Telekom Cup

The Telekom Cup (formerly known as T-Home Cup and LIGA total! Cup) is a German association football competition held since 2009.

Telekom Cup

Founded	2009
Region	Germany
Number of teams	4 (each year) 12 (all time)
Current champions	Milan (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Bayern Munich (5 titles)
Television broadcasters	Sat.1
Website	Official website
2022 Telekom Cup

The competition features four teams of the Bundesliga, playing two semi-finals and a final. Up until 2015, a match lasted 60 minutes, with each half 30 minutes long. The tournament would be over two days, with two games in each day. In 2015 the rules changed, where there would only be one 45 minute period, and all four matches take place in the same day. The event took place in Gelsenkirchen in 2009^[1] and 2010,^[2] Mainz in 2011, Hamburg in 2012, Mönchengladbach in 2013, again in Hamburg for the 2014 edition, and again in Mönchengladbach in 2015. It was announced that no 2016 tournament would be held.

The next tournament was held in January 2017, with the tournament taking place in Düsseldorf.^[3] The tournament was held next in July 2017, taking place in Mönchengladbach.^[4] Bayern Munich hold the most titles, with five. They are the only team to have participated in the first nine editions of the tournament.^[5]

After a break of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a single-match edition of the tournament took place in 2022 in Cologne; it saw 1. FC Köln face A.C. Milan, the latter winning its first title.

Tournaments

2009 T-Home Cup

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 July 2009
	Schalke 04	0
					19 July 2009
	VfB Stuttgart	1
					VfB Stuttgart	0
	18 July 2009
					Hamburger SV	3
	Bayern Munich	0
	Hamburger SV	1
					Third place play-off
					19 July 2009
					Schalke 04	1
					Bayern Munich	2

Matches

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

18 July 2009 Semi-finals	Schalke 04	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Rudy   34'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 34,350 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

18 July 2009 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	0–1	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Trochowski   40'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 34,350 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

19 July 2009 Third place play-off	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Altıntop   29'	Report	Borges   13' Höwedes   26' (o.g.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 38,820 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

19 July 2009 Final	VfB Stuttgart	0–3	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Benjamin   25' Pitroipa   28' Petrić   58'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 38,820 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

2010 LIGA total! Cup

 

Andreas Ottl took and scored the first penalty kick for Bayern Munich against 1. FC Köln at the 2010 LIGA total! Cup

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 July 2010
	Schalke 04	2
					1 August 2010
	Hamburger SV	1
					Schalke 04	3
	31 July 2010
					Bayern Munich	1
	Bayern Munich	0 (3)
	1. FC Köln	0 (1)
					Third place play-off
					1 August 2010
					Hamburger SV	3
					1. FC Köln	0

Matches

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

31 July 2010 Semi-finals	Schalke 04	2–1	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Edu   42' Jones   49'	Report	Van Nistelrooy   6'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Köln

31 July 2010 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	0–0 (3–1 p)	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Christian Fischer
	Penalties
	Ottl   Tymoshchuk   Olić		Lanig   Yalçın
Note: The penalty shoot-out consisted of three rounds of kicks (best of three) instead of the usual best of five before going into extra sudden death rounds.

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Köln

1 August 2010 Third place play-off	Hamburger SV	3–0	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Van Nistelrooy   27' Kačar   36' Son   55'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Christian Fischer

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

1 August 2010 Final	Schalke 04	3–1	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Raúl   25', 33' Edu   27'	Report	Mujić   6'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 38,236 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

2011 LIGA total! Cup

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 July 2011
	Mainz 05	0
					20 July 2011
	Borussia Dortmund	1
					Borussia Dortmund	2
	19 July 2011
					Hamburger SV	0
	Bayern Munich	1
	Hamburger SV	2
					Third place play-off
					20 July 2011
					Mainz 05	2 (4)
					Bayern Munich	2 (5)

Matches

Mainz 05 v Borussia Dortmund

19 July 2011 Semi-finals	Mainz 05	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Mainz
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Perišić   33'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Tobias Welz

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

19 July 2011 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	1–2	Hamburger SV	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos   57'	Report	Son   7', 30'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,900 Referee: Tobias Christ

Mainz 05 v Bayern Munich

20 July 2011 Third place play-off	Mainz 05	2–2 (4–5 p)	Bayern Munich	Mainz
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Noveski   11' Ujah   59'	Report	Alaba   30+1' Petersen   57' (pen.)	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Jochen Drees
	Penalties
	Soto   Slišković   Yılmaz   Stieber   Noveski   Ujah		Alaba   Müller   Petersen   Kroos   Tymoshchuk   Pranjić

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

20 July 2011 Final	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Santana   50' Zidan   51'	Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 32,284 Referee: Jochen Drees

