Emirates Cup

Emirates Cup

Founded	2007
Number of teams	4 (group stage)
Current champions	New York Red Bulls (1st title)
Most successful club	Arsenal (3 titles)
Television broadcasters	ESPN
Website	Official site

The Emirates Cup is an annual two-day pre-season football tournament hosted by English Premier League club Arsenal and held at the Emirates Stadium, the club's home ground. It is similar in style to the Amsterdam Tournament hosted by Ajax.

Much like the Amsterdam Tournament, each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored, however, this was changed in the 2011 tournament to remove the points for goals scored. From the 2009 edition, if teams are tied on points, goal difference and goals scored, they are ranked by the total shots on target during the tournament.

New York Red Bulls are the current holders of the cup. Arsenal won the tournament in 2007, 2009 and 2010. Hamburg SV won the trophy in 2008

History

The inaugural tournament took place on 28 July and 29 July 2007 and featured the hosts, as well as reigning Serie A champions Internazionale, French side Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish outfit Valencia (having replaced German team Hamburg, who had to pull out of the tournament because of Intertoto Cup commitments). Arsenal did not play against Valencia, and Inter did not play against PSG. The tournament was well attended with over 110,000 filling the Emirates Stadium across the two day tournament.

As of 2008, Emirates have since agreed to host the tournament for a further three years. The 2008 Emirates Cup participants were Real Madrid, Juventus, and Hamburg.

The 2009 Emirates Cup took place on 1 August and 2 August and featured Atlético Madrid, Rangers, and Paris Saint-Germain.

The 2010 edition of the Emirates Cup took place on the weekend of 31 July and 1 August with Milan, Celtic, and Lyon joining hosts Arsenal.

The 2011 Emirates Cup featured Boca Juniors, Paris Saint-Germain and New York Red Bulls, on 30-31 July. The participation of the Red Bulls meant Thierry Henry played against his former club. This also marks the first time a Major League Soccer team participated in the Emirates Cup. The Red Bulls were the victors after beating PSG and tying Arsenal on an own goal in the 84th minute by Arsenal defender Kyle Bartley.

Tournament winners

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
2007	Arsenal	Paris Saint-Germain	Valencia	Internazionale
2008	Hamburg	Real Madrid	Arsenal	Juventus
2009	Arsenal	Rangers	Atlético Madrid	Paris Saint-Germain
2010	Arsenal	Lyon	Celtic	Milan
2011	New York Red Bulls	Paris Saint-Germain	Arsenal	Boca Juniors

Year-by-year

2007

Day 1

28 July 2007 14:00	Internazionale	0 – 2	Valencia	{{{stadium}}} Attendance: 55,106 Referee: Alan Kelly
		Report	Gavilán  13' Villa  39'

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28 July 2007 16:15	Arsenal	2 – 1	Paris Saint-Germain	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 55,106 Referee: Peter Walton
	Flamini  45' Bendtner  70'	Report	Luyindula  80'

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Day 2

29 July 2007 14:00	Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 0	Valencia	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,821 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Diane  15' N'Gog  30' Luyindula  85'	Report

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29 July 2007 16:15	Arsenal	2 – 1	Internazionale	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,821 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Hleb  67' van Persie  85'	Report	Suazo  62'

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Standings

Rank	Team	Points	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Arsenal	10	2	0	0	4	2	2
2	Paris Saint-Germain	7	1	0	1	4	2	2
3	Valencia	5	1	0	1	2	3	-1
4	Internazionale	1	0	0	2	1	4	-3

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Peguy Luyindula	Paris Saint-Germain	2
2	Nicklas Bendtner	Arsenal	1
	Amara Diane	Paris Saint-Germain
	Mathieu Flamini	Arsenal
	Jaime Gavilán	Valencia
	Alexander Hleb	Arsenal
	David N'Gog	Paris Saint-Germain
	David Suazo	Internazionale
	Robin van Persie	Arsenal
	David Villa	Valencia

2008

Day 1

2 August 2008 14:00	Real Madrid	2 – 1	Hamburg	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Alan Kelly
	van Nistelrooy  25' Parejo  85'		Zidan  53'

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2 August 2008 16:15	Arsenal	0 – 1	Juventus	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Peter Walton
		Report	Trezeguet  37'

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Day 2

3 August 2008 14:00	Juventus	0 – 3	Hamburg	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Chris Foy
			Guerrero  19' Olić  90+1'  90+2'

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3 August 2008 16:15	Arsenal	1 – 0	Real Madrid	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Adebayor  49' (pen.)	Report

Standings

Rank	Team	Points	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hamburg	7	1	0	1	4	2	2
2	Real Madrid	5	1	0	1	2	2	0
3	Arsenal	4	1	0	1	1	1	0
4	Juventus	4	1	0	1	1	3	-2

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ivica Olić	Hamburg	2
2	Daniel Parejo	Real Madrid	1
	David Trezeguet	Juventus
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid
	Mohamed Zidan	Hamburg
	Paolo Guerrero	Hamburg
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal

2009

Day 1

1 August 2009 14:00	Rangers	1 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 54,224 Referee: Alan Kelly
	Bougherra  76'	Report

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1 August 2009 16:15	Arsenal	2 – 1	Atlético Madrid	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 54,224 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Arshavin  86'  90'	Report	Pacheco  88'

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Day 2

2 August 2009 14:00	Paris Saint-Germain	1 – 1	Atlético Madrid	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 56,758 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Giuly  71'	Report	Agüero  41' (pen.)

