CEE Cup
{{Infobox football tournament
|name=Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament|
|logo= CEE CUP 2017.svg
|caption=
|founded=2011
|country = Czech Republic
|abolished=
|number of teams=8
|current champions={{Flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras
|most successful club ={{Flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras (4 times)
|website=[http://www.ceecup.org CEE Cup Official Website]
|current=}}
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.{{Cite web |date=26 May 2022 |title=THE U 19 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT OF YOUTH TEAMS CEE CUP: AFTER MORE THAN 1000 DAYS OF DELAYS, WE'RE BACK IN PRAGUE! |url=https://www.ceecup.org/upload/press/21_20220525_PR_CEE-Cup-after-more-than-1000-days-of-delays-we-re-back-in-Prague.pdf |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=CEE Cup}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=CEE Cup International Football Tournament Back in Prague |url=https://www.praguemorning.cz/cee-cup-prague-2022/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Prague Morning |language=en-US}}
The tournament has become a staging ground for future footballing talent, such as English Premier League players Tomáš Souček, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon.{{Cite web |last=Preece |first=Ashley |date=2022-06-29 |title=Aston Villa to play in 'prestigious' youth tournament in Prague |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-prague-tournament-news-24355467 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=BirminghamLive |language=en}} And German Bundesliga player Joshua Zirkzee.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-15 |title=Joshua Zirkzee: Bayern Munich teenager could be ideal understudy to Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Everton |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2020-2021/bayern-munich-teenager-joshua-zirkzee-could-be-exactly-what-everton-need_sto8068237/story.shtml |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Eurosport |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=TESCO CEE Cup {{!}} U19 Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament - 25–31 July 2011, Prague |url=http://www.ceecup.org/archives/2011/index.php/en/rules |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.ceecup.org}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Match schedule CEE Cup 2022 {{!}} CEE Cup 2022: 10th Edition {{!}} U19 Football Tournament {{!}} 22-26.7.2022 |url=https://www.ceecup.org/en/2022/rozpis |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.ceecup.org}} From the 2022 edition, the competition was limited to 2 groups of 3 teams.
Tournament Results
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Dates !Final Stadium !Winner !Score !Runner-Up !Other Participant Ranking !Source |
| 25–31 July 2011
|{{Flagicon|CZE}} Mladá Boleslav |1–0 |{{Flagicon|BUL}} Levski Sofia | 3. {{Flagicon|CRO}} RNK Split
|
| 22–29 July 2012
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Mladá Boleslav |4–3 |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague | 3. {{Flagicon|HUN}} Vasas
|
| 24–31 July 2013
|FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague |{{Flagicon|HUN}} Győri ETO |2–1 |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague | 3. {{Flagicon|HUN}} Vasas
|
| 23–30 July 2014
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|HUN}} Győri ETO |4–3 |{{Flagicon|SVK}} AS Trenčín | 3. {{Flagicon|BIH}} Sarajevo
|
| 22–29 July 2015
|FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague |1–1 {{pso|7–6}} |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Fluminense | 3. {{Flagicon|MKD}} Akademija Pandev
|
| 21–27 July 2016
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague |4–1 |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Fluminense | 3. {{Flagicon|GER}} RB Leipzig
|
| 20–26 July 2017
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|ENG}} Everton |3–1 |{{Flagicon|ENG}} Burnley |
|
| 25–31 July 2018
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras |4–0 |{{Flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş | 3. {{Flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague
|
| 24–30 July 2019
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras |2–0 |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague | 3. {{Flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague
|
| 22–26 July 2022
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras |2–1 |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague | 3. {{Flagicon|UKR}} Dynamo Kyiv
|
| 28 July–1 August 2023
|Ďolíček, Prague |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras |2–1 |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague | 3. {{Flagicon|BRA}} Flamengo
|
Award Winners
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Best Goalkeeper !Top Goalscorer !Best Player |
| 2011
|{{Flagicon|CZE}} Petr Nerad (Bohemians 1905) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Jan Boček (Mladá Boleslav) |{{Flagicon|BUL}} Iliev Dimitar (Levski Sofia) |
| 2012
|{{Flagicon|CZE}} Martin Výda (Mladá Boleslav) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Ondřej Šíma (Sparta Prague) |{{Flagicon|HUN}} Szabolcs Varga (Vasas) |
| 2013
|{{Flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Soukup (Slavia Prague) |{{Flagicon|HUN}} Bence Szabó (Győri ETO) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Sodoma (Slavia Prague) |
| 2014
|{{Flagicon|SVK}} Jozef Zemanovič (AS Trenčín) |{{Flagicon|HUN}} Milán Májer (Győri ETO) |{{Flagicon|SVK}} Martin Vlček (AS Trenčín) |
| 2015
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Jennerson (Fluminense) |{{Flagicon|Bosnia & Herzegovina}} Hamza Čataković (Sarajevo) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Matěj Pulkrab (Sparta Prague) |
| 2016
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Rodrigo (A.A. Ponte Preta) |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo (Fluminense) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Marian Burda (Sparta Prague) |
| 2017
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Adam Bruce (Burnley) |{{Flagicon|ENG}} Ellis Simms (Everton) |{{Flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Gordon (Everton) |
| 2018
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Audenirton (Palmeiras) |{{Flagicon|Bosnia & Herzegovina}} Đani Salčin (Sarajevo) |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Wesley (Palmeiras) |
| 2019
|{{Flagicon|UKR}} Mykyta Turbayevskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk) |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Fabricio (Palmeiras) |{{Flagicon|CZE}} Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague) |
| 2022
|{{Flagicon|UKR}} Yurii Avramenko (Dynamo Kyiv) |{{Flagicon|MEX}} Galvan Peña (Tigres) |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Thalys (Palmeiras) |
| 2023
|{{Flagicon|CZE}} Pedro Antonio Rodriguez (Sparta Prague) |{{Flagicon|ENG}} Elisha Sowumni (West Ham United) |{{Flagicon|BRA}} David Kauã (Palmeiras) |
Performance
= By team =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Team !Winners !Runners-up !Years won !Years runner-up |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras
| align="center" |4 | align="center" |– |2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 |– |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Sparta Prague
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |2 |2015, 2016 |2012, 2013, 2019 |
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Győri ETO
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |– |2013, 2014 |– |
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Mladá Boleslav
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |– |2011, 2012 | |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Everton
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |– |2017 |– |
| {{Flagicon|CZE}} Slavia Prague
| align="center" |– | align="center" |3 | |2013, 2022, 2023 |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Fluminense
| align="center" |– | align="center" |2 |– |2015, 2016 |
| {{flagicon|SVK}} AS Trenčín
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2014 |
| {{flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2018 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Burnley
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2017 |
| {{flagicon|BUL}} Levski Sofia
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2011 |
= By country =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Country !Winners !Runners-up !Years won !Years runner-up |
| {{CZE}}
| align="center" |4 | align="center" |5 |2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 |2012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
| {{BRA}}
| align="center" |4 | align="center" |2 |2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 |2015, 2016 |
| {{HUN}}
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |– |2013, 2014 |– |
| {{ENG}}
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |1 |2017 |2017 |
| {{BUL}}
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2011 |
| {{SVK}}
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2014 |
| {{TUR}}
| align="center" |– | align="center" |1 |– |2018 |