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The UEFA Super Cup (also called the European Super Cup) is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the two cup competitions organized by UEFA: the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It takes place at the start of the domestic season, in August, normally on a Friday.

From 1972 to 1999, the UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. After the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed as the UEFA Europa League in 2009.

The competition was originally played over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, except in special circumstances. Since 1998, the final has been a single match, played at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. From 2013 onwards, various stadiums will be used.

The current champions are Spanish club FC Barcelona after they beat F.C. Porto 2 � 0 in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup. The most successful team in the competition is Italian side A.C. Milan, who have won the trophy five times.