Catalonia International Trophy

Catalonia International Trophy

Organiser(s)	Catalan Football Federation
Founded	2009;17 years ago (2009)
Region	International (played in Catalonia)
Teams	2
Current champions	Tunisia (2nd title)
Most championships	Catalonia (3 titles)
2016 Catalonia International Trophy

The Catalonia International Trophy (Catalan : Trofeu Catalunya Internacional) is an association football friendly tournament organised in Spain by the Catalan Football Federation and which the Catalonia national team plays against another national team. It was created in 2009 and is held annually at the end of December.

History

Since 1997, the Catalan national team has played an international friendly match nearly every year, coinciding with the Christmas holidays. In 2009, in the context of Catalan aspirations to participate in official FIFA or UEFA competitions, the president of the Catalan Football Federation, Jordi Casals, announced the conversion of friendlies into an annual tournament, named the Catalonia International Trophy. The artist Joan Mora donated a sculpture symbolising the four bars of the Catalan flag as a prize for the winner. ^[1]

On 22 December 2009, the first edition, Johan Cruyff's Catalonia won 4–2 against Diego Maradona's Argentina. ^[2] After that, four more games were held against Honduras, Tunisia twice, ^{[3] [4]} Nigeria and Cape Verde.

Results

Editions

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance
1	2009	Catalonia	4–2	Argentina	Camp Nou, Barcelona	53,000 [5] [6]
2	2010	Catalonia	4–0	Honduras	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona	28,150 [7] [8]
3	2011	Tunisia	0–0 [b]	Catalonia	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona	36,545 [9] [10]
4	2012 [a]	Nigeria	1–1 [b]	Catalonia	Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, Cornellà de Llobregat	27,234 [11] [12]
5	2013	Catalonia	4–1	Cape Verde	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona	20,700 [13] [14]
6	2016	Tunisia	3–3 (4–2 p)	Catalonia	Estadi Montilivi, Girona	8,311 [15] [16]

Notes

1. ^
   2012 Catalonia International Trophy was played on 2 January 2013.
2. ^
   Match drawn and trophy awarded to visiting team on fair play basis.

Details

Catalonia   v   Argentina

22 December 2009 (2009-12-22)First edition	Catalonia	4–2	Argentina	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
20:30	S. García 44' Bojan 56' Sergio 70' (pen.) Hurtado 76'	Report	Pastore 63' Di María 72'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Spain)

Catalonia   v   Honduras

28 December 2010 (2010-12-28)Second edition	Catalonia	4–0	Honduras	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
19:00	Corominas 26' S. García 50' Bojan 60', 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 28,150 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Catalonia   v   Tunisia

30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)Third edition	Catalonia	0–0	Tunisia	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 36,545 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Spain)

Catalonia   v   Nigeria

2 January 2013 (2013-01-02) [a] Fourth edition	Catalonia	1–1	Nigeria	Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
19:00	Sergio 3' (pen.)	Report	Dike 55'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 27,234 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Catalonia   v   Cape Verde

30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)Fifth edition	Catalonia	4–1	Cape Verde	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
19:00	S. García 17', 18' Bojan 19' Riera 64'	Report	Djaniny 10'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Spain)

Catalonia   v   Tunisia

28 December 2016 (2016-12-28)Sixth edition	Catalonia	3–3 (2–4 p)	Tunisia	Girona, Catalonia, Spain
20:00	Gerard 35' S. García 69' Verdú 79'	Report	Msakni 9', 30', 67'	Stadium: Estadi Montilivi Attendance: 8,311 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez (Spain)
	Penalties
	Verdú Víctor Álvarez Vázquez Riera		Sassi Dhaouadi Bguir Azouni Khalifa

Records and statistics

Table of winners

Catalonia receiving the trophy conquered in 2010 against Honduras.

Team	Winner	Runner-up
Catalonia	3 (2009, 2010, 2013)	3 (2011, 2012, 2016)
Tunisia	2 (2011, 2016)	—
Nigeria	1 (2012)	—
Argentina	—	1 (2009)
Honduras	—	1 (2010)
Cape Verde	—	1 (2013)

Results summary

Pos	Team	P	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
1	Catalonia	6	6	3	3	0	16	11	+5	050.00
2	Tunisia	2	2	1	1	0	3	3	+0	050.00
3	Nigeria	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
4	Argentina	1	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
	Cape Verde	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
	Honduras	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00

Top goalscorers

Sergio García is the top scorer in the history of the tournament with 6 goals.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sergio García	Catalonia	6
2	Bojan Krkić	Catalonia	4
3	Youssef Msakni	Tunisia	3
4	Sergio González	Catalonia	2
5	Álvaro Vázquez	Catalonia	1
	Ángel Di María	Argentina
	Bright Dike	Nigeria
	Djaniny	Cape Verde
	Ferran Corominas	Catalonia
	Gerard Moreno	Catalonia
	Javier Pastore	Cape Verde
	Joan Verdú	Catalonia
	Moisés Hurtado	Catalonia
	Oriol Riera	Catalonia

See also

• Centenary Trophy

References

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11. esport3 (2013-01-02). "Catalunya empata amb Nigèria (1-1) en l'últim partit de Cruyff a la banqueta". 3Cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-07-16.
12. "1-1: Empate ante Nigeria en el adiós de Cruyff a Catalunya". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
13. "La selecció catalana guanya Cap Verd (4-1) en un ambient festiu i de reivindicació nacional". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-07-16.
14. MARCA.com. "Catalunya golea a Cabo Verde entre gritos de "independencia"". MARCA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-16.
15. "Resumen Catalunya - Túnez: Túnez planta cara a Catalunya y se lleva la victoria" [Catalonia - Tunisia summary: Tunisia stands up to Catalonia and takes the victory]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
16. Redacció (2016-12-28). "Tunísia derrota Catalunya als penals". Regió7 (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-07-15.

External links

• Official website (in Catalan)