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{{Short description|Football competition}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης <br> Friendship and Solidarity Cup
| founded              = {{start date and age|1980}}<br>{{small|(by [[PSAT Sports Awards|PSAT]])}}<br>{{start date and age|1987}}<br>{{small|(by the [[Hellenic Football Federation|HFF]])}}
| organiser            = [[Hellenic Football Federation]]
| abolished            = 2007
| number of teams      = 2
| region               = [[Greece]]
| current champions    = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] (4th title)
| most successful club = Olympiacos (4 titles)
| related comps        = {{plainlist|[[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] (qualifier)<br>[[Super League Greece]] (qualifier)}}
| website              = 
}}

The '''Greek Super Cup''' ({{langx|el|Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος}}), formerly known as the '''Friendship and Solidarity Cup''' ({{langx|el|Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης}}) was a Greek [[association football]] one-match competition, which was contested annually between the champions of the previous [[Super League Greece]] season and the holders of the [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]].<ref name=History>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport24.gr/Files/souper-kap-oute-ayto-mporoume-na-diorganwsoyme-sthn-ellada.4234815.html|title=Σούπερ Καπ: Ούτε αυτό μπορούμε να διοργανώσουμε στην Ελλάδα|lang=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/winner/gre-supercup/|title=Supercup - Champions}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fouit.gr/2020/05/29/san-simera-to-1980-olympiakos-kastoria-sto-1o-soyper-kap-ellados/|title=Σαν σήμερα το 1980: Ολυμπιακός - Καστοριά στο "1ο Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος"|date=29 May 2020|lang=el}}</ref>

==History==
From 1948 until 1976 several matches between the Greek champions and the Cup winners were played, but without official recognition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://efimeris.nlg.gr/ns/pdfwin_ftr.asp?c=124&pageid=59873&id=-1&s=0&STEMTYPE=0&STEM_WORD_PHONETIC_IDS=ARSASZASPASa&CropPDF=0|title=newspaper "Macedonia" 30/8/1970|website=efimeris.nlg.gr|page=18|lang=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aek-live.gr/i-aek-yper-kypelloychos-1971/|title=Η ΑΕΚ Υπερ-Κυπελλούχος 1971!|website=aek-live.gr|date=21 August 2019|lang=el}}</ref> The institution got officially started in 1980 under [[PSAT Sports Awards|PSAT]]. According to the announcement, if the champion team of [[Super League Greece|Alpha Ethniki]] and the Cup-winning team were the same, then the match would not be held. For various reasons, the institution was interrupted until 1987. Then the [[Hellenic Football Federation|HFF]] established the "Champion-Cup winner" match under the name ''Friendship and Solidarity Cup'', which was held with breaks until 1996. In ten years, seven finals were held: 1987 to 1989, 1992 to 1994 and 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-fm.gr/article/podosfairo/superleague1/107213|title=Σούπερ Καπ: Ένας… ξεχασμένος θεσμός|website=sport-fm.gr|lang=el}}</ref>

The institution was then abolished, mainly due to the difficulty of controlling fanaticism in derby matches. For example, in 1990, the match between the champion, [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]] and the cup winner, [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] was cancelled, for fear of incidents due to the tense situation between the fans caused by the transfer of [[Stratos Apostolakis]] from the first club to the latter. Matches were also not played in 1991 and 1995, when Panathinaikos won the double, but not in 1997 and 1998. The conquest of the double by Olympiacos in the following year and the general interest of continuing the institution waned, despite the fact that matches could have been held between 2000 and 2003. In the three-year period that followed Panathinaikos and Olympiacos emerged as double winners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grksupcuphist.html|title=Greece - List of Super Cup and League Cup Finals|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>

In 2007, the HFF reintroduced the institution under the name "Super Cup", but it was not continued as in the following years Olympiacos and Panathinaikos won the double. In 2011, the match between the champion, Olympiacos and the cup winner, AEK Athens was scheduled but never took place for unknown reasons. In the following two seasons Olympiacos won the double and the competition was discontinued.<ref name=History/>

