Belgian Super Cup
Organising bodyRoyal Belgian Football Association
Belgian Pro League
Founded1979
RegionBelgium
Number of teams2
Related competitionsBelgian Cup (qualifier)
Belgian Pro League (qualifier)
Current championsAntwerp (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Club Brugge (17 titles)
Television broadcastersEleven Sports
WebsiteOfficial website
2023 Belgian Super Cup

The Belgian Super Cup (Dutch: Belgische Supercup, pronounced [ˈbɛlɣisə ˈsʏpərˌkʏp]; French: Supercoupe de Belgique; German: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), Pro League Supercup, is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, the Belgian Cup runners-up participates as the second club.

The most successful Super Cup club is Club Brugge with 17 titles, followed by Anderlecht (13), Standard Liège (4), Genk (2) and Lierse (2). It was created in 1979 and held every year since, with the only exception 1989 and 2020.

The current holders are Antwerp, who defeated Mechelen after penalty kicks in the 2023 match.

Results

Illustration of the trophy of the Belgian Supercup.
The winner of the Belgian Super Cup receives this trophy from the Pro League.

The winning team is shown in green background and italic is used for cup runners-up taking part when the league champion also won the cup the prior season. The score of the penalty shoot-out is mentioned between brackets.

Year League champions Result Cup winners[nb 1] Attendance Venue Note
1979 Beveren 1–1 (3–2 pen.) Beerschot VAC 8,000 Olympic Stadium
1980 Club Brugge 1–1 (4–3 pen.) Beveren Heysel Stadium [nb 2]
1981 Anderlecht 0–0 (1–3 pen.) Standard Liège 35,000
1982 Standard Liège 2–3 Waregem [nb 2]
1983 Standard Liège 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Beveren
1984 Beveren 5–1 Gent Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
1985 Anderlecht 2–1 Cercle Brugge
1986 Anderlecht 0–1 Club Brugge Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
1987 Anderlecht 1–1 Mechelen [nb 3]
2–0
1988 Club Brugge 1–0 Anderlecht
1989 Mechelen — Anderlecht — — [nb 4]
1990 Club Brugge 2–2 (7–6 pen.) RFC Liége Heysel Stadium
1991 Anderlecht 3–3 (5–6 pen.) Club Brugge Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
1992 Club Brugge 1–1 (4–1 pen.) Antwerp Olympiastadion
1993 Anderlecht 3–0 Standard Liège Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
1994 Anderlecht 1–3 Club Brugge Constant Vanden Stock Stadium [nb 5]
1995 Anderlecht 2–1 Club Brugge Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
1996 Club Brugge 5–2 Cercle Brugge Olympiastadion [nb 6]
1997 Lierse 1–0 Germinal Ekeren 7,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
1998 Club Brugge 2–1 Genk 1,700 Jan Breydel Stadium
1999 Genk 1–3 Lierse 16,000 Fenix stadium
2000 Anderlecht 3–1 Genk 15,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2001 Anderlecht 4–1 Westerlo 5,000 Het Kuipje
2002 Genk 0–2 Club Brugge 8,163 Fenix stadium
2003 Club Brugge 1–1 (5–4 pen.) La Louvière 3,268 Jan Breydel Stadium
2004 Anderlecht 0–2 Club Brugge 8,500 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2005 Club Brugge 1–1 (4–2 pen.) Germinal Beerschot 3,632 Jan Breydel Stadium
2006 Anderlecht 3–1 Zulte Waregem 13,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium [nb 7]
2007 Anderlecht 3–1 Club Brugge 15,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2008 Standard Liège 3–1 Anderlecht 17,500 Stade Maurice Dufrasne
2009 Standard Liège 2–0 Genk Stade Maurice Dufrasne
2010 Anderlecht 1–0 Gent 14,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2011 Genk 1–0 Standard Liège 7,000 Cristal Arena
2012 Anderlecht 3–2 Lokeren 15,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2013 Anderlecht 1–0 Genk 18,000 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2014 Anderlecht 2–1 Lokeren Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2015 Gent 1–0 Club Brugge 15,000 Ghelamco Arena
2016 Club Brugge 2–1 Standard Liège 15,000 Jan Breydel Stadium
2017 Anderlecht 2–1 Zulte Waregem 21,500 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
2018 Club Brugge 2–1 Standard Liège 16,000 Jan Breydel Stadium
2019 Genk 3–0 Mechelen 14,160 Cristal Arena
2020 Club Brugge — Antwerp — — [nb 8]
2021 Club Brugge 3–2 Genk 10,000 Jan Breydel Stadium
2022 Club Brugge 1–0 Gent 18,166 Jan Breydel Stadium
2023 Antwerp 1–1 (5–4 pen.) Mechelen Bosuilstadion [nb 9]
  1. ↑ Unless noted otherwise.
  2. 1 2 In 1980 and 1982, the Belgian Cup was won by Waterschei. However, as an amateur team, they were not allowed by the Belgian FA to play the Super Cup. As such, their place was taken by the losing cup finalists, Beveren (in 1980) and Waregem (in 1982).
  3. ↑ In 1987, the Super Cup was played over two legs.
  4. ↑ In 1989, the Super Cup was not played.
  5. ↑ As Anderlecht had won the double, cup finalist Club Brugge played the Super Cup.
  6. ↑ As Club Brugge had won the double, cup finalist Cercle Brugge played the Super Cup.
  7. ↑ The match was originally played on 22 July 2006, but had to be stopped at half-time (0–0) due to heavy rain. The match was replayed on 20 December of the same year.
  8. ↑ In 2020, the Super Cup was not played.
  9. ↑ As Antwerp had won the double, cup finalist KV Mechelen played the Super Cup.

Performance by club

Below is the performance listed per club, sorted by number of wins.

Team Years (Won in Bold) # Appearances # Winners # Runners-up
Club Brugge 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991,
1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007,
2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021,
2022		 20 17 3
Anderlecht 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995,
2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2017		 20 13 7
Standard Liège 1981, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2008,
2009, 2011, 2016 , 2018		 9 4 5
Genk 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009,
2011, 2013, 2019, 2021		 9 2 7
Beveren 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984 4 2 2
Lierse 1997, 1999 2 2 0
Gent 1984, 2010, 2015, 2022 4 1 3
Antwerp 1992, 2020, 2023 2 1 1
Waregem 1982 1 1 0
Mechelen 1987, 1989, 2019, 2023 3 0 3
Cercle Brugge 1985, 1996 2 0 2
Lokeren 2012, 2014 2 0 2
Zulte Waregem 2006, 2017 2 0 2
Beerschot AC 1997 (as Germinal Ekeren),
2005 (as Germinal Beerschot)		 2 0 2
Westerlo 2001 1 0 1
RFC Liège 1990 1 0 1
Beerschot VAC 1979 1 0 1
La Louvière 2003 1 0 1

References

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