Who Will Reign in the Spanish Super Cup? Real Madrid and Barcelona Meet for the 10th Time in the Final, with Real Madrid Winning 7 Times Previously
In the early hours of January 10, Beijing time, the second semi-final of the 2025 Spanish Super Cup saw Real Madrid defeat Mallorca 3-0. The previous day, another semi-final ended with Barcelona eliminating Athletic Bilbao 2-0. Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the final to compete for the championship trophy on the morning of January 13, Beijing time.
The Spanish Super Cup was first held in 1982. At the end of the season, the La Liga champions and Copa del Rey champions faced each other in a two-legged home-and-away match, with the team with the highest aggregate score winning the title. If one team wins both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, the runner-up of the Copa del Rey will take their place.
The current format began in 2019, becoming a cross-year event that includes the runners-up of La Liga and the Copa del Rey, increasing the number of participating teams to four.
From 1982 to 2024, the Spanish Super Cup has officially been held 40 times. The team with the most titles is Barcelona, with specific achievements of 14 championships and 12 runner-ups. Second is Real Madrid with 13 championships and 5 runner-ups. Athletic Bilbao and Deportivo La Coruna have both won 3 times, Atletico Madrid twice, and Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Mallorca, and Real Sociedad once each.
According to ESPN statistics, this will be the 10th time Real Madrid and Barcelona face each other in the Spanish Super Cup final. In the previous 9 encounters, Real Madrid has won the championship 7 times. Since the reform, Real and Barcelona have met in the final three times in a row from the 2022-23 season, each winning once. In the 2022-23 season, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1 to win the championship, while in the 2023-24 season, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 4-1 to claim the title.
This Spanish Super Cup final is also the 259th El Clasico, with Real Madrid leading the previous 258 encounters with 105 wins and 433 goals, while Barcelona has 101 wins and 423 goals.
If Real Madrid can win the championship this time, they will equal Barcelona's number of championships in this event, which will also be their third trophy of the season after the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
If Barcelona can win the championship, it will be Flick's first trophy since joining Barcelona. In the previous La Liga match, Flick led Barcelona to a 4-0 away victory over Real Madrid.