The Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa), is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 2024 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of the Turkish Cup and Süper Lig. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (Presidential Cup) from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and 2005, although there was a substitute competition played under the name of Atatürk Cup in 2000.[1] The rebranded TFF Süper Kupa is a curtain raiser for the upcoming footballing season, usually taking place in August. In case of a team achieving the double, the Turkish Cup runners-up become finalists.

TFF Süper Kupa
Organising bodyTurkish Football Federation (TFF)
Founded1966
CountryTurkey
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams2 (until 2024)
4 (from 2025)
Current championsBeşiktaş (10th title)
(2024)
Most championshipsGalatasaray (17 titles)
TV partnersatv
Websitetff.org
Current: 2024 Turkish Super Cup

The current holders are 2023–24 Turkish Cup winners Beşiktaş, who won against 2023–24 Süper Lig winners Galatasaray in the 2024 edition. Galatasaray is the most successful team of the competition, with 17 titles in 27 appearances.

History

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Between 1966 and 1980 the cup was called Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası (Presidential Cup). Following the Turkish coup d'état in 1980, it was renamed to Devlet Başkanlığı Kupası (Head of State Cup) for the 1981 and 1982 finals. After the resumption of democracy, the tournament was renamed back to Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası, taking place from 1983 to 1998. Between 1999 and 2005 no competition was held. In the year 2000 there was a substitute competition called Atatürk Cup. In a bid to rebrand and revive the tournament as a super cup, an inaugural 2006 final took place in Germany, where a large population of Turkish immigrants reside. The success of the new format led to the continuation of the TFF Süper Kupa as it is known and contested today.

During the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası era, all matches were played in the Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, in the city of Ankara. The only exception to this tradition was the 1975 final, played in the Cebeci İnönü Stadium. After the 2006 rebranding, the cup continued to be contested in a neutral venue, which is picked annually by the Turkish Football Federation.

The finalists always consisted of Süper Lig champions and Turkish Cup winners, but there were exceptions to this rule. In 1968, Fenerbahçe won both the league and the cup, thus achieving the double. The TFF decided to award the Cumhurbaşkalığı Kupası directly to the club, but went on to change the regulations after this case. Between 1973 and 1977, in case of a team achieving the double, the Başbakanlık Kupası (Prime Minister's Cup) winners became the second finalists. During the Turkish coup d'état in 1980, elect government was abolished and between 1981 and 1984 no competition in the name of Chancellery was held. Thus, the Turkish Football Federation made another regulatory change, and awarded the second finalists spot to the Süper Lig runners-up, in case of a team achieving the double. 1983, 1984, 1990 and 1993 finals took place in that fashion.

After the 2006 rebranding, the Turkish Federation revised the regulations for a final time, and the Turkish Cup runners-up began to earn a spot in the competition, in case of a team achieving the double, thus making the game a rematch of that year's Turkish Cup final.

The 2023 edition of the Turkish Super Cup was scheduled be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of Riyadh Season entertainment festival. The event did not take place due to a controversy over the display of quotes and images of Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Turkish national anthem, with both Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe abandoning the match and leaving Saudi Arabia. On 7 April 2024, the two teams faced each other at 11 Nisan Stadium. Fenerbahçe started the match with the U19 team as a reaction to the match not being postponed again. Galatasaray took the lead in the 1st minute with Mauro Icardi's goal. After the goal, Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç left the pitch and went to the dressing room in protest against the incidents in Süper Lig matches, the Turkish Football Federation and referee decisions. After Fenerbahçe's withdrawal, Galatasaray players played a double-goal match among themselves. After all these incidents, referee Volkan Bayarslan cancelled the match and it was announced that the Turkish Football Federation will decide on the match.[2] According to the PFDK's (Professional Football Disciplinary Board) decision, Fenerbahçe was deemed 3-0 forfeit in the Super Cup and fined 4 million TRY.[3][4]

Winners

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Finalists Wins
¤ Winners of both Süper Lig and Turkish Cup 6
Süper Lig champions 20
Turkish Cup winners 19
Prime Minister's Cup winners 2
Süper Lig runners-up 3
# Turkish Cup runners-up 1

Presidential Cup

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Year Winners[5] Score Runners-up Venue Attendance[6][7]
1966 Galatasaray 2–0 Beşiktaş Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 33,583
1967 Beşiktaş 1–0 Altay Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1968 Fenerbahçe ¤ Automatically awarded by winning Süper Lig and Turkish Cup.
1969 Galatasaray 2–0 Göztepe Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1970 Göztepe 3–1 Fenerbahçe Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1971 Eskişehirspor 3–2 Galatasaray Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1972 Galatasaray 3–0 Ankaragücü Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1973 Fenerbahçe 2–1 Galatasaray ¤ Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1974 Beşiktaş 3–0 Fenerbahçe ¤ Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 23,435
1975 Fenerbahçe 2–0 Beşiktaş Cebeci İnönü Stadı
1976 Trabzonspor 2–1 Galatasaray Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1977 Trabzonspor ¤ 1–1 (3–1 p) Beşiktaş Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1978 Trabzonspor 1–0 Fenerbahçe Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 13,550
1979 Trabzonspor 2–1 Fenerbahçe Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 23,354
1980 Trabzonspor 3–0 Altay Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 11,098
1981 Ankaragücü 1–0 Trabzonspor Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 15,976
1982 Galatasaray 2–0 Beşiktaş Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 20,000
1983 Trabzonspor 2–0 Fenerbahçe ¤ Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 17,895
1984 Fenerbahçe 1–0 Trabzonspor ¤ Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 12,021
1985 Fenerbahçe 1–1 (4–2 p) Galatasaray Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 18,757
1986 Beşiktaş 2–1 Bursaspor Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 13,783
1987 Galatasaray 3–2 Gençlerbirliği Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 22,773
1988 Galatasaray 2–0 Sakaryaspor Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 19,845
1989 Beşiktaş 1–0 Fenerbahçe Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 15,055
1990 Fenerbahçe 3–2 Beşiktaş ¤ Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1991 Galatasaray 1–0 Beşiktaş Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 14,650
1992 Beşiktaş 2–1 Trabzonspor Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 20,000
1993 Galatasaray ¤ 2–0 Beşiktaş Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 18,836
1994 Beşiktaş 3–1 Galatasaray Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1995 Trabzonspor 2–0 Beşiktaş Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1996 Galatasaray 3–0 Fenerbahçe Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı
1997 Galatasaray 2–1 Kocaelispor Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 20,000
1998 Beşiktaş 2–1 Galatasaray Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadı 11,962