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2 August 2009 16:15	Arsenal	3 – 0	Rangers	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 56,758 Referee: Mike Dean
	Wilshere  2'  72' Eduardo  11'	Report

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Standings

Rank	Team	Points	GF	GA	GD	SOT
1	Arsenal	11	5	1	4	13
2	Rangers	4	1	3	-2	7
3	Atlético Madrid	3	2	3	-1	11
4	Paris Saint-Germain	2	1	2	-1	4

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Andrei Arshavin	Arsenal	2
	Jack Wilshere	Arsenal
2	Madjid Bougherra	Rangers	1
	Germán Pacheco	Atlético Madrid
	Sergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid
	Ludovic Giuly	Paris Saint-Germain
	Eduardo	Arsenal

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere was chosen as the Man of the Match in both of Arsenal's matches, whilst Andrei Arshavin picked up the Emirates Player of the Tournament award.

2010

Day 1

31 July 2010 14:00	Celtic	2 – 2	Lyon	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,012 Referee: Ryuji Sato
	Hooper  82' Samaras  89'	Report	Bastos  28' Novillo  54'

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31 July 2010 16:20	Arsenal	1 – 1	Milan	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,012 Referee: Chris Foy
	Chamakh  36'	Report	Pato  77'

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Day 2

1 August 2010 14:00	Milan	1 – 1	Lyon	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,127 Referee: Minoru Tojo
	Borriello  56'	Report	Briand  79'

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1 August 2010 16:20	Arsenal	3 – 2	Celtic	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,127 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Vela  3' Sagna  45' Nasri  51'	Report	Murphy  72' Ki  82'

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Standings

Rank	Team	Points	GF	GA	GD
1	Arsenal	8	4	3	1
3	Lyon	5	3	3	0
2	Celtic	5	4	5	-1
4	Milan	4	2	2	0

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Michel Bastos	Lyon	1
	Harry Novillo	Lyon
	Gary Hooper	Celtic
	Georgios Samaras	Celtic
	Marouane Chamakh	Arsenal
	Alexandre Pato	Milan
	Marco Borriello	Milan
	Jimmy Briand	Lyon
	Carlos Vela	Arsenal
	Bacary Sagna	Arsenal
	Samir Nasri	Arsenal
	Daryl Murphy	Celtic
	Ki Sung-Yong	Celtic

2011

Day 1

30 July 2011 14:00	New York Red Bulls	1 – 0	Paris Saint-Germain	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 54488 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson
	Lindpere  27'	Report

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30 July 2011 16:20	Arsenal	2 – 2	Boca Juniors	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 54488 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	van Persie  29' Ramsey  46'	Report	Viatri  68' Mouche  71'

Day 2

31 July 2011 14:00	Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 0	Boca Juniors	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60011 Referee: Minoru Tojo
	Maurice  8' Hoarau  38' Ceará  79'	Report

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31 July 2011 16:20	Arsenal	1 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60011 Referee: Kevin Friend
	van Persie  42'	Report	Bartley  84' (o.g.)

Standings

Rank	Team	Points	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	New York Red Bulls	4	1	1	0	2	1	+1
2	Paris Saint-Germain	3	1	0	1	3	1	+2
3	Arsenal	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
4	Boca Juniors	1	0	1	1	2	5	-3

Scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Robin van Persie	Arsenal	2
2	Joel Lindpere	New York Red Bulls	1
	Aaron Ramsey	Arsenal
	Lucas Viatri	Boca Juniors
	Pablo Mouche	Boca Juniors
	Jean-Eudes Maurice	Paris Saint-Germain
	Guillaume Hoarau	Paris Saint-Germain
	Ceará	Paris Saint-Germain
own goal	Kyle Bartley	Arsenal	1

2012

Due to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Emirates Cup will no longer take place in the pre-season period of the 2012-13 Premier League season, as it is believed that the London infrastructure will not be able to cater for the extra 100,000 supporters that usually attend the Emirates Cup, whilst also providing resources for London 2012. However, it has also be confirmed that the Emirates Cup will return in 2013, with the usual three clubs being planned for the tournament.

2013

Despite the tournament not being staged in the previous season, it has been confirmed that four teams will compete, including the usual inclusion of Arsenal.

Trophy

The sterling silver cup was made by Thomas Fattorini, whose family has produced trophies for English football since 1827. It was awarded to Arsenal, the winners of the inaugural pre-season tournament at Emirates Stadium on 29 July 2007.

"We wanted to create a design that both stood out from other international football trophies and something that a club would be proud to place in their cabinet," said Fattorini.

Emirates Stadium has very iconic, asymmetrical flowing lines across the rooftop, which motivated identical lines in the original brand identity for the stadium. The base, lip and handles of the trophy mirror these, with the Emirates logo placed firmly on the face of the cup.

Media coverage

The Emirates Cup is broadcasted by ESPN in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil (2011), Al Jazeera Sports in the Middle East, and Fox Soccer Channel in the United States. Although the concept was originally conceived, developed and successfully implemented (including production, sponsorship arrangement and rights distribution) by the UK division of sports marketing agency Sportfive, Arsenal awarded sports management agency Kentaro the production, sponsorship arrangement and rights distribution of the tournament in 2008. In 2010, a new deal was struck between Arsenal F.C. and MP & Silva for organising and global TV rights distribution of the tournament. Live audio broadcast is available via the Arsenal website, through their subscription based Arsenal Player service.

Clubs who have participated in the Emirates Cup

	Arsenal	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
	Paris Saint-Germain	2007, 2009, 2011
	Boca Juniors	2011
	New York Red Bulls	2011
	Celtic	2010
	Lyon	2010
	Milan	2010
	Atlético Madrid	2009
	Rangers	2009
	Juventus	2008
	Hamburg	2008
	Real Madrid	2008
	Internazionale	2007
	Valencia	2007