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{{Short description|Friendly football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
'''Dubai Challenge Cup''', also known as the '''Dubai Football Challenge''', is a friendly [[Association football|football]] tournament founded by [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|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, with both won by [[Germany|German]] side [[Hamburger SV]].

==2007 tournament==
The 2007 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2007 by four teams: [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]], [[Hamburger SV]] and [[VfB Stuttgart]].

=== Group classification ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175                        |Team
!width=20  abbr="Played"          |Pld
!width=20  abbr="Won"             |W
!width=20  abbr="Drawn"           |D
!width=20  abbr="Lost"            |L
!width=20  abbr="Goals for"       |GF
!width=20  abbr="Goals against"   |GA
!width=20  abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20  abbr="Points"          |Pts
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|2||2||0||0||3||1||+2||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|IRN}}
|2||1||0||1||2||2||0||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|UAE}}
|2||1||0||1||2||2||0||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]
|2||0||0||2||1||3||-2||'''0'''
|}

=== Group matches ===
{{football box
|date=2007-01-09
|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score=2&ndash;1
|team2={{flagicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]
|goals1=[[Mohammad Omar (footballer, born 1976)|Omar]] {{goal}}<br> [[Ismail Matar|Matar]] {{goal}}
|goals2=[[Mario Gómez|Gómez]] {{goal}}
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=2007-01-09
|team1=[[Hamburger SV]] {{flagicon|GER}}
|score=2&ndash;1
|team2={{fb|IRN}}
|goals1=[[Paolo Guerrero|Guerrero]] {{goal}}<br> [[Besart Berisha|Besart]] {{goal}}   
|goals2=[[Rasoul Khatibi|Khatibi]] {{goal}}
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=2007-01-11
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|team2={{flagicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]
|goals1=[[Mehdi Rajabzadeh|Rajabzadeh]] {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=2007-01-11
|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score=0&ndash;1
|team2={{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Collin Benjamin|Benjamin]] {{goal}}
|stadium= }}

===Champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2007 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|GER|size=100px}}<br />'''[[Hamburger SV]]'''<br/>'''First Title'''
|}

==2008 tournament==

The 2008 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2008 by four teams: [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]], [[China PR national football team|China PR]], [[Hamburger SV]] and [[Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]].

=== Group classification ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175                        |Team
!width=20  abbr="Played"          |Pld
!width=20  abbr="Won"             |W
!width=20  abbr="Drawn"           |D
!width=20  abbr="Lost"            |L
!width=20  abbr="Goals for"       |GF
!width=20  abbr="Goals against"   |GA
!width=20  abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20  abbr="Points"          |Pts
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|2||2||0||0||6||1||+5||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|2||1||0||1||2||2||0||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|UAE}}
|2||0||1||1||0||1||-1||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|CHN}}
|2||0||1||1||0||4||-4||'''1'''

|}

=== Group matches ===

{{football box
|date=2008-01-10
|team1=[[Hamburger SV]] {{flagicon|GER}}
|score=2&ndash;1
|team2={{flagicon|BRA}} [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|goals1= [[David Jarolím|Jarolím]] {{goal|28}}<br> [[Nigel de Jong|De Jong]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2= [[Joris Mathijsen|Mathijsen]] {{goal|33|o.g.}}
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=2008-01-10
|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}} 
|score=0&ndash;0
|team2={{fb|China}}
|goals1= 
|goals2=
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=2008-01-12
|team1=[[Hamburger SV]] {{flagicon|GER}}
|score=4&ndash;0
|team2={{fb|China}}
|goals1= [[Rafael van der Vaart|Van der Vaart]] {{goal|44||53}} <br> [[Romeo Castelen|Castelen]] {{goal|58}} <br> [[Paolo Guerrero|Guerrero]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=2008-01-12
|team1= [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] {{flagicon|BRA}}
|score= 1&ndash;0
|team2={{fb|UAE}}
|goals1=[[Alan Kardec]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2=
|stadium= }}

===Champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2008 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|GER|size=100px}}<br />'''[[Hamburger SV]]'''<br/>'''Second Title'''
|}

==2009 tournament==
The 2009 Dubai Challenge Cup was played on 6 January 2009 by [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and [[Hamburger SV]] in a single match.

===Match===
{{football box
|date=2009-01-06
|team1=[[A.C. Milan|Milan]] {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=1&ndash;1
|team2={{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|goals1=[[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|62|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Collin Benjamin|Benjamin]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium=
|penalties1=[[Ronaldinho]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Andriy Shevchenko|Shevchenko]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Filippo Inzaghi|Inzaghi]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Emerson Ferreira da Rosa|Emerson]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Mathieu Flamini|Flamini]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore=4&ndash;3 
|penalties2={{pengoal}} [[Mladen Petrić|Petrić]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Thiago Neves]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ivica Olić|Olić]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Dennis Aogo|Aogo]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Guy Demel|Demel]]
}}

===Champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2009 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=100px}}<br />'''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''<br/>'''First Title'''
|}

==2011 tournament==
The 2011 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 2 January 2011 by [[Al-Ahli Dubai|Al-Ahli]] and [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in a single match.

===Match===
{{football box
|date=2 January 2011
|team1=[[Al-Ahli Dubai|Al-Ahli]] {{flagicon|UAE}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|goals1=[[Hasan Ali (footballer)|Hasan]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2=[[Clarence Seedorf|Seedorf]] {{goal|38}}<br> [[Giacomo Beretta|Beretta]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium=[[Al-Rashid Stadium]], [[Dubai]]}}

===Champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2011 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=100px}}<br />'''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''<br/>'''Second Title'''
|}

==2012 tournament==
The 2012 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 4 January 2012 by [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] in a single match.

