Catalonia International Trophy
# Catalonia International Trophy

The Catalonia International Trophy (Catalan: Trofeu Catalunya Internacional, Spanish: Trofeo Catalunya Internacional) is an association football friendly tournament organised in Spain by the Catalan Football Federation and which the Catalonia national team plays against another national team. It was created in 2009 and is held annually at the end of December.

## History

Since 1997, the Catalan national team has played an international friendly match nearly every year, coinciding with the Christmas holidays. In 2009, in the context of Catalan aspirations to participate in official FIFA or UEFA competitions, the president of the Catalan Football Federation, Jordi Casals, announced the conversion of friendlies into an annual tournament, named the Catalonia International Trophy. The artist Joan Mora donated a sculpture symbolising the four bars of the Catalan flag as a prize for the winner.

On 22 December 2009, the first edition, Johan Cruyff's Catalonia won 4–2 against Diego Maradona's Argentina. After that, four more games were held against Honduras, Tunisia, Nigeria and Cape Verde.

## Fixtures and results

### Results

| Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | Barcelona | Catalonia | Argentina |
| 2010 | Barcelona | Catalonia | Honduras |
| 2011 | Barcelona | Tunisia | Catalonia |
| 2012 | Cornellà de Llobregat | Nigeria | Catalonia |
| 2013 | Barcelona | Catalonia | Cape Verde |
| 2016 | Girona | Tunisia | Catalonia |

## Records and statistics

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergio García | 6 |
| 2 | Bojan | 4 |
| 3 | Youssef Msakni | 3 |
| 4 | Sergio | 2 |
| 5 | 10 players Álvaro Vázquez Ángel Di María Bright Dike Djaniny Ferran Corominas Gerard Javier Pastore Joan Verdú Moisés Hurtado Oriol Riera | 1 |
