The Supercopa de Catalunya (''Catalonia Supercup'') is a football supercup competition organised by the

Catalan Football Federation The Catalan Football Federation (, ; FCF) is the Association football, football association responsible for administering football in Catalonia. It was formed on 11 November 1900 as the Football Associació de Catalunya (). It was the first footb ...

since 2014 for football clubs in the

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...

of Spain. The match features the two best ranked Catalan clubs from

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

Matches

2014

The 2014 match was the first ever Supercopa de Catalunya, after the CFC (

) changed the format for the

Copa Catalunya The Copa Catalunya () is a knockout competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation for football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain. History Between 1903 and 1940, it was known as the ''Catalan football championship ...

. Second and third division clubs (as well as the winner of the Catalan First Division) were able to participate in the old tournament, while Barcelona and Espanyol played this one-off match for the Super Cup.

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opened the scoring for Barcelona after heading in

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's cross in the 15th minute. Despite dominating the game from start to finish, Barcelona were not able to add to Piqué's goal and Espanyol eventually equalised through a perfectly taken free kick from Anaitz Arbilla. The game then went to a

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, which Barcelona won 4-2: Xavi Hernández,

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and

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all scored, while

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saved Arbilla's penalty and Abraham González missed for Espanyol.

2016

2018

The match between Barcelona and Espanyol ended goalless after 90 minutes and went to a penalty shootout. Álex López and

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both scored for Espanyol but

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and

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missed, while all of Barcelona's takers (

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, and

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) scored and the shootout ended with a 4-2 win for Barcelona.

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became the first English player to represent Barcelona since

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29 years earlier, after coming on for

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in the 77th minute.

2019

Winners

References

Catalan football competitions Football cup competitions in Spain

Catalunya Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

2012 establishments in Catalonia Recurring sporting events established in 2012 {{Spain-footy-competition-stub