Dubai Challenge Cup

Dubai Challenge Cup, also known as the Dubai Football Challenge, is a friendly football tournament founded by Mohammed bin Rashed and the United Arab Emirates national football team. It was first held in January 2007, with another tournament scheduled for January 2008. Both won by German side Hamburger SV

2007 tournament

The 2007 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2007 by four teams: United Arab Emirates, Iran, Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart.

Group classification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hamburg	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	9
Iran	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
Stuttgart	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

Group matches

2007-01-09	United Arab Emirates	2 – 1	Stuttgart
	Omar Matar		Gómez

2007-01-09	Hamburg	2 – 1	Iran
	Guerrero Besart		Khatibi

2007-01-11	Iran	1 – 0	Stuttgart
	Rajabzadeh

2007-01-11	United Arab Emirates	0 – 1	Hamburg
			Benjamin

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2007 Winners
Hamburger SV First Title

2008 tournament

The 2008 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2008 by four teams: United Arab Emirates, China PR, Hamburger SV and Vasco da Gama.

Group classification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hamburger SV	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	12
Vasco da Gama	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	5
United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1
China PR	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4	1

Group matches

2008-01-10	Hamburger SV	2 – 1	Vasco da Gama
	David Jarolím  28' Nigel de Jong  69'		Joris Mathijsen  33' (o.g.)

2008-01-10	United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	China PR

2008-01-12	Hamburger SV	4 – 0	China PR
	Rafael van der Vaart  44'  53' Romeo Castelen  58' José Paolo Guerrero  75'

2008-01-12	Vasco da Gama	1 – 0	United Arab Emirates
	Alan Kardec  79'

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2008 Winners
Hamburger SV Second Title

2009 tournament

The 2009 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in 6th January 2009 by AC Milan and Hamburger SV in a single match.

Match

2009-01-06	AC Milan	1 – 1	Hamburger SV
	Ronaldinho  62' (pen.)		Benjamin  66'
		Penalties
		4 – 3

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2009 Winners
AC Milan First Title

2011 tournament

The 2011 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 2nd January 2011 by Al-Ahli and AC Milan in a single match.

Match

2 January 2011	Al-Ahli	1 – 2	AC Milan	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
	Hasan  85'		Seedorf  38' Beretta  72'

Champion

Dubai Challenge Cup 2010 Winners
AC Milan Second Title

Cups by team

• Hamburger SV (2007 and 2008) 2 times

• AC Milan (2009 and 2010) 2 times

See also

• Dubai Cup

External links

• Official site