Wembley Cup

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Wembley Cup
Founded2009
Region Europe
Current champions Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic (1 title)

The Wembley Cup was an invitational football tournament. The only edition for professional teams was the first edition of the tournament which took place between 24 and 26 July 2009 at Wembley Stadium, Wembley Park, London, United Kingdom. [1] The winning team was Celtic, ahead of Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, and Al Ahly. [2] [3] Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Each goal was rewarded with a point and each one conceded saw a point deducted. [1] [4]

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Wembley Cup 2009

Celtic Flag of Scotland.svg 5–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Donati Soccerball shade.svg31'
McDonald Soccerball shade.svg39' (pen.), 58'
Maloney Soccerball shade.svg49'
Killen Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,932
Referee: Lee Probert
Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg 1–1 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
Bojan Soccerball shade.svg32' Report Livermore Soccerball shade.svg83'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,932
Referee: Mark Halsey

Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 1–4 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
El-Agazy Soccerball shade.svg31' Report Bojan Soccerball shade.svg16'
Rueda Soccerball shade.svg41'
Jeffrén Soccerball shade.svg56'
Pedro Soccerball shade.svg67'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 64,562
Referee: Chris Foy
Tottenham Hotspur Flag of England.svg 0–2 Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Report Killen Soccerball shade.svg9'
Samaras Soccerball shade.svg40'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 64,562
Referee: Alan Wiley

Standings

PTeamGamesWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 220070+713
2 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 211052+37
3 Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur 201113−2–1
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 200219−8–8

Goalscorers

GoalsPlayerTeam
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott McDonald Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Flag of Spain.svg Bojan Krkić Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Killen Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
1 Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Donati Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Flag of Egypt.svg Hany El-Agazy Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Flag of Scotland.svg Shaun Maloney Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Flag of England.svg Jake Livermore Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
Flag of Spain.svg José Manuel Rueda Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
Flag of Spain.svg Jeffrén Suárez Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Samaras Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic

Subsequent tournaments

In the last match of the inaugural Wembley Cup (2009) it was announced that the success of the tournament had encouraged organisers to confirm a second edition of the competition in the summer of 2010. [5] However the 2010 tournament did not take place and the Wembley Cup has not been staged again for professional teams.

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