2013 Audi Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates31 July – 1 August[1]
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Bayern Munich (2nd title)
Runners-upEngland Manchester City
Third placeItaly Milan
Fourth placeBrazil São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored14 (3.5 per match)
Attendance194,500 (48,625 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko
Italy Stephan El Shaarawy
Croatia Mario Mandžukić
(2 goals each)

The 2013 Audi Cup was the third edition of the Audi Cup, a two-day association football tournament that featured four teams, and was played at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The competition hosted the 2009 Audi Cup winners Bayern Munich, the 2012 Copa Sudamericana champions São Paulo, the 2011–12 Premier League champions Manchester City and perennial Serie A contenders Milan.[2] The English and Brazilian clubs made their first appearances in the competition, while Bayern, as hosts, and Milan have been present in every Audi Cup so far. The winners of the tournament were Bayern Munich, who beat Manchester City 2–1 in the final. Milan defeated São Paulo 1–0 in the third place play-off.

Prior to the semi-final match between Bayern Munich and São Paulo, as the Bayern goalkeepers were warming up, advertising billboards located around the field were showing fan messages published via their Twitter profiles using the hashtag #HelloAudiCup. One of the displayed messages stated, "Ei, Douglas, vai tomar no cu" ("Hey, Douglas, go fuck yourself!").[3] It was sent by @DarkFabuloso, a fake profile that satirizes São Paulo player Luís Fabiano, and was inadvertently approved by the staff responsible for selecting and displaying the messages.[3]

Participating teams

Competition format

The competition took the format of the latter stages of a regular knock-out competition. The winners of each of the two matches on the first day competed against each other for the Audi Cup, whilst the two losing sides playing in a third-place match. The trophy was contested over two days, each day seeing two matches played back-to-back. The official matchups were announced on 19 June 2013.[4]

 
Semi-finals
31 July		Final
1 August
 
      
 
 
 
 
England Manchester City 5
 
 
 
Italy Milan 3
 
England Manchester City 1
 
 
 
Germany Bayern Munich 2
 
Germany Bayern Munich 2
 
 
Brazil São Paulo 0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Italy Milan 1
 
 
Brazil São Paulo 0

Matches

All times are local (CEST; UTC+02:00).

Semi-finals

Manchester City England5–3Italy Milan
 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Bayern Munich Germany2–0Brazil São Paulo
 Report
Attendance: 56,500[5]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Third place play-off

Milan Italy1–0Brazil São Paulo
 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Final

Manchester City England1–2Germany Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 68,000[6]
Manchester City
Bayern Munich

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "City to 'meet the best' at Munich's Audi Cup 2013". mcfc.co.uk. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Meet the best. Audi Cup 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. 1 2 "Placa de estádio em Munique exibe ofensa de torcedor a são-paulino Douglas". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Grupo Folha. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Audi-Cup: Bayern trifft auf den FC Sao Paolo". kicker.de. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  5. ↑ FC Bayern erreicht das Audi-Cup-Finale
  6. ↑ Audi-Cup-Sieg! Müller & Mandzukic treffen
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