French soccer supercup

The French Football Supercup ( French : Trophée des Champions ) is a cup competition that was created in 1995 under the name Challenge Gabriel Hanot and has been held every year since then between the winner of the Coupe de France and the French football champion - nowadays, the runner-up, if the champion at the same time also became a cup winner - the men are played out. The competition is organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) , according to whose statutes only professional clubs are allowed to play for the trophy; should an amateur team win the national cup, the LFP would have to determine on a case-by-case basis who would take their place against the national champions. The previous competition was the Challenge des Champions , which was held from 1955 to 1962, 1965 to 1973, 1985 and 1986. In addition, as early as 1949, the then champion Stade Reims played an unofficial match against the cup winners Racing Paris , which he won 4-3. A special feature of the game played at the end of the summer break is the mode, according to which there is no overtime after 90 minutes if the score is tied, but the decision must be found immediately in a penalty shoot-out. The reason for this is that the players should not be overburdened because of the point game operation that begins a few days later.

The 2007 game was supposed to be played in Tianjin (China); With this marketing measure, the LFP wanted to make French football more popular among the growing group of Asian sports enthusiasts. However, after no approval from the Chinese federation was available by the beginning of July, the event was moved to France at short notice and the home rights of the Lyon Masters were drawn. This attempt was repeated in 2009, but this time in French-Canadian Montréal , and since then the respective encounter has taken place regularly abroad.

For the first time in 2019, by decision of the Fédération Française de Football, there will also be a neutral game for the French Supercup in women's football , which will be called the Trophée des Championnes ("Cup of Women Champions"). The rule here also applies that in the event that the champions and cup winners are identical, the runner-up in Division 1 and not the loser of the cup final will take part.

Challenge of the champion

year	winner	opponent	result	venue
1955	Stade Reims	Lille OSC	7: 1	Marseille
1956	UA Sedan-Torcy	OGC Nice	1-0	Paris
1957	AS Saint-Etienne	Toulouse FC	2: 1	Toulouse
1958	Stade Reims	Olympique Nîmes	2: 1	Marseille
1959	Le Havre AC	OGC Nice	2-0	Paris
1960	Stade Reims	AS Monaco	6: 2	Nantes
1961	AS Monaco	UA Sedan-Torcy	1: 1 (no title awarded)	Marseille
1962	AS Saint-Etienne	Stade Reims	3: 2	Limoges
1965	FC Nantes	Rennes stadium	4: 2	Lorient
1966	Stade de Reims	FC Nantes	2-0	Nantes
1967	AS Saint-Etienne	Olympique Lyon	3-0	Saint-Etienne
1968	AS Saint-Etienne	Girondins Bordeaux	5: 3	Montpellier
1969	AS Saint-Etienne	Olympique Marseille	3: 2	Paris
1970	OGC Nice	AS Saint-Etienne	2-0	Nice
1971	Olympique Marseille	Rennes stadium	2: 2 (title was awarded to both finalists)	Brest
1972	SEC Bastia	Olympique Marseille	5: 2	Toulon
1973	Olympique Lyon	FC Nantes	1-0	Brest
1985	AS Monaco	Girondins Bordeaux	1: 1/1: 1 (5: 4 i. E. )	Towards: Monaco; Back: Bordeaux
1986	Girondins Bordeaux	Paris Saint-Germain	1-0	Pointe-à-Pitre

Trophée des Champions

i. E. = Result of the penalty shoot-out

year	winner	opponent	result	venue	spectator
1995	Paris Saint-Germain	FC Nantes	2: 2, 6: 5 i. E.	Brest	12,000
1996	No game because AJ Auxerre won the doublé .
1997	AS Monaco	OGC Nice	5: 2	Beziers	07,614
1998	Paris Saint-Germain	RC Lens	1-0	Tours	10,370
1999	FC Nantes	Girondins Bordeaux	1-0	Amiens	11,860
2000	AS Monaco	FC Nantes	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.	Sochaux	09,920
2001	FC Nantes	Racing Strasbourg	4: 1	Strasbourg	07,690
2002	Olympique Lyon	FC Lorient	5: 1	Cannes	05,040
2003	Olympique Lyon	AJ Auxerre	2: 1	Lyon	18,250
2004	Olympique Lyon	Paris Saint-Germain	1: 1, 7: 6 i. E.	Cannes	09,430
2005	Olympique Lyon	AJ Auxerre	4: 1	Auxerre	10,970
2006	Olympique Lyon	Paris Saint-Germain	1: 1, 5: 4 i. E.	Lyon	30,530
2007	Olympique Lyon	FC Sochaux	2: 1	Lyon	30,410
2008	Girondins Bordeaux	Olympique Lyon	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.	Bordeaux	27,170
2009	Girondins Bordeaux	EA Guingamp	2-0	Montréal, Canada	34,070
2010	Olympique Marseille	Paris Saint-Germain	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.	Radès, Tunisia	57,000
2011	Olympique Marseille	Lille OSC	5: 4	Tangier, Morocco	33,900
2012	Olympique Lyon	HSC Montpellier	2: 2, 4: 2 i. E.	New York, USA	15,170
2013	Paris Saint-Germain	Girondins Bordeaux	2: 1	Libreville, Gabon	34,660
2014	Paris Saint-Germain	EA Guingamp	2-0	Beijing, China	39,752
2015	Paris Saint-Germain	Olympique Lyon	2-0	Montréal, Canada	20,057
2016	Paris Saint-Germain	Olympique Lyon	4: 1	Klagenfurt, Austria	9,500
2017	Paris Saint-Germain	AS Monaco	2: 1	Tangier, Morocco	45,000
2018	Paris Saint-Germain	AS Monaco	4-0	Shenzhen, China	41,237
2019	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes stadium	2: 1	Shenzhen, China	22,045

Success statistics

Pl.	society	Chall.	Trophy	total	partial acceptance
1.	Paris Saint-Germain	0	9	9	13
2.	Olympique Lyon	1	7th	8th	14th
3.	AS Saint-Etienne	5	0	5	7th
4th	Stade Reims	4th	0	4th	5
5.	AS Monaco	1	2	3	7th
	FC Nantes	1	2	3	7th
	Olympique Marseille	1	2	3	5
	Girondins Bordeaux	1	2	3	7th
9.	UA Sedan-Torcy	1	0	1	2
	Le Havre AC	1	0	1	1
	OGC Nice	1	0	1	4th
	SEC Bastia	1	0	1	1
	Rennes stadium	1	0	1	3
	AJ Auxerre	0	1	1	3

Status: including 2019

Remarks

1. ↑ This case was first discussed in the run-up to the 2012 Cup final , for which an amateur club, US Quevilly, qualified - see “No Trophée des Champions for Quevilly?” In France Football on April 17, 2012
2. ^ Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 , p. 50
3. ↑ France Football, May 19, 2009, p. 53
4. ↑ Article “ The FFF votes for the creation of a Trophée des Championnes ” from June 8, 2019 at lequipe.fr