Find here the history of the French Super Cup and the record of Paris Saint-Germain in this competition!
Although the competition has existed since 1995 in its title of Trophée des Champions, the first edition of its ancestor, the Challenge of Champions, took place in 1955. At the time, this first edition was Stade de Reims vs LOSC Lille and was held at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.
The Paris Saint-Germain is the record holder of the number of Super Cups won with 11 victories in 16 participations. Marco Verratti is the player who took part in the most Super Cups with 9 participations, for 9 victories! The record attendance for a Super Cup goes back to July 28th, 2010. At that time, 57,000 spectators came to the 7-November Stadium in Rades, Tunisia.
PSG won the 2022 edition of the Champi ons Trophy in Tel Aviv against FC Nantes, winners of the last edition of the French Cup.1982 - 1983 - 1993 - 1995 - 1998 - 2004 - 2006 - 2010 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2020 - 2021
Organized by the Professional Football League, the French Super Cup is a sin gle match competition between the winner of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats and the winner of the French Cup. In case of tie game at the end of regulation time, the two teams will take a penalty shoot-out.
Recently revised, the Super Cup stipulates that in case of a championship an d French Cup victory from the same club, the team arrived second in the Ligu e 1 Uber Eats standings will compete for the trophy. This situation has already occurred in 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Since 2009, the Super Cup has been held abroad: in Canada, Morocco, the United States and China.Over the last years, the Super Cup has been relocated thousands of kilometer s away from France. Different countries have had the opportunity to host this competition such as Morocco, Canada or China! This important event is an op portunity for local Fan Clubs to attend matches, specific events and to live their PSG passion at home with their team.
Usually held after summer pre-season and before the start of a new season of Ligue 1 Uber Eats, the Super Cup is a kind of final preparation and a way for Parisians to measure themselves against an important opponent. And with nine trophies to date, the Red and Blue will be looking for a 10th crown. On January 13th, 2021, Mauricio Pochettino's men won the 10th Super cup of the Paris Saint-Germain history, defeating Olympique de Marseille at Bollaert Stadium of Lens. Icardi and then Neymar offered the first title of the Pochettino new era.