Telekom Cup

Telekom Cup
Founded	2009
Region	Germany
Number of teams	4 (each year); 12 (all time)
Current champions	Milan (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Bayern Munich (5 titles)
Television broadcasters	Sat.1
Website	Official website
	2022 Telekom Cup

The Telekom Cup (formerly known as T-Home Cup and LIGA total! Cup) is a German association football competition held since 2009.

The competition features four teams of the Bundesliga, playing two semi-finals and a final. Up until 2015, a match lasted 60 minutes, with each half 30 minutes long. The tournament would be over two days, with two games in each day. In 2015 the rules changed, where there would only be one 45 minute period, and all four matches take place in the same day. The event took place in Gelsenkirchen in 2009^[1] and 2010,^[2] Mainz in 2011, Hamburg in 2012, Mönchengladbach in 2013, again in Hamburg for the 2014 edition, and again in Mönchengladbach in 2015. It was announced that no 2016 tournament would be held.

The next tournament was held in January 2017, with the tournament taking place in Düsseldorf.^[3] The tournament was held next in July 2017, taking place in Mönchengladbach.^[4] Bayern Munich hold the most titles, with five. They are the only team to have participated in the first nine editions of the tournament.^[5]

After a break of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a single-match edition of the tournament took place in 2022 in Cologne; it saw 1. FC Köln face A.C. Milan, the latter winning its first title.

Tournaments

2009 T-Home Cup

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

18 July 2009

Schalke 04	0
		19 July 2009
VfB Stuttgart	1
		VfB Stuttgart	0
18 July 2009
		Hamburger SV	3
Bayern Munich	0

Hamburger SV	1
		Third place play-off

		19 July 2009

		Schalke 04	1

		Bayern Munich	2

Matches

18 July 2009 Semi-finals	Schalke 04	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Rudy 34'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 34,350 Referee: Guido Winkmann

18 July 2009 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	0–1	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Trochowski 40'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 34,350 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

19 July 2009 Third place play-off	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Altıntop 29'	Report	Borges 13' Höwedes 26' (o.g.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 38,820 Referee: Guido Winkmann

19 July 2009 Final	VfB Stuttgart	0–3	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Benjamin 25' Pitroipa 28' Petrić 58'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 38,820 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

2010 LIGA total! Cup

Andreas Ottl took and scored the first penalty kick for Bayern Munich against 1. FC Köln at the 2010 LIGA total! Cup

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

31 July 2010

Schalke 04	2
		1 August 2010
Hamburger SV	1
		Schalke 04	3
31 July 2010
		Bayern Munich	1
Bayern Munich	0 (3)

1. FC Köln	0 (1)
		Third place play-off

		1 August 2010

		Hamburger SV	3

		1. FC Köln	0

Matches

31 July 2010 Semi-finals	Schalke 04	2–1	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Edu 42' Jones 49'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 6'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

31 July 2010 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	0–0 (3–1 p)	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Christian Fischer
	Penalties
	Ottl Tymoshchuk Olić		Lanig Yalçın
Note: The penalty shoot-out consisted of three rounds of kicks (best of three) instead of the usual best of five before going into extra sudden death rounds.

1 August 2010 Third place play-off	Hamburger SV	3–0	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Van Nistelrooy 27' Kačar 36' Son 55'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Christian Fischer

1 August 2010 Final	Schalke 04	3–1	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raúl 25', 33' Edu 27'	Report	Mujić 6'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 38,236 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

2011 LIGA total! Cup

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

19 July 2011

Mainz 05	0
		20 July 2011
Borussia Dortmund	1
		Borussia Dortmund	2
19 July 2011
		Hamburger SV	0
Bayern Munich	1

Hamburger SV	2
		Third place play-off

		20 July 2011

		Mainz 05	2 (4)

		Bayern Munich	2 (5)

Matches

19 July 2011 Semi-finals	Mainz 05	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Perišić 33'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Tobias Welz

19 July 2011 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	1–2	Hamburger SV	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos 57'	Report	Son 7', 30'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,900 Referee: Tobias Christ

20 July 2011 Third place play-off	Mainz 05	2–2 (4–5 p)	Bayern Munich	Mainz
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Noveski 11' Ujah 59'	Report	Alaba 30+1' Petersen 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Jochen Drees
	Penalties
	Soto Slišković Yılmaz Stieber Noveski Ujah		Alaba Müller Petersen Kroos Tymoshchuk Pranjić

20 July 2011 Final	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Santana 50' Zidan 51'	Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,284 Referee: Jochen Drees

2012 LIGA total! Cup

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

4 August 2012

Hamburger SV	0
		5 August 2012
Borussia Dortmund	1
		Borussia Dortmund	3 (4)
4 August 2012
		Werder Bremen	3 (5)
Werder Bremen	2 (4)

