CEE Cup

The Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament, known as the CEE Cup is an annual invitational under-19 football tournament, which takes place in Czech Republic. The tournament has taken place 10 times, initially restricted to clubs from Central and Eastern Europe - the tournament has now expanded to include teams from Western Europe, Asia, North, South and Central America and Australia.[1][2]

Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament
Founded2011
Number of teams8
Current champions Palmeiras
Most successful club(s) Palmeiras (3 times)
WebsiteCEE Cup Official Website

The tournament has become a staging ground for future footballing talent, such as English Premier League players Tomáš Souček, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon.[3] And German Bundesliga player Joshua Zirkzee.[4]

The trophy is a 3D representation of the tournament's logo, designed and created by Czech blacksmith Martin Blundil - who also designed plaques given to the winners of the individual players awards at the end of each tournament.

Tournament Format

Originally, the tournament began with 4 groups, of 4 teams - with the teams playing each other in a round-robin manner, before the top ranked teams of each group competed in a semi-final and final to determine the winner.[5] Later tournaments however, have reduced to 2 groups of 4 teams - with the group winners taking part in the semi-finals, and the runners-up taking part in matches to determine their final rankings.[6] The 2022 edition was limited to 2 groups of 3 teams.

Tournament Results
Dates Final Stadium Winner Score Runner-Up Other Participant Ranking Source
25–31 July 2011 Ďolíček, Prague Mladá Boleslav 1–0 Levski Sofia

3. RNK Split
4. Bohemians 1905
5. Slovan Bratislava
6. Universitatea Cluj
7. FC Slovácko
8. FC Brașov
9. Vasas
10. Krško
11. Sparta Prague
12. Triglav

 [7]
22–29 July 2012 Ďolíček, Prague Mladá Boleslav 4–3 Sparta Prague

3. Vasas
4. Levski Sofia
5. Sarajevo
6. Hadjuk Split
7. Debreceni
8. Sturm Graz
9. Bohemians 1905
10. Spartak Trnava
11. Universitatea Cluj
12. FC Slovácko

 [8]
24–31 July 2013 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Győri ETO 2–1 Slavia Prague

3. Vasas
4. Sparta Prague
5. Sarajevo
6. Slovan Bratislava
7. Ferencváros
8. Cruz Azul
9. Universitatea Cluj
10. Bohemians 1905
11. Sturm Graz
12. Maccabi Haifa

 [9]
23–30 July 2014 Ďolíček, Prague Győri ETO 4–3 AS Trenčín

3. Sarajevo
4. FSV Frankfurt
5. Vasas
6. Sparta Prague
7. Red Star Belgrade
8. Bohemians 1905
9. Slavia Prague
10. SC Juventus Bucureşti
11. Mladá Boleslav
12. Wisła Kraków

 [10]
22–29 July 2015 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Sparta Prague 1–1

(7–6 p)

 Fluminense

3. Akademija Pandev
4. Sarajevo
5. Hadjuk Split
6. AS Trenčín
7. Wisła Kraków
8. Bohemians 1905
9. Swansea City
10. Slavia Prague
11. Vasas
12. Olympic

 [11]
21–27 July 2016 Ďolíček, Prague Sparta Prague 4–1 Fluminense

3. RB Leipzig
4. A.A. Ponte Preta
5. Sarajevo
6. Akademija Pandev
7. Slavia Prague
8. Beijing Renhe
9. Vasas
10. Győri ETO
11. AS Trenčín
12. Bohemians 1905

 [12]
20–26 July 2017 Ďolíček, Prague Everton 3–1 Burnley


3. Altınordu
4. Sarajevo
5. Sparta Prague
6. Slavia Prague
7. Akademija Pandev
8. Leicester City
9. FC Nitra
10. Győri ETO
11. ProStars FC
12. Academica Cliceni

 [13]
25–31 July 2018 Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras 4–0 Beşiktaş

3. Slavia Prague
4. Sarajevo
5. Sparta Prague
6. Everton
7. FC Nitra
8. Academica Cliceni

 [14]
24–30 July 2019 Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras 2–0 Sparta Prague

3. Slavia Prague
4. Dinamo Zagreb
5. Shakhtar Donetsk
6. Altınordu
7. Beşiktaş
8. Burnley

 [15]
22–26 July 2022 Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras 2–1 Slavia Prague

3. Dynamo Kyiv
4. Sparta Prague
5. Tigres
6. Aston Villa

 [16]

Award Winners
Year Best Goalkeeper Top Goalscorer Best Player
2011 Petr Nerad (Bohemians 1905) Jan Boček (Mladá Boleslav) Iliev Dimitar (Levski Sofia)
2012 Martin Výda (Mladá Boleslav) Ondřej Šíma (Sparta Prague) Szabolcs Varga (Vasas)
2013 Lukáš Soukup (Slavia Prague) Bence Szabó (Győri ETO) Jiří Sodoma (Slavia Prague)
2014 Jozef Zemanovič (AS Trenčín) Milán Májer (Győri ETO) Martin Vlček (AS Trenčín)
2015 Jennerson (Fluminense) Hamza Čataković (Sarajevo) Matěj Pulkrab (Sparta Prague)
2016 Rodrigo (A.A. Ponte Preta) Gustavo (Fluminense) Marian Burda (Sparta Prague)
2017 Adam Bruce (Burnley) Ellis Simms (Everton) Anthony Gordon (Everton)
2018 Audenirton (Palmeiras) Đani Salčin (Sarajevo) Wesley (Palmeiras)
2019 Mykyta Turbayevskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk) Fabricio (Palmeiras) Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague)
2022 Yurii Avramenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Galvan Peña (Tigres) Thalys (Palmeiras)

Performance

By team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Palmeiras 3 – 2018, 2019, 2022 –
Sparta Prague 2 2 2015, 2016 2012, 2013, 2019
Győri ETO 2 – 2013, 2014 –
Mladá Boleslav 2 – 2011, 2012
Everton 1 – 2017 –
Fluminense – 2 – 2015, 2016
Slavia Prague – 2 2013, 2022
AS Trenčín – 1 – 2014
Beşiktaş – 1 – 2018
Burnley – 1 – 2017
Levski Sofia – 1 – 2011

By country
Country Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
 Czech Republic 4 4 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022
 Brazil 3 2 2018, 2019, 2022 2015, 2016
 Hungary 2 – 2013, 2014 –
 England 1 1 2017 2017
 Bulgaria – 1 – 2011
 Slovakia – 1 – 2014
 Turkey – 1 – 2018

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