2019 Granatkin Memorial

The 2019 Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup is its 19th edition after dissolution of the USSR.[1] The tournament was held at Saint Petersburg, Russia from 4 to 14 June 2019, being organised by Russian Football Union.[2][3]

2019 Granatkin Memorial
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
CitySaint Petersburg
Dates4 to 14 June 2019
Teams12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored65 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kirill Kosarev
(4 goals)

Participating Nations

Total of 12 National U-18 teams from three different confederations namely AFC, CONMEBOL and UEFA, participated in this edition of the tournament.[4][5][6] The teams are further divided in three different groups, where Group A have Bulgaria, India, Moldova and host Russia, Group B have Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Greece and Group C have Argentina, Iran, Armenia and second team of host Russia as Russia 2.[7][8][5]

Group stage

The participants will play each other in each group and the winners of each group and the best of the teams finished second in each group will play for the semifinals. The remaining teams will play for 5–8 places.[5]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
 Moldova 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Bulgaria 3 0 2 1 1 4 3 2
 India 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1
Source: RFS Granatkin
Bulgaria 0–0 Moldova
BFU FMF
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)
Russia 3–0 India
Kosarev  50', 73', 82' RFS AIFF
Attendance: 500
Referee: Dmitry Streltsov (Russia)

Moldova 2–1 India
Puşcaş  54'
Gaiu  56' (pen.)
FMF AIFF Danu  34'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yunus Koshko (Russia)
Russia 3–0 Bulgaria
Prokhin  44', 54'
Faizullin  57'
RFS BFU
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Artyom Chistyakov (Russia)

India 1–1 Bulgaria
Mishra  50' AIFF BFU Rafi  7' (o.g.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)
Moldova 0–1 Russia
FMF RFS Petrov  9'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Evgeny Bulanov (Russia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkey 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
 Greece 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
 Tajikistan 3 0 2 1 5 10 5 2
 Kyrgyzstan 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1
Source: RFS Granatkin
Greece 4–4 Tajikistan
Thymianis  10'
Michelis  42'
Tzimas  44'
Tsakiris  66'
RFS FFT Rahmatov  34'
Soirov  63' (pen.), 70'
Zairov  67'
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andrey Fissenko (Russia)
Turkey 1–0 Kyrgyzstan
Arslantas  40' RFS TFF
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Evgeny Bulanov (Russia)

Tajikistan 1–1 Kyrgyzstan
Kamolov  90+3' FFT RFS Shigaibaev  25'
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 350
Referee: Konstantin Averyanov (Russia)
Turkey 0–0 Greece
RFS TFF
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 250
Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)

Kyrgyzstan 1–4 Greece
Artykbaev  72' RFS Vrakas  17' (pen.), 49'
Tzimas  27'
Pournaras  29'
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Maksim Matyunin (Russia)
Tajikistan 0–5 Turkey
RFS TFF İşler  15'
Akgün  39', 41'
Yeşilay  56'
Arslantas  90+1'
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 450
Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
 Russia 2 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Iran 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 3
 Armenia 3 0 0 3 0 6 6 0
Source: RFS Granatkin
Argentina 2–0 Armenia
Orozco  56'
Palacios  60'
AFA FFA
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 400
Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)
Russia  22–1 Iran
Iosifov  56' (pen.), 65' RFS FFIRI Sobhani  88'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 550
Referee: Maksim Matyunin (Russia)

Armenia 0–2 Iran
FFA FFIRI Sobhani  25'
Jalali  34'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andrey Fissenko (Russia)
Russia  21–2 Argentina
Iosifov  13' RFS AFA Orozco  76'
Lecanda  78'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Sergey Kulikov (Russia)

Iran 2–4 Argentina
Barzegar  14'
Moharrami  89'
FFIRI AFA Zeballos  39' (pen.)
Godoy  78'
Medina  84'
Cano  88'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Dmitry Streltsov (Russia)
Armenia 0–2 Russia 2
FFA RFS Apshatsev  7'
Petukhov  90+1'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 600
Referee: Andrey Fissenko (Russia)

