Founded 2010 Number of teams 10 (2014) | Region Europe (UEFA) Current champions Fiorentina | |
Most successful team(s) Shakhtar Donetsk (2 titles) | ||
The Copa del Sol is an annual exhibition international club football tournament played on the south coast of Spain in January–February, one month before the kickoff of the national leagues. The inaugural tournament was first held in 2010.
The tournament is a chance for training and match play for the northern European football teams during their winter break. It is co-organized by Swedish IEC in Sports, part of Lagardère Group and Norwegian Norsk Toppfotball. All games are broadcast back to home markets of participating clubs allowing fans to observe the current progress of team preparation for the upcoming season.
History
The final game of the 2010 tournament could not be held due to heavy rain. Both of the teams reaching the final, Shakhtar Donetsk and CSKA Moscow were declared winners.
FC Karpaty Lviv were the winners of the 2011 tournament.
The 2012 tournament took place from 28 January to 7 February, and was won by Spartak Moscow.
The 2013 tournament took place on 23 January - 2 February 2013. Among the expected participants were Molde FK, Rosenborg BK, Widzew Lodz, CSKA Moscow, FC Copenhagen, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and others. The total amount of prize money was 80,000 euro.