Challenge Prince Rainier III

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Challenge Prince Rainier III
Organising body Monégasque Football Federation
Founded1975;49 years ago (1975)
RegionFlag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Current champions Carabiniers du Prince FC (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Sun Casino FC (21 titles)
Website Official Site
Soccerball current event.svg 2022 Challenge Prince Rainier III

The Challenge Prince Rainier III is a domestic football cup in Monaco, featuring teams from across the country. The tournament has been organised annually since 1975 and since then has been known as the premier footballing tournament for amateur teams within the principality.

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Because Monaco is not a member of UEFA, there is no qualification for the winners into either the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, or UEFA Conference League.

History

The tournament was created in 1975 after Prince Rainier III requested a footballing tournament in the country be played.

President of the Organizing Committee, Joseph Destefanis, recalled how the only football game of the year had an air of folklore among the players and of the palace of Monaco. At the time the teams were completed and at the request of Prince Rainier III, the competition has grown. [1]

Format

In the first round of the competition, the teams are placed into groups for a round-robin stage. The best teams from these groups progress to the knockout rounds of the Challenge Prince Rainier III. The lower teams from each group then qualify for the knockout stages of the Trophée Ville de Monaco, the second level cup in Monaco underneath the Challenge Prince Rainier III. [2]

Current clubs

Challenge Prince Rainier III
Map of the location of the stadiums used in the tournament.

These are the current clubs for the 2023 season:

Champions

SeasonChampions
(number of titles)
Challenge Prince Rainier III
1976 SBM Jeux (1)
1977 SBM Loews Jeux (2)
1978 SBM Loews Jeux (3)
1979 Palais Princier (1)
1980Not held
1981 Banque Sudaméris (1)
1982 SBM Loews Jeux (4)
1983Not held
1984 SBM Loews Jeux (5)
1985 SBM Loews Jeux (6)
1986 SBM Loews Jeux (7)
1987 SBM Loews Jeux (8)
1988 Palais Princier (2)
1989 Palais Princier (3)
1990 SBM Loews Jeux (9)
1991 Loews Hotel (10)
SeasonChampions
(number of titles)
1992 Café de Paris (1)
1993 Sun Casino [nb 1] (11)
1994 Café de Paris (2)
1995 Hôpital (1)
1996 GEM Bâtiment (1)
1997 GEM Bâtiment (2)
1998 GEM Bâtiment (3)
1999 GEM Bâtiment (4)
2000 Sun Casino (12)
2001 GEM Bâtiment (5)
2002 Sun Casino (13)
2003 Sun Casino (14)
2004 Ribeiro Frères (1)
2005 Sun Casino (15)
2006 Sun Casino (16)
2007 Sun Casino (17)
2008 Sofamo Biotherm (1)
SeasonChampions
(number of titles)
2009 Sun Casino (18)
2010 Sun Casino (19)
2011 Sun Casino (20)
2012 La Poste Monte Carlo (1)
2013 Sun Casino (21)
2014 MR Concept (1)
2015 Ribeiro Frères (2)
2016 Ribeiro Frères (3)
2017 MR Concept (2)
2018 Hôpital (2)
2019 MI Monaco (1)
2020 Vinci Construction (1)
2021 Cancelled
2022 Carabiniers du Prince (1)
2023 MI Monaco (2)

By numbers of wins

ClubWinsWinning years
Sun Casino211976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

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Footnotes

  1. Loews Hotel renamed after their casino complex.