Trophée des Champions

Trophée des Champions

Founded	1995
Region	France
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Paris Saint-Germain (5th title)
Most successful club(s)	Lyon (8 titles)
Television broadcasters	beIN Sport
2015 Trophée des Champions

The Trophée des Champions (French pronunciation: ​[trofe də ʃɑmpiɔ̃], Champions' Trophy), is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super Cups found in many countries. The match was first played in 1995, but the format in French football has existed since 1949 when the 1948–49 first division champions, Stade de Reims, defeated the winners of the 1948–49 edition of the Coupe de France, RCF Paris, 4–3 at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. The match is co-organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) and the Union Syndicale des Journalistes Sportifs de France (UJSF).

From 1955–1973, the French Football Federation (FFF) hosted a similar match known as the Challenge des champions. The match returned in 1985–86, but was immediately eliminated due to its unpopularity. In 1995, the FFF officially re-instated the competition under its current name and the inaugural match was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes in January 1996 at the Stade Francis-Le Blé in Brest. The following season, the match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double. A similar situation occurred in 2008 when Lyon won the double. The match was initially on the brink of cancellation, however, the LFP decided to allow the league runner-up, Bordeaux, to be Lyon's opponents. Bordeaux won the match 5–4 on penalties.

The Trophée des champions match is contested at the beginning of the following season and has been played at a variety of venues. During the Challenge des champions era, the match was in such cities as Marseille, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, and Saint-Étienne. From 1995–2008, the match was hosted three times at the Stade Gerland in Lyon. Other venues include the Stade Pierre de Coubertin twice in Cannes, the Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg, and the Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps in Auxerre. On 12 May 2009, the French Football Federation announced that the 2009 Trophée des Champions would be played, for the first time, on international soil at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1] It has since been held in Tunisia, Morocco, the United States, Gabon and China.

Matches

Season[2]	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Champions of France vs. Coupe de France winners (1949)
1949	Stade Reims	4–3	Racing Paris	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Challenge des champions (1955–73, 1985–86)
1955	Stade Reims	7–1	Lille	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1956	Sedan	1–0	Nice	Parc des Princes, Paris
1957	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Toulouse	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
1958	Stade Reims	2–1	Nîmes	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1959	Le Havre	2–0	Nice	Parc des Princes, Paris
1960	Stade Reims	6–2	AS Monaco	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
1961	AS Monaco	1–1[nb 1]	Sedan	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
1962	Saint-Étienne	4–2	Stade Reims	Stade Municipal de Beaublanc, Limoges
1965	Nantes	3–2	Rennes	Stade du Moustoir, Lorient
1966	Stade Reims	2–0	Nantes	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
1967	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Lyon	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
1968	Saint-Étienne	5–3	Bordeaux	Stade Richter, Montpellier
1969	Saint-Étienne	3–2	Marseille	Parc des Princes, Paris
1970	Nice	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Stade du Ray, Nice
1971	Rennes	2–2[nb 2]	Marseille	Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1972	Bastia	5–2	Marseille	Stade de Bon Rencontre, Toulon
1973	Lyon	2–0	Nantes	Stade de l'Armoricaine, Brest
1985	AS Monaco	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Bordeaux	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
1986	Bordeaux	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Stade Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Trophée des champions (1995–present)
1995[nb 3]	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2 (6–5 pen.)	Nantes	Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest	12,000
1996	Match was not played due to Auxerre winning the double.
1997	AS Monaco	5–2	Nice	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers	4,000
1998	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Lens	Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours	12,766
1999	Nantes	1–0	Bordeaux	Stade de la Licorne, Amiens	11,858
2000	AS Monaco	0–0 (6–5 pen.)	Nantes	Stade Bonal, Montbéliard	9,918
2001	Nantes	4–1	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	7,227
2002	Lyon	5–1	Lorient	Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes	5,041
2003	Lyon	2–1	Auxerre	Stade Gerland, Lyon	18,254
2004	Lyon	1–1 (7–6 pen.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin, Cannes	9,429
2005	Lyon	4–1	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre	10,967
2006	Lyon	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Stade Gerland, Lyon	30,529
2007	Lyon	2–1	Sochaux	Stade Gerland, Lyon	30,413
2008	Bordeaux	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Lyon	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux	27,167
2009	Bordeaux	2–0	Guingamp	Stade Olympique, Montreal, Canada	34,068
2010	Marseille	0–0 (5–4 pen.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia	57,000
2011	Marseille	5–4	Lille	Stade de Tanger, Tanger, Morocco	33,900
2012	Lyon	2–2 (4–2 pen.)	Montpellier	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States	15,166
2013	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Bordeaux	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon	34,658
2014	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Guingamp	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	39,752
2015	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Lyon	Stade Saputo, Montreal, Canada	20,057
2016				Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria

Results by clubs

Club	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Lyon	8	3	1973, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012	1967, 2008, 2015
Paris Saint-Germain	5	4	1995, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2015	1986, 2004, 2006, 2010
Stade Reims	5	1	1949, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1966	1962
Saint-Étienne	5	1	1957, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969	1970
AS Monaco	4	1	1961, 1985, 1997, 2000	1960
Nantes	3	4	1965, 1999, 2001	1966, 1973, 1995, 2000
Bordeaux	3	4	1986, 2008, 2009	1968, 1986, 1999, 2013
Marseille	3	2	1971, 2010, 2011	1969, 1972
Nice	1	3	1970	1956, 1959, 1997
Sedan	1	1	1956	1961
Rennes	1	1	1971	1965
Le Havre	1	0	1959
Bastia	1	0	1972
Lille	0	2		1955, 2011
Auxerre	0	2		2003, 2005
Guingamp	0	2		2009, 2014
Racing Paris	0	1		1949
Toulouse	0	1		1957
Nîmes	0	1		1958
Lens	0	1		1998
Strasbourg	0	1		2001
Lorient	0	1		2002
Sochaux	0	1		2007
Montpellier	0	1		2012

Notes

1. No penalties were constituted. AS Monaco won the match via lottery.
2. No winner was declared. Title was shared between the two clubs.
3. Match was played in January 1996.

References

1. "Le Trophée des champions à Montréal". L'Equipe. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
2. "Palmares". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 11 July 2010.

External links

• Official site (French)