The Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (Presidential Cup) from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and 2005. The rebranded TFF Süper Kupa is a curtain raiser for the upcoming footballing season, usually taking place in August.
In case of a team achieving the double, the Turkish Cup runners-up become finalists. The 2009 Turkish Super Cup was the most recent match-up, taking place in this fashion. Double achievers Beşiktaş played against the 2008–09 Turkish Cup runners-up Fenerbahçe.
Galatasaray is the most successful team of the competition with 12 trophies and 19 appearances.
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