Eusébio Cup

Eusébio Cup
Founded 2008
Number of teams 2
Current champions Monterrey
Television broadcasters Benfica TV

The Eusébio Cup is an annual football tournament usually held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.

S.L. Benfica organizes the tournament in early-mid August, one or two weeks before the regular season kicks off. It is usually Benfica's and the participating team's last pre-season match. Until 2013, the trophy was presented to the winning team by Eusébio to whom is dedicated the tournament.

Media coverage

Eusébio and the Eusébio Cup trophy of the fourth edition in 2011

Eusébio Cup of 2008, 2009 and 2010 were broadcast on SIC, the 2011 edition was broadcast on TVI,[1] the 2012 edition was broadcast on RTP1,[2] the 2013 edition was broadcast on Benfica TV which will continue to broadcast the tournament.

Trophy

The trophy is made out of glass and bears the name of the tournament and its winners. It also features Eusébio on the top performing one of his trademark shooting techniques. The Eusébio figure is similar to the statue outside the Estádio da Luz. The trophy is symbolic as it is dedicated to Eusébio who is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time.

Matches

2008

2009

2010

3 August 2010
19:45 WEST
Benfica Portugal 0–1 England Tottenham Hotspur
Report Bale  55'
Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 30,215
Referee: Pedro Proença

2011

6 August 2011
19:45 WEST
Benfica Portugal 2–1 England Arsenal
Aimar  49'
Nolito  60'
Report Van Persie  34'
Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 40,833
Referee: Duarte Gomes

2012

27 July 2012
19:00 WEST
Benfica Portugal 5–2 Spain Real Madrid
García  4'
Witsel  22'
Pérez  53', 85'
Martins  58'
Report Callejón  18', 20'
Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 35,476
Referee: Bruno Paixão

2013

3 August 2013
19:45 WEST
Benfica Portugal 0–2 Brazil São Paulo
Report Aloísio  53'
Rafael Tolói  63'
Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 30,638
Referee: Duarte Gomes

2014

26 July 2014
19:45 WEST
Benfica Portugal 0–1 Netherlands Ajax
Report Kishna  41'
Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 25,240
Referee: Hugo Miguel

2015

2 August 2015
22:00 CDT
Monterrey Mexico 3–0 Portugal Benfica
Ramírez  49'
Funes Mori  58' (pen.)
Rivera  81'
Report
Estadio BBVA Bancomer
Attendance: 51,000

Performance by team

Team Winners Runners-up
Portugal Benfica 3 5
Italy Internazionale 1
Mexico Monterrey 1
England Tottenham Hotspur 1
Brazil São Paulo 1
Netherlands Ajax 1
Italy Milan 1
England Arsenal 1
Spain Real Madrid 1

References

External links

Coordinates: 38°45′13″N 9°10′57.5″W / 38.75361°N 9.182639°W / 38.75361; -9.182639

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