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  European Super Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The European Super Cup is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and the Champions League.
Although the two-legged format was kept, in some years, the European Super Cup was disputed in one single match whether because of schedule dilemmas or political problems.
At the end of the 1998/99 season, the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued by UEFA.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Super_Cup   (511 words)

  
 Super Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Cup, an English football tournament held in 1985-86
Super Powers Cup, an annual international Rugby Union competition contested by national teams from Canada, Japan, Russia and United States.
The name is also used in several European countries for a pre-season sport tournament (mainly, but by no means exclusively, football), involving the winners of the previous year's league and cup, decided either in a single game in neutral venue or in a home-and-away basis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_Cup   (168 words)

  
 MARCO VAN BASTEN - International Football Hall of Fame
He made his international debut in the 1983 World Youth Cup, but his instinctive brilliance was undermined by a vulnerability to injury that was to plague him and ultimately ruin his career.
It was feared, at first, that he might miss the European Championships, but not only was he the tournament's leading scorer, he was voted World Footballer of the Year, just ahead of Gullit and Rijkaard - an unprecedented sweep of the honours by players from the same club and country.
European Cup glory beckoned for van Basten in 1989, Milan destroying Romanian Champions Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in the final in Barcelona.
www.ifhof.com /hof/basten.asp   (1404 words)

  
 IIHF - NEWS
The second edition of the European Super Cup will be played on November 15, 1998 in Feldkirch, Austria between the 1997/98 EHL champions of VEU Feldkirch and the 1997 Continental Cup champions of HC Kosice.
The 1998 European Super Cup will be played in a one game format starting at 16.00 h at the Voralberghalle of Feldkirch.
Also on the Slovakian side, the European Super Cup is expected with high expectations: "HC Kosice wanted to play for the Magnus Orbis Cup and the management is very satisfied with the decision taken by the IIHF - says Juraj Okolicany of the Slovakian National Association.
www.iihf.com /news/prsc9801.htm   (286 words)

  
 European Super Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The European Super Cup is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFACup and UEFA Champions' League.
It takes place at the start ofthe domestic season, in August, and though it could be viewed as the ultimate European club championship decider, it is generallyregarded as a minor event, with the Champions' League and UEFA Cup winners not always fielding their best players and clearly not in their topfitness.
Since 1998 the European Super Cup has always been disputed in one single match, in Monaco's Stade Louis II At the end of the 1998 / 99 season, the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued by UEFA.
www.therfcc.org /european-super-cup-122387.html   (438 words)

  
 MOP Squad Sports - Chelsea
The League Cup, FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup were hoisted in a six-year spell before the dawning of the FA Premier League coincided with another successful era.
A losing FA Cup final appearance in 1994 was followed by victory three years later and 1998 alone saw three more trophies - the League Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and European Super Cup.
The FA Cup was won again in 2000 and although they still seek the elusive Barclays Premiership title, the Blues are now associated with both style and success.
www.mopsquad.com /soccer/england/chelsea   (173 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - After two disappointments, Madrid seeks first European Super Cup - Thursday August 29, 2002 02:35 ...
The trophy is one of only two pieces of European silverware which the Spanish powerhouse has never lifted in its illustrious 100-year history.
Madrid has lost twice in the last four editions of the Super Cup, which since 2000 has featured the Champions Cup winner against the titlist of the UEFA Cup instead of the Cup Winners' Cup.
Its 3-2 UEFA Cup victory over Borussia Dortmund in May gave the club its first European trophy since it won the same tournament in 1974.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/08/28/super_cup_ap   (611 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com - Europe - Porto looks for more glory
European champions Porto will attempt to win their seventh trophy in just over a year when they face UEFA Cup winners Valencia in the European Super Cup on Friday.
Following a treble of UEFA Cup, Portuguese League and Portuguese Cup in 2003, the Champions League and Portuguese League in 2004 and the Portuguese Super Cup last week, the Porto trophy cabinet has been buckling under the weight of silverware.
While the charming Italian would be the first to admit the Super Cup is not the most prestigious of trophies, victory would boost the confidence of his side for the more demanding Champions League fixtures ahead.
soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=308357&cc=3888   (682 words)