TFF Süper Kupa

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Year Winners[5] Score Runners-up Venue Attendance[6][7]
2006 Beşiktaş 1–0 Galatasaray   Commerzbank-Arena 25,500
2007 Fenerbahçe 2–1 Beşiktaş   RheinEnergieStadion 38,000
2008 Galatasaray 2–1 Kayserispor   MSV-Arena 20,000
2009 Fenerbahçe # 2–0 Beşiktaş ¤ Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı
2010 Trabzonspor 3–0 Bursaspor Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı
2011 Cancelled after 2011 Turkish football match-fixing scandal. (Fenerbahçe (Süper Lig) – Beşiktaş (Turkish Cup))
2012 Galatasaray 3–2 Fenerbahçe Kazım Karabekir Stadium 25,000[8]
2013 Galatasaray 1–0 Fenerbahçe Kadir Has Stadı 32,000[9]
2014 Fenerbahçe 0–0 (3–2 p) Galatasaray Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadı 16,597
2015 Galatasaray ¤ 1–0 Bursaspor # Osmanlı Stadı 15,000[10]
2016 Galatasaray 1–1 (3–0 p) Beşiktaş Konya Büyükşehir Stadium 33,700[11]
2017 Konyaspor 2–1 Beşiktaş Samsun Stadium 25,000[12]
2018 Akhisarspor 1–1 (5–4 p) Galatasaray Konya Büyükşehir Stadium 27,000[13]
2019 Galatasaray ¤ 1–0 Akhisarspor # Eryaman Stadium 16,000[14]
2020 Trabzonspor 2–1 İstanbul Başakşehir Atatürk Olympic Stadium 0
2021 Beşiktaş ¤ 1–1 (4–2 p) Antalyaspor #   Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 3,500
2022 Trabzonspor 4–0 Sivasspor Atatürk Olympic Stadium 46,732
2023 Galatasaray 3–0

(Forfeit)

Fenerbahçe Şanlıurfa 11 Nisan Stadium
2024 Beşiktaş 5–0 Galatasaray Atatürk Olympic Stadium 70,847

Performances

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Club Winners Runners-up % Wins Years won Years runners-up
Galatasaray
17
10
63%
1966, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023 1971, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2024
Beşiktaş
10
12
45%
1967, 1974, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2021, 2024 1966, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2017
Trabzonspor
10
3
77%
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1995, 2010, 2020, 2022 1981, 1984, 1992
Fenerbahçe
9
10
47%
1968, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2007, 2009, 2014 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2023
Göztepe
1
1
50%
1970 1969
Ankaragücü
1
1
50%
1981 1972
Akhisarspor
1
1
50%
2018 2019
Eskişehirspor
1
0
100%
1971
Konyaspor
1
0
100%
2017
Bursaspor
0
3
0%
1986, 2010, 2015
Altay
0
2
0%
1967, 1980
Gençlerbirliği
0
1
0%
1987
Kocaelispor
0
1
0%
1997
Sakaryaspor
0
1
0%
1988
Kayserispor
0
1
0%
2008
İstanbul Başakşehir
0
1
0%
2020
Antalyaspor
0
1
0%
2021
Sivasspor
0
1
0%
2022

Most common matchups

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# Club (wins) Club (wins) Finals
9
Galatasaray (5) Beşiktaş (4) 1966, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2016, 2024
7
Fenerbahçe (3) Galatasaray (4) 1973, 1985, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023
6
Fenerbahçe (4) Beşiktaş (2) 1974, 1975, 1989, 1990, 2007, 2009
4
Trabzonspor (3) Fenerbahçe (1) 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984
3
Trabzonspor (2) Beşiktaş (1) 1977, 1992, 1995

Records

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Managers

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Players

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Fenerbahçe sahadan çekildi, Süper Kupa maçı yarım kaldı". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). 7 April 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "PFDK Kararları - 11.04.2024 - PFDK Kararları TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "PFDK, Fenerbahçe'nin Süper Kupa cezasını açıkladı". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "TFF Süper Kupa Tarihçesi" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b Doğan Gazetecilik. "Milliyet Gazete Arşivi". milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Cumhuriyet Arşivi". cumhuriyetarsivi.com. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  8. ^ "25 bin seyirci futbola doydu - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  9. ^ Galatasaray Fenerbahçe maçı Fanatik.com (in Turkish) Archived 6 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Galatasaray Bursaspor NTV Spor (in Turkish)
  11. ^ Türkiye Süper Kupası NTV Spor (in Turkish)
  12. ^ Türkiye Süper Kupası NTV Spor (in Turkish)
  13. ^ Türkiye Süper Kupası NTV Spor (in Turkish)
  14. ^ "Akhisarspor-Galatasaray, Türkiye Süper Kupası 07 Ağustos 2019 Çarşamba, 21:30" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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