Antonio Puerta Trophy

The Antonio Puerta Trophy is an annual summer tournament hosted by Sevilla FC since 2008. The tournament is dedicated to Antonio Puerta, who died on August 28, 2007 (at the age of 22) after suffering a heart injury during the inaugural match of the 2007-08 La Liga season against Getafe.

Antonio Puerta Trophy
Founded2008
Region UEFA
(Friendly tournament)
Number of teams2
Current champions Sevilla (7th title)
Most successful club(s) Sevilla (7 titles)
Television broadcastersCanal Sur, SFC Televisión, Arena Sport, TV3 (in 2011 edition)

Editions

2008

Played on 23 August 2008 against Málaga CF, the team promoted to La Liga that year. It served for remember Antonio Puerta and all the victims of the Spanair Flight 5022, the aerean accident occurred three days before.

Sevilla2–0Málaga
 Report
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Domingo Palomino Núñez

2009

Played on 21 August 2009 against Xerez, team also promoted to Liga BBVA that year as occurred in 2008 with Málaga.

Sevilla 2–1 Xerez
 Report Míchel  87'
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Andrés Ceballos Silva

2010

It was played on November, during a Liga BBVA break because of UEFA Champions League Group Stage (matchday 5). The rival this time was Granada, team promoted that season to Liga Adelante. It has been the first time since this tournament exists that Sevilla lost the final match.

Sevilla 1–1 Granada
José Carlos  58' Report Calvo  9'
Penalties
 2–4
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Israel Mariscal Sánchez

2011

The fourth edition of the tournament was celebrated in summer again, during the pre-season. The guest for the first time wasn't Andalusian; it was RCD Espanyol, Sevilla twinned team after suffering a similar tragedy as happened to the organizing club in 2007 (Daniel Jarque's death).[1]

Sevilla 5–0 Espanyol
 Report
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 20,000

2012

Played on 8 August 2012 due to the early start of 2012–13 La Liga, against Deportivo La Coruña, a traditional Sevilla "friend" team.

Sevilla 2–0 Deportivo La Coruña
 Report
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
Attendance: 25,000

2013
Sevilla 1–1 Almería
Perotti  81' (pen.) Report Christian  90+2'
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: López Amaya

2014
Sevilla 2–0 Córdoba
 Report
Attendance: 20,000

2016
Sevilla 3–4 Boca Juniors
 Report

2017
Sevilla 2–1 Roma
 Džeko  90+1'
Attendance: 29,298

2019
Sevilla 2–0 Schalke 04
Mesa  35'
Munir  72' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mario Melero López

Titles by team
Team Appearances Titles
Sevilla 2008
2009
2011
2012
2013
2014
2017
2019		 8
Granada 2010 1
Boca Juniors 2016 1

Goalscorers
Goals Player Team Edition in
which scored
2 José Carlos Sevilla FC 2009, 2010
2 Rodri Ríos Sevilla FC 2011
2 Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla FC 2011
2 Diego Perotti Sevilla FC 2009, 2013
2 Carlos Tevez Boca Juniors 2016
1 Luís Fabiano Sevilla FC 2008
1 Renato Sevilla FC 2008
1 Míchel Xerez 2009
1 Carlos Calvo Granada 2010
1 Manu del Moral Sevilla FC 2011
1 Álvaro Negredo Sevilla FC 2012
1 Piotr Trochowski Sevilla FC 2012
1 Christian Almería 2013
1 Denis Suárez Sevilla FC 2014
1 Carlos Bacca Sevilla FC 2014
1 Darío Benedetto Boca Juniors 2016
1 Cristian Pavón Boca Juniors 2016
1 Steven Nzonzi Sevilla FC 2016
1 Timothée Kolodziejczak Sevilla FC 2016
1 Luciano Vietto Sevilla FC 2016

References
  1. El Sevilla-Espanyol recupera el realce del Trofeo Antonio Puerta Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish), SevillismoYMas.com, July 6, 2011.
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