Supercopa de Catalunya

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Supercopa de Catalunya
Founded2014;11 years ago (2014)
RegionCatalonia
Teams2
Current champions Girona
(1st title)
Most championships Barcelona
(2 titles)
Website www.fcf.cat

The Supercopa de Catalunya (Catalonia Supercup) is a football supercup competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation since 2014 for football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain. [1] The match features the two best ranked Catalan clubs from La Liga. [2]

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Matches

YearDateVenueWinnerScoresRunner UpAtt.Ref
201429 October 2014 Estadi Montilivi, Girona Barcelona 1–1 (4–2 p) Espanyol 5,110 [3] [4]
201625 October 2016 Nou Estadi, Tarragona Espanyol 1–0 Barcelona 12,810 [5] [6]
20187 March 2018 Camp d'Esports, Lleida Barcelona 0–0 (4–2 p) Espanyol 10,576 [7] [8]
20196 March 2019 Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Girona 1–0 Barcelona 10,722 [9]

2014

The 2014 match was the first ever Supercopa de Catalunya, after the CFC (Catalan Football Federation) changed the format for the Copa Catalunya. Second and third division clubs (as well as the winner of the Catalan First Division) were able to participate in the old tournament, while Barcelona and Espanyol played this one-off match for the Super Cup. [10]

Gerard Piqué opened the scoring for Barcelona after heading in Luis Suárez's cross in the 15th minute. Despite dominating the game from start to finish, Barcelona were not able to add to Piqué's goal and Espanyol eventually equalised through a perfectly taken free kick from Anaitz Arbilla. The game then went to a penalty shootout, which Barcelona won 4-2: Xavi Hernández, Alen Halilović, Álex Grimaldo and Ivan Rakitić all scored, while Jordi Masip saved Arbilla's penalty and Abraham González missed for Espanyol. [11] [12]

2016

2018

The match between Barcelona and Espanyol ended goalless after 90 minutes and went to a penalty shootout. Álex López and Mario Hermoso both scored for Espanyol but Sergi Darder and José Manuel Jurado missed, [13] while all of Barcelona's takers (Paco Alcácer, Sergi Palencia, Yerry Mina, and Abel Ruiz) scored and the shootout ended with a 4-2 win for Barcelona. [8] Marcus McGuane became the first English player to represent Barcelona since Gary Lineker 29 years earlier, after coming on for Aleix Vidal in the 77th minute. [14] [15]

2019

Girona CF won their first ever professional title defeating FC Barcelona in the Nova Creu Alta in Sabadell after Christian Stuani scored from the penalty spot in the 69th minute, just after he and Portu were introduced by manager Eusebio Sacristán. Ernesto Valverde fielded a second-string lineup, with World Cup winner Samuel Umtiti as the biggest name in the side and Jean-Clair Todibo making his debut for the Catalan giants. Pedro Porro and Aleix García started in the winning team, with Douglas Luiz coming on after half-time but lasting only a few minutes in the pitch due to an injury. [16]

Winners

TeamWinnersEditionsRunners-upEditions
Barcelona 22014, 201822016, 2019
Espanyol 1201622014, 2018
Girona 120190

See also

References

  1. "FCF - Federació Catalana de Futbol". www.fcf.cat.
  2. "FCF presenta la Supercopa, un torneo para "dignificar" el fútbol catalán". Mundo Deportivo. EFE. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. "FC Barcelona win Catalan Super Cup (1-1, 4-2 on pens) - FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona.
  4. Irigoyen, Juan I. (30 October 2014). "El Barcelona gana la Supercopa de Catalunya al Espanyol en la tanda de penaltis" [Barcelona win the Catalan Supercup over Espanyol after penalties]. El País (in Spanish). Juan Irigoyen. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. "FC Barcelona v Espanyol: Barça fall short in Catalunya Super Cup (0-1) - FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona.
  6. "El Espanyol gana la Supercopa" [Espanyol win the Supercup]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Roger Torelló. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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  8. 1 2 "El Barça se lleva la Supercopa de Catalunya en los penaltis" [Barça lift the Catalan Supercup on penalties]. Marca (in Spanish). Ramiro Aldunate. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. "El Girona gana contra el Barcelona la Supercopa de Catalunya". Marca (in Spanish). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  10. Irigoyen, Juan I. (30 October 2014). "Luis Suárez siempre juega". El País via elpais.com.
  11. Cernensek, Bostjan (30 October 2014). "Barça Lift Supercopa Catalunya, First Team Takes Official Photograph". Barca Blaugranes.
  12. "FC Barcelona claim first ever Catalan Super Cup". www.fcbarcelona.com.
  13. "Live events Barcelona vs Espanyol - Supercopa de Catalunya 2018".
  14. "Barcelona: Marcus McGuane first Englishman to play for club since Gary Lineker". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018.
  15. "Marcus McGuane becomes first Englishman to play for Barcelona since Gary Lineker". Eurosport. 7 March 2018.
  16. "El Girona gana contra el Barcelona la Supercopa de Catalunya". Marca (in Spanish). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2025.