Trophée des champions

The Trophée des champions (French pronunciation: [trofe də ʃɑmpiɔ̃], 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. The match 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 1985–86, but was immediately eliminated 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, for the first time, on international soil at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1] The following season, the match was moved to the Stade 7 Novembre in Tunis, Tunisia.^[2] The league's primary objective is to promote French professional football abroad.

Matches

Results by clubs

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. ^ Monaco won 5–4 on penalties.
4. ^ Match was played in January 1996.
5. ^ Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on penalties.
6. ^ Match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double.
7. ^ Monaco won 6–5 on penalties.
8. ^ Lyon won 7–6 on penalties.
9. ^ Lyon won 5–4 on penalties.
10. ^ Bordeaux won 5–4 on penalties.
11. ^ Marseille won 5–4 on penalties.

References

External links

• Official site (French)