Audi Cup

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The Audi Cup has been a two-day football tournament held by Audi AG every two years since 2009 in the Allianz Arena in Munich .

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The Audi Cup is an invitation-only tournament that takes place in the summer break shortly before the start of the Bundesliga season in years without a World or European Championship and is organized by Audi. FC Bayern Munich , in whose stock corporation Audi AG holds shares, has always been a permanent participant . There are also three other clubs: In the first editions, these were AC Milan , which has had a sponsorship contract with Audi since 2007, a club from a European and one from a South American league.

The tournament is played in the classic knockout system . On the first day the two semi-finals will be played one after the other and on the second day the game for third place with the two losers in the semi-finals and the final with the two winners will also be played one after the other. The game lasts 90 minutes, if it is then a draw, a penalty shoot-out follows immediately . The winner receives a 60 cm high trophy which was designed by Audi Design and is made of aluminum .

The tournaments at a glance

logo year Placements Games
winner 2nd place 3rd place 4th Place
Logo of the Audi Cup 2009 2009 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich EnglandEngland Manchester United ArgentinaArgentina Boca Juniors ItalyItaly AC Milan HF: Manchester United - Boca Juniors 2: 1
HF: FC Bayern Munich - AC Milan 4: 1
P3: Boca Juniors - AC Milan 1: 1, 4: 3 i. E.
Q: FC Bayern Munich - Manchester United 0-0, 7-6 i. E.
Logo of the Audi Cup 2011 2011 SpainSpain FC Barcelona GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich BrazilBrazil Internacional Porto Alegre ItalyItaly AC Milan HF: FC Barcelona - SC Internacional 2: 2, 4: 2 i. E.
HF: FC Bayern Munich - AC Milan 1: 1, 5: 3 i. E.
P3: SC Internacional - AC Milan 2-2, 2-0 i. E.
Q: FC Barcelona - FC Bayern Munich 2-0
Logo of the Audi Cup 2013 2013 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich EnglandEngland Manchester City ItalyItaly AC Milan BrazilBrazil Sao Paulo FC HF: Manchester City - AC Milan 5: 3
HF: FC Bayern Munich - FC São Paulo 2: 0
P3: AC Milan - FC São Paulo 1: 0
F: FC Bayern Munich - Manchester City 2: 1
2015 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich SpainSpain real Madrid EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur ItalyItaly AC Milan HF: Real Madrid 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
HF: FC Bayern Munich 3-0 AC Milan
P3: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 AC Milan
F: Bayern Munich 1-0 Real Madrid
2017 SpainSpain Atlético Madrid EnglandEngland Liverpool FC ItalyItaly SSC Naples GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich HF: Atlético Madrid - SSC Napoli 2: 1
HF: FC Bayern Munich - FC Liverpool 0: 3
P3: SSC Napoli - FC Bayern Munich 2: 0
F: Atlético Madrid - FC Liverpool 1: 1, 5: 4 i. E.
2019 EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich SpainSpain real Madrid TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul HF: Real Madrid - Tottenham Hotspur 0: 1
HF: FC Bayern Munich - Fenerbahçe Istanbul 6: 1
P3: Real Madrid - Fenerbahçe Istanbul 5: 3
F: Tottenham Hotspur - FC Bayern Munich 2: 2, 6: 5 i. E.

2009

Boca fans created South American flair in Munich in 2009

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the shareholder Audi, together with FC Bayern Munich, on July 29 and 30, 2009, the first international soccer tournament was held. The four participants were in addition to the hosts FC Bayern Munich, AC Milan , Manchester United and Boca Juniors from Argentina . The draw for the semi-finals took place on March 3, 2009 as part of the Geneva Motor Show .

The semi-finals were played one after the other on July 29th, the next day the game for third place and the final took place. In the first semifinals, Manchester United prevailed 2-1 against Boca Juniors. The goals for United were scored by Anderson (23rd) and Valencia (42nd), followed by Insúa (55th). The hosts FC Bayern won 4-1 in their first game with goals from Thomas Müller (12th, 90th), Bastian Schweinsteiger (79th) and Saër Sène (89th), Andrea Pirlo was only able to score in the 81st minute briefly provide hope again. The game for third place was finally won by the Boca Juniors on penalties after they drew 1-1 with goals from Thiago Silva (27th) and Lucas Viatri (87th) after regular time . After a goalless draw on penalties against Manchester United, FC Bayern won the final 7-6.

