Cyprus FA Shield

The Cyprus Football Association Shield or the Cyprus Super Cup (in Greek Ασπίδα ΚΟΠ) is a Cypriot association football trophy, contested in an annual match between the Cyprus Champion (Cypriot First Division) and the winners of the Cyprus Cup. If a team wins The Double (both the Championship and the Cup), then the Double winner plays the Cyprus Cup finalist. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and has most of the times been played in Nicosia; also for the past few seasons, after the construction of the New GSP Stadium in Nicosia, it has been played every year in that stadium. If the match is tied, then the extra time follows, and if the extra time finishes without winner, then the penalties shoutout follows.

The Shield was first played for in 1950, with the name Pakkos Shield (Ασπίδα Πάκκου), and was played until 1967. Until then, now trophy was awarded, but according to the rule, the team that would have won the trophy most of the times, that it would have been awarded the trophy to that team. The first Shield was finally awarded to Çetin Kaya Nicosia, which was 3 times winner. At that time if the winner was both Champion and Cup, then it was automatically awarded as FA Shield winner.

For ten years the competition stopped and began again in 1979 with the name Stylianakis Shield, for honor to a former president of Cyprus Football Association. It lasted for 10 years as Stylianakis Shield and was awarded to Omonia Nicosia in 1988, with 7 times winner.

The competition was renamed to the present name in 1989. Cyprus Football Association gives special name in some occasions.The most successful team in the competition are Omonia Nicosia, winners on fourteen occasions (including Pakkos and Sylianakis Shield wins).

Palmares

Pakkos Shield

• 1951: Çetinkaya (5-1) APOEL Nicosia
• 1952: Çetinkaya (2-1) APOEL Nicosia
• 1953: AEL Limassol (4-2) EPA Larnaca
• 1954: Çetinkaya (2-1) Pezoporikos Larnaca
• 1955: EPA Larnaca (4-2) AEL Limassol
• 1956 to 1960: competition not held
• 1962: Anorthosis Famagusta¹
• 1963: APOEL Nicosia (1-0) Anorthosis Famagusta
• 1964 to 1965: competition not held
• 1966: Omonia Nicosia (3-1) Apollon Limassol
• 1967: Olympiakos Nicosia (1-0) Apollon Limassol
• 1968: AEL Limassol (2-1) APOEL Nicosia

Stylianakis Shield

• 1979: Omonia Nicosia (3-0) APOEL Nicosia
• 1980: Omonia Nicosia (2-1) APOEL Nicosia
• 1981: Omonia Nicosia (4-1) EN Paralimni
• 1982: Omonia Nicosia (2-0) Apollon Limassol
• 1983: Omonia Nicosia (3-1) EN Paralimni
• 1984: APOEL Nicosia (3-2) Omonia Nicosia
• 1985: AEL Limassol (1-0) Omonia Nicosia
• 1986: APOEL Nicosia (6-5) Apollon Limassol
• 1987: Omonia Nicosia (2-1) AEL Limassol
• 1988: Omonia Nicosia (1-0) Pezoporikos Larnaca

Cyprus FA Shield

• 1989: Omonia Nicosia (3-1) AEL Limassol
• 1990: Nea Salamina (1-0) APOEL Nicosia
• 1991: Omonia Nicosia (4-0) Apollon Limassol
• 1992: APOEL Nicosia (3-0) Apollon Limassol
• 1993: APOEL Nicosia (4-3) Omonia Nicosia
• 1994: Omonia Nicosia (2-1) Apollon Limassol
• 1995: Anorthosis Famagusta (1-1)(4-2 pen) APOEL Nicosia
• 1996: APOEL Nicosia (1-0) AEK Larnaca
• 1997: Anorthosis Famagusta (2-1) APOEL Nicosia
• 1998: Anorthosis Famagusta (4-1) Apollon Limassol
• 1999: APOEL Nicosia (2-0) Anorthosis Famagusta
• 2000: Anorthosis Famagusta (2-1) Omonia Nicosia
• 2001: Omonia Nicosia (1-0) Apollon Limassol
• 2002: APOEL Nicosia (6-3) Anorthosis Famagusta
• 2003: Omonia Nicosia (3-2) Anorthosis Famagusta
• 2004: APOEL Nicosia (5-4) AEK Larnaca
• 2005: Omonia Nicosia (2-2)(5-4 pen) Anorthosis Famagusta
• 2006: Apollon Limassol (3-1) APOEL Nicosia
• 2007: Anorthosis Famagusta (2-1) APOEL Nicosia

LTV Super Cup

• 2008: APOEL (1-0) Anorthosis Famagusta
• 2009: APOEL (2-1) APOP Kinyras Peyia
• 2010: Omonia Nicosia (1-1)(3-2 pen) Apollon Limassol
• 2011: APOEL (1-0) Omonia
• 2012: Omonia Nicosia (5-3) AEL Limassol

Notes
¹ Anorthosis Famagusta was double winner, so automatically became Super Cup winner

Super Cup Trophies

With bold numbers the trophies won and with non-bold the losing finals.

• 16 (5): Omonia Nicosia
• 12 (10): APOEL Nicosia
• 7 (6): Anorthosis Famagusta
• 3 (3): AEL Limassol
• 3: Çetinkaya
• 1 (10): Apollon Limassol
• 1 (1): EPA Larnaca
• 1: Nea Salamina
• 1: Olympiakos Nicosia
• 2: EN Paralimni
• 2: AEK Larnaca
• 2: Pezoporikos Larnaca
• 1: APOP Kinyras Peyia

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