The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match. The winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League face each other in the ultimate clash. The competition's official name was the Super Competition and later the European Super Cup. In 1995, UEFA changed the name of the competition to the UEFA Super Cup.
From 1972 to 1999, the UEFA Super Cup was held between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup face each other in the clash after the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. UEFA Cup was renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009. The current holders are Champions League winners Manchester City. They defeated Europa League winners Sevilla 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. So, let's have a look at the UEFA Super Cup winners of every edition since 1973.
UEFA Super Cup records:
- Most wins (by clubs): Real Madrid, Barcelona, and AC Milan have won the joint-most UEFA Super Cup titles (5). Barcelona have also ended as the runners-up on four occasions. They have made the most appearances in this super clash between Europe's best sides.
- Most wins (by players): Karim Benzema, Dani Carvajal, Toni Kroos, Dani Alves, and Paolo Maldini have won the UEFA Super Cup four times.
- Most wins (by managers): Carlo Ancelotti holds the record for winning the competition the most times as a manager. The Italian manager has won it four times (twice each with AC Milan and Real Madrid) in his career.
- Most goals: Nine players have scored three goals in the UEFA Super Cup which remains a record. Oleh Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv), David Fairclough (Liverpool), Radamel Falcao (Atlético de Madrid), Arie Haan (Ajax, Anderlecht), Terry McDermott (Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich), Rob Rensenbrink (Anderlecht), Francois Van der Elst (Anderlecht) are the nine players.
- Most appearances (by player): Alessandro Costacurta and Roberto Donadoni hold the joint record for most appearances (8).
UEFA Super Cup winners of every edition:
Year | Winner | Runners-up |
1973 | Ajax | Milan |
1975 | Dynamo Kyiv | Bayern Munich |
1976 | Anderlecht | Bayern Munich |
1977 | Liverpool | Hamburger |
1978 | Anderlecht | Liverpool |
1979 | Nottingham Forest | Barcelona |
1980 | Valencia | Nottingham Forest |
1982 | Aston Villa | Barcelona |
1983 | Aberdeen | Hamburger |
1984 | Juventus | Liverpool |
1986 | Steaua Bucuresti | Dynamo Kyiv |
1987 | Porto | Ajax |
1988 | Mechelen | PSV Eindhoven |
1989 | Milan | Barcelona |
1990 | Milan | Sampdoria |
1991 | Manchester United | Red Star Belgrade |
1992 | Barcelona | Werden Bremen |
1993 | Parma | Milan |
1994 | Milan | Arsenal |
1995 | Ajax | Zaragosa |
1996 | Juventus | Paris-Saint Germain |
1997 | Barcelona | Borussia Dortmund |
1998 | Chelsea | Real Madrid |
1999 | Lazio | Manchester United |
2000 | Galatasaray | Real Madrid |
2001 | Liverpool | Bayern Munich |
2002 | Real Madrid | Feyenoord |
2003 | Milan | Porto |
2004 | Valencia | Porto |
2005 | Liverpool | CSKA Moscow |
2006 | Sevilla | Barcelona |
2007 | Milan | Sevilla |
2008 | Zenit St Petersburg | Manchester United |
2009 | Barcelona | Shakhtar Donetsk |
2010 | Atletico Madrid | Inter |
2011 | Barcelona | Porto |
2012 | Atletico Madrid | Chelsea |
2013 | Bayern Munich | Chelsea |
2014 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
2015 | Barcelona | Sevilla |
2016 | Real Madrid | Sevilla |
2017 | Real Madrid | Manchester United |
2018 | Atletico Madrid | Real Madrid |
2019 | Liverpool | Chelsea |
2020 | Bayern Munich | Sevilla |
2021 | Chelsea | Villarreal |
2022 | Real Madrid | Eintracht Frankfurt |
2023 | Manchester City | Sevilla |