Sparkasse & VGH Cup

The Savings & VGH Cup is a year in early January in the Lokhalle held an applicable international A-youth - soccer tournament . In addition, it is the largest indoor football tournament in Europe with more than 10,000 spectators on four match days.

On the 30th anniversary of the tournament in 2019, Fortuna Düsseldorf was able to secure the tournament victory. The most successful participants include FK Austria Wien with three successes in a row as well as SC Freiburg , FC Schalke 04 and Hannover 96 with three tournament wins each.

history

The tournament was first held in mid-December 1989 as the "Sports Aquarius Cup" in the Godehard sports hall in Göttingen . The Sparkasse & VGH Cup has been taking place in the Lokhalle Göttingen since 1998 and was held in mid-December until 2004. Other namesake of the tournament in the meantime include: McDonald’s (1993–1995 and 1998–2002), the Göttinger Group (1996–1997), Oddset (2003–2006) and mister * lady (2007–2009). Until 2004, the tournament took place in mid-December. With the introduction of the A-Junioren-Bundesliga in 2003, there was an overlap with its schedule and the tournament date was subsequently postponed to the beginning of January. Due to this change, no tournament was held in 2005.

The tournament

The game is played on the 40 × 20 m artificial turf field with surrounding boards with small-field goals and the playing time is 13 minutes each.

In the preliminary round, three professional and four regional teams meet in four groups. The first three of each group then move up to intermediate group A to D and the fourth group in each group to intermediate group E.

The group winners of the intermediate round as well as the three best runners-up in groups A to D are qualified for the quarter-finals, the second in group E is eliminated.

In addition to the semi-finals and the final, the small final for 3rd place will also be played.

Tournament winners, top scorer and MVP

year	Tournament winner	Top scorer	MVP
1989	BSG Motor Nordhausen
1990	Hertha BSC
1991	Hannover 96
1992	FC Bayern Munich
1993	Ajax Amsterdam
1994	FC Bayern Munich
1995	Hajduk Split
1996	FC St. Pauli
1997	Hansa Rostock
1998	VfL Wolfsburg	Mike Busch (Hanover 96) 17 goals
1999	Brøndby IF	Aleksandar Kotuljac (Hannover 96) 14 goals
2000	FC Schalke 04	Stephen Dobbie (Glasgow Rangers) 16 goals
2001	Sc freiburg	Erkan Öztürk (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 14 goals
2002	Sc freiburg	Kenan Sahin (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 14 goals
2003	Borussia Dortmund	Emre Öztürk (VfL Wolfsburg) 12 goals
2004	FC Schalke 04	Nicolaj Agger (Brøndby IF Copenhagen) 16 goals
2006	AC Sparta Prague	Mesut Özil (FC Schalke 04) 16 goals
2007	Borussia Monchengladbach	Genero Zeefuik (PSV Eindhoven) 10 goals
2008	SV Werder Bremen	Tolgay Arslan (Borussia Dortmund) 10 goals
2009	Sc freiburg	Erich Sautner (SC Freiburg) 16 goals
2010	1. FSV Mainz 05	Marcello Trotta (Fulham FC) 12 goals
2011	Hannover 96	Iwan Yousif (Sparta Göttingen) 13 goals
2012	FC Schalke 04	Semih Daglar (Borussia Dortmund) 12 goals	Sascha Horvath (FK Austria Vienna)
2013	Hannover 96	Peter Michorl (FK Austria Vienna) 13 goals	Ismael Shradi Tajouri (FK Austria Vienna)
2014	FK Austria Vienna	Benjamin Petrick (Hanover 96) 18 goals	Sascha Horvath (FK Austria Vienna)
2015	FK Austria Vienna	Marcel Hartel (1. FC Cologne) and Felix Schröter (FC Schalke 04) 15 goals	Marcel Hartel (1. FC Cologne)
2016	FK Austria Vienna	Dominik Fitz (FK Austria Vienna) 14 goals	Dominik Prokop (FK Austria Vienna)
2017	Manchester United	Jonas Wind (FC Copenhagen) 16 goals	Henrik Bellmann (FC Copenhagen)
2018	Manchester United	Dominik Fitz (FK Austria Vienna) 19 goals	Niels Hahn (FK Austria Vienna)
2019	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Matthias de Wolf (Club Bruges) and Lukas Petkov (FC Augsburg) 13 goals	Maxim De Cuyper (Club Bruges)

• 3 tournament victories in a row: FK Austria Wien (2014 to 2016)
• 3 tournament victories in total: SC Freiburg (2001, 2002 and 2009), FC Schalke 04 (2000, 2004 and 2012), Hannover 96 (1991, 2011 and 2013)
• 2x top scorer: Dominik Fitz - FK Austria Wien (2016 and 2018)
• 2x Most valuable Player (MVP): Sascha Horvath - FK Austria Wien (2012 and 2014)
• Top scorer and Most valuable Player (MVP): Marcel Hartel - 1. FC Köln (2015)

