The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football match organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in which the winners of two of the most prominent European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League, compete. The official name of the competition was initially "The Grand Competition".
From 1972 to 1999, the UEFA Super Cup was contested between the winners of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the winners of the European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. After the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009.