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Greek Super Cup

Greece Super Cup
Organising body
Founded
  • 1980; 45 years ago (1980)
  • 2026; 1 year's time (2026)
Abolished2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Region Greece
Number of teams2
Related competitions
Last championsOlympiacos (4th title)
Most successful club(s)Olympiacos (4 titles)
Websitewww.epo.gr

The Greek Super Cup (Greek: Ελληνικό Σούπερ Καπ), officially known as the Greece Super Cup (Greek: Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδας), is a Greek association football one-match competition which is contested annually between the champions of the previous Super League 1 season and the holders of the Greek Cup.[1][2]

History

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From 1948 to 1976 several matches between the Greek champions and the Greek Cup winners were held, but without any official recognition.[3][4] The institution got officially started in 1980 under PSAT. According to the announcement, if the champions of Alpha Ethniki and the Cup-winners were the same club, the match would not be held. For various reasons, the institution was interrupted until 1987 when, the HFF restablished it under the name Friendship and Solidarity Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης), which was held with breaks until 1996. In ten years, seven finals were held in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996.[5][6][7][8]

The institution was then abolished, mainly due to the difficulty of controlling fanaticism in derby matches. For example, in 1990, the match between the champion, Panathinaikos and the Cup winner, Olympiacos was cancelled, for fear of incidents due to the tense situation between the fans caused by the transfer of Stratos Apostolakis from the first club to the latter. Matches were also not played in 1991 and 1995, when Panathinaikos won the double, but not in 1997 and 1998. The conquest of the double by Olympiacos in the following year and the general interest of continuing the institution waned, despite the fact that matches could have been held between 2000 and 2003. In the three-year period that followed Panathinaikos and Olympiacos emerged as double winners.[9]

In 2007, the HFF reintroduced the institution under the name "Super Cup", but it was not continued as in the following years Olympiacos and Panathinaikos won the double. In 2011, the match between the champion, Olympiacos and the Cup winner, AEK Athens was scheduled but never took place for unknown reasons. In the following two seasons Olympiacos won the double and the competition was discontinued.[6]

From 1987 to 1994, the institution was held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, while in 1980, 1996 and 2007 they were held at Karaiskakis Stadium.[10] The matches were single-elimination and in the event of no winner was determined during regular time, a 30 minutes of extra time followed and if there was still no winner, a penalty shoot-out was held, which took place twice: in 1989 and 1996.[6][11] In 21 January 2025, at a meeting of the Professional Football Committee at the offices of the Hellenic Football Federation, the HFF decided in the restoration of the Super Cup after 18 years, but its application remains to be seen.[12][13]

Predecessors of Greek Super Cup

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Year Champion Score Cup Winner Venue Trophy name
1948 Olympiacos 0–3 (1st leg)[14]
0–2 (2nd leg)[15] 		Panathinaikos Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens Cup of the Champions (unofficial competition)
(Greek: Κύπελλον των Πρωταθλητών)[16][17]
1963 AEK Athens 3–2 Olympiacos Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia, Athens Athletic Echo Cup (unofficial competition)
(Greek: Κύπελλο Αθλητικής Ηχούς)[18]
1970 Panathinaikos 2–1[19] Aris Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus The Superchampion game (unofficial competition)
(Greek: Η συνάντησις για τον υπερπρωταθλητή)[20]
1971 AEK Athens 2–2 (1st leg)[21]
1–1 (4–2 p) (2nd leg)[22] 		Olympiacos Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia, Athens 		Supercup (unofficial competition)
(Greek: Υπερκύπελλον)[23]
1976 PAOK 3–2[24] Iraklis Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Game for the Superclub of the year (unofficial competition)
(Greek: Αγώνας για την Υπέρ-ομάδα της χρονιάς)[25]

Finals

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Year Champion Score Cup Winner Venue
PSAT edition
1980 Olympiacos 4–3 Kastoria Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
HFF editions
1987 Olympiacos 1–0 OFI Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
1988 AEL 1–3 Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
1989 AEK Athens 1–1 (6–5 p) Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
1992 AEK Athens 1–3 Olympiacos Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
1993 AEK Athens 0–1 Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
1994 AEK Athens 0–3 Panathinaikos Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
1996 Panathinaikos 1–1 (8–9 p) AEK Athens Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
2007 Olympiacos 1–0 AEL Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Performance by club

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Note: winning years are marked with bold.

