Birra Moretti Trophy

Birra Moretti Trophy
Founded	1997
Abolished	2008
Region	Italy
Number of teams	3
Last champions	Juventus
Most successful club(s)	Juventus; (6 titles)

The Trofeo Birra Moretti (Birra Moretti Trophy) was an annual football friendly tournament that had been organised and sponsored by Birra Moretti from 1997 to 2008.^[1] The teams played three round-robin matches lasting 45-minutes each. If any match ended in a draw, it was decided by shoot-outs or penalties (as in 2008 edition).

After 2008, the event has not taken place anymore. Officially, Heineken Italia announced its intention to suspend it for only one year in 2009, coinciding with a change of promotional strategies at the 150th anniversary of Beer Moretti S.p.A., but was not resumed even in the following years.

Formula

The tournament was played in 3 matches, each of 45 '(plus any recovery): the loser of the first match challenged the third team, later engaged against the winner of the opening match. In most of the editions, the matches were divided into 2 halves (from 22'30 "each) to give kickoff to each formation: the interval was also useful to the organizers for promotional and advertising purposes. If after 45 'the match was tied, there was a shoot-out (penalty in motion) with 3 executions per team and possible continuation to the bitter end. Penalty shots. The score was thus assigned :

3 points for victory in the 45 '
2 points for winning on penalties
1 point for losing on penalties
no points for the defeat in the 45 '

For tie situations in the standings, the goal difference first and the detached standings were considered first. Only the goals of the 45 minutes were counted in the goal difference.

Winners

1997: Juventus
1998: Udinese
1999: Parma
2000: Juventus
2001: Internazionale
2002: Internazionale
2003: Juventus
2004: Juventus
2005: Napoli
2006: Juventus
2007: Internazionale
2008: Juventus

Editions

2003

3 points for win, 0 points for loss
2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
Juventus F.C. wins tournament

Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	5
Sampdoria	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3
Internazionale	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 August 2003	Juventus	2 – 1	Internazionale	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
20:30 CEST	Camoranesi 7' Di Vaio 16'		34' Crespo	Referee: Tiziano Pieri

8 August 2003	Sampdoria	1 – 1 (1 – 0 p)	Internazionale	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
21:30 CEST	Bazzani 18'		7' Martins	Referee: Marco Gabriele
	Penalties
	Yanagisawa Job		Kallon Martins Luciano

8 August 2003	Sampdoria	1 – 1 (3 – 4 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
22:30 CEST	Pedone 1'		4' Di Vaio	Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
	Penalties
			Appiah Maresca Olivera Miccoli Fresi

2004

3 points for win, 0 points for loss
2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
Juventus F.C. wins tournament

Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	5
Palermo	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Internazionale	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 August 2004	Juventus	1 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
20:30 CEST	Trezeguet 7'			Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

4 August 2004	Palermo	2 – 1	Internazionale	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
21:30 CEST	Morrone 30' Toni 43'		44' Ventola	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

4 August 2004	Palermo	0 – 0 (1 – 2 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
22:30 CEST				Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Tiziano Pieri
	Penalties
	Ferri E. Filippini Farías		Baiocco Olivera Miccoli

2005

3 points for win, 0 points for loss
2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
S.S.C. Napoli wins tournament

Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Napoli	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	5
Juventus	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Internazionale	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

12 August 2005	Juventus	2 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST	Ibrahimović 1', 9'	Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

12 August 2005	Napoli	2 – 1	Internazionale	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST	Bogliacino 13' Piá 23'	Report	22' (pen.) Recoba	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

12 August 2005	Napoli	1 – 1 (2 – 0 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST	Sosa 4' (pen.)	Report	15' Zalayeta	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Christian Brighi
	Penalties
	Gatti Capparella		Zambrotta Mutu

2006

3 points for win, 0 points for loss
2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
Juventus F.C. wins tournament

Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	5
Napoli	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Internazionale	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 August 2006	Juventus	1 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST	Zalayeta 13'			Referee: Domenico Messina

11 August 2006	Napoli	1 – 0	Internazionale	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST	Calaiò 22'			Referee: Luca Banti

11 August 2006	Napoli	0 – 0 (0 – 1 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST				Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
	Penalties
	Gatti Capparella Domizzi		Paro Chiumiento

2007

3 points for win, 0 points for loss
2 points for shoot-out win, 1 point for shoot-out loss
F.C. Internazionale Milano wins tournament

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Internazionale	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Juventus	2	1	1	1	1	0	3
Napoli	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2007	Napoli	0 – 1	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST			25' Del Piero	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Nicola Stefanini

9 August 2007	Napoli	0 – 2	Internazionale	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST			20' Stanković 21' Suazo	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro

9 August 2007	Juventus	0 – 1	Internazionale	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST			2' César	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

2008

3 points for win, 0 points for loss
2 points for penalty kick win, 1 point for penalty kick loss
Juventus F.C. wins tournament based on head-to-head result

Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Juventus	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Milan	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Napoli	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 August 2008	Napoli	0 – 0 (4 – 5 p)	Juventus	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
20:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Domenico Celi
	Penalties
	De Zerbi Zalayeta Blasi Vitale P. Cannavaro		Esposito Nedvěd Giovinco Salihamidžić Amauri

21 August 2008	Napoli	0 – 1	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
21:30 CEST		Report	44' Paloschi	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli

21 August 2008	Juventus	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	Milan	Stadio San Paolo, Naples
22:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
	Penalties
	Ariaudo Chimenti Legrottaglie Pasquato Amauri Molinaro		Seedorf Brocchi Paloschi Osuji Ambrosini Favalli

Gunners

The best mark in the event is Christian Vieri with 6 goals, all made with the Inter shirt.

Television

All editions of the Birra Moretti Trophy were transmitted in clear and exclusive channels from Mediaset (sometimes Canale 5, sometimes Italia 1, in some editions the first minigirl was transmitted by Italy 1 and the other two by Channel 5).

References

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