From 1987 to 1994, the institution was held at the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], while in 1980, 1996 and 2007 they were held at [[Karaiskakis Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.novasports.gr/sport/podosfairo/event/super-league-1/article/1773032/olympiakos-san-simera-to-prwto-super-cup-stin-istoria-toy-thesmoy/|title = Ολυμπιακός: Σαν σήμερα το πρώτο Super Cup στην ιστορία του θεσμού|website=novasports.gr|lang=el}}</ref> The matches were single-elimination and in the event of no winner was determined during regular time, a 30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]] followed and if there was still no winner, a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] was held, which took place twice: in 1989 and 1996.<ref name=History/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_table/ec-der-pokalsieger/|title=Cup Winners Cup - All-time league table|website=worldfootball.net}}</ref> In 21 January 2025, at a meeting of the Professional Football Committee at the offices of the Hellenic Football Federation, the HFF decided in the restoration of the Super Cup after 18 years, but its application remains to be seen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.novasports.gr/podosfairo/article/14004513/epistrefei-to-super-cup-ystera-apo-18-xronia-stin-ellada/|title=Επιστρέφει το Super Cup ύστερα από 18 χρόνια στην Ελλάδα|website=novasports.gr|date=21 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monobala.gr/arches-avgoustou-i-arches-ianouariou-o-telikos-tou-super-cup/|title=Αρχές Αυγούστου ή αρχές Ιανουαρίου ο τελικός του Super Cup|date=19 March 2025}}</ref>

==Predecessors of Greek Super Cup==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:100%"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Score
! Cup Winner
! Venue
! Trophy name
|-
| 1948
| [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| 0–3 <small>(1st leg)</small><ref>{{Cite news|date=28 July 1948|title=newspaper "Empros"|lang=el}}</ref><br>0–2 <small>(2nd leg)</small><ref>{{Cite news|date=29 July 1948|title=newspaper "Athletic Echo"|lang=el}}</ref>
|'''[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''
| [[Leoforos Alexandras Stadium]], [[Ampelokipoi, Athens|Ampelokipoi]], [[Athens]]
| ''Cup of the Champions'' (unofficial competition)<br>''({{langx|el|Κύπελλον των Πρωταθλητών}})''<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 July 1948|title=newspaper "ETHNOS"|lang=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=19 July 1948|title=newspaper "Athletic Echo"|lang=el}}</ref>
|-
| 1963
|'''[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]'''
| 3–2
| [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| [[Nikos Goumas Stadium]], [[Nea Filadelfeia]], [[Athens]]
| ''Athletic Echo Cup'' (unofficial competition)<br>''({{langx|el|Κύπελλο Αθλητικής Ηχούς}})''<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 September 1963|title=Η Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδος ΑΕΚ ενίκησε τον ηρωικόν κάτοχο του Κυπέλλου Ολυμπιακό 3-2|publisher=newspaper "Athletic Voice"|lang=el}}</ref>
|-
| 1970
|'''[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''
| 2–1<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 September 1970|title=newspaper "Athletic Echo"|lang=el}}</ref>
| [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]
| [[Karaiskakis Stadium]], [[Piraeus]]
| ''The Superchampion game'' (unofficial competition)<br>''({{langx|el|Η συνάντησις για τον υπερπρωταθλητή}})''<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 August 1970|title=newspaper "Athletic Voice"|lang=el}}</ref>
|-
| 1971
|'''[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]'''
| 2–2 <small>(1st leg)</small><ref>{{Cite news|date=1 July 1971|title=newspaper "Macedonia"|lang=el}}</ref><br> 1–1 {{pso|4–2}} <small>(2nd leg)</small><ref>{{Cite news|date=7 September 1971|title=newspaper "Macedonia"|lang=el}}</ref>
| [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| [[Karaiskakis Stadium]], [[Piraeus]]<br>[[Nikos Goumas Stadium]], [[Nea Filadelfeia]], [[Athens]]
| ''Supercup'' (unofficial competition)<br>''({{langx|el|Υπερκύπελλον}})''<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 June 1971|title=newspaper "Athletic Echo"|lang=el}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
|'''[[PAOK FC|PAOK]]'''
| 3–2<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 September 1976|title=newspaper "Athletic Echo"|lang=el}}</ref>
| [[Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)|Iraklis]]
| [[Kaftanzoglio Stadium]], [[Thessaloniki]]
| ''Game for the Superclub of the year'' (unofficial competition)<br>''({{langx|el|Αγώνας για την Υπέρ-ομάδα της χρονιάς}})''<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 September 1976|title=newspaper "Macedonia"|lang=el}}</ref>
|}

