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Manchester United Premier Cup

FieldValue
logo[[File:Manchester United Premier Cup.png]]
founded1993
regionWorldwide
current championsGHA Right to Dream Academy (1st title)
most successful clubESP Barcelona
(3 titles)

(3 titles) The Manchester United Premier Cup is a global youth football tournament that was established by Nike in 1993.

History

The tournament was established by Nike in 1993 as the Nike Premier Cup and featured 624 teams from 15 European countries. The following year, the tournament expanded into the Asian continent, increasing the number of teams to 1,067, before adding a further 284 teams from the Latin American region in 1995 to reach 1,351 competing clubs. Chile hosted the first South American tournament that year as Universidad de Chile were crowned the first Latin American champions of the competition.

In 1996, the tournament was reorganised to include a World Finals stage following the regional tournaments. The regional tournaments served to whittle down the competing teams from over 2,500 to just 12 for the finals tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in 1997. This structure was followed from 1996 to 2001, when it was decided that the host team and the national champions from 13 countries would be given direct qualification to the finals tournament, with the remaining six places in the 20-team tournament given to the teams from the Europe, Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia and Africa regions. In 1998, Athletic Bilbao won the tournament final in Paris and the winning players were rewarded with seats in the Stade de France for the final of the World Cup as hosts France defeated Brazil 3−0.

In 2003, to coincide with Nike replacing Umbro as kit sponsors of Manchester United, the tournament was re-branded as the Manchester United Premier Cup. The following year, Manchester City became the first English champions of the youth tournament, defeating hosts and city rivals Manchester United through a goal from Daniel Sturridge.

Dinamo Zagreb became the first Croatian and Eastern European side to win the tournament, defeating Milan 2−1 at Old Trafford on 9 August 2013. The following year, Dynamo Moscow became the first Russian club to win the tournament, beating Valencia 1−0 in the final on 9 August 2014. The tournament has continued to grow since its formation as a regional tournament in 1993 and, in 2014, over 8,000 teams and 1 million players competed in Premier Cup tournaments from 43 countries to gain one of 20 places available at the Premier Cup World Finals in Manchester.

Premier Cup World Champions

SeasonWinnersHost countryVenue city1993–941994–951995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–15
POR Porto (European)
ESP Real Madrid (European)
MAS Malaysia (Asia-Pacific)
ESP Espanyol (European)
MAS Bukit Jalil Academy (Asia-Pacific)
CHI Universidad de Chile (Latin America)
ARG PlatenseCape Town
ESP Athletic BilbaoParis
ESP BarcelonaBarcelona
BRA InternacionalAmsterdam
BRA VitóriaBerlin
BRA São PauloLisbon
BRA CorinthiansPortland, Oregon
ENG Manchester CityManchester
BRA FluminenseHong Kong
MEX GuadalajaraManchester
ESP BarcelonaManchester
BRA FluminenseManchester
BRA São PauloManchester
ESP BarcelonaManchester
MEX PachucaManchester
CHI Universidad CatólicaShanghai
CRO Dinamo ZagrebManchester
RUS Dynamo MoscowManchester
GHA Right to Dream AcademyManchester

References

References

  1. "The Manchester United Premier Cup". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  2. "Tournament History — Year: 1994–1995". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  3. "Tournament History — Year: 1995–1996". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  4. "Tournament History — Year: 1996–1997". MUFC.
  5. "Tournament History — Year: 1997–1998". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  6. "England: All Stars Worldwide – Daniel Sturridge". MUFC.
  7. "Tournament History — Year: 2003–2004". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  8. "Tournament History — Year: 2012–2013". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  9. (9 August 2014). "2014 MUPC World Finals: Old Trafford Final, match report". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  10. "Tournament History - Year: 1993-1994". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  11. "Andrés Iniesta Luján FC Barcelona 1999". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  12. "Tournament History - Year:1999-2000". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  13. "Tournament History - Year: 2000-2001". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  14. "Tournament History - Year: 2001-2002". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  15. "Tournament History - Year: 2002-2003". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  16. "Rafael & Fabio Da Silva Fluminense 2005". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  17. "Tournament History - Year:2005-2006". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  18. "Tournament History - Year: 2006-2007". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  19. "Tournament History - Year: 2007-2008". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  20. (9 August 2009). "Sao Paulo crowned MUPC Champions 2009!". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  21. (8 August 2010). "FC Barcelona crowned MUPC2010 Champions". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  22. "Tournament History - Year:2010-2011". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  23. (25 July 2012). "Universidad Catolica crowned MUPC Champions of the World". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  24. (9 August 2013). "MUPC Champions of the World - Dinamo Zagreb". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  25. "Dynamo Moscow MUPC 2014 Champions of the World!". manchesterunitedpremiercup.com.
  26. (23 July 2015). "Right to Dream win MU Premier Cup". [[Manchester United F.C.]] official website.
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