Antonio Puerta Trophy
Founded | 2008 |
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Region |
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Number of teams | 2 |
Current champions | Boca Juniors (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Sevilla (6 titles) |
Television broadcasters | Canal Sur, SFC Televisión,Arena Sport, TV3 (in 2011 edition) |
The Antonio Puerta Trophy is an annual summer tournament hosted by Sevilla FC since 2008. The tournament is dedicated to Antonio Puerta, who died on August 28, 2007 (at the age of 22) after suffering a heart injury during the inaugural match of the 2007-08 La Liga season against Getafe.
Currently, Sevilla FC only has invited teams from La Liga but its president, José María del Nido assured to press that this trophy will be played by big European teams such as FC Schalke 04 or AC Milan.
Editions
2008
Played on August 23, 2008 against Málaga CF, team promoted to La Liga that year. It served for remember Antonio Puerta and all the victims of the Spanair Flight 5022, the aerean accident occurred three days before.
2009
Played on August 21, 2009 against Xerez, team also promoted to Liga BBVA that year as occurred in 2008 with Málaga.
2010
It was played on November, during a Liga BBVA break because of UEFA Champions League Group Stage (matchday 5). The rival this time was Granada, team promoted that season to Liga Adelante. It has been the first time since this tournament exists that Sevilla FC lost the final match.
Sevilla | 1–1 | Granada |
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José Carlos ![]() Cigarini ![]() |
Report | Calvo ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Renato ![]() Campaña ![]() José Carlos ![]() Rodri ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2011
The fourth edition of the tournament was celebrated in summer again, during the pre-season. The guest for first time wasn't Andalusian, it was RCD Espanyol, Sevilla FC twinned team after suffering a similar tragedy as happened to the organizing club in 2007 (Daniel Jarque's death).[1]
Sevilla | 5–0 | Espanyol |
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Alexis ![]() Trochowski ![]() Rodri ![]() Del Moral ![]() Kanouté ![]() |
Report | López ![]() |
2012
Played on August 8, 2012 due to the early start of 2012–13 La Liga, against Deportivo, a traditional Sevilla FC "friend" team.
2013
14 November 2013 20:45 |
Sevilla | 1–1 | Almería |
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Perotti ![]() |
Report | Christian ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Perotti ![]() Gameiro ![]() Vitolo ![]() Figueiras ![]() Cristóforo ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2014
2016
11 November 2016 |
Sevilla | 3–4 | ![]() |
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N'Zonzi ![]() Kolodziejczak ![]() Vietto ![]() |
Report | Benedetto ![]() Pavón ![]() Tevez ![]() |
Titles by team
Team | Appearances | Titles |
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2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | 6 |
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2010 | 1 |
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2016 | 1 |
Goalscorers
Goals | Player | Team | Edition in which scored |
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2 | ![]() |
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2009, 2010 |
2 | ![]() |
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2011 |
2 | ![]() |
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2011 |
2 | ![]() |
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2009, 2013 |
2 | ![]() |
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2016 |
1 | ![]() |
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2008 |
1 | ![]() |
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2008 |
1 | ![]() |
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2009 |
1 | ![]() |
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2010 |
1 | ![]() |
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2011 |
1 | ![]() |
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2012 |
1 | ![]() |
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2012 |
1 | ![]() |
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2013 |
1 | ![]() |
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2014 |
1 | ![]() |
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2014 |
1 | ![]() |
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2016 |
1 | ![]() |
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2016 |
1 | ![]() |
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2016 |
1 | ![]() |
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2016 |
1 | ![]() |
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2016 |
References
- ↑ El Sevilla-Espanyol recupera el realce del Trofeo Antonio Puerta Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish), SevillismoYMas.com, July 6, 2011.