The UEFA Super Cup is an annual continental cup competition which is contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
First contested in 1973, the competition was played between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European/UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup until 1999.
However, following the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, it was staged between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was rebranded to the UEFA Europa League in 2009.
Between 1973 and 1997, the competition was played in a two-legged format, with the matches played at the teams’ respective home grounds. It was later changed to a single-match format at a neutral venue in 1998.
Between 1998 and 2012, the UEFA Super Cup was held at Stade Louis II in Monaco but since the 2013 edition, it has been played at different stadiums across Europe.
UEFA Super Cup records
Most wins (by clubs): Real Madrid hold the record on their own with six UEFA Super Cup titles, the sixth coming in 2024. Barcelona and AC Milan are next with five each. Barcelona and Real Madrid share the record for most appearances, with nine each.
Most wins (by nations): Teams from Spanish La Liga hold the record for winning the most number of UEFA Super Cup titles, having done so on 17 occasions. This includes wins from Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla.
Most wins (by players): Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal and Luka Modrić hold the record, with five UEFA Super Cup wins each; both collected their fifth in 2024.
Most wins (by managers): Carlo Ancelotti holds the record for winning the UEFA Super Cup the most times as a manager. The Italian tactician has won it five times: twice with AC Milan and three times with Real Madrid, most recently in 2024.
Most goals: As many as nine different players have scored three goals in the UEFA Super Cup, which to date, remains a record.
The list of players include 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)
Most appearances (by player): Milan’s Alessandro Costacurta and Roberto Donadoni hold the joint record for making the most appearances in the UEFA Super Cup (8).
UEFA Super Cup winners list
| 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 | Werder Bremen |
| 1993 | Parma | Milan |
| 1994 | Milan | Arsenal |
| 1995 | Ajax | Zaragoza |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Real Madrid | Atalanta |
| 2025 | Paris Saint-Germain | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2026 | Paris Saint-Germain | Aston Villa |
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