Torneos de Verano (
Spanish
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for "Summer Tournaments") are a series of short friendly
football pre-season tournaments held during the southern summer in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
every year, usually in January and February. They serve as preparation for the teams for the season coming; however, as the years went by the competitiveness in the tournaments increased, and they are now considered as important competitions. This is clearly reflected in the high crowd attendance for the games.
Since the first edition in 1968, the Torneos de Verano have been uninterruptedly played, then being expanded to other cities of Argentina such as
Córdoba,
Mendoza,
Rosario and
Tandil
Tandil is the main city of the homonymous partido (department), located in Argentina, in the southeast of Buenos Aires Province, just north-northwest of Tandilia hills. The city was founded in 1823 and its name originates from the ''Piedra Moved ...
among others.
History
The first competition was established by then
Boca Juniors president
Alberto Armando, who had showed his interest in moving the main
Primera División teams to the city of
Mar del Plata, the biggest seaside
beach resort
A seaside resort is a resort town, town, village, or hotel that serves as a Resort, vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, suc ...
in Argentina. As a result, two competitions were held in the city in 1968, with the games played at
General San Martín Stadium,
[Torneo de verano: Alberto J. Armando vio el negocio en 1968]
by José Luis Ponsico on Nacional y Popular web (archived, 2 Feb 2017) by Jose luis Ponsico the main venue of the city by then. The first of them, "Copa Libertad" was held in January 1968, with
San Lorenzo as winner of a tournament also contested by
Boca Juniors,
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...
and Uruguayan side
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
.
Another competition, "Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata", was held in February. The Hungarian team
Vasas – which the ''de facto'' government led by
Juan Carlos Onganía
Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo (; 17 March 1914 – 8 June 1995) was President of Argentina from 29 June 1966 to 8 June 1970. He rose to power as dictator after toppling the president Arturo Illia in a coup d'état self-named ''Revolución Argen ...
did not want to allow to enter the country due to Hungary being under
communist rule – was the winner after beating favorites
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered o ...
(current
Intercontinental
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champion) and
River Plate (3–0 in the final).
[De película: la historia del equipo húngaro que llegó como colado a Mar del Plata y deslumbró en el primer torneo de verano](_blank)
by Alfredo Ves Losada on ''La Nación'', 12 Jan 2016 (archived, 13 Oct 2021)[La historia de los torneos de verano]
on DeporTV, 4 Jan 2017
In 1969 the "Copa de Oro" had its inaugural season as a friendly tournament between Argentine and foreign clubs. In its first edition,
Brazil
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ian
Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...
,
Austria
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n
SK Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...
,
Hungarian MTK Budapest
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrestlin ...
and
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
n
Slovan Bratislava participated of the tournament, together with
Boca Juniors,
Estudiantes L.P., and the Mar del Plata XI team. Later editions only had Brazilian,
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an or
Paraguay
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an teams, with occasional
Europe
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an clubs or national teams, mainly
Hungary
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and
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
. Since the 1980s it has only 3 to 5 Argentine teams, which varied from year to year, but included the
''Big Five'' (
Boca Juniors,
Independiente,
Racing
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,
River Plate and
San Lorenzo) and sometimes Estudiantes and
Vélez Sársfield. Even though they coexisted for several years, the "Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata" eventually replaced the Copa de Oro as the most important summer tournament. The "Torneo Pentagonal de Verano" (previously "Copa de Verano"), in which the ''Big Five'' participate, was the most important tournament and usually took place in
Mar del Plata until 2009. Copa de Oro is the longest competition, with 40 editions held between 1969 and 2017.
[
When Estadio José María Minella was built for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, summer competitions moved to that venue since 1979,][Torneo Mar del Plata 1979]
by Pablo Ciullini leaving General San Martín Stadium for regional competitions only, until it was demolished in 1996.[
In January 1995, Maradona made his debut as manager of ]Racing
In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific go ...
in a Torneo de Verano match v arch-rival Independiente. Maradona was still banned by FIFA and he had arrived in Racing Club to coach the team until the term of the ban expired so he could resume his career as player in the club. Nevertheless, the tenure of Maradona on Racing did not last so long (only 11 matches) before leaving the club.
The "Copa Desafío" and Copa Revancha" are currently one-match cups disputed only between Boca Juniors and River Plate. Other cups are organized by cities or sponsors, but their continuity is more irregular. Some are organized without any of the ''Big Five''. For instance, the "Ciudad de Córdoba" includes clubs from the Córdoba Province, and occasionally some from Santa Fe Province
The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R ...
; and the "Copa Ciudad de Tandil" or "Copa del Sur" includes teams from the southern area of the Gran Buenos Aires
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: Arsenal, Quilmes
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, Lanús
Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan ...
, Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP), and occasionally a guest like Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...
.
After several years of being host in San Juan, in 2022 the seat of summer tournaments moved to La Plata, with only one competition held, being named simply "Torneo de Verano". It was contested by six teams, four from Argentina and two from Chile.
