La Manga Cup Explained

Founded:1999
Region:Europe (UEFA)
Number Of Teams:Various
Current Champions:Vålerenga (2nd title)
Most Successful Team:Rosenborg (3 titles)
Website:La Manga Club
Current:2015 La Manga Cup

La Manga Cup is a winter football tournament played in La Manga Club, La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia, Spain). Usual participants are clubs from countries with a summer football season: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States and Canada. The first cup was played in 1999 and was won by Rosenborg, who are the most successful team to date with three wins.

Winners

YearsWinnersRunners-upThird Place
1999 Rosenborg Stabæk Brann
2000 Brøndby IF Rosenborg Helsingborgs IF
2001 Rosenborg AIK FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2002 Helsingborgs IF Lillestrøm Viking
2003 Rosenborg Odd Grenland Los Angeles Galaxy
2004 MetroStars Viking San Jose Earthquakes
2005 Rubin Kazan Lillestrøm Lyn
2006 Rubin Kazan Krylia Sovetov Dynamo Moscow
2007 Vålerenga Lillestrøm Rosenborg
2008 (I) Shakhtar Donetsk Viking Stabæk
2008 (II) Kalmar FF Brøndby IF Tromsø
2009 FC Honka FC Nordsjælland Krylia Sovetov
2010 Molde FC Nordsjælland Rosenborg
2011 Viking Start Randers FC
2012 FC Nordsjælland Vålerenga Viking
2013 CSKA Moscow Vålerenga Kalmar
2014 Sogndal Brann Start
2015 Vålerenga Tromsø AGF Aarhus

Performance

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning Years
Rosenborg311999, 2001, 2003
Vålerenga222007, 2015
Rubin Kazan22005, 2006
FC Nordsjælland122012
Viking122011
Brøndby IF112000
CSKA Moscow12013
Shakhtar Donetsk12008 (I)
Helsingborgs IF12002
Kalmar FF12008 (II)
Molde12010
Sogndal12014
FC Honka12009
MetroStars12004

Performance by country

CountryWinnersRunners-upThird Place
Norway8139
Russia313
Denmark232
Sweden212
United States12
Finland1
Ukraine1

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