The Vila de Gràcia Trophy (Catalan: Trofeu Vila de Gràcia), officially the Trofeu Vila de Gràcia Memorial Carles Capella, is an annual summer friendly football tournament in the Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).
History In 1995, the tournament was first organised to celebrate the reopening of the Nou Sardenya after three years of remodeling.
Since that year, the tournament has been disputed every year, except for the editions in 2014 and 2022 (due to constructions in the stadium) and 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
In 2023, it was announced that the tournament was renamed Trofeu Vila de Gràcia Memorial Carles Capella, paying tribute to Carles Capella Amills, a former player of CE Europa.
Tradition The tournament is usually held on 15 August, coinciding with the Festa Major de Gràcia, and in the Nou Sardenya, the home stadium of the organising Catalan football club CE Europa.
The tournament serves as the official presentation of the first men's team of CE Europa and consists of a single match against an invited team.
In some editions, the tournament consisted of three matches, before adopting a single-match format.
Editions Edition Year Champion Result Runner-up 1st 1995 UE Lleida 1–0 CE Europa 2nd 1996 CE Europa 3–2 CE L'Hospitalet 3rd 1997 Terrassa FC 2–1 CE Europa 4th 1998 UDA Gramenet 1–0 CE Europa 5th 1999 Real Zaragoza B 2–1 CE Europa 6th 2000 CE Europa 5–0 CE Premià 7th 2001 RCD Espanyol B 3–1 CE Europa 8th 2002 CE Europa 2–1 Gimnàstic de Tarragona 9th 2003 CE Europa 3–2 RCD Espanyol B 10th 2004 CE Europa 3–0 FC Barcelona B 11th 2005 CE Europa 2–0 CE Sabadell 12th 2006 Girona FC 3–1 CE Europa 13th 2007 FC Barcelona B 3–1 CE Europa 14th 2008 UDA Gramenet 2–0 CE Europa 15th 2009 CE Sabadell 1–0 CE Europa 16th 2010 CE Europa 2–0 FC Santboià 17th 2011 UE Sant Andreu 0–0 (pp) CE Europa 18th 2012 RCD Espanyol B 0–0 (pp) CE Europa 19th 2013 CE Europa 1–0 UE Olot 2014 Not disputed due to constructions in the Nou Sardenya 20th 2015 UE Cornellà 1–0 CE Europa 21st 2016 CE Europa 2–0 UE Cornellà 22nd 2017 Terrassa FC 2–2 CE Europa 23rd 2018 CE Europa 1–1 (pp) Lleida Esportiu 24th 2019 CE Europa 1–0 AE Prat 2020 Not disputed due to the COVID-19 pandemic 25th 2021 RCD Espanyol B 2–1 CE Europa 2022 Not disputed due to the installation of a new field in the Nou Sardenya 26th 2023 Terrassa FC 3–0 CE Europa 27th 2024 CE Europa 4–2 CE L'Hospitalet
(pp): decided after penalties
Titles by club
With 12 titles: CE Europa
With 3 titles: RCD Espanyol B i Terrassa FC With 2 titles: UDA Gramenet With 1 title: UE Lleida, Real Zaragoza B, Girona FC, FC Barcelona B, CE Sabadell, UE Sant Andreu i UE Cornellà
See also
Vila de Gràcia Trophy (women)
References
Sources
External links
Oficial web page of CE Europa