The Atlantic Cup (football)

The Atlantic Cup

Founded	2011
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	FC Dynamo Moscow (1st title)
Television broadcasters	Eurosport
Website	theatlanticcup.co.uk

The Atlantic Cup is a pre/mid season friendly football tournament held in Algarve, Portugal for European football clubs from national leagues which do not operate in the winter months. It therefore consists mainly of teams from Scandinavia, Northern and Central Europe.^[1][2]

It is organised by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne^[3] and has been running for four years.^[4] Television coverage is provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

The 2014 edition was won by F.C. Copenhagen from Denmark.^[5]

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	Örebro SK
2014	F.C. Copenhagen	Örebro SK
2013	SK Rapid Wien	Silkeborg IF
2012	FC Midtjylland	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2011	IF Elfsborg	Odense BK

2011 edition

This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.^[6][7][8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 IF Elfsborg 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 2 Odense BK 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 3 Helsingborgs IF 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 4 Brøndby IF 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 0

ELF ODE HEL BRO IF Elfsborg – 1–1 3–1 2–1 Odense BK – – – – Helsingborgs IF – 1–1 – – Brøndby IF – 2–3 0–2 –

2012 edition

This was the second edition, contested by six teams from five countries.^[10] FC Midtjylland won the competition winning Dinamo Zagreb by 1-0 in the final.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Dinamo Zagreb 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 2 FC Midtjylland 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 3 Wisla Krakow 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 4 Odense BK 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3 5 Rapid Wien 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1 6 Helsingborgs IF 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1

DIN MID WIS ODE RAP HEL Dinamo Zagreb – 1–1 – 3–1 – – FC Midtjylland – – 3–2 – – – Wisla Krakow – – – 1–0 – – Odense BK – – – – – – Rapid Wien – 1–2 – 1–2 – – Helsingborgs IF 0–1 – 0–2 – 1–1 –

Final

2013 edition

This was the third edition, contested by three teams.^[15] S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches weren't taken account to the final standings.^[16] Rapid Wien won the competition.^[17]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Rapid Wien 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 2 Silkeborg IF 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3 3 KF Skënderbeu Korçë 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0

RAP SIL SKE FAR MAT Rapid Wien – 2–1 1–0 – – Silkeborg IF – – – – – KF Skënderbeu Korçë – 2–4 – – 0–4 S.C. Farense 0–0 – – – – SV Mattersburg – 1–1 – – –

2014 edition

This was the fourth edition of, contested by 8 teams from 6 countries.^[1][18][19] Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2. The Danish team F.C. Copenhagen won the tournament, finishing the competition only with victories and withous suffering a single goal.^[5][20] The Swedish team Örebro SK finished in second place, also with victories only, but with a lower goal-difference than F.C. Copenhagen.

Participating teams

• F.C. Copenhagen
• FC Midtjylland
• FC Slovan Liberec
• FC Spartak Moscow
• Örebro SK
• FH
• Breiðablik
• SV Mattersburg

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	F.C. Copenhagen	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9
2	Örebro SK	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
3	FC Spartak Moscow	3	2	0	1	5	7	-2	6
4	Breiðablik UBK	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	5
5	SV Mattersburg	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
6	FC Slovan Liberec	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3
7	FC Midtjylland	3	0	0	3	3	6	-3	0
8	FH Hafnarfjarðar	3	0	0	3	4	11	-7	0

Matches

4 February 2014	Breiðablik UBK	1–1 (4–3 p)	SV Mattersburg	Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
19:45 (GMT)	Lýðsson  23' (pen.)		Höller  49'
		Penalties
	Gíslason Halsman Muminovic Eyjólfsson		Malić Klemen Prietl	|

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5 February 2014	Örebro SK	4-1	FH Hafnarfjarðar	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:00 (GMT)	A. Yasin  20' Shpëtim Hasani  29' Samuel Mensah  82' A. Kamara  85' (pen)		Davíð Þór Viðarsson  44'

5 February 2014	FC Slovan Liberec	2-1	FC Midtjylland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Yevhen Budnik  34' Kevin Luckassen  59'		André Rømer  74'

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7 February 2014	Breiðablik UBK	2-1	FC Midtjylland	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)	Árni Vilhjálmsson  50' Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson  59'		Paul Onuachu  52'

