2009 Legends Cup was the first edition of the
Legends Cup, a tournament for senior retired players (35+). The teams invited to the tournament were Russia, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
The first edition of the Legends Cup, which took place from January 31 to February 1, 2009, in Moscow in the Ice Palace "Megasport".
All of the matches were held in the
Khodynka Arena, Moscow, Russia.
Background
The organizer of the tournament which featured European stars was the sports agency NewSport. The tournament was held with the support of the Russian Football Union, the Government of Moscow and the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Accommodation and customer service – at the Marriott Grand Hotel, which was also the headquarters of the 2008 Champions League final in Moscow. All the games of the tournament took place in the
Megasport Sport Palace on the Khodynka Field.
Regulations
The tournament was held in two stages: qualifying games in the subgroups and the final part, drawing places from 1 to 6. On the first day of the tournament on January 31 (Saturday) qualifying games were held in groups, each group consisted of three teams. Games in groups were held in a circular system, each team played 2 games.
The duration of one match was 40 minutes, two halves of 20 minutes, a break between halves – 10 minutes. The game was conducted according to the 6-a side scheme: 5 in the field + goalkeeper. The size of the ball is No. 5. The size of the platform is 48 × 24 meters, the size of the gate is 5 × 2 meters.
For the victory, 3 points were awarded, a draw – 1, a defeat – 0. In case of equality of points, two or more teams took into account the following indicators: the results of matches among themselves, the number of wins, the difference of goals scored and conceded, more goals scored. In case of equality of all these indicators – by lot.
On the second day of the tournament, on February 1 (Sunday), the games of the final stage took place. The teams that took the 3rd place in the groups played 5-6 places. Teams that took the 2nd place in the groups, played 3-4 places. The teams that took the first place in the groups played in the finals.
Determination of the winner in the games of the final stage with equal score occurred through a series of post-match penalties – five hits from each team, with a draw result – further to the first miss.
Squads
Italy:
Marco Ballotta
Marco Ballotta (born 3 April 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
His professional career spanned a quarter of a century, but he was never capped for the Italy national team. He also held the distincti ...
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Amedeo Carboni
Amedeo Carboni (; born 6 April 1965) is an Italian former footballer who played as a left-back.
In a professional career which spanned 22 years and saw him appear in nearly 700 official games, he played mainly for Roma (seven seasons) and Valen ...
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Lorenzo Amoruso
Lorenzo Pier Paolo Amoruso (born 28 June 1971) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender for seven teams in Italy, Scotland, England, and San Marino during his footballing career, but is perhaps best known for his six ...
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Demetrio Albertini
Demetrio Albertini (; born 23 August 1971) is the sporting director of Parma and a former professional Italian football midfielder and vice-president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). He is widely considered one of the legends of the A ...
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Maurizio Ganz
Maurizio Ganz (born 13 October 1968) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of AC Milan Women. He played as a striker.
Club career
A Sampdoria youth product, Ganz started his professional career with the ...
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Dario Marcolin,
Angelo Carbone
Angelo Carbone (born 23 March 1968) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Club
Carbone had a much travelled career, playing for ten different clubs. He began his youth career with Bari, making his professional debut ...
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Alessandro Romano,
Diego Bonavina
France:
Guillaume Warmuz
Guillaume Warmuz (born 22 May 1970) is a French football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
He played 374 games in Ligue 1 during 13 seasons, representing in the competition Lens and Monaco.
Playing career
Born in Saint-Val ...
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Christian Karembeu
Christian Lali Kake Karembeu (born 3 December 1970) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the sporting director for Olympiacos.
Karembeu represented Nantes, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, ...
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William Ayache
William Ayache ( ar, ويليام عياش, born 10 January 1961) is a French former professional footballer who played as a side back, both left and right, and then manager.
International career
At international level, Ayache participated at ...
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Patrice Loko
Patrice Loko (born 6 February 1970) is French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Loko began his career at Nantes and then moved on to Paris Saint-Germain, where he was part of the team that won the 1996 Cup Winners' ...
