2008 Emirates Cup

2008 Emirates Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	2–3 August
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Hamburg (1st title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Third place	Arsenal
Fourth place	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivica Olić (2 goals)

The 2008 Emirates Cup was a pre-season football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at its home ground, the Emirates Stadium. It was the second Emirates Cup, an invitational competition inaugurated in 2007. Held on the weekend of 2–3 August 2008, the participants were Arsenal, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Hamburg.^[1]

Standings

Each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored.

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hamburg	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	7
2	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
3	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	4
4	Juventus	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	4

Matches

Real Madrid v Hamburg

2 August 2008 14:00 BST

Real Madrid	2–1	Hamburg
Van Nistelrooy  25' Parejo  85'	Report	Zidan  53'

Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Alan Kelly

Arsenal v Juventus

2 August 2008 16:15 BST

Arsenal	0–1	Juventus
	Report	Trezeguet  37'

Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Peter Walton

Juventus v Hamburg

3 August 2008 14:00 BST

Juventus	0–3	Hamburg
		Guerrero  19' Olić  90+1', 90+2'

Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Chris Foy

Arsenal v Real Madrid

3 August 2008 16:15 BST

Arsenal	1–0	Real Madrid
Adebayor  49' (pen.)	Report

Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Goalscorers

Ivica Olić was the tournament's topscorer, with two goals.

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Olić, IvicaIvica Olić	Hamburg	2
2	Parejo, DanielDaniel Parejo	Real Madrid	1
	Trezeguet, DavidDavid Trezeguet	Juventus
	van Nistelrooy, RuudRuud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid
	Zidan, MohamedMohamed Zidan	Hamburg
	Guerrero, PaoloPaolo Guerrero	Hamburg
	Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal

References

General

• Saaid, Hamdan (10 September 2015). "Emirates Cup 2008". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 9 July 2016. 

Specific

Friendly association football tournaments in 2008
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Dubai Cup	Dubai (5–7 January)
Channel One Cup	Israel (23–31 January)
IFC Pego Cup	Pego (28–31 January)
Emirates Cup	London (2–3 August)
Franz Beckenbauer Cup	Munich (5 August)
Amsterdam Tournament	Amsterdam (8–9 August)
Thomas Cook Trophy	Manchester (9 August)
Eusébio Cup	Lisbon (15 August)
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