SPANISH SUPER CUP
When was the last time neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona were in the Super Cup final?
This is the 18th consecutive edition in which Real Madrid or Barcelona have been involved. The two clubs have 27 titles between them.
This week, Saudi Arabia will host the 41st edition of the Spanish Super Cup. The first semi-final will see Athletic Club, the reigning Copa del Rey champions, face 2023/24 LaLiga runners-up Barcelona - a repeat of the 2021 final which the Basques won in extra-time.
The other semi-final between LaLiga champions Real Madrid and Copa del Rey runners-up Mallorca, will be played on Thursday. Both games will be played at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, kicking off at 22:00 hours local time AST (2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT).
Madrid and Barcelona dominate Super Cup honors
Madrid and Barcelona, who have a combined 27 Supercopa titles between them, start out as the favorites.
The two archrivals have contested the final a total of nine times - including last year’s, which Madrid won 4-1. Of the 38 editions, only three didn’t feature either Madrid or Barça: 2000-01 (Deportivo 2-0 Espanyol), 2002-03 (Deportivo 4-0 Valencia) and 2004-05 (Zaragoza 3-2 Valencia)
During the last 19 editions, at least one of the two teams has played in the final, winning 15 of these 19 finals (nine for the Blaugranas and six for Los Blancos), with the remaining ones won by Athletic (two), Sevilla and Atlético.
Two decades have passed since the last time neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona appeared in the final.
Spanish Super Cup finals featuring either Real Madrid or Barcelona
- 1982-83 Real Sociedad 4-1 Real Madrid
- 1983-84 Barcelona 3-2 Athletic Club
- 1985-86 Atlético Madrid 3-2 Barcelona
- 1988-89 Real Madrid 3-2 Barcelona
- 1990-91 Real Madrid 5-1 Barcelona
- 1991-92 Barcelona 2-1 Atlético Madrid
- 1992-93 Barcelona 5-2 Atlético Madrid
- 1993-94 Real Madrid 4-2 Barcelona
- 1994-95 Barcelona 6-5 Zaragoza
- 1995-96 Deportivo 5-1 Madrid
- 1996-97 Barcelona 6-5 Atlético Madrid
- 1997-98 Real Madrid 5-3 Barcelona
- 1998-99 Mallorca 3-1 Barcelona
- 1999-00 Valencia 4-3 Barcelona
- 2001-02 Real Madrid 4-1 Zaragoza
- 2003-04 Real Madrid 4-2 Mallorca
- 2005-06 Barcelona 4-2 Betis
- 2006-07 Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol
- 2007-08 Sevilla 6-3 Real Madrid
- 2008-09 Real Madrid 6-5 Valencia
- 2009-10 Barcelona 5-1 Athletic Club
- 2010-11 Barcelona 5-3 Sevilla
- 2011-12 Barcelona 5-4 Real Madrid
- 2012-13 Real Madrid 4-4 Barcelona
- 2013-14 Barcelona 1-1 Atlético Madrid
- 2014-15 Atlético Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid
- 2015-16 Athletic Club 5-1 Barcelona
- 2016-17 Barcelona 5-0 Sevilla
- 2017-18 Real Madrid 5-1 Barcelona
- 2018-19 Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla
- 2019-20 Real Madrid 0-0 (4-1 pen.) Atlético Madrid
- 2020-21 Athletic Club 3-2 Barcelona
- 2021-22 Real Madrid 2-0 Athletic Club
- 2022-23 Barcelona 3-1 Real Madrid
- 2023-24 Real Madrid 4-1 Barcelona
We have to go back to the 2004-05 season, when league champions Valencia face Copa winners Zaragoza.
The final was played over two legs, with the first at La Romareda. Valencia, under new coach Claudio Ranieri won the first leg 0-1, thanks to a Vicente strike.
However, the Maños retaliated in the return. Víctor Muñoz’s team won 1-3 at Mestalla. Álvaro and Galletti gave them a two-goal lead. Corradi pulled one back but Javi Moreno struck to make it 1-3 seven minutes from time.