# Greek Super Cup

The Greek Super Cup (Greek: Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup (Greek: Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek association football one-match competition, which was contested annually by the Super League Greece champions and the winners of the Greek Football Cup.

## History

Since 1948 and until 1976 several matches between the Greek champions and the Cup winners were played, but without official recognition. The instutition got officially started in 1980 under PSAT. According to the announcement, if the champion team of the Alpha Ethniki and the cup-winning team were the same, then the match was not held. For various reasons, the institution was interrupted until 1987. Then the HFF established the "champion-cup winner" match under the name Friendship and Solidarity Cup, which was held with breaks until 1996. In ten years, seven finals were held: 1987 to 1989, 1992 to 1994 and 1996.
The institution was then abolished, mainly due to the difficulty of controlling fanaticism in derby matches. For example, in 1990, the match between the champion, Panathinaikos and the cup winner, Olympiacos was cancelled, for fear of incidents due to the tense situation between the fans caused by the transfer of Stratos Apostolakis from the first club to the latter. Matches were also not played in 1991 and 1995, when Panathinaikos had won the double, but not in 1997 and 1998. The double of Olympiacos in the following year and the general interest of continuing the institution waned, despite the fact that matches could have been held between 2000 and 2003. In the three-year period that followed Panathinaikos and Olympiacos emerged as double winners.
In 2007, the HFF reintroduced the institution under the name "Super Cup", but it was not continued as in the following years Olympiacos and Panathinaikos won the double. In 2011, the match between the champion, Olympiacos and the cup winner, AEK Athens was scheduled but never took place for unknown reasons. In the following two seasons Olympiacos' won the double and the competition was discontinued.
From 1987 to 1994, the institution was held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, while in 1980, 1996 and 2007 they were held at Karaiskakis Stadium. The matches were single-elimination and in the event of no winner was determined during regular time, a 30 minutes of extra time followed and if there was still no winner, a penalty shoot-out was held, which took place twice: in 1989 and 1996. In 21 January 2025, at a meeting of the Professional Football Committee at the offices of the Hellenic Football Federation on 21 January 2025, the HFF decided in the restoration of the Super Cup after 18 years, but its application remains to be seen.

## Predecessors of Greek Super Cup

| Year | Champion | Score | Cup Winner | Venue | Trophy name |
| 1948 | Olympiacos | 0–3 (1st leg) 0–2 (2nd leg) | Panathinaikos | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens | Cup of the Champions (unofficial competition) (Greek: Κύπελλον των Πρωταθλητών) |
| 1970 | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | Aris | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus | The Superchampion game (unofficial competition) (Greek: Η συνάντησις για τον υπερπρωταθλητή) |
| 1971 | AEK Athens | 2–2 (1st leg) 1–1 (4–2 p) (2nd leg) | Olympiacos | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia, Athens | Supercup (unofficial competition) (Greek: Υπερκύπελλον) |
| 1976 | PAOK | 3–2 | Iraklis | Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki | Game for the Superclub of the year (unofficial competition) (Greek: Αγώνας για την Υπέρ-ομάδα της χρονιάς) |

## Finals

| Year | Champion | Score | Cup Winner | Venue |
| PSAT edition |||||
| 1980 | Olympiacos | 4–3 | Kastoria | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus |
| HFF editions |||||
| 1987 | Olympiacos | 1–0 | OFI | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens |
| 1988 | AEL | 1–3 | Panathinaikos | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens |
| 1989 | AEK Athens | 1–1 (6–5 p) | Panathinaikos | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens |
| 1992 | AEK Athens | 1–3 | Olympiacos | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens |
| 1993 | AEK Athens | 0–1 | Panathinaikos | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens |
| 1994 | AEK Athens | 0–3 | Panathinaikos | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens |
| 1996 | Panathinaikos | 1–1 (8–9 p) | AEK Athens | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus |
| 2007 | Olympiacos | 1–0 | AEL | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus |

## Performance by club

Note: winning years are marked with bold.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Participation Years |
| Olympiacos | 4 | 0 | 1980, 1987, 1992, 2007 |
| Panathinaikos | 3 | 2 | 1988, 1989 , 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| AEK Athens | 2 | 3 | 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 |
| AEL | — | 2 | 1988, 2007 |
| Kastoria | — | 1 | 1980 |
| OFI | — | 1 | 1987 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Goals |
| 1 | Thomas Ahlström | Olympiacos | 2 |
| 1 | Antonis Kopanos | Kastoria | 2 |
| 1 | Petros Xanthopoulos | Olympiacos | 2 |
| 1 | Claus Nielsen | Panathinaikos | 2 |
| 5 | Kostas Bakis | Kastoria | 1 |
| 5 | Andreas Voitsidis | Kastoria | 1 |
| 5 | Georgios Kokolakis | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Kalantzis | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Georgios Mitsibonas | AEL | 1 |
| 5 | Georgios Christodoulou | AEK Athens | 1 |
| 5 | Vangelis Vlachos | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Alexis Alexandris | AEK Athens | 1 |
| 5 | Daniel Batista | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 5 | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 5 | Vassilis Karapialis | Olympiacos | 1 |
| 5 | Dimitris Saravakos | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Marinos Ouzounidis | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Stratos Apostolakis | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Dimitris Markos | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Toni Savevski | AEK Athens | 1 |
| 5 | Alexis Alexoudis | Panathinaikos | 1 |
| 5 | Kostas Mitroglou | Olympiacos | 1 |