2009 Legends Cup

2009 Legends Cup was the first edition of the Legends Cup, a tournament for senior retired players (35+). The teams invited to the tournament were Russia, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. The first edition of the Legends Cup, which took place from January 31 to February 1, 2009 in Moscow in the Ice Palace "Megasport".

All of the matches were held in the Khodynka Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Background

The organizer of the tournament which featured European stars was the sports agency NewSport. The tournament was held with the support of the Russian Football Union, the Government of Moscow and the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Accommodation and customer service - at the Marriott Grand Hotel, which was also the headquarters of the 2008 Champions League final in Moscow. All the games of the tournament took place in the Megasport Sport Palace on the Khodynka Field.

Regulations

The tournament was held in two stages: qualifying games in the subgroups and the final part, drawing places from 1 to 6. On the first day of the tournament on January 31 (Saturday) qualifying games were held in groups, each group consisted of three teams. Games in groups were held in a circular system, each team played 2 games.

The duration of one match was 40 minutes, two halves of 20 minutes, a break between halves - 10 minutes. The game was conducted according to the 6-a side scheme: 5 in the field + goalkeeper. The size of the ball is № 5. The size of the platform is 48 × 24 meters, the size of the gate is 5 × 2 meters.

For the victory, 3 points were awarded, a draw - 1, a defeat - 0. In case of equality of points, two or more teams took into account the following indicators: the results of matches among themselves, the number of wins, the difference of goals scored and conceded, more goals scored. In case of equality of all these indicators - by lot.

On the second day of the tournament, on February 1 (Sunday), the games of the final stage took place. The teams that took the 3rd place in the groups played 5-6 places. Teams that took the 2nd place in the groups, played 3-4 places. The teams that took the first place in the groups played in the finals.

Determination of the winner in the games of the final stage with equal score occurred through a series of post-match penalties - five hits from each team, with a draw result - further to the first miss.


Squads

Italy: Marco Ballotta, Amedeo Carboni, Lorenzo Amoruso, Demetrio Albertini, Maurizio Ganz, Dario Marcolini, Angelo Carbone, Alessandro Romano, Diego Bonavina

France: Guillaume Varmius, Christian Karembeu, William Ayash, Patrice Loko, Martin Djetou, Jean-Pierre Cyprien, Jean-Marc Chanelle

Spain: Toni Jimenez, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Guillermo Amor, José Emilio Amavisca, Angel Cuellar, Cristóbal Parralo, Enrique Romero, Julen Guerrero, Francisco Gonzalez Javier Perez, Paco Jemez

Portugal: Neno, Paulo Futre, João Pinto, Jorge Costa, Sa Pinto, Jose Dominguez, Hugo Porfirio, Oceano da Cruz, Hélder, Carlos Xavier, Dimas, Fernando Gomes

Netherlands: Ronald de Boer, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Richard Witschge, Danny Muller, Frank Verlaat, Regi Blinker, Peter Hoekstra, Byrd Konsterman

Russia: Alexander Filimonov, Viktor Onopko, Yuri Nikiforov, Dmitry Popov, Dmitry Ananko, Akhrik Zveiba, Dmitry Alenichev, Valery Karpin, Igor Simutenkov, Konstantin Eremenko, Sergei Yuran, Igor Korneyev, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Sergey Kiriakov

Famous football players and coaches were invited to the tournament as guests: Eusebio, Franco Baresi, Fabio Capello, Oliver Kahn, Michael Rummenigge, Rinat Dasayev and other European football legends.

Results
Russia 10–2 France
   
Spain 5–4 Netherlands
   
Italy 6–3 France
   
Portugal 7–3 Netherlands
   
Russia 7–3 Italy
   
Spain 4–3 Portugal
   

Standings

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 220097+26
Portugal 2101107+33
Netherlands 2002712-50

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia 2200175+126
Italy 2101910-13
France 2002516-110

Matches defining places

3-4 places match
Italy 7–5 Portugal
   

5-6 places match
Netherlands 9–7 France
   

Final
Russia 8–4 Spain
Alenichev  5'  20'
Eremenko  11'  20'
Karpin 13'
Yuran 15'  35'
Kiriakov 18'		 Amavisca  15'  37'  38'  40'


Legends Cup Champions:


Russia
First title

Top scorer

Pierre van Hooijdonk - 9 goals

Sa Pinto - 9 goals

Maurizio Ganz - 9 goals

Jose Emilio Amavisca - 5 goals

Dmitry Alenichev - 5 goals

Sergei Yuran - 5 goals

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