As Most Valuable Player of the respective games were Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) and Thomas Müller (Bayern) on the first day, and Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan) and Michael Rensing (Bayern) awarded in the finals. For young player Thomas Müller, the tournament was the breakthrough at FC Bayern Munich. With two goals he was the most successful goalscorer of the tournament. The tournament was followed by more than 130,000 visitors in the stadium on the two match days. The ZDF broadcast the semi-final between Bayern Munich and AC Milan and the final live.

The Audi Cup received the International Sponsoring Award in the Sport category from the sponsoring association FASPO .

2011

The second edition of the tournament followed on July 26 and 27, 2011, again in the Allianz Arena. In addition to FC Bayern Munich and AC Milan, FC Barcelona and Internacional Porto Alegre were there this year . The draw for the semi-finals took place via online voting by the fans.

Lineups in the 2011 final between FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona

Both semi-finals were only decided on penalties. After a 2-2 goal from Thiago (15th) and Jonathan dos Santos (63rd) and equalizer goals from Nei (55th) and Leandro Damião (85th), FC Barcelona prevailed first. Bayern followed after a 1-1 through goals from Ibrahimović (4th) and Kroos (34th) - the latter was also voted MVP of the game by a jury - and the subsequent penalty shoot-out, in which Alberto Paloschi missed the decisive penalty. After the Brazilian club SC Internacional also secured third place on penalties - after 90 minutes it had been 2-2, the goalscorers were Ibrahimović (3rd), Leandro Damião (23rd), Pato (60th) and D'Alessandro (80.); Renan (SC Internacional) was awarded as the best player - they met in the final of FC Bayern and Barcelona. With two goals in the 42nd and 75th minutes, Thiago decided the game for the Catalans. Thiago was also the tournament's top scorer with a total of three goals and was voted the best player in both games.

The Allianz Arena was sold out on both days with 66,000 spectators each. The ZDF broadcast the semi-final against Bayern Milan and live the final. With 5.8 and more than 6 million viewers, it was the programs with the highest ratings of the day. The games were broadcast in 180 countries. In January 2013, Uli Hoeneß reported in an interview that the first contact with coach Pep Guardiola , whom Bayern signed in 2013, took place at the Audi Cup 2011.

2013

Also in 2013, on July 31 and August 1, the Audi Cup took place in the Allianz Arena. Participants included hosts FC Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Manchester City and FC São Paulo .

In the game with the highest number of goals in the history of the Audi Cup to date, Manchester City beat the Rossoneri 5: 3. Manchester took a 5-0 lead in the first half, thanks to the scorers David Silva (3rd), Micah Richards (19th), Aleksandar Kolarov (22nd) and Edin Džeko (32nd, 36th). Also before the break, the Milanese El Shaarawy (37th, 39th) and Petagna (43th) scored three goals for the final score. In the second semi-final game, hosts FC Bayern won 2-0 with two goals from Mandžukić (55th) and Weiser (87th). Manuel Neuer saved a penalty from Rogério a minute before the end . The game for 3rd place decided the only goal from Kingsley Boateng in the 52nd minute. FC Bayern Munich won the final 2-1 against Manchester City. Munich turned Álvaro Negredo (62nd) 0-1 within eleven minutes with goals from Müller (66th) and Mandžukić (73rd) and secured their second title in this competition.

According to the organizer, the games were broadcast live in over 200 countries and territories; in Germany, the games were shown on RTL and n-tv .

2015

In 2015, the tournament took place again on August 4th and 5th in the Allianz Arena. In addition to FC Bayern Munich, the participants included AC Milan and, for the first time, the Spanish record champions Real Madrid and the English club Tottenham Hotspur . For the first time, no team from South America took part.

Real Madrid won the first semi-final game 2-0 against Tottenham Hotspur with goals from James Rodríguez with a header (36th) and Gareth Bale (79th). FC Bayern Munich won the second semi-final match 3-0, the goals scored by Bernat (24th), Götze (74th) and Lewandowski (85th). The next day, Spurs secured third place with a 2-0 win over AC Milan with goals from Nacer Chadli (8th) and Tom Carroll (71st). In the final, FC Bayern then won 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Robert Lewandowski (88th) and thus won the Audi Cup for the third time.

