Los Cármenes Trophy

Trofeo Los Cármenes
Founded1973
RegionEurope
Teams4 (1973–1975)
3 (1976–1989, 1992, 1994, 2011)
2 (1990–2010, 2012–)
Related competitionsUEFA Cup
Current championsUnited Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Most championshipsSpain Granada (23 titles)

Los Cármenes Trophy,[1] commonly known in Spanish as Trofeo Los Cármenes, and also historically known as Trofeo Granada, is an annual club football competition founded by Granada in the summer of 1973, at a rate to remain at the gates to contest the next season's UEFA Cup. During its more than 30 editions, it was played at the Estadio de Los Cármenes since 1995. With the demolition of the stadium, the event was then played on the Nuevo Los Cármenes.

History

The first edition brought rivals Málaga, Peñarol and OFK Belgrade.

The edition XXXIII, disputed in 15 August 2009, was the first under the name Trofeo Los Cármenes, which faced Granada against newly promoted to First Division Xerez, with the result being 0–1, with the only goal scored by Antoñito.

Played on 18 August 2010, the XXXIV edition, was a single match that pitted Granada with Malaga, and in it the home side took the trophy after the 1-0 goal by former ex-malaguist Alex Geijo.

The XXXV edition in 2011 was a triangular tournament between Atlético Madrid, Beşiktaş and Granada.

Other names that the trophy has had are Trofeo Ciudad de la Alhambra, Trofeo Ciudad de Granada, Trofeo Granada Alhambra, Trofeo Hoteles MA, and Trofeo Diputación de Granada.[2]

Results

Edition Name Year Champion Final Runner-up 3rd Place 4th Place
I Trofeo Granada 1973 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Belgrade 4–0 Uruguay Peñarol Spain Granada Spain CD Málaga
II 1974 Spain Granada 5–1 Spain CD Málaga Hungary Vasas SC Portugal Os Belenenses
III 1975 Portugal Boavista 1–0 Spain Salamanca Spain Granada Romania Sportul Bucarest
IV 1976 Spain Granada No final Argentina San Lorenzo Uruguay Peñarol –
V Trofeo Ciudad de la Alhambra 1977 Spain Granada Bulgaria Levski Sofia Hungary Újpest –
VI 1978 Spain Granada Spain CD Málaga Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam –
VII 1979 Spain CD Málaga Morocco Morocco Spain Granada –
VIII 1980 Spain Granada Spain Hércules Spain Almería –
IX 1981 Spain Real Betis Spain Granada Spain Almería –
X Trofeo Granada 1982 Spain Hércules Spain Granada Spain Las Palmas –
XI 1983 Spain Granada Romania Politehnica Timișoara Spain Salamanca –
XII 1984 Spain CD Málaga Spain Granada Portugal Salgueiros –
XIII 1985 Hungary Haladás Spain Granada Morocco Morocco U-20 –
XIV 1986 Spain Granada Spain Real Murcia Spain CD Málaga –
XV 1987 Spain Real Betis Spain Granada Argentina Independiente –
XVI 1988 Spain Granada Portugal Académica de Coimbra Spain Rayo Vallecano –
XVII 1989 Uruguay Danubio Spain CD Málaga Spain Granada –
XVIII 1990 Spain Granada 4–2 Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow – –
XIX 1991 Spain CD Málaga 2–1 Spain Granada – –
XX 1992 Spain Atlético Marbella No final Spain Granada Morocco ASFAR –
XXI 1993 Spain Granada 1–0 Spain Real Madrid Castilla – –
XXII 1994 Spain Rayo Vallecano No final Spain Granada Spain Valencia Mestalla –
XXIII 1995 Spain Granada 4–1 Spain Real Betis – –
XXIV Trofeo Ciudad de Granada 1996 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 1–1 (p) Spain Granada – –
XXV Trofeo Granada 1997 Spain Real Jaén 2–0 Spain Granada – –
XXVI 1998 Spain Granada 1–1 (p) Spain Málaga CF – –
XXVII 1999 Spain Rayo Vallecano 0–0 (p) Spain Granada – –
XXVIII 2002 Spain Granada 1–0 Spain Málaga CF – –
XXIX Trofeo Granada Alhambra 2003 Spain Atlético Madrid 4–1 Spain Granada – –
XXX 2005 Spain Málaga CF 4–1 Spain Granada – –
XXXI 2006 Spain Granada 3–1 Spain Málaga CF – –
XXXII 2007 Spain Real Betis 1–0 Spain Granada – –
XXXIII Trofeo Los Cármenes 2009[3] Spain Xerez 1–0 Spain Granada – –
XXXIV 2010[4] Spain Granada 1–0 Spain Málaga CF – –
XXXV Trofeo Hoteles MA 2011[5] Spain Granada No final Turkey Beşiktaş Spain Atlético Madrid –
XXXVI Trofeo Diputación de Granada 2012[6] Spain Granada 2–1 Portugal Vitória de Guimarães – –
XXXVII 2013[7] Portugal Os Belenenses 0–0 (p) Spain Granada – –
XXXVIII 2014 Spain Granada 4–1 Spain Atlético Tetuán – –
XXXIX 2015 Spain Granada 2–0 Italy Udinese – –
XL 2016 Spain Sevilla 2–0 Spain Granada – –
XLI Trofeo Ciudad de Granada 2017 Spain Granada 1–0 Spain Málaga – –
XLII 2018 Spain Málaga 0–0 Spain Granada – –
XLIII 2019 Spain Granada 2–1 Spain Sevilla – –
XLIV 2021 Spain Granada 3–1 Spain Málaga – –
XLV 2022 Spain Málaga 1–1 (p) Spain Granada – –
XLVI 2024 Spain Granada 1–1 (p) Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda – –
XLVII 2025 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3–0 Spain Granada – –

Performances

Team Titles Year/s
Spain Granada 23 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024
Spain CD Málaga / Málaga CF 6 1979, 1984, 1991, 2005, 2018, 2022
Spain Real Betis 3 1981, 1987, 2007
Spain Rayo Vallecano 2 1994, 1999
Serbia OFK Belgrade 1 1973
Portugal Boavista 1 1975
Spain Hércules 1 1982
Hungary Haladás 1 1985
Uruguay Danubio 1 1989
Spain Atlético Marbella 1 1992
Paraguay Cerro Porteño 1 1996
Spain Real Jaén 1 1997
Spain Atlético Madrid 1 2003
Spain Xerez 1 2009
Portugal Os Belenenses 1 2013
Spain Sevilla 1 2016
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 1 2025

References

  1. ↑ "El Trofeo Ciudad de Granada supone el regreso de los aficionados a Los Cármenes"
  2. ↑ "Trofeo Ciudad de Granada - Ciudad de la Alhambra - Los Cármenes (Spain) 1973-2025". RSSSF.
  3. ↑ "El Xerez se lleva el trofeo de Los Cármenes gracias a un gol de Antoñito" Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine; elxerez.lavanguardia.es (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "El Málaga defrauda en Granada"; MARCA.com (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "El Granada, campeón, y el Beşiktaş ganaron a los de Manzano"; MARCA.com (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ "El Granada hace la puesta de largo con victoria"; MARCA.com (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Os Belenenses ganan el Diputación de Granada en los penaltis"; MARCA.com (in Spanish)

See also