Tournoi de Paris

The Tournoi de Paris, also known as Trophée de Paris, was an association football invitational competition hosted by French club Paris Saint-Germain at their home ground Parc des Princes in Paris, France. The competition was founded in 1957 by former hosts Racing Paris to celebrate their 25th anniversary. The inaugural 1957 edition is considered by many as a precursor to both the Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Tournoi de Paris

The trophy for the 1976 edition
Organising body	Racing Paris (1957–66) Paris FC (1973) Paris Saint-Germain (1975–93, 2010–12)
Founded	1957
Abolished	2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Number of teams	4 (1957–2010) 2 (2012)
Last champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Paris Saint-Germain (7 titles)

Regarded as French football's most prestigious friendly tournament, the Tournoi de Paris was initially held by Racing Paris between 1957 and 1966. It briefly returned in 1973 with new organizers Paris FC before PSG successfully relaunched the competition in 1975. Abandoned in 1993 for financial reasons, PSG revived it in 2010 for the club's 40th anniversary. Renamed Trophée de Paris in 2012, this was the last edition to date.

Vasco da Gama won the inaugural Tournoi de Paris in 1957, while Barcelona won the last edition in 2012. Paris Saint-Germain is the most successful club in the competition's history, having lifted the trophy on seven occasions. Belgian outfit Anderlecht is next on the title count with three, while fellow French club Racing Paris and Brazilian sides Santos and Fluminense were the only other teams to win the competition more than once. PSG arch-rivals Marseille is among a group of clubs to win the tournament once.

History

From Racing to PSG

The Tournoi de Paris was founded in 1957 by former hosts Racing Paris to celebrate their 25th anniversary. The Parisian side invited European champions Real Madrid, Brazilian team Vasco da Gama and German outfit Rot-Weiss Essen to the tournament played at Parc des Princes.^[1] Its inaugural edition, won by Vasco after defeating Alfredo Di Stéfano's Real Madrid in the final, is allegedly one of the facts that prompted the creation of the Intercontinental Cup in 1960 as an official, UEFA/CONMEBOL-endorsed European/South American club contest.^[2]

From 1957 to 1993, four teams (including the hosts) played in a knockout format. The Tournoi de Paris featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final.^[3] The tournament was held annually each summer between 1957 and 1966 by Racing Paris. It briefly returned in 1973, with Paris FC as the new hosts.^[4] Following Paris FC's failed attempt to relaunch the competition, Paris Saint-Germain and club president Daniel Hechter successfully did so in 1975. Reinforced with Dutch legend Johan Cruyff and Serbian star Dragan Džajić for the occasion, PSG narrowly lost to Spanish side Valencia in the final in front of a sold-out Parc des Princes. The following edition was worse as PSG lost both matches and finished last.^[1]

First PSG title

The 1978 edition proved to be the most unbalanced of them all. A few weeks before the 1978 FIFA World Cup, PSG invited the national football teams of Netherlands and Iran. The Clockwork Orange won the competition with ease, hammering Club Brugge in the final (7–1). PSG finally won the tournament in 1980.^[1] Dominique Bathenay's last-minute equalizer from the penalty spot in a 4–4 thriller versus Standard Liège sent the game to the penalty shoot-out, where PSG clinched its first Tournoi de Paris.^[3] The capital club retained the trophy in 1981.^[1]

PSG's mascot Germain the Lynx, was unveiled for the 2010 edition.

In 1982, Brazilian team Atlético Mineiro inflicted PSG's biggest defeat ever in the tournament as the capital club bowed out in the semi-finals (0–3). PSG reclaimed the title in 1984 and 1986, before a catastrophic 1987 edition in which the club finished last for the first time since 1976. The defeat to Dinamo Zagreb would be the last conceded by the Parisians in 90 minutes. Since then, PSG have only been beaten on penalties.^[1]

Between 1975 and 1993, only one edition of the tournament was cancelled. It was in 1990 due to the poor condition of the pitch. The Rolling Stones' concert at Parc des Princes, a few weeks earlier, was to blame. The Tournoi de Paris returned in 1991 and saw PSG's last match with historic shirt sponsor RTL. The 17-year collaboration ended as PSG claimed third place against Sporting CP.^[1] In 1993, François Calderaro's solitary goal against AJ Auxerre gave PSG its second consecutive title and seventh overall. This would turn out to be the last edition of the tournament until 2010 and PSG's last title to date. The club abandoned the Tournoi de Paris for financial reasons.^[5]

