Uhrencup

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Uhrencup
Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Runners-upNetherlands Feyenoord
Third placeSwitzerland Young Boys
Fourth placeSwitzerland FC Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored15 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bonatini, Mir, van Persie
(2 goals each)

The Uhrencup is a

watchmaking industry on the cultural lives of the area's residents (Uhren is German for "watches"). The tournament usually features four teams (sometimes more), each playing two matches, and is held in July as a friendly tournament
, the format of which tends to be fluid. For the teams taking part, the tournament is a welcome opportunity to prepare for the upcoming football season.

Origin

Founded in 1962 by representatives of Grenchen's watchmaking industry, the first Uhrencup was held to celebrate the inauguration of the new grandstand at the local Brühl stadium. Due to the tournament's reverberating success it was repeated the following year and, thanks to the sponsoring from the local watch industry, it continues to be held annually (with the exception of 1967, 1974 and 2012).

History

Established as an international tournament (1962–1968)

The first Uhrencup in 1962 already featured an international line-up. Together with the two local clubs

AC Como
also took part in the tournament. Due to its success and because it attracted about 20,000 spectators, it was repeated the following year.

The English side

FC Sochaux
took part, winning the first of the two competitions, but not being at all successful two years later. In 1967 the competition was not held.

Uhrencup as regional event (1969–2002)

At the end of the 1967–68 Nationalliga A season Grenchen were relegated and therefore the tournament lost its international significance. From here on it was mainly Swiss sides that took part in the Uhrencup and it turned into a regional event. FC Basel took part for the first time in 1969 and won the cup 5–3 in the final against Biel-Bienne, Wenger, Hauser (twice), Balmer and Odermatt scoring the Basel goals. A year later Basel defended the title with an 8–7 win after penalties following a 5–5 at full-time.

The next year the home team Grenchen won the cup for the second time, winning 3–1 against reigning Swiss Champions Basel, local boy

Neuchâtel Xamax. However reaching the final again in the next year Muhmenthaler won the 1978 Uhrencup with FC Basel
2–1 against the same finalists.

Basel won the title six times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988), Grenchen won it three times (1981, 1982, 1985), Servette (1984) and Young Boys (1987) during the following years. As international teams were again invited to participate Partizan Belgrade (1989), Górnik Zabrze (1990) and 1. FC Köln (1991) competed and won the tournament.

During the following years (1992 to 2002) the Uhrencup returned to being a Swiss-Internal tournament. The winners being FC Zürich (three times), Grenchen (twice) and FC Solothurn, Grasshoppers and Sevette each once. FC Subingen, a team from the 2. Liga (then fourth tier of the Swiss Football League) won Uhrencup in 1997.

New edition as an international tournament (2003–2011)

In 2003 a new organising committee took over the marketing of the Uhrencup and with added financial help it was again possible to invite international teams.

Panathinaikos Athens have participated during this period, but only Trabzonspor (2005) and Shakhtar Donetsk
(2009) were able to win the title.

2010 was a truly international affair, with only one club (Young Boys) originating from Switzerland. The remaining competitors were

Twente Enschede and the eventual winner VfB Stuttgart
from Germany.

Basel won the competition for the twelfth time. In the 2011 event, they beat

Young Boys Bern, also won both matches against the international teams, but had a lower overall goal score with 6–3. To celebrate the 50th edition of the tournament, the current German champion Borussia Dortmund played a friendly game against the Swiss vice champion FC Zürich
, which ended with a 1–1 tie.

Since 2013

In 2012 the tournament was not held, but was held in 2013 between 5 and 9 July with Basel and Grasshopper Club Zürich taking part.[1] For Basel it was the 29th time that they would take place; they have won the competition thirteen times. The tournament again took a hiatus, this time of two years before returning in 2015.[2][3]

2011

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland Basel 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 2011 Uhrencup Champions
2 Switzerland Young Boys 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 +3 6
3 England West Ham United 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
4 Germany Hertha Berlin 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio

Matches

Young Boys Switzerland4–2Germany Hertha Berlin
 Report
All Stars
Final
Borussia Dortmund Germany1–1Switzerland FC Zürich
 Report
Young Boys Switzerland2–1England West Ham United
 Report
Basel Switzerland3–0Germany Hertha Berlin
 Report
Basel Switzerland2–1England West Ham United
 Report

2013

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland FC Basel 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 2013 Uhrencup Champions
2 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
4 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio

Matches

FC Basel Switzerland3–0Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
 Report
Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland0–1Serbia Red Star Belgrade
Report
FC Basel Switzerland2–1Serbia Red Star Belgrade
 Report
Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland1–1Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
 Report
Penalties
5–6

