Supercoppa

Supercoppa is the Italian term for a "super cup" competition in football. It typically serves as a curtain-raiser for the domestic season, contested between the previous season's league champion and the national cup winner. In Italy, the competition is commonly known as the Supercoppa Italiana and is organized by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) with the involvement of Lega Serie A.

The format of the Supercoppa Italiana has varied over time. It is usually held as a single match at a neutral venue or a selected stadium, but there have been periods when it was played as a two-legged tie or part of a longer mini-tournament. The exact format can depend on the organizing bodies and the available schedule in a given year.

Qualification follows a straightforward rule: the participants are the Serie A champions and the Coppa Italia winners from the preceding season. If a single club wins both the league and the cup (the domestic double), the opponent is typically the league runner-up or the cup runner-up, depending on the edition’s regulations.

While the Supercoppa Italiana is a major trophy in Italian football, it generally carries less prestige than the league title or the national cup. The concept of a super cup exists in other countries as well, where similar annual matches are played between league champions and cup winners, under local names that translate to "super cup."