2023 Florida Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Florida Cup
Year:2023
Dates:July 19 – August 2
Country:United States
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champion Other: Chelsea
Count:1
Second Other: Wrexham
Matches:2
Goals:9
Top Scorer: Ian Maatsen (Chelsea)
(2 goals)
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 Florida Cup was the ninth edition of the Florida Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in the United States. It was contested from July 16 to 23, 2022. For the second year, the tournament was not a true friendly cup competition but rather a series of friendlies referred to as the FC Series.[1]

The main FC Series match featured English club Chelsea against Welsh club Wrexham at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Florida Cup also served as local host of the Soccer Champions Tour match between Italian club Juventus and Spanish club Real Madrid playing in Orlando, Florida. Chelsea defeated Wrexham by a score of 5–0, and Juventus defeated Real Madrid 3–1.

Teams

FC Series

NationTeamLocationConfederationLeague
Premier League
EFL League Two

Soccer Champions Tour hosted by Florida Cup

NationTeamLocationConfederationLeague
Serie A
La Liga

Venues

Orlando, FloridaChapel Hill, North Carolina
Camping World StadiumKenan Stadium
Capacity: 65,000Capacity: 50,500

Matches

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Notes and References

  1. News: Series . F.C. . Florida Cup expands to FC Series with 2022 Lineup - FC Series 2022 . 14 June 2022 . FC Series.