Telekom Cup

Logo of the Telekom Cup 2015

The Telekom Cup (2009: T-Home Cup 2010 to 2012: ! Liga total Cup ) is an unofficial football warm-up tournament in Germany, in which four Bundesliga clubs in the knock-out system are facing. It has been taking place shortly before the Bundesliga season starts since 2009. In the 2016/17 season and the 2018/19 season it took place during the winter break due to scheduling difficulties. The record winner is FC Bayern Munich with five titles, the club is also the only one that has participated in all editions so far.

history

After the official DFL League Cup was held for the last time in 2007, no tournament was initially planned for the beginning of the season. In 2008, the double winner FC Bayern Munich and cup finalist Borussia Dortmund revived the Supercup on their own , which was held under the name T-Home Supercup . Before the 2009/10 season , the main sponsor Deutsche Telekom launched a preparatory tournament called the T-Home Cup, similar to the league cup , in which four top Bundesliga clubs face each other in a tournament mode. A comparable tournament called the Fuji Cup had already been held from 1986 to 1996 . In 2010, 2011 and 2012 the tournament operated under the name LIGA total! Cup . The tournament has been called the Telekom Cup since 2013 .

Although it is an unofficial invitation tournament, the tournament receives a lot of media attention. All four games will be broadcast live on television and other media will also report in detail on the tournament. The Telekom Cup was considered the “first title of the season” and a “yardstick” for the performance of the teams involved shortly before the start of the season or the second half of the season. In the early days, the media incorrectly referred to the Telekom Cup as the successor to the official league cup.

From 2015 the tournament was shortened to one day, the mode was adjusted. In the 2016/17 season and the 2018/19 season it took place during the winter break due to scheduling difficulties.

mode

The tournament took place on two consecutive days up to and including 2014. On the first day, the two semi-finals were played one after the other in the same stadium. On the following day, the losers of the semi-finals first faced each other in a game for third place, followed immediately by the final, which the two winners contested. The playing time was two times 30 minutes. A penalty shoot-out took place immediately after a tie after 60 minutes.

In 2015 the mode was modified. The knockout mode remained the same, but the tournament was shortened to one day. The playing time was reduced to 45 minutes to enable four games in one day.

