Puskás Cup

Puskás Cup or Puskás-Suzuki Kupa is an international football tournament founded by the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in Felcsút, Hungary and the Magyar Suzuki Corporation in 2008. The aim of the founders is to establish a club tournament which offers the opportunity for talented young footballers to measure themselves internationally at the U-17 age level and to establish a fitting memorial to Ferenc Puskás.[1]

Puskás Cup
Founded2008
RegionHungary
Number of teams6
Current champions Real Madrid
Most successful club(s) Budapest Honvéd (4 titles)
Television broadcastersSport 1
WebsiteOfficial website
2017 Puskás Cup

History
Real Madrid's Morata played at the 2009 Puskás Cup

In 2008 four teams competed for the first ever Puskás Cup trophy which was finally won by La Fabrica, the youth team of Ferenc Puskás's former club Real Madrid C.F..[2]

In 2009 six teams participated and the final match was broadcast in three different countries (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania) and the official Real Madrid TV aired a summary of the tournament.[3]

In 2010 AC Milan were the first Italian club to be invited to participate in the Puskás-Suzuki Cup. The best goalkeeper of the tournament was Georgios Kollias (Panathinaikos), the best player was Spidron Furlanos (Panathinaikos), and the top goalscorer was Valér Kapacina (Budapest Honvéd).[4]

The 2012 Puskás Cup was won by Budapest Honvéd by beating the hosts, Puskás Akadémia 7-0 in the final. Among the seven Honvéd goals, Gergely Bobál scored 4 goals.[5]

The 2014 Puskás Cup was won by Real Madrid by beating Puskás Akadémia 1-0 in the final at the Pancho Arena. This match coincided with the inauguration ceremony of the new football stadium in Felcsút.[6] György Szöllősi, communication director of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy, announced that there will be 4,500 spectators at the final of the 2014 Puskás Cup. Among the invited guests there will be the wife of Ferenc Puskás, the former Croatian football legend, Davor Šuker, the former German international and Hungary coach, Lothar Matthäus, former Videoton coach and Portugal international Paulo Sousa, and former Golden Team members Jenő Buzánszky and Gyula Grosics. The opening speech will be delivered by the president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and former Hungarian MP Pál Schmitt and the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Ángel María Villar.[7]

The 2015 Puskás Cup was won by Budapest Honvéd by beating three-time champions La Fábrica in the final on 6 April 2015 at the Pancho Arena in Felcsút.[8] Hagi Academy finished third by beating Feyenoord Academy.[9] The home side, Puskás Akadémia finished fifth by beating Panathinaikos 2-1.[10]

Title-holders Budapest Honvéd won the 2016 Puskás Cup by beating the host club, Puskás Akadémia FC in the final in a penalty shoot-out.[11] La Fabrica won the bronze medal by beating newcomers KRC Genk Jeugd in the third place play-off.[12]

Results
Year Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
2008
La Fábrica		 5–1
Puskás Akadémia
Panathinaikos		 1–0
Budapest Honvéd		 4
2009
Ferencváros		 2–1
Budapest Honvéd
La Fábrica		 3–2
Slovan Bratislava		 6
2010
Budapest Honvéd		 2–0
Panathinaikos
La Fábrica		 2–0
Ferencváros		 6
2011
Budapest Honvéd		 1–1 (p. 5–4)
La Fábrica
Panathinaikos		 3–2
Puskás Akadémia		 6
2012
Budapest Honvéd		 7–0
Puskás Akadémia
Austria Wien		 0–0 (p. 4–3)
Panathinaikos		 6
2013
La Fábrica		 2–0
Panathinaikos
Budapest Honvéd		 4–2
Puskás Akadémia		 6
2014
La Fábrica		 1–0
Puskás Akadémia
Dinamo Zagreb		 3–0
Budapest Honvéd		 6
2015
Budapest Honvéd		 2–2 (p. 3–1)
La Fábrica
Hagi Academy		 1–0
Feyenoord Academy		 6
2016
Budapest Honvéd		 1–1 (p. 5-4)
Puskás Akadémia
La Fábrica		 3–0
KRC Genk Jeugd		 6
2017
La Fábrica		 4–0
Panathinaikos
Puskás Akadémia		 1–1 (p. 7-6)
Budapest Honvéd		 6

Statistics

Teams reaching the top four
TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTop 4
finishes
Budapest Honvéd 5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016) 1 (2009) 1 (2013) 3 (2008, 2014, 2017) 10
La Fábrica 4 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2017) 2 (2011, 2015) 3 (2009, 2010, 2016) 0 9
Ferencváros 1 (2009) 0 0 1 (2010) 2
Puskás Akadémia 0 4 (2008, 2012, 2014, 2016) 1 (2017) 2 (2011, 2013) 7
Panathinaikos 0 3 (2010, 2013, 2017) 2 (2008, 2011) 1 (2012) 6
Austria Wien 0 0 1 (2012) 0 1
Dinamo Zagreb 0 0 1 (2014) 0 1
Hagi Academy 0 0 1 (2015) 0 1
Slovan Bratislava 0 0 0 1 (2009) 1
Feyenoord Academy 0 0 0 1 (2015) 1
Genk Jeugd 0 0 0 1 (2016) 1

Participation
Club Participation Year
Puskás Akadémia 10 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Budapest Honvéd 10 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
La Fábrica 10 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Panathinaikos 10 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hagi Football Academy 5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Ferencváros 3 2009, 2010, 2011
Slovan Bratislava 1 2009
AC Milan 1 2010
Austria Wien 1 2012
Northcote City FC 1 2013
Dinamo Zagreb 1 2014
Heidelberg United FC 1 2014
Feyenoord Academy 1 2015
Genk Jeugd 1 2016
Bayern Munich 1 2017
Sporting 1 2017

References
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  5. "Puskás-Suzuki Kupa: fölényes sikerrel védte meg címét a Bp. Honvéd". www.nso.hu. 9 April 2012.
  6. "Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: Real-siker a Pancho Aréna avatóján". www.nso.hu. 21 April 2014.
  7. "PAFC: telt ház lesz a Pancho Aréna nyitó meccsén". www.nso.hu. 17 April 2014.
  8. "Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: Real-veréssel tornagyőztes a Honvéd". Nemzeti Sport. 6 April 2015.
  9. "Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: a Hagi Akadémia a harmadik". Nemzeti Sport. 6 April 2015.
  10. "Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: a házigazda az ötödik helyen". Nemzeti Sport. 6 April 2015.
  11. "Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: tovább tart a Puskás átka, a Honvédé a trófea". Nemzeti Sport. 16 May 2016.
  12. "Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: bronzot nyert a Genket megverő Real". Nemzeti Sport. 16 May 2016.
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