French Super Cup 2023 to be held in Thailand

The match for the 2023 French Cup is scheduled to take place on August 5, between the champions of Ligue 1 and the French National Cup in the 2022-2023 season. Currently, PSG leads the Ligue 1 table with 66 points after 28 rounds, seven points more than second place Mareille. Although there are 10 rounds left, PSG is considered to hold the championship.

At that time, the Thai audience in particular and Southeast Asia in general had the opportunity to admire top stars like Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and maybe even Lionel Messi if he renewed. The Argentine superstar's current contract expires this summer.

The French National Cup will determine the champion on April 29. The tournament went to the semi-finals with the matches Nantes - Lyon and Annecy - Toulouse.

According to L'Équipe, LFP originally planned to bring the match to Miami, USA, but then decided to choose a venue in Asia. LFP highly appreciates PSG's championship ability and coach Galtier's teachers and students are expected to have a summer tour in Japan. LFP continued to think about choosing the country of the rising sun as a destination, but ultimately gave Thailand the opportunity.

The French Super Cup was born in 1949, and has been organized 48 times. PSG won the most championship with 11 times, with a series of eight consecutive years from 2013 to 2020. The Paris capital team only had a circuit break in 2021 when they lost 0-1 Lille, then won this award again in 2022 when they defeated Nantes 4-0. .

In 2009, the French Super Cup was held for the first time abroad with the destination of Canada, where Bordeaux was crowned after defeating Guingamp 2-0. After that, the match went to Tunisia, Morocco, USA, Gabon, China, Austria and Israel, respectively.