Founded 2011 | Website theatlanticcup.co.uk Number of teams 8 | |
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The Atlantic Cup is a pre/mid season friendly football tournament held in Algarve, Portugal for European football clubs from national leagues which do not operate in the winter months. It therefore consists mainly of teams from Scandinavia, Northern and Central Europe.
Contents
- 2011 edition
- 2012 edition
- 2013 edition
- 2014 edition
- Participating teams
- 2016 edition
- 2017 edition
- References
It was founded in 2011 by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne and has been running for four years.
Television coverage was originally provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.
2011 edition
This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.
2012 edition
This was the second edition, contested by six teams from five countries. FC Midtjylland won the competition beating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in the final.
2013 edition
This was the third edition, contested by three teams. S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches were not taken account to the final standings. Rapid Wien won the competition.
2014 edition
This was the fourth edition of, contested by 8 teams from 6 countries. Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2. The Danish team F.C. Copenhagen won the tournament, finishing the competition only with victories and without conceding a goal. The Swedish team Örebro SK finished in second place, also with victories only, but with a lower goal-difference than F.C. Copenhagen.
Participating teams
2016 edition
The 2016 edition was disputed in the same format of 2015 Atlantic Cup. The winner of Group A (FK Jablonec) didn't contest the final due to the schedule of its flight back home. They were replaced in the final by Group A runner-up, Örebro SK. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg won the competition after penalty-shootout.
2017 edition
The 2017 edition will be disputed in the same format as 2016 Atlantic Cup was.