Bayern Munich	2 (2)
		Third place play-off

		5 August 2012

		Hamburger SV	0

		Bayern Munich	1

Matches

4 August 2012 Semi-finals	Hamburger SV	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Błaszczykowski 42'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Hans-Joachim Osmers

4 August 2012 Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	2–2 (4–2 p)	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petersen 12' Füllkrug 43'	Report	Shaqiri 27' Kroos 60'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,217 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski
	Penalties
	Ekici Fritz Schmitz De Bruyne		Mandžukić Kroos Ribéry Schweinsteiger

5 August 2012 Third place play-off	Hamburger SV	0–1	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Weiser 25'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

5 August 2012 Final	Borussia Dortmund	3–3 (4–5 p)	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Reus 22' Lewandowski 24', 25'	Report	Füllkrug 3' Ekici 5' Hunt 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 39,175 Referee: Felix Zwayer
	Penalties
	Subotić Halstenberg Kehl Owomoyela Perišić Großkreutz		Hunt Fritz Wurtz Junuzović Füllkrug Prödl

2013 Telekom Cup

The third place play-off between Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV was won by the former.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

20 July 2013

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
		21 July 2013
Borussia Dortmund	0
		Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
20 July 2013
		Bayern Munich	5
Bayern Munich	4

Hamburger SV	0
		Third place play-off

		21 July 2013

		Borussia Dortmund	1

		Hamburger SV	0

Matches

20 July 2013 Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Daems 60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Guido Winkmann

20 July 2013 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	4–0	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boateng 12' Mandžukić 41' Kroos 44' Müller 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 July 2013 Third place play-off	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hofmann 24'	Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,506 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 July 2013 Final	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–5	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Jong 30' (pen.)	Report	Ribéry 17' Lahm 23' Thiago 26' Robben 41' Müller 60'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,506 Referee: Guido Winkmann

2014 Telekom Cup

The Imtech Arena hosted the 2014 edition.

Description

On 24 April 2014, full details for the 2014 Telekom Cup were announced. It was confirmed Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg would participate in the sixth edition of the competition. It was also announced that the Imtech Arena would host the competition.^[6]

The opening semi-finals took place on 26 July, with the third place play-off and the final taking place on the following day. Matches last 30 minutes per half, rather than the usual 45. In case of a draw after 60 minutes, the match would go directly into a penalty shoot-out.^[7]

Tickets for the competition were released on 16 July.^[8]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

26 July 2014

Hamburger SV	0 (5)
		27 July 2014
VfL Wolfsburg	0 (6)
		VfL Wolfsburg	0
26 July 2014
		Bayern Munich	3
Bayern Munich	2 (5)

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 (4)
		Third place play-off

		27 July 2014

		Hamburger SV	3

		Borussia Mönchengladbach	1

Matches

26 July 2014 Semi-finals	Hamburger SV	0–0 (5–6 p)	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert
	Penalties
	Van der Vaart Djourou Stieber Jiráček Iličević Demirbay		Naldo Jung Hunt Arnold Vieirinha Junior Malanda

26 July 2014 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	2–2 (5–4 p)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski 29' Ribéry 34'	Report	Kruse 42' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann
	Penalties
	Lewandowski Alaba Badstuber Rafinha Højbjerg Martínez		Nordtveit Raffael Hahn Kruse Wendt Korb

27 July 2014 Third place play-off	Hamburger SV	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoua 3' Van der Vaart 21' Demirbay 53'	Report	Raffael 4'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

27 July 2014 Final	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Lewandowski 4', 20' Rode 15'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

2015 Telekom Cup

Description

On 30 March 2015, it was confirmed that Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hamburger SV would participate, with a fourth team to be announced. The seventh edition will be held on 12 July 2015 at the Stadion im Borussia-Park. All games will be played in one day with less playing time.^[9] The fourth team to compete was decided later to be FC Augsburg.^{[citation needed]} The rules changed for 2015, where a match will only last for 45 minutes instead of 60.^{[citation needed]}

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

12 July 2015

Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (4)
		12 July 2015
Hamburger SV	0 (5)
		Hamburger SV	2
12 July 2015
		FC Augsburg	1
Bayern Munich	1

FC Augsburg	2
		Third place play-off

		12 July 2015

		Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (4)

		Bayern Munich	0 (3)

Matches

12 July 2015 Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0 (4–5 p)	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Guido Winkmann
	Penalties
	Stindl Hahn Ritter Brouwers Raffael Elvedi		Holtby Lasogga Steinmann Djourou Cléber Kačar