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Martin Djetou
Martin Okelo Djetou (born 15 December 1974) is a French former footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Djetou was born in Brogohlo, in the Ivory Coast. His clubs included Strasbourg, Monaco, Parma, Fulham, Nice, Bolton Wanderers and ...
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Jean-Pierre Cyprien,
Jean-Marc Chanelet
Spain:
Toni Jiménez
Antonio "Toni" Jiménez Sistachs (; born 12 October 1970) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a goalkeeping coach.
He appeared in 236 La Liga matches over nine seasons, seven of those spent wit ...
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Jon Andoni Goikoetxea
Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Lasa (born 21 October 1965), often known as Goiko, is a Spanish retired Association football, footballer.
An attacking player of wide range, he operated in various positions on the right side of the pitch (Defender (assoc ...
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Guillermo Amor
Guillermo Amor Martínez (; born 4 December 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a versatile midfielder.
After spending most of his professional career with Barcelona, winning several accolades in a ten-year tenure, he ended it i ...
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José Amavisca,
Ángel Cuéllar,
Cristóbal Parralo
Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera (born 21 August 1967), known simply as Cristóbal as a player, is a Spanish retired professional footballer, currently the manager of Racing de Ferrol.
He played mainly as a right back, but could also appear as a ce ...
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Enrique Romero
Enrique Fernández Romero (born 23 June 1971) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a left-back.
He played for four clubs during his professional career over 16 seasons – notably Deportivo which he helped win four major ...
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Julen Guerrero
Julen Guerrero López (born 7 January 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played solely for Athletic Bilbao as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of the Spain national under-17 team.
He appeared in 430 offici ...
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Fran,
Paco Jémez
Francisco "Paco" Jémez Martín (born 18 April 1970) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the manager of Iranian club Tractor.
Over 11 seasons, he played 269 La Liga matches in representation o ...
Portugal:
Neno,
Paulo Futre
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Futre (; born 28 February 1966) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mostly as a left winger. He is one of the greatest natural talents of the Portugal.
After starting playing for Sporting, he moved to Porto – ...
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João Pinto,
Jorge Costa
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida (born 14 October 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of Académico de Viseu.
Nicknamed ''Bicho'' (animal) and ''Tanque'' (tank) by his colleagues and fans for ...
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Sá Pinto,
José Dominguez
José Manuel Martins Dominguez (born 16 February 1974) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a winger, and later became a manager.
A diminutive player with above-average technical skills and speed, he started playing professional ...
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Hugo Porfírio
Hugo Cardoso Porfírio (born 28 September 1973) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mostly as a winger.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 86 games and ten goals over the course of nine seasons, representing five clubs. ...
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Oceano da Cruz,
Hélder Hélder is a given name in Portuguese. The unrelated German-Jewish surname "Helder" is also given the accent in Portuguese, such as the Portuguese poet Herberto Hélder (1930-).
The name is sometimes confused with Heitor. People named Hélder incl ...
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Carlos Xavier
Carlos Jorge Marques Caldas Xavier (born 26 January 1962) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, Xavier began his professional career with Lisbon-based Sportin ...
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Dimas,
Fernando Gomes
Netherlands:
Ronald de Boer
Ronaldus de Boer (; born 15 May 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the Netherlands national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He is the twin brother of Frank de Boe ...
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Pierre van Hooijdonk
Pierre van Hooijdonk (; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch nation ...
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Richard Witschge
Richard Peter Witschge (born 20 September 1969) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known for his technique and passing ability.
In an 18-year professional career he played mainly for Ajax, but also represented, among ...
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Danny Muller,
Frank Verlaat
Frank Verlaat (born 5 March 1968) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
He had a 21-year career throughout Europe, playing in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany and finishing his career in Austria. He e ...
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Regi Blinker
Reginald Waldie Blinker (born 4 June 1969) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), left winger. During his 17-year senior career, he amassed Eredivisie totals of 307 games and 57 go ...
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Peter Hoekstra
Cornelis Piet "Pete" Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously serv ...
