en Algarve Football Cup

Algarve Football Cup
Founded	2001 (as Guadiana Trophy)
Region	Europe
Number of teams	2–4
Current champions	Fulham; (1st trophy)
Most successful club(s)	Benfica; (9 trophies)
Website	Home page

The Algarve Football Cup or Algarve Trophy (Troféu do Algarve), previously known as Guadiana Trophy until 2013, is a pre-season friendly football tournament played in Algarve, Portugal (one edition was played in Spain). Benfica is the most successful team in the tournament, having won nine trophies in fourteen participations.

Tournaments

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Guadiana Trophy
2001	Vitória de Guimarães	Farense	Sevilla	—
2002	Benfica	Vitória de Setúbal	—	—
2003	Belenenses	Benfica	—	—
2004	Real Betis	Benfica	—	—
2005	Sporting CP	Vitória de Setúbal	Middlesbrough	Real Betis
2006	Sporting CP	Deportivo La Coruña	Benfica	—
2007	Benfica	Real Betis	Sporting CP	—
2008	Sporting CP	Blackburn Rovers	Benfica	—
2009	Benfica	Olhanense	Anderlecht	Athletic Bilbao
2010		Aston Villa	Feyenoord	—
2011		Anderlecht	Paris Saint-Germain	—
2012	Newcastle United	Olympiacos	Braga	—
2013	Braga	West Ham United	Sporting CP	—
Algarve Football Cup
2016	Benfica	Vitória de Setúbal	Derby County	—
2017	Benfica	Real Betis	—	—
2018	Lille	Porto	Everton	—
2022	Benfica	Fulham	Nice	—
2023	Benfica	Celta Vigo	Al Nassr	—
2024	Fulham	Benfica	—	—

2001

The 2001 competition took place between 27 and 29 July 2001 and featured Farense, Vitória Guimarães and Sevilla. Vitória Guimarães won after the draw in the last match against Sevilla.

28 July 2001

Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	Sevilla
	Report

Municipal de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

2002

7 August 2002

Benfica	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal
Roger 25', 47'	Report	Meyong 86'

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

2003

26 July 2003

Belenenses	2–2	Benfica
Antchouet Verona	Report	Argel Cristiano 90'
Penalties
	2–1

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

2004

28 July 2004

Real Betis	3–0	Benfica
Fernando 6', 51', 53'	Report

Estadio Blas Infante, Ayamonte

Referee: Santana Ponce

2005

The 2005 competition took place between 28 and 30 July 2005 and featured Sporting, Vitória Setubal, Middlesbrough and Betis. Sporting won in the final against Vitória Setubal.

30 July 2005

Sporting CP	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal
J. Moutinho 50' Varela 84'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Referee: Lucílio Baptista

2006

The 2006 competition took place between 27 and 29 July 2006 and featured Benfica, Sporting and Deportivo La Coruña. Sporting won in the final against Deportivo.

29 July 2006

Sporting CP	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña
Deivid 26'

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

2007

The 2007 competition took place between 3 and 5 August 2007 and featured Benfica, Sporting and Real Betis. Benfica won in the final against rivals Sporting.

5 August 2007

21:15

Benfica	1–0	Sporting CP
David Luiz 79'	Report

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Pedro Henriques^[1]

2008

The 2008 competition took place between 25 and 27 July 2009 and featured Benfica, Sporting and Blackburn Rovers. Sporting won in the final against Benfica.

27 July 2008

21:15

Sporting CP	2–0	Benfica
Yannick 57' Derlei 72'	Report

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Nuno Almeida

2009

The 2009 competition took place between 16 and 18 July 2009 and featured Benfica, Olhanense, Athletic Bilbao and Anderlecht. Benfica won in the final against Olhanense.

18 July 2009

21:15

Benfica	2–1	Olhanense
Cardozo 64' Miguel Vítor 90'	Report	Ukra 62' (pen.)

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

2010

The 2010 edition of the tournament took place between 30 July and 1 August 2010 and featured English side Aston Villa, alongside Dutch side Feyenoord and Benfica.^[2]

1 August 2010

21:15

Benfica	4–1	Aston Villa
David Luiz 10' Saviola 37', 50' Cardozo 43'	Report	Carew 68'

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: João Capela

2011

The 2011 competition took place between 15 and 17 July. It featured Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain and Anderlecht. Benfica won after a draw in the final match against Anderlecht.

17 July 2011

20:45

Benfica	2–2	Anderlecht
Saviola 16' Urretaviscaya 56'	Report	Lukaku 27' Suárez 45'

Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António, Vila Real de Santo António

Referee: Duarte Gomes

2012

The 2012 competition took place between 26 and 28 July. It featured Braga, Newcastle United and Olympiacos. Newcastle won in the final against Braga.

Prize Pot €4.5 million. Minimum €950,000 for all participants.

28 July 2012

20:45

Newcastle United	2–1	Braga
Ba 64' R. Taylor 73'	Report	Amorim 68'

Estádio Algarve, Faro

Referee: Paulo Baptista

2013

The 2013 competition took place between 5 and 7 August 2013. It featured Sporting CP, West Ham United and Braga. Braga won in the final against Sporting.

