CEE Cup

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Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament
CEE CUP 2017.svg
Founded2011
Teams8
Current champions Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras
Most championships Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras (4 times)
Website CEE Cup Official Website

The Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament, known as the CEE Cup is an annual invitational under-19 football tournament, which takes place in Czech Republic. The tournament has taken place 10 times, initially restricted to clubs from Central and Eastern Europe - the tournament has now expanded to include teams from Western Europe, Asia, North, South and Central America and Australia. [1] [2]

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The tournament has become a staging ground for future footballing talent, such as English Premier League players Tomáš Souček, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon. [3] And German Bundesliga player Joshua Zirkzee. [4]

The trophy is a 3D representation of the tournament's logo, designed and created by Czech blacksmith Martin Blundil - who also designed plaques given to the winners of the individual players awards at the end of each tournament.

Tournament Format

Originally, the tournament began with 4 groups, of 4 teams - with the teams playing each other in a round-robin manner, before the top ranked teams of each group competed in a semi-final and final to determine the winner. [5] Later tournaments however, have reduced to 2 groups of 4 teams - with the group winners taking part in the semi-finals, and the runners-up taking part in matches to determine their final rankings. [6] From the 2022 edition, the competition was limited to 2 groups of 3 teams.

Tournament Results

DatesFinal StadiumWinnerScoreRunner-upOther Participant RankingSource
25–31 July 2011 Ďolíček, Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav 1–0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Levski Sofia

3. Flag of Croatia.svg RNK Split
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905
5. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovan Bratislava
6. Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj
7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Slovácko
8. Flag of Romania.svg FC Brașov
9. Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
10. Flag of Slovenia.svg Krško
11. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
12. Flag of Slovenia.svg Triglav

[7]
22–29 July 2012Ďolíček, Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav 4–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague

3. Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
4. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Levski Sofia
5. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
6. Flag of Croatia.svg Hajduk Split
7. Flag of Hungary.svg Debreceni
8. Flag of Austria.svg Sturm Graz
9. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905
10. Flag of Slovakia.svg Spartak Trnava
11. Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj
12. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg FC Slovácko

[8]
24–31 July 2013 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO 2–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague

3. Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
5. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
6. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovan Bratislava
7. Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencváros
8. Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul
9. Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj
10. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905
11. Flag of Austria.svg Sturm Graz
12. Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Haifa

[9]
23–30 July 2014Ďolíček, Prague Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO 4–3 Flag of Slovakia.svg AS Trenčín

3. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
4. Flag of Germany.svg FSV Frankfurt
5. Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
6. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
7. Flag of Serbia.svg Red Star Belgrade
8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905
9. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
10. Flag of Romania.svg SC Juventus Bucureşti
11. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav
12. Flag of Poland.svg Wisła Kraków

[10]
22–29 July 2015FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague 1–1

(7–6 p)

 Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense

3. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Akademija Pandev
4. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
5. Flag of Croatia.svg Hajduk Split
6. Flag of Slovakia.svg AS Trenčín
7. Flag of Poland.svg Wisła Kraków
8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905
9. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Swansea City
10. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
11. Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
12. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olympic

[11]
21–27 July 2016Ďolíček, Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague 4–1 Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense

3. Flag of Germany.svg RB Leipzig
4. Flag of Brazil.svg A.A. Ponte Preta
5. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
6. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Akademija Pandev
7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
8. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Renhe
9. Flag of Hungary.svg Vasas
10. Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO
11. Flag of Slovakia.svg AS Trenčín
12. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohemians 1905

[12]
20–26 July 2017Ďolíček, Prague Flag of England.svg Everton 3–1 Flag of England.svg Burnley


3. Flag of Turkey.svg Altınordu
4. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
5. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
6. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
7. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Akademija Pandev
8. Flag of England.svg Leicester City
9. Flag of Slovakia.svg FC Nitra
10. Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO
11. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg ProStars FC
12. Flag of Romania.svg Academica Cliceni

[13]
25–31 July 2018Ďolíček, Prague Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 4–0 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş

3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
4. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sarajevo
5. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
6. Flag of England.svg Everton
7. Flag of Slovakia.svg FC Nitra
8. Flag of Romania.svg Academica Cliceni

