A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at each side's stadium, but increasingly they are one-off fixtures at a neutral venue. The name Super Cup suggests that the match ultimately decides the best team in the nation, but the League Champions are still considered Champions, regardless of who wins the Super Cup. Super Cups are not considered as important, more as prestige matches. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...

In football, most nations have a super cup:

• Albanian Supercup
• Armenian Supercup
• Austrian Supercup
• Belgian Supercup
• Bulgarian Supercup
• Croatian Supercup
• Cyprus FA Shield
• Trophée Des Champions
• FA Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield)
• German Supercup (In 1997, this was superseded by a league cup called DFB Ligapokal.)
• Greek Super Cup
• Iranian Super Cup
• Football Association of Ireland Super Cup
• Italian Super Cup
• Japanese Super Cup
• Libyan SuperCup
• Lithuanian Supercup
• Johan Cruijff-schaal
• Polish SuperCup
• SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira
• Romanian Super Cup
• Russian Super Cup
• San Marino Federal Trophy
• Korean Super Cup
• Spanish Super Cup
• Supercupen
• Turkish Super Cup
• Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası
• Ukrainian Super Cup
• USSR Super Cup
• Vietnamese Super Cup

Most of the continental football federations also have their own super cups: Image File history File links Flag_of_Albania. ... The Albanian Supercup of football is played from 1989 in single match at opened season with winners Albanian First Division and Albanian Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Armenia. ... The Armenian SuperCup is a match tournament of the Armenian football between the League champions and the Cup Winners. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... The Austrian Supercup is a football (soccer) match, held annually from 1986 with winners Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... The Belgian Supercup is a competition played on a single match at Stade Roi Baudouin between the winner of Jupiler League and the winner of Belgian Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... The Bulgarian Supercup (Bulgarian: ) is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group and the club that has won the Bulgarian Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... The Croatian Supercup is an annually held football match between the football club that has won the Croatian First League and the club that has won the Croatian Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... The Cyprus Football Association Shield or the Cyprus Super Cup (in Greek Ασπίδα ΚΟΠ) is a Cypriot association football trophy, contested in an annual match between the Cyprus Champion (Cypriot First Division) and the winners of the Cyprus Cup. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Le Trophée des Champions, the Champions Trophy is a cup organised by the French Football Federation, a match between the winners of the French Championship and the winners of the Coupe de France (French Cup) Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | French football competitions ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... For the rugby league competition, see Charity Shield (rugby league) The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of the FA Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The German Supercup used to be a match between the winner of the Bundesliga championship and the German Cup. ... The Premiere Ligapokal (previously DFB-Ligapokal), or German League Cup, is a German football competition that takes place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top teams of the previous Bundesliga season and the winners of the German Cup in Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... The Greek Super Cup (Greek: ) is a Greek association football competition, which takes place in an annual match between the Super League champion team and the winners of the Greek Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... The Iranian Super Cup is an Iranian association football trophy awarded to the winner of a match between the IPLs season champion and the winner of the Hazfi Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... The FAI Super Cup is a defunct football tournament which was played for 3 years between 1998 and 2000. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Italian Super Cup or the SuperCoppa Italiana is a pre-season football (soccer) competition held the week before the season begins in Italy every year, in August. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... The Xerox Super Cup logo The Japanese Super Cup or Xerox Super Cup ) is an annual one-match football (soccer) competition in Japan organised by J. League and the Japan Football Association (JFA). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Libya. ... RSSSF competition history National football Supercups      Categories: | ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Lithuanian Supercup is a one-match football annual competition. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The Johan Cruijff Schaal is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruijff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... The Polish Super Cup in football (official Polish title: Superpuchar Polski) is an annually held match between the Polish Champion (Polish 1st league winner) and Polish Cup winner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... The Portuguese SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira (Port. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... The Romanian Super Cup is a football competition, held annually between the winner of Romanian Championship and winner of Romanian Cup, except for 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2004 since 1993. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... The Russian Super Cup (Суперкубок России) is a one-match football annual competition. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_San_Marino. ... The San Marino Federal Trophy (in italian language, Trofeo Federale) is a Supercup of football (soccer) in San Marino, and was born in 1986. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea. ... The Super Cup has been a traditional curtain-raiser to the Korean football season since its inception in 1999. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... The Supercopa de España (Spanish Super Cup) is a Spanish football trophy created in 1982, played by the winners of the First Division and the Copa del Rey (Kings Cup). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Supercupen is a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Turkish Super Cup logo The Turkish Super Cup is an annual football game between the Turkish Premier Super League champion and the Turkish Cup champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus. ... CumhurbaÅŸkanlığı Kupası is supercup tournament of the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... // Introduction Ukrainian Super Cup (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) acts as the grand-opener for every new football competition season in Ukraine, having the winners of the previous seasonsUkrainian Championship and Ukrainian Cup face-off against each other. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The USSR Super Cup, or Seasons Cup, featured the winners of the previous seasons Soviet Top League and USSR Cup in a one or two legged playoff for the trophy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ... The Vietnamese Super Cup is the soccer competition between the V-League champions and Vietnamese Cup holders. ...

• UEFA: European Super Cup
• AFC: Asian Super Cup,
• CAF: CAF Super Cup
• CONMEBOL: Recopa Sudamericana / Recopa Sul-Americana
  • (From 1988 to 1997 there was a competition called the Supercopa Sudamericana / Supercopa Sul-Americana. However, this took a different form to most Super Cups, featuring past winners of the Copa Libertadores.)

The Union Européenne de Football Association or Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The European Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup(formally UEFA Cup Winners Cup) and the Champions League. ... The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... The Asian Super Cup was an annual competition between the winners of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup. ... The 53 member CAF (Confederation of African Football) , (French : Confédération Africaine de Football) , (Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. ... The CAF Super Cup is an African football competition. ... CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in most of South America. ... The Recopa Sudamericana (English: South American Recup, Portuguese: Recopa Sulamericana) is at stake in an annual football series (2 legs) between the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores de América and Copa Sudamericana. ... Supercopa Sudamericana (English: South American Supercup, Portuguese: Supercopa Sulamericana), also known as Supercopa João Havelange was a competition played from 1988 to 1997 by the past winners of Copa Libertadores. ... Copa Libertadores Logo The Copa Libertadores de América (also known as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese: Taça Libertadores da América, English: Liberators of America Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ...

Other Sports

• Spain also has a football-style Super Cup available for basketball.
• Super Powers Cup, was an annual international Rugby Union competition contested by national teams from Canada, Japan, Russia and United States. In 2005 its name was changed to the Super Cup.