UEFA Super Cup Logo — The European Super Cup Championship , also known as the UEFA Super Cup and European Super Cup is an international competition organized by football UEFA facing the champions of the top two European club competition, the winner of the Champions League ( Champions League) and the UEFA Europa League (UEFA Europa League).
Was established in 1973 from a match between Ajax Amsterdam and Glasgow Rangers played the year before in Glasgow on the occasion of the centenary of foundation of the Scottish club 1 and up to 1999 faced the champion of the European Cup (now Champions League) and the champion of the now defunct Cup Winners Cup . The final was played over two legs until 1997 . Since 1998 , the trophy is played a single match in late August at the Stade Louis II of Monaco , after the draw for European competitions for the new season. The Super Cup final is the official start of the season in European competition. The team with most trophies won the UEFA Super Cup is the AC Milan Italian, with 5 scepters in 7 finals. More