Legends Cup (Russia)

The Legends Cup (Russian: Кубок Легенд) is an unofficial, international friendly six-a-side football tournament that is not recognized by FIFA, for retired senior (35+) players held in Russia since 2009. A match lasts 40 minutes, 20 minutes a half. Half-time takes 10 minutes. There are 5 field players and a goalkeeper.

Legends Cup

Organising body	RFS
Founded	2009; 14 years ago (2009)
Region	International
Related competitions	World Cup of Masters
Current champions	Russia (2021)
Most successful team(s)	Russia (12 titles)
Website	legends-cup.ru

The tournament is held with the support of the Russian Football Union, the Moscow City Duma and the State Duma. Russia has won the most titles with 12 to date.

Competitions

Finals

Note: All editions held in Moscow

 

The 2017 Russia team

Ed.	Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Venue
1	2009	Russia	8–4	Spain	Megasport Sport Palace
2	2010	Russia	4–2	Spain	Megasport Sport Palace
3	2011	Russia	13–4	Netherlands	Megasport Sport Palace
4	2012	Russia	6–2	Ukraine	Megasport Sport Palace
5	2013	Russia	9–6	Ukraine	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena
6	2014	Russia	9–6	Portugal	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena
7	2015	Russia	8–7	Portugal	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena
8	2016	Russia	15–9	France	Luzhniki Small Sports Arena
9	2017	Russia	8–2	Germany	Megasport Sport Palace
10	2018	Russia	7–6	Italy	Megasport Sport Palace
11	2019	Russia	13–4	Germany	Luzhniki Stadium
12	2020	World All Star	6–5	Russia
13	2021	Russia	13–8	World All Star ^[1]
14	2022

Wins by country

Team	Winners	Runners-up
Russia	12 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)	1 (2017, 2020)
World All Star	1 (2020)	1 (2021)
Portugal	–	2 (2014, 2015)
Ukraine	–	2 (2012, 2013)
Spain	–	2 (2009, 2010)
Germany	–	2 (2017, 2019)
France	–	1 (2016)
Netherlands	–	1 (2011)
Italy	–	1 (2018)

References

1. 2021 Russia Legends Cup ends successfully, the host successfully wins, 21 Aug 2022

External links

 

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