The Atlantic Cup (football)

The Atlantic Cup

Founded	2011
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	HNK Rijeka (1st title)
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 was founded in 2011 by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne and has been running for four years.^[3][4]

Television coverage was originally provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2011	IF Elfsborg	Odense BK
2012	FC Midtjylland	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2013	SK Rapid Wien	Silkeborg IF
2014	F.C. Copenhagen	Örebro SK
2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	Örebro SK
2016	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Örebro SK
2017	HNK Rijeka	FK Jablonec

Editions

2011 edition

This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.^[5][6][7][8]

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.^[9] FC Midtjylland won the competition beating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in the final.^{[10][11][12][13]}

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.^[14] S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches were not taken account to the final standings.^[15] Rapid Wien won the competition.^[16]

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 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][17][18] 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 without conceding a goal.^[19][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

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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

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

Finals

Tournament Final

2016 edition

The 2016 edition was disputed in the same format of 2015 Atlantic Cup.^[21] The winner of Group A (FK Jablonec) didn't contest the final due to the schedule of its flight back home. They were replaced in the final by Group A runner-up, Örebro SK.^[22] FC Zenit Saint Petersburg won the competition after penalty-shootout.^[23]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts 1 Jablonec 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 +3 6 2 Örebro SK 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 +0 3 3 AGF Aarhus 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3 4 Kalmar FF 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0

JAB ORE AAR KAL Jablonec – – – 2–1 Örebro – – 0–1 – AGF Aarhus 0–2 – – – Kalmar – 0–1 – –

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 +3 6 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 +0 3 3 IFK Norrköping 2 0 1 0 1 3 4 -1 2 4 Brøndby IF 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1

ZEN LOK NOR BRO Zenit Saint Petersburg – – – 2–0 Lokomotiv Moscow – – 1–1 (4–6 p) – Norrköping 2–3 – – – Brøndby – 0–0 (2–3 p) – –

Finals

7th	Kalmar	1–2	Brøndby
5th	Jablonec	3–2	Norrköping
3rd	AGF Aarhus	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow
1st	Örebro	1–1 (4–5 p)	Zenit Saint Petersburg

2017 edition

The 2017 edition will be disputed in the same format as 2016 Atlantic Cup was.^[24]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts 1 Jablonec 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 5 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 +3 4 3 Örebro 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1 3 4 AaB 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 –4 0

JAB SHA ÖRE AAB Jablonec – – 2–0 – Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 (4–5 p) – – – Örebro – – – 1–0 AaB – 0–3 – –

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts 1 Rijeka 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 +4 6 2 Debrecen 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 +1 3 3 Djurgårdens IF 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 AGF 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 –5 0

RIJ DEB DJU AGF Rijeka – – – 3–0 Debrecen – – 0–1 – Djurgårdens IF 0–1 – – – AGF – 0–2 – –

Finals

7th	AaB Aalborg	0–0 (1–4 p)	Djurgården
5th	AGF Aarhus	1–1	Örebro
3rd	Shakhtar	2–1	Debrecen
1st	Rijeka	3–0	Jablonec

Performance

By team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
IF Elfsborg	1	–	2011	–
FC Midtjylland	1	–	2012	–
SK Rapid Wien	1	–	2013	–
F.C. Copenhagen	1	–	2014	–
FC Dynamo Moscow	1	–	2015	–
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	–	2016	–
HNK Rijeka	1	–	2017	–
Örebro SK	–	3	–	2014, 2015, 2016
Odense BK	–	1	–	2011
GNK Dinamo Zagreb	–	1	–	2012
Silkeborg IF	–	1	–	2013
FK Jablonec	–	1	–	2017

By country

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Denmark	2	2	2012, 2014	2011, 2013
Russia	2	–	2015, 2016	–
Sweden	1	3	2011	2014, 2015, 2016
Croatia	1	1	2017	2012
Austria	1	–	2013	–
Czech Republic	–	1	–	2017

External links

• The Atlantic Cup

References