Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament

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The Feyenoord Jubilee Tournament was a friendly tournament between August 1, 2008 to August 3, 2008 to celebrate the centenary of the Dutch football club Feyenoord. The tournament includes four teams, they are: Feyenoord, Celtic, Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund. [1] All of Feyenoord's three opponents are famous opponents that they played before in European finals.

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Tottenham Hotspur won the trophy. [2]

Fixtures

Day 1

Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 0 2 Tottenham Hotspur Flag of England.svg
Bent Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Bentley Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord 1 2 Borussia Dortmund Flag of Germany.svg
Wijnaldum Soccerball shade.svg 41' Kuba Soccerball shade.svg 5'
Hille Soccerball shade.svg 78'

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Day 2

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Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord 1 3 Celtic Flag of Scotland.svg
Fer Soccerball shade.svg 57' Samaras Soccerball shade.svg 13'
Vennegoor of Hesselink Soccerball shade.svg 16'Soccerball shade.svg 40'

Final standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 22005056
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 21013303
Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund 210124-23
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord 200225-30

Scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of England.svg Darren Bent Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
2 Flag of England.svg David Bentley Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 1
Flag of Mexico.svg Giovani Dos Santos Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
Flag of England.svg Jamie O'Hara Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Samaras Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Błaszczykowski Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund
Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Hille Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Georginio Wijnaldum Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leroy Fer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Feyenoord

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