La Manga Cup

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La Manga Cup
Founded1999
Region Europe (UEFA)
Number of teamsVarious
Current champions Vålerenga (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Rosenborg (3 titles)
Website La Manga Club
Soccerball current event.svg 2015 La Manga Cup

La Manga Cup is a winter football tournament played in La Manga Club, La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia, Spain). Usual participants are clubs from countries with a summer football season: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States and Canada. The first cup was played in 1999 and was won by Rosenborg, who are the most successful team to date with three wins.

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Winners

YearsWinnersRunners-upThird Place
1999 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk Flag of Norway.svg Brann
2000 Flag of Denmark.svg Brøndby IF Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg Flag of Sweden.svg Helsingborgs IF
2001 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg Flag of Sweden.svg AIK Flag of Russia.svg FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Helsingborgs IF Flag of Norway.svg Lillestrøm Flag of Norway.svg Viking
2003 Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg Flag of Norway.svg Odd Grenland Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Galaxy
2004 Flag of the United States.svg MetroStars Flag of Norway.svg Viking Flag of the United States.svg San Jose Earthquakes
2005 Flag of Russia.svg Rubin Kazan Flag of Norway.svg Lillestrøm Flag of Norway.svg Lyn
2006 Flag of Russia.svg Rubin Kazan Flag of Russia.svg Krylia Sovetov Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow
2007 Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga Flag of Norway.svg Lillestrøm Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg
2008 (I) Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk Flag of Norway.svg Viking Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk
2008 (II) Flag of Sweden.svg Kalmar FF Flag of Denmark.svg Brøndby IF Flag of Norway.svg Tromsø
2009 Flag of Finland.svg FC Honka Flag of Denmark.svg FC Nordsjælland Flag of Russia.svg Krylia Sovetov
2010 Flag of Norway.svg Molde Flag of Denmark.svg FC Nordsjælland Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg
2011 Flag of Norway.svg Viking Flag of Norway.svg Start Flag of Denmark.svg Randers FC
2012 Flag of Denmark.svg FC Nordsjælland Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga Flag of Norway.svg Viking
2013 Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga Flag of Sweden.svg Kalmar
2014 Flag of Norway.svg Sogndal Flag of Norway.svg Brann Flag of Norway.svg Start
2015 Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga Flag of Norway.svg Tromsø Flag of Denmark.svg AGF Aarhus

Performance

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning Years
Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg 311999, 2001, 2003
Flag of Norway.svg Vålerenga 222007, 2015
Flag of Russia.svg Rubin Kazan 22005, 2006
Flag of Denmark.svg FC Nordsjælland 122012
Flag of Norway.svg Viking 122011
Flag of Denmark.svg Brøndby IF 112000
Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow 12013
Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 12008 (I)
Flag of Sweden.svg Helsingborgs IF 12002
Flag of Sweden.svg Kalmar FF 12008 (II)
Flag of Norway.svg Molde 12010
Flag of Norway.svg Sogndal 12014
Flag of Finland.svg FC Honka 12009
Flag of the United States.svg MetroStars 12004

Performance by country

CountryWinnersRunners-upThird Place
Flag of Norway.svg Norway8139
Flag of Russia.svg Russia313
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark232
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden212
Flag of the United States.svg United States12
Flag of Finland.svg Finland1
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine1

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