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
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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 )