The Atlantic Cup (football)

The Atlantic Cup

Founded	2011
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (1st title)
Television broadcasters	Eurosport
Website	theatlanticcup.co.uk

The Atlantic Cup is a pre/mid season friendly football tournament held in Algarve, Portugal for European football clubs from national leagues which do not operate in the winter months. It therefore consists mainly of teams from Scandinavia, Northern and Central Europe.^[1][2]

It is organised by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne^[3] and has been running for four years.^[4] Television coverage is provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

The 2014 edition was won by F.C. Copenhagen from Denmark.^[5]

Winners

2011 edition

This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.^[6][7][8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 IF Elfsborg 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 2 Odense BK 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 3 Helsingborgs IF 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 4 Brøndby IF 3 0 0 3 3 7 -4 0

ELF ODE HEL BRO IF Elfsborg – 1–1 3–1 2–1 Odense BK – – – – Helsingborgs IF – 1–1 – – Brøndby IF – 2–3 0–2 –

2012 edition

This was the second edition, contested by six teams from five countries.^[10] FC Midtjylland won the competition beating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in the final.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Dinamo Zagreb 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 2 FC Midtjylland 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 3 Wisla Krakow 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 4 Odense BK 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3 5 Rapid Wien 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1 6 Helsingborgs IF 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1

DIN MID WIS ODE RAP HEL Dinamo Zagreb – 1–1 – 3–1 – – FC Midtjylland – – 3–2 – – – Wisla Krakow – – – 1–0 – – Odense BK – – – – – – Rapid Wien – 1–2 – 1–2 – – Helsingborgs IF 0–1 – 0–2 – 1–1 –

Final

Dinamo Zagreb v FC Midtjylland

7 February 2012 17:30

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	FC Midtjylland

Estádio Algarve, Faro

2013 edition

This was the third edition, contested by three teams.^[15] S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches were not taken account to the final standings.^[16] Rapid Wien won the competition.^[17]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Rapid Wien 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 2 Silkeborg IF 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3 3 Skënderbeu Korçë 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0

RAP SIL SKE FAR MAT Rapid Wien – 2–1 1–0 – – Silkeborg IF – – – – – KF Skënderbeu Korçë – 2–4 – – 0–4 S.C. Farense 0–0 – – – – SV Mattersburg – 1–1 – – –

2014 edition

This was the fourth edition of, contested by 8 teams from 6 countries.^[1][18][19] Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2. The Danish team F.C. Copenhagen won the tournament, finishing the competition only with victories and without conceding a goal.^[5][20] The Swedish team Örebro SK finished in second place, also with victories only, but with a lower goal-difference than F.C. Copenhagen.

Participating teams

• F.C. Copenhagen
• FC Midtjylland
• FC Slovan Liberec
• FC Spartak Moscow
• Örebro SK
• FH
• Breiðablik
• SV Mattersburg

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	F.C. Copenhagen	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9
2	Örebro SK	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
3	FC Spartak Moscow	3	2	0	1	5	7	-2	6
4	Breiðablik UBK	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	5
5	SV Mattersburg	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
6	FC Slovan Liberec	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3
7	FC Midtjylland	3	0	0	3	3	6	-3	0
8	FH Hafnarfjarðar	3	0	0	3	4	11	-7	0

Matches

Breiðablik UBK v SV Mattersburg

4 February 2014	Breiðablik UBK	1–1 (4–3 p)	SV Mattersburg	Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
19:45 (GMT)	Lýðsson  23' (pen.)		Höller  49'
		Penalties
	Gíslason Halsman Muminovic Eyjólfsson		Malić Klemen Prietl

Örebro SK v FH Hafnarfjarðar

5 February 2014	Örebro SK	4–1	FH Hafnarfjarðar	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:00 (GMT)	A. Yasin  20' Shpëtim Hasani  29' Samuel Mensah  82' A. Kamara  85' (pen)		Davíð Þór Viðarsson  44'

FC Slovan Liberec v FC Midtjylland

5 February 2014	FC Slovan Liberec	2–1	FC Midtjylland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Yevhen Budnik  34' Kevin Luckassen  59'		André Rømer  74'

Breiðablik UBK v FC Midtjylland

7 February 2014	Breiðablik UBK	2–1	FC Midtjylland	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)	Árni Vilhjálmsson  50' Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson  59'		Paul Onuachu  52'

F.C. Copenhagen v FC Slovan Liberec

7 February 2014	F.C. Copenhagen	4–0	FC Slovan Liberec	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Andreas Cornelius  31', 39' (66) Y. Felfel  86'

Örebro SK v SV Mattersburg

8 February 2014	Örebro SK	2–1	SV Mattersburg	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)	Karl Holmberg  5' Emil Berger  81'	Goals	Alexander Taschner  13'

FH Hafnarfjarðar v FC Spartak Moscow

9 February 2014	FH Hafnarfjarðar	1–3	FC Spartak Moscow	Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
19:45 (GMT)	Atli Guðnason  10'		Vladimir Obukhov  27' Denis Davydov  28' Lucas Barrios  87'

FC Slovan Liberec v Örebro SK

10 February 2014	FC Slovan Liberec	0–2	Örebro SK	Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)			Daniel Gustavsson  12' Erik Moberg  24'

F.C. Copenhagen v Breiðablik UBK

10 February 2014	F.C. Copenhagen	2–0	Breiðablik UBK	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Daniel Braaten  10' Danny Amankwaa 50'