7 August 2013

21:15

Sporting CP	0–1	Braga
	Report	Edinho 52'

Municipal de Portimão, Portimão

Referee: Ivo Santos

2016

After a two-year hiatus, the competition returned with a new name. It took place between 14 and 16 July 2016 and featured Benfica, Vitória de Setúbal and Derby County. Benfica won in the final against Derby County.

16 July 2016

20:30 WEST

Benfica	4–0	Derby County
N. Semedo 16' R. Fonte 54' A. Almeida 63' E. Salvio 90'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Algarve

Referee: Pedro Oliveira

2017

20 July 2017

20:30 WEST

Benfica	2–1	Real Betis
Seferovic 15', 50'	Report	Sergio León 32'

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Referee: Luís Godinho

2022

15 July 2022

21:00 WEST

Benfica	3–0	Nice
R. Silva 7' Otamendi 13' Gilberto 36'	Report
Penalties
Yaremchuk Dias A. Silva Vertonghen Pizzi	5–4	Claude-Maurice Trouillet Lotomba Brahimi Atal

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Referee: Hélder Malheiro

16 July 2022

20:15 WEST

Nice	0–2	Fulham
	Report	Kebano 42' (pen.) Wilson 84' (pen.)
Penalties
Rosario Bard Mendy Gouiri Dante	2–3	Wilson Pereira Tiéhi Bryan Jasper

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Referee: Hélder Carvalho

17 July 2022

20:15 WEST

Fulham	1–5	Benfica
Mitrović 61'	Report	R. Silva 3' Ramos 21', 29' Yaremchuk 57' H. Araújo 64'

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: ~15,000^[3]

Referee: Nuno Almeida^[4]

2023

17 July 2023

20:30 WEST

Celta Vigo	5–0	Al Nassr
Alonso 57' Larsen 61', 72', 74' Rodríguez 70'	Report
Penalties
Tapia Larsen Núñez Swedberg Baeza	4–4^[5]	Al-Khaibari Al-Sulaiheem Madu Adam Boushal

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Referee: António Nobre

20 July 2023

20:30 WEST

Al Nassr	1–4	Benfica
Al-Ghannam 42'	Report	Di María 23' Ramos 31', 39' Schjelderup 68'
Penalties
Brozović Ghareeb Al-Ghannam Lajami Talisca	5–5^[7]	João Mário Chiquinho Aursnes T. Araújo Ristić

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 17,516^[6]

Referee: Flávio Duarte

21 July 2023

20:30 WEST

Benfica	2–0	Celta Vigo
Di María 90' (pen.) Musa 90+1'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 14,822^[6]

Referee: Carlos Teixeira

2024

2 August 2024

20:00 WEST

Benfica	0–1	Fulham
	Report	Iwobi 21'

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Referee: Fá Sanhá

Number of wins

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Benfica	9	3
Sporting CP	3	0
Real Betis	1	2
Fulham	1	1
Vitória de Guimarães Belenenses Newcastle United Braga Lille	1	0
Vitória de Setúbal	0	3
Farense Deportivo La Coruña Blackburn Rovers Olhanense Aston Villa Anderlecht Olympiacos West Ham United Porto Celta Vigo	0	1

External links

Torneio do Guadiana (Algarve, Portugal)

References

^ "BENFICA-SPORTING, 1-0 (David Luiz 79")".
^ "Aston Villa | Football Club | News | Club News | Club News | Guadiana Cup". Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
^ Benfica repete boa exibição, goleia Fulham e conquista Troféu do Algarve
^ "Jogo Direto".
^ Al Nassr de Luís Castro e Cristiano Ronaldo goleado pelo Celta no arranque do Troféu do Algarve Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Alves, Armando (23 July 2023). "Benfica muito à frente dos rivais nos jogos de preparação disputados no Algarve" [Benfica way ahead of their rivals in preparation matches played at Algarve]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ Fernando, Urbano (20 July 2023). "Benfica vence Al Nassr de Ronaldo com goleada e classe (veja os golos)" [Benfica beat Ronaldo's Al Nassr with a thrashing and class (watch the goals)]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[1] "BENFICA-SPORTING, 1-0 (David Luiz 79")".

[2] "Aston Villa | Football Club | News | Club News | Club News | Guadiana Cup". Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

[3] Benfica repete boa exibição, goleia Fulham e conquista Troféu do Algarve

[4] "Jogo Direto".

[5] Al Nassr de Luís Castro e Cristiano Ronaldo goleado pelo Celta no arranque do Troféu do Algarve Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 July 2023.

[algarve_2023-6] Alves, Armando (23 July 2023). "Benfica muito à frente dos rivais nos jogos de preparação disputados no Algarve" [Benfica way ahead of their rivals in preparation matches played at Algarve]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[7] Fernando, Urbano (20 July 2023). "Benfica vence Al Nassr de Ronaldo com goleada e classe (veja os golos)" [Benfica beat Ronaldo's Al Nassr with a thrashing and class (watch the goals)]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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