Dubai Challenge Cup

Dubai Challenge Cup, also known as the Dubai Football Challenge, is a friendly football tournament founded by Mohammed bin Rashed and the United Arab Emirates national football team. It was first held in January 2007, with another tournament scheduled for January 2008, with both won by German side Hamburger SV.

2007 tournament

The 2007 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2007 by four teams: United Arab Emirates, Iran, Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart.

Group classification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hamburger SV	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	9
Iran	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
Stuttgart	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

Group matches

2007-01-09

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Stuttgart
Omar Matar		Gómez

2007-01-09

Hamburger SV	2–1	Iran
Guerrero Besart		Khatibi

2007-01-11

Iran	1–0	Stuttgart
Rajabzadeh

2007-01-11

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Hamburger SV
		Benjamin

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2007 Winners
Hamburger SV First Title

2008 tournament

The 2008 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2008 by four teams: United Arab Emirates, China PR, Hamburger SV and Vasco da Gama.

Group classification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hamburger SV	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Vasco da Gama	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1
China	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4	1

Group matches

2008-01-10

Hamburger SV	2–1	Vasco da Gama
Jarolím 28' De Jong 69'		Mathijsen 33' (o.g.)

2008-01-10

United Arab Emirates	0–0	China

2008-01-12

Hamburger SV	4–0	China
Van der Vaart 44', 53' Castelen 58' Guerrero 75'

2008-01-12

Vasco da Gama	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Alan Kardec 79'

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2008 Winners
Hamburger SV Second Title

2009 tournament

The 2009 Dubai Challenge Cup was played on 6 January 2009 by Milan and Hamburger SV in a single match.

Match

2009-01-06

Milan	1–1	Hamburger SV
Ronaldinho 62' (pen.)		Benjamin 66'
Penalties
Ronaldinho Shevchenko Inzaghi Emerson Flamini	4–3	Petrić Thiago Neves Olić Aogo Demel

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2009 Winners
Milan First Title

2011 tournament

The 2011 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 2 January 2011 by Al-Ahli and Milan in a single match.

Match

2 January 2011

Al-Ahli	1–2	Milan
Hasan 85'		Seedorf 38' Beretta 72'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2011 Winners
Milan Second Title

2012 tournament

The 2012 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 4 January 2012 by Milan and Paris Saint-Germain in a single match.

Match

4 January 2012

Milan	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Pato 4'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2012 Winners
Milan Third Title

2014 tournament

The 2014 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 30 December 2014 by Real Madrid and Milan in a single match.

2014 match

30 December 2014

Real Madrid	2–4	Milan
Ronaldo 35' Benzema 84' (pen.)	Report	Ménez 24' El Shaarawy 31', 48' Pazzini 73'

The Sevens Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Muhammad Abdullah (United Arab Emirates)

2014 champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2014 Winners
Milan Fourth Title

2024 tournament

The 2024 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2024 by four teams: Al Ahli, Raja, Wuhan Three Towns and Zamalek.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Raja	2 (2)
	Zamalek (p)	2 (4)
					Al Ahli	0
					Zamalek	3
	Al Ahli	3
	Wuhan	1			Third place play-off
					Raja	1
					Wuhan	0

Semi-finals

26 January 2024

Raja	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Zamalek
Bouzok 68' (pen.) Zerhouni 89' (pen.)		2' El Wensh 6' Shikabala
Penalties
Mokadem Ennaffati Zrida Bouzok	2–4	Mathlouthi Roqa Gaber Mansi

27 January 2024

Al Ahli	3–1	Wuhan Three Towns
Al Nabit 10' Viega 69' Al Rashidi 78'		6' Zhang

Third place play-off

28 January 2024

Raja	1–0	Wuhan Three Towns
Maouhoub 28' (pen.)

Final

28 January 2024

Al Ahli	0–3	Zamalek
		31' Shikabala 48' Obama 88' Yasser

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2024 Winners
Zamalek First Title

Cups by team

• Milan (2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014) 4 times
• Hamburger SV (2007 and 2008) 2 times
• Zamalek (2024) 1 time

See also

• Dubai Cup
• Match World Cup

External links

• Official site