Puskás Cup Explained

Puskás Cup
Founded:2008
Region:Hungary
Number Of Teams:6
Current Champions: Real Madrid
First Title Won: Real Madrid
Most Successful Club: Budapest Honvéd
Real Madrid (5 titles each)
Broadcasters:Sport 1
Website:Official website

Puskás Cup or Puskás-Suzuki Kupa is an international football tournament founded by the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in Felcsút, Hungary and the Magyar Suzuki Corporation in 2008. The aim of the founders is to establish a club tournament which offers the opportunity for talented young footballers to measure themselves internationally at the U-17 age level and to establish a fitting memorial to Ferenc Puskás.[1]

History

In 2008 four teams competed for the first ever Puskás Cup trophy which was finally won by La Fabrica, the youth team of Ferenc Puskás's former club Real Madrid C.F.[2]

In 2009 six teams participated and the final match was broadcast in three different countries (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania) and the official Real Madrid TV aired a summary of the tournament.[3]

In 2010 AC Milan were the first Italian club to be invited to participate in the Puskás-Suzuki Cup. The best goalkeeper of the tournament was Georgios Kollias (Panathinaikos), the best player was Spidron Furlanos (Panathinaikos), and the top goalscorer was Valér Kapacina (Budapest Honvéd).[4]

The 2012 Puskás Cup was won by Budapest Honvéd by beating the hosts, Puskás Akadémia 7-0 in the final. Among the seven Honvéd goals, Gergely Bobál scored 4 goals.[5]

The 2014 Puskás Cup was won by Real Madrid by beating Puskás Akadémia 1-0 in the final at the Pancho Arena. This match coincided with the inauguration ceremony of the new football stadium in Felcsút.[6] György Szöllősi, communication director of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy, announced that there will be 4,500 spectators at the final of the 2014 Puskás Cup. Among the invited guests there will be the wife of Ferenc Puskás, the former Croatian football legend, Davor Šuker, the former German international and Hungary coach, Lothar Matthäus, former Videoton coach and Portugal international Paulo Sousa, and former Golden Team members Jenő Buzánszky and Gyula Grosics. The opening speech will be delivered by the president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and former Hungarian MP Pál Schmitt and the president of the Spanish Football Federation, Ángel María Villar.[7]

The 2015 Puskás Cup was won by Budapest Honvéd by beating three-time champions La Fábrica in the final on 6 April 2015 at the Pancho Arena in Felcsút.[8] Hagi Academy finished third by beating Feyenoord Academy.[9] The home side, Puskás Akadémia finished fifth by beating Panathinaikos 2-1.[10]

Title-holders Budapest Honvéd won the 2016 Puskás Cup by beating the host club, Puskás Akadémia FC in the final in a penalty shoot-out.[11] La Fabrica won the bronze medal by beating newcomers KRC Genk Jeugd in the third place play-off.[12]

Results

width=5%Yearwidth=14%Winnerswidth=10%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%Third placewidth=10%Scorewidth=14%Fourth placewidth=4%Number of teams
2008
La Fábrica
5–1
Puskás Akadémia

Panathinaikos
1–0
Budapest Honvéd
4
2009
Ferencváros
2–1
Budapest Honvéd

La Fábrica
3–2
Slovan Bratislava
6
2010
Budapest Honvéd
2–0
Panathinaikos

La Fábrica
2–0
Ferencváros
6
2011
Budapest Honvéd
1–1 (p. 5–4)
La Fábrica

Panathinaikos
3–2
Puskás Akadémia
6
2012
Budapest Honvéd
7–0
Puskás Akadémia

Austria Wien
0–0 (p. 4–3)
Panathinaikos
6
2013
La Fábrica
2–0
Panathinaikos

Budapest Honvéd
4–2
Puskás Akadémia
6
2014
La Fábrica
1–0
Puskás Akadémia

Dinamo Zagreb
3–0
Budapest Honvéd
6
2015
Budapest Honvéd
2–2 (p. 3–1)
La Fábrica

Hagi Academy
1–0
Feyenoord Academy
6
2016
Budapest Honvéd
1–1 (p. 5-4)
Puskás Akadémia

