The Supercopa Peruana, (Peruvian Supercop is a football competition organized by the Peruvian Football Federation since 2020. It is played in a single match, on a neutral field, which, if necessary, breaks the tie with shots from the penalty spot. It is played between the champions of the Copa Bicentenario and Peruvian Primera División. In the event that the same team wins both the cup and the championship, its rival will be the runner-up of the latter.
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| Founded | 2020 |
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| Region |  Peru |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Related competitions | Liga 1 Liga 2 Copa Bicentenario |
| Current champions | Atlético Grau (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Atlético Grau (1 title) |
History
editThe Peruvian Football Federation took control of the local domestic league from the Professional Football Sports Association, the tournament organizers, in 2019 and announced that the Peruvian first division tournament would be re-branded for 2019.[1] With this re-branding, the tournament was expand from 16 to 18 teams and then to 20 in 2020. Also, The second division tournament was re-branded as Liga 2.
The Peruvian Football Federation also announced the creation of a new domestic cup tournament to be played once a year by both the first and second division teams, the winner of which would receive a berth to the Copa Sudamericana. The new domestic cup tournament was named Copa Bicentenario in honor of Peru's bicentennial.[2] In 2020, the Peruvian Football Federation announced the creation of a super cup between the Copa Bicentenario champion and the Liga 1 champion to serve as a "curtain-raiser" to the season. The name of the new tournament is Supercopa Peruana, Peruvian Super Cup, which is expected to be played in January of every year before the start of the regular season tournaments.[3]
Binacional and Atlético Grau played the first edition of the new Super Cup tournament in 2020. Atlético Grau defeated Binacional by 3–0 to win the 3rd title in its history.[4]
Finals
edit- Key
- CB = Winner of the Copa Bicentenario.
- PD = Winner of the respective Primera División.
| Ed. | Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
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2020 | Atlético Grau (CB) (1) | 3–0 | Binacional (PD) | Estadio Miguel Grau, Callao |
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2021 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
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2022 | Canceled due to the reforms of Peruvian football by the FPF[5] | |||
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2023 | ||||
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2024 | Canceled by the FPF | |||
Performances by club
edit| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
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| Atlético Grau | 1 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| Binacional | 0 | 1 | — | 2020 |
External links
edit- Peruvian Football League News (in Spanish)
References
edit- ^ "FPF ANUNCIA LA CREACIÓN DE UNA NUEVA LIGA DE FÚTBOL PROFESIONAL". fpf.org.pe (in Spanish). Federación Peruana de Fútbol. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ LR, Redacción (29 May 2019). "La Liga 1, un nuevo reto para el fútbol peruano". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). La República. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "FPF: Presentó nuevo formato de Liga 1 para la temporada 2020". libero.pe (in Spanish). Libero. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ Depor, Redacción (23 January 2020). "¡Goleó al campeón nacional! Atlético Grau se coronó campeón de la Supercopa 2020 al ganarle 3-0 a Binacional [VIDEO]". Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ ¿Qué reformas para el fútbol peruano anunció Agustín Lozano?