Emirates Cup

The Emirates Cup is an annual two-day pre-season football tournament held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium in London, England. [ [http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=463700&cpid=703&title=Emirates+Stadium+to+host+pre-season+tournament Emirates Stadium to host pre-season tournament] Arsenal.com, April 29 2007] , similar in style to the Amsterdam Tournament held by AFC Ajax, and is hosted by Premier League side Arsenal.

Hamburger SV is the current holder of the Trophy.

If a team scores, then a point adds onto their overall tally, a win counts for 3 points and a draw is worth 1 point.

The inaugural tournament took place on 28 July and 29 July 2007 and featured the hosts, as well as reigning Serie A champions Inter Milan, French side Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish outfit Valencia (having replaced Hamburger SV, who had to pull out of the tournament because of Intertoto Cup commitments [ [http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=463700&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Valencia+set+to+replace+Hamburg+at+Emirates+Cup Valencia set to replace Hamburg at Emirates Cup] Arsenal.com, June 11 2007] ). Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored, much like the Amsterdam Tournament. Hence Arsenal did not play against Valencia, and Inter Milan did not play against Paris Saint-Germain. The tournament was well attended with over 110,000 filling the Emirates stadium across the two day tournament.

Emirates have since agreed to host the tournament for a further three years. The 3 teams confirmed to be appearing in the 2008 Emirates Cup are Real Madrid, Juventus and Hamburger SV. [ [http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=489997&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=European+giants+lined+up+for+Emirates+Cup European giants lined up for Emirates Cup] Arsenal.com, April 7 2008] In the 2008 tournament, Arsenal didn't play Hamburg and Real Madrid didn't play Juventus.

The trophy

The sterling silver cup was made by Thomas Fattorini, whose family has produced trophies for English football since 1827. It was awarded to Arsenal FC, the winners of the inaugural pre-season tournament at Emirates Stadium on July 29th 2007.

"We wanted to create a design that both stood out from other international football trophies and something that a club would be proud to place in their cabinet," said Fattorini.

"Emirates Stadium has very iconic, asymmetrical flowing lines across the rooftop, which motivated identical lines in the original brand identity for the stadium. The base, lip and handles of the trophy mirror these, with the Emirates logo placed firmly on the face of the cup.

2007 tournament

Day 1

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date= 28 July, 2007
14:00 BST
team1= flagicon|ITA Inter Milan
score= 0 – 2
team2= Valencia flagicon|ESP
report= [http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=478990 Match Report]
goals1=
goals2= Gavilan goal|13
Villagoal|39
stadium= Emirates Stadium, London
attendance= 55,106
referee= Alan Kelly----footballbox
date= 28 July, 2007
16:15 BST
team1= flagicon|ENG Arsenal
score= 2 – 1
team2= Paris Saint-Germain flagicon|FRA
report= [http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.asp?thisNav=The+Match&fxid=319128 Match Report]
goals1= Flamini goal|45
Bendtner goal|70
goals2= Luyindula goal|80
stadium= Emirates Stadium, London
attendance= 55,106
referee= Peter Walton ----

Day 2

footballbox
date= 29 July, 2007
14:00 BST
team1= flagicon|FRA Paris Saint-Germain
score= 3 – 0
team2= Valencia flagicon|ESP
report= [http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=478991&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Emirates+Cup:+Paris+S-G+3+Valencia+1 Match Report]
goals1= Diane goal|15
N'Gog goal|30
Luyindula goal|85
goals2=
stadium= Emirates Stadium, London
attendance= 59,821
referee= Andre Marriner----footballbox
date= 29 July, 2007
16:15 BST
team1= flagicon|ENG Arsenal
score= 2 – 1
team2= Inter Milan flagicon|ITA
report= [http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.asp?thisNav=fixtures&fxid=319129 Match Report]
goals1= Hleb goal|67
van Persie goal|85
goals2= Suazo goal|62
stadium= Emirates Stadium, London
attendance= 59,821
referee= Mark Halsey----

Final Tournament Standings

corers

References