Famous matches
The summer tournaments in Argentina have had some memorable matches during their more than 50 years of existence. The Hungarian team Vasas – which the ''de facto'' government led by Juan Carlos Onganía
Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo (; 17 March 1914 – 8 June 1995) was President of Argentina from 29 June 1966 to 8 June 1970. He rose to power as dictator after toppling the president Arturo Illia in a coup d'état self-named ''Revolución Argen ...
did not want to allow to enter the country due to Hungary being under communist rule – was the winner after beating favorites Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered o ...
(current Intercontinental
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Intercontinental may also refer to:
* Intercontinental ballistic missile, a long-range guided ballistic missile
* InterContinental Hotels Group ( ...
champion) and River Plate (3–0 in the final).[
In 1979, River Plate beat Czechoslovakia national team (then European champions and touring on Argentina) 4–1.][ Two years later, Talleres de Córdoba defeated Hungary national team 3–0 in Mar del Plata.][ In 1986, River Plate beat Poland national team 4–2, scoring two goals in the last three minutes of the match. ]Enzo Francescoli
Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (; born 12 November 1961), nicknamed "El Príncipe" ("The Prince"), is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of ...
scored three goals, the last of them with a bicycle kick
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.
The summer of 1999 saw how Boca Juniors easily beat River Plate 3–0 in the Copa Revancha match at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
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, Mendoza, with three goals scored by Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo (; born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Platense.
Palermo played for Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team. A prolific goalscorer ...
. In 2000, Boca beat River 2–1, with a starting lineup that included ten players from the youth academy
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. That defeat caused manager Ramón Díaz
Ramón Ángel Díaz (born 29 August 1959) is a former Argentine footballer and the current manager of Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal. He played for River Plate as a striker, and coached it for three tenures, winning eight titles. ...
resigned after that match.
In Copa Luis Nofal, held on January 31, 2015, in Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Boca Juniors thrashed River Plate 5–0, achieving the largest win in a friendly ''Superclàsico''.
Non-Argentine teams
Since the inception of Copa Libertad, the first summer tournament held in Mar del Plata, many South American and European (club and national teams) have participated in ''Torneos de Verano''. 1968 Copa Libertad was contested by Uruguayan side Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
. For the 1969 Copa de Oro, Austrian Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...
, Hungarians Slovan Bratislava and MTK Budapest
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and Brazilian Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...
arrived in Mar del Plata to compete.[
European teams contesting the other tournament organised in 1968, "Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata", were Hungarian club Vasas (which would be the winner) and the Czechoslovakia national team. A Mexican team, Necaxa, was invited for the 1970 "Copa de Oro", remaining as the only team from that country to have participated in Argentine summer competitions. The following editions would be contested only by Argentine clubs until 1975, when Paraguayan Olimpia took part.][
Czechoslovakia returned to Argentina for the 1979 edition of Copa de Oro. The Czech combined, that had won the European Nations Cup in 1975, finished 2nd. to River Plate. Brazilian club ]Internacional
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was the other non-Argentine team that took part of the friendly competition. One year later, the Hungary B national team was invited to participate. The side finished 2nd. to Indpendiente.[
]Hungary
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also took part of the 1981 edition, playing with its main team, but the squad made a poor performance, with three loses and a draw, finishing last. Following the practise initiated, another East Europe side invited to summer tournaments was Poland
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in 1986. German
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side Köln participated in 1988, being the last participation of a European team to date.[Copa de Oro overview]
on the RSSSF
Since 2009, South American teams have been often guests to summer tournaments. In 2009, Club Libertad (Paraguay), San Martín de Porres (Peru) and Defensor Sporting
Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievem ...
(Uruguay) took part of Copa Santa Fe, a regional competition in Santa Fe Province
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. In the inaugural season of Copa Ciudad de Rosario in 2011, Alianza Lima (Peru) and Universidad Católica (Chile) were the guest teams.[Copa Ciudad de Rosario on Historia Blanquiazul (blogsite)] The next edition, FBC Melgar
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The team fir ...
from Peru was the only guest team.
It was not until 2020 when a non-Argentine team took part of summer tournaments again. In that year, several South American sides contested several friendly matches or competitions. Uruguayan club Nacional made its debut in ''Torneos de Verano'' winning the Copa Desafío, while Peruvian club Universitario and Club Athletico Paranaense
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(Brazil) participated in Copa San Juan (in the homonymous city). On the other side, Liverpool
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(Uruguay) took part of "Copa Wanora Romero" in Córdoba.
After a hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
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in 2021, the summer tournaments came back in 2022 with a unique competition held in Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi
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...
of Estudiantes de La Plata. Chilean sides Universidad de Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. and Colo-Colo
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took part of the tournament along with local clubs Boca Juniors, Independiente, and San Lorenzo.
List of champions
Historial de los Torneos de Verano (1968–2013)
by Pablo Aro Geraldes at Goal.com, 3 Feb 2013
Titles by team
Notes
References
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Football competitions in Argentina
Argentine football friendly trophies
1968 establishments in Argentina