Eusébio Cup


The Eusébio Cup is a pre-season friendly football match hosted by Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. It has been played mostly at their home stadium, Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, with the only exceptions being the 2015 and 2018 editions. The two-team competition was inaugurated in 2008 and is named after Portuguese international and former Benfica player Eusébio, who presented the trophy to the winning team until 2013, before his death in January 2014.
The invitational match takes place in late July or early August, and it is usually Benfica's last pre-season match. So far, Benfica's opponents have been Inter Milan, A.C. Milan, Tottenham, Arsenal, Real Madrid, São Paulo, Ajax, Monterrey, Torino, and Lyon, respectively.
It was played annually and without interruption until 2016. Despite two tries, there was no edition in 2017. A year later, the Eusébio Cup was played as part of the 2018 International Champions Cup.

Trophy

The Eusébio Cup trophy is made out of glass and bears the name of the match and its winners. Moreover, it features a figure of Eusébio, on the top, performing his trademark shooting technique. The figure is similar to Eusébio's statue outside Estádio da Luz. The trophy is symbolic because it is dedicated to Eusébio, who is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, and Benfica's greatest.

Broadcasters

The Eusébio Cup editions of 2008, 2009 and 2010 were broadcast on SIC, the 2011 edition on TVI, the 2012 edition on RTP1, and the 2013 edition on Benfica's own channel, Benfica TV, which then broadcast the next three editions.

Matches

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2018

Performance by team