2008 Emirates Cup

2008 Emirates Cup

Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	2 – 3 August
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Hamburg (1st title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Third place	Arsenal
Fourth place	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivica Olić (2 goals)

The 2008 Emirates Cup was a two-day pre-season men's football friendly tournament hosted by English Premier League club Arsenal and held at the Emirates Stadium, the club's home ground.

As of 2008, Emirates have since agreed to host the tournament for a further three years. The 2008 Emirates Cup participants were Real Madrid, Juventus, and Hamburg.

Standings

Each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored.

Rank	Team	GP	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Hamburg	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	7
2	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
3	Arsenal	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	4
4	Juventus	2	1	0	1	1	3	–2	4

Matches

Day 1

Real Madrid v Hamburg

2 August 2008 14:00 BST

Real Madrid	2 – 1	Hamburg
Van Nistelrooy  25' Parejo  85'	Report	Zidan  53'

Emirates Stadium, London, England Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Alan Kelly

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Arsenal v Juventus

2 August 2008 16:15 BST

Arsenal	0 – 1	Juventus
	Report	Trezeguet  37'

Emirates Stadium, London, England Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Peter Walton

Day 2

Juventus v Hamburg

3 August 2008 14:00 BST

Juventus	0 – 3	Hamburg
		Guerrero  19' Olić  90+1', 90+2'

Emirates Stadium, London, England Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Chris Foy

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Arsenal v Real Madrid

3 August 2008 16:15 BST

Arsenal	1 – 0	Real Madrid
Adebayor  49' (pen.)	Report

Emirates Stadium, London, England Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ivica Olić	Hamburg	2
2	Daniel Parejo	Real Madrid	1
	David Trezeguet	Juventus
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid
	Mohamed Zidan	Hamburg
	Paolo Guerrero	Hamburg
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal