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Supercoppa Italiana

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This article is about the men's Italian association football tournament. For the women's tournament, see Supercoppa Italiana (women).

Supercoppa Italiana
Organising bodyLega Serie A
Founded1988; 37 years ago (1988)
RegionItaly
Number of teams2 (until 2022)
4 (2023–present)
Current championsAC Milan (8th title)
Most successful club(s)Juventus (9 titles)
Television broadcastersMediaset
Websitelegaseriea.it
2024–25 Supercoppa Italiana

The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia).[1] Before the format change, the match was exclusively contested between the winners of the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles. Under the new rules, if a team were to be occupying more than one of the four spots, that spot would then be filled by the third and/or fourth teams in the Serie A standings.[2]

It was originally the opening match of the new season, played at the home stadium of the previous season's Serie A champions. Since 2018, the competition has been held during the winter months, and is mainly hosted internationally. Juventus is the most successful club with nine titles. They have met Lazio on five occasions, making it the most frequent matchup in tournament history.

History

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When the tournament first began, it was primarily held in Italy. It went abroad for the first time in 1993, when Washington, D.C. hosted a match between AC Milan and Torino.[3] There would not be another international contest until 2002, when the Supercoppa was held in Tripoli.[4] The following year, East Rutherford, a suburb of New York City, hosted the tournament.[5] The next five contests would be held in Italy, and in 2009, a new era of international travel would begin for the Supercoppa. Beijing hosted a match between Lazio and Inter Milan that year, while China would go on to host three more tournaments by 2015.[6] Qatar hosted the tournament twice in this time as well, in 2014 and 2016.

The Supercoppa Italiana trophy on display in Doha, Qatar.

In 2018, the Lega Serie A and the General Sports Authority signed an agreement that would see Saudi Arabia host three of the next five tournaments.[7] This decision sparked controversy, as Italians were concerned about women in Saudi Arabia being unable to attend the match unless they were within the stadium's family sections and were accompanied by men. Then-Serie A president Gaetano Miccichè told those concerned that these sections were a sign of progress, saying "The Supercoppa will go down in history as the first official international football competition which Saudi women were permitted to watch live."[8] The cup did return to Italy in 2020 for two years, but only due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has since gone back to Saudi Arabia, where it is set to remain until 2029 under a new six-year agreement.[9]

Notable occurrences

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The Serie A title and Coppa Italia have been won by the same team eight times. As a result, Coppa Italia runners-up instead competed in the subsequent Supercoppa, per Lega Serie A rules. This occurred five times with Juventus (1995, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018), twice with Inter Milan (2006 and 2010), and once with Lazio (2000). Since 2023, Coppa Italia runners-up automatically qualify for the tournament.

The only Supercoppa to ever be held without spectators was on 20 January 2021, at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore.

AC Milan became the first Coppa Italia runners-up to win the Supercoppa Italiana after defeating Juventus on penalties in 2016.[10] They later made history again in 2025, becoming the first Serie A runners-up to win the competition by defeating Inter Milan, in just the second year of the tournament's new four-team format.[11]

List of matches

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Key
Supercoppa winners
All-time attendance record

