2019 Emirates Cup

The 2019 Emirates Cup was a pre-season football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at its home ground, the Emirates Stadium. It was the tenth Emirates Cup, an invitational competition inaugurated in 2007. Held on 28 July 2019, the participants were Arsenal (men's and women's), Bayern Munich (women's only) and Lyon (men's only). In this edition, a new one-day format was introduced, with Arsenal women competing for the first time.[1]

2019 Emirates Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityLondon
Dates28 July
Teams4 (from 1 confederation) (from 3 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsLyon (men's)
Bayern Munich (women's)
(1st titles)
Runners-upArsenal (men's and women's each)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored4 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Moussa Dembélé (2 goals)

Background

The Emirates Cup was inaugurated in July 2007 after Arsenal finalised plans to stage a pre-season competition at its home ground.[2] The competition is named after Arsenal's main sponsor Emirates; the airline's association with the football club began in 2004.[3][4] Arsenal won the first tournament, which was attended by over 110,000 people across the two days.[5]

Summary

The tournament began with Arsenal women's side took on Bayern Munich and concluded with the Arsenal men's side took on Lyon. Both games were played at the Emirates Stadium in London on 28 July 2019.

Matches

Women's Match

Arsenal0–1Bayern Munich
Report Leupolz  24'
Attendance: 28,500
GK 1 Manuela Zinsberger
DF 20 Leonie Maier
DF 5 Jennifer Beattie
DF 16 Louise Quinn
FW 2 Katrine Veje
MF 22 Viktoria Schnaderbeck
MF 10 Kim Little (c)
FW 15 Katie McCabe
FW 17 Lisa Evans
DF 21 Tabea Kemme
FW 9 Danielle Carter
Substitutes:
GK 18 Pauline Peyraud-Magnin
DF 3 Emma Mitchell
DF 4 Janni Arnth
MF 26 Ruby Grant
MF 27 Melissa Filis
MF 28 Silvana Flores
Manager:
Joe Montemurro
GK 1 Laura Benkarth
DF 14 Ali Riley
MF 7 Giulia Gwinn
MF 8 Melanie Leupolz (c)
MF 12 Sydney Lohmann
DF 14 Amanda Ilestedt
MF 16 Lina Magull
DF 17 Kathrin Hendrich
DF 19 Carina Wenninger
DF 22 Verena Schweers
FW 23 Mandy Islacker
Substitutes:
DF 3 Simone Boye Sørensen
FW 6 Lineth Beerensteyn
FW 9 Jovana Damnjanović
FW 10 Linda Dallmann
MF 18 Dominika Škorvánková
MF 21 Simone Laudehr
FW 13 Gia Corley
GK 28 Jachinta Weimar
FW 29 Nicole Rolser
GK 33 Carina Schlüter
DF 36 Jana Kappes
MF 37 Anja Pfluger
MF 38 Kristin Kögel
Manager:
Thomas Wörle

Men's Match

Arsenal1–2Lyon
Report
GK 1 Bernd Leno
RB 15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles
CB 21 Calum Chambers
CB 5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
LB 18 Nacho Monreal
CM 29 Matteo Guendouzi
CM 34 Granit Xhaka (c)
RW 7 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
AM 28 Joe Willock
LW 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
CF 9 Alexandre Lacazette
Substitutes:
GK 26 Emiliano Martínez
DF 20 Shkodran Mustafi
DF 25 Carl Jenkinson
DF 49 Zech Medley
MF 8 Dani Ceballos
MF 41 Robbie Burton
FW 24 Reiss Nelson
FW 30 Eddie Nketiah
FW 35 Gabriel Martinelli
FW 45 Tyreece John-Jules
Manager:
Unai Emery
GK 1 Anthony Lopes
RB 14 Léo Dubois
CB 2 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
CB 5 Jason Denayer
LB 20 Fernando Marçal
CM 22 Jean Lucas Oliveira
CM 12 Thiago Mendes
CM 24 Pape Cheikh Diop
RW 10 Bertrand Traoré
CF 11 Memphis Depay (c)
LW 7 Martin Terrier
Substitutes:
GK 16 Anthony Racioppi
GK 30 Ciprian Tătărușanu
DF 3 Joachim Andersen
DF 4 Rafael
DF 23 Kenny Tete
MF 8 Houssem Aouar
MF 13 Ousseynou Ndiaye
MF 29 Lucas Tousart
MF 31 Cédric Augarreau
FW 7 Amine Gouiri
FW 9 Moussa Dembélé
FW 32 Yann Kitala
FW 35 Boubacar Fofana
Manager:
Sylvinho

References

  1. "Emirates Cup to return this summer". Arsenal F.C. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. "Valencia replace Hamburg at Emirates Cup". Arsenal F.C. 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. "The Emirates Cup". Emirates. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. "Arsenal FC and Emirates Stadium". Emirates. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. "Emirates Cup brings out the big guns". Al Bawaba. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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