Joan Gamper Trophy

Joan Gamper Trophy
Trofeu Joan Gamper

The trophy awarded to champions
Founded	1966;58 years ago (1966)
Region	Catalonia
Number of teams	4 (1966–96) 2 (1997–present)
Current champions	Monaco (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Barcelona (46 titles)
Television broadcasters	TV3 Televisió de Catalunya Barça TV
Website	fcbarcelona.com

The Joan Gamper Trophy (Catalan : Trofeu Joan Gamper, or simply TJG) or Joan Gamper Cup is an annual association football exhibition match held in August, before the start of Barcelona's La Liga season, where top division clubs from the world compete against them. ^[1] The competition is hosted by FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium and is named in honour of Joan Gamper, a founding member, player, and later president of the club. The competition was inaugurated in 1966 by Enric Llaudet, one of Gamper's successors as club president. ^[2] The trophy itself is an 800-gram (1.8 lb) silver cup with five micrometres of gold finishing, on top of a 10-kilogram (22 lb) marble plinth base. ^[3]

Initially, four teams participated in the competition, which featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final. For the first competition in 1966, Barcelona were joined by Belgium's Anderlecht, France's Nantes, and Germany's 1. FC Köln. Barcelona beat the German team 3–1 in the final. Köln subsequently won the competition in 1978 and 1981 and were runners-up in 1979, making them the only team, other than the hosts, to win the competition more than once. The next edition saw the first appearance of another Spanish team, Atlético Madrid, who along with the hosts, were joined by German side Bayern Munich, and Argentina's Boca Juniors. The latter two clubs are among the most regular guests. Bayern were runners-up in 1984, 1987 and 2006, while Boca became the first of several South American guests to be invited and have since returned in 1977, 1984, 2003, 2008 and 2018. The only non-European team to win the tournament was Brazil's Internacional, in 1982.

Subsequent competitions have included teams from Italy's Serie A, Germany's Bundesliga, and other leagues. Other top-flight Spanish clubs have also occasionally been invited, including Tenerife and Valencia, who were winners in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Since 1997, the competition has only featured a one-off game, the tournament being shortened due to an increased fixture list and a shorter close season. ^[1] If the match is tied after ninety minutes, no extra time is played and the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Winners and results

• (a.e.t.): Winners determined after extra time.
• (p): Winners determined via a penalty shoot-out.

Four teams (1966–1996)

Ed.	Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1966	Barcelona	3–1	1. FC Köln	Anderlecht	7–0	Nantes
2	1967	Barcelona	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Boca Juniors	1–0	Bayern Munich
3	1968	Barcelona	5–4	Flamengo	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Werder Bremen
4	1969	Barcelona	2–1	Zaragoza	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	Estudiantes (LP)
5	1970	Újpest	3–1	Dynamo Moscow	Barcelona	1–0	Schalke 04
6	1971	Barcelona	1–0	Chacarita Juniors	Budapest Honvéd	2–0	Bayern Munich
7	1972	Borussia MG	3–2	CSKA Sofia	Barcelona	0–0 (5–4 p)	Vasco da Gama
8	1973	Barcelona	2–2 (5–3 p)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Municipal	1–1 (8–7 p)	San Lorenzo
9	1974	Barcelona	4–1	Rangers	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Ajax
10	1975	Barcelona	2–1	Feyenoord	Spartak Trnava	1–1 (7–6 p)	Újpest
11	1976	Barcelona	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sparta Prague	1–1 (4–3 p)	CSKA Moscow
12	1977	Barcelona	4–1	Schalke 04	Boca Juniors	2–1	Slovan Bratislava
13	1978	1. FC Köln	5–0	Rapid Wien	Barcelona	3–2	Botafogo
14	1979	Barcelona	3–2 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln	Anderlecht	2–2 (6–5 p)	Zürich
15	1980	Barcelona	2–1	Vasco da Gama	River Plate	0–0 (4–2 p)	PSV Eindhoven
16	1981	1. FC Köln	4–0	Barcelona	Vasco da Gama	2–1	Ipswich Town
17	1982	Internacional	3–1	Manchester City	1. FC Köln	1–1 (5–4 p)	Barcelona
18	1983	Barcelona	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Anderlecht	4–2	Nottingham Forest
19	1984	Barcelona	3–1	Bayern Munich	Boca Juniors	2–0	Aston Villa
20	1985	Barcelona	3–1	Hamburger SV	Ajax	4–2	Rapid Wien
21	1986	Barcelona	1–0	PSV Eindhoven	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Milan
22	1987	Porto	2–0	Bayern Munich	Barcelona	3–2	Ajax
23	1988	Barcelona	3–1	Steaua București	Peñarol	3–3 (5–4 p)	PSV Eindhoven
24	1989	Mechelen	2–0	Sochaux	Barcelona	1–0	Internacional
25	1990	Barcelona	3–1	Anderlecht	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	Spartak Moscow
26	1991	Barcelona	3–0	Marseille	Internacional	2–0	Rapid Wien
27	1992	Barcelona	2–0	Feyenoord	CSKA Sofia	3–3 (8–7 p)	Club Brugge
28	1993	Tenerife	3–1	Barcelona	Bordeaux	2–0	Hajduk Split
29	1994	Valencia	4–1	Barcelona	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	Brescia
30	1995	Barcelona	5–1	San Lorenzo	Feyenoord	3–2	CSKA Sofia
31	1996	Barcelona	2–1	Internazionale	Anderlecht	3–2	San Lorenzo

