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Emirates Cup
Founded2007
Number of teams4 (group stage)
Current championsEngland Arsenal (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)England Arsenal (2 titles)
Television broadcastersSky Sports (in the UK and Ireland)

The Emirates Cup is an annual two-day pre-season football tournament hosted by English Premier League club Arsenal and held at the Emirates Stadium, the club's home ground.[1] It is similar in style to the Amsterdam Tournament held by Ajax,

Much like the Amsterdam Tournament, each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored. From the 2009 edition, if teams are tied on points, goal difference and goals scored, they are ranked by the total shots on target during the tournament.

Arsenal are the current holders of the trophy; they won the tournament in both 2007 and 2009.

History

The inaugural tournament took place on 28 July and 29 July 2007 and featured the hosts, as well as reigning Serie A champions Internazionale, French side Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish outfit Valencia (having replaced German team Hamburg, who had to pull out of the tournament because of Intertoto Cup commitments).[2] Arsenal did not play against Valencia, and Inter did not play against PSG. The tournament was well attended with over 110,000 filling the Emirates Stadium across the two day tournament.

As of 2008, Emirates have since agreed to host the tournament for a further three years. The 2008 Emirates Cup participants were Real Madrid, Juventus, and Hamburg.[3]

The 2009 Emirates Cup took place on 1 August and 2 August and featured Atlético Madrid, Rangers, and Paris Saint-Germain.

The 2010 edition of the Emirates Cup will take place on the weekend of 31 July and 1 August with Milan, Celtic, and Lyon joining hosts Arsenal.[4][5]

2007

Day 1
Internazionale Italy0 – 2Spain Valencia
Report Gavilán 13'
Villa 39'
Attendance: 55,106
Referee: Alan Kelly
Arsenal England2 – 1France Paris Saint-Germain
Flamini 45'
Bendtner 70'		 Report Luyindula 80'
Attendance: 55,106
Referee: Peter Walton
Day 2
Paris Saint-Germain France3 – 0Spain Valencia
Diane 15'
N'Gog 30'
Luyindula 85'		 Report
Attendance: 59,821
Arsenal England2 – 1Italy Internazionale
Hleb 67'
van Persie 85'		 Report Suazo 62'
Attendance: 59,821
Referee: Mark Halsey
Standings
Rank Team Points W D L GF GA GD
1 England Arsenal 10 2 0 0 4 2 2
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 7 1 0 1 4 2 2
3 Spain Valencia 5 1 0 1 2 3 -1
4 Italy Internazionale 1 0 0 2 1 4 -3
Scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 France Peguy Luyindula France Paris Saint-Germain 2
2 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner England Arsenal 1
Ivory Coast Amara Diane France Paris Saint-Germain
France Mathieu Flamini England Arsenal
Spain Jaime Gavilán Martínez Spain Valencia
Belarus Aliaksandr Hleb England Arsenal
France David N'Gog France Paris Saint-Germain
Honduras David Suazo Italy Internazionale
Netherlands Robin van Persie England Arsenal
Spain David Villa Spain Valencia

2008

Day 1
Real Madrid Spain2 – 1Germany Hamburg
van Nistelrooy 25'
Parejo 85'		 Report Zidan 53'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
Arsenal England0 – 1Italy Juventus
Report Trezeguet 37'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Peter Walton
Day 2
Juventus Italy0 – 3Germany Hamburg
Report Guerrero 19'
Olić 90+1' 90+2'
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Chris Foy
Arsenal England1 – 0Spain Real Madrid
Adebayor 49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 51,000
Standings
Rank Team Points GF GA GD
1 Germany Hamburg 7 4 2 2
2 Spain Real Madrid 5 2 2 0
3 England Arsenal 4 1 1 0
4 Italy Juventus 4 1 3 -2
Scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Croatia Ivica Olić Germany Hamburg 2
2 Spain Daniel Parejo Spain Real Madrid 1
France David Trezeguet Italy Juventus
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Spain Real Madrid
Egypt Mohamed Zidan Germany Hamburg
Peru Paolo Guerrero Germany Hamburg
Togo Emmanuel Adebayor England Arsenal

