Teresa Herrera Trophy

Teresa Herrera Trophy
Trofeo Teresa Herrera
Teresa Herrera Trophy on display at the Museu Cosme Damião
Organiser(s)Deportivo de A Coruña
Founded1946 (1946)
RegionA Coruña, Spain
Teams2
Current championsSpain Real Madrid (2026)
Most championshipsSpain Deportivo de A Coruña (26 titles)
BroadcasterTelevisión de Galicia

The Teresa Herrera Trophy (Spanish: Trofeo Teresa Herrera) is an annual pre-season football tournament hosted by Deportivo de A Coruña at the Estadio Riazor.

Established in 1946, the tournament is usually held in August, and since 1990 it has always featured local club Deportivo.

The trophy was named after Teresa Herrera (1712–1791), a philanthropist born in A Coruña who dedicated her life to helping the poor and used her house as shelter for sick and poor women in the city.[1] In 1791 she founded the Hospital de la Caridad ("Charity Hospital"), specially dedicated to maternity and orphanage.[1][2]

History

The competition, which was first played in 1946, originally began as a means of raising money for the poor in the city of A Coruña. The first edition was played between Sevilla and Athletic Club; Sevilla won the match 3–2.[3]

(First): Supporters of Uruguayan club Nacional in 2014; (second): Sporting v Sporting Gijón match, 2014; (third): Players of Deportivo de A Coruña holding the trophy in 2015

