2015 Emirates Cup

2015 Emirates Cup
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates 25 – 26 July
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions England Arsenal (4th title)
Runners-up Spain Villarreal
Third place Germany Wolfsburg
Fourth place France Lyon
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) 12 players (1 goal)

The 2015 Emirates Cup was a two-day pre-season men's football friendly tournament hosted by English Premier League club Arsenal and held at the Emirates Stadium, the club's home ground.

This was the eighth edition of the competition with four teams competing. Those were, the usual inclusion of hosts Arsenal of the Premier League, Olympique Lyonnais of Ligue 1, Villarreal of La Liga and Wolfsburg of Bundesliga.[1] The competition took place over the weekend of 25–26 July 2015.

The usual points system which awards 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss was supplemented by a point being awarded for each goal scored. Valencia won the 2014 edition, but didn't return to defend their title.

The opening two matches were on July 25, with the following matches staged a day later on July 26. The first match on both days started at 14:00 BST, with the second match started at 16:20 BST.

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 used to decide the competition winners if teams were level on points and goal difference.[2]

Rank Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 England Arsenal 2 2 0 0 7 0 7 13
2 Spain Villarreal 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 10
3 Germany Wolfsburg 2 0 0 2 1 3 –2 1
4 France Lyon 2 0 0 2 0 8 –8 0

Matches

25 July 2015
14:00 BST
Wolfsburg Germany 1–2 Spain Villarreal
Perišić  10' Report Mario  8'
Nahuel  16'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 56,690
Referee: Robert Madley (England)

25 July 2015
16:20 BST
Arsenal England 6–0 France Olympique Lyonnais
Giroud  29'
Oxlade-Chamberlain  34'
Iwobi  35'
Ramsey  38'
Özil  62'
Cazorla  84'
Report
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 56,690
Referee: Jonathan Moss (England)

26 July 2015
14:00 BST
Olympique Lyonnais France 0–2 Spain Villarreal
Report Soriano  31' (pen.)
Baptistão  54'
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,918
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

26 July 2015
16:20 BST
Arsenal England 1–0 Germany Wolfsburg
Walcott  51' Report
Emirates Stadium, London, England
Attendance: 59,918
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Spain Santi Cazorla England Arsenal 1
France Olivier Giroud
England Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain
England Theo Walcott
Wales Aaron Ramsey
Germany Mesut Özil
Nigeria Alex Iwobi
Argentina Matias Nahuel Leiva Spain Villarreal
Spain Mario Gaspar
Spain Bruno Soriano
Brazil Léo Baptistão
Croatia Ivan Perišić Germany Wolfsburg

References

  1. Arsenal.com
  2. Arsenal.com

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