Trofeo Bortolotti

The Trofeo Achille e Cesare Bortolotti, best known as Trofeo Bortolotti (English: Bortolotti Trophy), is a friendly tournament organized by Atalanta B.C.

Trofeo Bortolotti

Organising body	Atalanta B.C.
Founded	1992
Region	Bergamo, Italy
Number of teams	2–3
Most successful club(s)	Atalanta (17 titles)

History

The tournament is organized in memory of Atalanta presidents Achille Bortolotti and Cesare Bortolotti. Generally, the matches is played a team in a 90-minute match at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia and in the event of a tie it goes to a penalty shootout.^[1][2] In four editions, the Trophy has been awarded after a triangular match with matches of 45 minutes each, with the possibility of penalties in the event of a draw. The Trophy has been held annually since 1992, with the exceptions of 1999, 2005, 2019, 2020 and 2021 where it has not been held.

List of champions

Following is the list with all the champions of the Trofeo Bortolotti:^[3]

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1992	Atalanta	Borussia Dortmund	Juventus
1993	Atalanta	Marseille	—
1994	Atalanta	Novorizontino	—
1995[4]	São Paulo	Atalanta	—
1996	Atalanta	S.C. Leffe	Alzano
1997[2]	Vasco da Gama	Padova	Atalanta
1998	Sampdoria	Atalanta	—
1999	Not held
2000	Atalanta	Milan	—
2001	Atalanta	Borussia Dortmund	—
2002	Atalanta	Real Sociedad	—
2003	Atalanta	Udinese	—
2004	Atalanta	Sampdoria	—
2005	Not held
2006	Sampdoria	Atalanta	—
2007	Atalanta	Mechelen	—
2008	Atalanta	IFK Göteborg	—
2009	Atalanta	Hull City	—
2010	Sevilla	Atalanta	—
2011[5]	Queens Park Rangers	Braga	Atalanta
2012	Atalanta	Udinese	—
2013	Atalanta	Udinese	—
2014	Atalanta	Nantes	—
2015	Shakhtar	Atalanta	—
2016	Eintracht Frankfurt	Atalanta	—
2017[6]	Atalanta	Lille	—
2018[7]	Atalanta	Hertha Berlin	—
2019–2021	Not held
2022[8]	Eintracht Frankfurt	Atalanta	—

Total

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Atalanta	17	7
Sampdoria	2	1
Eintracht Frankfurt	2	0
Queens Park Rangers	1	0
São Paulo	1	0
Shakhtar	1	0
Sevilla	1	0
Vasco da Gama	1	0

References

1. "Trofeo Bortolotti: facing Eintracht on 9/12". OneFootball. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
2. "Há 22 anos, Vasco era campeão do Troféu Bortolotti, disputado na Itália". NetVasco (in Portuguese). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
3. "Trofeo Achille e Cesare Bortolotti". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
4. "Conquistas". São Paulo FC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
5. "Il Bortolotti al Queens Park Rangers". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 30 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
6. "L'Atalanta non delude nel primo vero test - Batte il Lille e vince il trofeo Bortolotti" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
7. "Bella Atalanta: batte Hertha 3-2 - Barrow, Mancini e Ilicic in gol" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
8. "Trofeo Bortolotti: vince l'Eintracht ai rigori 5-7 (i tempi regolamentari erano finiti 2-2)" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.