Birra Moretti Trophy

The Trofeo Birra Moretti (Birra Moretti Trophy) was an annual football friendly tournament that had been organised and sponsored by Birra Moretti from 1997 to 2008.^[1] The teams played 3 round-robin 45-minute matches. If any match ended in a draw, it was decided by shoot-outs or penalties (as in 2008 edition).

The stage of the awards ceremony at San Paolo in Naples during the 2007 edition.

After 2008, the event has not taken place anymore. Officially, Heineken Italia announced its intention to suspend it for only one year in 2009, coinciding with a change of promotional strategies at the 150th anniversary of Beer Moretti S.p.A., but was not resumed even in the following years.

Winners

• 1997: Juventus
• 1998: Udinese
• 1999: Parma
• 2000: Juventus
• 2001: Inter
• 2002: Inter
• 2003: Juventus
• 2004: Juventus
• 2005: Napoli
• 2006: Juventus
• 2007: Inter
• 2008: Juventus

Editions

2003

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
• Juventus F.C. wins tournament

Juventus v Inter

8 August 2003	Juventus	2 – 1	Inter	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
20:30 CEST	Camoranesi  7' Di Vaio  16'		34' Crespo	Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Sampdoria v Inter

8 August 2003	Sampdoria	1 – 1 (1 – 0 p)	Inter	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
21:30 CEST	Bazzani  18'		7' Martins	Referee: Marco Gabriele
		Penalties
	Yanagisawa Job		Kallon Martins Luciano

Sampdoria v Juventus

8 August 2003	Sampdoria	1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
22:30 CEST	Pedone  1'		4' Di Vaio	Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
		Penalties
			Appiah Maresca Olivera Miccoli Fresi

2004

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
• Juventus F.C. wins tournament

Juventus v Inter

4 August 2004	Juventus	1 – 0	Inter	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
20:30 CEST	Trezeguet  7'			Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Palermo v Inter

4 August 2004	Palermo	2 – 1	Inter	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
21:30 CEST	Morrone  30' Toni  43'		44' Ventola	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Palermo v Juventus

4 August 2004	Palermo	0 – 0 (1 – 2 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
22:30 CEST				Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Tiziano Pieri
		Penalties
	Ferri E. Filippini Farías		Baiocco Olivera Miccoli

2005

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
• S.S.C. Napoli wins tournament

Juventus v Inter

12 August 2005	Juventus	2 – 0	Inter	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST	Ibrahimović  1', 9'	Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Napoli v Inter

12 August 2005	Napoli	2 – 1	Inter	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST	Bogliacino  13' Piá  23'	Report	22' (pen.) Recoba	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

Napoli v Juventus

12 August 2005	Napoli	1 – 1 (2 – 0 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST	Sosa  4' (pen.)	Report	15' Zalayeta	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Christian Brighi
		Penalties
	Gatti Capparella		Zambrotta Mutu

2006

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
• Juventus F.C. wins tournament

Juventus v Inter

11 August 2006	Juventus	1 – 0	Inter	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST	Zalayeta  13'			Referee: Domenico Messina

Napoli v Inter

11 August 2006	Napoli	1 – 0	Inter	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST	Calaiò  22'			Referee: Luca Banti

Napoli v Juventus

11 August 2006	Napoli	0 – 0 (0 – 1 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST				Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
		Penalties
	Gatti Capparella Domizzi		Paro Chiumiento

2007

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
• F.C. Internazionale Milano wins tournament

Napoli v Juventus

9 August 2007	Napoli	0 – 1	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST			25' Del Piero	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

Napoli v Inter

9 August 2007	Napoli	0 – 2	Inter	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST			20' Stanković  21' Suazo	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

Juventus v Inter

9 August 2007	Juventus	0 – 1	Inter	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST			2' César	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

2008

• 3 points for win, 0 points for loss
• 2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
• Juventus F.C. wins tournament based on head-to-head result

Napoli v Juventus

21 August 2008	Napoli	0 – 0 (4 – 5 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Domenico Celi
		Penalties
	De Zerbi Zalayeta Blasi Vitale P. Cannavaro		Esposito Nedvěd Giovinco Salihamidžić Amauri

Napoli v Milan

21 August 2008	Napoli	0 – 1	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST		Report	44' Paloschi	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

Juventus v Milan

21 August 2008	Juventus	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
		Penalties
	Ariaudo Chimenti Legrottaglie Pasquato Amauri Molinaro		Seedorf Brocchi Paloschi Osuji Ambrosini Favalli

Gunners

The best mark in the event is Christian Vieri with 6 goals, all made with the Inter shirt.

Television

All editions of the Birra Moretti Trophy were transmitted in clear and exclusive channels from Mediaset (sometimes Canale 5, sometimes Italia 1, in some editions the first minigirl was transmitted by Italy 1 and the other two by Channel 5).

References