The tournaments at a glance

year	Placements				Fixtures
	winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
2009 (T-Home Cup) Veltins-Arena ( Gelsenkirchen )	Hamburger SV	VfB Stuttgart	FC Bayern Munich	FC Schalke 04	HF: FC Schalke 04 - VfB Stuttgart 0: 1 HF: FC Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV 0: 1 P3: FC Schalke 04 - FC Bayern Munich 1: 2 F: 0VfB Stuttgart - Hamburger SV 0: 3
2010 (League total! Cup) Veltins-Arena ( Gelsenkirchen )	FC Schalke 04	FC Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV	1. FC Cologne	HF: FC Schalke 04 - Hamburger SV 2: 1 HF: FC Bayern Munich - 1. FC Cologne 0: 0 (3: 1 i. E.) P3: Hamburger SV - 1. FC Cologne 3: 0 F: 0FC Schalke 04 - FC Bayern Munich 3-1
2011 (Liga total! Cup) Coface Arena ( Mainz )	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV	FC Bayern Munich	1. FSV Mainz 05	HF: 1. FSV Mainz 05 - Borussia Dortmund 0: 1 HF: FC Bayern Munich - Hamburger SV 1: 2 P3: 1. FSV Mainz 05 - FC Bayern Munich 2: 2 (4: 5 p. E.) F: 0Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 2-0
2012 (Liga total! Cup) Imtech Arena ( Hamburg )	Werder Bremen	Borussia Dortmund	FC Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV	HF: Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 1: 0 HF: FC Bayern Munich - Werder Bremen 2: 2 (2-4 p. E.) P3: Hamburger SV - FC Bayern Munich 0: 1 F: 0Borussia Dortmund - Werder Bremen 3: 3 (4: 5 in good condition)
2013 (Telekom Cup) Borussia-Park ( Mönchengladbach )	FC Bayern Munich	Borussia Monchengladbach	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV	HF: Borussia Mönchengladbach - Borussia Dortmund 1: 0 HF: Hamburger SV - FC Bayern Munich 0: 4 P3: Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV 1: 0 F: 0Borussia Mönchengladbach - FC Bayern Munich 1: 5
2014 (Telekom Cup) Volksparkstadion ( Hamburg )	FC Bayern Munich	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburger SV	Borussia Monchengladbach	HF: Hamburger SV - VfL Wolfsburg 0: 0 (5: 6 p. E.) HF: FC Bayern Munich - Borussia Mönchengladbach 2: 2 (5: 4 p. E.) P3: Hamburger SV - Borussia Mönchengladbach 3: 1 F. : 0VfL Wolfsburg - FC Bayern Munich 0-3
2015 (Telekom Cup) Borussia-Park ( Mönchengladbach )	Hamburger SV	FC Augsburg	Borussia Monchengladbach	FC Bayern Munich	HF: Borussia Mönchengladbach - Hamburger SV 0: 0 (4: 5 p. E.) HF: FC Bayern Munich - FC Augsburg 1: 2 P3: Borussia Mönchengladbach - FC Bayern Munich 0: 0 (4: 3 p. Q: 0Hamburger SV - FC Augsburg 2-1
January 2017 (Telekom Cup) ESPRIT arena ( Düsseldorf )	FC Bayern Munich	1. FSV Mainz 05	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Borussia Monchengladbach	HF: Fortuna Düsseldorf - FC Bayern Munich 0: 0 (1: 4 p. E.) HF: Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1. FSV Mainz 05 0: 1 P3: Fortuna Düsseldorf - Borussia Mönchengladbach 2: 0 F: 0FC Bayern Munich - 1 . FSV Mainz 05 2: 1
July 2017 (Telekom Cup) Borussia-Park ( Mönchengladbach )	FC Bayern Munich	Werder Bremen	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Borussia Monchengladbach	HF: Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Bremen 0: 0 (3: 5 p. E.) HF: FC Bayern Munich - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1: 0 P3: Borussia Mönchengladbach - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0: 0 (5: 6 p. ) Q: 0Werder Bremen - FC Bayern Munich 0-2
January 2019 (Telekom Cup) Merkur Spiel-Arena ( Düsseldorf )	FC Bayern Munich	Borussia Monchengladbach	Fortuna Dusseldorf	Hertha BSC	HF: Fortuna Düsseldorf - FC Bayern Munich 0: 0 (7: 8 p. E.) HF: Borussia Mönchengladbach - Hertha BSC 1: 0 P3: Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hertha BSC 3: 1 F: 0FC Bayern Munich - Borussia Mönchengladbach 0: 0 (4: 2 i.E.)

2009

Final 2009 in the Veltins-Arena

The T-Home Cup was held for the first time on July 18 and 19, 2009 . All matches involving the Bayern Munich (runner-up of the 2008-09 season ), the VfB Stuttgart (3), the Hamburger SV (5) and FC Schalke 04 (8) found in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen instead .

The two semi-finals each ended 1-0. The winning goal scorers were Sebastian Rudy (34th) for VfB Stuttgart and Piotr Trochowski (40th) for Hamburger SV. FC Bayern Munich won the game for third place 2-1 against the host FC Schalke 04 after goals from Breno (13th), an own goal by Benedikt Höwedes (26th) and the following goal by Halil Altıntop (29th). Hamburger SV won the final 3-0 against VfB Stuttgart with goals from Benjamin (25th), Pitroipa (28th) and Petrić (58th).

Apart from the trophy, the tournament winner did not receive any prize money. Instead, a proportion of the sales proceeds went directly to two charitable foundations , the "Ich-kann-was" initiative of Deutsche Telekom and "Schalke hilft!" from the host club FC Schalke 04.

2010

Andreas Ottl scores 1-0 on penalties against 1. FC Köln in LIGA total! Cup 2010

In 2010 the tournament took place for the first time under the name League total! Cup and again in the Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena. Participants in the matches held on July 31 and August 1, 2010 were the champions FC Bayern Munich , hosts and runner-ups FC Schalke 04 , Hamburger SV (7th) and 1. FC Köln (13th).

In the first semi-final, Schalke's newly signed star Raúl , who was playing in the royal blue jersey for the first time, impressed with a strong game. In the 2-1 win over Hamburger SV, the latter initially took the lead through an early goal by Ruud van Nistelrooy (6th), but Schalke Edu (42nd) and Jermaine Jones (49th) turned the result. In the second semifinals, the weakened FC Bayern Munich prevailed after a 0-0 with 3-1 on penalties against 1. FC Köln. Andreas Ottl , Anatolij Tymoschtschuk and Ivica Olić scored for Munich, Taner Yalçın only for Cologne after Martin Lanig was unable to convert as the second shooter. In the game for third place, HSV won 3-0 after goals from van Nistelrooy (27th), Kačar (36th) and Son (55th). In the final, Bayern took a 1-0 lead through youngster Deniz Mujić (5th), but Schalke won the game with the first two Schalke goals from Raúl (25th, 33rd) and the goal from Edu (27th). still decide in his favor and win the tournament.