On both days the Allianz Arena was sold out with 70,000 visitors each. Both FC Bayern games were also broadcast live on ZDF . The semifinals saw 5.9 million viewers (21.6% market share), while 6.32 million (24.6%) watched the final against Real Madrid. The other two games were broadcast live on ZDFinfo and the highlights were later shown again in a detailed summary on ZDF. The four games were broadcast live in a total of 164 countries. Live transmission of all four games via Facebook was also made possible in 64 countries . This was the first live sports broadcast to be broadcast on Facebook. For legal reasons, the countries of the participating teams (Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain) and other TV markets with strong marketing strengths such as the USA , China or France were not included.

2017

Audi Cup 2017

On August 1st and 2nd, 2017, the fifth edition of the competition took place in the Allianz Arena. In addition to Bayern Munich, the participants were Liverpool , Atlético Madrid and SSC Napoli . For the first time, the field of participants consisted exclusively of participants from the UEFA Champions League in the following season. All encounters were broadcast live on ARD .

FC Bayern clearly lost the semi-final against Liverpool after goals from Mané (7th minute), Salah (34th) and Sturridge (83rd) 3-0 and thus missed the Audi Cup final for the first time. In the first semi-final, Atlético Madrid turned the game against SSC Napoli after falling behind and won 2-1, the goals scored by Callejón (56th) for Napoli and Torres (72nd) and Vietto (81st) for the Madrilenians. FC Bayern also failed to score in the match for third place and lost 2-0 to Naples with goals from Koulibaly (14th) and Giaccherini (55th). In the final it was 1: 1 after 90 minutes. Atlético initially took the lead through Bare (33rd), shortly before the end Roberto Firmino (83rd) equalized with a penalty. So it came to a penalty shootout. While all five shooters were successful for Atlético, the second shooter Jordan Henderson missed his penalty at Liverpool . Atlético Madrid won the Audi Cup for the first time.

2019

On July 30 and 31, 2019, the sixth edition of the competition took place in the Allianz Arena. In addition to FC Bayern Munich, Real Madrid , Tottenham Hotspur and Fenerbahçe Istanbul took part . Thus for the first time no Italian club was represented in the field, instead a Turkish club was at the start for the first time. All encounters were broadcast live on ZDF .

In the semifinals, Tottenham prevailed against Real Madrid with a 1-0 win with a goal from Harry Kane (22nd). Hosts Bayern Munich beat Fenerbahçe 6-1 in the second semi-final. The goals for Munich were scored by Sanches (22nd), Goretzka (28th), Müller (31st, 44th, 58th) and Coman (40th). Max Kruse scored the consolation goal for Istanbul (64th). The second game of Fenerbahçes was also very scoring, Istanbul were defeated by Real 3: 5. Benzema (12th, 27th, 53rd), Nacho (62nd) and Mariano (79th) scored for the Madrilenians, Rodrigues (6th), Dirar (34th) and Tufan (59th) were successful for Fenerbahçe .

Tottenham Hotspur secured the title in the 2019 Audi Cup. In the final, Lamela (19th) and Eriksen (59th) came up for Tottenham, Arp (61st) and Davies (81st) equalized for Bayern. In the subsequent penalty shootout, the Spurs prevailed, Jérôme Boateng awarded the decisive penalty .

Participations and placements

society Participation title Year (s) 2nd place 3rd place 4th Place
FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich 6th 3 2009, 2013, 2015 2011, 2019 2017
AC Milan AC Milan 4th 2013 2009, 2011, 2015
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 2019 2015
real Madrid real Madrid 2 2015 2019
FC Barcelona FC Barcelona 1 1 2011
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid 1 1 2017
Manchester United Manchester United 1 2009
Manchester City Manchester City 1 2013
Liverpool FC Liverpool FC 1 2017
Boca Juniors Boca Juniors 1 2009
SC Internacional Internacional Porto Alegre 1 2011
SSC Naples SSC Naples 1 2017
Sao Paulo FC Sao Paulo FC 1 2013
Fenerbahçe Istanbul Fenerbahçe Istanbul 1 2019

Previous tournament and additional tournament

Franz Beckenbauer Cup

Following the example of the Joan Gamper Trophy , which FC Barcelona held in August as a tournament until 1996 and has been played as a single game since 1997, to which FC Bayern Munich was invited in 2006, the Franz-Beckenbauer started in Munich in 2007 -Cup . At that time, the cup was planned as the annual season opening game, in which the team with the new signings should be presented to the fans. The trophy played out, which visually reminded one of the Champions League trophy, was the largest ever played in Germany with a height of 1.15 meters, a circumference of 1.25 meters and a volume of more than 25 liters.

