Opel Master Cup

Summer tournament held at various places.

Year Venue            Winners                  Runners-Up               Third
1996 Berlin           Bayern München           Milan                    Paris Saint-Germain
1997 Berlin           Milan                    Bayern München           Paris Saint-Germain
1999 Paris            Milan                    Paris Saint-Germain      Bayern München
2000 München          Bayern München           Manchester United        Real Madrid

1996

At the Olympiastadion, Berlin, 45 minute matches, on August 12, 1996.

Paris SG    2-1 Milan
  [Nboma 22, Roche 33; R.Baggio 40]
Bayern      2-0 Paris SG
  [Klinsmann 17, 28]
Bayern      1-2 Milan
  [Klinsmann 14; Davids 43, Simone 45]

 1.Bayern München       2  1  0  1  3- 2  3
 2.Milan AC             2  1  0  1  3- 3  3
 3.Paris Saint-Germain  2  1  0  1  2- 3  3

1997

At the Olympiastadion, Berlin, 45 minute matches, on July 28, 1997.

Semifinals
Hertha BSC  0-1 Bayern
  [Élber 5]
Milan       1-1 Paris SG        [4-3 pen]
  [Ziege 3; Ba 29og]

Third Place Match
Hertha BSC  0-1 Paris SG
  [Simone 12]

Final
Milan       0-0 Bayern          [5-3 pen]

1999

In Paris, 45 minute matches, on August 2, 1999.

Milan       2-0 Bayern
  [Weah 20, Shevchenko 33pen]
Paris SG    2-1 Milan
  [Rodriguez 34, Robert 45; Leonardo 4]
Paris SG    1-2 Bayern
  [Rodriguez 22; Salihamidzic 12pen, Andersson 20]

 1.Milan AC             2  1  0  1  3- 2  3
 2.Paris Saint-Germain  2  1  0  1  3- 3  3
 3.Bayern München       2  1  0  1  2- 3  3

2000

In München, on the occasion of the centenary of Bayern München.

Semifinals
Bayern      3-1 Galatasaray
  [Santa Cruz 9, Kuffour 56, Zickler 83; Hagi 88]
Man United  1-0 Real Madrid
  [Solskjær 90]
Man. United:  Van der Gouw; G. Neville, Silvestre, Johnsen, Irwin, Beckham, 
              Keane, Scholes, Giggs (Yorke 81), Solskjær, Sheringham. 
Real Madrid:  César; Julio César, Iván Campo, Karanka, Geremi; Julio Álvarez (Tote 62), 
              Celades, Guti, Solari; Morientes (Eto'o 62), Savio (Rivera 75).

Third Place Match [Aug 5]
Real Madrid 3-2 Galatasaray
  [Vedat 11og, Savio 51, Raúl 77; Faruk 6, Marcio 14]
Real Madrid: Bizarri; Geremi (Míchel Salgado 75), Iván Campo, Hierro (Rivera 78), Karanka 
             (Morientes 46); Roberto Carlos, Figo, Sanchís (Celades 46), Guti; Savio (Munitis 65), Raúl. 
Galatasaray: Kerem Inan; Fatih, Popescu (Bülent Korkmaz 70), Vedat (Emre 41), Ergun, Okan, 
             Ahmet (Bülent Akin 12), Suat, Faruk (Umit 56), Marcio, Jardel (Hagi 56).


Final [Aug 5]
Bayern      3-1 Manchester United
  [Scholl 45pen, Zickler 62, 69; Fortune 85]
B. Múnchen:  Kahn; Sagnol, Linke, Sforza, Weisinger; Jeremies, Tarnat, Fink, 
             Scholl; Santa Cruz, Zickler. (+ Strunz, Hargreaves).
Man. United: Barthez; Gary Neville, Berg, Silvestre, Phil Neville; Beckham, Keane, 
             Butt, Fortune; Cole, Yorke. (+ Sheringham, Giggs, Scholes, Johnsen).

About this document

Additional line-ups thanks to Raúl Torre

Prepared and maintained by Andrea Veronese for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Andrea Veronese (veronas@alice.it)
Last updated: 9 Jul 2009