The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is usually played at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. The most successful team in the competition are Omonia, who have won the trophy on 17 occasions.
| Founded | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Region |  Cyprus (Cyprus Football Association) |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current champions | APOEL (15th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Omonia (17 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | Alpha TV Cyprus |
The current holders are APOEL Nicosia who defeated Pafos FC 1–0 in the 2024 match.
History
editThe first match was played in 1951, under the name Pakkos Shield (Greek: Ασπίδα Πάκκου). At the time, the trophy was not awarded to the winner of the match, but would instead be awarded to the overall most successful team in the competition, after 10 matches. The Shield was finally awarded for the first time in 1967, to Çetinkaya, who were the first club to win the trophy three times. At the time, if the league champions and the Cup winners were the same team, they were automatically named winners of the Shield. [citation needed]
Due to different circumstances, the competition wasn't held for 10 years, and returned in 1979 under the name Stylianakis Shield, in honor of the former president of the Cyprus Football Association. This name remained for 10 years, after which the Shield was awarded to Omonia, who won the trophy seven times in this time period. [citation needed]
The competition was renamed as Cyprus Football Association Shield in 1989. From 2008 until 2013, the competition was held under the name LTV Super Cup, for sponsorship reasons. Since LTV's withdrawal as the competition's sponsor in 2014, the competition is simply called the Super Cup.[1]
Rules
edit- If a team wins the double (the Championship and the Cup in the same season), then this team plays the runners-up of the Cypriot Cup.
- If no winner is determined after 90 minutes, a penalty shootout takes place.
Cypriot Super Cup Finals
editList of finals:[2]
Performances
editPerformance by club
edit| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omonia | 17 | 7 | 1966, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2021 |
| APOEL | 15 | 15 | 1963, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2024 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 6 | 7 | 1962, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 |
| Apollon Limassol | 4 | 11 | 2006, 2016, 2017, 2022 |
| AEL Limassol | 4 | 5 | 1953, 1968, 1985, 2015 |
| Çetinkaya Türk | 3 | – | 1951, 1952, 1954 |
| AEK Larnaca | 1 | 2 | 2018 |
| EPA Larnaca | 1 | 1 | 1955 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 1 | – | 1967 |
| Nea Salamina | 1 | – | 1990 |
| Ermis Aradippou | 1 | – | 2014 |
| Aris Limassol | 1 | – | 2023 |
| Enosis Neon Paralimni | – | 2 | – |
| Pezoporikos Larnaca | – | 2 | – |
| APOP Kinyras | – | 1 | – |
References
edit- ^ "Συνέντευξη Τύπου Super Cup 2014". CFA. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Cyprus - List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ a b Σούπερ Καπ: Μια ιστορία παλιά (in Greek). goal.philenews.com. 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Anorthosis won the double during the previous season, so automatically they became the Super Cup winner.
- ^ a b c Αγώνες - Κατακτήσεις / Super Cup (in Greek). cfa.com.cy. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.[permanent dead link]