Johan Cruyff Shield

The Johan Fruit Schaal is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruijff, 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 case one team wins both the national league and the national cup, said team will face the runners-up of the national league. The match traditionally opens the Dutch football season in August one week before the Eredivisie starts.

The trophy

The trophy is a silver plate with a 60 centimeter 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 X" (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 5-8-2005" (KNVB standing for "Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond" or "Royal Dutch Football Association" followed by the date of the match).
• Border, bottom: "PSV - Ajax" (the squads playing the match, with the champion of the national league named first)

History

Super Cup

The first Super Cup match was played on 25 June 1949. The league champions SVV beat cup winners Quick Nijmegen by two goals to nil.

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

Johan Cruijff Schaal

In 1996 the format was changed to the current set-up. It would be 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 13000 available tickets were sold.

The prize money in 2003 amounted to 135 thousand euro.

The contestants in 2004 were Ajax and FC Utrecht. Utrecht won with a final score of 4-2 after trailing 1-2 up until the 85th minute of the match. Thirty-three thousand spectators witnessed the most remarkable come-back in the trophy's history.

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

Performance By Club

Club	Wins	Years
PSV	7	1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003
Ajax	6	1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006
Feyenoord	2	1991, 1999
FC Utrecht	1	2004

Results

Year	Winner	Loser	Result
2006	Ajax	PSV	3 - 1
2005	Ajax	PSV	2 - 1
2004	FC Utrecht	Ajax	4 - 2
2003	PSV	FC Utrecht	3 - 1
2002	Ajax	PSV	3 - 1
2001	PSV	FC Twente	3 - 2
2000	PSV	Roda JC	2 - 0
1999	Feyenoord	Ajax	3 - 2
1998	PSV	Ajax	2 - 0
1997	PSV	Roda JC	3 - 1
1996	PSV	Ajax	3 - 0
1995	Ajax	Feyenoord	2 - 1 after extra time
1994	Ajax	Feyenoord	3 - 0
1993	Ajax	Feyenoord	4 - 0
1992	PSV	Feyenoord	1 - 0
1991	Feyenoord	PSV	1 - 0