A super cup is a competition, in association football , basketball , handball , volleyball and rugby union which often forms the ' curtain raiser ' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the previous season.
31-523: The NWSL Challenge Cup is an annual supercup competition organized by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top-tier women's league in the United States soccer league system . The current ( 2024 ) cup holder is San Diego Wave FC after defeating NJ/NY Gotham FC through an Alex Morgan goal in the 88th minute. The NWSL Challenge Cup was first held in 2020 as a one-off tournament to mark
62-471: A double, while derivative sections examine much less frequent, continental instances. The Double can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double over a particular opponent. The first club to achieve a double was Preston North End in 1889, winning the FA Cup and The Football League in the inaugural season of the league. The team that holds
93-641: A national level by two competition winners of the previous season: the national knock-out cup winner and the highest level league champion. There are also continental super cups, like the UEFA Super Cup in football, which puts together winners of the top and second-tier UEFA competitions and the Recopa Sudamericana between CONMEBOL Libertadores and the Sudamericana winners, and cross-border super cups between champions of neighbouring leagues, such as
124-670: Is Maccabi Tel Aviv , with seven wins, followed by their city rivals, Hapoel Tel Aviv with four wins. Six Italian clubs share twelve doubles of the Serie A championship and the Coppa Italia . Note: In 2006, Inter finished third in Serie A but were awarded the title as the highest placed club not to be involved in Calciopoli . The club's 2010 double was made the Treble with their UEFA Champions League victory. In Kazakhstan , five teams have won
155-639: The Campeones Cup between the winners of the highest level leagues in the United States and Mexico, and the Champions Cup for the champions of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The now-defunct Intercontinental Cup was a super cup played between the continental champions of Europe and South America, with winners retroactively recognised by world governing body FIFA as World Champions prior to
186-502: The Copa de Oro and Copa del Rey winners). [REDACTED] & [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Double (association football) The Double , in association football , is the achievement of winning a country's top tier division and its primary domestic cup competition in the same season. The lists in this article examine this definition of
217-593: The DFB-Pokal was resumed following the war in 1953, and up until well after the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963, no club was able to complete the double. A new cup trophy was introduced as it was felt the previous one was associated with the Nazi period. In the modern-day Bundesliga era, the double has been won by only five clubs. Bayern Munich holds the record, with 13. Note: Bayern Munich's 2013 and 2020 doubles were part of
248-622: The FIFA Club World Cup , which features the champions of all of the confederations, plus the champion of the host country. In 2017, FIFA retroactively recognised the winners of the European/South American Cup as world champions. A similar tournament was held at international level, the FIFA Confederations Cup . It was initially held on a biennial basis, every odd year, from 1993 until 2005 when it became quadrennial,
279-655: The Intercontinental Champions' Supercup (contested by the past winners of the Intercontinental Cup ), Supercopa Euroamericana (pitting the Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Europa League winners), Suruga Bank Championship (pitting the Copa Sudamericana and J.League Cup winners), the Copa de Oro (pitting all the most recent CONMEBOL competition winners), and the Copa Iberoamericana (pitting
310-724: The Liechtenstein Football Cup is the only national football competition in the country. In Lithuania six teams have won the Double of the A Lyga and the Lithuanian Football Cup . Note: Žalgiris won domestic cup twice in 2016, due to format change. In Luxembourgian football , the Double is made up of the National Division title and the Luxembourg Cup . As there are no other senior football competitions in
341-516: The CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions, plus its women's counterpart , are rare examples of 'super cups' between national sides. The following nations have an active super cup competition: Some continental football federations also have their own super cups: Most of the continental football confederations have jointly held a competition pitting their champions against each other: All of these competitions are now defunct and have been succeeded by
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#1732852625429372-903: The Double of the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup . In Azerbaijan , four teams have won the Double of the Azerbaijan Premier League and the Azerbaijan Cup . In Belarus , four teams have won the Double of the Belarusian Premier League and the Belarusian Cup . In Belgium, five teams have won the Double of the Belgian Pro League and the Belgian Cup . In Bosnia and Herzegovina , four teams have won
403-791: The Double of the Cypriot First Division and the Cypriot Cup . Two teams won the Double of the Czechoslovak First League and Czechoslovak Cup . Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Double has consisted of the Czech First League and Czech Cup , being won by only two teams to date. In Denmark, five teams have won the Double of the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup . In England, eight teams have won
434-777: The Double of the First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup . In Bulgaria , four teams have won the Double of the Bulgarian A Football Group and the Bulgarian Cup . In Croatia , three teams have won the Double of the Yugoslav First League / Croatian First Football League and the Yugoslav Cup / Croatian Football Cup . In Cyprus , five teams have won
465-832: The Double of the Kazakhstan Premier League and the Kazakhstan Cup . In Kosovo , four teams have won the Double of the Superleague (1999–present) and the Kosovar Cup (1999–present) . In Latvia , three teams have won the Double of the Latvian Higher League and the Latvian Football Cup . There is no national league in Liechtenstein, as its clubs partake in the neighbouring Swiss football league system ;
