The Umbro Cup was a
friendly international
football competition, which took place in June 1995 in
England
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. The trophy was sponsored by the sports brand
Umbro
Umbro is an English sports equipment manufacturer founded in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire and based in Manchester. They specialise in football and rugby sportswear featuring their ''Double Diamond'' logo. Umbro products are marketed in over 10 ...
, the manufacturers of England's kit.
Host nation
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
,
Sweden,
Japan and
world champions Brazil
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participated in the tournament. Brazil were the eventual champions, after winning all three of their games.
The staging of the competition served as an rehearsal for England's hosting of
UEFA Euro 1996
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...
the following summer. Matches took place at
Wembley
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,
Elland Road,
Goodison Park
Goodison Park is a association football, football stadium in the Walton, Liverpool, Walton area of Liverpool, England. It has been the home stadium of Premier League club Everton F.C. since its completion in 1892. Located in a residential area ...
,
Villa Park
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, England, with a seating capacity of 42,682. It has been the home of Premier League side Aston Villa since 1897. The ground is less than a mile from both Witton and Aston railway station ...
and the
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898 and has a capacity of 30,445.
The stadium was a venue when En ...
.
Venues
Results
''All times listed are
British Summer Time (
UTC+1
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)''
England vs Japan
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Brazil vs Sweden
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Japan vs Brazil
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England vs Sweden
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Sweden vs Japan
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England vs Brazil
Final standings
Goalscorers
;3 goals:
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Kennet Andersson
;2 goals:
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Edmundo
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Zinho
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Darren Anderton
Darren Robert Anderton (born 3 March 1972) is an English former professional footballer and pundit.
As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham City. His twelve-year spell with ...
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David Platt
David Andrew Platt (born 10 June 1966) is an English former professional football coach and player, who played as a midfielder.
Born in Chadderton, Lancashire, Platt began his career as an apprentice at Manchester United before moving to Crewe ...
*
Håkan Mild
;1 goal:
*
Juninho Paulista
Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior (born 22 February 1973), known as Juninho or Juninho Paulista, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and is now the national team co-ordinator of the Brazil national football team. During ...
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Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his car ...
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Ronaldo
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Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux ( ; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit.
As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southamp ...
*
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career.
Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where ...
*
Hisashi Kurosaki
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He used his name "黒崎 比差支" from 1992 to 1999.
Club career
Kurosaki was born in Kanuma on May 8, 1968. After graduating from high school, he joined H ...
*
Masami Ihara
is a Japanese former professional football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
A defender, Ihara was captain of the Japan national team for more than a decade in the 1990s, together with striker Kazuyoshi Miura and Brazili ...
*
Toshiya Fujita
Toshiya is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshiya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*敏也, "agile, to be"
*敏矢, "agile, arrow"
*敏哉, "agile, how (interrogative par ...
External links
Umbro Cup 1995at
RSSSF
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Umbro Cupat Football Database
{{Friendly association football tournaments in England
1995
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1994–95 in English football
1995 in Brazilian football
1995 in Japanese football
1995 in Swedish football
June 1995 events in the United Kingdom
International men's association football invitational tournaments