2015

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland Biel 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3 2015 Uhrencup Champions
2 Germany B. Mönchengladbach 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 Switzerland Sion 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4 Austria A. Salzburg 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio

Matches

B. Mönchengladbach Germany2–1Switzerland Sion
 Report
Biel Switzerland2–0Austria A. Salzburg
 Report

2016

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP D LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Turkey Galatasaray 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 +3 4 2016 Uhrencup Champions
2 Switzerland Zürich 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 −2 3
3 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 2
4 Switzerland Young Boys 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 5 −1 2
Source: Uhrencup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goal ratio[4]

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany1–2Switzerland Zürich
Hahn 59'
Attendance: 1,952[6]
Galatasaray Turkey3–0Switzerland Zürich
 Report
Young Boys Switzerland1–1Turkey Galatasaray
Lecjaks 84' Report Bruma 14'

2017

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1
Stoke City
 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 5 2017 Uhrencup Champions
2 Switzerland BSC Young Boys 2 1 0 1 0 7 4 +3 4
3 Portugal S.L. Benfica 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 −2 3
4
Neuchâtel Xamax
 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: [4]

Results

Stoke City
Report Djuric 86' (o.g.)
Neuchâtel Xamax
 Report
S.L. Benfica Portugal1–5Switzerland BSC Young Boys
Jonas
22'		 Report

2018

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 +5 6 2018 Uhrencup Champions
2 Netherlands Feyenoord 2 1 0 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3 Switzerland BSC Young Boys 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 3
4 Switzerland FC Basel 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source: [5]

Results

FC Basel Switzerland0–5Netherlands Feyenoord
 Report

2019

Standings

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 Switzerland BSC Young Boys 2 2 0 0 0 7 1 +6 6 2019 Uhrencup Champions
2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 2 1 0 0 1 4 6 −2 3
3 England Crystal Palace 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2
4 Switzerland FC Luzern 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: [6]

Results

Uhrencup winners by year

 Year  Placements
Winner 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th place
1962 Switzerland FC Grenchen Belgium Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Calcio Como
 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1963 England Ipswich Town Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam
1964 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Germany Karlsruher SC France Nîmes Olympique Switzerland FC Grenchen
1965
Lanerossi Vicenza
 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland BSC Young Boys Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
1966 France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Switzerland FC Grenchen
Lanerossi Vicenza
 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1967 Not held
1968 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland BSC Young Boys France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Switzerland FC Grenchen
1969 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Lausanne-Sport
1970 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Grenchen
1971 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Lausanne-Sport Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1972
Neuchâtel Xamax
 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Basel
1973 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
Neuchâtel Xamax
 Switzerland FC Grenchen
1974 Not held
1975 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1976
FC Zurich
 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1977
Neuchâtel Xamax
 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Grenchen
1978 Switzerland FC Basel
Neuchâtel Xamax
 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1979 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland FC Luzern
1980 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Luzern
1981 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Luzern Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1982 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Aarau Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1983 Switzerland FC Basel
FC Zurich
 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1984 Switzerland Servette FC Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Grenchen
1985 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland Servette FC
1986 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1987 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Grenchen Poland Górnik Zabrze Switzerland FC Basel
1988 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Grenchen Czechoslovakia FC Nitra Netherlands FC Twente
1989 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Partizan Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Basel
FC Zurich
1990
0
0 		Poland Górnik Zabrze Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Lugano Switzerland FC Aarau
Eliminated (with the other two) as the last of group 1: Switzerland FC Grenchen
Eliminated as severed bottom of Group 2:
FC Zurich
1991 Germany 1. FC Köln Switzerland FC Sion Poland Olimpia Poznań Switzerland FC Grenchen
1992
FC Zurich
 Switzerland SR Delémont Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Grenchen
1993
FC Zurich
 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland SR Delémont
1994
FC Zurich
 Switzerland SR Delémont Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Schaffhausen
1995 Switzerland FC Aarau Switzerland FC Solothurn Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Grenchen
1996 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Solothurn Switzerland SV Lyss Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne
1997 Switzerland FC Subingen Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland SV Lyss
1998 Switzerland FC Solothurn Switzerland SR Delémont Switzerland FC Subingen Switzerland FC Grenchen
1999 Switzerland FC Grenchen Switzerland FC Solothurn Switzerland FC Langenthal Switzerland FC Thun
2000 Switzerland BSC Young Boys
Neuchâtel Xamax
 Switzerland FC Solothurn Switzerland FC Grenchen
2001 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Solothurn Switzerland FC Grenchen
2002 Switzerland Servette FC Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Aarau Switzerland FC Grenchen
2003 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich
SC Bregenz
2004 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland FC Basel Germany FC Schalke 04
2005 Turkey Trabzonspor Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Basel
2006 Switzerland FC Zürich/FC Basel Switzerland BSC Young Boys Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany 1. FC Köln (both third)
2007 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Basel Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg Scotland Celtic F.C.
2008 Switzerland FC Basel Germany Borussia Dortmund Switzerland FC Luzern Poland Legia Warsaw
2009 Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Basel Greece Panathinaikos F.C.
2010 Germany VfB Stuttgart Switzerland BSC Young Boys Netherlands FC Twente Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
2011 Switzerland FC Basel Switzerland BSC Young Boys
West Ham United
 Germany Hertha BSC
2012 Not held
2013 Switzerland FC Basel Serbia Red Star Belgrade Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich
2014 Not held
2015 Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne Germany B. Mönchengladbach Switzerland FC Sion Austria A. Salzburg
2016 Turkey Galatasaray
FC Zurich
 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Germany B. Mönchengladbach
2017
Stoke City
 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Portugal S.L. Benfica
Neuchâtel Xamax
2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers
 Netherlands Feyenoord Switzerland BSC Young Boys Switzerland FC Basel
2019 Switzerland BSC Young Boys Germany Eintracht Frankfurt England Crystal Palace Switzerland FC Luzern