2009

Day 1
Rangers Scotland1 – 0France Paris Saint-Germain
Bougherra 76' Report
Attendance: 54,224
Referee: Alan Kelly
Arsenal England2 – 1Spain Atlético Madrid
Arshavin 86' 90' Report Pacheco 88'
Attendance: 54,224
Day 2
Paris Saint-Germain France1 – 1Spain Atlético Madrid
Giuly 71' Report Agüero 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 56,758
Referee: Alan Wiley
Arsenal England3 – 0Scotland Rangers
Wilshere 2' 72'
Eduardo 10'		 Report
Attendance: 56,758
Referee: Mike Dean
Standings
Rank Team Points GF GA GD SOT
1 England Arsenal 11 5 1 4 13
2 Scotland Rangers 4 1 3 -2 7
3 Spain Atlético Madrid 3 2 3 -1 11
4 France Paris Saint-Germain 2 1 2 -1 4
Scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Russia Andrei Arshavin England Arsenal 2
England Jack Wilshere England Arsenal
2 Algeria Madjid Bougherra Scotland Rangers 1
Argentina Germán Pacheco Spain Atlético Madrid
Argentina Sergio Agüero Spain Atlético Madrid
France Ludovic Giuly France Paris Saint-Germain
Croatia Eduardo England Arsenal

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere was chosen as the Man of the Match in both of Arsenal's matches, whilst Andrei Arshavin picked up the Emirates Player of the Tournament award.

2010

Day 1
Celtic Scotland2 – 2France Lyon
Hooper 82'
Samaras 89'		 Report Bastos 28'
Novillo 54'
Attendance: 60,012
Referee: Ryuji Sato
Arsenal England1 – 1Italy Milan
Chamakh 36' Report Pato 77'
Attendance: 60,012
Referee: Chris Foy
Day 2
Milan Italy1 – 1France Lyon
Borriello 56' Briand 79'
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Arsenal England2 – 0Scotland Celtic
Vela 3'
Sagna 45'
Attendance: 61,526
Standings

Standings during Celtic v Arsenal, 1 August 2010.

Rank Team Points GF GA GD
1 England Arsenal 7 3 1 2
2 France Lyon 5 3 3 0
2 Italy Milan 4 2 2 0
3 Scotland Celtic 3 1 3 -2
Scorers

Trophy

The sterling silver cup was made by Thomas Fattorini, whose family has produced trophies for English football since 1827. It was awarded to Arsenal, the winners of the inaugural pre-season tournament at Emirates Stadium on 29 July 2007.

"We wanted to create a design that both stood out from other international football trophies and something that a club would be proud to place in their cabinet," said Fattorini.

Emirates Stadium has very iconic, asymmetrical flowing lines across the rooftop, which motivated identical lines in the original brand identity for the stadium. The base, lip and handles of the trophy mirror these, with the Emirates logo placed firmly on the face of the cup.

Media coverage

The Emirates Cup is broadcasted by Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, Al Jazeera Sports in the Middle East, and Gol TV in the United States. Sky Sports and Gol TV have signed a three year deal to broadcast the tournament. Although the concept was originally conceived, developed and successfully implemented (including production, sponsorship arrangement and rights distribution) by the UK division of sports marketing agency Sportfive, Arsenal awarded sports management agency Kentaro the production, sponsorship arrangement and rights distribution of the tournament in 2008.[6] Live audio broadcast is available via the Arsenal website, through their subscription based Arsenal TV online service.


Winners

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Brazil Michel Bastos France Lyon 1
France Harry Novillo France Lyon
England Gary Hooper Scotland Celtic
Greece Georgios Samaras Scotland Celtic
Morocco Marouane Chamakh England Arsenal
Brazil Alexandre Pato Italy Milan
Italy Marco Borriello Italy Milan
France Jimmy Briand France Lyon
Mexico Carlos Vela England Arsenal
France Bacary Sagna England [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]

Clubs who have participated in the Emirates Cup

2007 England Arsenal
2008 Germany Hamburg
2009 England Arsenal
England Arsenal 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010*
France Paris Saint-Germain 2007, 2009
Scotland Celtic 2010*
France Lyon 2010*
Italy Milan 2010*
Spain Atlético Madrid 2009
Scotland Rangers 2009
Italy Juventus 2008
Germany Hamburg 2008
Spain Real Madrid 2008
Italy Internazionale 2007
Spain Valencia 2007

References

  1. ^ Emirates Stadium to host pre-season tournament Arsenal.com, 29 April 2007
  2. ^ Valencia set to replace Hamburg at Emirates Cup Arsenal.com, 11 June 2007
  3. ^ European giants lined up for Emirates Cup Arsenal.com, 7 April 2008
  4. ^ Teams confirmed for Emirates Cup 2010 Arsenal FC, 28 April 2010
  5. ^ Arsenal to host Celtic, Lyon and AC Milan in pre-season Emirates Cup Mail Online, 29 April 2010
  6. ^ Tournaments Kentaro
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