The UEFA Super Cup (also called the European Super Cup) is an annual football match organized by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, 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. It has taken place at Stade Louis II in Monaco from its beginning.
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 the UEFA Europa League in 2009.
The current champions are Spanish club Atletico Madrid after they beat Chelsea FC 4–1 in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup. The most successful team in the competition is Italian side Milan, who have won the trophy five times.
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