The Belarusian
Super Cup
A super cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the prev ...
is an annual one-match
association football
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competition in Belarus organized by the
Football Federation of Belarus
The Football Federation of Belarus (BFF; be, Беларуская федэрацыя футбола, Biełaruskaja Fiederacyja Futboła; russian: Белорусская федерация футбола, Belorusskaya federatsiya futbola) is the ...
. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the
Belarusian Premier League
The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...
Champions and the
Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, ...
Winners of the previous season. If a single team holds both titles, the Cup runners-up are invited. The match usually played in late February or early March each year.
History
The predecessor to Belarusian Super Cup - the semi-official competition named Season Cup was contested in July 1994 between then-current champions and Cup holders
Dinamo Minsk and Cup runners-up
Fandok Bobruisk. Dinamo won the match 5–3. The tournament was scrapped after just one edition.
The official Belarusian Super Cup competition was introduced in 2010 and is held every year since.
Due to climate restrictions, it is usually played in enclosed
Football Manege in Minsk.
Matches
Performance by club
References
External links
Football.by
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National association football supercups
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