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FA Community Shield
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association football competition in England
The FA Community Shield is an annual football match in England between the winners of the previous season's two major competitions. It serves as a traditional curtain-raiser to the new English football season and is considered a prestigious trophy for the teams that win it.
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- Official website
- www.thefa.com/competitions/the-fa-community-shield
- Image
- FA Community Shield.JPG
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- Commons category
- FA Community Shield
- inception
- 1908-00-00
- event interval
- 1
- number of participants
- 2
- native label
- Football Association Community Shield
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The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an annual match in English football contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the same team wins both the league and the FA Cup, the match is played against the Premier League runners-up. This competition is the equivalent of Super cup in other countries.
Organised by the FA, the match generates proceeds that are directed towards community initiatives and charitable causes across the country. Revenue from ticket sales and match programmes is distributed among the 124 clubs that took part in the FA Cup from the first round proper onwards, with each club nominating charities or projects to receive the funds. The remaining balance is allocated to the FA's national charity partners. First played in the 1908–09 season as a replacement for the Sheriff of London Charity Shield, the match has since become a regular fixture.