Copa Amsterdam

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Copa Amsterdam
Copa Amsterdam logo.jpeg
Founded2005
Region Worldwide
Number of teams8
Current champions Ajax (3rd title)
Most successful club(s) Ajax
Cruzeiro (3 titles each)
Television broadcasters Eredivisie Live
Eurosport
Fox Sports
Soccerball current event.svg 2016 Copa Amsterdam

The Copa Amsterdam (known for sponsorship reasons as theAegon Copa Amsterdam), formerly known as the Gestion Copa Amsterdam, is an annual youth football tournament, organized and hosted by AFC Ajax for under-19 youth teams which takes place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. [1] The tournament has been contested by some of the strongest under-19 teams in football, with FC Barcelona, Chelsea and Cruzeiro amongst the participating clubs. [2] The tournament is named after its main sponsor, the insurance company AEGON and was formerly named after the publishing company Gestion, and is broadcast online in over 59 countries via Eredivisie Live, Eurosport and Fox Sports. [3] [4]

Contents

History

Established in 2005 as part of the annual Amsterdam Sport Weekend, a citywide sponsored initiative to promote 'sports and recreation' within the city of Amsterdam, the Copa Amsterdam is an international football youth tournament held in the historic Olympic Stadium since 2010. [5] It was originally held at Sportpark Sloten, home of Blauw-Wit Amsterdam from its inception in 2005 up until 2009. Each summer the city of Amsterdam and AFC Ajax invites U-19 teams from various top clubs from around the World to play in the tournament. Seven teams are invited and participate in the competition every year with the ninth edition of the tournament having occurred in 2013. Over the years, clubs such as Barcelona, Juventus, Olympique de Marseille, Real Madrid have had their senior youth teams participate in the tournament. [6]

While hosts Ajax have won the tournament twice (2007, 2011), Cruzeiro from Brazil have won it the most, holding a total of three titles to their name (2006, 2008, 2012). Other teams who have brought home the cup include Panathinaikos (2005), AZ (2009), Chelsea (2010) and Ajax Cape Town (2013). [7] The prizes and awards were handed out by Johan Cruijff in 2009 and 2011, in 2010 it was done by Daley Blind and by Sjaak Swart two years later. Since the 2011 edition, the tournament has been broadcast live on Eredivisie Live on Dutch national television and over the internet with commentary by Leo Driessen, Mark van Rijswijk and Ron de Rijk. [8] [9]

The tournament is attended by prominent local football legends such as Frits Barend, Johan Cruijff and Danny Blind, and is frequented by many talent scouts. In accordance with the theme of the annual Amsterdam Sport Weekend however, an amateur team is put together consisting of local youth players, which is then coached by former Ajax players such as Ronald de Boer did with Men United in the 9th Edition of the tournament. [10] In order to promote sport and recreation in the community, and to give young players an opportunity to present themselves at a high competitive level, coming from Amsterdam and the Region. Other teams that were assembled include the AT5 United, an all-star team composed of local Amsterdam talent, as well as FC NH (North Holland) which was an assembled selection of youth talent from the Dutch province of North Holland as a whole, and not limited to Amsterdam. [11]

Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors for the tournament consists of seven members, namely John Jaakke, Theo van Duivenbode, Jaap de Groot, René Zegerius, Oege Boonstra, Ronald de Boer and Maarten Oldenhof. [12]

Tournament results

2005 (1st Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos (1st title)
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague
4. Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
5. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
6. Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers
7. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg AT5 United (Selection of Amsterdam's top amateurs)

2006 (2nd Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro (1st title)
2. Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
4. Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray
5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg AT5 United (Selection of Amsterdam's top amateurs)
6. Flag of Spain.svg Espanyol
7. Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos
8. Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe

2007 (3rd Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax (1st title)
2. Flag of Germany.svg Werder Bremen
3. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town
4. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC NH (Selection of North Holland's top amateurs)
6. Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe
7. Flag of the United States.svg Florida Soccer Alliance
8. Flag of Scotland.svg Rangers

2008 (4th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro (2nd title)
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
3. Flag of Spain.svg Valencia
4. Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Mineiro
5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC NH (Selection of North Holland's top amateurs)
6. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town
7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg AZ
8. Flag of Italy.svg Juventus