Two teams (1997–present)

Ed.	Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Attend.	Barcelona goalscorers	Man of the match
32	1997	Barcelona [4]	2–2 (6–5 p)	Sampdoria	c. 20,000	Anderson (11), Giovanni (67 p.)
33	1998	Barcelona [5]	2–2 (5–4 p)	Santos	c. 10,000	Rivaldo (39), Figo (41)
34	1999	Barcelona [6]	3–1	Sporting CP	c. 20,000	Figo (7 p.), Dani (24), Déhu (44)
35	2000	Barcelona [7]	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	c. 45,000	Rivaldo (14 p.), Gerard (25)
36	2001	Barcelona [8]	3–2	Parma	c. 50,000	Saviola (30), Christanval (33), Alfonso (75)
37	2002	Barcelona [9]	1–0	Red Star Belgrade	35,640	Rochemback (80)
38	2003	Barcelona [10]	1–1 (5–3 p)	Boca Juniors	90,075	Gerard (68)
39	2004	Barcelona [11]	2–1	Milan	98,771	Giuly (36), Iniesta (68)
40	2005	Juventus [12]	2–2 (4–2 p)	Barcelona	91,826	Iniesta (66), Van Bronckhorst (69)
41	2006	Barcelona [13]	4–0	Bayern Munich	76,644	Ronaldinho (29), Eto'o (32, 39), Saviola (51)
42	2007	Barcelona [14]	5–0	Internazionale	98,559	Ronaldinho (6 p.), Dos Santos (11), Touré (37), Iniesta (55), Motta (78)
43	2008	Barcelona [15]	2–1	Boca Juniors	71,210	Puyol (90+2), Eto'o (90+5)
44	2009	Manchester City [16]	1–0	Barcelona	94,123	—
45	2010	Barcelona [17]	1–1 (3–1 p)	Milan	96,165	Villa (46)	José Manuel Pinto
46	2011	Barcelona [18]	5–0	Napoli	78,002	Fàbregas (26), Keita (31), Pedro (62), Messi (66, 77)	Seydou Keita
47	2012	Sampdoria [19]	1–0	Barcelona	55,498	—	Sergi Roberto
48	2013	Barcelona [20]	8–0	Santos	81,251	Messi (8), Léo (12 o.g.), Sánchez (20), Pedro (28), Fàbregas (51, 66), Adriano (73), Dongou (81)	Lionel Messi
49	2014	Barcelona [21]	6–0	León	72,475	Messi (3), Neymar (12, 43), Munir (55, 78), Sandro (89)	Lionel Messi
50	2015	Barcelona [22]	3–0	Roma	94,422	Neymar (26), Messi (41), Rakitić (65)	Ivan Rakitić
51	2016	Barcelona [23]	3–2	Sampdoria	72,334	L. Suárez (16), Messi (21, 34)	Lionel Messi
52	2017	Barcelona [24]	5–0	Chapecoense	64,705	Deulofeu (6), Busquets (11), Messi (28), L. Suárez (55), D. Suárez (74)	Sergio Busquets
53	2018	Barcelona [25]	3–0	Boca Juniors	70,089	Malcom (18), Messi (39), Rafinha (67)	Lionel Messi
54	2019	Barcelona [26]	2–1	Arsenal	98,812	Maitland-Niles (69 o.g.), L. Suárez (90)	Frenkie de Jong
55	2020	Barcelona [27]	1–0	Elche	0 [note 1]	Griezmann (2)	Philippe Coutinho
56	2021	Barcelona [28]	3–0	Juventus	2,924 [note 2]	Depay (3), Braithwaite (57), Puig (90+2)	Neto
57	2022	Barcelona [29]	6–0	UNAM	83,021	Lewandowski (3), Pedri (5, 19), Dembélé (10), Aubameyang (49), F. de Jong (84)	Robert Lewandowski
58	2023	Barcelona [30]	4–2	Tottenham Hotspur	35,224 [note 3]	Lewandowski (3), Torres (81), Fati (90), Ezzalzouli (90+3)	Frenkie de Jong
59	2024	Monaco [31]	3–0	Barcelona	41,416 [note 3]	—	Pau Víctor

