Supercopa Argentina

Supercopa Argentina
Organising body AFA
Founded 2012 (2012)
Region Argentina
Number of teams 2
Related competitions Copa Argentina
Primera División
Current champions River Plate
Most successful club(s)
Television broadcasters FOX Sports
TNT Sports
Website Supercopa
2017 Supercopa Argentina

The Supercopa Argentina (English: Argentine Super Cup) is an official National association football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The annual football match was played for the first time in 2012, being contested by the reigning champions of Primera División and Copa Argentina respectively.[1]

The first edition of the super cup was contested by Boca Juniors (2011–12 Copa Argentina and 2011–12 Apertura winner) and Arsenal (2011–12 Clausura winner). Arsenal won by penalties 4–3 after a 0–0 draw.[2] In the second edition, played on 31 January 2014, Vélez Sarsfield (2012–13 Argentine Primera División winner) beat Arsenal (2012–13 Copa Argentina winner) 1–0 in San Luis.

List of champions

Key

Year Winner Score Runner-up Date Venue City/Prov. Ref.
2012Arsenal (PD)0–0 (4–3 p)Boca Juniors (CA)7 Nov 2012BicentenarioCatamarca[2][3]
2013Vélez Sarsfield (PD)1–0Arsenal (CA)31 Jan 2014Juan Gilberto FunesSan Luis[4][5]
2014Huracán (CA)1–0River Plate (PD)25 Apr 2015BicentenarioSan Juan[6]
2015San Lorenzo (PD runners-up)4–0Boca Juniors (PD & CA)10 Feb 2016Estadio Mario Alberto KempesCórdoba
2016Lanús (PD)3–0River Plate (CA)4 Feb 2017Estadio Ciudad de La PlataLa Plata
2017River Plate (CA)2–0Boca Juniors (PD)14 Mar 2018Estadio Malvinas ArgentinasMendoza

Records

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
River Plate1220172014, 2016
Arsenal1120122013
Vélez Sarsfield102013—
Huracán102014—
San Lorenzo102015—
Lanús102016—
Boca Juniors03 — 2012, 2015, 2017

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Se creó la Supercopa Argentina" (in Spanish). tycsports.com. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Arsenal amargó a Boca en los penales y se quedó con la Copa" Clarín, 7 November 2012
  3. ↑ "Ni en los penales...", Canchallena.com, 7 November 2012
  4. ↑ "Vélez beats Arsenal 1–0 to win Supercup", Buenos Aires Herald, 31 January 2014
  5. ↑ "Vélez se quedó con la Supercopa y demostró que su grandeza sigue vigente...", Canchallena.com, 31 January 2014
  6. ↑ A la espera de Boca, River perdió ante Huracán, que se quedó con la Supercopa Argentina La Nación, 25 April 2015
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