Johan Cruijff Shield

Johan Cruijff Schaal
Founded	1949
Region	UEFA; (Netherlands)
Number of teams	2
Current champions	PSV Eindhoven
Most successful club(s)	PSV Eindhoven; (9 titles)

The Johan Cruijff Schaal (English: Johan Cruijff Shield) is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league (the Eredivisie) and the winner of the national KNVB Cup. In the event of a team winning both the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruijff Shield will be contested between that team and the runner up in the national league. The match traditionally opens the Dutch football season in August one week before the Eredivisie starts.

The trophy [edit]

The trophy is a silver plate with a 60 centimetre diameter. It is similar to the trophies received by the champions of the Eredivisie. The engraved text on the trophy is as follows:

Border, top: "Johan Cruijff Schaal XV" (or: "Johan Cruyff Trophy X", so Cruijff with 'ij' as opposed to the international spelling using a 'y' and a number in Roman numerals)
Centre: "KNVB 31-7-2008" (KNVB standing for "Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond" or "Royal Dutch Football Association" followed by the date of the match)
Border, bottom: "Ajax - FC Twente" (the teams playing the match, with the champion of the national league named second)

History [edit]

Super Cup [edit]

The first Super Cup match was played on 25 June 1949. The league champions SVV beat cup winners Quick 1888 (from Nijmegen) 2–0.

It was the first and the last Super Cup match for many decades. The Dutch FA brought back the competition in 1991 under the name PTT Telecom Cup, with the match always being played in the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam. After three years, sponsor PTT Telecom retreated and the name Super Cup was reinstated.

Johan Cruijff Schaal [edit]

In 1996 the format was changed to the current set-up, and played in the Amsterdam ArenA under the name 'Johan Cruijff Schaal'.

In 2003, the supporters of both teams, namely FC Utrecht and PSV were rather unhappy with the set-up and stayed away from the stadium. The Utrecht fans complained about protocols concerning their travel to Amsterdam (strict rules imposed for the threat of hooliganism) and the PSV fans were dissatisfied with the seats assigned to them. Only 700 of the 13,000 available tickets were sold. The prize money in 2003 amounted to €135,000. The contestants in 2004 were Ajax and FC Utrecht. Utrecht won with a final score 4-2 after trailing 1-2 up until the 85th minute of the match. Thirty-three thousand spectators witnessed the most remarkable comeback in the trophy's history.

Because PSV won both the national championship and the cup in 2005, Ajax (who had finished second in the league) formed the opposition and won 2-1. It was only the fourth home-victory of Ajax over PSV in ten years.

Performance by club [edit]

Club	Won	Lost	Years won	Years lost
PSV	9	5	1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012	1991, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
Ajax	7	7	1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007	1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012
Feyenoord	2	5	1991, 1999	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2008
FC Twente	2	1	2010, 2011	2001
FC Utrecht	1	1	2004	2003
AZ	1	0	2009	–
SVV	1	0	1949	–
Roda JC	0	2	–	1997, 2000
Quick 1888	0	1	–	1949
SC Heerenveen	0	1	–	2009

Results [edit]

Super Cup [edit]

Year	Winner	Scorers	Score	Scorers	Runner-up
1949	SVV		2–0		Quick 1888
1991	Feyenoord	Damaschin 10'	1–0		PSV
1992	PSV	E. Koeman 25'	1–0		Feyenoord
1993	Ajax	Litmanen 18, 62' F. de Boer 47' Overmars 61'	4–0		Feyenoord
1994	Ajax	Litmanen 13' Oulida 21' Kluivert 25'	3–0		Feyenoord
1995	Ajax	R. de Boer 25' Kluivert 102'	2–1 aet	Larsson 27'	Feyenoord