  
 European & IC Cup Winners
In 1972 Ajax become the first club to win the European Cup and the subsequent competitions i.e.
The beaten European Cup finalists represented Europe in the Intercontinental Cup in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979 and 1994.
European Cup runners-up to have won the Intercontinental Cup (1974).
soccer-europe.com /Data/Cups/Winners.html   (104 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: European super cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Look for European super cup in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
Look for European super cup in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
Check for European super cup in the deletion log, or visit its deletion vote page if it exists.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/european_super_cup   (905 words)

  
 SOCCER-SPAIN European Super Cup competition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This year's European Super Cup was played between the Champions League winner Real Madrid and UEFA cup winner Feyenoord in Monaco on 30 August.
European champions Real Madrid won their first ever Super Cup at the third time of trying, beating last season's UEFA cup winners Feyenoord 3-1 in Monaco.
And with Roberto Carlos given the man of the match award to add to his Champions League and World Cup winners medals, he could be on line to be the first defender in years to win world footballer of the year.
www.soccer-spain.com /ssdocs/archive2002/eurosupercup2002.html   (475 words)

  
 Valencia win Super Cup
Their victory -- a first trophy since 1999 for coach Claudio Ranieri who won the King's Cup in his first spell in charge of Valencia -- meant Porto lost this fixture for the second year in succession after going down 1-0 to AC Milan a year ago.
Fernandez, whose team won the Portuguese Super Cup last week, opted for a more adventurous three-man attack than European Cup-winning coach Jose Mourinho, but Porto failed to click until the late stages when the match was all but lost.
Quaresma scored the goal of the night for Porto a week after scoring their winner in the Portuguese Super Cup against Benfica, but had to be content with being on the losing side.
www.rediff.com /sports/2004/aug/28foot.htm   (658 words)

  
 BBC - BBC THREE - European Supercup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Join Lineker for the European Super Cup final as Match of the Day comes live from the Stade Louis II in Monaco.
FC Porto crushed Celtic's dreams of lifting their first European trophy for 36 years when Derlei poached a last minute winner in the UEFA Cup final in Seville.
Last season's Super Cup was won by Real Madrid CF, who added to their Champions League success by beating 2001/02 UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord 3-1.
www.bbc.co.uk /bbcthree/tv/supercup.shtml   (337 words)

  
 manutdprogs.com - Overview Page
The 1999 Toyota Cup was played in Tokyo, and as such, programmes from the match are highly collectable and command a significant premium.
The 1991 victory was Sir Alex Ferguson's first European trophy at Utd and the first for the club since the 1968 European Cup win.
By winning the European Cup Winners Cup in 1991 Man Utd were able to contest the 1991 European Super Cup (a game between the holders of the European Cup and the European Cup Winners Cup).
www.freewebs.com /manutdprogs/final.html   (764 words)

  
 European Cup Super League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
EUROPEAN CUP NOTES (Day 1) Men's 100: Old man Christie cruised down the straight in 10.04, which broke the stadium record.
The Munich setting for this year's Euro Cup was as part of a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Olympic Park.
EUROPEAN CUP NOTES (Day 2) Men's 200: Christie had a lead coming off the turn in lane 7, but it was the younger legs of Yorgos Panayiotopoulos in lane 8 that pulled him even with athletics' most distinguished competing grandfather, as both shared the victory at 20.56.
atletiek.nederland.org /track1997/europeancupsuper97.html   (1845 words)

  
 European Super Cup
To add some extra interest the Dutch newspaper"De Telegraaf" donated a trophy, dubbed the "Super Cup of Europe", to be awarded to the overall winners.
Until 1999, the entrants were the winners of the Champions' Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.
From the 2000 edition on, the UEFA Cup winners enter, as the Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued.
www.rsssf.com /tabless/sup.html   (252 words)

