Florida Cup (soccer)

The Florida Cup is an annual club association football friendly exhibition competition that is held in Florida, United States. Introduced in 2015, the competition has featured international clubs of the top 100 in the European rankings and the top 50 in the South American rankings.

This article is about the international football club friendly competition. For the completion solely between Florida-based clubs, see Coastal Cup. For the three-way American football rivalry of the same name, see Florida Cup.

Florida Cup
Founded2015 (2015)
RegionFlorida, United States
Number of teams4
Current championsEngland Chelsea
(1st title)
Websitefloridacup.com
2023 Florida Cup

In its present form, the event winner can be decided by aggregate points or through a final playoff format match. The format of the event varies each year according to the schedules of the participating clubs' league schedules.

Editions
Year Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Germany 1. FC Köln Germany Bayer Leverkusen Brazil Corinthians Brazil Fluminense
2016 Brazil Atlético Mineiro Germany Bayer Leverkusen Brazil Internacional Brazil Corinthians
2017 Brazil São Paulo Brazil Corinthians Brazil Vasco da Gama Argentina River Plate
2018 Colombia Atlético Nacional Ecuador Barcelona de Guayaquil Scotland Rangers Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
2019 Brazil Flamengo Netherlands Ajax Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Brazil São Paulo
2020 Brazil Palmeiras Colombia Atlético Nacional Brazil Corinthians United States New York City FC
2021 England Everton Colombia Millonarios Colombia Atlético Nacional Mexico Pumas
2022 England Arsenal England Chelsea United States Charlotte FC Mexico América
2023 England Chelsea Wales Wrexham

Records and statistics
Performances and participation by nation[1][2][3][4]
Nation Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Participations
Brazil Brazil 4 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) 1 (2017) 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020) 3 (2015, 2016, 2019) 6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
England England 3 (2021, 2022, 2023) 1 (2022) 0 0 3 (2021, 2022, 2023)
Germany Germany 1 (2015) 2 (2015, 2016) 1 (2019) 0 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Colombia Colombia 1 (2018) 2 (2020, 2021) 1 (2021) 0 4 (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Netherlands Netherlands 0 1 (2019) 0 1 (2018) 2 (2018, 2019)
Ecuador Ecuador 0 1 (2018) 0 0 2 (2017, 2018)
Wales Wales 0 1 (2023) 0 0 1 (2023)
United States United States 0 0 1 (2022) 1 (2020) 3 (2017, 2020, 2022)
Scotland Scotland 0 0 1 (2018) 0 1 (2018)
Argentina Argentina 0 0 0 1 (2017) 1 (2017)
 Mexico 0 0 0 2 (2021, 2022) 2 (2021, 2022)
Top scorers[5]
Player Nation Team Participations Goals
Nenê Brazil Brazil Brazil São Paulo/Brazil Vasco da Gama 2 (2017, 2019) 3
Chicharito Mexico Mexico Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 (2016, 2017) 3
Luan Vieira Brazil Brazil Brazil Corinthians 1 (2020) 2
Fernando Uribe Colombia Colombia Brazil Flamengo 1 (2019) 2
Rodriguinho Brazil Brazil Brazil Corinthians 1 (2018) 2
Aldo Leão Ramírez Colombia Colombia Colombia Atlético Nacional 1 (2018) 2
Alfredo Morelos Colombia Colombia Scotland Rangers 1 (2018) 2
Sam Lammers Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 (2018) 2
Jonathan Betancourt Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador Barcelona de Guayaquil 1 (2018) 2
Robert Hermann Germany Germany Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1 (2017) 2
Ángel Romero Paraguay Paraguay Brazil Corinthians 1 (2016) 2
Paolo Guerrero Peru Peru Brazil Corinthians 1 (2015) 2
Ian Maatsen Netherlands Netherlands England Chelsea 1 (2023) 2

References
  1. Cup, Florida. "Florida Cup 2020 - Sports and Music Festival". Florida Cup. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. "tabela | torneio da flórida". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. "Florida Cup 2017 :: Where Clubs Become Nations". November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. Cup, Reprodução/Florida. "Florida Cup 2018 fecha oito times participantes; Atlético enfrentará Rangers e Atlético Nacional". HOME (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. "tabela | torneio da flórida". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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