2013 Emirates Cup

2013 Emirates Cup
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates 3 – 4 August
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Turkey Galatasaray (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal Porto
Third place England Arsenal
Fourth place Italy Napoli
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Republic of Macedonia Goran Pandev
(2 goals)

The 2013 Emirates Cup was a two-day pre-season men's football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The competition was staged over the weekend of 3–4 August 2013. Along with Arsenal, the other participating clubs were Galatasaray, Porto and Napoli.

Despite the tournament not being staged in the previous season, in 2013 four teams competed, including the usual inclusion of Arsenal.[1][2] The tournament reverted to system whereby each goal was awarded with a point, as well as the conventional points system for a win, draw and loss. Galatasaray won the cup beating F.C. Porto and the hosts, Arsenal.

Standings

Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored. In addition, shots on target were taken into account and were used to decide the tournament winners if teams are level on points and goal difference.[3]

Rank Team Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1 Turkey Galatasaray 2 0 0 3 1 +2 9
2 Portugal Porto 1 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3 England Arsenal 0 1 1 3 4 –1 4
4 Italy Napoli 0 1 1 3 5 –2 4

Matches

Day 1

3 August 2013
14:00 BST
Galatasaray Turkey 1 – 0 Portugal Porto
Melo  71' (pen.) Report
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,554
Referee: Andre Marriner

3 August 2013
16:20 BST
Arsenal England 2 – 2 Italy Napoli
Giroud  72'
Koscielny  86' 		Report Insigne  7'
Pandev  28'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,554[4]
Referee: Kevin Friend
Day 2

4 August 2013
14:00 BST
Napoli Italy 1 – 3 Portugal Porto
Pandev  45' (pen.) Report Ghilas  50'
Fernández  68' (o.g.)
Licá  78'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,608
Referee: Anthony Taylor

4 August 2013
16:20 BST
Arsenal England 1 – 2 Turkey Galatasaray
Walcott  40' Report Drogba  78' (pen.),  87'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,608[5]
Referee: Jonathan Moss

Goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Turkey Galatasaray 2
Republic of Macedonia Goran Pandev Italy Napoli
3 France Olivier Giroud England Arsenal 1
France Laurent Koscielny England Arsenal
England Theo Walcott England Arsenal
Brazil Felipe Melo Turkey Galatasaray
Italy Lorenzo Insigne Italy Napoli
Algeria Nabil Ghilas Portugal Porto
Portugal Licá Portugal Porto
own goal Argentina Federico Fernández Italy Napoli 1

References

  1. ↑ Emirates Cup returns for summer 2013 Arsenal.com, 15 May 2013
  2. ↑ Emirates Cup 2013: Early Preview and Predictions for Showdown at Arsenal
  3. ↑ Emirates Cup returns for summer 2013 Arsenal.com, 15 May 2013
  4. ↑ The Guardian: Arsenal turn boos to cheers after coming back to draw with Napoli
  5. ↑ Arsenal sunk by Galatasaray's Didier Drogba double in Emirates Cup

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