Catalonia International Trophy
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| Organiser(s) | Catalan Football Federation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Region | International (played in Catalonia) |
| Teams | 2 |
| Current champions |  Tunisia (2016, 2nd title) |
| Most championships |  Catalonia (3 titles) |
 2016 Catalonia International Trophy | |
The Catalonia International Trophy (Catalan: Trofeu Catalunya Internacional) is an association football friendly tournament organised in Spain by the Catalan Football Federation and which the Catalonia national team plays against another national team. It was created in 2009 and is held annually at the end of December.
Since 1997, the Catalan national team has played an international friendly match nearly every year, coinciding with the Christmas holidays. In 2009, in the context of Catalan aspirations to participate in official FIFA or UEFA competitions, the president of the Catalan Football Federation, Jordi Casals, announced the conversion of friendlies into an annual tournament, named the Catalonia International Trophy. The artist Joan Mora donated a sculpture symbolising the four bars of the Catalan flag as a prize for the winner.[1]
On 22 December 2009, the first edition, Johan Cruyff's Catalonia won 4–2 against Diego Maradona's Argentina.[2] After that, four more games were held against Honduras, Tunisia twice,[3][4] Nigeria and Cape Verde.
Results
Records and statistics
Table of winners
| Team | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Catalonia |
3 (2009, 2010, 2013) | 3 (2011, 2012, 2016) |
| Tunisia |
2 (2011, 2016) | — |
 Nigeria |
1 (2012) | — |
 Argentina |
— | 1 (2009) |
 Honduras |
— | 1 (2010) |
 Cape Verde |
— | 1 (2013) |
Results summary
| Pos | Team | P | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalonia |
6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 50.00 |
| 2 | Tunisia |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 |
| 3 | Nigeria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Argentina |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Cape Verde |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 | |
| Honduras |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
Top goalscorers
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