Super Match (association football)

The Super Match was an annual and bi-annual pre-season friendly football 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 F.C. were the hosts of the competition. The game is usually the last before the Premier League opening match and features a highly reputed UEFA club.

Super Match
Organising bodyManchester City F.C.
Founded2004
Abolished2017; 7 years ago (2017)
RegionWorldwide
Number of teams2
Last championsEngland Manchester City (2017)

Manchester City 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 did not involve Manchester City were known as SuperGames and were played in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Tournament winners

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Ed. Year Winner Score Runner-up
1
2004   Manchester City
3–1
  Lazio
2
2005   Manchester City
3–1
  Olympiacos
3
2006   Porto
1–0
  Manchester City
4
2007   Valencia
1–0
  Manchester City
5
2008   Manchester City
1–0
  A.C. Milan
2009
(not held)
6
2010   Borussia Dortmund
3–1
  Manchester City
2011
(not held)
7
2012   Manchester City
2–0
  Arsenal
8
2013   Arsenal
3–1
  Manchester City
2014
(not held)
9
2015   VfB Stuttgart
4–2
  Manchester City
10
2016   Arsenal
3–2
  Manchester City
11
2017   Manchester City
3–0
  West Ham United

Match details

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2004 Thomas Cook Trophy

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Manchester City  3–1  Lazio
Anelka   1'
Macken   68'
Sibierski   74'
Report Oddo   74' (pen.)

2005 Thomas Cook Trophy

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Manchester City  3–1  Olympiacos
Vassell   65'
Wright-Phillips   75', 79'
Report Touré   27'

2006 Thomas Cook Trophy

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Manchester City  0–1  Porto
Report Adriano   43'

2007 Thomas Cook Trophy

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Manchester City  0–1  Valencia
Report Silva   10'

2008 Thomas Cook Trophy

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Manchester City  1–0  Milan
Bojinov   37' Report

2010 Ferrostaal Cup

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Borussia Dortmund  3–1  Manchester City
Barrios   9' (pen.)
Kagawa   50'
Lewandowski   81'
Report   11'

2012 Winoly Cup

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Manchester City  2–0  Arsenal
Zabaleta   42'
Y. Touré   44'
Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2013 Super Match by Carlsberg

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Manchester City  1–3  Arsenal
Negredo   80' Report Walcott   9'
Ramsey   59'
Giroud   62'
Attendance: 39,000[citation needed]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)[6]

2015 Super Match

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VfB Stuttgart  4–2  Manchester City
Kostić   15'
Didavi   31'
Ginczek   36', 37'
Report Iheanacho   84'
Džeko   88'

2016 Super Match

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Manchester City  2–3  Arsenal
Agüero   30'
Iheanacho   88'
Report Iwobi   50'
Walcott   73'
Akpom   85'
Referee: Martin Strombergsson (Sweden)

2017 Super Match

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Manchester City  3–0  West Ham United
Gabriel Jesus   8'
Agüero   56'
Sterling   71'
Report
Attendance: 6,237
Referee: Thoroddur Hjaltalin (Iceland)

Participating teams

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  Manchester City 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
  Arsenal 2012, 2013, 2016
  VfB Stuttgart 2015
  Borussia Dortmund 2010
  A.C. Milan 2008
  Valencia 2007
  Porto 2006
  Olympiacos 2005
  Lazio 2004
  West Ham United 2017

Bold indicates the participating team won the tournament that year.

Sponsorship

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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

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  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. ^ A City hajtott, az Arsenal nyert