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2007-09 International Challenge Trophy

Tournament details
Dates	2 December 2009 – 19 May 2011
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	46 (2.56 per match)
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The 2009–11 International Challenge Trophy was the third edition of the International Challenge Trophy. Originally, 12 teams were expected to enter the competition. Hungary, however, withdrew before any draw was made. The draw for the competition took place on 28 August 2009 in Dublin. Teams were placed into three groups, two of four teams and one of three. The three group winners and the best runner up then qualified for the semi-finals. Portugal eventually emerged as the winners after defeating England C in the final.

Group A

Matches

Malta U-23	1-3	Italy Lega Pro U-21
	(Report)

Belgium U-23	1-0	Malta U-23
Kums 74' (pen.)	(Report)

Romania U-23	0-0	Italy Lega Pro U-21
	(Report)

Belgium U-23	1-0	Romania U-23
	(Report)

Malta U-23	0-4	Romania U-23
	(Report)

Italy Lega Pro U-21	4-1	Belgium U-23
	(Report)

Final table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy Lega Pro U-21	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
2	Belgium U-23	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	6
3	Romania U-23	3	1	1	1	4	1	-3	4
4	Malta U-23	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

Group B

Matches

Republic of Ireland U-23	1-2	England C
Madden 67'	(Report)	Fleming 27' Porter 63'

Estonia U-23	0-1	Republic of Ireland U-23
	(Report)	Williams 42'

Estonia U-23	0-1	England C
	(Report)	Howells ?'

Final table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England C	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
2	Republic of Ireland U-23	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Estonia U-23	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0

Group C

Matches

Poland U-23	0-0	Portugal U-23
	(Report)

Northern Ireland U-23	2-2	Wales Semi Pro
Magee ?' Fordyce ?'	(Report)

Portugal U-23	7-2	Wales Semi Pro
Gomes 14' Ribeiro 31' Vaz Tê 33', 69' Machado 56' Gama 79' Saleiro 82'	(Report)	?' ?'

Northern Ireland U-23	2-0	Poland U-23
Owens ?' Donnelly ?'	(Report)

Portugal U-23	2-0	Northern Ireland U-23
Orlando Sá 63' Castro 77'	(Report)

Wales Semi Pro	0-2	Poland U-23
	(Report)

Final table

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portugal U-23	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
2	Northern Ireland U-23	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Poland U-23	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Wales Semi Pro	3	0	1	2	4	11	-7	1

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 February
	England C	1
					19 May
	Belgium U-23	0
					England C	0
	23 March
					Portugal U-23	1
	Italy Lega Pro U-21	2
	Portugal U-23	3

Semi-finals

England C	1-0	Belgium U-23
Barnes-Homer 7'	(Report)

Italy Lega Pro U-21	2-3 (a.e.t.)	Portugal U-23
Falcinelli 10' Ficarrotta 15'	(Report)	Orlando Sá 10' Candeias 86' (pen.) Saleiro 114'

Final

England C	0-1	Portugal U-23
	(Report)	Tavares 63'

Team details

England C Portugal U-23 GK Preston Edwards DF Lee Vaughan DF Connor Franklin  65' DF Rob Atkinson MF Max Porter MF Michael Wilde  73' FW Andy Mangan FW Danny Rose  81' FW George Donnelly FW Josh Simpson  71' FW Sean Clancy Substitutes: MF Matty Blair  65' FW Reece Styche  71' MF Josh Coulson  73' FW Jack Byrne  81' Manager: Paul Fairclough GK Hugo Ventura DF João Gonçalves DF Daniel Carriço DF Yohan Tavares MF Tiago Pinto  84' MF Nuno Coelho FW Yannick Djaló  90' FW André Castro  75' FW Carlos Saleiro  75' FW André Santos FW Pizzi  84' Substitutes: DF Yazalde Pinto  75' MF Vítor Gomes  75' DF André Marques  84' FW Daniel Candeias  84' MF Rui Sampaio  90' Manager:  ??

2009–2011 International Challenge Trophy
Portugal First title

References

1. kassiesa.nl
2. www.fai.ie

• International Challenge Trophy
• 2009–10 in European football
• 2010–11 in European football