Spanish Super Cup history: How many times have Real Madrid and Barcelona met in this tournament?

A new edition of the Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona will take place on Sunday when the two teams meet in the Spanish Super Cup final.

The King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will be the venue for this match, the 16th meeting between the two sides in this competition.

This makes 2022/23 the ninth edition of the Spanish Super Cup to feature a Clasico.

How many times have Real Madrid and Barcelona met in the Spanish Super Cup?

Los Merengues and Los Cules have met in eight editions of the Spanish Super Cup previously, seven times in the two-legged format and once in the final-four format.

From those eight ties, Real Madrid have dominated their opponents in by emerging victorious seven times and being beaten just once, in 2012.

History of Spanish Super Cup Clasicos

In 1988, the first Clasico was played in a Super Cup as Real Madrid ended up beating Barcelona 2-0 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

The return leg at the Camp Nou gave the title to Real Madrid as Barcelona came back from Emilio Butragueno‘s strike to win 2-1 on the night, but to still be beaten on aggregate.

In 1990, the two teams met again in the tournament, and this time the scoreline was even more emphatic, with Los Merengues winning by a 4-1 scoreline in the capital after a 1-0 win in Barcelona in the first leg.

Three years later, another Clasico took place and the score was 4-2 on aggregate in favour of Los Blancos, with a 3-1 win at the Bernabeu followed by a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou.

In 1997, Real Madrid and Barcelona also featured in the season curtain-raiser and the Catalan side were in control after a 2-1 win in the first leg, but Real Madrid won the second fixture 4-1 in Madrid.

In 2012, Barcelona were finally able to beat Real Madrid with three goals from Lionel Messi across the two legs, first in a 2-2 draw at the Bernabeu and then in a 3-2 win for the Catalans at Camp Nou.

A year later, the aggregate score was 4-4, but with a Real Madrid victory, due to the double value of goals scored away from home after a 3-2 win for Barcelona in Catalonia and a 2-1 win for Real Madrid in the capital.

The year 2018 was the last time it was held with the home-and-away format, without semi-finals, and it would also be the last one played on Spanish territory.

In that edition, Real Madrid were once again victorious with a 5-1 aggregate win as they won both legs, 3-1 at Camp Nou and 2-0 at the Bernabeu.

The last Saudi Arabian Clasico

In January of last year, Los Cules and Los Merengues met in the semi-finals on Saudi Arabian soil.

The match was a semi-final, rather than the final as it will be this year and has been for all previous meetings.

It went to extra time, after a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes and Real Madrid advanced 3-2 and went on to win the final.