La Fábrica
3–0
KRC Genk Jeugd
6
2017
La Fábrica
4–0
Panathinaikos

Puskás Akadémia
1–1 (p. 7-6)
Budapest Honvéd
6
2018
Genk
3-1
Puskás Akadémia

Flamengo
2-1
Sporting
2019
Flamengo
4-2
Puskás Akadémia

Hagi Academy
4-0
Panathinaikos
2020Postponed due to Covid-19
2021
Puskás Akadémia
1-0
Sporting CP

Budapest Honvéd
3-0
Osijek
2022
La Fábrica
4-0
Dinamo Kyiv

Flamengo
3-0
Puskás Akadémia

Statistics

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top 4
finishes
Budapest Honvéd5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)1 (2009)2 (2013, 2019)3 (2008, 2014, 2017)11
La Fábrica5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2022)2 (2011, 2015)3 (2009, 2010, 2016)0 10
Ferencváros1 (2009)00 1 (2010)2
Genk Jeugd1 (2018)001 (2016)2
Puskás Akadémia1 (2021)6 (2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019)1 (2017)3 (2011, 2013, 2022)11
Flamengo1 (2019)02 (2018, 2022)03
Panathinaikos03 (2010, 2013, 2017)2 (2008, 2011)4 (2012, 2019)9
Sporting01 (2021)01 (2018)2
Dynamo Kyiv01 (2022)001
Austria Wien001 (2012)01
Dinamo Zagreb001 (2014)0 1
Hagi Academy001 (2015, 2019)01
Slovan Bratislava0001 (2009)1
Feyenoord Academy0001 (2015)1
Osijek0001 (2021)1

Participation

ClubParticipationYear
Puskás Akadémia102008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Budapest Honvéd102008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
La Fábrica102008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Panathinaikos102008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hagi Football Academy52011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Ferencváros32009, 2010, 2011
Slovan Bratislava12009
AC Milan12010
Austria Wien12012
Northcote City FC12013
Dinamo Zagreb12014
Heidelberg United FC12014
Feyenoord Academy12015
Genk Jeugd12016
Bayern Munich12017
Sporting12017

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki Cup. puskassuzukicup.net. 2 June 2012. 2 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614014158/http://www.puskassuzukicup.net/index.html. 14 June 2012.
  2. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki Cup 2008. puskassuzukicup.net. 2 June 2012. 2 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110427102927/http://www.puskassuzukicup.net/history2008. 27 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki Cup 2009. puskassuzukicup.net. 2 June 2012. 2 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110427103002/http://www.puskassuzukicup.net/history2009. 27 April 2011.
  4. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki Cup 2010. puskassuzukicup.net. 2 June 2012. 2 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110426031312/http://www.puskassuzukicup.net/history2010. 26 April 2011.
  5. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki Kupa: fölényes sikerrel védte meg címét a Bp. Honvéd. 9 April 2012. www.nso.hu.
  6. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: Real-siker a Pancho Aréna avatóján. 21 April 2014. www.nso.hu.
  7. Web site: PAFC: telt ház lesz a Pancho Aréna nyitó meccsén. 17 April 2014. www.nso.hu.
  8. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: Real-veréssel tornagyőztes a Honvéd. 6 April 2015. Nemzeti Sport.
  9. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: a Hagi Akadémia a harmadik. 6 April 2015. Nemzeti Sport.
  10. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: a házigazda az ötödik helyen. 6 April 2015. Nemzeti Sport.
  11. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: tovább tart a Puskás átka, a Honvédé a trófea. 16 May 2016. Nemzeti Sport.
  12. Web site: Puskás-Suzuki-kupa: bronzot nyert a Genket megverő Real. 16 May 2016. Nemzeti Sport.