2009 Peace Cup

The 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was an invitational friendly football tournament. It was the fourth edition of Peace Cup and was held in Spain from 24 July to 2 August in the cities of Madrid, Seville, Málaga, Jerez and Huelva. It was the first time that the tournament has been hosted by a nation other than South Korea. The winners of the tournament were Aston Villa, who defeated Juventus in the final.[1] They succeeded Lyon, who were the previous holders of the tournament through winning the 2007 edition.[2] It was one of seven 2009 pre-season friendly tournaments, the others being the Emirates Cup, the Barclays Asia Trophy, the World Football Challenge, the Wembley Cup, the Amsterdam Tournament and the Audi Cup.[3]

This article is about 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia. For other uses, see 2009 Peace Cup Korea.
2009 Peace Cup
2009 Copa de la Paz Andalucía
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates24 July – 2 August
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Aston Villa (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hulk
(Porto, 3 goals)
Best player(s)Ashley Young
(Aston Villa)

Several players scored their first goals for new clubs in the 2009 Peace Cup competition, though these goals do not impact their regular season statistics. These players included Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his first goal for Real Madrid,[4] Diego scored his first goal for Juventus in the Peace Cup, and Marc Albrighton scored his first goal for Aston Villa in the Peace Cup. Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov suffered a dislocated shoulder in the competition's group stages that forced him to miss significant time with injury.[5]

Teams

The following 12 teams confirmed to play in the tournament.[6]

Team League
Spain Málaga 2009–10 La Liga
Spain Real Madrid
Spain Sevilla
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2009–10 Saudi Professional League
England Aston Villa 2009–10 Premier League
Mexico Atlante 2009–10 Primera División de México
Turkey Beşiktaş 2009–10 Süper Lig
Italy Juventus 2009–10 Serie A
Ecuador LDU Quito 2009 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A
France Lyon 2009–10 Ligue 1
Portugal Porto 2009–10 Primeira Liga
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2009 K League

Venues

After the previous three tournaments were held in South Korea, the Peace Cup Committee decided that the tournament would be hosted by another country. In 2007, the Peace Cup organizers were connected with Sports Ministry of Andalucia and Andalucia Football Federation, after the discussion with the Autonomous Community of Andalucia, they suggested the cities of Seville, Málaga, Huelva and Jerez to host the 2009 Peace Cup.[7]

On 19 December 2007, it was announced in a press conference in Seville that the number of teams would be increased to 12. It was also confirmed that Real Madrid and Sevilla would be playing in the tournament.[8] The Peace Cup committee continued to negotiate with other "big" clubs, by 13 April 2009, eight more participating clubs such as Juventus, Málaga, Lyon, Aston Villa, Celtic, Porto, Fenerbahçe and LDU Quito, were announced.[9] Celtic and Fenerbahçe, however, were forced to pull out due to conflicts with UEFA Champions League qualifying ties; they were replaced by Atlante and Beşiktaş,[10][11] respectively.

The official venue for the tournament was Andalucia, however some matches were played in Madrid.[12]

Seville Seville Málaga
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Estadio de la Cartuja La Rosaleda
Capacity: 42,649 Capacity: 57,619 Capacity: 28,963
Jerez Huelva Madrid
Chapín Estadio Nuevo Colombino Santiago Bernabéu
Capacity: 20,300 Capacity: 21,670 Capacity: 80,354

Prize money

The champions and the runners-up received trophies as well as the corresponding cash prizes.[13]

  • Champions: €2,000,000
  • Runners-up: €1,000,000
  • Third and Fourth places: €500,000

Group stage

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams. Each team played two matches in the group stage,[14] and each group winners qualified to the knockout stage. The draw for the 2009 Peace Cup was staged in Seville on 16 April 2009.[15]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Italy Juventus 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to the semi-finals
Spain Sevilla 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
Source: [14]
Sevilla Spain1–2Italy Juventus
Squillaci 81' Report
Attendance: 15,000[17]
Sevilla Spain0–0South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Report
Attendance: 2,000[18]
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Juventus Italy3–0South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
 Report
Attendance: 1,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Spain Real Madrid 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Advance to the semi-finals
Ecuador LDU Quito 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: [14]
LDU Quito Ecuador3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
 Report Khariri 74'
Attendance: 500
Real Madrid Spain1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Raúl 55' Report Aboucherouane 63'
Attendance: 30,000[19]
Real Madrid Spain4–2Ecuador LDU Quito
 Report E. Vera 68', 86'
Attendance: 45,000[20]

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
England Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Advance to the semi-finals
Mexico Atlante 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
Spain Málaga 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: [14]
Málaga Spain1–0England Aston Villa
Fernando 79' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Málaga Spain1–3Mexico Atlante
Luque 24' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Aston Villa England3–1Mexico Atlante
 Report Davies 19' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Portugal Porto 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Advance to the semi-finals
Turkey Beşiktaş 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
France Lyon 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: [14]
Lyon France1–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Källström 63' Report Nobre 84'
Attendance: 300
Lyon France0–2Portugal Porto
Report Hulk 9', 75'
Attendance: 1,300
Beşiktaş Turkey0–0Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 500

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Porto Portugal1–2England Aston Villa
Hulk 90' (pen.) Report
Juventus Italy2–1Spain Real Madrid
 Report Ronaldo 42' (pen.)

Final
Aston Villa England0–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Juventus
Report
Penalties
 4–3

Goalscorers

Porto striker Hulk became the tournament's top scorer with three goals.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Broadcasting rights

The following broadcasting systems had the rights for the broadcast of 2009 Peace Cup.

Region/Country Broadcaster(s) Ref.
 Brazil SporTV [22]
 Ecuador Teleamazonas[lower-alpha 1] [23]
 Italy La7[lower-alpha 2] [24]
Latin America ESPN [25]
 Portugal Sport TV [26]
 South Korea SBS [27]
 Spain LaSexta [28]
 United States GOL TV [29]
  1. Only LDU Quito games, semi-finals and final
  2. Only semi-finals and final

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