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

7 August 2004
15:00 BST
Manchester City England 3–1 Italy Lazio
Anelka  1'
Macken  68'
Sibierski  74'		 Report Oddo  74' (pen.)

2005 Thomas Cook Trophy

2006 Thomas Cook Trophy

2007 Thomas Cook Trophy

2008 Thomas Cook Trophy

9 August 2008
15:15 BST
Manchester City England 1–0 Italy Milan
Bojinov  37' Report

2010 Ferrostaal Cup

2012 Winoly Cup

27 July 2012
20:00 CST
(13:00 BST)
Manchester City England 2–0 England Arsenal
Zabaleta  42'
Y. Touré  44'		 Report
Bird's Nest Stadium, Beijing, China
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2013 Super Match by Carlsberg

10 August 2013
17:00 EEST
(15:00 BST)
Manchester City England 1–3 England Arsenal
Negredo  80' Report Walcott  9'
Ramsey  59'
Giroud  62'
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland[3][4][5]
Attendance: 39,000[6]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)[7]

2015 Super Match

1 August 2015
16:00 BST
VfB Stuttgart Germany 4–2 England Manchester City
Kostić  15'
Didavi  31'
Ginczek  36', 37'		 Report Iheanacho  84'
Džeko  88'

2016 Super Match

7 August 2016
17:00 CEST
Manchester City England 2–3 England Arsenal
Agüero  30'
Iheanacho  88'		 Report Iwobi  50'
Walcott  73'
Akpom  85'
Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
Referee: Martin Strombergsson (Sweden)

2017 Super Match

Tournament winners

Year Winner Runner-Up Score
2004 England Manchester City Italy Lazio 3–1
2005 England Manchester City Greece Olympiacos 3–1
2006 Portugal Porto England Manchester City 1–0
2007 Spain Valencia England Manchester City 1–0
2008 England Manchester City Italy Milan 1–0
2010 Germany Borussia Dortmund England Manchester City 3–1
2012 England Manchester City England Arsenal 2–0
2013 England Arsenal England Manchester City 3–1
2015 Germany VfB Stuttgart England Manchester City 4–2
2016 England Arsenal England Manchester City 3–2
2017 England Manchester City England West Ham United 3–0

Participating teams

England Manchester City 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
England Arsenal 2012, 2013, 2016
Germany VfB Stuttgart 2015
Germany Borussia Dortmund 2010
Italy Milan 2008
Spain Valencia 2007
Portugal Porto 2006
Greece Olympiacos 2005
Italy Lazio 2004
England 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

  1. ↑ Manchester City 3 Olympiacos 1
  2. ↑ Borussia Dortmund Ferrostaal Cup 2010/11
  3. ↑ "Arsenal to face Man City in Helsinki".
  4. ↑ "Manchester City to meet Arsenal in August friendly in Helsinki".
  5. ↑ "City to face Arsenal inHelsinki".
  6. ↑ Arsenal 3 Manchester City 1: Wenger seals win... but scoreline flatters solid Gunners
  7. ↑ A City hajtott, az Arsenal nyert
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