SV Mattersburg v FH Hafnarfjarðar

11 February 2014	SV Mattersburg	4–2	FH Hafnarfjarðar	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT)	Ingo Klemen  7', 28', 46' Markus Pink  79'		A. Björnsson  34' I.N. Óskarsson  35'

FC Midtjylland v FC Spartak Moscow

11 February 2014	FC Midtjylland	1–2	FC Spartak Moscow	Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT)	Patrick Banggaard  15'		Lucas Barrios  48' (72)

FC Spartak Moscow v F.C. Copenhagen

13 February 2014	FC Spartak Moscow	0–5	F.C. Copenhagen	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:00 (GMT)			Rúrik Gíslason  15' Igor Vetokele  16' Pierre Bengtsson  20' Artyom Timofeyev  33' (o.g.) Christoffer Remmer  82'

2015 edition

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Dynamo Moscow	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
2	IFK Göteborg	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	3
3	Baumit Jablonec	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	3
4	Copenhagen	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0

FC Dynamo Moscow v Copenhagen

30 January 2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	2–1	Copenhagen	Estádio Algarve, Faro
22:00	Valbuena  40' Yusupov  77'	report	Delaney  30'

IFK Göteborg v Baumit Jablonec

1 February 2015	IFK Göteborg	3–1	Baumit Jablonec	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:30	Vibe  9' 35' Boman  11'	Report	Kopic  58'

FC Dynamo Moscow v IFK Göteborg

4 February 2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	2–0	IFK Göteborg	Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:30	Büttner  54' Kuranyi  90'	Report

Baumit Jablonec v Copenhagen

4 February 2015	Baumit Jablonec	2–0	Copenhagen	Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00	Crnkič  45' Šabala  58'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W–	D	L+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Örebro SK	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	+1	5
2	Brøndby IF	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Mladá Boleslav	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	–1	3
4	FC Midtjylland	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–1	1

FC Midtjylland v Örebro SK

31 January 2015	FC Midtjylland	1–1 (3–4 p)	Örebro SK	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
14:00	Rasmussen  9'	Report	Gustavsson  88'
		Penalties
	Sisto Lauridsen Andersson Poulsen Bak Nielsen J. Larsen		Wiktorsson Moberg Gustavsson Haginge Kamara Åhman Persson

Brøndby IF v Mladá Boleslav

31 January 2015	Brøndby IF	2–0	Mladá Boleslav	Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00	Dumić  54' Elmander  55'	Report

Örebro SK v Brøndby IF

3 February 2015	Örebro SK	2–1	Brøndby IF	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
15:00	Sebastian Ring  13' Holmberg  58'	Report	Friðjónsson  20'

Mladá Boleslav v FC Midtjylland

3 February 2015	Mladá Boleslav	1–0	FC Midtjylland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00	Vacek  24'	Report

Finals

Copenhagen v Mladá Boleslav

7 February 2015	Copenhagen	4–2	Mladá Boleslav	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
11:00	Augustinsson  8' Toutouh  31' Amankwaa  34' Cornelius  44'	Report	Magera  6' Skalák  67'

Tournament Final

Örebro SK v FC Dynamo Moscow

7 February 2015	Örebro SK	0–1	FC Dynamo Moscow	Estádio Algarve, Faro
14:30		Report	Dzsudzsák  75'

2016 edition

The 2016 edition was disputed in the same format of 2015 Atlantic Cup.^[21] The winner of Group A (FK Jablonec) didn't contest the final due to the schedule of its flight back home. They were replaced in the final by Group A runner-up, Örebro SK.^[22] FC Zenit Saint Petersburg won the competition after penalty-shootout.^[23]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts 1 Jablonec 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 +3 6 2 Örebro SK 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 +0 3 3 AGF Aarhus 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3 4 Kalmar FF 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0

JAB ORE AAR KAL Jablonec – – – 2–1 Örebro – – 0–1 – AGF Aarhus 0–2 – – – Kalmar – 0–1 – –

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 +3 6 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 +0 3 3 IFK Norrköping 2 0 1 0 1 3 4 -1 2 4 Brøndby IF 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1

ZEN LOK NOR BRO Zenit Saint Petersburg – – – 2–0 Lokomotiv Moscow – – 1–1 (4–6 p) – Norrköping 2–3 – – – Brøndby – 0–0 (2–3 p) – –

Finals

7th	Kalmar	1-2	Brøndby
5th	Jablonec	3-2	Norrköping
3rd	AGF Aarhus	2-1	Lokomotiv Moscow
1st	Örebro	1-1 (4-5 pso)	Zenit Saint Petersburg

Performance

By team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
IF Elfsborg	1	–	2011	–
FC Midtjylland	1	–	2012	–
SK Rapid Wien	1	–	2013	–
F.C. Copenhagen	1	–	2014	–
FC Dynamo Moscow	1	–	2015	–
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	1	–	2016	–
Örebro SK	–	3	–	2014, 2015, 2016
Odense BK	–	1	–	2011
GNK Dinamo Zagreb	–	1	–	2012
Silkeborg IF	–	1	–	2013

By country

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Denmark	2	2	2012, 2014	2011, 2013
Russia	2	–	2015, 2016	–
Sweden	1	3	2011	2014, 2015, 2016
Austria	1	–	2013	–
Croatia	–	1	–	2012

External links

• The Atlantic Cup

References