Florida Cup (soccer)

This article is about the international football club friendly competition. For the completion solely between Florida-based clubs, see Coastal Cup. For the three-way American football rivalry of the same name, see Florida Cup.

Florida Cup

Founded	2015;10 years ago (2015)
Region	Florida, United States (mainly)
Number of teams	4 – 12
Current champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Website	fcseries.com
2024 Florida Cup

The Florida Cup (also known as the FC Series) is an annual club association football friendly exhibition competition that is held in the state of Florida, United States. Introduced in 2015, the competition has featured international clubs of the top 100 in the European rankings and the top 50 in the South American rankings.

In its present form, the event winner can be decided by aggregate points or through a final playoff format match. The format of the event varies each year according to the schedules of the participating clubs' league schedules.

Editions

Florida Cup / FC Series

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
2015	1. FC Köln (1)	Bayer Leverkusen	Corinthians	Fluminense
2016	Atlético Mineiro (1)	Bayer Leverkusen	Internacional	Corinthians
2017	São Paulo (1)	Corinthians	Vasco da Gama	River Plate
2018	Atlético Nacional (1)	Barcelona SC	Rangers	PSV Eindhoven
2019	Flamengo(1)	Ajax	Eintracht Frankfurt	São Paulo
2020	Palmeiras (1)	Atlético Nacional	Corinthians	New York City FC
2021	Everton (1)	Millonarios	Atlético Nacional	UNAM
2022	Arsenal (1)	Chelsea	Charlotte FC	América
2023	Chelsea (1)	Wrexham	No third or fourth place
2024	No rankings
2025	TBD

Soccer Champions Tour (supported by the Florida Cup)

Year	Winners	Runners-up
2023	Juventus (1)	Real Madrid
2024	None	None

Records and statistics

Performances and participation by nation ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Participations
Brazil	4 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)	1 (2017)	4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020)	3 (2015, 2016, 2019)	6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
England	3 (2021, 2022, 2023)	1 (2022)	0	0	3 (2021, 2022, 2023)
Germany	1 (2015)	2 (2015, 2016)	1 (2019)	0	4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Colombia	1 (2018)	2 (2020, 2021)	1 (2021)	0	4 (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Netherlands	0	1 (2019)	0	1 (2018)	2 (2018, 2019)
Ecuador	0	1 (2018)	0	0	2 (2017, 2018)
Wales	0	1 (2023)	0	0	1 (2023)
United States	0	0	1 (2022)	1 (2020)	3 (2017, 2020, 2022)
Scotland	0	0	1 (2018)	0	1 (2018)
Argentina	0	0	0	1 (2017)	1 (2017)
Mexico	0	0	0	2 (2021, 2022)	2 (2021, 2022)

Top goalscorers ^[5]

Player	Nation	Team(s)	Participations	Goals
Nenê	Brazil	São Paulo Vasco da Gama	2 (2017, 2019)	3
Javier Hernández	Mexico	Bayer Leverkusen	2 (2016, 2017)	3
Luan Vieira	Brazil	Corinthians	1 (2020)	2
Fernando Uribe	Colombia	Flamengo	1 (2019)	2
Rodriguinho	Brazil	Corinthians	1 (2018)	2
Aldo Leão Ramírez	Colombia	Atlético Nacional	1 (2018)	2
Alfredo Morelos	Colombia	Rangers	1 (2018)	2
Sam Lammers	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven	1 (2018)	2
Jonathan Betancourt	Ecuador	Barcelona SC	1 (2018)	2
Robert Herrmann	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg	1 (2017)	2
Ángel Romero	Paraguay	Corinthians	1 (2016)	2
Paolo Guerrero	Peru	Corinthians	1 (2015)	2
Ian Maatsen	Netherlands	Chelsea	1 (2023)	2

References

1. "Florida Cup 2020 - Sports and Music Festival". Florida Cup. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
2. "tabela | torneio da flórida". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
3. "Florida Cup 2017 :: Where Clubs Become Nations". Florida Cup. November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
4. "Florida Cup 2018 fecha oito times participantes; Atlético enfrentará Rangers e Atlético Nacional". HOME (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 9, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
5. "tabela | torneio da flórida". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.

External links

• Official website