Founded | 1999 |
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Region | Europe (UEFA) |
Number of teams | Various |
Current champions | Vålerenga (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Rosenborg (3 titles) |
Website | La Manga Club |
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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.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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![]() | 3 | 1 | 1999, 2001, 2003 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 2007, 2015 |
![]() | 2 | – | 2005, 2006 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2012 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 2011 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2000 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2013 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2008 (I) |
![]() | 1 | – | 2002 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2008 (II) |
![]() | 1 | – | 2010 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2014 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2009 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2004 |
Country | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place |
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![]() | 8 | 13 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | – | 2 |
![]() | 1 | – | – |
![]() | 1 | – | – |
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