Artemio Franchi Trophy

The Artemio Franchi Trophy was an official competition[1] held twice (1985 and 1993) between the champions of the European Football Championship and the Copa América. It was the national team equivalent to the Intercontinental Cup featuring the top European and South American clubs, and can be considered a precursor of the King Fahd Cup, played in 1992 for the first time and renamed the FIFA Confederations Cup after FIFA took over its organization for the third edition in 1997.

The trophy was named after the late Artemio Franchi, UEFA President from 1972 to 1983, when he died in a road accident.

Editions

1985

August 21, 1985
France 
(UEFA Euro 1984 winners)		 2–0  Uruguay
(1983 Copa América winners)
Rocheteau  5'
Touré  56'
Parc des Princes
Paris, France
Attendance: 20,405
Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)
France
Uruguay
GK 1Joël Bats
DF 2Michel Bibard
DF 4Yvon Le Roux
DF 5Maxime Bossis
DF 3William Ayache
MF 6Alain Giresse
MF 7Luis Fernández
MF 10Michel Platini (c)
MF 8Thierry Tusseau
FW 11José Touré
FW 9Dominique Rocheteau
Manager:
Henri Michel
GK 1Rodolfo Rodríguez (c)
DF Víctor Diogo
DF Nelson Gutiérrez
DF Darío Pereyra
DF José Batista  77'
MF Mario Saralegui
MF Miguel Bossio
MF Sergio Santín
MF Venancio Ramos
FW Enzo Francescoli  77'
FW Gustavo Dalto
Substitutions:
MF Jorge Barrios  77'
FW Wilmar Cabrera  77'
Manager:
Omar Borrás

1993

Argentina
Denmark
GK 1 Sergio Goycoechea
DF 2Jorge Borelli
DF 4 Nestor Craviotto  113'
DF 6Sergio Vázquez
DF 3 Ricardo Altamirano
MF 14 Diego Simeone
MF 5Alejandro Mancuso
MF 10Diego Maradona (c)
MF 20Leonardo Rodríguez  60'
FW 9Gabriel Batistuta
FW 7 Claudio Caniggia
Substitutions:
DF Darío Franco  60'
MF 15Julio Saldaña  113'
Manager:
Alfio Basile
GK 1Peter Schmeichel
DF 2Jakob Kjeldbjerg
DF 4Lars Olsen
DF 6 Torben Piechnik  38'
DF 3 Marc Rieper
MF 7 Johnny Mølby
MF 9 Bjarne Goldbæk
MF 8Kim Vilfort
MF 5Henrik Larsen  120'
FW 11 Brian Laudrup
FW 10Lars Elstrup
Substitutions:
MF 13 Brian Nielsen  38'
MF Michael Larsen  120'
Manager:
Richard Møller Nielsen

2018

The third edition of the Artemio Franchi Trophy will be played in March 2018 in Milan, Italy and will involve four teams, adding the runners-up of both 2015 Copa América and UEFA Euro 2016 tournaments.[2]

However, this edition could be suspended due to misknowledge from both confederations. CONMEBOL Director of Competitions Hugo Figueredo claims that "personally, I don't know about that posibility", while the UEFA still declares the trophy as "defunct".[3] Instead, both confederations are planning a "Match of Champions" exhibition match between Chile and Portugal, as stated by current CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez.[4]

Semi-finals Final
March - Milan
  Portugal    
  Argentina    
 
March - Milan
       
     
Third place
March - Milan March - Milan
  Chile      
  France        


See also

References

  1. ↑ Red del fútbol mundial. UEFA. Consulted January 29 of 2015.
  2. ↑ Alcántara, Matías (4 August 2015). "Clasificatorias, Confederaciones y la "Artemio Franchi" en el camino de la Roja" [World Cup Qualifiers, Confederations Cup and the Artemio Franchi in the road of "La Roja"]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Está en duda la Copa Artemio Franchi que enfrentaría a Chile con Francia en marzo del 2018" [The Artemio Franchi Trophy, which would face Chile against France in March 2018, is in doubt]. El Mercurio Online (in Spanish). Santiago. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Domínguez, Alejandro (29 June 2016). "Recibimos respuesta positiva de UEFA sobre el duelo entre campeones de #CopaAmerica y #Euro2016. Estudiaremos fecha viable en conjunto." [We received a positive response from UEFA about the match between winners of Copa América and Euro 2016. We will joinly study a viable date.]. @agdws (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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