Ahead of the UEFA Super Cup 2022 final between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, we take a look at the history of the competition along with all-time winners list along with the 2022 prize money
The 47th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football competition between the champions of the top two European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, will take place in 2022. In this match, the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League champion Eintracht Frankfurt will play Real Madrid, the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League champion.
UEFA Super Cup All Time Past Winners List, 2022 Winner Prize Money, Format And History
If Real Madrid or Eintrach Frankfurt turn out to be the champions, they will receive €5,000,000 while those who finish second will receive a prize of €3,800,000.
In addition to these base values, both the champions and the runners-up will receive 25% of the profits obtained from the tickets sold, so the estimated prize for the winners is around €8 million while for the latter it is estimated that they will receive an estimated €5 million.
The winners of the two major European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, compete in the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organized by UEFA. The Super Competition and European Super Cup were the first official names of the competition before it was changed to the UEFA Super Cup in 1995 as part of UEFA’s rebranding strategy. It is not acknowledged as one of UEFA’s important tournaments.
The UEFA Super Cup was played between the champions of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup from 1972 to 1999. It has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League since the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup was discontinued. Chelsea, the 2021 champions of the Champions League, defeated Villarreal, the 2021 champions of the Europa League, 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 stalemate after extra time. Barcelona and Milan, who have each won the trophy five times, are the most successful teams in the competition.
UEFA Super Cup Result of Each Year, Venue, Attendance, And List of Champions
Barcelona has made the most appearances (nine), and Sevilla has finished second the most times (five). Spanish teams have won the competition the most times (15 times), followed by English and Italian teams, each with nine victories. Chelsea are the reigning champion of UEFA Super Cup after defeating Villarreal 6-5 on penalties following a 1-1 stalemate after extra time in the 2021 edition.
| Year | Match Result | Stadium | Attendance | ||
| 1998 | Chelsea | 1–0 | Real Madrid | Monaco Stade Louis II, Monaco | 10,000 |
| 1999 | Lazio | 1–0 | Manchester United | 12,000 | |
| 2000 | Galatasaray | 2–1 | Real Madrid | 15,000 | |
| 2001 | Liverpool | 3–2 | Bayern Munich | 13,824 | |
| 2002 | Real Madrid | 3–1 | Feyenoord | 18,284 | |
| 2003 | Milan | 1–0 | Porto | 16,885 | |
| 2004 | Valencia | 2–1 | Porto | 17,292 | |
| 2005 | Liverpool | 3–1 | CSKA Moscow | 17,042 | |
| 2006 | Sevilla | 3–0 | Barcelona | 17,480 | |
| 2007 | Milan | 3–1 | Sevilla | 17,822 | |
| 2008 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2–1 | Manchester United | 18,064 | |
| 2009 | Barcelona | 1–0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 17,738 | |
| 2010 | Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | Internazionale | 17,265 | |
| 2011 | Barcelona | 2–0 | Porto | 18,048 | |
| 2012 | Atlético Madrid | 4–1 | Chelsea | 14,312 | |
| 2013 | Bayern Munich | 2–2 | Chelsea | Czech Republic Eden Aréna, Prague | 17,686 |
| 2014 | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Sevilla | Wales Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff | 30,854 |
| 2015 | Barcelona | 5–4 | Sevilla | Georgia (country) Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi | 51,940 |
| 2016 | Real Madrid | 3–2 | Sevilla | Norway Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim | 17,939 |
| 2017 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Manchester United | North Macedonia Philip II Arena, Skopje | 30,421 |
| 2018 | Atlético Madrid | 4–2 | Real Madrid | Estonia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | 12,424 |
| 2019 | Liverpool | 2–2 | Chelsea | Turkey Vodafone Park, Istanbul | 38,434 |
| 2020 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Sevilla | Hungary Puskás Aréna, Budapest[k] | 15,180 |
| 2021 | Chelsea | 1–1 | Villarreal | Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast | 10,435 |
UEFA Super Cup Most Successful Teams
Milan and Barcelona each hold the record for the most wins with five triumphs each since the competition’s debut. Milan became the first team to retain the UEFA Super Cup thanks to their two victories in back-to-back seasons. In 2016 and 2017, Real Madrid won the competition two years in a row.
| Country | Club | Winners | Runners-up |
| Spain | Barcelona | 5 | 4 |
| Italy | Milan | 5 | 2 |
| Spain | Real Madrid | 4 | 3 |
| England | Liverpool | 4 | 2 |
| Spain | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 0 |
| England | Chelsea | 2 | 3 |
| Germany | Bayern Munich | 2 | 3 |
| Netherlands | Ajax[n] | 2 | 1 |
| Belgium | Anderlecht | 2 | 0 |
| Spain | Valencia | 2 | 0 |
| Italy | Juventus | 2 | 0 |
| Spain | Sevilla | 1 | 5 |
| Portugal | Porto | 1 | 3 |
| England | Manchester United | 1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | Dynamo Kyiv[o] | 1 | 1 |
| England | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 1 |
| England | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 |
| Scotland | Aberdeen | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | Steaua București | 1 | 0 |
| Belgium | Mechelen | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | Parma | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | Lazio | 1 | 0 |
| Turkey | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 |
| Russia | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | Hamburger SV | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands | PSV Eindhoven | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Sampdoria | 0 | 1 |
| Serbia | Red Star Belgrade[p] | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | Werder Bremen | 0 | 1 |
| England | Arsenal | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | Zaragoza | 0 | 1 |
| France | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | Feyenoord | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | CSKA Moscow | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Internazionale | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | Villarreal | 0 | 1 |
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