Current status

PSG revived the Tournoi de Paris in 2010 to commemorate its 40th anniversary.^[6] Ahead of the tournament, PSG unveiled "Allez Paris Saint-Germain," to the tune of "Go West" by Village People, and a lynx called Germain as the club's official anthem and mascot, respectively. The Parisian side invited Porto, Roma and Girondins de Bordeaux.^[7] Modeled off Arsenal's Emirates Cup, the competition switched to a group-stage format for the 2010 edition.^[4] PSG defeated Porto (1–0) and shared the points with Roma (1–1), while Bordeaux were held by Roma (1–1) and downed Porto (2–1). Both French clubs finished with four points, but Bordeaux scored more goals and won the Tournoi de Paris on goal difference.^[6]

Not held in 2011, the tournament was renamed Trophée de Paris in 2012. It featured a single prestigious match against Barcelona. The Spanish side lifted the trophy, winning on penalties (1–4) after the match ended in a draw (2–2) at Parc des Princes. Rafinha and Lionel Messi from the penalty spot gave Barcelona a comfortable lead, before PSG's Zlatan Ibrahimović and Zoumana Camara forced a penalty shoot-out. This was the tournament's last edition to date.^[8]

Records and statistics

Finals

Edition	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Fourth	Source
1	1957	Vasco da Gama	Real Madrid	Racing Paris	Rot-Weiss Essen	[9]
2	1958	Racing Paris	Bolton Wanderers	Flamengo	Újpest	[10]
3	1959	Racing Paris	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Vasco da Gama	Milan	[11]
4	1960	Santos	Racing Paris	CSKA Sofia	Reims	[12]
5	1961	Santos	Benfica	Anderlecht	Racing Paris	[13]
6	1962	Red Star Belgrade	Rapid Wien	Racing Paris	Santos	[14]
7	1963	Botafogo	Racing Paris	Anderlecht	Újpest	[15]
8	1964	Anderlecht	Borussia Dortmund	Reims	Santos	[16]
9	1965	Sparta Prague	Rennes	Anderlecht	Racing Paris	[17]
10	1966	Anderlecht	Racing Paris	Sparta Prague	Vasco da Gama	[18]
11	1973	Feyenoord	Bayern Munich	Paris FC	Marseille	[19]
12	1975	Valencia	Paris Saint-Germain	Fluminense	Sporting CP	[20]
13	1976	Fluminense	Europe	Brazil Olympic	Paris Saint-Germain	[21]
14	1977	Anderlecht	Ferencváros	Paris Saint-Germain	Vasco da Gama	[22]
15	1978	Netherlands	Club Brugge	Paris Saint-Germain	Iran	[23]
16	1979	Benfica	Red Star Belgrade	Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil Olympic	[24]
17	1980	Paris Saint-Germain	Standard Liège	Benfica	Ajax	[25]
18	1981	Paris Saint-Germain	Eintracht Frankfurt	Vasco da Gama	Saint-Étienne	[26]
19	1982	Atlético Mineiro	Dinamo Zagreb	Paris Saint-Germain	1. FC Köln	[27]
20	1983	Romania	Paris Saint-Germain	Botafogo	Maccabi Netanya	[28]
21	1984	Paris Saint-Germain	Hajduk Split	Servette	Botafogo	[29]
22	1985	Waregem	Paris Saint-Germain	1. FC Köln	Saint-Étienne	[30]
23	1986	Paris Saint-Germain	Sporting CP	Saint-Étienne	Steaua București	[31]
24	1987	Fluminense	Bordeaux	Dinamo Zagreb	Paris Saint-Germain	[32]
25	1988	Montpellier	Paris Saint-Germain	Partizan	Servette	[33]
26	1989	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier	Vasco da Gama	Porto	[34]
27	1991	Marseille	Flamengo	Paris Saint-Germain	Sporting CP	[35]
28	1992	Paris Saint-Germain	Monaco	Borussia Dortmund	Liverpool	[36]
29	1993	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fluminense	[37]
30	2010	Bordeaux	Paris Saint-Germain	Roma	Porto	[6]
31	2012	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain	N/A		[8]

Performances by club

Barcelona player Xavi receiving the trophy after winning the 2012 edition.

Club	Titles	Years won
Paris Saint-Germain	7	1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993
Anderlecht	3	1964, 1966, 1977
Racing Paris	2	1958, 1959
Santos	2	1960, 1961
Fluminense	2	1976, 1987
Vasco da Gama	1	1957
Red Star Belgrade	1	1962
Botafogo	1	1963
Sparta Prague	1	1965
Feyenoord	1	1973
Valencia	1	1975
Netherlands	1	1978
Benfica	1	1979
Atlético Mineiro	1	1982
Romania	1	1983
Waregem	1	1985
Montpellier	1	1988
Marseille	1	1991
Bordeaux	1	2010
Barcelona	1	2012

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External links

Official websites

• PSG.FR - Site officiel du Paris Saint-Germain
• Paris Saint-Germain - Ligue 1
• Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com