List of winners

Ed. Year Winners Score Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1
1946 Spain Sevilla3–2Spain Athletic Club
none [n 1]
2
1947 Spain Athletic Club 3–2 Brazil Vasco da Gama
none [n 1]
3
1948 Spain Barcelona 2–1 Portugal Porto
none [n 1]
4
1949 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 France Racing Club de Paris
none [n 1]
5
1950 Italy Lazio 3–1 Spain Atlético Madrid
none [n 1]
6
1951 Spain Barcelona 4–2 Switzerland Young Boys
none [n 1]
7
1952 Spain Valencia 2–1 France Olympique Roubaix
none [n 1]
8
1953 Spain Real Madrid 8–1 France Toulouse
none [n 1]
9
1954 Spain Sevilla 3–2 Sweden Helsingborg
none [n 1]
10
1955 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 4–1 Spain Athletic Club
none [n 1]
11
1956 Spain Atlético Madrid 4–1 Germany 1. FC Köln
none [n 1]
12
1957 Brazil Vasco da Gama 4–2 Spain Athletic Club
none [n 1]
13
1958 Uruguay Nacional 2–1 Brazil Flamengo
none [n 1]
14
1959 Brazil Santos 4–1 Brazil Botafogo
none [n 1]
15
1960 Spain Sevilla 2–1 England Newcastle United
none [n 1]
16
1961 Portugal Sporting 3–2 France Reims
none [n 1]
17
1962 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 4–2 Portugal Benfica
none [n 1]
18
1963 France Monaco 3–2 Brazil Vasco da Gama
none [n 1]
19
1964 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 4–0 Portugal Sporting Portugal Porto and Italy Roma
20
1965 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
none [n 1]
21
1966 Spain Real Madrid 2–0 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
22
1967 Spain Racing Ferrol 3–0 Spain Celta Vigo Spain Deportivo de La Coruña Spain Pontevedra
23
1968 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 2–1 Austria Rapid Wien
none [n 1]
24
1969 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 1–0 Uruguay Nacional Belgium Olympic Charleroi Germany Bayern Munich
25
1970 Hungary Ferencváros 0–0 (4–2 p) Argentina San Lorenzo
none [n 1]
26
1971 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–1 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
27
1972 Spain Barcelona 2–0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag
none [n 1]
28
1973 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava Hungary Újpest Dózsa Netherlands Ajax
29
1974 Uruguay Peñarol 3–2 Germany Borussia MG Spain Barcelona Spain Atlético Madrid
30
1975 Uruguay Peñarol 3–3 (p) Brazil Cruzeiro Spain Atlético Madrid England Stoke City
31
1976 Spain Real Madrid 2–0 Brazil Cruzeiro Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Uruguay Peñarol
32
1977 Brazil Fluminense 4–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague Spain Real Madrid Netherlands Feyenoord
33
1978 Spain Real Madrid 2–0 Brazil Flamengo Spain Deportivo de La Coruña Brazil Fluminense
34
1979 Spain Real Madrid 1–0 Spain Sporting Gijón Hungary Budapest Honvéd England West Bromwich Albion
35
1980 Spain Real Madrid 3–1 Spain Sporting Gijón Portugal Porto Brazil Flamengo
36
1981 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 Spain Atlético Madrid Spain Deportivo de La Coruña Spain Barcelona
37
1982 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 4–1 Spain Barcelona Germany Bayern Munich Brazil Internacional
38
1983 Spain Athletic Bilbao1–0Uruguay PeñarolSpain Real MadridSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
39
1984 Italy Roma2–2 (p)Brazil Vasco da GamaEngland Manchester UnitedSpain Athletic Bilbao
40
1985 Spain Atlético Madrid1–0Portugal PortoBrazil FluminenseSpain Real Madrid
41
1986 Spain Atlético Madrid1–0Brazil SantosSpain Real MadridBrazil São Paulo
42
1987 Portugal Benfica1–1 (p)Spain Deportivo de La CoruñaSpain Sporting GijónEngland Everton
43
1988 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven3–1Spain Atlético MadridEngland LiverpoolSpain Real Sociedad
44
1989 Germany Bayern Munich4–1Romania Steaua BucureștiSpain Real MadridNetherlands PSV Eindhoven
45
1990 Spain Barcelona2–0Portugal BenficaGermany Bayern MunichSpain Deportivo de La Coruña
46
1991 Portugal Porto1–0Spain Deportivo de La CoruñaNetherlands AjaxSpain Real Madrid
47
1992 Brazil São Paulo4–1Spain BarcelonaUruguay PeñarolSpain Deportivo de La Coruña
48
1993 Spain Barcelona1–0Brazil São PauloSpain Deportivo de La CoruñaItaly Lazio
49
1994 Spain Real Madrid1–0Spain Deportivo de La CoruñaItaly SampdoriaPortugal Porto
50
1995 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Spain Real MadridBrazil FlamengoPortugal Benfica
51
1996 Brazil Botafogo4–4 (3–0 p)Italy JuventusSpain Deportivo de La CoruñaNetherlands Ajax
52
1997 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–2 (p)Netherlands PSV EindhovenSpain Atlético MadridBrazil Vasco da Gama
53
1998 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Italy LazioSpain Real MadridSpain Atlético Madrid
54
1999 Spain Celta Vigo1–0Argentina Boca JuniorsSpain Deportivo de La CoruñaBrazil Corinthians
55
2000 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–2 (4–3 p)Italy Lazio
none [n 1]
56
2001 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–1Spain Real MadridUruguay PeñarolMexico Cruz Azul
57
2002 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña1–0Mexico Cruz AzulSpain Atlético MadridUruguay Nacional
58
2003 Spain Deportivo de La CoruñaRound-robinMexico AméricaUruguay Nacional—
59
2004 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña3–1Spain Atlético MadridSpain Real ZaragozaPortugal Sporting
60
2005 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–1Uruguay NacionalUruguay Peñarol—
61
2006 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña3–1Italy MilanSpain Atlético MadridUruguay Nacional
62
2007 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–1Spain Real MadridPortugal Os BelenensesItaly Atalanta
63
2008 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–1Spain Atlético MadridMexico Cruz AzulSpain Sporting Gijón
64
2009 Spain Atlético Madrid1–1 (4–3 p)Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
65
2010 England Newcastle United0–0 (5–3 p)Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
66
2011 Spain Sevilla1–1 (4–3 p)Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
67
2012 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–2 (4–3 p)Spain Atlético Madrid
none [n 1]
68
2013 Spain Real Madrid4–0Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
69
2014 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña1–0Spain Sporting GijónPortugal SportingUruguay Nacional
70
2015 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña1–0Portugal Braga
none [n 1]
71
2016 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Spain Villarreal
none [n 1]
72
2017 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0England West Bromwich Albion
none [n 1]
73
2018 Spain Athletic Bilbao2–2 (4–1 p)Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
74
2019 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña1–0Spain Real Betis
none [n 1]
75
2020 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña6–0Spain Amateur Combined [n 2]
none [n 1]
76
2021 Spain Ponferradina2–1Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
none [n 1]
77
2022 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña4–2Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
none [n 1]
78
2023 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña4–0Brazil Red Bull Bragantino II
none [n 1]
79
2024 Spain Leganés3–1Spain Deportivo de La CoruñaSpain Unionistas de SalamancaSpain Real Oviedo
80
2025 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0France Le Havre
none [n 1]
81
2026 Spain Real Madrid1–0Spain Deportivo de A Coruña
none [n 1]
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Two-teams competition.
  2. ↑ Local name: "Combinado del Fútbol Aficionado Coruñés"

Women's tournament

Since 2013, a women's football edition of the trophy has also been held. Until 2016, when Deportivo de La Coruña established its women's football section, the tournament was hosted by a local women's team.

