CEE Cup

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.[1][2]

Central & Eastern European Youth Football Tournament
Founded2011
Number of teams8
Current championsBrazil Palmeiras
Most successful club(s)Brazil Palmeiras (4 times)
WebsiteCEE Cup Official Website

The tournament has become a staging ground for future footballing talent, such as English Premier League players Tomáš Souček, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon.[3] And German Bundesliga player Joshua Zirkzee.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] From the 2022 edition, the competition was limited to 2 groups of 3 teams.

Tournament Results
Dates Final Stadium Winner Score Runner-Up Other Participant Ranking Source
25–31 July 2011 Ďolíček, Prague Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 1–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia

3. Croatia RNK Split
4. Czech Republic Bohemians 1905
5. Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
6. Romania Universitatea Cluj
7. Czech Republic FC Slovácko
8. Romania FC Brașov
9. Hungary Vasas
10. Slovenia Krško
11. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
12. Slovenia Triglav

 [7]
22–29 July 2012 Ďolíček, Prague Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 4–3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague

3. Hungary Vasas
4. Bulgaria Levski Sofia
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
6. Croatia Hadjuk Split
7. Hungary Debreceni
8. Austria Sturm Graz
9. Czech Republic Bohemians 1905
10. Slovakia Spartak Trnava
11. Romania Universitatea Cluj
12. Czech Republic FC Slovácko

 [8]
24–31 July 2013 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Hungary Győri ETO 2–1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague

3. Hungary Vasas
4. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
6. Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
7. Hungary Ferencváros
8. Mexico Cruz Azul
9. Romania Universitatea Cluj
10. Czech Republic Bohemians 1905
11. Austria Sturm Graz
12. Israel Maccabi Haifa

 [9]
23–30 July 2014 Ďolíček, Prague Hungary Győri ETO 4–3 Slovakia AS Trenčín

3. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
4. Germany FSV Frankfurt
5. Hungary Vasas
6. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
7. Serbia Red Star Belgrade
8. Czech Republic Bohemians 1905
9. Czech Republic Slavia Prague
10. Romania SC Juventus Bucureşti
11. Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav
12. Poland Wisła Kraków

 [10]
22–29 July 2015 FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1–1

(7–6 p)

 Brazil Fluminense

3. North Macedonia Akademija Pandev
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
5. Croatia Hadjuk Split
6. Slovakia AS Trenčín
7. Poland Wisła Kraków
8. Czech Republic Bohemians 1905
9. Wales Swansea City
10. Czech Republic Slavia Prague
11. Hungary Vasas
12. Australia Olympic

 [11]
21–27 July 2016 Ďolíček, Prague Czech Republic Sparta Prague 4–1 Brazil Fluminense

3. Germany RB Leipzig
4. Brazil A.A. Ponte Preta
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
6. North Macedonia Akademija Pandev
7. Czech Republic Slavia Prague
8. China Beijing Renhe
9. Hungary Vasas
10. Hungary Győri ETO
11. Slovakia AS Trenčín
12. Czech Republic Bohemians 1905

 [12]
20–26 July 2017 Ďolíček, Prague England Everton 3–1 England Burnley


3. Turkey Altınordu
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
5. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
6. Czech Republic Slavia Prague
7. North Macedonia Akademija Pandev
8. England Leicester City
9. Slovakia FC Nitra
10. Hungary Győri ETO
11. Canada ProStars FC
12. Romania Academica Cliceni

 [13]
25–31 July 2018 Ďolíček, Prague Brazil Palmeiras 4–0 Turkey Beşiktaş

3. Czech Republic Slavia Prague
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
5. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
6. England Everton
7. Slovakia FC Nitra
8. Romania Academica Cliceni

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24–30 July 2019 Ďolíček, Prague Brazil Palmeiras 2–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague

3. Czech Republic Slavia Prague
4. Croatia Dinamo Zagreb
5. Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
6. Turkey Altınordu
7. Turkey Beşiktaş
8. England Burnley

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22–26 July 2022 Ďolíček, Prague Brazil Palmeiras 2–1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague

3. Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
4. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
5. Mexico Tigres
6. England Aston Villa

 [16]
28 July–1 August 2023 Ďolíček, Prague Brazil Palmeiras 2–1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague

3. Brazil Flamengo
4. Czech Republic Sparta Prague
5. United Arab Emirates Al Ain
6. England West Ham United

 [17]

Award Winners
Year Best Goalkeeper Top Goalscorer Best Player
2011 Czech Republic Petr Nerad (Bohemians 1905) Czech Republic Jan Boček (Mladá Boleslav) Bulgaria Iliev Dimitar (Levski Sofia)
2012 Czech Republic Martin Výda (Mladá Boleslav) Czech Republic Ondřej Šíma (Sparta Prague) Hungary Szabolcs Varga (Vasas)
2013 Czech Republic Lukáš Soukup (Slavia Prague) Hungary Bence Szabó (Győri ETO) Czech Republic Jiří Sodoma (Slavia Prague)
2014 Slovakia Jozef Zemanovič (AS Trenčín) Hungary Milán Májer (Győri ETO) Slovakia Martin Vlček (AS Trenčín)
2015 Brazil Jennerson (Fluminense) Bosnia and Herzegovina Hamza Čataković (Sarajevo) Czech Republic Matěj Pulkrab (Sparta Prague)
2016 Brazil Rodrigo (A.A. Ponte Preta) Brazil Gustavo (Fluminense) Czech Republic Marian Burda (Sparta Prague)
2017 England Adam Bruce (Burnley) England Ellis Simms (Everton) England Anthony Gordon (Everton)
2018 Brazil Audenirton (Palmeiras) Bosnia and Herzegovina Đani Salčin (Sarajevo) Brazil Wesley (Palmeiras)
2019 Ukraine Mykyta Turbayevskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk) Brazil Fabricio (Palmeiras) Czech Republic Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague)
2022 Ukraine Yurii Avramenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Mexico Galvan Peña (Tigres) Brazil Thalys (Palmeiras)
2023 Czech Republic Pedro Antonio Rodriguez (Sparta Prague) England Elisha Sowumni (West Ham United) Brazil David Kauã (Palmeiras)

Performance

By team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Brazil Palmeiras 4 – 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 –
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2 2 2015, 2016 2012, 2013, 2019
Hungary Győri ETO 2 – 2013, 2014 –
Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 2 – 2011, 2012
England Everton 1 – 2017 –
Czech Republic Slavia Prague – 3 2013, 2022, 2023
Brazil Fluminense – 2 – 2015, 2016
Slovakia AS Trenčín – 1 – 2014
Turkey Beşiktaş – 1 – 2018
England Burnley – 1 – 2017
Bulgaria Levski Sofia – 1 – 2011

By country
Country Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
 Czech Republic 4 5 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023
 Brazil 4 2 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 2015, 2016
 Hungary 2 – 2013, 2014 –
 England 1 1 2017 2017
 Bulgaria – 1 – 2011
 Slovakia – 1 – 2014
 Turkey – 1 – 2018

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