Wembley Cup

Wembley Cup

Founded	2009
Region	Europe
Current champions	Celtic (First title)
Most successful club(s)	Celtic (One title)

The Wembley Cup is an invitational football tournament. The first edition of the tournament took place between 24 and 26 July 2009 at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.^[1] The winning team was Celtic, ahead of FC Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, and Al-Ahly.^[2][3] Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Each goal was rewarded with a point and each one conceded saw a point deducted.^[1][4]

Wembley Cup 2009

Day 1

Celtic v Al-Ahly

24 July 2009 17:15 BST

Celtic	5 – 0	Al-Ahly
Donati  31' McDonald  39' (pen.), 58' Maloney  49' Killen  83'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 57,932 Referee: Lee Probert

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Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur

24 July 2009 20:00 BST

Barcelona	1 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur
Bojan  32'	Report	Livermore  83'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 57,932 Referee: Mark Halsey

Day 2

Al-Ahly v Barcelona

26 July 2009 13:15 BST

Al-Ahly	1 – 4	Barcelona
El-Agazy  31'	Report	Bojan  16' Rueda  41' Jeffrén  56' Pedro  67'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 64,562 Referee: Chris Foy

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Tottenham Hotspur v Celtic

26 July 2009 16:00 BST

Tottenham Hotspur	0 – 2	Celtic
	Report	Killen  9' Samaras  40'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 64,562 Referee: Alan Wiley

Standings

P	Team	Games	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	13
2	Barcelona	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	–1
4	Al-Ahly	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	–8

Goalscorers

Goals	Player	Team
2	Scott McDonald	Celtic
	Bojan Krkić	Barcelona
	Chris Killen	Celtic
1	Massimo Donati	Celtic
	Hany El-Agazy	Al-Ahly
	Shaun Maloney	Celtic
	Jake Livermore	Tottenham Hotspur
	Pedro Rodríguez	Barcelona
	José Manuel Rueda	Barcelona
	Jeffrén Suárez	Barcelona
	Georgios Samaras	Celtic

Subsequent tournaments

In the last match of the inaugural Wembley Cup, it was announced that the success of the tournament had encouraged organisers to confirm a second edition of the competition in the summer of 2010.^[5] However the 2010 tournament did not take place and the Wembley Cup has not been staged again.

References

1. "Agencies wanted for inaugural Wembley Cup tournament". PRWeek. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
2. "Celtic Beat Tottenham Hotspur To Lift Inaugural Wembley Cup". Goal.com. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
3. "Celtic claim Wembley Cup". FIFA.com. FIFA. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
4. "Celtic to become first Scottish side to appear at new Wembley". guardian.co.uk (Guardian News and Media). 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
5. Register your details for future Tournaments The Wembley Cup Archived May 21, 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website