Trofeo Ciudad de Palma

The summer tournament Trofeo Ciudad de Palma is an international football tournament in Palma on the Balearic Islands . The participating clubs use the tournament as preparation for the national league season.

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The Trofeo Ciudad de Palma was played in 1950, 1962–1998, 2005–2008 and since 2010 in Palma , the capital of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca , but until 1967 under the name Trofeo Triangular de Palma ; In 1968 it was called the Trofeo Cuadrángular de Palma . The local association RCD Mallorca almost always took part. The trophy was played in a round-robin tournament by three teams in 1950, 1962-1967 and 1976; According to the name ( Cuadrángular ), four participants played a round- robin tournament in 1968. 1969–1990 usually four teams played in the knockout system including a game for 3rd place. 1987, 1991–1994 and, in the case of a staging, since 1998 only the RCD Mallorca has played against a selected club.

The performance of the clubs in the German-speaking area

So far, a total of one Austrian and seven German Bundesliga clubs have participated, Hamburger SV is the only one twice. The tournament was first won in 1989 by Fortuna Düsseldorf with a 2-1 final victory over FC Barcelona, ​​then Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1998), Hertha BSC (2005) and Hamburger SV (2012). A single game against hosts RCD Mallorca was enough for these three clubs to win the tournament. However, FC Bayern Munich (2007) lost it. The 1. FC Cologne (1970) and Eintracht Frankfurt (1972) is first had to fight in the final, which they lost. When it first took part (1969), Hamburger SV was only fourth and last, as was FK Austria Wien (1974), the only participant in Austria.

Winners list

1950 Real Zaragoza (1951–1961 not held) 1962 RCD Mallorca 1963 (??) 1964 Espanyol Barcelona 1965 Atlético Baleares 1966 (??) 1967 (??) 1968 (??) 1969 FC Barcelona

1970 CSKA Sofia 1971 CSKA Sofia 1972 Budapest city selection 1973 Spartak Moscow 1974 FC Barcelona 1975 Real Madrid 1976 Spartak Moscow 1977 Betis Seville 1978 FC Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 1979 FC Barcelona

1980 Real Madrid 1981 FC Barcelona 1982 Paris Saint-Germain 1983 Real Madrid 1984 Universidad Catolica 1985 Gremio Porto Alegre 1986 FC Barcelona 1987 RCD Mallorca 1988 FR Botafogo 1989 Fortuna Düsseldorf

1990 Real Madrid 1991 RCD Mallorca 1992 RCD Mallorca 1993 Valencia CF 1994 RCD Mallorca 1995 Vasco da Gama 1996 Atletico Madrid 1997 RCD Mallorca 1998 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1999-2004 not held)

2005 Hertha BSC 2006 Inter Milan 2007 RCD Mallorca 2008 PSV Eindhoven (2009 not held) 2010 RCD Mallorca 2011 SSC Naples 2012 Hamburger SV 2013 Recreativo Huelva 2014 RCD Mallorca

2015 UD Levante 2016 Granada CF. 2017 RCD Mallorca 2018 RCD Mallorca

Web links

• Trofeo Ciutat de Palma Exact data on the Trofeo Ciudad de Palma from 1969–2008 in the RSSSF archive (there spelling Ciutat instead of Ciudad )