France Super Cup Finals


After a one-off match in 1949 between champions Reims and cup winners Racing Paris, a "Challenge des Champions" was held from the mid-fifties until the early seventies, when it was abandoned. After two tries in the eighties, a new competition has been installed in 1995 (Trophée des Champions or Trophée Gabriel Hanot (Challenge USJSF - Gabriel Hanot)).
  Date       Venue          Winners                 Runners-up           Remarks

  - 6-1949   Paris          Reims               4-3 RC Paris

Challenge des Champions

14- 9-1955   Marseille      Reims               7-1 Lille
 6- 6-1956   Paris          Sedan               1-0 Nice
 7- 6-1957   Toulouse       Saint-Etienne       2-1 Toulouse
19-11-1958   Marseille      Reims               2-1 Nîmes                [Reims had won double, Nîmes lost cup final]
 2- 6-1959   Paris          Le Havre            2-0 Nice
 1- 6-1960   Nantes         Reims               6-2 Monaco
22- 8-1961   Marseille      Monaco              1-1 Sedan                [Monaco won on lots]
29- 6-1962   Limoges        Saint-Etienne       4-3 Reims
      1963     not played (Monaco won double)
      1964     not played
17- 8-1965   Lorient        Nantes              4-2 Rennes
13- 6-1966   Nantes         Reims               2-0 Nantes               [Reims replaced cup winners Strasbourg as 2nd Division champion]
13- 6-1967   St.-Etienne    Saint-Etienne       3-0 Olympique Lyon
17- 8-1968   Montpellier    Saint-Etienne       5-3 Girondins Bordeaux
23- 7-1969   Paris          Saint-Etienne       3-2 Olympique Marseille
19- 6-1970   Nice           Nice                2-0 Saint-Etienne        [St-Etienne had won double, Nice as 2nd Division champion]
20- 8-1971   Brest          Marseille           2-2 Rennes               [shared]
26- 7-1972   Toulon         Bastia              5-2 Olympique Marseille  [Marseille had won double, Bastia lost cup final]
21- 8-1973   Brest          Olympique Lyon      1-0 Nantes

18-12-1985   Bordeaux       Monaco              1-1 Girondins Bordeaux   [8-7 pen]
23- 1-1987   Pointe-à-Pitre Girondins Bordeaux  1-0 Paris Saint-Germain  [Super Cup 1986]

Number of Wins 1949-1987 (20; lost finals between square brackets)

 5 [ 1] Reims
 5 [ 1] Saint-Etienne
´
 2 [ 1] Monaco

 1 [ 2] Girondins Bordeaux 
 1 [ 2] Olympique Marseille
 1 [ 2] Nice
 1 [ 2] Nantes
 1 [ 1] Olympique Lyon
 1 [ 1] Sedan
 1      Bastia
 1      Le Havre

   [ 2] Rennes
   [ 1] Lille
   [ 1] Nîmes 
   [ 1] Paris Saint-Germain  
   [ 1] RC Paris
   [ 1] Toulouse

Trophée des Champions

  Date       Venue          Winners                 Runners-up           Remarks


 3- 1-1996   Brest          Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Nantes               [6-5 pen] [Super Cup 1995]
      1996         not played    [*]
23- 7-1997   Béziers        Monaco              5-2 Nice                   
30- 7-1998   Tours          Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Lens                  
24- 7-1999   Amiens         Nantes              1-0 Girondins Bordeaux    
22- 7-2000   Sochaux        Monaco              0-0 Nantes               [6-5 pen]
19- 7-2001   Strasbourg     Nantes              4-1 Strasbourg
27- 7-2002   Cannes         Olympique Lyon      5-1 Lorient
26- 7-2003   Lyon           Olympique Lyon      2-1 Auxerre
31- 7-2004   Cannes         Olympique Lyon      1-1 Paris Saint-Germain  [7-6 pen]
27- 7-2005   Auxerre        Olympique Lyon      4-1 Auxerre
30- 7-2006   Lyon           Olympique Lyon      1-1 Paris Saint-Germain  [5-4 pen]
28- 7-2007   Lyon           Olympique Lyon      2-1 Sochaux
 2- 8-2008   Bordeaux       Girondins Bordeaux  0-0 Olympique Lyon       [5-4 pen]
25- 7-2009   Montréal (Can) Girondins Bordeaux  2-0 En Avant Guingamp
28- 7-2010   Radès (Tun)    Olympique Marseille 0-0 Paris Saint-Germain  [5-4 pen]
27- 7-2011   Tanger (Mor)   Olympique Marseille 5-4 Lille
28- 7-2012   Harrison (USA) Olympique Lyon      2-2 Montpellier          [4-2 pen]

[*] Auxerre had won double 1995/96; should have played Metz (winners League Cup)
    in January 1997 but the match was cancelled due to weather conditions and no
    alternative day was set.  After this, the match has become a pre-season one.

Number of Wins 1996-2012 (17; lost finals between square brackets)

 7 [ 1] Olympique Lyon

 2 [ 3] Paris Saint-Germain
 2 [ 2] Nantes
 2 [ 1] Girondins Bordeaux 
 2      Olympique Marseille
 2      Monaco

   [ 2] Auxerre
   [ 1] En Avant Guingamp
   [ 1] Lens
   [ 1] Lille
   [ 1] Lorient
   [ 1] Montpellier
   [ 1] Nice
   [ 1] Sochaux
   [ 1] Strasbourg

Number of Wins 1955-2012 (37; lost finals between square brackets)

 8 [ 2] Olympique Lyon

 5 [ 1] Reims´
 5 [ 1] Saint-Etienne

 4 [ 1] Monaco

 3 [ 4] Nantes
 3 [ 3] Girondins Bordeaux 
 3 [ 2] Olympique Marseille

 2 [ 4] Paris Saint-Germain

 1 [ 3] Nice
 1 [ 1] Sedan
 1      Bastia
 1      Le Havre

   [ 2] Auxerre
   [ 2] Lille
   [ 2] Rennes
   [ 1] En Avant Guingamp
   [ 1] Lens
   [ 1] Lorient
   [ 1] Montpellier
   [ 1] Nîmes 
   [ 1] RC Paris  
   [ 1] Sochaux
   [ 1] Strasbourg
   [ 1] Toulouse

Details on Super Cups 1955-2004


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Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio

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Author: Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch)
Last updated: 13 Sep 2012

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