Placement matches

Places 9–12

Kyrgyzstan 1–1 India
Shigaibaev  88' RFS AIFF Mishra  75'
Penalties
Artykbaev
Kanybekov
Rusakov
3–1 Rohit Danu
H.Singh
Sailo
J.Singh
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)
Tajikistan 0–3 Armenia
RFS FFA Alaverdyan  35'
Grigoryan  45'
Kolozyan  53'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ilya Ivanov (Russia)

11th Place

India 0–1 Tajikistan
AIFF RFS Panzhiev  39'
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)

9th Place

Kyrgyzstan 0–3 Armenia
RFS Petrosyan  21', 50'
Avetisyan  23'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)

Places 5–8

Moldova 1–2 Iran
Ghiderman  39' FMF RFS Barzegar  55'
Sobhani  90+1'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 400
Referee: Artyom Chistyakov (Russia)
Greece 2–0 Bulgaria
Fakkis  10'
Tzimas  33'
RFS
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Konstantin Averyanov (Russia)

7th Place

Moldova 1–1 Bulgaria
Dolghi  90' (pen.) RFS Petkov  80'
Penalties
3–4
Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 300
Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)

5th Place

Iran 0–1 Greece
Tzimas  81'
Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Semifinals

Argentina 2–0 Turkey
Lecanda  28'
Palacios  65' (pen.)
RFS
Attendance: 700
Referee: Yunus Koshko (Russia)
Russia 1–1 Russia 2
Kosarev  30' RFS Pelikh  15'
Penalties
Litvinov
Gerchikov
Suleymanov
Oganesyan
Vladimirov
5–3 Petukhov
Joseph
Zakharov
Bem
Referee: Sergey Kulikov (Russia)

Third place

Turkey 4–2 Russia 2
Kol  21'
Gulli  26', 73'
Arslantas  90+1'
Petukhov  13' (pen.)
Shkolik  89'

Final

Argentina 1–0 Russia
Lecanda  74'

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Argentina 5 5 0 0 11 3 +8 15
2  Russia 5 3 1 1 8 2 +6 10
3  Turkey 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 10
4  Russia 2 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 7
5  Greece 5 3 2 0 11 5 +6 11
6  Iran 5 2 0 3 7 8 1 6
7  Bulgaria 5 0 3 2 2 7 5 3
8  Moldova 5 1 2 2 4 5 1 5
9  Armenia 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 6
10  Kyrgyzstan 5 0 2 3 3 0 +3 2
11  Tajikistan 5 1 2 2 6 13 7 5
12  India 5 0 2 3 3 8 5 2
Source: Granatkin

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Oscar Exequiel Zeballos
  • Matías Godoy
  • Cristian Nicholas Medina
  • Lautaro Ezequiel Cano
  • Narek Alaverdyan
  • Narek Grigoryan
  • Aram Kolozyan
  • Patvakan Avetisyan
  • Konstantinos Thymianis
  • Nikolaos Michelis
  • Ioannis Tsakiris
  • Theodoros Pournaras
  • Ioannis Fakkis
  • Rohit Danu
  • Ahmad Jalali
  • Reza Mohammad Moharrami
  • Ryskeldi Artykbaev
  • Dan Pușcaș
  • Valeriu Gaiu
  • Ilie Ghiderman
  • Denis Faizullin
  • Maksim Petrov
  • Marat Apshatsev
  • Ilya Petukhov
  • Danil Pelikh
  • Sharifbek Rahmatov
  • Islom Zairov
  • Amadoni Kamolov
  • Ozodbek Panzhiev
  • Ilkay İşler
  • Burak Yasin Yeşilay

1 own goal

  • Muhammed Rafi (against Bulgaria)

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