The

UEFA Super Cup 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 original ...

is an annual

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match contested between the winners of the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

and the

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...

. Established in 1972, it was contested between the winners of the European Cup (renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1993) and the European/UEFA Cup Winners's Cup until 1999, when the latter was discontinued and merged with the UEFA Cup (renamed the Europa League in 2009) by

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. The last Super Cup contested in this format was the

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between

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and

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, which Lazio won 1–0. The competition was originally played over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium in the winter months, but since the 1998 edition, it consists of a single match played at a neutral venue in August. Between 1998 and

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, the

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hosted the Super Cup, but since

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, it has taken place every year at a different stadium across Europe.

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and

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share the record for the most victories, each having won the competition five times since its inception. Two of Milan's wins were achieved in consecutive years (

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and

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), which made them the first team to have retained the UEFA Super Cup. Real Madrid also won the competition in consecutive years in

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and

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. Barcelona have the most appearances (nine), while

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have the most runner-up finishes (five). Spanish teams have won the competition the most times, with sixteen wins, ahead of the nine wins each by both English and Italian teams. The current holders are the

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winners Real Madrid, who beat the

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winners

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2–0 in the 2022 edition.

Winners

*The "Year" column refers to the year the Super Cup was held, and links to the article about that match. *The two-legged finals are listed in the order they were played.

Winners

Performances

By club

By nation

By method of qualification

See also

Notes

References

External links