2011

In 2011 the tournament took place on July 19 and 20 in the newly opened Coface Arena in Mainz . For the first time, the reigning champions Borussia Dortmund , hosts and last year fifth 1. FSV Mainz 05 , as well as again FC Bayern Munich (3rd) and Hamburger SV (8th) were there.

In the semi-finals, FC Bayern Munich failed 2-1 at Hamburger SV after two goals from Son (7th, 30th) and the connection goal by Toni Kroos (57th). Borussia Dortmund won 1-0 against Mainz with a goal from Ivan Perišić . The following day, FC Bayern Munich won the game for third place against the hosts from Mainz on penalties. In the regular season, Nikolče Noveski (11th) and Anthony Ujah (59th) met for Mainz and David Alaba (30th) and Nils Petersen with a penalty (57th) for Munich. In the penalty shoot-out, the Mainz goal scorers Noveski and Ujah of all people awarded. Borussia Dortmund won the final 2-0 with a "double strike" from Felipe Santana (50th) and Mohamed Zidan (51st).

2012

For the 125th anniversary of the Hamburger SV , the league found total! Cup 2012 took place in Hamburg 's Volksparkstadion . The semi-finals took place on August 4th, the finals on August 5th, 2012. The field of participants consisted of the champions Borussia Dortmund , runner-up champions FC Bayern Munich , hosts Hamburger SV (15th) and north rivals Werder Bremen (9th).

Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund prevailed in the semi-finals. BVB won 1-0 through Jakub Błaszczykowski's goal (42nd). Bremen prevailed on penalties against Bayern Munich, as Ribéry and Schweinsteiger could not convert their penalties. The match ended after 60 minutes after goals from Petersen (12th) and Füllkrug (43rd) for Werder as well as Shaqiri (27th) and Kroos (60th) a 2-2 draw. Bayern were able to secure third place the next day with a goal from young player Mitchell Weiser (25th). Werder Bremen won the final on penalties, because after 60 minutes, after goals from Füllkrug (3rd), Ekici (6th) and Hunt (44th, penalty) on one, Reus (22nd) and Lewandowski (24th ) , 25.) on the other hand, no winner had been determined. Kevin Großkreutz missed the decisive penalty . No prize money was distributed for this edition either; instead, all four participants received an entry fee in the five-digit range.

2013

Scene from the game for 3rd place between Dortmund and Hamburg (2013)

In 2013, the unofficial season preparation tournament took place for the first time under the name Telekom Cup . It was held on July 20th and 21st in Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach . In addition to hosts Borussia Mönchengladbach (8th) and triple winner FC Bayern Munich , vice-champions Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV (7th) took part in the tournament.

In an original schedule from March 28, 2013, the first semifinals of FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund were to contest. After both teams had already contested the final of the Champions League on May 25, the Dortmund team expressed their wish to avoid the explosive game with the record champions, especially since both teams were in the DFL Supercup game on July 27, 2013 should meet again. The organizer Telekom complied with this request and announced a changed schedule on June 21st.

FC Bayern Munich won the tournament for the first time when it took part for the fifth time and also scored the highest match result since this event with a 5-1 win in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The goalscorers for Bayern were Franck Ribéry (17th), Philipp Lahm (22nd), Thiago (26th), Arjen Robben (42nd) and Thomas Müller (60th); the consolation goal for Gladbach scored Luuk de Jong (29). Bayern performed convincingly in the semi-finals with a 4-0 win against Hamburger SV. The goals were scored by Boateng (12th), Mandžukić (41st), Toni Kroos (44th) and Müller (52nd). In the second semi-final, Mönchengladbach won against Dortmund after a penalty goal by Filip Daems in the last minute of the game. The game for third place was decided by Jonas Hofmann with the winning goal to make it 1-0 in the 24th minute in favor of Dortmund's Borussia.

2014

The sixth edition of the preparatory tournament, for the second time under the name Telekom Cup, took place from July 26th to 27th in the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. Participants were the hosts Hamburger SV (16th), the reigning champions FC Bayern Munich , Borussia Mönchengladbach (6th) and, for the first time, VfL Wolfsburg (5th).