Women's Gamper Trophy

Ed.	Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Attend.	Barcelona Femení goalscorers	MVP
1	2021 [32]	Barcelona [33]	6–0	Juventus	1,783 [note 2]	Bonmatí (2), Hermoso (3, 16), Paredes (12), Graham Hansen (27), Vilamala (48)	Jenni Hermoso
2	2022 [34]	Barcelona [35]	6–0	Montpellier	5,124 [note 2]	Geyse (23, 52), Guijarro (27, 45), Rolfö (55), Arias (77)	Patricia Guijarro
3	2023 [36]	Barcelona [37]	5–0	Juventus	5,485 [note 2]	Graham Hansen (5), Lenzini (33 o.g.), Vilamala (35), Vicky (41), León (76)	Mapi León
4	2024 [38]	Barcelona [39]	2–0	Milan	5,579 [note 2]	Pajor (18), Putellas (90)	Ewa Pajor

Performance by team

Men's

Carlos Córdoba (left) and Dennis Mortimer, captains of Boca Juniors and Aston Villa respectively, before the 1984 third place match

Lionel Messi dribbing during the Barcelona v Manchester City match in 2009

Men's Joan Gamper Trophy statistics

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third	Fourth	Total
Barcelona	46	7	5	1	59
1. FC Köln	2	2	—	1	5
Sampdoria	1	2	—	—	3
Juventus	1	1	—	—	2
Manchester City	1	1	—	—	2
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1	1	—	—	2
Internacional	1	—	1	1	3
Újpest	1	—	—	1	2
Mechelen	1	—	—	—	1
Monaco	1	—	—	—	1
Porto	1	—	—	—	1
Tenerife	1	—	—	—	1
Valencia	1	—	—	—	1
Boca Juniors	—	3	3	—	6
Bayern Munich	—	3	—	2	5
PSV Eindhoven	—	2	2	2	6
Feyenoord	—	2	1	—	3
Milan	—	2	—	1	3
Internazionale	—	2	—	—	2
Santos	—	2	—	—	2
Anderlecht	—	1	4	—	5
CSKA Sofia	—	1	1	1	3
Vasco da Gama	—	1	1	1	3
Tottenham Hotspur	—	1	1	—	2
Rapid Wien	—	1	—	2	3
San Lorenzo	—	1	—	2	3
Schalke 04	—	1	—	1	2
Arsenal	—	1	—	—	1
Atlético Madrid	—	1	—	—	1
Borussia Dortmund	—	1	—	—	1
Chacarita Juniors	—	1	—	—	1
Chapecoense	—	1	—	—	1
Dynamo Moscow	—	1	—	—	1
Eintracht Frankfurt	—	1	—	—	1
Elche	—	1	—	—	1
Flamengo	—	1	—	—	1
Hamburger SV	—	1	—	—	1
León	—	1	—	—	1
Marseille	—	1	—	—	1
Napoli	—	1	—	—	1
Parma	—	1	—	—	1
Rangers	—	1	—	—	1
Red Star Belgrade	—	1	—	—	1
Roma	—	1	—	—	1
Sochaux	—	1	—	—	1
Sporting CP	—	1	—	—	1
Steaua București	—	1	—	—	1
UNAM	—	1	—	—	1
Zaragoza	—	1	—	—	1
Athletic Bilbao	—	—	2	—	2
Ajax	—	—	1	2	3
Slovan Bratislava	—	—	1	1	2
Bordeaux	—	—	1	—	1
Budapest Honvéd	—	—	1	—	1
Municipal	—	—	1	—	1
Peñarol	—	—	1	—	1
River Plate	—	—	1	—	1
Spartak Trnava	—	—	1	—	1
Sparta Prague	—	—	1	—	1
Aston Villa	—	—	—	1	1
Botafogo	—	—	—	1	1
Brescia	—	—	—	1	1
Club Brugge	—	—	—	1	1
CSKA Moscow	—	—	—	1	1
Estudiantes (LP)	—	—	—	1	1
Hajduk Split	—	—	—	1	1
Ipswich Town	—	—	—	1	1
Nantes	—	—	—	1	1
Nottingham Forest	—	—	—	1	1
Spartak Moscow	—	—	—	1	1
Werder Bremen	—	—	—	1	1
Zürich	—	—	—	1	1

Women's

Women's Joan Gamper Trophy statistics

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Total
Barcelona	4	—	4
Juventus	—	2	2
Montpellier	—	1	1

Awards and records

Awards

Lionel Messi holds a number of records in the history of the Joan Gamper Trophy

Most Valuable Player

• Lionel Messi is the first player in the history of Joan Gamper Trophy who has won the man of the match award more than once. He has won it four times: in 2013 against Santos, in 2014 against León, in 2016 against Sampdoria, and in 2018 against Boca Juniors. ^{[40] [41] [42] [43] [44]}

Records

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	9
2
	Juan Manuel Asensi		7
	Txiki Begiristain
	Hristo Stoichkov
5	Josep Maria Fusté		6
	Marcial Pina

Consecutive goalscoring

• Lionel Messi is the only player in the history of Joan Gamper Trophy who has scored in sixconsecutive editions (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

See also

• Copa Martini & Rossi
• Trofeo Aldo Rovira
• Premi Barça Jugadors

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Footnotes

1. The match was behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
2. The match was played at the Johan Cruyff Stadium.
3. The match was played at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.