Trophée des Champions explained

Trophée des Champions
Current:2024 Trophée des Champions
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The Trophée des Champions (in French pronounced as /tʁɔ.fe de ʃɑ̃.pjɔ̃/,) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the super cups found in many other countries.

History

The match, with its current name, was first played in 1995, but the format in French football has existed since 1949 when the 1948–49 first division champions, Stade de Reims, defeated the winners of the 1948–49 edition of the Coupe de France, RCF Paris, 4–3 at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. The match is co-organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) and the Union Syndicale des Journalistes Sportifs de France (UJSF).

From 1955 to 1973, the French Football Federation (FFF) hosted a similar match known as the Challenge des champions. The match returned in 1985, but was eliminated after only two seasons due to its unpopularity. In 1995, the FFF officially re-instated the competition under its current name and the inaugural match was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in January 1996 at the Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest. The following season, the match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double. A similar situation occurred in 2008 when Lyon won the double. The match was initially on the brink of cancellation, however, the LFP decided to allow the league runner-up, Bordeaux, to be Lyon's opponents. Bordeaux won the match 5–4 on penalties.

The Trophée des Champions match is contested at the beginning or middle of the following season and has been played at a variety of venues. During the Challenge des Champions era, the match was in such cities as Marseille, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, and Saint-Étienne. From 1995 to 2008, the match was hosted three times at the Stade Gerland in Lyon. Other venues include the Stade Pierre de Coubertin twice in Cannes, the Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg, and the Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre.

On 12 May 2009, the FFF announced that the 2009 Trophée des Champions would be played outside France for the first time, at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] It has since been held in Tunisia, Morocco, the United States, Gabon, China, Austria, Israel, and most recently, South Korea.

Matches

Season[2] WinnersScoreRunners-upVenueAttendanceNotes
Champions of France vs. Coupe de France winners (1949, unofficial)
1949Reims4–3Racing Paris Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Challenge des champions (1955–73, 1985–86)
1955Reims7–1Lille Stade Vélodrome, Marseille5,000
1956Sedan1–0Nice Parc des Princes, Paris9,347
1957Saint-Étienne2–1Toulouse Stadium Municipal, Toulouse11,254
1958Reims2–1Nîmes Stade Vélodrome, Marseille4,659
1959Le Havre2–0Nice Parc des Princes, Paris5,006
1960Reims6–2Monaco Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes15,289
1961Monaco1–1[3] Sedan Stade Vélodrome, Marseille2,000
1962Saint-Étienne4–2Reims Stade Municipal de Beaublanc, Limoges8,800
1965Nantes3–2Rennes Stade du Moustoir, Lorient12,000
1966Reims2–0Nantes Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes16,000
1967Saint-Étienne3–0Lyon Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne16,398
1968Saint-Étienne5–3Bordeaux Stade Richter, Montpellier5,917
1969Saint-Étienne3–2Marseille Parc des Princes, Paris6,416
1970Nice2–0Saint-Étienne Stade du Ray, Nice5,023
1971Rennes and Marseille2–2[4] two winners Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1972Bastia5–2Marseille Stade de Bon Rencontre, Toulon10,000
1973Lyon2–0Nantes Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest10,000
1985Monaco1–1 (5–4 pen.)Bordeaux Parc Lescure, Bordeaux21,618
1986Bordeaux1–0Paris Saint-Germain Stade Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe12,000
Trophée des champions (1995–present)
1995[5] Paris Saint-Germain2–2 (6–5 pen.)Nantes Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest12,000
1996align=center colspan=6Match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double.
1997Monaco5–2Nice Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers4,000
1998Paris Saint-Germain1–0Lens Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours12,766
1999Nantes1–0Bordeaux Stade de la Licorne, Amiens11,858
2000Monaco0–0 (6–5 pen.)Nantes Stade Bonal, Montbéliard9,918
2001Nantes4–1Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg7,227
2002Lyon5–1Lorient Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes5,041
2003Lyon2–1Auxerre Stade Gerland, Lyon18,254
2004Lyon1–1 (7–6 pen.)Paris Saint-Germain Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes9,429
2005Lyon4–1Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre10,967
2006Lyon1–1 (5–4 pen.)Paris Saint-Germain Stade Gerland, Lyon30,529
2007Lyon2–1Sochaux30,413
2008Bordeaux0–0 (5–4 pen.)Lyon Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux27,167
2009Bordeaux2–0Guingamp Stade Olympique, Montreal, Canada34,068
2010Marseille0–0 (5–4 pen.)Paris Saint-Germain Stade 7 November, Tunis, Tunisia57,000
2011Marseille5–4Lille Stade Ibn Batouta, Tanger, Morocco33,900
2012Lyon2–2 (4–2 pen.)Montpellier Red Bull Arena, Harrison, USA15,166
2013Paris Saint-Germain2–1Bordeaux Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon34,658
2014Paris Saint-Germain2–0Guingamp Workers Stadium, Beijing, China39,752
2015Paris Saint-Germain2–0Lyon Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada20,057
2016Paris Saint-Germain4–1Lyon Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria10,120
2017Paris Saint-Germain2–1Monaco Stade Ibn Batouta, Tanger, Morocco43,761
2018Paris Saint-Germain4–0Monaco Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China41,237
2019Paris Saint-Germain2–1Rennes22,045
2020[6] Paris Saint-Germain2–1Marseille Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens0[7]
2021Lille1–0Paris Saint-Germain Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel29,000
align=center 2022Paris Saint-Germain4–0Nantes28,000
align=center 2023[8] Paris Saint-Germain2–0Toulouse Parc des Princes, Paris43,792
align=center 2024Paris Saint-Germain?–?MonacoTBA

Results by club

ClubWinnerRunner-upYears winnerYears runner-up
Paris Saint-Germain1251995, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 20231986, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2021
Lyon841973, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 20121967, 2008, 2015, 2016
Reims5*11949* (unofficial), 1955, 1958, 1960, 19661962
Saint-Étienne511957, 1962, 1967, 1968, 19691970
Monaco431961, 1985, 1997, 20001960, 2017, 2018
Nantes351965, 1999, 20011966, 1973, 1995, 2000, 2022
Bordeaux341986, 2008, 20091968, 1985, 1999, 2013
Marseille331971, 2010, 20111969, 1972, 2020
Nice1319701956, 1959, 1997
Rennes1219711965, 2019
Lille1220211955, 2011
Sedan1119561961
Le Havre101959–
Bastia101972–
Auxerre02–2003, 2005
Guingamp02–2009, 2014
Racing Paris01–1949
Toulouse FC (1937)01–1957
Nîmes01–1958
Lens01–1998
Strasbourg01–2001
Lorient01–2002
Sochaux01–2007
Montpellier01–2012
Toulouse FC01–2023

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Le Trophée des champions à Montréal . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515011817/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090512_180949_le-trophee-des-champions-a-montreal.html . dead . 15 May 2009 . L'Equipe . 12 May 2009 . 11 July 2010.
  2. News: Palmares . Ligue de Football Professionnel . 11 July 2010.
  3. No penalties were constituted. Monaco won the match via lottery.
  4. No winner was declared. Title was shared between the two clubs.
  5. Match was played in January 1996.
  6. Match was played in January 2021.
  7. Match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
  8. Match was played in January 2024.

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