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The Amsterdam Tournament (Dutch: Amsterdam Toernooi) was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as the Amsterdam 700 Tournament to celebrate 700 years of history in the city. It was held annually each summer until 1992, when the last edition of the original tournament was played. It returned in 1999 with the backing of the International Event Partnership (IEP). Four teams participate in the competition, played in a league format since 1986.

Since its return, the tournament has used an unusual point scoring system. As with most league competitions, three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. An additional point, however, is awarded for each goal scored. The system is designed to reward teams that adopt a more attacking style of play. Each entrant plays two matches, with the winner being the club that finishes at the top of the table. The original competition was held at Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium, where Ajax played its international games until 1996. The Amsterdam Arena, now named the Johan Cruyff Arena, has played host to the event since the return until 2009.

The first winners were Belgian club Molenbeek, who defeated Ajax 5–2 in the final. The hosts are the most successful club in the tournament's history, having lifted the trophy on ten occasions. The club won their first title in 1978 and their most recent success came in 2004. Fellow Dutch side AZ and English club Arsenal are the only other teams to have won the competition more than once. Feyenoord, Ajax's domestic rivals, are among a group of clubs to have won the tournament once, while Belgium has produced the most individual winners, four, one more than England and Netherlands.

AZ and Arsenal are also the most regular guests, having been invited to compete in the tournament on six occasions. As well as being the most successful club, Ajax has finished as runners-up eleven times. Next in the list are two Italian clubs, Internazionale and Roma, who has finished in second place five times between them. Romania is the only national team to have taken part in the tournament. They were invited in 1984 and finished in fourth place as Atlético Mineiro became the first Brazilian club to lift the trophy. In total, teams from 13 countries have participated in the competition. The 2010 edition did not take place due to Ajax's involvement in the qualifying stages of the Champions League.

Table key

•  Argentina
•  Belgium
•  Brazil
•  England
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  Romania
• / /  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Soviet Union
•  West Germany / Germany

Tournaments

Edition	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Notes
1	1975	Molenbeek	Ajax	Feyenoord	Barcelona
2	1976	Anderlecht		Borussia M'gladbach	Leeds United
3	1977	AZ		Liverpool	Barcelona
4	1978	Ajax	Anderlecht	AZ	Fluminense
5	1979	AZ	Ajax	Arsenal	Hamburger SV
6	1980	Ajax	AZ	Bayern Munich	Nottingham Forest
7	1981	Ipswich Town	Standard Liège	Ajax	AZ
8	1982	AZ	Ajax	1. FC Köln	Tottenham Hotspur
9	1983	Feyenoord	Roma	Ajax	Manchester United
10	1984	Atlético Mineiro	Ajax	Feyenoord	Romania
11	1985	Ajax	Atlético Mineiro	Athletic Bilbao	Verona
12	1986	Dynamo Kyiv	Ajax	Manchester United	Botafogo
13	1987	Ajax	Torino	Dynamo Kiev	Porto
14	1988	Sampdoria	Flamengo	Ajax	Benfica
15	1989	Mechelen	Ajax	Sporting CP	Dynamo Kyiv
16	1990	Club Brugge		PSV	Mechelen
17	1991	Ajax	PSV	Fluminense	Sampdoria
18	1992		Roma	PSV	Borussia Dortmund
19	1999	Lazio	Santos	Ajax	Atlético Madrid
20	2000	Barcelona	Ajax	Lazio	Arsenal
21	2001	Ajax	Milan	Valencia	Liverpool
22	2002		Barcelona	Manchester United	Parma
23	2003		Internazionale	Galatasaray	Liverpool
24	2004		River Plate	Panathinaikos	Arsenal
25	2005	Arsenal	Porto	Boca Juniors	Ajax
26	2006	Manchester United	Internazionale	Porto
27	2007	Arsenal	Atlético Madrid	Ajax	Lazio
28	2008		Internazionale	Sevilla	Ajax
29	2009	Benfica	Ajax	Sunderland	Atlético Madrid

Statistics

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Total
Ajax	10	11	5	3	29
AZ	3	1	1	1	6
Arsenal	3	0	1	2	6
Barcelona	1	1	0	2	4
Manchester United	1	0	2	1	4
Feyenoord	1	0	2	0	3
Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1	1	3
Lazio	1	0	1	1	3
Anderlecht	1	1	0	0	2
Atlético Mineiro	1	1	0	0	2
Sampdoria	1	0	0	1	2
Mechelen	1	0	0	1	2
Benfica	1	0	0	1	2
Molenbeek	1	0	0	0	1
Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	1
Club Brugge	1	0	0	0	1
Internazionale	0	3	0	0	3
PSV	0	1	2	0	3
Porto	0	1	1	1	3
Atlético Madrid	0	1	0	2	3
Liverpool	0	0	1	2	3
Roma	0	2	0	0	2
Fluminense	0	0	1	1	2
Standard Liège	0	1	0	0	1
Torino	0	1	0	0	1
Flamengo	0	1	0	0	1
Santos	0	1	0	0	1
Milan	0	1	0	0	1
River Plate	0	1	0	0	1
Borussia M'gladbach	0	0	1	0	1
Bayern Munich	0	0	1	0	1
1. FC Köln	0	0	1	0	1
Athletic Bilbao	0	0	1	0	1
Sporting CP	0	0	1	0	1
Valencia	0	0	1	0	1
Galatasaray	0	0	1	0	1
Panathinaikos	0	0	1	0	1
Boca Juniors	0	0	1	0	1
Sevilla	0	0	1	0	1
Sunderland	0	0	1	0	1
Leeds United	0	0	0	1	1
Hamburger SV	0	0	0	1	1
Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	1	1
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	1	1
Romania	0	0	0	1	1
Verona	0	0	0	1	1
Botafogo	0	0	0	1	1
Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0	1	1
Parma	0	0	0	1	1

See also

• Copa Amsterdam
• Future Cup

References

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General

• Veronese, Andrea; Stokkermans, Karel (9 July 2009). "Amsterdam Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2010.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch and English)

• Amsterdam Tournament
• AFC Ajax
• Sports competitions in Amsterdam
• Dutch football friendly trophies
• Recurring sporting events established in 1975
• 1975 establishments in the Netherlands