Los Cármenes Trophy,"El Trofeo Ciudad de Granada supone el regreso de los aficionados a Los Cármenes" commonly known in Spanish as Trofeo Los Cármenes, and also historically known as Trofeo Granada, is an annual club football competition founded by Granada in the summer of 1973, at a rate to remain at the gates to contest the next season's UEFA Cup. During its more than 30 editions, it was played at the Estadio de Los Cármenes since 1995. With the demolition of the stadium, the event was then played on the Nuevo Los Cármenes.
History The first edition brought rivals Málaga, Peñarol and OFK Belgrade.
The edition XXXIII, disputed in 15 August 2009, was the first under the name Trofeo Los Cármenes, which faced Granada against newly promoted to First Division Xerez, with the result being 0–1, with the only goal scored by Antoñito.
Played on 18 August 2010, the XXXIV edition, was a single match that pitted Granada with Malaga, and in it the home side took the trophy after the 1-0 goal by former ex-malaguist Alex Geijo.
The XXXV edition in 2011 was a triangular tournament between Atlético Madrid, Beşiktaş and Granada.
Other names that the trophy has had are Trofeo Ciudad de la Alhambra, Trofeo Ciudad de Granada, Trofeo Granada Alhambra, Trofeo Hoteles MA, and Trofeo Diputación de Granada.
Results Edition Name Year Champion Final Runner-up 3rd Place 4th Place I Trofeo Granada 1973 OFK Belgrade 4–0 Peñarol Granada CD Málaga II 1974 Granada 5–1 CD Málaga Vasas SC Os Belenenses III 1975 Boavista 1–0 Salamanca Granada Sportul Bucarest IV 1976 Granada No final San Lorenzo Peñarol – V Trofeo Ciudad de la Alhambra 1977 Granada Levski Sofia Újpest – VI 1978 Granada CD Málaga Sparta Rotterdam – VII 1979 CD Málaga Morocco Granada – VIII 1980 Granada Hércules Almería – IX 1981 Real Betis Granada Almería – X Trofeo Granada 1982 Hércules Granada Las Palmas – XI 1983 Granada Politehnica Timișoara Salamanca – XII 1984 CD Málaga Granada Salgueiros – XIII 1985 Haladás Granada Morocco U-20 – XIV 1986 Granada Real Murcia CD Málaga – XV 1987 Real Betis Granada Independiente – XVI 1988 Granada Académica de Coimbra Rayo Vallecano – XVII 1989 Danubio CD Málaga Granada – XVIII 1990 Granada 4–2 Dynamo Moscow – – XIX 1991 CD Málaga 2–1 Granada – – XX 1992 Atlético Marbella No final Granada ASFAR – XXI 1993 Granada 1–0 Real Madrid Castilla – – XXII 1994 Rayo Vallecano No final Granada Valencia Mestalla – XXIII 1995 Granada 4–1 Real Betis – – XXIV Trofeo Ciudad de Granada 1996 Cerro Porteño 1–1 (p) Granada – – XXV Trofeo Granada 1997 Real Jaén 2–0 Granada – – XXVI 1998 Granada 1–1 (p) Málaga CF – – XXVII 1999 Rayo Vallecano 0–0 (p) Granada – – XXVIII 2002 Granada 1–0 Málaga CF – – XXIX Trofeo Granada Alhambra 2003 Atlético Madrid 4–1 Granada – – XXX 2005 Málaga CF 4–1 Granada – – XXXI 2006 Granada 3–1 Málaga CF – – XXXII 2007 Real Betis 1–0 Granada – – XXXIII Trofeo Los Cármenes 2009"El Xerez se lleva el trofeo de Los Cármenes gracias a un gol de Antoñito" ; elxerez.lavanguardia.es Xerez 1–0 Granada – – XXXIV 2010"El Málaga defrauda en Granada"; MARCA.com Granada 1–0 Málaga CF – – XXXV Trofeo Hoteles MA 2011"El Granada, campeón, y el Beşiktaş ganaron a los de Manzano"; MARCA.com Granada No final Beşiktaş Atlético Madrid – XXXVI Trofeo Diputación de Granada 2012"El Granada hace la puesta de largo con victoria"; MARCA.com Granada 2–1 Vitória de Guimarães – – XXXVII 2013"Os Belenenses ganan el Diputación de Granada en los penaltis"; MARCA.com Os Belenenses 0–0 (p) Granada – – XXXVIII 2014 Granada 4–1 Atlético Tetuán – – XXXIX 2015 Granada 2–0 Udinese – – XL 2016 Sevilla 2–0 Granada – – XLI Trofeo Ciudad de Granada 2017 Granada 1–0 Málaga – – XLII 2018 Málaga 0–0 Granada – – XLIII 2019 Granada 2–1 Sevilla – – XLIV 2021 Granada 3–1 Málaga – – XLV 2022 Málaga 1–1 (p) Granada – – XLVI 2024 Granada 1–1 (p) Al-Wehda – – XLVII 2025 Al-Ain 3–0 Granada – –
Performances TeamTitlesYear/s Granada231974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 CD Málaga / Málaga CF61979, 1984, 1991, 2005, 2018, 2022 Real Betis31981, 1987, 2007 Rayo Vallecano 21994, 1999 OFK Belgrade11973 Boavista11975 Hércules11982 Haladás11985 Danubio11989 Atlético Marbella11992 Cerro Porteño 11996 Real Jaén11997 Atlético Madrid12003 Xerez12009 Os Belenenses12013 Sevilla12016 Al-Ain12025
References
External links RSSSF Trofeo Los Cármenes Trofeo Granada en el blog del historiador José Luis Ramos Torres
See also Teresa Herrera Trophy Villa de Madrid trophy Ramón de Carranza Trophy Trofeo Costa del Sol Trofeo Colombino