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Bert Konterman
Bert Konterman (, born 14 January 1971) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Playing career
Born in Rouveen, Konterman's career began with the local amateur club ''SC Rouveen'', then went on to play for clubs in ...
Russia:
Aleksandr Filimonov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Rus ...
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Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (russian: link=no, Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former defender of Ukrainian origin. He is an assistant coach with FC Rostov and the Russia na ...
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Yuriy Nikiforov
Yuriy Valeryevich Nikiforov (alternate spelling Valeriovych; , uk, Юрій Валерійович Никифоров; born 16 September 1970) is a professional football coach and a former player who played mainly as a central defender.
Cl ...
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Dmitri Popov
Dmitri Lvovich Popov (russian: Дмитрий Львович Попов; born 27 February 1967) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a left midfielder.
Football career
Popov was born in Yaroslavl, Soviet Union. He s ...
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Dmitri Ananko,
Akhrik Tsveiba,
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Аленичев; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian football coach, former player and politician.
Club career
Despite being a Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted ...
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Valeri Karpin
Valery Georgiyevich Karpin (russian: Валерий Георгиевич Карпин; born 2 February 1969) is a football manager and former player who manages FC Rostov and the Russian national team. He is a former midfielder, primarily a r ...
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Igor Simutenkov
Igor Vitalyevich Simutenkov (russian: Игорь Витальевич Симутенков; born 3 April 1973 in Moscow) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as assistant manager at FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
...
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Konstantin Yeryomenko
Konstantin Viktorovich Yeryomenko, often transliterated as Eremenko (Russian: Константин Викторович Ерёменко; 5 August 1970 – 18 March 2010) was a Russian futsal player who was named the greatest futsal player of th ...
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Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (russian: link=no, Сергей Николаевич Юран, uk, Сергій Миколайович Юран ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Russian professional football manager and a forme ...
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Igor Korneev
Igor Vladimirovich Korneev (russian: Игорь Владимирович Корнеев; born 4 September 1967) is a Russian professional football official and a former player who played as a midfielder, notably in La Liga for RCD Espanyol and ...
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Dmitry Kuznetsov,
Sergei Kiriakov
Sergei Vyacheslavovich Kiriakov (russian: Серге́й Вячеславович Кирьяков; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast.
Career
Kiriakov ...
Famous football players and coaches were invited to the tournament as guests, such as
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...
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Franco Baresi
Franchino Baresi (; born 8 May 1960) is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining t ...
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Fabio Capello,
Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn (; born 15 June 1969) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in t ...
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Michael Rummenigge
Michael Rummenigge (born 3 February 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Rummenigge was born in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia. At the beginning of his career, he did not have it easy as a playe ...
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Rinat Dasayev
Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев, tt-Cyrl, Ринат Фәйзерахман улы Дасаев, translit=Rinat Fäyzerakhman uly Dasaev; born 13 June 1957) is a Russian football coa ...
and other European football legends.
Results
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Standings
Group A
Group B
Matches defining places
3-4 places match
5-6 places match
Final
Top scorers
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Pierre van Hooijdonk (; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch nation ...
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Sá Pinto,
Maurizio Ganz
Maurizio Ganz (born 13 October 1968) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of AC Milan Women. He played as a striker.
Club career
A Sampdoria youth product, Ganz started his professional career with the ...
– 9 goals each
José Amavisca,
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Аленичев; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian football coach, former player and politician.
Club career
Despite being a Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted ...
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Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (russian: link=no, Сергей Николаевич Юран, uk, Сергій Миколайович Юран ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Russian professional football manager and a forme ...
– 5 goals each
External links
Legends Cup official site
Legends Cup (Russia)
Legends
A legend is a historical narrative, a symbolic representation of folk belief.
Legend(s) or The Legend(s) may also refer to:
Narrative
* Urban legend, a widely repeated story of dubious truth
* A fictitious identity used in espionage
Books, co ...
Legends
A legend is a historical narrative, a symbolic representation of folk belief.
Legend(s) or The Legend(s) may also refer to:
Narrative
* Urban legend, a widely repeated story of dubious truth
* A fictitious identity used in espionage
Books, co ...