UEFA Super Cup

The European Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and the Champions League. It takes place at the start of the domestic season, in August, and it is generally regarded as a minor event, with the Champions League and UEFA Cup winners not always fielding their strongest sides; since the game happens after the Summer transfer window, the teams selected may be different from the ones who won the qualifying competitions.

The most successful team is Italian side AC Milan, who have won the trophy four times.

History

The European Super Cup was created in 1972 by Anton Witkamp, a reporter and later sports editor of Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. The idea came to him in a time where Dutch total football was Europe's finest and Dutch football clubs were living their golden era (especially Ajax). Witkamp was looking for something new to definitely decide which was the best team in Europe and also to further test Ajax's legendary 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 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 because of a one-year ban applied to Cup Winners' Cup holders Rangers, due to misbehavior of their supporters. Still, the cup dispute went ahead despite the unofficial status. It was played in two legs and was financially supported by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. Ajax beat Rangers and won the very first European Super Cup. Since then, the competition has been officially recognised and supported by UEFA.

Although the two-legged format was kept, in some years, the European Super Cup was decided in one single match whether because of schedule dilemmas or political problems. In 1974, 1981 and 1985, the European Super Cup was not played at all. Everton are in talks with UEFA to have a legends game in August against Juventus, with the winners claiming the 1985 trophy. The two clubs in question would have contested for the cup in 1985; had the game gone ahead.

Since 1998 the European Super Cup has always been decided in one single match, in Monaco's Stade Louis II.

At the end of the 1998/99 season, the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued by UEFA. Since the beginning of the 1999/2000 season, the European Super Cup has been contested between the respective winners of the UEFA Champions League (formerly the European Cup before the format was changed) and the UEFA Cup.

European Super Cup finals

Single match finals

2007

Milan	v	Sevilla

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2006

Barcelona	0 - 3	Sevilla
		Renato 7' Kanouté 45' Maresca (pen) 90'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2005

Liverpool	3 - 1 a.e.t.	CSKA Moscow
Cissé 82', 103' García 109'		Carvalho 28'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2004

Porto	1 - 2	Valencia
Quaresma 78'		Baraja 32' Di Vaio 67'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2003

Milan	1 - 0	Porto
Shevchenko 10'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2002

Real Madrid	3 - 1	Feyenoord
Paauwe (o.g) 15' Roberto Carlos 21' Guti 60'		van Hooijdonk 56'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2001

Bayern Munich	2 - 3	Liverpool
Salihamidžić 57' Jancker 81'		Riise 22' Heskey 45' Owen 46'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

2000

Real Madrid	1 - 2 a.e.t.	Galatasaray
Raúl (pen) 79'		Jardel (pen) 41', 103'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

1999

Manchester United	0 - 1	Lazio
		Salas 35'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

1998

Real Madrid	0 - 1	Chelsea
		Poyet 81'