In the first semi-final, VfL Wolfsburg defeated Hamburger SV 6: 5 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in regular time. Hamburg's Kerem Demirbay only hit the crossbar and Junior Malanda made the win perfect. In the second semi-final, FC Bayern Munich took a 2-0 lead after a remarkable lob by Robert Lewandowski (29th) and a goal by Franck Ribéry (33rd). Max Kruse equalized with two converted penalties to make it 2-2 (42nd, 59th). In the penalty shootout, Gladbach's Julian Korb hit the crossbar with a score of 5: 4 for Bayern, after Rafinha had failed to goalkeeper Janis Blaswich and Oscar Wendt to Tom Starke . For the first time, both semi-finals were decided on penalties. On the second day, Hamburger SV first secured themselves with a 3-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach with goals from Jacques Zoua (3rd), Rafael van der Vaart (21st) and Kerem Demirbay (53rd) for HSV and Raffael ( 4.) third place for the Borussia. With the goals scored early by the two newcomers Lewandowski (4th, 20th) and Sebastian Rode (15th), FC Bayern Munich made the final 3-0 against VfL Wolfsburg, clearly in its favor, meaning the first title defense in this competition .

2015

In 2015, the tournament was held in Mönchengladbach for the second time after 2013. In addition to Borussia Mönchengladbach , third in the Bundesliga season just ended, FC Bayern Munich (champions), Hamburger SV (16th) and FC Augsburg (5th) took part in the tournament on July 12, 2015 . For the first time, the tournament only took place on one day, but the playing time of a game was shortened from 60 to 45 minutes. In the first semi-final, Hamburger SV prevailed against Borussia Mönchengladbach after a 0-0 draw in regular time with 5: 4 on penalties. In the second semi-final, FC Augsburg won 2-1 against FC Bayern Munich. Bayern took the lead in the seventh minute through Thiago , but Augsburg turned the game in their favor with goals from Esswein (29th) and Hong (35th). The reigning German champions finally had to settle for fourth and last place in the Telekom Cup for the first time after losing the game for third place against Borussia Mönchengladbach after 45 goalless minutes on penalties with 3: 4, the young players Højbjerg and Benko gave away theirs Penalty kick. In the final, Hamburger SV defeated FC Augsburg with goals from Mohamed Gouaida (2nd) and Raphael Framberger (32nd, own goal) with a goal against Tim Matavž (41st) with 2-1 and thus won for the second time after 2009 Win titles.

2016

The tournament planned for July 2016 has been canceled. Telekom cited difficulties in finding an appointment in summer 2016 as the reason for the rejection, referring to the European football championship taking place in France on the one hand and to formats such as the DFL Supercup on the other . At the same time, the company denied rumors that the Telekom Cup was only canceled due to a cancellation by Bayern Munich.

January 2017

On January 14, 2017, the canceled tournament was rescheduled and thus took place for the first time during the winter break. The participants in the tournament taking place in the Düsseldorf ESPRIT arena were FC Bayern Munich , Borussia Mönchengladbach , 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Fortuna Düsseldorf . With Fortuna Düsseldorf, a second division team took part in this tournament for the first time.

In the first semi-final, FC Bayern Munich beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-1 on penalties after going goalless after 45 minutes. Vidal , Alonso , Costa , Alaba transformed for Munich, Ayhan for Düsseldorf; Manuel Neuer parried the two penalties from Hennings and Fink . 1. FSV Mainz 05 won the second semi-final 1-0 thanks to an own goal by Mönchengladbacher Jannik Vestergaard (7th). Fortuna Düsseldorf won the game for third place 2-0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach with goals from Kaan Ayhan (3rd) and Emmanuel Iyoha (7th). In the final, FC Bayern Munich won 2-1 against 1. FSV Mainz 05 thanks to goals from Franck Ribéry (4th) and Javi Martínez (11th) and a goal from André Ramalho (8th).

July 2017

On July 15, 2017, the ninth edition of the tournament took place in Mönchengladbach with the participants FC Bayern Munich , Borussia Mönchengladbach , Werder Bremen and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .

In the first semi-final, hosts Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 3: 5 on penalties after 45 minutes without a goal against Werder Bremen. FC Bayern Munich moved into the final in the following game with a 1-0 win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. The only goal of the encounter was scored by Robert Lewandowski (7th minute). Hoffenheim won the game for third place against Mönchengladbach 6-5 on penalties after the 45 minutes had gone goalless. FC Bayern Munich won the final 2-0 against Werder Bremen with goals from Thomas Müller (13th) and Juan Bernat (34th) and won the Telekom Cup for the fourth time.