2009 (5th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg AZ (1st title)
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
3. Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg
4. Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara
5. Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
6. Flag of England.svg Chelsea
7. Flag of England.svg Watford
8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC NH (Selection of North Holland's top amateurs)

2010 (6th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of England.svg Chelsea (1st title)
2. Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg AZ
4. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
5. Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense
6. Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara
7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC NH (Selection of North Holland's top amateurs)
8. Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo

2011 (7th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax (2nd title)
2. Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo
3. Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
4. Flag of Slovakia.svg AS Trenčín
5. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht
6. Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund
7. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
8. Flag of France.svg Olympique de Marseille

2012 (8th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro (3rd title)
2. Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
4. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town
5. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China national under-19 team
6. Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş JK
7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg AZ
8. Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos

2013 (9th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town (1st title)
2. Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
3. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
4. Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense
5. Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
7. Flag of Ghana.svg Berekum Chelsea
8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Men United (Talent team coached by Ronald de Boer)

2014 (10th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense (1st title)
2. Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
3. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian Aerbin
4. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town
5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Men United (Talent team coached by Ronald de Boer)
6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
7. Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
8. Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV

2015 (11th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht (1st title)
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vitesse
4. Flag of Paraguay.svg Club Guaraní
5. Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş JK
6. Flag of England.svg Arsenal
7. Flag of Slovakia.svg AS Trenčín
8. Flag of Norway.svg Rosenborg

2016 (12th Edition)

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town (2nd title)
2. Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax
4. Flag of Ecuador.svg ASA United FC (Talent team coached by Piet de Visser)
5. Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
6. Flag of Ghana.svg Right to Dream
7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV
8. Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray

2017–2018

For the first time in 12 years the tournament was not held in 2017 due to scheduling issues, with the organizational body making an official statement, that the tournament would presume the following year. [14]

2019 (13th Edition)

The following year the tournament was withheld once more. On April 25, 2019, Ajax announced that the tournament would finally presume, and will be held on the 29th and 30th of June at the Olympic Stadium. The invited teams include Ajax Cape Town, Sagan Tosu and Sparta Rotterdam. [15]

(Source) [13]

Final placement

Nr.Team
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax (3rd title)
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sparta Rotterdam
3. Flag of Japan.svg Sagan Tosu
4. Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town

Participation

By country

RankCountryBerthsTeams
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 28 Ajax (13), AZ (4), FC NH (4), AT5 United (2), Men United (2), PSV (1), Sparta Rotterdam (1), Vitesse (1)
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14 Cruzeiro (7), Botafogo (3), Fluminense (3), Atlético Mineiro (1)
3Flag of England.svg  England 7 Tottenham Hotspur (3), Chelsea (2), Watford (1), Arsenal (1)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7 Ajax Cape Town (7)
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6 Barcelona (2), Espanyol (1), Real Madrid (1), Sevilla (1), Valencia (1)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6 Beşiktaş JK (2), Fenerbahçe (2), Galatasaray (2)
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4 Borussia Dortmund (1), Borussia Mönchengladbach (1), Hamburger SV (1), Werder Bremen (1)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4 Panathinaikos (3), Olympiacos (1)
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3 Anderlecht (3)
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2 China U-19 (1), Dalian Aerbin (1)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2 Berekum Chelsea (1), Right to Dream (1)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2 Guadalajara (2)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2 Rosenborg (2)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2 Rangers (2)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2 AS Trenčín (2)
8
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1 Sparta Prague (1)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1ASA United (1)
Flag of France.svg  France 1 Olympique de Marseille (1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 Juventus (1)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1 Sagan Tosu (1)
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 1 Club Guaraní (1)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1 Sporting CP (1)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 Florida Soccer Alliance (1)

Titles and awards

Number of titles

(Source) [13]

Nr.ClubTitlesWinning Years
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax 32007, 2011, 2019
Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro 32006, 2008, 2012
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town 22013, 2016
4 Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos 12005
Flag of the Netherlands.svg AZ 12009
Flag of England.svg Chelsea 12010
Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense 12014
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht 12015

Official Hall of Fame

(Source) [13] The players below are part of the Copa Amsterdam Hall of Fame. [16]

See also

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