The first edition of the Audi Cup was a two-day

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tournament that featured four teams, and was staged in late July 2009 at the Allianz Arena in

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. The competition was organised and promoted by car manufacturer Audi AG to celebrate their 100th year of trading, and hosted by 2007–08

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champions

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. Bayern Munich defeated

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in the final in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless draw.

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defeated

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in the third place match.

Participating teams

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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

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, 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

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(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.

Matches

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;2 goals * Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) ;1 goal * Anderson (Manchester United) *

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(Boca Juniors) *

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(Milan) *

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(Bayern Munich) *

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(Bayern Munich) * Thiago Silva (Milan) * Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) *

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(Boca Juniors)

References

External links

* {{Friendly tournaments 2009 2009–10 in German football Audi Cup