 until 2005 when it became quadrennial, the year before a World Cup in its host country. It featured the six continental champions, the World Cup winners and the host. The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 10th and last Confederations Cup before FIFA abolished it for an expanded Club World Cup . CONMEBOL and UEFA relaunched

1760-402: Was originally played over two legs , one at each participating club's stadium, except in exceptional circumstances. For instance, in 1991 when Red Star Belgrade were not permitted to play the leg in their native Yugoslavia due to the war which was taking place at the time, so instead Manchester United 's home leg was only played. Since 1998, the Super Cup was played as a single match at

1804-483: Was presented to Ajax in 1973. In 1977, the original trophy was replaced by a plaque with a gold UEFA emblem. In 1987, the next trophy was the smallest and lightest of all the European club trophies, weighing 5 kg (11 lb) and measuring 42.5 cm (16.7 in) in height. The UEFA Champions League trophy weighs 8 kg (18 lb) and the UEFA Europa League trophy 15 kg (33 lb). It

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1848-442: Was the 44th season of the UEFA Champions League , Europe's premier club football tournament, and the seventh since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Manchester United , coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2–1 in the final . Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United's goals after Bayern had hit

1892-624: Was the best team in Europe and also to further test Ajax's team, led by their star player Johan Cruyff . It was then proposed that the winner of the European Cup would face the winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup . All was set for a new competition to be born. However, when Witkamp tried to get an official endorsement to his competition, the UEFA president turned it down. The 1972 final between Ajax and Scotland's Rangers

1936-433: Was the first Super Cup officially recognised and supported by UEFA. Although the two-legged format was kept until 1997 , the Super Cup was decided in one single match because of schedule issues ( 1984 and 1986 ) or political problems ( 1991 ). In 1974, 1981 and 1985, the Super Cup was not played at all: 1974's competition was abandoned because Bayern Munich and Magdeburg could not find a mutually convenient date; 1981's

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