List of UEFA Super Cup winners

The UEFA Super Cup is an annual association football competition contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup which was established in 1972. The competition was previously contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup until 1999 when the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued by UEFA. The last Super Cup in this format was the 1999 UEFA Super Cup between Lazio and Manchester United which Lazio won 1–0. The competition was originally played over two-legs, one at each participating club's stadium. Since the 1998 competition, the final has been a single match, played at a neutral venue, Stade Louis II in Monaco.Cite web | url =http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/format/newsid=316985.html | title = Competition format | accessdate = 2008-03-13|date = 2007-06-01| publisher =UEFA ]

A.C. Milan hold the record for the most victories, winning the competition five times since its inception. They are also the only team to have retained the UEFA Super Cup, doing so in 1990, after winning the previous competition in 1989. Barcelona hold the distinction of being runners-up the most times, losing the competition four times. Teams from Italy have won the competition the most, with teams from the country winning the competition nine times. The current champions are Zenit St. Petersburg who beat Manchester United 2–1 to win the 2008 UEFA Super Cup. [cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_2851755,00.html |title=Milan win Super Cup |publisher=Sky Sports |date=2007-08-31 |accessdate=2008-08-12 ]

The 1972 final between Dutch team Ajax and Scotland's Rangers is considered unofficial by UEFA,Cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/history/index.html | title = UEFA Super Cup - History |publisher=UEFA | accessdate = 2008-03-11| date = 2005-07-13] as Rangers were banned from European competition due to the behaviour of their fans during the 1972 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final. As a result UEFA refused to endorse the competition until the following season. [Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1603449.stm | title = Dynamo bring happy memories | publisher = BBC Sport | accessdate = 2008-03-11 | date = 2001-10-16]

Key

Results by teams

Results by country

ee also

*List of UEFA Super Cup winning managers

Notes

*note label|Note01|a|a The 1972 final is not recognised by UEFA as an official title.
*note label|Note02|b|b The 1974 competition was abandoned due to an inability of the finalists to find a mutually convenient date for the match.
*note label|Note03|c|c The 1981 competition was not played due to the fact that Liverpool's could not find a suitable date due to fixture congestion.
*note label|Note04|d|d For the 1984 competition only one match was played because Liverpool could not find another date to play Juventus.
*note label|Note05|e|e The 1985 competition was abandoned as Everton could not play, due to a ban on English clubs' participation in European football competitions.
*note label|Note06|f|f For the 1986 competition, due to political circumstances, Steaua and Dynamo agreed to contest the fixture on a one-off basis. UEFA chose Stade Louis II as the neutral venue.
*note label|Note07|g|g For the 1991 competition only one match was played due to political circumstances in former Yugoslavia.
*note label|Note08|h|h European champions Marseille were suspended due to a bribery scandal, [cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football-news/scottish-football/spl-football/rangers-fc/2008/05/13/rangers-legend-mark-hateley-uefa-cup-victory-can-make-up-for-1993-heartache-86908-20416498/|title=Rangers legend Mark Hateley: UEFA Cup victory can make up for 1993 heartache|last=Ralston|first=Gary|date=2008-05-13|work=Daily Record|publisher=Trinity Mirror|accessdate=2008-08-11] so Milan took their place as runner-up in the European Cup.
*note label|Note09|i|i The unofficial 1972 final is not included in this total.

References

;General
*cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/sup.html |title=European Super Cup |publisher=rsssf.com |date=2007-09-07 |accessdate=2008-08-12 ;Specific

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/index.html UEFA Super Cup official history]