==Finals==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:100%"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Score
! Cup Winner
! Venue
|-
! colspan="5" | [[PSAT Sports Awards|PSAT]] edition
|-
| [[1980 Greek Super Cup|1980]]
|'''[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]'''
| 4–3
| [[Kastoria 1980 F.C.|Kastoria]]
| [[Karaiskakis Stadium]], [[Piraeus]]
|-
! colspan="5" |[[Hellenic Football Federation|HFF]] editions
|-
| [[1987 Greek Super Cup|1987]]
|'''[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]'''
| 1–0
| [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
| [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Marousi]], [[Athens]]
|-
| [[1988 Greek Super Cup|1988]]
| [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]
| 1–3
|'''[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''
| [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Marousi]], [[Athens]]
|-
| [[1989 Greek Super Cup|1989]]
|'''[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]'''
| 1–1 {{pso|6–5}}
| [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Marousi]], [[Athens]]
|-
| [[1992 Greek Super Cup|1992]]
| [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| 1–3
|'''[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]'''
| [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Marousi]], [[Athens]]
|-
| [[1993 Greek Super Cup|1993]]
| [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| 0–1
|'''[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''
| [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Marousi]], [[Athens]]
|-
| [[1994 Greek Super Cup|1994]]
| [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| 0–3
|'''[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]'''
| [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Marousi]], [[Athens]]
|-
| [[1996 Greek Super Cup|1996]]
| [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| 1–1 {{pso|8–9}}
|'''[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]'''
| [[Karaiskakis Stadium]], [[Piraeus]]
|-
| [[2007 Greek Super Cup|2007]]
|'''[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]'''
| 1–0
| [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]
| [[Karaiskakis Stadium]], [[Piraeus]]
|-
|}

==Performance by club==
<small>'''Note:''' winning years are marked with '''bold'''.</small>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! Winners
! Runners-up
! Participation Years
|-
| [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| '''1980''', '''1987''', '''1992''', '''2007'''
|-
| [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| '''1988''', 1989 , '''1993''', '''1994''', 1996
|-
| [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aekfc.gr/clp/oi-titloi-thc-a-e-k-45010.htm?lang=el&path=306773877|title = Οι τίτλοι της ΑΕΚ}}</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
|  '''1989''', 1992, 1993, 1994, '''1996'''
|-
| [[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| 1988, 2007
|-
| [[Kastoria 1980 F.C.|Kastoria]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| 1980
|-
| [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| 1987
|-
|}

==Top scorers==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! Club(s)
! Goals
|-
! rowspan=4| 1
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Ahlström]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
| rowspan=4| 2
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} Antonis Kopanos
| align="left"| Kastoria
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Petros Xanthopoulos]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Claus Nielsen]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
! rowspan=18| 5
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} Kostas Bakis
| align="left"| Kastoria
| rowspan=18| 1
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Andreas Voitsidis]]
| align="left"| Kastoria
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Georgios Kokolakis]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chris Kalantzis]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Georgios Mitsibonas]]
| align="left"| AEL
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Georgios Christodoulou (footballer, born 1967)|Georgios Christodoulou]]
| align="left"| AEK Athens
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Vangelis Vlachos]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Alexis Alexandris]]
| align="left"| AEK Athens
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Daniel Batista Lima|Daniel Batista]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Panagiotis Tsalouchidis]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Vassilis Karapialis]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Dimitris Saravakos]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Marinos Ouzounidis]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Stratos Apostolakis]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Dimitris Markos]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Toni Savevski]]
| align="left"| AEK Athens
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Alexis Alexoudis]]
| align="left"| Panathinaikos
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Kostas Mitroglou]]
| align="left"| Olympiacos
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/107213 Σούπερ Καπ: Ένας… ξεχασμένος θεσμός sport-fm.gr] 
*''Legend: a course through time'' Heliotropio Publications, 1997 page 245

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