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What is the Super Cup?

Super Cup at the continental level

European Super Cup

The European Super Cup (in English: UEFA Super Cup) is a final match held annually under the supervision of the European Football Club Association (UEFA), bringing together the UEFA Champions League champion and the UEFA Europa League champion. This is referred to as... The tournament is the beginning of the football season for European clubs. It is usually held at the beginning of the football season in mid-August in a different European city than the previous year.

The European Super Cup has witnessed several changes throughout the history of the tournament. It was initially held in the form of two back-and-forth matches, then it turned into one match played in a neutral stadium. It is Louis II Stadium in the French Principality of Monaco. This was for a period of 14 years, after which it became played in a different European city every year from the previous year and was determined in advance. It should be noted that the most successful clubs in this tournament are the Spanish club Barcelona and the Italian club Milan. With 5 titles each.

 

African Super Cup

The African Super Cup (in English: CAF Super Cup) is an annual tournament held under the supervision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), bringing together the champion of the African Champions League Cup with its counterpart, the champion of the African Confederation Cup, or what was known before 2005 as the African Cup of Cup-winning Clubs. Note that most of the African Super Cup champions were the same CAF Champions League champions in the previous season. They were able to win 23 times out of the 28 editions held so far.

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Egyptian football clubs are the most clubs in the African continent to have won this title. With ten titles in total; Distributed at the two poles of Egyptian football; Al-Ahly Club, with 6 titles; It is the most African club to win this title ever, and Zamalek Club has 4 titles. The last one was in 2020 AD.

 

South American Super Cup

The South American Super Cup, or what is known as the Recopa Sudamericana, is organized by the Confederation of South American Football Clubs (CONMEBOL). It is an annual tournament played between the champion of the Copa Libertadores and the champion of the Copa Sudamericana on a two-legged system. The first edition of this tournament was held in the year 1989 AD, and since that time it has been held annually except for a short hiatus that lasted 4 years between 1999 AD and 2002 AD, and this competition is considered the third most prominent football club competition in South America. After the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.

The Copa Libertadores champions outperformed their rivals, the Copa Sudamericana champions, 19 times out of the 27 editions of the South American Super Cup held until 2019, noting that the Brazilian and Argentinian clubs are the ones who have won the most titles in this competition. In total, Brazilian clubs were able to win 11 titles, while Argentine clubs won 9 titles in total. The club that won the most titles in this tournament throughout the history of the competition until 2020 AD is the Argentine club Boca Juniors, with 4 titles.

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Asian Super Cup

The Asian Super Cup is a tournament that was held under the supervision of the Asian Football Club Confederation (AFC), between the champion of the AFC Champions League and the champion of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. It was held in a two-legged home-and-away format on an annual basis during the years 1995-2002 AD. When the AFC made some amendments related to football club competitions by merging the major Asian championships with the AFC Champions League, the last club to win the Suwon Samsung Bluewings Cup from South Korea was in 2002 for the second time in a row. To share this with Al Hilal Saudi Club in the number of coronation times. With a score of two times each; Thus, they are the ones who have won the most titles in this tournament.

 

Super Cup at the local level

Spanish Super Cup

The Spanish Super Cup (in English: Spanish Super Cup) is organized by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), and it is an annual tournament played between 4 Spanish clubs: the champion and runner-up of the King’s Cup, the winning club in the Spanish League, and the runner-up in second place, noting that this tournament was Before 2020 AD, it will be held between the champions of the two tournaments only, without the participation of the runner-up. It should be noted that the club that has won the most Spanish Super Cup titles throughout the history of this tournament, from its inception in 1982 AD until 2020 AD, is Barcelona, ​​with 13 titles, followed by Real Madrid, with 10 titles.

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FA Community Shield Cup

The FA Community Shield is the domestic Super Cup in England. It combines the winner of the English Premier League and the FA Cup in the previous season. It is an official tournament supervised by the English Football Association (FA), and is held annually as the start of the new football season, noting that the first edition of it was held in 1908 AD, and it has been held at Wembley Stadium since 1974 AD. It should be noted that Manchester United is the club that has won the most titles in this tournament, with 21 titles.

 

Italian Super Cup

The Italian Super Cup (in Italian: Supercoppa Italiana) is organized by the Italian Football Federation on an annual basis. It is a tournament played between the club that wins the Italian League (Serie A) and the winner of the Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) last season during one match. It has recently become held outside... Italy's stadiums are in a neutral city, the last of which was Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2019 AD. It should be noted that Juventus Club is the club that has won the Italian Super Cup title most throughout the history of the tournament from its inception until 2020 AD. With 8 titles, AC Milan follows with 7 titles

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