On August 15, 2007, FC Barcelona won the cup by beating Bayern Munich 1-0. The goal scorer was Lionel Messi (85th minute). The game in front of 69,000 spectators was the farewell game for Bayern players Mehmet Scholl and Roy Makaay . The then Vice President of Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, described the game as "the most important game that took place internationally this summer".

On August 5, 2008, Inter Milan , Italian champions that season, won the cup by beating Bayern Munich 1-0. Mancini scored the goal (52nd minute). 64,000 spectators came to the home premiere of Jürgen Klinsmann as Bayern coach in the stadium, ZDF broadcast the game live.

After the Audi Cup was held for the first time in 2009 instead of the Franz Beckenbauer Cup, it was held again in 2010. The FC Bayern game against Real Madrid also served as a belated official farewell game for Franz Beckenbauer , who was president of FC Bayern Munich until 2009. Real Madrid won the cup with a 4-2 win on penalties over Bayern Munich after no goals were scored in front of 69,000 spectators during regular time. The game was broadcast live by ZDF (almost 5 million viewers) and laSexta .

year date winner Result loser
2007 15th of August SpainSpain FC Barcelona 1-0 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
2008 05th of August ItalyItaly Inter Milan 1-0 GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich
2010 13 August SpainSpain real Madrid 0: 0, 4: 2 i. E. GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich

Audi Football Summit / Audi Summer Tour

Also sponsored by Audi, but not to be confused with the Audi Cup, are the so-called Audi Football Summits or the Audi Summer Tour . Since 2012 four of these “soccer summits” have taken place. In contrast to the other games, these games generally take place outside of Europe. A long, narrow goblet is awarded as a trophy.

On January 10, 2012, FC Bayern Munich played against the Indian national team in New Delhi , India . From the winter training camp in Doha , Qatar , FC Bayern traveled to India at short notice. In front of around 42,000 spectators at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Munich clearly won 4-0 with goals from Mario Gómez (14th), Thomas Müller (29th, 37th) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (43rd).

No Audi Cup or Franz Beckenbauer Cup took place during the summer break in 2012 . Instead, Bayern played on 26 July 2012 in the Chinese Guangzhou against the VfL Wolfsburg . At the Guangdong Olympic Stadium , around 35,000 spectators followed Bayern's 2-1 success over their league competitors. The goals were scored by Mario Mandžukić (29th), Arjen Robben (39th) and Václav Pilař (90th).

During the summer break of 2014, Bayern met the Mexican record champions Deportivo Guadalajara at the 3rd Audi Football Summit in the Red Bull Arena in Harrison (New Jersey) on July 31 as part of their US trip . Bayern won the game 1-0 thanks to Claudio Pizarro's goal in the 10th minute.

In July 2015, Bayern were on the so-called Audi Summer Tour in China . Initially they met in two other Audi Football Summit in National Stadium in Beijing on the FC Valencia (4: 1 victory with goals from Müller (16, 45 + 1), Thiago (54th) and Robert Lewandowski (69.) ) and three days later in Shanghai on Inter Milan (1-0 win, Götze (80th)).

Another Audi Summer Tour took place in China in July 2017 . There, the FC Bayern met on July 19 in Shanghai to Arsenal FC (2: 3 on penalties) and on July 22 in Shenzhen on the AC Milan (0: 4). Both games were also part of the 2017 International Champions Cup series .

The Audi Summer Tour took place in Austria and the USA in July 2018 . On July 21, Bayern defeated Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in Klagenfurt and on July 29 they lost 3-1 to Manchester City in Miami . Both games were also part of the 2018 International Champions Cup series .

The Audi Summer Tour will take place in the USA in July 2019 . The Bayern Munich meets from July 15 to July 24, 2019 at Arsenal , Real Madrid and AC Milan .

Web links

Commons : Audi Cup  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Top-class guests at the Audi Cup 2013. In: tz-online.de . May 8, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013 .
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  22. ↑ Bayern easily reach the final match report on spox.com from July 31, 2013
  23. ↑ Bayern win the Audi Cup match report on spox.com from August 1, 2013 for the second time
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  25. ↑ Football fever in summer report on ip-deutschland.de from June 25, 2013
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  29. ↑ Bavaria's title win prevails and also helps Rach's ZDF farewell report on quotenmeter.de from August 6, 2015
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  36. ↑ This is the Franz-Beckenbauer-Cup report on fcbayern.telekom.de from August 13, 2007
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  38. ↑ Beckenbauer Cup: Klinsmann's home premiere fails Article on focus.de from August 5, 2008
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