Antonio Puerta Trophy

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Antonio Puerta Trophy
Founded2008
RegionEurope UEFA
(Friendly tournament)
Number of teams2
Current championsSpain Sevilla (7th title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Sevilla (7 titles)
Television broadcastersCanal Sur, SFC Televisión, Arena Sport, TV3 (in 2011 edition)

The Antonio Puerta Trophy is an annual summer tournament hosted by Sevilla FC since 2008. The tournament is dedicated to Antonio Puerta, who died on August 28, 2007 (at the age of 22) after suffering a heart injury during the inaugural match of the 2007-08 La Liga season against Getafe.

Editions[]

2008[]

Played on 23 August 2008 against Málaga CF, the team promoted to La Liga that year. It served for remember Antonio Puerta and all the victims of the Spanair Flight 5022, the aerean accident occurred three days before.

Sevilla Spain2–0Spain Málaga
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:

2009[]

Played on 21 August 2009 against Xerez, team also promoted to Liga BBVA that year as occurred in 2008 with Málaga.

Sevilla Spain2–1Spain Xerez
 Report Míchel Goal 87'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee:

2010[]

It was played on November, during a Liga BBVA break because of UEFA Champions League Group Stage (matchday 5). The rival this time was Granada, team promoted that season to Liga Adelante. It has been the first time since this tournament exists that Sevilla lost the final match.

Sevilla Spain1–1Spain Granada
José Carlos Goal 58' Report Calvo Goal 9'
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:

2011[]

The fourth edition of the tournament was celebrated in summer again, during the pre-season. The guest for the first time wasn't Andalusian; it was RCD Espanyol, Sevilla twinned team after suffering a similar tragedy as happened to the organizing club in 2007 (Daniel Jarque's death).[1]

Sevilla Spain5–0Spain Espanyol
 Report
Attendance: 20,000

2012[]

Played on 8 August 2012 due to the early start of 2012–13 La Liga, against Deportivo La Coruña, a traditional Sevilla "friend" team.

Sevilla Spain2–0Spain Deportivo La Coruña
 Report
Attendance: 25,000

2013[]

Sevilla Spain1–1Spain Almería
Perotti Goal 81' (pen.) Report Christian Goal 90+2'
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: López Amaya

2014[]

Sevilla Spain2–0Spain Córdoba
 Report
Attendance: 20,000

2016[]

Sevilla Spain3–4Argentina Boca Juniors
 Report

2017[]

Sevilla Spain2–1Italy Roma
 Džeko Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 29,298

2019[]

Sevilla Spain2–0Germany Schalke 04
Mesa Goal 35'
Munir Goal 72' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee:

Titles by team[]

Team Appearances Titles
Spain Sevilla 2008
2009
2011
2012
2013
2014
2017
2019 		8
Spain Granada 2010 1
Argentina Boca Juniors 2016 1

Goalscorers[]

Goals Player Team Edition in
which scored
2 Spain José Carlos Spain Sevilla 2009, 2010
2 Spain Rodri Ríos Spain Sevilla 2011
2 Mali Frédéric Kanouté Spain Sevilla 2011
2 Argentina Diego Perotti Spain Sevilla 2009, 2013
2 Argentina Carlos Tevez Argentina Boca Juniors 2016
1 Brazil Luís Fabiano Spain Sevilla 2008
1 Brazil Renato Spain Sevilla 2008
1 Spain Míchel Spain Xerez 2009
1 Spain Carlos Calvo Spain Granada 2010
1 Spain Manu del Moral Spain Sevilla 2011
1 Spain Álvaro Negredo Spain Sevilla 2012
1 Germany Piotr Trochowski Spain Sevilla 2012
1 Spain Christian Spain Almería 2013
1 Spain Denis Suárez Spain Sevilla 2014
1 Colombia Carlos Bacca Spain Sevilla 2014
1 Argentina Darío Benedetto Argentina Boca Juniors 2016
1 Argentina Cristian Pavón Argentina Boca Juniors 2016
1 France Steven Nzonzi Spain Sevilla 2016
1 France Timothée Kolodziejczak Spain Sevilla 2016
1 Argentina Luciano Vietto Spain Sevilla 2016

References[]

  1. ^ El Sevilla-Espanyol recupera el realce del Trofeo Antonio Puerta Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish), SevillismoYMas.com, July 6, 2011.
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