Special services

• Participation in 4 tournaments: Dennis Müller (1990 VfB Northeim, 1991–1993 Hannover 96), Peter Michorl (2011–2014 FK Austria Wien)
• 3 tournament victories: Dominik Prokop (2014-2016 FK Austria Wien)

Attendees

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Cologne 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Nuremberg 1. FC Werder Münden 1. SC 1911 Heiligenstadt 1. SC Göttingen 05 / RSV Göttingen 05 / I. SC Göttingen 05 Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar Bayer 04 Leverkusen FC Bayern Munich SV BW Bilshausen Borussia Dortmund Borussia Monchengladbach Bovender SV Brøndby IF Celtic Glasgow Dransfelder SC Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Northeim ESV RW Göttingen FC Auetal FC Augsburg FC Barcelona FC Basel Club Bruges Chelsea FC FC likes FC Grone FC Hebenshausen FC Copenhagen FC Lindenberg Adelebsen FC Schalke 04 FC St. Pauli FC Tirol FC Weser FK Austria Vienna Fortuna Dusseldorf FSV Frankfurt Fulham FC Galatasaray Istanbul Germania Breitenberg Germania Fulda Glasgow Rangers Grasshopper Club Zurich Guangzhou Evergrande SG GW Hagenberg Hajduk Split Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hansa Rostock Hastedter TSV Hertha BSC Inter Milan JFC Roswitha-Stadt JFV Eichsfeld JFV Göttingen JFV Rhume-Oder JFV Rotenberg JFV West Göttingen JSG Auetal-Old Office JSG Bad Lauterberg / Herzberg JSG Bergdörfer JSG Bilshausen JSG Bollensen / Schoningen JSG Bremke JSG Dransfeld / Rosdorf JSG Duderstadt JSG Eintracht Höhbernsee JSG Friedland / Bremke JSG Geismar / Niedernjesa JSG Gieboldehausen JSG Gieboldehausen / Obernfeld JSG likes JSG Göttingen South JSG Grefenburg JSG Hagenberg JSG Hainberg / Grone JSG Hannover Münden

JSG Hardegsen JSG Harste / Lenglern JSG Hebenshausen / Werra JSG Höhbernsee JSG Hoher Hagen JSG leash JSG Lenglern / Harste JSG Lenglern / Harste / Grone JSG Moringen / Fredelsloh JSG Nieste / Staufenberg JSG Nörten JSG Upper Garden JSG East JSG Pferdeberg JSG Radolfshausen JSG Radolfshausen / Eichsfeld JSG Rehbach JSG Rotenberg JSG Schoningen / Bollensen / Solling JSG Schoningen / Bollensen / Weser JSG black-yellow JSG Schwülme JSG Sülbeck JSG Uslar JSG Uslar Süd JSG Uslar / Solling JSG Uslar Ahletal JSG Weper JSG Werra Valley JSG Werratal / Bonaforth JSG West JSG West Göttingen Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach KSV Hessen Kassel 1. FSV Mainz 05 Manchester United MSV Münden Nikolausberger SC Offenburg FV Polonia Warsaw PSV Eindhoven FC Red Bull Salzburg Rot-Weiß Göttingen Sc freiburg SC Hainberg SC Leinefelde 1912 SC Rosdorf SCW Göttingen / SC Weende SG GW Hagenberg SG Werra Valley Sparta Göttingen Sparta Prague SV Bad Lauterberg SV BW Bilshausen SV Germania Breitenberg SV Groß Ellershausen / Hetjershausen SV RW Berlingerode SV Viktoria 08 Georgsmarienhütte SVG Einbeck SVG Göttingen 07 Tennis Borussia Berlin TSG Münden TSV Groß Schneen TSV Havelse TSV Nesselröden TSV Seulingen TSV Eintracht Wulften Türkiyemspor Berlin Tuspo Petershütte Tuspo Weser Gimte VfB Northeim VfB Stuttgart VfL Bochum VfL Olympia 08 Duderstadt VfL Wolfsburg VfR Osterode 08 Wacker Nordhausen / BSG Motor Nordhausen Werder Bremen Wolfenbütteler SV Young Boys Bern

Web links

• sparkasse-vgh-cup.de: Website of the Sparkasse & VGH Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eichsfelder A-Juniors at Europe's largest indoor tournament. Retrieved January 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Austria's U19 wins Europe's largest indoor tournament - derStandard.at. Retrieved February 17, 2019 (Austrian German). 
3. ↑ Austria-U19 wins indoor kick in Göttingen - Sky Sport Austria. Retrieved February 17, 2019 (Austrian German).