The Atlantic Cup

Founded	2011
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	8–9
Current champions	Silkeborg IF (1st title)
Website	theatlanticcup.co.uk

The Atlantic Cup is a pre/mid season football tournament held in Algarve, Portugal for European football clubs from national leagues which do not operate in the winter months. It therefore consists mainly of teams from Scandinavia, Northern and Central Europe.^[1][2]

It was founded in 2011 by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne.^[3][4]

Television coverage was originally provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up
2011	IF Elfsborg	Odense BK
2012	FC Midtjylland	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2013	SK Rapid Wien	Silkeborg IF
2014	F.C. Copenhagen	Örebro SK
2015	FC Dynamo Moscow	Örebro SK
2016	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Örebro SK
2017	HNK Rijeka	FK Jablonec
2018	AGF Aarhus	FK Jablonec
2019	FC Red Bull Salzburg	FK Jablonec
2020	AGF Aarhus	F.C. Copenhagen
2022	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	F.C. Copenhagen
2023	Brøndby IF	F.C. Copenhagen

Editions

2011 edition

This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.^[5][6][7][8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 IF Elfsborg 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 2 Odense BK 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 3 Helsingborgs IF 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 4 Brøndby IF 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0

ELF ODE HEL BRO IF Elfsborg – 1–1 3–1 2–1 Odense BK – – – – Helsingborgs IF – 1–1 – – Brøndby IF – 2–3 0–2 –

2012 edition

This was the second edition, contested by six teams from five countries.^[9] FC Midtjylland won the competition beating Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 in the final.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Dinamo Zagreb 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 2 FC Midtjylland 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 3 Wisla Krakow 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 4 Odense BK 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 5 Rapid Wien 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 6 Helsingborgs IF 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1

DIN MID WIS ODE RAP HEL Dinamo Zagreb – 1–1 – 3–1 – – FC Midtjylland – – 3–2 – – – Wisla Krakow – – – 1–0 – – Odense BK – – – – – – Rapid Wien – 1–2 – 1–2 – – Helsingborgs IF 0–1 – 0–2 – 1–1 –

Final

7 February 2012

17:30

Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	FC Midtjylland

Estádio Algarve, Faro

2013 edition

This was the third edition, contested by three teams.^[14] S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches were not taken account to the final standings.^[15] Rapid Wien won the competition.^[16]