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Florida Cup (soccer)

This article is about the international football club friendly competition. For the completion solely between Florida-based clubs, see Coastal Cup. For the three-way American football rivalry of the same name, see Florida Cup.

The Florida Cup (also known as the FC Series) is an annual club association football friendly exhibition competition that is held in the state of Florida, United States. Introduced in 2015, the competition has featured international clubs of the top 100 in the European rankings and the top 50 in the South American rankings.

Florida Cup
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
RegionFlorida, United States
Number of teams4
Current championsEngland Chelsea
(1st title)
Websitefcseries.com
2024 Florida Cup

In its present form, the event winner can be decided by aggregate points or through a final playoff format match. The format of the event varies each year according to the schedules of the participating clubs' league schedules.

Editions

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Year Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015   1. FC Köln   Bayer Leverkusen   Corinthians   Fluminense
2016   Atlético Mineiro   Bayer Leverkusen   Internacional   Corinthians
2017   São Paulo   Corinthians   Vasco da Gama   River Plate
2018   Atlético Nacional   Barcelona SC   Rangers   PSV Eindhoven
2019   Flamengo   Ajax   Eintracht Frankfurt   São Paulo
2020   Palmeiras   Atlético Nacional   Corinthians   New York City FC
2021   Everton   Millonarios   Atlético Nacional   UNAM
2022   Arsenal   Chelsea   Charlotte FC   América
2023   Chelsea   Wrexham

Records and statistics

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Performances and participation by nation[1][2][3][4]
Nation Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Participations
  Brazil 4 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) 1 (2017) 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020) 3 (2015, 2016, 2019) 6 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  England 3 (2021, 2022, 2023) 1 (2022) 0 0 3 (2021, 2022, 2023)
  Germany 1 (2015) 2 (2015, 2016) 1 (2019) 0 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
  Colombia 1 (2018) 2 (2020, 2021) 1 (2021) 0 4 (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
  Netherlands 0 1 (2019) 0 1 (2018) 2 (2018, 2019)
  Ecuador 0 1 (2018) 0 0 2 (2017, 2018)
  Wales 0 1 (2023) 0 0 1 (2023)
  United States 0 0 1 (2022) 1 (2020) 3 (2017, 2020, 2022)
  Scotland 0 0 1 (2018) 0 1 (2018)
  Argentina 0 0 0 1 (2017) 1 (2017)
  Mexico 0 0 0 2 (2021, 2022) 2 (2021, 2022)
Top goalscorers[5]
Player Nation Team(s) Participations Goals
Nenê   Brazil   São Paulo
  Vasco da Gama 		2 (2017, 2019) 3
Javier Hernández   Mexico   Bayer Leverkusen 2 (2016, 2017) 3
Luan Vieira   Brazil   Corinthians 1 (2020) 2
Fernando Uribe   Colombia   Flamengo 1 (2019) 2
Rodriguinho   Brazil   Corinthians 1 (2018) 2
Aldo Leão Ramírez   Colombia   Atlético Nacional 1 (2018) 2
Alfredo Morelos   Colombia   Rangers 1 (2018) 2
Sam Lammers   Netherlands   PSV Eindhoven 1 (2018) 2
Jonathan Betancourt   Ecuador   Barcelona SC 1 (2018) 2
Robert Herrmann   Germany   VfL Wolfsburg 1 (2017) 2
Ángel Romero   Paraguay   Corinthians 1 (2016) 2
Paolo Guerrero   Peru   Corinthians 1 (2015) 2
Ian Maatsen   Netherlands   Chelsea 1 (2023) 2

References

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  1. ^ "Florida Cup 2020 - Sports and Music Festival". Florida Cup. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "tabela | torneio da flórida". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Florida Cup 2017 :: Where Clubs Become Nations". Florida Cup. November 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Florida Cup 2018 fecha oito times participantes; Atlético enfrentará Rangers e Atlético Nacional". HOME (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "tabela | torneio da flórida". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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