1998: Real Madrid 0 Chelsea 1

Our first and to date only successful Super Cup venture, Gianluca Vialli’s exciting Chelsea side impressively defeated Real Madrid, managed by Guus Hiddink, in Monaco.

Gus Poyet netted the only goal 10 minutes from time with a typically well-taken effort from outside the box. It was the third trophy we had lifted in just six months after success in the League Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup, and further signalled Chelsea’s burgeoning status as a force to be reckoned with at home and abroad.

2012: Chelsea 1 Atletico Madrid 4

It was a very different story against another side from the Spanish capital 14 years later, as Atletico Madrid dismantled the Blues 4-1 in Monaco.

The hero was future Chelsea striker Falcao, who netted a truly outstanding first-half hat-trick. Gary Cahill got a consolation for us on what was otherwise a night to forget, but the Blues would still be lifting European silverware come the season end…

2013: Bayern Munich 2 Chelsea 2 (Bayern won 5-4 on pens)

Our Europa League triumph over Benfica earned us a second straight appearance in the Super Cup showpiece, this time against the side we had beaten in the Champions League final the year before, Bayern Munich.

Chelsea contested the first and last single-leg Super Cups held in Monaco, in 1998 and 2012. Since then the fixture has moved around Europe, with our thriller agianst Bayern taking place in the Eden Arena in Prague. Our own Eden, Hazard, looked to have fired the winner for the 10-man Blues in extra-time, putting us 2-1 up after Fernando Torres and Franck Ribery had exchanged goals in the initial 90 minutes. However, a last-gasp equaliser took the Super Cup to penalties for the first time, where Romelu Lukaku’s saved effort proved decisive.

2019: Liverpool 2 Chelsea 2 (Liverpool won 5-4 on pens)

Another cracking contest, this time in Istanbul, again ended with the Blues harshly on the losing side after a penalty shoot-out. Olivier Giroud slotted us in front before a Sadio Mane brace handed the European champions the initiative early in extra-time.

However, we fought back to level courtesy of a Jorginho penalty, and after the first nine spot-kicks were scored, Tammy Abraham saw his effort saved. Those two games remain the only Super Cups to have been decided by a penalty shoot-out.