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.
The tournament has become a staging ground for future footballing talent, such as English Premier League players Tomáš Souček, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon. And German Bundesliga player Joshua Zirkzee.
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. 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. From the 2022 edition, the competition was limited to 2 groups of 3 teams.
Tournament Results +DatesFinal StadiumWinnerScoreRunner-upOther Participant RankingSource25–31 July 2011Ďolíček, Prague Mladá Boleslav1–0 Levski Sofia3. 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. Triglav22–29 July 2012Ďolíček, Prague Mladá Boleslav4–3 Sparta Prague3. Vasas 4. Levski Sofia 5. Sarajevo 6. Hajduk Split 7. Debreceni 8. Sturm Graz 9. Bohemians 1905 10. Spartak Trnava 11. Universitatea Cluj 12. FC Slovácko24–31 July 2013FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Győri ETO2–1 Slavia Prague3. 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 Haifa23–30 July 2014Ďolíček, Prague Győri ETO4–3 AS Trenčín3. 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 Kraków22–29 July 2015FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Sparta Prague1–1 Fluminense3. Akademija Pandev 4. Sarajevo 5. Hajduk Split 6. AS Trenčín 7. Wisła Kraków 8. Bohemians 1905 9. Swansea City 10. Slavia Prague 11. Vasas 12. Olympic21–27 July 2016Ďolíček, Prague Sparta Prague4–1 Fluminense3. 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 190520–26 July 2017Ďolíček, Prague Everton3–1 Burnley3. 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 Cliceni25–31 July 2018Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras4–0 Beşiktaş3. Slavia Prague 4. Sarajevo 5. Sparta Prague 6. Everton 7. FC Nitra 8. Academica Cliceni24–30 July 2019Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras2–0 Sparta Prague3. Slavia Prague 4. Dinamo Zagreb 5. Shakhtar Donetsk 6. Altınordu 7. Beşiktaş 8. Burnley22–26 July 2022Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras2–1 Slavia Prague3. Dynamo Kyiv 4. Sparta Prague 5. Tigres 6. Aston Villa 28 July–1 August 2023Ďolíček, Prague Palmeiras2–1 Slavia Prague3. Flamengo 4. Sparta Prague 5. Al Ain 6. West Ham United
Award Winners +YearBest GoalkeeperTop GoalscorerBest Player2011 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)2023 Pedro Antonio Rodriguez (Sparta Prague) Elisha Sowumni (West Ham United) David Kauã (Palmeiras)
Performance
By team TeamWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up Palmeiras4–2018, 2019, 2022, 2023– Sparta Prague222015, 20162012, 2013, 2019 Győri ETO2–2013, 2014– Mladá Boleslav2–2011, 2012 Everton1–2017– Slavia Prague–32013, 2022, 2023 Fluminense–2–2015, 2016 AS Trenčín–1–2014 Beşiktaş–1–2018 Burnley–1–2017 Levski Sofia–1–2011
By country CountryWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up452011, 2012, 2015, 20162012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023422018, 2019, 2022, 20232015, 20162–2013, 2014–1120172017–1–2011–1–2014–1–2018
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