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Tunisian Super Cup
Organising bodyTunisian Football Federation
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Region Tunisia
Number of teams2
Current championsEspérance de Tunis
(6th title)
Most successful club(s)Espérance de Tunis
(6 titles)
2022 Tunisian Super Cup

The Tunisian Super Cup (Arabic: كأس السوبر التونسي) or the Tunisia Premier Cup (Arabic: كأس تونس الممتازة) was previously called the Tunisian Cup Winners' Cup.

It is a Tunisian football competition organized by the Tunisian Football Federation. Established in 1960, it combines the champions of the first Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 against the champions of the Tunisian Cup.

History

First editions and frequent interruptions

Formerly called the Cup of Cups, it was organized as part of President Habib Bourguiba's birthday celebrations. According to the laws of the Tunisian Football Federation, it is a competition that takes place every year, but since its return in 1994 it has only been organized three times in 1994, 1995 and 2001.

The 2007–2008 season was to be held on 7 February 2009 between the champions of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Club Africain and the Tunisian Cup holders of Espérance de Tunis, but the match did not take place because of the intensity of the calendar, especially after the adoption of two new Maghreb competitions, as well as the next match, which was scheduled on 20 February 2010. Espérance de Tunis, who won the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 in and Olympique Béja the Tunisian Cup holders, also did not meet.

Back to the front (since 2019)

After a hiatus of 18 years, the next edition of the Tunisian Super Cup was held on 1 April 2019 at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Between Espérance de Tunis (Champion of the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1) and Club Athletic Bizertin (the fifth of the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1) as a substitute for Club Africain (2017–18 Tunisian Cup champion).[1]

The match was supposed to be played between Espérance de Tunis, the champion of the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, and Club Africain, the champion of the Tunisian Cup. Secondly, the selection for the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup runner-up, Etoile Sportive du Sahel, who refused the invitation due to the overcrowded calendar, finally reached a solution with Club Athletic Bizertin (the fifth of the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and one of the semi-finalists of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup).Esperance Sportive de Tunis won the title for the fourth time in its history in the first edition in 18 years, after winning the match with a score of 2–1.[2]

After next season, On February 10, 2019, the Tunisian Football Federation decided to fix the match date to March 15, 2020. However, the match was postponed to September 20, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia.[3] Finally the match was played on 20 September 2020 at Stade Olympique de Radès in Rades, Tunisia. between 2018–19 Ligue 1 winners Espérance ST and 2018–19 Tunisian Cup winners CS Sfaxien. Esperance won the title for the fifth time in its history.[4] The 2019–20 Tunisian Super Cup was scheduled to be played on July 30, 2021, but like the previous version, the match was postponed to September 18, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia. The match was played on the pitch of the Stade Olympique de Radès between Espérance de Tunis (Champion of the 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1) and US Monastir (2019–20 Tunisian Cup champion), after the end of the regular time with a 1–1 draw, the US Monastir decided the title on penalties 5–3.

The 2020–21 Tunisian Super Cup match was played on September 25, 2021, a week after the previous edition, on the pitch of the Stade Olympique de Radès between Espérance de Tunis (Champion of the 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1) and CS Sfaxien (2020–21 Tunisian Cup champion). Espérance de Tunis won the title for the sixth time in its history, after winning the match 1–0 with the goal of Anayo Iwuala in the 57th minute.

Finals

Legend
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Champion
Tunisian Cup Champion
Inviting Team
Pelanties
Year Winner Score Runner-up
1960 Espérance de Tunis 2–1 Stade Tunisien
1966 Stade Tunisien 2–0 ES Sahel
1968 Club africain 3–1 Sfax railway sport
1970 Club africain 1–0 Espérance de Tunis
1973 ES Sahel 5–2 Club africain
1979 Club africain 1–0 Espérance de Tunis
1984 CA Bizertin 1–0 AS Marsa
1985 CS Hammam Lif 1–0 Espérance de Tunis
1986 ES Sahel 1–1 (5–4 p) Espérance de Tunis
1987 ES Sahel 0–0 (7–6 p) CA Bizertin
1994 Espérance de Tunis 2–0 AS Marsa
1995 Olympique Béja 1–1 (5–4 p) CS Sfaxien
2001 Espérance de Tunis 3–1 CS Hammam Lif
2018 Espérance de Tunis 2–1[5][note 1] CA Bizertin
2019 Espérance de Tunis 0–0 (5–4 p)[6] CS Sfaxien
2020 US Monastir 1–1 (5–3 p) Espérance de Tunis
2021 Espérance de Tunis 1–0 CS Sfaxien
2022 Espérance de Tunis v CS Sfaxien

Performances

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up Years
Espérance de Tunis 6 5 1960, 1994, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2021 1970, 1979, 1985, 1986, 2020
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 3 1 1973, 1986, 1987 1966
Club Africain 3 1 1968, 1970, 1979 1973
Club Athlétique Bizertin 1 2 1984 1987, 2019
Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif 1 1 1985 2001
Stade Tunisien 1 1 1966 1960
US Monastir 1 0 2020 —
Olympique de Béjà 1 0 1995 —
Club Sportif Sfaxien 0 3 — 1995, 2020, 2021
Avenir Sportif de La Marsa 0 2 — 1984, 1994
Sfax Railways Sports 0 1 — 1968

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The match was supposed to be played between the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion Espérance de Tunis and the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup champion Club africain, but the match was postponed several times due to the critical financial and administrative situation for Club Africain and finally withdrew from the Super Cup. The second choice was made for the runner-up of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup, Etoile Sportive du Sahel. The invitation was rejected due to the overcrowding of the calendar. Finally, a solution was reached with the CA Bizertin, one of the sides of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup semi-finals, which accepted the 2019 Tunisian Super Cup.

References

  1. ^ "Football-Super-coupe de Tunisie : Un match de trop ?". kapitalis.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "SUPER COUPE DE TUNISIE 2018 : L'ESPÉRANCE DE TUNIS HAUT LA MAIN". kapitalis.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ "الجامعة "تُفرج" عن السوبر التونسي". 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "VARرسمي السوبر التونسي ومباريات الكاس بال". elhassade.tn. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ play in 2019
  6. ^ Play in 2020
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