BeNe Super Cup

BeNe Super Cup
	The current BeNe Super Cup official logo,; in use since 2011
Founded	2011
Region	Belgium ; Netherlands
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Standard Liège ; (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Standard Liège ; (2 titles)

Last updated March 13, 2019

The BeNe Super Cup was a women's football competition between the holders of the Dutch Vrouwen Eredivisie and the Belgian Women's First Division. It was played two times.

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Its inaugural edition took place on 30 August 2011 in Venlo, Netherlands and confronted Standard Liège and FC Twente.^[1]^[2] Standard won 4-1.

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The competition was a first step towards the joint BeNe League that gathered the top eight teams from each country and was started in the 2012–13 season.^[3]^[4] It has not been held since.

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Finals played

30 August 201119:30

FC Twente	1–4	Standard Fémina de Liège
Nick 55'	Report	Zeler 37' Martens 45+1', 70' Aga 68'

De Koel, Venlo

Attendance: 2.000

Referee: Sjoukje de Jong

14 August 201216:30

ADO Den Haag	0–1	Standard Fémina de Liège
	Report	Lewerissa 51'

Argos Oil Stadion Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

Attendance: 200

Referee: Virginie Derouaux

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References

↑ "Match report 2011 cup". soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
↑ BeNe SuperCup 2011 tussen FC Twente en Standard Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine ., KNVB (19 juli 2011)
↑ "2011/12 season kicks of" (in Dutch). eredivisievrouwenvoetbal.nl. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "BeNe League; New league for the highest Belgian and Dutch teams". womenssoccerunited.com. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

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[1] "Match report 2011 cup". soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

[2] BeNe SuperCup 2011 tussen FC Twente en Standard Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine ., KNVB (19 juli 2011)

[3] "2011/12 season kicks of" (in Dutch). eredivisievrouwenvoetbal.nl. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] "BeNe League; New league for the highest Belgian and Dutch teams". womenssoccerunited.com. 30 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.