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{{infobox football tournament
| logo                 = [[File:Copa del Sol logo.png|200px]]
| caption              =
| founded              = 2010
| ceased              = 2014
| region               = [[Europe]] ([[UEFA]])
| number of teams      = 10 (2014)
| current champions    ={{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Strømsgodset IF]]
| most successful team ={{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] (2 titles)
| current              = 
}}

The '''Copa del Sol''' was an annual exhibition international club [[association football|football]] tournament played on the south coast of [[Spain]] in January–February, one month before the kickoff of the national leagues, that ran from 2010 to 2014.
 
The tournament was a chance for training and match play for the northern European football teams during their winter break against big names from Eastern European football, particularly Russia and Ukraine. It was co-organized by Swedish IEC in Sports, part of [[Lagardère Group]] and Norwegian [[Norsk Toppfotball]].<ref name=iec2013>[http://www.iec.se/home/339-european-top-teams-are-ready-for-copa-del-sol-2013 European Top Teams are Ready for Copa del Sol 2013] - IEC in Sports, News, 7 December 2012</ref> All games were broadcast back to home markets of participating clubs allowing fans to observe the current progress of team preparation for the upcoming season, and were screened live on television in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and pan-Africa.

==History==
With the inaugural tournament mainly held at [[Marbella FC]]'s 7500-capacity [[Estadio Municipal de Marbella|Estadio Municipal]], the final game of the [[2010 Copa del Sol|2010 tournament]] could not be held due to heavy rain. Both of the teams reaching the final, [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] and [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] were declared joint winners.<ref name=final2010>[http://shakhtar.com/en/news/12182 The ball swam perfectly...] - website of FC Shakhtar</ref> The highest-scoring game in competition history came in its opening year, with [[Kalmar FF|Kalmar]] beating [[Ole Gunnar Solskjaer]]'s [[Molde FK|Molde]] 6–4. Despite being organised as a warm-weather training tournament, fans from across Scandinavia did travel to watch the matches, with some attendances reaching 1,000.

With the tournament moving to La Manga and Elche and expanded to 16 teams, [[FC Karpaty Lviv]] were the winners of the [[2011 Copa del Sol|2011 tournament]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425162822/http://www.lagardere-unlimited.com/news/copa-del-sol-karpaty-lviv-triumph-684 Copa del Sol: Karpaty Lviv triumph]}} - Lagardère Unlimited, 11 February 2011</ref> To replace the Copa del Sol in its former host city, the [[Marbella Cup]] was relaunched after an absence of seven years.

The [[2012 Copa del Sol|2012 tournament]] took place from 28 January to 7 February,<ref>[http://www.rbkweb.no/vis/8502 Finpusser på Copa del Sol] - RBKweb, 13 November 2011</ref> and was won by [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]].

The [[2013 Copa del Sol|2013 tournament]] took place on 23 January - 2 February 2013. [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]] beat [[Widzew Lodz]] 2–1 in the final.<ref name=iec2013/> The total amount of prize money was 80,000 euro.<ref name=iec2013/>

[[Strømsgodset IF]] of Norway won the last Copa del Sol tournament in 2014, beating [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]] in the final, becoming the first (and last) [[Scandinavia|Scandinavian]] club to win the competition. Only [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] represented Sweden, with [[FC Vestsjælland|Vestsjælland]] being the lone Danish club attached. No club from Russia or Ukraine competed, and sides from Latvia, Moldova and Angola were brought in. [[Fox Sports Africa|Setanta Africa]], who had broadcast the previous four tournaments, did not cover the 2014 edition.

With interest waning, the absence of Champions League and Europa League sides, and with most matches watched by only a handful of spectators at the now-permanent venue of La Manga, the competition was discontinued.

A rival event, the [[La Manga Cup]], ran from 1999 until 2016, but also suffered a similar ultimate fate when many top Scandinavian clubs chose not to take part in what turned out to be its final year.

== Results ==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=5%|Season
!width=15%|Winner 
!width=10%|Score 
!width=15%|Runner-up 
!width=15%|Venue
!width=20%|Date
!width=5%|Teams
|-
|[[2010 Copa del Sol|2010]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]<br  />{{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|'''N/A'''
|Match was cancelled due to heavy rain. Both teams were declared joint winners.
|[[Marbella]],<br />[[Spain]]
|3–12 February 2010
|8
|-
|[[2011 Copa del Sol|2011]]
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]
|'''1 – 0'''
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|[[Elche]] and [[La Manga Club]],<br />[[Spain]]
|27 January – 7 February 2011
|16
|-
|[[2012 Copa del Sol|2012]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|'''1 – 0'''
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[F.C. Copenhagen]]
|[[Benidorm]] and [[La Manga Club]],<br />[[Spain]]
|28 January – 7 February 2012
|12
|-
|[[2013 Copa del Sol|2013]]
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|'''2 – 1'''
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Widzew Łódź]]
|[[La Manga Club]] and [[San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain|Pinatar]],<br />[[Spain]]
|23 January – 2 February 2013
|12
|-
|[[2014 Copa del Sol|2014]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Strømsgodset IF|Strømsgodset]]
|'''1 – 0'''
|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Astra Giurgiu]]
|[[La Manga Club]]<br />[[Spain]]
|27 January – 6 February 2014
|10
|}

==See also==
*Football Impact Cup
*[[Marbella Cup]]
*[[Costa del Sol Trophy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Louis Hachette Group}}
{{Friendly association football tournaments in Spain}}
{{Lagardère}}

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