12 July 2015 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	1–2	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thiago 7'	Report	Esswein 29' Hong 35'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Martin Thomsen

12 July 2015 Third place play-off	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0 (4–3 p)	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Martin Thomsen
	Penalties
	Stindl Ndenge Dahoud Brouwers		Alaba Lahm Kimmich Højbjerg Benko

12 July 2015 Final	Hamburger SV	2–1	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gouaida 2' Framberger 33' (o.g.)	Report	Matavž 41'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Guido Winkmann

2017 Telekom Cup (January)

Semi-finals		Final

14 January 2017

Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 (1)
		14 January 2017
Bayern Munich	0 (4)
		Bayern Munich	2
14 January 2017
		Mainz 05	1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0

Mainz 05	1
		Third place play-off

		14 January 2017

		Fortuna Düsseldorf	2

		Borussia Mönchengladbach	0

2017 Telekom Cup (July)

Semi-finals		Final

15 July

Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (3)
		15 July
Werder Bremen	0 (5)
		Werder Bremen	0
15 July
		Bayern Munich	2
Bayern Munich	1

1899 Hoffenheim	0
		Third place play-off

		15 July

		Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (5)

		1899 Hoffenheim	0 (6)

2019 Telekom Cup

Semi-finals		Final

13 January

Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 (7)
		13 January
Bayern Munich	0 (8)
		Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (2)
13 January
		Bayern Munich	0 (4)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1

Hertha Berlin	0
		Third place play-off

		13 January

		Fortuna Düsseldorf	3

		Hertha BSC	1

2022 Telekom Cup

16 July 2022 Final	1. FC Köln	1–2	AC Milan	Cologne
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dietz 86'	Report	Giroud 16', 36'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Results by year

Year	Name	Venue	Host city	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
2009	T-Home Cup	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Hamburger SV	VfB Stuttgart	Bayern Munich	Schalke 04
2010	Liga total! Cup	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Schalke 04	Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV	1. FC Köln
2011	Liga total! Cup	Coface Arena	Mainz	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV	Bayern Munich	Mainz 05
2012	Liga total! Cup	Imtech Arena	Hamburg	Werder Bremen	Borussia Dortmund	Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV
2013	Telekom Cup	Stadion im Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach	Bayern Munich	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV
2014	Telekom Cup	Imtech Arena	Hamburg	Bayern Munich	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburger SV	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2015	Telekom Cup	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach	Hamburger SV	FC Augsburg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bayern Munich
January 2017	Telekom Cup	Esprit Arena	Düsseldorf	Bayern Munich	Mainz 05	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Borussia Mönchengladbach
July 2017	Telekom Cup	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach	Bayern Munich	Werder Bremen	1899 Hoffenheim	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2019	Telekom Cup	Merkur Spiel-Arena	Düsseldorf	Bayern Munich	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hertha BSC
2022	Telekom Cup	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	Milan	Köln	-

Statistics

Performance by team

Rank	Team	Appearances	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
1	Bayern Munich	10	5 (2013, 2014, January 2017, July 2017, 2019)	1 (2010)	3 (2009, 2011, 2012)	1 (2015)
2	Hamburger SV	7	2 (2009, 2015)	1 (2011)	2 (2010, 2014)	2 (2012, 2013)
3	Borussia Dortmund	3	1 (2011)	1 (2012)	1 (2013)	–
4	Werder Bremen	2	1 (2012)	1 (July 2017)	–	–
5	Schalke 04	2	1 (2010)	–	–	1 (2009)
6	Milan	1	1 (2022)	–	–	–
7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	–	2 (2013, 2019)	1 (2015)	3 (2014, January 2017, July 2017)
8	1. FC Köln	2	–	1 (2022)	–	1 (2010)
8	Mainz 05	2	–	1 (January 2017)	–	1 (2011)
8	FC Augsburg	1	–	1 (2015)	–	–
	VfB Stuttgart	1	–	1 (2009)	–	–
	VfL Wolfsburg	1	–	1 (2014)	–	–
12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2	–	–	2 (January 2017, 2019)	–
12	1899 Hoffenheim	1	–	–	1 (July 2017)	–
13	Hertha BSC	1	–	–	–	1 (2019)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team(s)	Goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund / Bayern Munich	6
2	Toni Kroos	Bayern Munich	3
	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	3
	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich	3
	Son Heung-min	Hamburger SV	3
6	Edu	Schalke 04	2
	Niclas Füllkrug	Werder Bremen	2
	Olivier Giroud	Milan	2
	Max Kruse	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2
	Nils Petersen	Bayern Munich / Werder Bremen	2
	Raúl	Schalke 04	2
	Thiago	Bayern Munich	2
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Hamburger SV	2