496-758: The Double of the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France . In Georgia , two teams have won the Double of the Georgian Premier League and the Georgian Cup . A national cup competition was introduced in Germany in 1935, and was known as the Tschammer-Pokal for the country's then minister of sport . Between 1935 and the suspension of cup play in 1944 because of World War II, the Double was won only once. Play for what had become
527-495: The Italian, French, Spanish, Turkish, Mexican, and Egyptian games and increasingly function as publicity events for that league in the global market. If the league champions are also the national cup winners , they may play a selected XI team, or more commonly the runners-up from one of the competitions, typically from the league. The Finalissima between the national team continental champions of UEFA and CONMEBOL , also known as
558-649: The NWSL Challenge Cup transitioned to a single pre-season match between the current NWSL Shield holder and the current NWSL Champions, a similar structure to other Super Cup trophies worldwide such as the FA Community Shield . Should a team win both the Championship and Shield, the Challenge Cup will be a rematch of the previous season's championship match. Super cup It is typically contested on
589-666: The breakup of the Soviet Union, Armenian clubs were part of Soviet competition. Ararat Yerevan was one of just two non-Russian clubs to win the Soviet double, in 1973, with Nikita Simonyan at the helm. They also won the post-independence Armenian Double in 1993. In Armenia , four teams have won the Double of the Soviet Top League / Armenian Premier League and the Soviet Cup / Armenian Independence Cup . In Austria, nine teams have won
620-529: The champions of both confederations. The rebooted cup, now branded as the Finalissima, held its first edition in 2022 , with quadrennial editions to follow. The two confederations launched a Women's Finalissima in 2023 , involving the most recent winners of the Copa América Femenina and Women's Euro . It is also planned to be a quadrennial event. Other tournaments like this have been held, including
651-642: The club's trebles which also included their UEFA Champions League victories. Following World War II, a separate football competition emerged in the Soviet-occupied eastern area of Germany. The first division DDR-Oberliga was active from 1947–48 to 1990–91 and saw the introduction of the FDGB-Pokal in 1949. The cup competition was not staged in the 1950–51 season and the transitional 1955 and 1961 seasons. Five doubles were won in East German competition: Since
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#1732852625429682-416: The country, and no club have never come close to winning any European tournament, the Double is the ultimate achievement for a Luxembourgian club in one season. The most successful clubs are Jeunesse Esch and F91 Dudelange (one double 1947–48 as Stade Dudelange ), who have completed eight Doubles each. 1947–48 as Stade Dudelange , now a part of F91 Dudelange. In Malta , six teams have won
713-686: The creation of the official FIFA Club World Cup and the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions between the winners of the European Football Championship and the Copa América , which rebranded once again in 2022 after the 29-year hiatus. Sometimes, these are two-legged ties , with a match played at each side's stadium, but increasingly they are one-off fixtures at a neutral venue, such as a national stadium . Some Super Cups have even been staged in venues outside their home country, such as
744-859: The double of the Football League First Division (1888–1992)/ Premier League (1992–present) and FA Cup . In Estonia , two teams have won the Double of the Meistriliiga and the Estonian Cup . In Faroe Islands , six teams have won the Double of the Faroe Islands Premier League and the Faroe Islands Cup . In Finland, three teams have won the Double of the Veikkausliiga and the Finnish Cup . In France, 12 teams have won
775-796: The double of the Superleague Greece and the Greek Cup . In Hungary, five teams have won the Double of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the Magyar Kupa . In Iceland , five teams have won the Double of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic Cup . In Israel , the Double can be achieved by winning the Top division championship and the Israel State Cup . The team that has won the most doubles to date
806-451: The first four years of the tournament, all NWSL teams would begin a group stage where they would play four to six games, usually split geographically. The group stage would then be followed by one or more knockout matches to determine the Cup winner. In 2020, all nine teams at the time were to play four games in a single pool, with eight teams advancing to the knockout stage. In 2021, the ten teams at
837-504: The league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic . It was the first top-tier professional sports league in the United States to restart after COVID-19 lockdowns began. Subsequently, the NWSL announced that it would return as an annual league cup competition. After the 2023 season, the NWSL announced that the Challenge Cup would change from a league cup to a supercup starting in 2024. For
868-645: The record for the most doubles is Linfield of Northern Ireland , with a total of 25. South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago are the two countries with the most Double-winning clubs, with 13 clubs each. In Albania , five teams have won the Double of the Kategoria Superiore and the Kupa e Shqipërisë . In Andorra , four teams have won the Double of the Primera Divisió and the Copa Constitució . Prior to
899-425: The reunification of Germany , no former East German club has won either the Bundesliga title or the DFB Pokal ( RB Leipzig having been founded in 2009); indeed, as of 2024, none of the aforementioned double winners are competing in the top flight. In Gibraltar , seven teams have won the Double of the Gibraltar Premier Division and the Rock Cup . In Greece, the big three of Attica and PAOK have managed to win
930-415: The time divided into two divisions of five teams, with the group winners qualifying for the final match. In 2022 and 2023, the twelve teams at the time split into three groups of four, with the best runner-up joining the three group winners in a two-round knockout tournament. For the 2023 season, the NWSL moved the tournament to run concurrently with the season, due to player concerns about injuries. In 2024,
961-444: The year before a World Cup in its host country. It featured the six continental champions, the World Cup winners and the host. The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 10th and last Confederations Cup before FIFA abolished it for an expanded Club World Cup . CONMEBOL and UEFA relaunched the CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions in 2020, previously held as the European/South American Nations Cup in 1985 and 1993 , to be contested between