The Atlantic Cup (football)

The Atlantic Cup
Founded	2011
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	AGF Aarhus (1st title)
Website	theatlanticcup.co.uk

The Atlantic Cup is a pre/mid season 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 was founded in 2011 by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne.^[3]^[4]

Television coverage was originally provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2011	IF Elfsborg	Odense BK
2012	FC Midtjylland	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2013	SK Rapid Wien	Silkeborg IF
2014	F.C. Copenhagen	Örebro SK
2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	Örebro SK
2016	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Örebro SK
2017	HNK Rijeka	FK Jablonec
2018	AGF Aarhus	FK Jablonec

Editions

2011 edition

This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

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.^[9] FC Midtjylland won the competition beating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in the final.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

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

7 February 201217:30

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	FC Midtjylland

Estádio Algarve, Faro

2013 edition

This was the third edition, contested by three teams.^[14] S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches were not taken account to the final standings.^[15] Rapid Wien won the competition.^[16]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rapid Wien	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6
2	Silkeborg IF	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Skënderbeu Korçë	2	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]^[17]^[18] 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.^[19]^[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

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

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

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'

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'

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'

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'

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'

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'

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finals

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'

7 February 2015	Baumit Jablonec	1–1	FC Midtjylland	Estádio Algarve, Faro
17:30

7 February 2015	IFK Göteborg	0–1	Brøndby IF	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
21:00

Tournament Final

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jablonec	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6
2	Örebro SK	2	1	1	1	1	+0	3
3	AGF Aarhus	2	1	1	1	2	-1	3
4	Kalmar FF	2	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 p)	Zenit Saint Petersburg

2017 edition

The 2017 edition will be disputed in the same format as 2016 Atlantic Cup was.^[24]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W–	L+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jablonec	2	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	5
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	0	1	0	5	2	+3	4
3	Örebro	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1	3
4	AaB	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	–4	0

	JAB	SHA	ÖRE	AAB
Jablonec	–	–	2–0	–
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–2 (4–5 p)	–	–	–
Örebro	–	–	–	1–0
AaB	–	0–3	–	–

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rijeka	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Debrecen	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Djurgårdens IF	2	1	1	1	1	0	3
4	AGF	2	0	2	0	5	–5	0

	RIJ	DEB	DJU	AGF
Rijeka	–	–	–	3–0
Debrecen	–	–	0–1	–
Djurgårdens IF	0–1	–	–	–
AGF	–	0–2	–	–

Finals

7th	AaB Aalborg	0–0 (1–4 p)	Djurgården
5th	AGF Aarhus	1–1	Örebro
3rd	Shakhtar	2–1	Debrecen
1st	Rijeka	3–0	Jablonec

2018 edition

The 2018 edition will be disputed in the same format as 2017 Atlantic Cup.^[25]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W–	L+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AGF	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	+3	6
2	Norrköping	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3
3	Rijeka	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	-1	2
4	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1

29 January 2018	AGF	2–1	Rijeka	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
16:00 GMT	Sana 45+1' (pen.) Pedersen 55'		Ristovski 73'

29 January 2018	Norrköping	1–1 (4–2 p)	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT	Larsson 27'		Bakambu 25'	Referee: Fábio Piló (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Holmberg Gerson Wahlqvist Jakobsen		Liu Guobo Zhang Yu Wang Ziming Zhu Chaoqing

2 February 2018	Rijeka	1–1 (5–3 p)	Norrköping	Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
16:00 GMT	Gerson 69' (o.g.)		Jakobsen 3'
	Penalties
	Puljić Dangubić Zuta Ristovski Escoval		Gerson Larsson Jakobsen Karlsson

2 February 2018	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	0–2	AGF	Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
20:00 GMT			Pušić 77' Bundu 86'	Referee: André Narciso (Portugal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W–	L+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Jablonec	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	5
2	Shamrock Rovers	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
3	Dalkurd	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	Hammarby	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1

30 January 2018	Jablonec	2–1	Hammarby	Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
16:00 GMT	Chramosta 1', 3'		Bengtsson 65'

30 January 2018	Shamrock Rovers	0–0 (6–5 p)	Dalkurd	Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
20:00 GMT
	Penalties
	Gary Shaw Boyle Dan Cleary		Amin Stadler Miljević Awad Moënza Ranđelović Rashidi DeJohn

3 February 2018	Dalkurd	1–1 (4–5 p)	Jablonec	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
16:00 GMT	Bnou Marzouk 7'		Piroch 60'

3 February 2018	Hammarby	0–0 (2–4 p)	Shamrock Rovers	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT

Finals

Due to Rijeka's domestic schedule commitments, they have departed Portugal early and will be replaced by Stade Nyonnais, an invitational team. As per tournament rules and regulations, they will play in the 7th/8th place play-off match.^[26]

6 February 2018 7th/8th place play-off	Stade Nyonnais	1–2	Hammarby	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 GMT

5 February 2018 5th/6th place play-off	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	1–3	Dalkurd	Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
14:00 GMT	Soriano 11' (pen.)		Berg 7' DeJohn 26' Bnou-Marzouk 32'	Referee: André Narciso (Portugal)

6 February 2018 3rd/4th place play-off	Norrköping	2–1	Shamrock Rovers	Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
12:00 GMT

5 February 2018 Tournament Final	AGF	1–1 (5-4 p)	Jablonec	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT

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	–
HNK Rijeka	1	–	2017	–
AGF	1	–	2018	–
Örebro SK	–	3	–	2014, 2015, 2016
FK Jablonec	–	2	–	2017, 2018
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	3	2	2012, 2014, 2018	2011, 2013
Russia	2	–	2015, 2016	–
Sweden	1	3	2011	2014, 2015, 2016
Croatia	1	1	2017	2012
Austria	1	–	2013	–
Czech Republic	–	2	–	2017, 2018

External links

The Atlantic Cup

References

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