Founded | 2004 |
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Region | Andalusia |
Number of teams | 3 (2017) |
Related competitions | Costa del Sol Trophy |
Current champions | Inter Milan (2017) |
Most successful club(s) | Borussia MG FC Dnipro Rubin Kazan Atlético Paranaense Dinamo București Internazionale (1 title each) |
Website | marbellafootballcenter.com |
The Marbella Cup (Spanish : Trofeo Casino Marbella) [1] [2] is an annual friendly football tournament held in Spain during the winter football break. The tournament takes place in Marbella, Andalusia. [3] It mainly involves football teams from Brazil, Germany, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and Italy [4] [5]
In 2012 the winning team's prize money was 12,000 euros. [6] Other prizes of 6,000, 3,500 and 2,500 euros were payable for earlier rounds. [5]
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Dates |
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2004 | Borussia MG | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Borussia Dortmund | 9–10 January 2004 |
2011 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–0 (6–5 p) | Polonia Warszawa | 2–8 February 2011 |
2012 | Rubin Kazan | 2–1 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 3–9 February 2012 |
2013 | Atlético Paranaense | 1–0 | Dinamo București | 4–10 February 2013 |
2014 | Dinamo București | 2–0 | IFK Göteborg | 3–6 February 2014 |
2015 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Group stage | Atlético Paranaense | 3–10 February 2015 |
2017 | Inter Milan | Group stage | Marbella | 3 January 2017 |
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