Founded | 2011 |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Palmeiras |
Most successful club(s) | 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]
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.
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.
Year | Best Goalkeeper | Top Goalscorer | Best Player |
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2011 | Petr Nerad (Bohemians 1905) | Jan Boček (Mladá Boleslav) | Iliev Dimitar (Levski Sofia) |
2012 | Martin Výda (Mladá Boleslav) | Ondřej Šíma (Sparta Prague) | Szabolcs Varga (Vasas) |
2013 | Lukáš Soukup (Slavia Prague) | Bence Szabó (Győri ETO) | Jiří Sodoma (Slavia Prague) |
2014 | Jozef Zemanovič (AS Trenčín) | Milán Májer (Győri ETO) | Martin Vlček (AS Trenčín) |
2015 | Jennerson (Fluminense) | Hamza Čataković (Sarajevo) | Matěj Pulkrab (Sparta Prague) |
2016 | Rodrigo (A.A. Ponte Preta) | Gustavo (Fluminense) | Marian Burda (Sparta Prague) |
2017 | Adam Bruce (Burnley) | Ellis Simms (Everton) | Anthony Gordon (Everton) |
2018 | Audenirton (Palmeiras) | Đani Salčin (Sarajevo) | Wesley (Palmeiras) |
2019 | Mykyta Turbayevskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk) | Fabricio (Palmeiras) | Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague) |
2022 | Yurii Avramenko (Dynamo Kyiv) | Galvan Peña (Tigres) | Thalys (Palmeiras) |
2023 | Pedro Antonio Rodriguez (Sparta Prague) | Elisha Sowumni (West Ham United) | David Kauã (Palmeiras) |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Palmeiras | 4 | – | 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 | – |
Sparta Prague | 2 | 2 | 2015, 2016 | 2012, 2013, 2019 |
Győri ETO | 2 | – | 2013, 2014 | – |
Mladá Boleslav | 2 | – | 2011, 2012 | |
Everton | 1 | – | 2017 | – |
Slavia Prague | – | 3 | 2013, 2022, 2023 | |
Fluminense | – | 2 | – | 2015, 2016 |
AS Trenčín | – | 1 | – | 2014 |
Beşiktaş | – | 1 | – | 2018 |
Burnley | – | 1 | – | 2017 |
Levski Sofia | – | 1 | – | 2011 |
Country | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Czech Republic | 4 | 5 | 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 | 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
Brazil | 4 | 2 | 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 | 2015, 2016 |
Hungary | 2 | – | 2013, 2014 | – |
England | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
Bulgaria | – | 1 | – | 2011 |
Slovakia | – | 1 | – | 2014 |
Turkey | – | 1 | – | 2018 |
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