Copa Martini & Rossi

Copa Martini & Rossi was the name of a series of friendly football matches between FC Barcelona and several distinguished European teams during the decade of the 1940s. The winner of the game received a silver cup inscribed with the name of the sponsor, the Italian Multinational Martini & Rossi.[1]

The matches took place at Barcelona's Les Corts, usually as the last game of the season, with which homage was given to the retiring players, or as a Christmas season game. This tournament is considered the precursor to the Trofeu Joan Gamper.

This title should not be confused with the Trofeo Martini & Rossi, award that during the same decade was granted to the First Division team with the best goal difference record during the year, and which the FC Barcelona won a record of six times.

Tournaments

  • All the editions of the tournament are presented in the following table:[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Date Winner Runner-up Result
December 25, 1948
December 26, 1948		 Spain FC Barcelona Denmark Akademisk Boldklub 1–1
2–1 (R)
June 12, 1949 Spain FC Barcelona Portugal FC Porto 3–1
June 4, 1950 Spain FC Barcelona Italy Torino FC 2–1
June 15, 1952 Spain FC Barcelona France OGC Nice 8–2
December 25, 1952 Spain FC Barcelona Germany Kickers Offenbach 5–2
December 25, 1953 Spain FC Barcelona Austria FK Austria Wien 3–2

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ For unknown reasons, some media has published that the Copa Martini & Rossi was the precursor to the UEFA Supercup, a championship between the winners of the Copa Latina and the Mitropa Cup. This wouldn't be possible since the Mitropa Cup didn't take place between 1941 and 1954.
  2. ↑ "Mundo Deportivo. 25 December 1948" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 25 December 1948.
  3. ↑ "Mundo Deportivo. 12 June 1949" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 12 June 1949.
  4. ↑ "Mundo Deportivo, 5 June 1950" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 5 June 1950.
  5. ↑ "Alineando sus primeras figuras" [Aligning their first figures] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-11-16.
  6. ↑ "Mundo Deportivo, 25 December 1952" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 25 December 1952.
  7. ↑ "Mundo Deportivo, 25 December 1953" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 25 December 1953.
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