Super Match (association football)
The Super Match is an annual and bi-annual pre-season friendly 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 are the hosts of the competition. The game is usually the last before the Premier League opening match and features a highly reputed UEFA club.
Manchester City have 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 do not involve Manchester City are known as SuperGames and are played in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Year-by-year
2004 Thomas Cook Trophy
2005 Thomas Cook Trophy
Manchester City | 3–1 | Olympiacos |
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Vassell 65' Wright-Phillips 75', 79' |
Report | Touré 27' |
2006 Thomas Cook Trophy
Manchester City | 0–1 | Porto |
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Report | Adriano 43' |
2007 Thomas Cook Trophy
Manchester City | 0–1 | Valencia |
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Report | Silva 10' |
2008 Thomas Cook Trophy
Manchester City | 1–0 | Milan |
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Bojinov 37' | Report |
2010 Ferrostaal Cup
Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | Manchester City |
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Barrios 9' (pen.) Kagawa 50' Lewandowski 81' |
Report | Jô 11' |
2012 Winoly Cup
Manchester City | 2–0 | Arsenal |
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Zabaleta 42' Y. Touré 44' |
Report |
2013 Super Match by Carlsberg
2015 Super Match
VfB Stuttgart | 4–2 | Manchester City |
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Kostić 15' Didavi 31' Ginczek 36', 37' |
Report | Iheanacho 84' Džeko 88' |
2016 Super Match
Manchester City | 2–3 | Arsenal |
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Agüero 30' Iheanacho 88' |
Report | Iwobi 50' Walcott 73' Akpom 85' |
2017 Super Match
Manchester City | 3–0 | West Ham United |
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Gabriel Jesus 8' Agüero 56' Sterling 71' |
Report |
Tournament winners
Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Score |
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2004 | Manchester City | Lazio | 3–1 |
2005 | Manchester City | Olympiacos | 3–1 |
2006 | Porto | Manchester City | 1–0 |
2007 | Valencia | Manchester City | 1–0 |
2008 | Manchester City | Milan | 1–0 |
2010 | Borussia Dortmund | Manchester City | 3–1 |
2012 | Manchester City | Arsenal | 2–0 |
2013 | Arsenal | Manchester City | 3–1 |
2015 | VfB Stuttgart | Manchester City | 4–2 |
2016 | Arsenal | Manchester City | 3–2 |
2017 | Manchester City | West Ham United | 3–0 |
Participating teams
Manchester City | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
Arsenal | 2012, 2013, 2016 | |
VfB Stuttgart | 2015 | |
Borussia Dortmund | 2010 | |
Milan | 2008 | |
Valencia | 2007 | |
Porto | 2006 | |
Olympiacos | 2005 | |
Lazio | 2004 | |
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.
References
- ^ Manchester City 3 Olympiacos 1
- ^ Borussia Dortmund Ferrostaal Cup 2010/11
- ^ "Arsenal to face Man City in Helsinki".
- ^ "Manchester City to meet Arsenal in August friendly in Helsinki".
- ^ "City to face Arsenal inHelsinki".
- ^ Arsenal 3 Manchester City 1: Wenger seals win... but scoreline flatters solid Gunners
- ^ A City hajtott, az Arsenal nyert
- English football friendly trophies
- Manchester City F.C.
- 2004 establishments in England
- Recurring sporting events established in 2004
- Sports competitions in Manchester
- Sports competitions in Dortmund
- Football in Beijing
- Sports competitions in Helsinki
- Sports competitions in Stuttgart
- Sports competitions in Beijing