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Two-legged finals

Year	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
1997	Barcelona (C2) (ESP)	2 - 0	Borussia Dortmund (C1) (GER)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Borussia Dortmund (GER)	1 - 1	Barcelona (ESP)	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
	Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate
1996	Paris Saint-Germain (C2) (FRA)	1 - 6	Juventus (C1) (ITA)	Parc des Princes, Paris
	Juventus (ITA)	3 - 1	Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo
	Juventus won 9-2 on aggregate
1995	Zaragoza (C2) (ESP)	1 - 1	Ajax (C1) (NED)	La Romareda, Zaragoza
	Ajax (NED)	4 - 0	Zaragoza (ESP)	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
	Ajax won 5-1 on aggregate
1994	Arsenal (C2) (ENG)	0 - 0	A.C. Milan (C1) (ITA)	Highbury, London
	A.C. Milan (ITA)	2 - 0	Arsenal (ENG)	San Siro, Milan
	A.C. Milan won 2-0 on aggregate
1993	Parma (C2) (ITA)	0 - 1	A.C. Milan (C1) (ITA)	Ennio Tardini, Parma
	A.C. Milan (ITA)	0 - 2 aet	Parma (ITA)	San Siro, Milan
	Parma won 2-1 on aggregate Note: European champions Marseille were suspended due to a bribery scandal
1992	Werder Bremen (C2) (GER)	1 - 1	Barcelona (C1) (ESP)	Weserstadion, Bremen
	Barcelona (ESP)	2 - 1	Werder Bremen (GER)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Barcelona won 3-2 on aggregate
1991	Manchester United (C2) (ENG)	1 - 0	Red Star Belgrade (C1) (YUG)	Old Trafford, Manchester
1991	Only the first leg was played in Manchester, due to political reasons in former Yugoslavia the game in Belgrade was not played.
1990	Sampdoria (C2) (ITA)	1 - 1	A.C. Milan (C1) (ITA)	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
	A.C. Milan (ITA)	2 - 0	Sampdoria (ITA)	San Siro, Milan
	A.C. Milan won 3-1 on aggregate
1989	Barcelona (C2) (ESP)	1 - 1	A.C. Milan (C1) (ITA)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	A.C. Milan (ITA)	1 - 0	Barcelona (ESP)	San Siro, Milan
	A.C. Milan won 2-1 on aggregate
1988	KV Mechelen (C2) (BEL)	3 - 0	PSV Eindhoven (C1) (NED)	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
	PSV Eindhoven (NED)	1 - 0	KV Mechelen (BEL)	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
	KV Mechelen won 3-1 on aggregate
1987	Ajax (C2) (NED)	0 - 1	FC Porto (C1) (POR)	De Meer Stadium, Amsterdam
	FC Porto (POR)	1 - 0	Ajax (NED)	Estádio das Antas, Porto
	FC Porto won 2-0 on aggregate
1986	Steaua Bucharest (C1) (ROM)	1 - 0	Dinamo Kiev (C2) (URS)	Stade Louis II, Monaco
1986	Single match played in neutral ground for political reasons
1985	NOT HELD Juventus (ITA) (C1) vs Everton (ENG) (C2)
1985	Not held because of Heysel tragedy and consequent UEFA ban on English clubs
1984	Juventus (C2) (ITA)	2 - 0	Liverpool (C1) (ENG)	Stadio Comunale, Turin
1984	Only one match played because Liverpool could not find another date to play Juventus
1983	Hamburger SV (C1) (FRG)	0 - 0	Aberdeen (C2) (SCO)	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
	Aberdeen (SCO)	2 - 0	Hamburger SV (FRG)	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
	Aberdeen won 2-0 on aggregate
1982	Barcelona (C2) (ESP)	1 - 0	Aston Villa (C1) (ENG)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Aston Villa (ENG)	3 - 0 aet	Barcelona (ESP)	Villa Park, Birmingham
	Aston Villa won 3-1 on aggregate
1981	NOT HELD Liverpool (ENG) (C1) vs Dinamo Tbilisi (URS) (C2)
1981	Not held because Liverpool could not find dates to meet Dinamo Tbilisi
1980	Nottingham Forest (C1) (ENG)	2 - 1	Valencia (C2) (ESP)	City Ground, Nottingham
	Valencia (ESP)	1 - 0	Nottingham Forest (ENG)	Luis Casanova Stadium, Valencia
	Aggregate: 2-2 Valencia won on away goals
1979	Nottingham Forest (C1) (ENG)	1 - 0	Barcelona (C2) (ESP)	City Ground, Nottingham
	Barcelona (ESP)	1 - 1	Nottingham Forest (ENG)	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Nottingham Forest won 2-1 on aggregate
1978	Anderlecht (C2) (BEL)	3 - 1	Liverpool (C1) (ENG)	Parc Astrid, Brussels
	Liverpool (ENG)	2 - 1	Anderlecht (BEL)	Anfield, Liverpool
	Anderlecht won 4-3 on aggregate
1977	Hamburger SV (C2) (FRG)	1 - 1	Liverpool (C1) (ENG)	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
	Liverpool (ENG)	6 - 0	Hamburger SV (FRG)	Anfield, Liverpool
	Liverpool won 7-1 on aggregate
1976	Bayern Munich (C1) (FRG)	2 - 1	Anderlecht (C2) (BEL)	Olympiastadion, Munich
	Anderlecht (BEL)	4 - 1	Bayern Munich (FRG)	Parc Astride, Brussels
	Anderlecht won 5-3 on aggregate
1975	Bayern Munich (C1) (FRG)	0 - 1	FC Dynamo Kiev (C2) (URS)	Olympiastadion, Munich
	FC Dynamo Kiev (URS)	2 - 0	Bayern Munich (FRG)	Republican Stadium, Kiev
	FC Dynamo Kiev won 3-0 on aggregate
1974	NOT HELD Bayern Munich (FRG) (C1) vs FC Magdeburg (GDR) (C2)
1974	Not held for political reasons
1973	A.C. Milan (C2) (ITA)	1 - 0	Ajax (C1) (NED)	San Siro, Milan
	Ajax (NED)	6 - 0	A.C. Milan (ITA)	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
	Ajax won 6-1 on aggregate
1972	Rangers (C2) (SCO)	1 - 3	Ajax (C1) (NED)	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Ajax (NED)	3 - 2	Rangers (SCO)	De Meer Stadium, Amsterdam
	Ajax won 6-3 on aggregate

aet - after extra time
(C1) refers to entrants from the European Cup or Champions League
(C2) refers to entrants from the Cup Winners' Cup
(C3) refers to entrants from the UEFA or Fairs Cup

Performance by nation

Nation	Winners	Losing finalists	Winning clubs
Italy	8	3	A.C. Milan (4), Juventus (2), Parma (1), Lazio (1)
England	7	5	Liverpool (3), Chelsea (1), Manchester United (1), Aston Villa (1), Nottingham Forest (1)
Spain	6	7	Barcelona (2), Valencia (2), Real Madrid (1), Sevilla (1)
Netherlands	3	3	Ajax (3)
Belgium	3	0	Anderlecht (2), KV Mechelen (1)
Portugal	1	2	Porto (1)
Scotland	1	1	Aberdeen (1)
Ukraine	1	1	Dynamo Kyiv (1)
Romania	1	0	Steaua Bucharest (1)
Turkey	1	0	Galatasaray (1)
Germany	0	7
France	0	1
Yugoslavia	0	1
Russia	0	1

By Club

	Team	Winners	Runners-Up
1	AC Milan	4	2
2	Liverpool F.C.	3	2
3	AFC Ajax	3	1
4	FC Barcelona	2	4
5	Valencia CF	2	0
	Juventus	2	0
	Anderlecht	2	0
7	FC Porto	1	2
	Real Madrid	1	2
9	Manchester United	1	1
	Nottingham Forest	1	1
	Dynamo Kyiv	1	1
12	Chelsea	1	0
	Aston Villa	1	0
	Aberdeen	1	0
	Steaua Bucharest	1	0
	KV Mechelen	1	0
	AC Parma	1	0
	Lazio	1	0
	Galatasaray	1	0
	Sevilla FC	1	0
21	Bayern Munich	0	3
22	HSV	0	2
23	Feyenoord	0	1
	PSV	0	1
	Borussia Dortmund	0	1
	Rangers	0	1
	Real Zaragoza	0	1
	Werder Bremen	0	1
	Sampdoria	0	1
	Crvena Zvezda	0	1
	PSG	0	1
	CSKA Moscow	0	1