Greek Super Cup

Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης
Friendship and Solidarity Cup

Organising body	Hellenic Football Federation
Founded	1980;45 years ago (1980) (by PSAT) 1987;38 years ago (1987) (by the HFF)
Abolished	2007
Region	Greece
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	Greek Cup (qualifier) Super League Greece (qualifier)
Last champions	Olympiacos (4th title)
Most successful club(s)	Olympiacos (4 titles)

The Greek Super Cup (Greek : Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), formerly known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup (Greek : Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek association football one-match competition, which was contested annually between the champions of the previous Super League Greece season and the holders of the Greek Cup. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

From 1948 until 1976 several matches between the Greek champions and the Cup winners were played, but without official recognition. ^{[4] [5]} The instutition got officially started in 1980 under PSAT. According to the announcement, if the champion team of Alpha Ethniki and the Cup-winning team were the same, then the match would not be held. For various reasons, the institution was interrupted until 1987. Then the HFF established the "Champion-Cup winner" match under the name Friendship and Solidarity Cup, which was held with breaks until 1996. In ten years, seven finals were held: 1987 to 1989, 1992 to 1994 and 1996. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[8] 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. ^{[1] [9]} 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. ^{[10] [11]}

Predecessors of Greek Super Cup

Year	Champion	Score	Cup Winner	Venue	Trophy name
1948	Olympiacos	0–3 (1st leg) [12] 0–2 (2nd leg) [13]	Panathinaikos	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens	Cup of the Champions (unofficial competition) (Greek : Κύπελλον των Πρωταθλητών) [14] [15]
1963	AEK Athens	3–2	Olympiacos	Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia, Athens	Athletic Echo Cup (unofficial competition) (Greek : Κύπελλο Αθλητικής Ηχούς) [16]
1970	Panathinaikos	2–1 [17]	Aris	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus	The Superchampion game (unofficial competition) (Greek : Η συνάντησις για τον υπερπρωταθλητή) [18]
1971	AEK Athens	2–2 (1st leg) [19] 1–1 (4–2 p)(2nd leg) [20]	Olympiacos	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia, Athens	Supercup (unofficial competition) (Greek : Υπερκύπελλον) [21]
1976	PAOK	3–2 [22]	Iraklis	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki	Game for the Superclub of the year (unofficial competition) (Greek : Αγώνας για την Υπέρ-ομάδα της χρονιάς) [23]

Finals

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

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 [24]	2	3	1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
AEL	0	2	1988, 2007
Kastoria	0	1	1980
OFI	0	1	1987

Top scorers

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

References

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

External links

• Σούπερ Καπ: Ένας… ξεχασμένος θεσμός sport-fm.gr
• Legend: a course through time Heliotropio Publications, 1997 page 245