Trophée des Champions

Trophée des Champions
Founded 1995
Region  France
Number of teams 2
Current champions Paris Saint-Germain (8th title)
Most successful club(s) Lyon
Paris Saint-Germain
(8 titles each)
Television broadcasters beIN Sports
2018 Trophée des Champions

The Trophée des Champions (French pronunciation: [tʁɔ.fe de ʃɑ̃.pjɔ̃], Champions' Trophy), 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 countries.

History

The trophy being held up

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 1955–1973, 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 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 1995–2008, 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 French Football Federation 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 and China.

Matches

Season[2] Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance Notes
Champions of France vs. Coupe de France winners (1949, unofficial)
1949 Reims 4–3 Racing Paris France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Challenge des champions (1955–73, 1985–86)
1955 Reims 7–1 Lille France Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1956 Sedan 1–0 Nice France Parc des Princes, Paris
1957 Saint-Étienne 2–1 Toulouse France Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
1958 Reims 2–1 Nîmes France Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1959 Le Havre 2–0 Nice France Parc des Princes, Paris
1960 Reims 6–2 Monaco France Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
1961 Monaco 1–1[nb 1] Sedan France Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1962 Saint-Étienne 4–2 Reims France Stade Municipal de Beaublanc, Limoges
1965 Nantes 3–2 Rennes France Stade du Moustoir, Lorient
1966 Reims 2–0 Nantes France Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
1967 Saint-Étienne 3–0 Lyon France Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
1968 Saint-Étienne 5–3 Bordeaux France Stade Richter, Montpellier
1969 Saint-Étienne 3–2 Marseille France Parc des Princes, Paris
1970 Nice 2–0 Saint-Étienne France Stade du Ray, Nice
1971 Rennes and Marseille 2–2[nb 2] two winners France Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1972 Bastia 5–2 Marseille France Stade de Bon Rencontre, Toulon
1973 Lyon 2–0 Nantes France Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1985 Monaco 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Bordeaux France Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
1986 Bordeaux 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain France Stade Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Trophée des champions (1995–present)
1995[nb 3] Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 (6–5 pen.) Nantes France Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest 12,000
1996 Match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double.
1997 Monaco 5–2 Nice France Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers 4,000
1998 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Lens France Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours 12,766
1999 Nantes 1–0 Bordeaux France Stade de la Licorne, Amiens 11,858
2000 Monaco 0–0 (6–5 pen.) Nantes France Stade Bonal, Montbéliard 9,918
2001 Nantes 4–1 Strasbourg France Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 7,227
2002 Lyon 5–1 Lorient France Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes 5,041
2003 Lyon 2–1 Auxerre France Stade Gerland, Lyon 18,254
2004 Lyon 1–1 (7–6 pen.) Paris Saint-Germain France Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes 9,429
2005 Lyon 4–1 Auxerre France Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre 10,967
2006 Lyon 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Paris Saint-Germain France Stade Gerland, Lyon 30,529
2007 Lyon 2–1 Sochaux France Stade Gerland, Lyon 30,413
2008 Bordeaux 0–0 (5–4 pen.) Lyon France Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 27,167
2009 Bordeaux 2–0 Guingamp Canada Stade Olympique, Montreal, Canada 34,068
2010 Marseille 0–0 (5–4 pen.) Paris Saint-Germain Tunisia Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia 57,000
2011 Marseille 5–4 Lille Morocco Stade de Tanger, Tanger, Morocco 33,900
2012 Lyon 2–2 (4–2 pen.) Montpellier United States Red Bull Arena, Harrison, USA 15,166
2013 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Bordeaux Gabon Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon 34,658
2014 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Guingamp China Workers Stadium, Beijing, China 39,752
2015 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Lyon Canada Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada 20,057
2016 Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 Lyon Austria Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria 10,120
2017 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Monaco Morocco Stade de Tanger, Tanger, Morocco 43,761
2018 Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Monaco China Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China 41,237
2019 China Shenzhen, China

Results by clubs

Club Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
Paris Saint-Germain841995, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 1986, 2004, 2006, 2010
Lyon841973, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 1967, 2008, 2015, 2016
Saint-Étienne511957, 1962, 1967, 1968, 19691970
Monaco431961, 1985, 1997, 20001960, 2017, 2018
Reims411955, 1958, 1960, 19661962
Nantes341965, 1999, 20011966, 1973, 1995, 2000
Bordeaux341986, 2008, 20091968, 1986, 1999, 2013
Marseille321971, 2010, 20111969, 1972
Nice1319701956, 1959, 1997
Sedan1119561961
Rennes1119711965
Le Havre101959
Bastia101972
Lille021955, 2011
Auxerre022003, 2005
Guingamp022009, 2014
Toulouse011957
Nîmes011958
Lens011998
Strasbourg012001
Lorient012002
Sochaux012007
Montpellier012012

Notes

  1. No penalties were constituted. Monaco won the match via lottery.
  2. No winner was declared. Title was shared between the two clubs.
  3. Match was played in January 1996.

References

  1. "Le Trophée des champions à Montréal". L'Equipe. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  2. "Palmares". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
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