7 February 2014	F.C. Copenhagen	4-0	FC Slovan Liberec	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Andreas Cornelius  31', 39' (66) Y. Felfel  86'

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8 February 2014	Örebro SK	2-1	SV Mattersburg	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)	Karl Holmberg  5' Emil Berger  81'	Goals	Alexander Taschner  13'

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9 February 2014	FH Hafnarfjarðar	1-3	FC Spartak Moscow	Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
19:45 (GMT)	Atli Guðnason  10'		Vladimir Obukhov  27' Denis Davydov  28' Lucas Barrios  87'

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10 February 2014	FC Slovan Liberec	0-2	Örebro SK	Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)			Daniel Gustavsson  12' Erik Moberg  24'

10 February 2014	F.C. Copenhagen	2-0	Breiðablik UBK	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Daniel Braaten  10' Danny Amankwaa 50'

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11 February 2014	SV Mattersburg	4-2	FH Hafnarfjarðar	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)	Ingo Klemen  7', 28', 46' Markus Pink  79'		A. Björnsson  34' I.N. Óskarsson  35'

11 February 2014	FC Midtjylland	1-2	FC Spartak Moscow	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Patrick Banggaard  15'		Lucas Barrios  48' (72)

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13 February 2014	FC Spartak Moscow	0-5	F.C. Copenhagen	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:00 (GMT)			Rúrik Gíslason  15' Igor Vetokele  16' Pierre Bengtsson  20' Artyom Timofeyev  33' (o.g.) Christoffer Remmer  82'

2015 edition

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Dynamo Moscow	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
2	IFK Göteborg	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	3
3	Baumit Jablonec	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	3
4	Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0

30 January 2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	2–1	Copenhagen	Estádio Algarve, Faro
22:00	Valbuena  40' Yusupov  77'	report	Delaney  30'

1 February 2015	IFK Göteborg	3–1	Baumit Jablonec	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:30	Vibe  9' 35' Boman  11'	Report	Kopic  58'

4 February 2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:30	Büttner  54' Kuranyi  90'	Report

4 February 2015	Baumit Jablonec	2–0	Copenhagen	Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00	Crnkič  45' Šabala  58'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W–	D	L+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Örebro SK	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	+1	5
2	Brøndby IF	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Mladá Boleslav	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	–1	3
4	FC Midtjylland	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–1	1

31 January 2015	FC Midtjylland	1–1 (3–4 p)	Örebro SK	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
14:00	Rasmussen  9'	Report	Gustavsson  88'
		Penalties
	Sisto Lauridsen Andersson Poulsen Bak Nielsen J. Larsen		Wiktorsson Moberg Gustavsson Haginge Kamara Åhman Persson	|

31 January 2015	Brøndby IF	2–0	Mladá Boleslav	Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00	Dumić  54' Elmander  55'	Report

3 February 2015	Örebro SK	2–1	Brøndby IF	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
15:00	Sebastian Ring  13' Holmberg  58'	Report	Friðjónsson  20'

3 February 2015	Mladá Boleslav	1–0	FC Midtjylland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00	Vacek  24'	Report

Finals

7 February 2015	Copenhagen	4–2	Mladá Boleslav	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
11:00	Augustinsson  8' Toutouh  31' Amankwaa  34' Cornelius  44'	Report	Magera  6' Skalák  67'

7 February 2015	Baumit Jablonec	1–1	FC Midtjylland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
17:30

7 February 2015	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Brøndby IF	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
21:00

Tournament Final

7 February 2015	Örebro SK	0–1	FC Dynamo Moscow	Estádio Algarve, Faro
14:30		Report	Dzsudzsák  75'

Performance

By team

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
IF Elfsborg	1	0	2011	-
FC Midtjylland	1	0	2012	-
SK Rapid Wien	1	0	2013	-
F.C. Copenhagen	1	0	2014	-
FC Dynamo Moscow	1	0	2015	-
Odense BK	0	1	-	2011
GNK Dinamo Zagreb	0	1	-	2012
Silkeborg IF	0	1	-	2013
Örebro SK	0	2	-	2014, 2015

By country

Country	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Denmark	2	2	2012, 2014	2011, 2013
Sweden	1	2	2011	2014, 2015
Austria	1	0	2013	-
Russia	1	0	2015	-
Croatia	0	1	-	2012

External links

• The Atlantic Cup

References