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The Amsterdam Tournament (Template:Langx) was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.<ref>"Getting there". LG Amsterdam Tournament. Retrieved 11 September 2010.</ref> The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena.<ref>"Homepage". LG Amsterdam Tournament. Retrieved 11 September 2010.</ref> It was inaugurated in 1975 as the Amsterdam 700 Tournament to celebrate 700 years of history in the city.<ref name="RSSSF">Template:Cite web</ref> It was held annually each summer until 1992, when the last edition of the original tournament was played. It returned in 1999 with the backing of the International Event Partnership (IEP).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Four teams participate in the competition, played in a league format since 1986.<ref name="RSSSF"/>

Since its return,<ref>"Black Cats to compete in Ajax cup" . BBC Sport. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref> the tournament has used an unusual point scoring system. As with most league competitions, three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. An additional point, however, is awarded for each goal scored.<ref>"Arsenal strike late to sink Ajax" . BBC Sport. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> The system is designed to reward teams that adopt a more attacking style of play.<ref>"Sunderland play in Amsterdam tournament" Template:Webarchive. Sunderland Echo. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> Each entrant plays two matches, with the winner being the club that finishes at the top of the table.<ref>"FC Porto 1–2 Arsenal" . BBC Sport. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> The original competition was held at Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium, where Ajax played its international games until 1996.<ref>"The club" Template:Webarchive. Ajax. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref> The Amsterdam Arena, now named the Johan Cruyff Arena, has played host to the event since the return until 2009.

The first winners were Belgian club Molenbeek, who defeated Ajax 5–2 in the final.<ref name="RSSSF"/> The hosts are the most successful club in the tournament's history, having lifted the trophy on ten occasions. The club won their first title in 1978 and their most recent success came in 2004.<ref>"Arsenal 0–0 Ajax" . BBC Sport. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref> Fellow Dutch side AZ and English club Arsenal are the only other teams to have won the competition more than once.<ref>"Gunners claim Dutch repeat" Template:Webarchive. Sky Sports. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref> Feyenoord, Ajax's domestic rivals, are among a group of clubs to have won the tournament once,<ref name="RSSSF"/> while Belgium has produced the most individual winners, four, one more than England and Netherlands.

AZ and Arsenal are also the most regular guests, having been invited to compete in the tournament on six occasions. As well as being the most successful club, Ajax has finished as runners-up eleven times. Next in the list are two Italian clubs, Internazionale and Roma, who has finished in second place five times between them. Romania is the only national team to have taken part in the tournament. They were invited in 1984 and finished in fourth place as Atlético Mineiro became the first Brazilian club to lift the trophy. In total, teams from 13 countries have participated in the competition. The 2010 edition did not take place due to Ajax's involvement in the qualifying stages of the Champions League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Tournaments