The inaugural edition was contested by the two local teams, second-tier Victoria CF and third-tier Orzán SD.[4]

In 2014, the match was played at the Riazor for the first time and featured a foreign opponent, Boavista FC. A qualifying tournament for several local teams was held, which was won by the defending champions, Victoria. Boavista played in old Deportivo uniforms after their own kits were stolen.[5]

In 2015, Victoria again made it to the Trophy after beating Orzán on penalties,[6] but suffered a defeated against three-times national champions Rayo Vallecano.[7]

List of winners

Ed. Year Winners Result Runners-up
1
2013 Spain Victoria3–0Spain Orzán
2
2014 Spain Victoria2–1Portugal Boavista
3
2015 Spain Rayo Vallecano7–0Spain Victoria
4
2016 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Spain Villarreal
5
2017 Spain Athletic Bilbao1–0Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
6
2018 Spain Athletic Bilbao1–0Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
7
2019 Spain Tenerife5–1Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
8
2020 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña1–1 (5–3 p)Spain Victoria
9
2021 Portugal Valadares Gaia0–0 (5–4 p)Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
10
2022 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–2 (5–4 p)Portugal Famalicão
11
2023 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Spain Alavés
12
2024 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
13
2025 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Portugal Braga
14
2026 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña2–0Portugal Porto

Titles by club

Men's tournament

Team Nation Winners Runners-up Years won
Deportivo de A Coruña Spain 26 13 1955, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025
Real Madrid Spain 10 3 1949, 1953, 1966, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1994, 2013, 2026
Atlético Madrid Spain 6 6 1956, 1965, 1973, 1985, 1986, 2009
Barcelona Spain 5 2 1948, 1951, 1972, 1990, 1993
Sevilla Spain 4 0 1946, 1954, 1960, 2011
Athletic Bilbao Spain 3 3 1947, 1983, 2018
Peñarol Uruguay 2 1 1974, 1975
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2 0 1981, 1982
Vasco da Gama Brazil 1 3 1957
Lazio Italy 1 2 1950
Nacional Uruguay 1 2 1958
Benfica Portugal 1 2 1987
Porto Portugal 1 2 1991
Santos Brazil 1 1 1959
Sporting Portugal 1 1 1961
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 1 1 1968
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1 1 1988
São Paulo Brazil 1 1 1992
Botafogo Brazil 1 1 1996
Celta Vigo Spain 1 1 1999
Newcastle United England 1 1 2010
Valencia Spain 1 0 1952
Monaco France 1 0 1963
Racing Ferrol Spain 1 0 1967
Ferencváros Hungary 1 0 1970
Red Star Belgrade Serbia 1 0 1971
Fluminense Brazil 1 0 1977
Roma Italy 1 0 1984
Bayern Munich Germany 1 0 1989
Ponferradina Spain 1 0 2021
Leganés Spain 1 0 2024
The rest of the clubs 0 34 —
Total 81 81

Women's tournament

Team Nation Winners Years won
Deportivo de A Coruña Spain 7 2016, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Victoria Spain 2 2013, 2014
Athletic Bilbao Spain 2017, 2018
Rayo Vallecano Spain 1 2015
Tenerife Spain 2019
Valadares Gaia Portugal 2021

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Teresa Herrera: una vida dedicada a la mujer y a los más necesitados de A Coruña by Pilar Barreiro, 19 Aug 2019
  2. ↑ Teresa Herrera Trophy at RSSSF
  3. ↑ "Teresa Herrera: Sevilla FC 3 Athletic Club 2". Athletic Bilbao. 30 June 1946. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Official website Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ S.L, Titania Cía Editorial. "El Victoria conquista el Teresa Herrera femenino en Riazor - Domingo, 10 Agosto 2014 01:06". El Confidencial.
  6. ↑ "El Victoria, a la final del Teresa Herrera en Riazor". La Voz de Galicia. August 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "El Rayo se corona en el Teresa Herrera femenino". AS.com. August 8, 2015.