Titles by team

Team Years won Titles
Switzerland FC Basel 1969, 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013 13
Switzerland BSC Young Boys 1964, 1973, 1975, 1987, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2019 8
Switzerland FC Grenchen 1962, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1996, 1999 7
FC Zurich
 1976, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2006 5
Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne 1968, 2015 2
Neuchâtel Xamax
 1972, 1977 2
Switzerland Servette FC 1984, 2002 2
Germany 1. FC Köln 1991 1
Switzerland FC Aarau 1995 1
Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 2009 1
France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1966 1
Switzerland FC Solothurn 1998 1
Switzerland FC Subingen 1997 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Partizan 1989 1
Turkey Galatasaray 2016 1
Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 2001 1
Poland Górnik Zabrze 1990 1
England Ipswich Town 1963 1
Lanerossi Vicenza
 1965 1
Stoke City
 2017 1
Turkey Trabzonspor 2005 1
Germany VfB Stuttgart 2010 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
 2018 1

Participation by club

Team Participant
Switzerland FC Grenchen 39
Switzerland FC Basel 30
Switzerland BSC Young Boys 24
Switzerland FC Biel-Bienne 23
FC Zurich
 10
Switzerland FC Solothurn 6
Neuchâtel Xamax
 6
Switzerland FC Luzern 5
Switzerland FC Aarau 4
Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zürich 4
Switzerland SR Delémont 4
Switzerland Servette FC 3
Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2
Germany 1. FC Köln 2
Germany Borussia Dortmund 2
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2
Switzerland FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
Switzerland FC Lausanne-Sport 2
Switzerland FC Sion 2
France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2
Switzerland FC Subingen 2
Netherlands FC Twente 2
Poland Górnik Zabrze 2
Lanerossi Vicenza
 2
Switzerland SV Lyss [de] 2
Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1
Calcio Como
 1
Scotland Celtic F.C. 1
Belgium Cercle Brugge K.S.V. 1
England Crystal Palace 1
Spain Deportivo de La Coruña 1
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1
Switzerland FC Langenthal 1
Switzerland FC Lugano 1
Czechoslovakia FC Nitra 1
Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg 1
Switzerland FC Schaffhausen 1
Germany FC Schalke 04 1
Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1
Switzerland FC Thun 1
Netherlands Feyenoord 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Partizan 1
Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf 1
Turkey Galatasaray 1
Germany Hertha BSC 1
England Ipswich Town 1
Germany Karlsruher SC 1
Poland Legia Warsaw 1
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 1
France Nîmes Olympique 1
Poland Olimpia Poznań 1
Greece Panathinaikos F.C. 1
Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1
SC Bregenz
 1
Portugal S.L. Benfica 1
Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam 1
Stoke City
 1
Austria SV Austria Salzburg 1
Turkey Trabzonspor 1
Germany VfB Stuttgart 1
West Ham United
 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers
 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "FC Basel und Grasshopper Club Zürich am Uhrencup 2013" (in German). bielertagblatt.ch. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Media Release". Uhrencup (in German). 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Uhrencup 2016". Uhrencup. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Modus". Uhrencup. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Auftaktsieg beim Uhrencup". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "1:2-Niederlage gegen Zürich beim Uhrencup". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Uhrencup - Galatasaray: 3-0 FC Zürich". Galatasaray S.K. (in Turkish). 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Uhrencup'ta Şampiyon Galatasaray!". Galatasaray S.K. (in Turkish). 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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