Club Winners Runners-up Participation Years
Olympiacos 4 0 1980, 1987, 1992, 2007
Panathinaikos 3 2 1988, 1989 , 1993, 1994, 1996
AEK Athens[26] 2 3 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
AEL 0 2 1988, 2007
Kastoria 0 1 1980
OFI 0 1 1987

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club(s) Goals
1 Sweden Thomas Ahlström Olympiacos 2
Greece Antonis Kopanos Kastoria
Greece Petros Xanthopoulos Olympiacos
Denmark Claus Nielsen Panathinaikos
5 Greece Kostas Bakis Kastoria 1
Greece Andreas Voitsidis Kastoria
Greece Georgios Kokolakis Olympiacos
Australia Chris Kalantzis Panathinaikos
Greece Georgios Mitsibonas AEL
Greece Georgios Christodoulou AEK Athens
Greece Vangelis Vlachos Panathinaikos
Greece Alexis Alexandris AEK Athens
Greece Daniel Batista Olympiacos
Greece Panagiotis Tsalouchidis Olympiacos
Greece Vassilis Karapialis Olympiacos
Greece Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos
Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Panathinaikos
Greece Stratos Apostolakis Panathinaikos
Greece Dimitris Markos Panathinaikos
North Macedonia Toni Savevski AEK Athens
Greece Alexis Alexoudis Panathinaikos
Greece Kostas Mitroglou Olympiacos

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Το καλεντάρι του Πρωταθλήματος Stoiximan Super League 2025-2026". Super League (in Greek). 14 July 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Ολυμπιακός - ΟΦΗ για το Σούπερ Καπ στις 3 Ιανουαρίου". a-sports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. ^ "newspaper "Macedonia" 30/8/1970". efimeris.nlg.gr (in Greek). p. 18.
  4. ^ "Η ΑΕΚ Υπερ-Κυπελλούχος 1971!". aek-live.gr (in Greek). 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Σούπερ Καπ: Ένας… ξεχασμένος θεσμός". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Σούπερ Καπ: Ούτε αυτό μπορούμε να διοργανώσουμε στην Ελλάδα" (in Greek).
  7. ^ "Supercup - Champions".
  8. ^ "Σαν σήμερα το 1980: Ολυμπιακός - Καστοριά στο "1ο Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος"" (in Greek). 29 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Greece - List of Super Cup and League Cup Finals". RSSSF.
  10. ^ "Ολυμπιακός: Σαν σήμερα το πρώτο Super Cup στην ιστορία του θεσμού". novasports.gr (in Greek).
  11. ^ "Cup Winners Cup - All-time league table". worldfootball.net.
  12. ^ "Επιστρέφει το Super Cup ύστερα από 18 χρόνια στην Ελλάδα". novasports.gr. 21 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Αρχές Αυγούστου ή αρχές Ιανουαρίου ο τελικός του Super Cup". 19 March 2025.
  14. ^ "newspaper "Empros"" (in Greek). 28 July 1948.
  15. ^ "newspaper "Athletic Echo"" (in Greek). 29 July 1948.
  16. ^ "newspaper "ETHNOS"" (in Greek). 20 July 1948.
  17. ^ "newspaper "Athletic Echo"" (in Greek). 19 July 1948.
  18. ^ "Η Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδος ΑΕΚ ενίκησε τον ηρωικόν κάτοχο του Κυπέλλου Ολυμπιακό 3-2" (in Greek). newspaper "Athletic Voice". 9 September 1963.
  19. ^ "newspaper "Athletic Echo"" (in Greek). 1 September 1970.
  20. ^ "newspaper "Athletic Voice"" (in Greek). 30 August 1970.
  21. ^ "newspaper "Macedonia"" (in Greek). 1 July 1971.
  22. ^ "newspaper "Macedonia"" (in Greek). 7 September 1971.
  23. ^ "newspaper "Athletic Echo"" (in Greek). 30 June 1971.
  24. ^ "newspaper "Athletic Echo"" (in Greek). 2 September 1976.
  25. ^ "newspaper "Macedonia"" (in Greek). 2 September 1976.
  26. ^ "Οι τίτλοι της ΑΕΚ".

Sources

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  • Θρύλος: Πορεία μέσα στον χρόνο. Ηλιοτρόπιο. 1997. ISBN 9789603420491.
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