2009 Audi Cup

2009 Audi Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	29 July – 30 July
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (1st title)
Runners-up	Manchester United
Third place	Boca Juniors
Fourth place	Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	252,000 (63,000 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thomas Müller (2 goals)

The first edition of the Audi Cup was a two-day association football tournament that featured four teams, and was staged in late July 2009 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The competition was organised and promoted by car manufacturer Audi AG to celebrate their 100th year of trading, and hosted by 2007–08 Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich defeated Manchester United in the final in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw. Boca Juniors defeated Milan in the third place match.

Participating teams

• Bayern Munich (Germany)
• Manchester United (England)
• Boca Juniors (Argentina)
• Milan (Italy)

Competition format

The competition took the format of the latter stages of a regular knock-out competition. The winners of each of the two matches on the first day compete against each other for the Audi Cup, whilst the two losing sides play in a third-place match. The draw for the 2009 Audi Cup semi-finals was made on the Audi stand at the Geneva Motor Show, on 3 March 2009. The draw was conducted by Audi representative Tom Kristensen, in the presence of an official representative from each participating team. Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Carlos Bianchi (Boca Juniors) and Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich) were present on behalf of their clubs. The trophy was contested over two days, each day seeing two matches played back-to-back.

	Semi-finals 29 July				Final 30 July
	18:30
	Manchester United	2
					20:45
	Boca Juniors	1
					Manchester United	0 (6)
	20:45
					Bayern Munich	0 (7)
	Bayern Munich	4
	Milan	1
					Third place
					18:30
					Boca Juniors	1 (4)
					Milan	1 (3)

Matches

Semi-finals

29 July 2009

18:30

Manchester United	2–1	Boca Juniors
Anderson 23' Valencia 42'	Report	Insúa 55'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 61,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

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29 July 2009

20:45

Bayern Munich	4–1	Milan
Müller 12', 90' Schweinsteiger 79' Sène 89'	Report	Pirlo 81'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 61,000

Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Third place play-off

30 July 2009

18:30

Boca Juniors	1–1	Milan
Viatri 87'	Report	Thiago Silva 27'
Penalties
Palermo Riquelme Insúa Battaglia Viatri	4–3	Ronaldinho Pirlo Jankulovski Thiago Silva Pato

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 61,000

Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Final

30 July 2009

20:45

Manchester United	0–0	Bayern Munich
	Report
Penalties
Giggs Anderson Nani Evra Rooney Fletcher Scholes Evans	6–7	Baumjohann Braafheid Altıntop Pranjić Sosa Ottl Badstuber Van Buyten

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 69,000

Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Manchester United

Bayern Munich

Goalscorers

2 goals

• Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)

1 goal

• Anderson (Manchester United)
• Federico Insúa (Boca Juniors)
• Andrea Pirlo (Milan)
• Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
• Saër Sène (Bayern Munich)
• Thiago Silva (Milan)
• Antonio Valencia (Manchester United)
• Lucas Viatri (Boca Juniors)

References

• "Parade of stars to contest Audi Cup in Munich". fcbayern.t-home.de. Bayern Munich. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

External links

• Official website