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.

Trophée des Champions
Founded1995
Region France
Number of teams2
Current championsParis Saint-Germain (9th title)
Most successful club(s)Paris Saint-Germain
(9 titles)
Television broadcastersTéléfoot
2020 Trophée des Champions

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.

Olympique Marseille, winner of Trophée des Champions 2011

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 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Challenge des champions (1955–73, 1985–86)
1955 Reims 7–1 Lille Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1956 Sedan 1–0 Nice Parc des Princes, Paris
1957 Saint-Étienne 2–1 Toulouse Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
1958 Reims 2–1 Nîmes Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1959 Le Havre 2–0 Nice Parc des Princes, Paris
1960 Reims 6–2 Monaco Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
1961 Monaco 1–1[nb 1] Sedan Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1962 Saint-Étienne 4–2 Reims Stade Municipal de Beaublanc, Limoges
1965 Nantes 3–2 Rennes Stade du Moustoir, Lorient
1966 Reims 2–0 Nantes Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
1967 Saint-Étienne 3–0 Lyon Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
1968 Saint-Étienne 5–3 Bordeaux Stade Richter, Montpellier
1969 Saint-Étienne 3–2 Marseille Parc des Princes, Paris
1970 Nice 2–0 Saint-Étienne Stade du Ray, Nice
1971 Rennes and Marseille 2–2[nb 2] two winners Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1972 Bastia 5–2 Marseille Stade de Bon Rencontre, Toulon
1973 Lyon 2–0 Nantes Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1985 Monaco 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Bordeaux Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
1986 Bordeaux 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Stade Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Trophée des champions (1995–present)
1995[nb 3] Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 (6–5 pen.) Nantes Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest 12,000
1996 Match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double.
1997 Monaco 5–2 Nice Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers 4,000
1998 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Lens Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours 12,766
1999 Nantes 1–0 Bordeaux Stade de la Licorne, Amiens 11,858
2000 Monaco 0–0 (6–5 pen.) Nantes Stade Bonal, Montbéliard 9,918
2001 Nantes 4–1 Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 7,227
2002 Lyon 5–1 Lorient Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes 5,041
2003 Lyon 2–1 Auxerre Stade Gerland, Lyon 18,254
2004 Lyon 1–1 (7–6 pen.) Paris Saint-Germain Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes 9,429
2005 Lyon 4–1 Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre 10,967
2006 Lyon 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Paris Saint-Germain Stade Gerland, Lyon 30,529
2007 Lyon 2–1 Sochaux 30,413
2008 Bordeaux 0–0 (5–4 pen.) Lyon Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux 27,167
2009 Bordeaux 2–0 Guingamp Stade Olympique, Montreal, Canada 34,068
2010 Marseille 0–0 (5–4 pen.) Paris Saint-Germain Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia 57,000
2011 Marseille 5–4 Lille Stade de Tanger, Tanger, Morocco 33,900
2012 Lyon 2–2 (4–2 pen.) Montpellier Red Bull Arena, Harrison, USA 15,166
2013 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Bordeaux Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon 34,658
2014 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Guingamp Workers Stadium, Beijing, China 39,752
2015 Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Lyon Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada 20,057
2016 Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 Lyon Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria 10,120
2017 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Monaco Stade de Tanger, Tanger, Morocco 43,761
2018 Paris Saint-Germain 4–0 Monaco Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China 41,237
2019 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Rennes 22,045
2020 Paris Saint-Germain vs. Marseille TBA

Results by clubs
Club Winner Runner-up Years winner Years runner-up
Paris Saint-Germain941995, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 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, 1985, 1999, 2013
Marseille321971, 2010, 20111969, 1972
Nice1319701956, 1959, 1997
Rennes1219711965, 2019
Sedan1119561961
Le Havre101959–
Bastia101972–
Lille02–1955, 2011
Auxerre02–2003, 2005
Guingamp02–2009, 2014
Toulouse01–1957
Nîmes01–1958
Lens01–1998
Strasbourg01–2001
Lorient01–2002
Sochaux01–2007
Montpellier01–2012

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.
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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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