Two-team format

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List of Supercoppa Italiana matches
Year Serie A winners Result Coppa representatives Stadium Attendance
1988 AC Milan 3–1 Sampdoria San Siro, Milan 19,412
1989 Inter Milan 2–0 Sampdoria San Siro, Milan 7,221
1990 Napoli 5–1 Juventus Stadio San Paolo, Naples 62,404
1991 Sampdoria 1–0 Roma Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa 21,120
1992 AC Milan 2–1 Parma San Siro, Milan 30,102
1993 AC Milan 1–0 Torino Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States 25,268
1994 AC Milan 1–1 (4–3 p) Sampdoria San Siro, Milan 26,767
1995 Juventus 1–0 Parma[a] Stadio delle Alpi, Turin 5,289
1996 AC Milan 1–2 Fiorentina San Siro, Milan 29,582
1997 Juventus 3–0 Vicenza Stadio delle Alpi, Turin 16,157
1998 Juventus 1–2 Lazio Stadio delle Alpi, Turin 16,500
1999 AC Milan 1–2 Parma San Siro, Milan 25,001
2000 Lazio 4–3 Inter Milan[a] Stadio Olimpico, Rome 61,446
2001 Roma 3–0 Fiorentina Stadio Olimpico, Rome 61,050
2002 Juventus 2–1 Parma 11 June Stadium, Tripoli, Libya 40,000
2003 Juventus 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) AC Milan Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States 54,128
2004 AC Milan 3–0 Lazio San Siro, Milan 33,274
2005 Juventus[b] 0–1 (a.e.t.) Inter Milan Stadio delle Alpi, Turin 35,246
2006 Inter Milan 4–3 (a.e.t.) Roma[a] San Siro, Milan 45,528
2007 Inter Milan 0–1 Roma San Siro, Milan 34,898
2008 Inter Milan 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) Roma San Siro, Milan 43,400
2009 Inter Milan 1–2 Lazio Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China 68,961
2010 Inter Milan 3–1 Roma[a] San Siro, Milan 65,860
2011 AC Milan 2–1 Inter Milan Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China 66,161
2012 Juventus 4–2 (a.e.t.) Napoli Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China 75,000
2013 Juventus 4–0 Lazio Stadio Olimpico, Rome 57,000
2014 Juventus 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p) Napoli Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 14,000
2015 Juventus 2–0 Lazio[a] Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China 20,000
2016 Juventus 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) AC Milan[a] Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 11,356
2017 Juventus 2–3 Lazio[a] Stadio Olimpico, Rome 52,000
2018 Juventus 1–0 AC Milan[a] King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 61,235
2019 Juventus 1–3 Lazio King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 23,361
2020 Juventus 2–0 Napoli Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia 0[note 1]
2021 Inter Milan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Juventus San Siro, Milan 29,696[note 2]
2022 AC Milan 0–3 Inter Milan King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 51,357

Four-team format

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List of Supercoppa Italiana matches
Year Winners Result Runners-up Semi-finalists Stadium Attendance[c]
2023 Inter Milan 1–0 Napoli Fiorentina and Lazio King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 24,900
2024–25 AC Milan 3–2 Inter Milan Atalanta and Juventus King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 24,841
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Qualified as Coppa Italia runners-up.
  2. ^ Juventus was subsequently stripped of the Serie A title due to the Calciopoli scandal.
  3. ^ Final match attendance only.

Performance by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Years won Years runner-up Years semi-finalist
Juventus
9
8
1
 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 1990, 1998, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 2024–25
Inter Milan
8
5
 — 1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2023 2000, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2024–25 —
AC Milan
8
5
 — 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2024–25 1996, 1999, 2003, 2018, 2022 —
Lazio
5
3
1
 1998, 2000, 2009, 2017, 2019 2004, 2013, 2015 2023
Roma
2
4
 — 2001, 2007 1991, 2006, 2008, 2010 —
Napoli
2
3
 — 1990, 2014 2012, 2020, 2023 —
Sampdoria
1
3
 — 1991 1988, 1989, 1994 —
Parma
1
3
 — 1999 1992, 1995, 2002 —
Fiorentina
1
1
1
 1996 2001 2023
Torino
0
1
 — — 1993 —
Vicenza
0
1
 — — 1997 —
Atalanta
0
0
1
 — — 2024–25

Performance by representative

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Method of qualification Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists
Serie A winners
24
13
0
Coppa Italia winners
10
18
1
Coppa Italia runners-up
2
6
2
Serie A runners-up
1
0
1

All-time top goalscorers

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As of 6 January 2025.[12]
Rank Player Club(s) Goals Apps
1 Argentina Paulo Dybala Juventus 4 6
Argentina Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan 4 6
3 Italy Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 3 6
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Inter Milan 3 3
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan 3 3
Argentina Carlos Tevez Juventus 3 2

Notes

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  1. ^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  2. ^ The total attendance available was established at 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

References

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  1. ^ "Lega Serie A agree new format for Supercoppa from 2024". football-italia.net. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Formula and rules". legaseriea.it. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  3. ^ "1993 Italian Super Cup: all details". AC Milan. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Supercoppa 2002 - Stadiums". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Juve in USA | Super Cup 2003". Juventus FC. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Video: 12 Years Ago Today, Lazio Beat Inter 2–1 to Win Their 3rd Supercoppa Italiana". The Laziali. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Saudi Arabia set to host three of next five Italian Super Cups". ESPN. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ^ Burnton, Simon (13 January 2019). "Supercoppa controversy rages over Saudi Arabia's treatment of women". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  9. ^ Pennington, Adrian (31 January 2025). "Kingdom come: Alamiya Media on bringing the Supercoppa Italiana and Supercopa de España to Saudi Arabia". SVG Europe. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Milan win Supercoppa Italiana in shootout triumph over Juventus". The Guardian. 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Milan told to stay grounded after Supercoppa win". beIN SPORTS. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  12. ^ "All-time top goalscorers". WorldFootball.net. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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