[14]
24–30 July 2019Ďolíček, Prague Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 2–0 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague

3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
4. Flag of Croatia.svg Dinamo Zagreb
5. Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk
6. Flag of Turkey.svg Altınordu
7. Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş
8. Flag of England.svg Burnley

[15]
22–26 July 2022Ďolíček, Prague Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 2–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague

3. Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
5. Flag of Mexico.svg Tigres
6. Flag of England.svg Aston Villa

[16]
28 July–1 August 2023Ďolíček, Prague Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 2–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague

3. Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
4. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
5. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
6. Flag of England.svg West Ham United

[17]

Award Winners

YearBest GoalkeeperTop GoalscorerBest Player
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Nerad (Bohemians 1905) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Boček (Mladá Boleslav) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Iliev Dimitar (Levski Sofia)
2012 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Výda (Mladá Boleslav) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Šíma (Sparta Prague) Flag of Hungary.svg Szabolcs Varga (Vasas)
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Soukup (Slavia Prague) Flag of Hungary.svg Bence Szabó (Győri ETO) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Sodoma (Slavia Prague)
2014 Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Zemanovič (AS Trenčín) Flag of Hungary.svg Milán Májer (Győri ETO) Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Vlček (AS Trenčín)
2015 Flag of Brazil.svg Jennerson (Fluminense) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Hamza Čataković (Sarajevo) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matěj Pulkrab (Sparta Prague)
2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo (A.A. Ponte Preta) Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo (Fluminense) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marian Burda (Sparta Prague)
2017 Flag of England.svg Adam Bruce (Burnley) Flag of England.svg Ellis Simms (Everton) Flag of England.svg Anthony Gordon (Everton)
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Audenirton (Palmeiras) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Đani Salčin (Sarajevo) Flag of Brazil.svg Wesley (Palmeiras)
2019 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mykyta Turbayevskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk) Flag of Brazil.svg Fabricio (Palmeiras) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague)
2022 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yurii Avramenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Flag of Mexico.svg Galvan Peña (Tigres) Flag of Brazil.svg Thalys (Palmeiras)
2023 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pedro Antonio Rodriguez (Sparta Prague) Flag of England.svg Elisha Sowumni (West Ham United) Flag of Brazil.svg David Kauã (Palmeiras)

Performance

By team

TeamWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 4–2018, 2019, 2022, 2023–
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague 222015, 20162012, 2013, 2019
Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO 2–2013, 2014–
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav 2–2011, 2012
Flag of England.svg Everton 1–2017–
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague –32013, 2022, 2023
Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense –2–2015, 2016
Flag of Slovakia.svg AS Trenčín –1–2014
Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş –1–2018
Flag of England.svg Burnley –1–2017
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Levski Sofia –1–2011

By country

CountryWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 452011, 2012, 2015, 20162012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 422018, 2019, 2022, 20232015, 2016
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2–2013, 2014–
Flag of England.svg  England 1120172017
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria –1–2011
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia –1–2014
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey –1–2018

References

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  3. ↑ Preece, Ashley (2022-06-29). "Aston Villa to play in 'prestigious' youth tournament in Prague". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  4. ↑ "Joshua Zirkzee: Bayern Munich teenager could be ideal understudy to Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Everton". Eurosport. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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  8. ↑ "CEE Cup | U19 Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament - 22–29 July 2012, Prague". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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  10. ↑ "CEE CUP". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  11. ↑ "CeeCup 2015". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  12. ↑ "CeeCup 2016". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  13. ↑ "CeeCup 2017". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  14. ↑ "Statistics | CEE Cup 2018 | U19 Football Tournament | 25-31.7.2018". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  15. ↑ "Statistics | CEE Cup 2019 | U19 Football Tournament | 24-30.7.2019". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  16. ↑ "Match schedule CEE Cup 2022 | CEE Cup 2022: 10th Edition | U19 Football Tournament | 22-26.7.2022". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  17. ↑ "Match schedule CEE Cup 2023 | CEE Cup 2023: 11th Edition | U19 Football Tournament | 28.7 - 1.8.2023". www.ceecup.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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