2019 Emirates Cup

The 2019 Emirates Cup was a pre-season football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at its home ground, the Emirates Stadium. It was the tenth Emirates Cup, an invitational competition inaugurated in 2007. Held on 28 July 2019, the participants were Arsenal (men's and women's), Bayern Munich (women's only) and Lyon (men's only). In this edition, a new one-day format was introduced, with Arsenal women competing for the first time.[1]

2019 Emirates Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityLondon
Dates28 July
Teams4 (from 1 confederation) (from 3 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsLyon (men's)
Bayern Munich (women's)
(1st titles)
Runners-upArsenal (men's and women's each)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored4 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Moussa Dembélé (2 goals)

Background

The Emirates Cup was inaugurated in July 2007 after Arsenal finalised plans to stage a pre-season competition at its home ground.[2] The competition is named after Arsenal's main sponsor Emirates; the airline's association with the football club began in 2004.[3][4] Arsenal won the first tournament, which was attended by over 110,000 people across the two days.[5]

Summary

The tournament began when the Arsenal women's side took on Bayern Munich, and concluded following the Arsenal men's side match against Lyon. Both games were played at the Emirates Stadium in London on 28 July 2019.

Matches

Women's Match
Arsenal0–1Bayern Munich
Report
  • Leupolz 24'
Attendance: 28,500
GK 1 Manuela Zinsberger
DF 20 Leonie Maier
DF 5 Jen Beattie 82'
DF 16 Louise Quinn
DF 21 Tabea Kemme 46'
MF 22 Viktoria Schnaderbeck 67'
MF 10 Kim Little (c)
MF 2 Katrine Veje
FW 15 Katie McCabe
FW 17 Lisa Evans
FW 9 Danielle Carter 82'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Pauline Peyraud-Magnin
DF 3 Emma Mitchell 46'
DF 4 Janni Arnth 67'
MF 26 Ruby Grant
MF 27 Melissa Filis 82'
MF 28 Silvana Flores 82'
Manager:
Joe Montemurro
GK 1 Laura Benkarth 46'
DF 5 Ali Riley 46'
DF 14 Amanda Ilestedt
DF 17 Kathrin Hendrich
DF 19 Carina Wenninger
DF 22 Verena Schweers
MF 7 Giulia Gwinn
MF 8 Melanie Leupolz (c) 57' 63'
MF 12 Sydney Lohmann 22'
MF 16 Lina Magull 75'
FW 23 Mandy Islacker
Substitutes:
GK 28 Jacintha Weimar
GK 33 Carina Schlüter 46'
DF 3 Simone Boye Sørensen
DF 36 Jana Kappes
MF 18 Dominika Škorvánková
MF 21 Simone Laudehr
MF 37 Anja Pfluger 63'
MF 38 Kristin Kögel 75'
FW 6 Lineth Beerensteyn
FW 9 Jovana Damnjanović 46'
FW 10 Linda Dallmann 22'  89'
FW 13 Gia Corley 89'
FW 29 Nicole Rolser
Manager:
Thomas Wörle

Men's Match
Arsenal1–2Lyon
 Report
GK 1 Bernd Leno
RB 15 Ainsley Maitland-Niles 76'
CB 21 Calum Chambers 70'
CB 5 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
LB 18 Nacho Monreal 86'
CM 29 Matteo Guendouzi 46'
CM 34 Granit Xhaka (c)
RW 7 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 70'
AM 28 Joe Willock 70'
LW 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 86'
CF 9 Alexandre Lacazette 13'
Substitutes:
GK 26 Emiliano Martínez
DF 20 Shkodran Mustafi 70'
DF 25 Carl Jenkinson 76'
DF 49 Zech Medley 86'
MF 8 Dani Ceballos 70'
MF 41 Robbie Burton 86'
FW 24 Reiss Nelson 13'  76'
FW 30 Eddie Nketiah 46'
FW 35 Gabriel Martinelli 70'
FW 45 Tyreece John-Jules 76'
Manager:
Unai Emery
GK 1 Anthony Lopes 46'
RB 14 Léo Dubois 76'
CB 2 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 61'
CB 5 Jason Denayer
LB 20 Marçal 61'
CM 22 Jean Lucas 46'
CM 12 Thiago Mendes
CM 24 Pape Cheikh Diop 46'
RW 10 Bertrand Traoré 76'
CF 11 Memphis Depay (c)
FW 7 Amine Gouiri 46'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Anthony Racioppi 46'
GK 30 Ciprian Tătărușanu
DF 3 Joachim Andersen 61'
DF 4 Rafael 61'
DF 23 Kenny Tete 76'
MF 8 Houssem Aouar 46'
MF 13 Ousseynou Ndiaye
MF 29 Lucas Tousart 46'
MF 37 Cédric Augarreau
FW 9 Moussa Dembélé 46'
FW 35 Boubacar Fofana 76'
FW 36 Yann Kitala
Manager:
Sylvinho

References
  1. "Emirates Cup to return this summer". Arsenal F.C. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. "Valencia replace Hamburg at Emirates Cup". Arsenal F.C. 11 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. "The Emirates Cup". Emirates. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. "Arsenal FC and Emirates Stadium". Emirates. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. "Emirates Cup brings out the big guns". Al Bawaba. 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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