  
 Zbigniew Boniek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1982 he transferred to Juventus, thus becoming the first Polish football player to strive for an international career.
He won a bronze medal (third place) at soccer's World Cup (1982), Cup Winners' Cup (1984), European Super Cup (1984) and European Cup (1985).
He scored 24 goals in 80 matches for the Polish national team.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zbigniew_Boniek   (196 words)

  
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They have also won the European Super Cup once and were runners-up in the 1981 World Club Championship.
The FA Cup gave Liverpool a place in the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1965-66, and although they knocked out prestige clubs such as Celtic and Juventus on their way to the Hampden Park final, lost the final, after extra time to Borussia Dortmund 2-1.
A League Cup final win in the 1994-95 season over Bolton Wanderers and a losing appearance in the 1996-97 FA Cup final against Manchester United has been the only success of recent times.
www.fortunecity.co.uk /olympia/rowing/200/History.htm   (1368 words)

  
 European Super Cup match remains in Monte Carlo until 2008
Nyon, Switzerland - The European Super cup match will remain in Monte Carlo until 2008 on a new three-year contract, the ruling body UEFA said on Friday.
Activities around the match held in Monaco since 1998 are the European club football gala as well as the group stage draw for the Champions League and the first round draw in the UEFA Cup.
The 2005 Super Cup match between Champions League winners Liverpool and UEFA Cup champions CSKA Moscow is set for August 26.
sport.monstersandcritics.com /news/article_1021400.php/European_Super_Cup_match_remains_in_Monte_Carlo_until_2008_   (294 words)

  
 Manchester United Official Web Site - Club & News - History - UEFA Super Cup - 10:03:20 AM
The Super Cup was created in 1973 when Willie Waddell, the assistant manager of Glasgow Rangers, suggested his club could mark their centenary by playing Dutch champions Ajax.
In order to raise the status of the competition, UEFA decided the Super Cup final would be a single match played in Monte Carlo every August.
The Italians won the match 1-0, and were consequently the last European Cup-Winners Cup winners to claim the Super Cup.
www.manutd.com /history/default.sps?itype=820&icustompageid=1034&teamid=458&compid=12   (365 words)

  
 Handball squad lifts European Super Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The first half was finely balanced, with neither team able to pull away by more than two goals and it was no surprise when it ended 15-15 at the break.
Valladolid started strongly in the second half, urged on by a local crowd anxious for a first European trophy and within ten minutes they had opened up a 5-goal gap (21-16).
The Barca players kept their nerve and coach Valero Rivera used the depth of his squad to stage a fight back.
www.fcbarcelona.com /eng/noticias/noticias/n03102613.shtml   (353 words)

  
 Liverpoolfc.tv:
All the relevant stats, facts and figures ahead of the 2005 European Super Cup Final against CSKA Moscow in Monaco.
From 1972-1999 it was contested between the winners of the European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup.
Since the Super Cup became a one-legged game in 1998 only Liverpool (2001) and Real Madrid (2002) have scored more than two goals in a game.
www.liverpoolfc.tv /news/features/stats/FS8863050826-1626.htm   (452 words)

  
 CNN/SI - European Champions League - Dynamo hopes history repeats itself against Bayern - Wednesday April 07, 1999 ...
Dynamo, holder of the European Cup Winners' Cup, beat European champions Bayern Munich -- in the second year of its three-year reign as European champions -- home and away with a 1-0 win in Munich and a 2-0 win in Kiev.
As well as the Super Cup matches, Dynamo and Bayern have played four other matches against each other in Europe, with Kiev winning a European Cup quarterfinal 2-1 on aggregate in the 1976-77 season and Bayern winning two Champions League matches in the 1994-95 season 1-0 and 4-1.
Even Shevchenko, who leads all goalscorers in European club competition this season with nine, has been without a goal in his last three matches after scoring at least once in his six previous games.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/news/1999/04/06/dynamo_bayern   (658 words)

  
 Super Cup - TheBestLinks.com - Europe, England, Football (soccer), 1986, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Super Cup - TheBestLinks.com - Europe, England, Football (soccer), 1986,...
Super Cup, Europe, England, Football (soccer), 1986, 1985, European Super Cup...
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www.thebestlinks.com /Super_Cup.html   (130 words)

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