===Match===
{{football box
|date=4 January 2012
|team1=[[A.C. Milan|Milan]] {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|team2={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|goals1= [[Alexandre Pato|Pato]] {{goal|4}}
|goals2= 
|stadium= [[Al-Rashid Stadium]], [[Dubai]]}}

===Champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2012 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=100px}}<br />'''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''<br/>'''Third Title'''
|}

==2014 tournament==
The 2014 Dubai Challenge Cup was played at 30 December 2014 by [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] and [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in a single match.

===2014 match===
{{football box
|date=30 December 2014
|time=
|team1=[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] {{flagicon|ESP}}
|score=2–4
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|report=[http://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2014/12/2-4-real-madrid-were-unable-to-end-2014-with-a-victory Report]
|goals1=[[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|35}}<br>[[Karim Benzema|Benzema]] {{goal|84|pen.}}
|goals2= [[Jérémy Ménez|Ménez]] {{goal|24}}<br>[[Stephan El Shaarawy|El Shaarawy]] {{goal|31||48}}<br>[[Giampaolo Pazzini|Pazzini]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium= [[The Sevens Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance=42,000
|referee=Muhammad Abdullah ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

===2014 champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2014 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA|size=100px}}<br />'''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''<br/>'''Fourth Title'''
|}

==2024 tournament==
The 2024 Dubai Challenge Cup was played in January 2024 by four teams: [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al Ahli]], [[Raja CA|Raja]], [[Wuhan Three Towns]] and [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]].

=== Bracket ===

{{4TeamBracket
|score-width = 45
|team-width  = 165
|seeds       = no
|RD1         = [[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD2         = [[#Finals|Final]]
|Consol=[[#Third place play-off|Third place play-off]]

<!-- Semi-finals -->
|RD1-team01  = [[Raja CA|Raja]]
|RD1-score01 = 2 (2)
|RD1-team02  = '''[[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]''' {{pso}}
|RD1-score02 = '''2 (4)'''

|RD1-team03  = '''[[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al Ahli]]'''
|RD1-score03 = '''3'''
|RD1-team04  = [[Wuhan Three Towns|Wuhan]]
|RD1-score04 = 1

<!--Final-->
|RD2-team01  = [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al Ahli]]
|RD2-score01 = 0
|RD2-team02  = '''[[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]'''
|RD2-score02 = '''3'''

<!--3rd Place-->
| RD2-team03  = '''[[Raja CA|Raja]]'''
| RD2-score03 = 1
| RD2-team04  = [[Wuhan Three Towns|Wuhan]]
| RD2-score04 = 0
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{football box
|date=26 January 2024
|team1={{flagicon|MAR}} [[Raja CA|Raja]]
|score=2–2
|aet=yes
|team2={{flagicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|goals1= [[Yousri Bouzok|Bouzok]] {{goal|68|pen.}} <br> [[Nawfel Zerhouni|Zerhouni]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
|goals2= {{goal|2}} [[Mahmoud Hamdy| El Wensh]] <br> {{goal|6}} [[Shikabala]]
|penalties1=
*[[Ismael Mokadem|Mokadem]] {{Penmiss}}
*[[Adam Ennaffati|Ennaffati]] {{Pengoal}}
*[[Mohamed Zrida|Zrida]] {{Pengoal}}
*[[Yousri Bouzok|Bouzok]] {{Penmiss}}
|penaltyscore=2–4
|penalties2=
*{{pengoal}} [[Hamza Mathlouthi|Mathlouthi]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Mohamed Ashraf Roqa |Roqa]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Omar Gaber|Gaber]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Nasser Mansi|Mansi]]
|stadium= }}

{{football box
|date=27 January 2024
|team1=[[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al Ahli]] {{flagicon|KSA}}
|score=3–1
|team2={{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wuhan Three Towns]]
|goals1= [[Sumayhan Al-Nabit|Al Nabit]] {{goal|10}} <br> [[Gabri Veiga|Viega]] {{goal|69}} <br> [[Fahad Al-Rashidi (footballer, born 1997) | Al Rashidi]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2= {{goal|6}} [[Zhang Xiaobin (footballer, born 1993) |Zhang]]
|stadium= }}

=== Third place play-off ===

{{football box
|date=28 January 2024
|team1={{flagicon|MAR}} [[Raja CA|Raja]]
|score=1–0
|team2={{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wuhan Three Towns]]
|goals1= [[El Mehdi Maouhoub|Maouhoub]] {{goal|28|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium= }}

=== Final ===

{{football box
|date=28 January 2024
|team1={{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al Ahli]]
|score=0–3
|team2={{flagicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|goals1=
|goals2= {{goal|31}} [[Shikabala]] <br> {{goal|48}} [[Youssef Obama|Obama]] <br> {{goal|88}} Yasser
|stadium= }}

===Champion===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Dubai Challenge Cup<br />2024 Winners
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY|size=100px}}<br />'''[[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]'''<br/>'''First Title'''
|}

==Cups by team==

*[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] (2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014) 4 times
*[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Hamburger SV]] (2007 and 2008) 2 times
* [[File:Flag of Egypt.svg|20px]] [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] (2024) 1 time

==See also==
*[[Dubai Cup]]
*[[Matchworld Cup|Match World Cup]]

==External links==
*[http://www.footballsworldseries.com/ Official site]

[[Category:Dubai Challenge Cup| ]]
[[Category:Emirati football friendly trophies]]
[[Category:United Arab Emirates national football team]]