Puskás Cup

Puskás Cup
Founded 2008
Region Hungary
Number of teams 6
Current champions Hungary Budapest Honvéd (4 titles)
Most successful club(s) Hungary Budapest Honvéd (4 titles)
Television broadcasters Sport 1
Website Official website
2016 Puskás Cup

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

Real Madrid's Morata played at the 2009 Puskás Cup

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 playce play-off.[12]

Results

Year Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams
2008 Spain
La Fábrica		 5–1 Hungary
Puskás Akadémia		 Greece
Panathinaikos		 1–0 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 4
2009 Hungary
Ferencváros		 2–1 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 Spain
La Fábrica		 3–2 Slovakia
Slovan Bratislava		 6
2010 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 2–0 Greece
Panathinaikos		 Spain
La Fábrica		 2–0 Hungary
Ferencváros		 6
2011 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 1–1 (p. 5–4) Spain
La Fábrica		 Greece
Panathinaikos		 3–2 Hungary
Puskás Akadémia		 6
2012 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 7–0 Hungary
Puskás Akadémia		 Austria
Austria Wien		 0–0 (p. 4–3) Greece
Panathinaikos		 6
2013 Spain
La Fábrica 		2–0 Greece
Panathinaikos		 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 4–2 Hungary
Puskás Akadémia		 6
2014 Spain
La Fábrica 		1–0 Hungary
Puskás Akadémia		 Croatia
Dinamo Zagreb		 3–0 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 6
2015 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 2–2 (p. 3–1) Spain
La Fábrica		 Romania
Hagi Academy		 1–0 Netherlands
Feyenoord Academy		 6
2016 Hungary
Budapest Honvéd		 1–1 (p. 5-4) Hungary
Puskás Akadémia		 Spain
La Fábrica		 3–0 Belgium
KRC Genk Jeugd		 6

Statistics

Teams reaching the top four

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Top 4
finishes
Hungary Budapest Honvéd 5 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016) 1 (2009) 1 (2013) 2 (2008, 2014) 9
Spain La Fábrica 3 (2008, 2013, 2014) 2 (2011, 2015) 3 (2009, 2010, 2016) 0 8
Hungary Ferencváros 1 (2009) 0 0 1 (2010) 2
Hungary Puskás Akadémia 0 4 (2008, 2012, 2014, 2016) 0 2 (2011, 2013) 6
Greece Panathinaikos 0 2 (2010, 2013) 2 (2008, 2011) 1 (2012) 5
Austria Austria Wien 0 0 1 (2012) 0 1
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0 0 1 (2014) 0 1
Romania Hagi Academy 0 0 1 (2015) 0 1
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 0 0 0 1 (2009) 1
Netherlands Feyenoord Academy 0 0 0 1 (2015) 1
Belgium Genk Jeugd 0 0 0 1 (2016) 1

Participation

Club Participation Year
Hungary Puskás Akadémia 9 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Hungary Budapest Honvéd 9 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Spain La Fábrica 9 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Greece Panathinaikos 9 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Romania Hagi Football Academy 5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Hungary Ferencváros 3 2009, 2010, 2011
Australia Melbourne Victory 2 2013, 2014
Italy AC Milan 1 2010
Austria Austria Wien 1 2012
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1 2009
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1 2014
Netherlands Feyenoord Academy 1 2015
Belgium Genk Jeugd 1 2016

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