Audi Cup

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Audi Cup
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
RegionMunich, Germany
Number of teams4
Current championsEngland Tottenham Hotspur
(2019)
Most successful club(s)Germany Bayern Munich
(3 titles)
Television broadcastersZDF (Germany) (2009-2015, 2019–)
ARD (Germany) (2017)
2019 Audi Cup

The Audi Cup is a biennial two-day pre-season friendly football tournament that features four teams, hosted by the German club Bayern Munich, and is staged at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. It has been held every 2 years since 2009 (except 2021), opposite the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro, before the start of the Bundesliga season as well.

History[edit]

The first Audi Cup in 2009 was organised and promoted by car manufacturer Audi AG to celebrate their 100th year of trading, and was won by hosts Bayern Munich. It was held in place of the Franz Beckenbauer Cup, which took place in 2007, 2008 and 2010. The second Audi Cup took place in 2011 and was won by Barcelona of Spain. Bayern Munich won the next two Audi Cups, beating Manchester City 2–1 in the 2013 final and Real Madrid 1–0 in 2015. Atlético Madrid claimed the title in 2017 with a victory on penalties after a 1–1 draw with Liverpool, before Tottenham Hotspur also required penalties against Bayern Munich to win their first Audi Cup in 2019.

From 2016 to 2018, as part of the International Champions Cup, two of Bayern Munich's matches each year were also called the Audi Football Summit. The matches were:

Audi Football Summit
Bayern Munich Germany3–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Audi Football Summit
Bayern Munich Germany2–3England Manchester City
Report
Attendance: 29,195
Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Results[edit]

Ed. Year Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2009 Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 (7–6 p) England Manchester United Argentina Boca Juniors 1–1 (4–3 p) Italy Milan
2 2011 Spain Barcelona 2–0 Germany Bayern Munich Brazil Internacional 2–2 (2–1 p) Italy Milan
3 2013 Germany Bayern Munich 2–1 England Manchester City Italy Milan 1–0 Brazil São Paulo
4 2015 Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 Spain Real Madrid England Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Italy Milan
5 2017 Spain Atlético Madrid 1–1 (5–4 p) England Liverpool Italy Napoli 2–0 Germany Bayern Munich
6 2019 England Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 (6–5 p) Germany Bayern Munich Spain Real Madrid 5–3 Turkey Fenerbahçe

Performance by team[edit]

The Audi Cup is hosted by Bayern Munich, who have participated in the competition all six times, and excluding them, Milan has participated in the most Audi Cup tournaments, with four. Barcelona were invited in 2011 and won the cup in their only participation, as did Atlético Madrid in their sole outing in 2017.

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Germany Bayern Munich 3 (2009, 2013, 2015) 2 (2011, 2019) 1 (2017)
England Tottenham Hotspur 1 (2019) 1 (2015)
Spain Barcelona 1 (2011)
Spain Atlético Madrid 1 (2017)
Spain Real Madrid 1 (2015) 1 (2019)
England Manchester United 1 (2009)
England Manchester City 1 (2013)
England Liverpool 1 (2017)
Italy Milan 1 (2013) 3 (2009, 2011, 2015)
Argentina Boca Juniors 1 (2009)
Brazil Internacional 1 (2011)
Italy Napoli 1 (2017)
Brazil São Paulo 1 (2013)
Turkey Fenerbahçe 1 (2019)

Performance by country[edit]

Country Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Germany Germany 3 (2009, 2013, 2015) 2 (2011, 2019) 1 (2017)
Spain Spain 2 (2011, 2017) 1 (2015) 1 (2019)
England England 1 (2019) 3 (2009, 2013, 2017) 1 (2015)
Italy Italy 2 (2013, 2017) 3 (2009, 2011, 2015)
Brazil Brazil 1 (2011) 1 (2013)
Argentina Argentina 1 (2009)
Turkey Turkey 1 (2019)

Top goalscorers[edit]

Position Player Club Goals
1 Germany Thomas Müller Germany Bayern Munich 6
2 France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 3
Spain Thiago Spain Barcelona
4 Brazil Leandro Damião Brazil Internacional 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko England Manchester City
Italy Stephan El Shaarawy Italy Milan
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich
Croatia Mario Mandžukić

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