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| UEFA Super Cup |
|---|
 UEFA Super Cup.gif |
| 'Founded' |
| 1972 |
| 'Continent' |
| Europe (UEFA) |
| 'Number of Teams' |
| '2' |
| 'Current Champions (2007-08)' |
| A.C. Milan |
| 'Most successful club' |
| A.C. Milan (5 time champions, 2 times runner-up) |
| 'Website' |
| (Website) |
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 five times. They faced Sevilla in the 2007 UEFA Super Cup on August 31, 2007 and won the match 3-1. The match was marred by the death of a Sevilla player just days before - Antonio Puerta. It is understood that AC Milan started the match unsure of how aggressively to play considering the emotionally charged nature of the evening, but Sevilla set the tone by scoring first, which led to Milan giving one of their finest performances and coming back to score three goals in the second half. Both teams dedicated the match to Puerta and all goalscorers made a point of celebrating Puerta's name which was printed on the back of all players shirts below their squad number.
| Contents |
| History |
| European Super Cup finals |
| Single match finals |
| Two-legged finals |
| Performance by nation |
| By Club |
| See Also |
| External Links |
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
''Note: Match played in honour of Sevilla's Antonio Puerta who died on August 28.''
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Two-legged finals
★ ''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 | 9 | 3 | A.C. Milan (5), Juventus (2), Parma (1), Lazio (1) |
| England | 7 | 5 | Liverpool (3), Chelsea (1), Manchester United (1), Aston Villa (1), Nottingham Forest (1) |
| Spain | 6 | 8 | 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 | 5 | 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 | |
| Sevilla FC | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Steaua Bucharest | 1 | 0 |
| Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | |
| Aberdeen | 1 | 0 | |
| Chelsea | 1 | 0 | |
| KV Mechelen | 1 | 0 | |
| AC Parma | 1 | 0 | |
| Lazio | 1 | 0 | |
| Galatasaray | 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 |
See Also
★ UEFA Champions League
★ UEFA Cup
★ Super Cup
External Links
★ UEFA Super Cup
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