2019

On January 13, 2019, the tenth edition of the tournament took place in Düsseldorf with the participants Fortuna Düsseldorf , FC Bayern Munich , Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hertha BSC .

In the first semi-final, hosts Fortuna Düsseldorf lost 7: 8 on penalties after 45 minutes without a goal against FC Bayern Munich. Borussia Mönchengladbach moved into the final in the following game with a 1-0 win against debutant Hertha BSC. The only goal of the encounter was scored by Thorgan Hazard (5th minute). Fortuna Düsseldorf won the game for third place against Hertha BSC 3-1. After Pascal Köpke had put Berlin in the lead, Kenan Karaman and two times Marvin Ducksch shot the match. The final was decided by FC Bayern Munich against Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-2 on penalties after the 45 minutes had gone goalless. James , Thiago , Leon Goretzka and Mats Hummels converted their penalties, Sandro Wagner awarded on Bayern's part, Josip Drmić and Tobias Strobl converted their penalties, Patrick Herrmann and Denis Zakaria awarded on the Mönchengladbach side.

statistics

Participations and placements

FC Bayern Munich is the only club to have taken part in all ten tournaments held so far.

society	Participation	Title number	Title year (s)	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
FC Bayern Munich	10	5	2013, 2014, 2017-I, 2017-II, 2019	2010	2009, 2011, 2012	2015
Hamburger SV	7th	2	2009, 2015	2011	2010, 2014	2012, 2013
Borussia Dortmund	3	1	2011	2012	2013
Werder Bremen	2	1	2012	2017-II
FC Schalke 04	2	1	2010			2009
Borussia Monchengladbach	6th			2013, 2019	2015	2014, 2017-I, 2017-II
1. FSV Mainz 05	2			2017-I		2011
VfB Stuttgart	1			2009
VfL Wolfsburg	1			2014
FC Augsburg	1			2015
Fortuna Dusseldorf	2				2017-I, 2019
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1				2017-II
1. FC Cologne	1					2010
Hertha BSC	1					2019

Goal scorers

rank	player	Societies)	Gates
1	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund / FC Bayern Munich	6th
2	Thomas Müller	FC Bayern Munich	3
	Toni Kroos	FC Bayern Munich	3
	Franck Ribery	FC Bayern Munich	3
	Son Heung-min	Hamburger SV	3
5	Edu	FC Schalke 04	2
	Niclas filling jug	Werder Bremen	2
	Max Kruse	Borussia Mönchengladbach / Werder Bremen	2
	Nils Petersen	FC Bayern Munich / Werder Bremen	2
	Raúl	FC Schalke 04	2
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Hamburger SV	2
	Thiago	FC Bayern Munich	2
	Kaan Ayhan	Fortuna Dusseldorf	2
	Marvin Ducksch	Fortuna Dusseldorf	2

As of January 13, 2019

Logo history

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  T-Home Cup 2009

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  League total! Cup 2010

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  League total! Cup 2011

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  League total! Cup 2012

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  Telekom Cup 2013

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  Telekom Cup 2015

Television broadcast

All games have so far been shown as part of the sports program ran on Sat.1 .

team

year	Moderators			Commentators
2009 (T-Home Cup)	Oliver Welke (Saturday / Sunday)			Erich Laaser	Wolff-Christoph Fuss
2010 (League total! Cup)	Matthias Opdenhövel (Saturday / Sunday)			Hansi Küpper
2011 (League total! Cup)	Klaus Gronewald (Tuesday / Wednesday)
2012 (League total! Cup)	Johannes B. Kerner (Saturday)	Valeska Homburg (Sunday)	Thomas Helmer (Sunday)		Holger Pfandt
2013 (Telekom Cup)	Matthias Killing (Saturday / Sunday)
2014 (Telekom Cup)	Frank Buschmann (Saturday / Sunday)	Andrea Kaiser (Saturday / Sunday)
2015 (Telekom Cup)	Matthias Killing (Sunday)				Frank Buschmann
January 2017 (Telekom Cup)	Matthias Killing	Andrea Kaiser	Stefan Effenberg	Markus Götz	Uwe Morawe
July 2017 (Telekom Cup)			Mirko Slomka	Matthias Stach
2019 (Telekom Cup)			Stefan Kuntz	Edgar Mielke