A man wearing a white shirt.
Johan Cruyff scored once in the 1975 tournament for Barcelona.<ref name="First tournament"/>
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John Wark scored in the 1981 final for Ipswich Town.<ref name="Seventh tournament"/>
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Frank Rijkaard played in the tournament for Ajax.<ref name="Seventh tournament"/>
Edition Year Winner Runner-up Third Fourth Notes
1 1975 Template:Flagicon Molenbeek Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Feyenoord Template:Flagicon Barcelona <ref name="First tournament">Template:Cite web</ref>
2 1976 Template:Flagicon Anderlecht Template:Flagicon Borussia M'gladbach Template:Flagicon Leeds United <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3 1977 Template:Flagicon AZ Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Barcelona <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4 1978 Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Anderlecht Template:Flagicon AZ Template:Flagicon Fluminense <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
5 1979 Template:Flagicon AZ Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Arsenal Template:Flagicon Hamburger SV <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
6 1980 Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon AZ Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich Template:Flagicon Nottingham Forest <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
7 1981 Template:Flagicon Ipswich Town Template:Flagicon Standard Liège Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon AZ <ref name="Seventh tournament">Template:Cite web</ref>
8 1982 Template:Flagicon AZ Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon 1. FC Köln Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
9 1983 Template:Flagicon Feyenoord Template:Flagicon Roma Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Manchester United <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
10 1984 Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Feyenoord Template:Flagicon Romania <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
11 1985 Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro Template:Flagicon Athletic Bilbao Template:Flagicon Verona <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
12 1986 Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Botafogo <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
13 1987 Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Torino Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kiev Template:Flagicon Porto <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
14 1988 Template:Flagicon Sampdoria Template:Flagicon Flamengo Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Benfica <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
15 1989 Template:Flagicon Mechelen Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Sporting CP Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
16 1990 Template:Flagicon Club Brugge Template:Flagicon PSV Template:Flagicon Mechelen <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
17 1991 Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon PSV Template:Flagicon Fluminense Template:Flagicon Sampdoria <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
18 1992 Template:Flagicon Roma Template:Flagicon PSV Template:Flagicon Borussia Dortmund <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
19 1999 Template:Flagicon Lazio Template:Flagicon Santos Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
20 2000 Template:Flagicon Barcelona Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Lazio Template:Flagicon Arsenal <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
21 2001 Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Milan Template:Flagicon Valencia Template:Flagicon Liverpool <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
22 2002 Template:Flagicon Barcelona Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Parma <ref name="22nd tournament">Template:Cite web</ref>
23 2003 Template:Flagicon Internazionale Template:Flagicon Galatasaray Template:Flagicon Liverpool <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
24 2004 Template:Flagicon River Plate Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon Arsenal <ref name="24th tournament">Template:Cite web</ref>
25 2005 Template:Flagicon Arsenal Template:Flagicon Porto Template:Flagicon Boca Juniors Template:Flagicon Ajax <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
26 2006 Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Internazionale Template:Flagicon Porto <ref name="26th tournament">Template:Cite web</ref>
27 2007 Template:Flagicon Arsenal Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Lazio <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
28 2008 Template:Flagicon Internazionale Template:Flagicon Sevilla Template:Flagicon Ajax <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
29 2009 Template:Flagicon Benfica Template:Flagicon Ajax Template:Flagicon Sunderland Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid <ref>"Atletico Madrid 0–2 Sunderland" Template:Webarchive. Sunderland Echo. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref>

Statistics

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Marco van Basten scored in two consecutive finals for Ajax.<ref name="RSSSF"/>
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Pep Guardiola was successful in 2000 with Barcelona.<ref>"Overmars injured on debut". BBC Sport. 4 August 2000. Retrieved 10 September 2010.</ref>
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Zlatan Ibrahimović scored in the 2004 tournament for Ajax.<ref name="24th tournament"/>
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Rafael van der Vaart scored two goals for Ajax in the 2002 edition.<ref name="22nd tournament"/>
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Steven Gerrard played in the tournament for Liverpool.<ref>"Galatasaray 2–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref>
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Wesley Sneijder scored in the 2006 tournament for Ajax.<ref name="26th tournament"/>
Team Winner Runner-up Third Fourth Total
Template:Flagicon Ajax 10 11 5 3 29
Template:Flagicon AZ 3 1 1 1 6
Template:Flagicon Arsenal 3 0 1 2 6
Template:Flagicon Barcelona 1 1 0 2 4
Template:Flagicon Manchester United 1 0 2 1 4
Template:Flagicon Feyenoord 1 0 2 0 3
Template:Flagicon Dynamo Kyiv 1 0 1 1 3
Template:Flagicon Lazio 1 0 1 1 3
Template:Flagicon Anderlecht 1 1 0 0 2
Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro 1 1 0 0 2
Template:Flagicon Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 2
Template:Flagicon Mechelen 1 0 0 1 2
Template:Flagicon Benfica 1 0 0 1 2
Template:Flagicon Molenbeek 1 0 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Ipswich Town 1 0 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Club Brugge 1 0 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Internazionale 0 3 0 0 3
Template:Flagicon PSV 0 1 2 0 3
Template:Flagicon Porto 0 1 1 1 3
Template:Flagicon Atlético Madrid 0 1 0 2 3
Template:Flagicon Liverpool 0 0 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon Roma 0 2 0 0 2
Template:Flagicon Fluminense 0 0 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon Standard Liège 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Torino 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Flamengo 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Santos 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Milan 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon River Plate 0 1 0 0 1
Template:Flagicon Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon 1. FC Köln 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Athletic Bilbao 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Sporting CP 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Valencia 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Galatasaray 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Boca Juniors 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Sevilla 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Sunderland 0 0 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Leeds United 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Hamburger SV 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Romania 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Verona 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Botafogo 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon Parma 0 0 0 1 1

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