Super Match (association football)

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Super Match
Organising body Manchester City F.C.
Founded2004
Abolished2017;6 years ago (2017)
RegionWorldwide
Number of teams2
Last champions Flag of England.svg Manchester City (2017)

The Super Match was an annual and bi-annual pre-season friendly football tournament. The tournament was previously referred to as "Thomas Cook Trophy" until 2008, "Ferrostaal Cup" in 2010, "Winoly Cup" in 2012, and "Super Match by Carlsberg", due to sponsorship. Manchester City F.C. were the hosts of the competition. The game is usually the last before the Premier League opening match and features a highly reputed UEFA club.

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Manchester City played against UEFA Champions League sides Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Milan, Olympiacos, Porto, VfB Stuttgart, and Valencia in previous editions of the competition.

Super Matches which did not involve Manchester City were known as SuperGames and were played in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Tournament winners

Ed.YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1
2004 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
3–1
Flag of Italy.svg Lazio
2
2005 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
3–1
Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
3
2006 Flag of Portugal.svg Porto
1–0
Flag of England.svg Manchester City
4
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia
1–0
Flag of England.svg Manchester City
5
2008 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
1–0
Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan
2009
(not held)
6
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund
3–1
Flag of England.svg Manchester City
2011
(not held)
7
2012 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
2–0
Flag of England.svg Arsenal
8
2013 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
3–1
Flag of England.svg Manchester City
2014
(not held)
9
2015 Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart
4–2
Flag of England.svg Manchester City
10
2016 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
3–2
Flag of England.svg Manchester City
11
2017 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
3–0
Flag of England.svg West Ham United

Match details

2004 Thomas Cook Trophy

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 3–1 Flag of Italy.svg Lazio
Anelka Soccerball shade.svg1'
Macken Soccerball shade.svg68'
Sibierski Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report Oddo Soccerball shade.svg74' (pen.)

2005 Thomas Cook Trophy

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 3–1 Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
Vassell Soccerball shade.svg65'
Wright-Phillips Soccerball shade.svg75', 79'
Report Touré Soccerball shade.svg27'

2006 Thomas Cook Trophy

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 0–1 Flag of Portugal.svg Porto
Report Adriano Soccerball shade.svg43'

2007 Thomas Cook Trophy

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 0–1 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia
Report Silva Soccerball shade.svg10'

2008 Thomas Cook Trophy

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 1–0 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Bojinov Soccerball shade.svg37' Report

2010 Ferrostaal Cup

Borussia Dortmund Flag of Germany.svg 3–1 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
Barrios Soccerball shade.svg9' (pen.)
Kagawa Soccerball shade.svg50'
Lewandowski Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report Soccerball shade.svg11'
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany
Attendance: 31,200 [2]
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Germany)

2012 Winoly Cup

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 2–0 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
Zabaleta Soccerball shade.svg42'
Y. Touré Soccerball shade.svg44'
Report
Bird's Nest Stadium, Beijing, China
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2013 Super Match by Carlsberg

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 1–3 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
Negredo Soccerball shade.svg80' Report Walcott Soccerball shade.svg9'
Ramsey Soccerball shade.svg59'
Giroud Soccerball shade.svg62'
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland [3] [4] [5]
Attendance: 39,000[ citation needed ]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland) [6]

2015 Super Match

VfB Stuttgart Flag of Germany.svg 4–2 Flag of England.svg Manchester City
Kostić Soccerball shade.svg15'
Didavi Soccerball shade.svg31'
Ginczek Soccerball shade.svg36', 37'
Report Iheanacho Soccerball shade.svg84'
Džeko Soccerball shade.svg88'
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
Attendance: 40,211

2016 Super Match

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 2–3 Flag of England.svg Arsenal
Agüero Soccerball shade.svg30'
Iheanacho Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report Iwobi Soccerball shade.svg50'
Walcott Soccerball shade.svg73'
Akpom Soccerball shade.svg85'
Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
Referee: Martin Strombergsson (Sweden)

2017 Super Match

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 3–0 Flag of England.svg West Ham United
Gabriel Jesus Soccerball shade.svg8'
Agüero Soccerball shade.svg56'
Sterling Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Attendance: 6,237
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

Participating teams

Flag of England.svg Manchester City 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 2012, 2013, 2016
Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart 2015
Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund 2010
Flag of Italy.svg A.C. Milan 2008
Flag of Spain.svg Valencia 2007
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 2006
Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos 2005
Flag of Italy.svg Lazio 2004
Flag of England.svg West Ham United 2017

Bold indicates the participating team won the tournament that year.

Sponsorship

The inaugural sponsor of the cup was travel agent Thomas Cook. In 2010, sponsorship of the competition moved to Ferrostaal, who had signed a representative deal with Manchester City. In 2012, the tournament again changed sponsors, this time to sports company "Winoly". In 2013, it was announced that Winoly had moved its sponsorship to a rival competition. On 5 June 2013, Danish Alcoholic beverage company Carlsberg took over sponsorship of the event, then known as the Super Match by Carlsberg. In 2015, there was no title sponsor for the competition.

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