Eurovoetbal

Eurovoetbal is an international football (soccer) tournament for players under 21, held annually in the city of Groningen around Pentecost.

The tournament started in 1977 when local football clubs Be Quick 1887, Velocitas and GRC, as well as the district Groningen of the Royal Dutch Football Association, celebrated their 90th, 80th, 75th and 70th anniversaries respectively. Five-thousand and five-hundred spectators saw the youth players of English side Crystal Palace win the first tournament.

Finals and Most Valuable Players

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result	Most Valuable Players	Most Valuable Goalkeeper	Top scorers
1977	Crystal Palace	Werder Bremen	1–0
1978	Blackburn Rovers	Feyenoord	2–1 after extra time		Paul Leeming
1979	Ajax	Milan	3–0
1980	Everton	PSV	2–1
1981	NAC Breda	Czechoslovakia U-21	1–1 (4–3p)	Luboš Kubík (Czechoslovakia U-21)	Theo Snelders
1982	Everton	Groningen	3–1
1983	Czechoslovakia U-21	Netherlands U-21	2–0
1984	Ajax	Czechoslovakia U-21	1–0	Edwin Godee (Ajax)		Jan Jaap Kooistra (Groningen)
1985	Czechoslovakia U-21	East Germany U-21	1–0	Ulf Kirsten (East Germany U-21)		Ed Roos (Feyenoord)
1986	Groningen	East Germany U-21	2–0	Vodička (Czechoslovakia)		Tom Krommendijk (Netherlands U-21)
1987	Nottingham Forest	Ajax	3–2
1988	Nottingham Forest	PSV	2–1
1989	PSV	Malmö FF	1–0 a.e.t.
1990	Soviet Union U-21	Ajax	1–0 a.e.t.		Edwin van der Sar (Ajax)	Yevgeni Kashentsev (Soviet Union U-21)
1991	PSV	Galatasaray	4–0	Bert Zuurman
1992	Barcelona	PSV	3–1
1993	Feyenoord	Ajax	2–0	Clarence Seedorf (Ajax)	Sander Westerveld (Twente)	Boudewijn Zenden (PSV)
1994	Ajax	Groningen	4–0	Patrick Kluivert (Ajax)	Sander Westerveld (Twente)
1995	Sporting CP	Universidad Catolica	1–0	Nelson Garrido (Sporting CP) Sander van Gessel (Groningen)
1996	Feyenoord	Sporting CP	2–1	None awarded		Matthew Amoah (Vitesse)
1997	Benfica	Feyenoord	2–1
1998	Flamengo
1999	Ajax	Heerenveen	3–1	Daniel Jensen (Heerenveen)	Serge van den Ban (Ajax)
2000	Feyenoord	PSV	3–1	Pius Ikedia	Jelle ten Rouwelaar	João Mawete (Benfica)
2001	Red Star Belgrade	Twente	1–0	Aleksandar Luković (Red Star Belgrade)	Vladimir Stojković (Red Star Belgrade)
2002	Newcastle United	Twente	4–0	Michael Chopra (Newcastle United)	Yaser Fawzi
2003	Boca Juniors	Partizan	2–2 (4–3p)	Fernando Gago (Boca Juniors)	Nemanja Jovšić (Partizan)	Juan Fischer (Boca Juniors)
2004	Boca Juniors	Feyenoord	1–0	Gastón Sangoy (Boca Juniors)	Mike Römer (Groningen)	Felino Jardim (Feyenoord) Haris Medunjanin (AZ) Gastón Sangoy (Boca Juniors)
2005	Guadalajara	Boca Juniors	2–1	Christian Armas (Guadalajara) Rogier Krohne (Groningen)	Gijs Koopmans (Groningen)	Renato Rivera
2006	Internacional	AZ	2–0	Taison (Internacional) Ruud Vormer (AZ)
2007	Groningen	Slavia Prague	2–0	Stefan Nijland (Groningen) Taison (Internacional)
2008	Bayern Munich	Fenerbahçe	3–1	Isa Tastemir (Fenerbahçe) Nicola Sansone (Bayern Munich)	Steffen Bakker (Groningen)	Joël Matip (Schalke 04)
2009	Valencia	Heerenveen	2–1	Filip Đuričić (Heerenveen)	Jurjan Wouda (Heerenveen)	Filip Đuričić (Heerenveen)

Notable participating players

References