1993 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi-Final vs Salzburg

Lore & Background

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. From 1972 to 1999, it 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, renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009. The current holders are Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Europa League winners Aston Villa 2–1 in the 2026 edition. Real Madrid are the most successful team in the competition, having won the trophy six times.

Reader's Guide

The UEFA Super Cup is contested as a single match at a neutral venue. The match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each. If the scores are level at the end of 90 minutes, the match goes straight to a penalty shoot-out. Before the 2023 edition, two additional 15-minute periods of extra time were played before the shoot-out.

Did You Know?

• The first official Super Cup trophy was won by Ajax in January 1974.
• The 1972 final between Ajax and Rangers is considered unofficial by UEFA.
• The Super Cup was not played in 1974, 1981, and 1985 due to scheduling or political issues.
• Since 1998, the Super Cup has been played as a single match at a neutral venue; from 1998 to 2012 it was at Stade Louis II in Monaco.