Joan Gamper Trophy
The Joan Gamper Trophy (Catalan: Trofeu Joan Gamper) or Joan Gamper Cup is an annual friendly football match held in August, before the start of FC Barcelona's La Liga season.[1] The competition is hosted by FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium and is named in honour of Joan Gamper, a founding member, player, and later president of the club. The competition was inaugurated in 1966 by Enric Llaudet, one of Gamper's successors as club president.[2] The trophy itself is an 800 grams (1.8 lb) silver cup with five micrometres of gold finishing, on top of a 10 kilograms (22 lb) marble plinth base.[3]
| Founded | 1966 |
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| Region | Catalonia |
| Number of teams | 4 (1966–96) 2 (1997–) |
| Current champions | Barcelona (43rd title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Barcelona (43 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | TV3 Televisió de Catalunya Barça TV |
| Website | FC Barcelona |
Initially, four teams participated in the competition, which featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final. For the first competition in 1966, Barcelona were joined by Belgium's R.S.C. Anderlecht, France's FC Nantes, and Germany's FC Köln. Barcelona beat the German team 3–1 in the final. Köln subsequently won the competition in 1978 and 1981 and were runners-up in 1979, making them the only team, other than the hosts, to win the competition more than once. The next edition saw the first appearance of another Spanish team, Atlético Madrid, who along with the hosts, were joined by German side Bayern Munich, and Argentina's Boca Juniors. The latter two clubs are among the most regular guests. Bayern were runners-up in 1984, 1987 and 2006, while Boca became the first of several South American guests to be invited and have since returned in 1977, 1984, 2003, 2008 and 2018. The only non-European team to win the tournament was Brazil's Internacional, in 1982.
Subsequent competitions have included teams from Italy's Serie A, Germany's Bundesliga. Other top-flight Spanish clubs have also occasionally been invited, including Tenerife and Valencia, who were winners in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Since 1997, the competition has only featured a one-off game, the tournament being shortened due to an increased fixture list and a shorter close season.[1] If the match is tied after 90 minutes, no extra-time is played and the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Winners
List of finals
A (a.e.t.) marks the winner was determined after extra time.
A (p) marks the winner was determined after a penalty shootout.
Four teams (1966–1996)
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Two teams (1997–present)
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Attendance | |
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| 1997 |  Barcelona |
2–2 (p) |  Sampdoria |
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| 1998 | 2–2 (p) |  Santos |
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| 1999 | 3–1 |  Sporting CP |
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| 2000 | 2–1 |  PSV Eindhoven |
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| 2001 | 3–2 | Parma |
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| 2002 | 1–0 | %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Red Star Belgrade |
35,640 | ||
| 2003 | 1–1 (p) |  Boca Juniors |
90,075 | ||
| 2004 | 2–1 | A.C. Milan |
98,771 | ||
| 2005 | Juventus |
2–2 (p) | Barcelona |
91,826 | |
| 2006 | Barcelona |
4–0 |  Bayern Munich |
76,644 | |
| 2007 | 5–0 | Internazionale |
98,559 | ||
| 2008 | 2–1 | Boca Juniors |
71,210 | ||
| 2009 |  Manchester City |
1–0 | Barcelona |
94,123 | |
| 2010 | Barcelona |
1–1 (p) | Milan |
96,165 | |
| 2011[4] | 5–0 | Napoli |
78,002 | ||
| 2012[5] | Sampdoria |
1–0 | Barcelona |
55,498 | |
| 2013[6] | Barcelona |
8–0 | Santos |
81,251 | |
| 2014[7] | 6–0 |  León |
72,475 | ||
| 2015[8] | 3–0 | Roma |
94,422 | ||
| 2016[9] | 3–2 | Sampdoria |
72,334 | ||
| 2017[10] | 5–0 | Chapecoense |
64,705 | ||
| 2018[11] | 3–0 | Boca Juniors |
70,089 | ||
| 2019[12] | 2–1 | Arsenal |
98,812 | ||
| 2020[13] | 1–0 | Elche |
0 [note 1] |
Titles by club
| Team | Titles |
|---|---|
| Barcelona |
43 |
| 1. FC Köln |
2 |
 Újpest |
1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
| Internacional | |
| Porto | |
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| Tenerife | |
| Valencia | |
| Juventus | |
| Manchester City | |
| Sampdoria |
Participation by club
Below is the participation by club listed, grouped by country.
Awards/Records
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Lionel Messi is the only player in the history of Joan Gamper Trophy who has won the man of the match award (MVP) more than once. He has won it four times: in 2013 against Santos, in 2014 against Club León, in 2016 against Sampdoria, and in 2018 against Boca Juniors.[14][15][16][17][18]
Records
- Top goalscorers
| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
9 |
| 2 | |||
| Juan Manuel Asensi |
7 | ||
| Txiki Begiristain | |||
 Hristo Stoichkov | |||
| 3 | Josep Maria Fusté |
6 | |
| Marcial Pina |
Consecutive goalscoring
- Lionel Messi is the only player in the history of Joan Gamper Trophy who has scored in six consecutive editions (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).
See also
References
- General
- Lozano Ferrer, Carles; et al. (19 February 2010). "Trofeo Joan Gamper (Barcelona-Spain) 1966–2008". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- Specific
- Lozano Ferrer, Carles et al
- "Enric Llaudet". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- Miguel, J.; Giménez, S. (16 August 2008). "La gran fiesta culé". SPORT.es (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- Barcelona 5-0 Napoli: Fabregas nets debut goal as Spanish giants land Joan Gamper Trophy, Goal, 22 August 2011
- Sampdoria wins FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper Trophy (0-1), Catalan News, 21 August 2012
- Barcelona 8 Santos 0 – Neymar and Lionel Messi on show as Spanish giants win Joan Gamper trophy, Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2013
- The Gamper win over Club León in stats, FC Barcelona, 18 August 2014
- Happy Gamper for FC Barcelona against Roma (3-0), FC Barcelona, 4 August 2015
- FC Barcelona v UC Sampdoria: Gamp-iones! (3-2), FC Barcelona, 10 August 2016
- FC Barcelona 5-0 Chapecoense: Football is the winner, FC Barcelona, 7 August 2017
- "Barcelona 3-0 Boca Juniors: New signing Malcom scores in Joan Gamper Trophy friendly". BBC Sport. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- Barcelona 2 Arsenal 1: Late Luis Suarez goal seals Joan Gamper Trophy win after Ainsley Maitland-Niles own goal, Evening Standard, 4 August 2019
- "Barcelona vs Elche, Joan Gamper Trophy: Final Score 1-0, Barça dominate at home, win preseason finale". Barcablaugranes. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- "Messi, MVP del Joan Gamper". MARCA.com (in Spanish). 3 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- "Messi sí quiere". SPORT.es (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- "FC Barcelona v UC Sampdoria: Gamp-iones! (3-2) | FC Barcelona". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- "Leo Messi, MVP and top scorer in the Gamper | FC Barcelona". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- Sport (2018-08-16). "Messi wins the Estrella Damm award". sport. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- Footnotes
- Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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