Audience ratings

The audience ratings were generally satisfactory. In the first edition in 2009, an average of 2.36 million viewers (14.0%) followed the four games, in 2010 it was 1.72 million (11.9%), in 2011 it was even 3.65 million (13.9%) ). However, the 2011 games were scheduled differently than in previous years on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Since 2012, the games have taken place again on late Saturday and Sunday afternoons and averaged 1.55 million (9.7%) viewers there. In 2013, an average of 1.66 million (12.5%) saw the four games. Good ratings were also achieved in 2014, for example 2.61 million viewers saw the second half of the final. The 2015 edition saw a peak of 1.71 million viewers (11.1%). The odds of the tournament in January 2017 were weaker, the final on Saturday evening saw 1.37 million viewers (5.4%). In July 2017, however, the audience ratings were excellent. The final was watched by 2.06 million viewers (15.4%). 1.85 million viewers (10.6%) attended the final in January 2019.

Web links

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

• official website on telekomcup.de
• Match reports and chronicle on fupa.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ First Bayern title thanks to two Lewandowski goals Report on welt.de from July 27, 2014
2. ↑ FC Bayern gets first title of the season ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Photo gallery on the pages of the Hamburger Abendblatt 
3. ↑ 5: 1 gala in the final - FC Bayern beats Mönchengladbach report on focus.de from July 21, 2013
4. ↑ FC Bayern with Scholl and Gaudino against Gladbach Article on welt.de from July 25, 2014
5. ↑ First endurance tests at the Telekom Cup: From now on it applies to Pep Guardiola and the FC Bayern article on focus.de from July 19, 2013
6. ↑ Where are you going? Pep's first yardstick  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on sport1.de from July 19, 2013  
7. ↑ 14-hour day of the HSV: First training, then Bavaria report on the homepage of the Hamburger Abendblatt from July 18, 2011
8. ^ T-Home Cup: A lot of work for Magath and van Gaal Report on rundschau-online.de from July 19, 2009
9. ↑ Pep Guardiola comes to Gladbach in July Report on rp-online.de from March 26, 2013
10. ^ T-Home-Cup: Bayern and Schalke disappoint report on stern.de from July 18, 2009
11. ↑ T-Home Cup Final: The game can be read in the live ticker match report on spox.com from July 19, 2009
12. ^ Bonn: T-Home Cup 2009 - Telekom organizes high-class soccer tournament for the first time
13. ↑ T-Home-Cup.de: The endurance test on July 18 and 19, 2009
14. ↑ LIGA total! Cup: Raul hits a double against Bayern Article on t-online.de from August 1st, 2010
15. ↑ League total Cup 2011: Bayern mess up against cheeky HSV Article on focus.de from July 19, 2011
16. ↑ Dortmund takes LIGA totally! Cup 2011 - A conciliatory end for FC Bayern Report on telekomfussball.de from July 20, 2011
17. ↑ LIGA total! Cup 2012: Dortmund vs. Bremen in the final Article on spox.com from August 4, 2012
18. ↑ Bremen wins "Liga total Cup 2012" against Dortmund Article on t-online.de from August 6, 2012
19. ↑ Hamburg wins Telekom Cup - FC Bayern Last article on kicker.de from July 12, 2015
20. ↑ f95.de: Fortuna takes part in the Telekom Cup 2017 in the ESPRIT arena. November 18, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
21. ↑ Match report on telekomcup.de
22. ↑ Match report on telekomcup.de
23. ↑ Match report on telekomcup.de
24. ↑ FC Bayern wins Telekom Cup, embarrassment for Gladbach Article on welt.de from January 14, 2017
25. ↑ Telekom Cup inspires football fans Report on quotenmeter.de from July 21, 2013
26. ↑ Telekom Cup also impresses in the primetime report on quotenmeter.de from July 27, 2014
27. ↑ Lively interest in Bayern victory report on quotenmeter.de from July 28, 2014
28. ↑ Telekom Cup: Only at the final there is a lack of report on quotenmeter.de from July 13, 2015
29. ↑ Football and football disappoint in Sat.1 report on quotenmeter.de from January 15, 2017
30. ^ Robert Meyer: Sat.1 scores with the "Telekom Cup". quotenmeter.de, July 16, 2017, accessed on July 16, 2017 . 
31. ↑ Sports check. In: quotenmeter.de. January 14, 2019, accessed January 19, 2019 .