2012 LIGA total! Cup

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 August 2012
	Hamburger SV	0
					5 August 2012
	Borussia Dortmund	1
					Borussia Dortmund	3 (4)
	4 August 2012
					Werder Bremen	3 (5)
	Werder Bremen	2 (4)
	Bayern Munich	2 (2)
					Third place play-off
					5 August 2012
					Hamburger SV	0
					Bayern Munich	1

Matches

Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund

4 August 2012 Semi-finals	Hamburger SV	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Błaszczykowski   42'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Hans-Joachim Osmers

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

4 August 2012 Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	2–2 (4–2 p)	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Petersen   12' Füllkrug   43'	Report	Shaqiri   27' Kroos   60'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,217 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski
	Penalties
	Ekici   Fritz   Schmitz   De Bruyne		Mandžukić   Kroos   Ribéry   Schweinsteiger

Hamburger SV v Bayern Munich

5 August 2012 Third place play-off	Hamburger SV	0–1	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Weiser   25'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

5 August 2012 Final	Borussia Dortmund	3–3 (4–5 p)	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
18:35 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Reus   22' Lewandowski   24', 25'	Report	Füllkrug   3' Ekici   5' Hunt   49' (pen.)	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 39,175 Referee: Felix Zwayer
	Penalties
	Subotić   Halstenberg   Kehl   Owomoyela   Perišić   Großkreutz		Hunt   Fritz   Wurtz   Junuzović   Füllkrug   Prödl

2013 Telekom Cup

 

The third place play-off between Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV was won by the former.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 July 2013
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
					21 July 2013
	Borussia Dortmund	0
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
	20 July 2013
					Bayern Munich	5
	Bayern Munich	4
	Hamburger SV	0
					Third place play-off
					21 July 2013
					Borussia Dortmund	1
					Hamburger SV	0

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund

20 July 2013 Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Mönchengladbach
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Daems   60' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

20 July 2013 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	4–0	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boateng   12' Mandžukić   41' Kroos   44' Müller   52'	Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Christian Dingert

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

21 July 2013 Third place play-off	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
16:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hofmann   24'	Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,506 Referee: Christian Dingert

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

21 July 2013 Final	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–5	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Jong   30' (pen.)	Report	Ribéry   17' Lahm   23' Thiago   26' Robben   41' Müller   60'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,506 Referee: Guido Winkmann

2014 Telekom Cup

 

The Imtech Arena hosted the 2014 edition.

Description

On 24 April 2014, full details for the 2014 Telekom Cup were announced. It was confirmed Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg would participate in the sixth edition of the competition. It was also announced that the Imtech Arena would host the competition.^[6]

The opening semi-finals took place on 26 July, with the third place play-off and the final taking place on the following day. Matches last 30 minutes per half, rather than the usual 45. In case of a draw after 60 minutes, the match would go directly into a penalty shoot-out.^[7]

Tickets for the competition were released on 16 July.^[8]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 July 2014
	Hamburger SV	0 (5)
					27 July 2014
	VfL Wolfsburg	0 (6)
					VfL Wolfsburg	0
	26 July 2014
					Bayern Munich	3
	Bayern Munich	2 (5)
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 (4)
					Third place play-off
					27 July 2014
					Hamburger SV	3
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	1

Matches

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

26 July 2014 Semi-finals	Hamburger SV	0–0 (5–6 p)	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert
	Penalties
	Van der Vaart   Djourou   Stieber   Jiráček   Iličević   Demirbay		Naldo   Jung   Hunt   Arnold   Vieirinha   Junior Malanda

Bayern Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 July 2014 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	2–2 (5–4 p)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski   29' Ribéry   34'	Report	Kruse   42' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann
	Penalties
	Lewandowski   Alaba   Badstuber   Rafinha   Højbjerg   Martínez		Nordtveit   Raffael   Hahn   Kruse   Wendt   Korb

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

27 July 2014 Third place play-off	Hamburger SV	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoua   3' Van der Vaart   21' Demirbay   53'	Report	Raffael   4'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

27 July 2014 Final	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Lewandowski   4', 20' Rode   15'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

2015 Telekom Cup

Description

On 30 March 2015, it was confirmed that Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hamburger SV would participate, with a fourth team to be announced. The seventh edition will be held on 12 July 2015 at the Stadion im Borussia-Park. All games will be played in one day with less playing time.^[9] The fourth team to compete was decided later to be FC Augsburg.^{[citation needed]} The rules changed for 2015, where a match will only last for 45 minutes instead of 60.^{[citation needed]}

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 July 2015
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (4)
					12 July 2015
	Hamburger SV	0 (5)
					Hamburger SV	2
	12 July 2015
					FC Augsburg	1
	Bayern Munich	1
	FC Augsburg	2
					Third place play-off
					12 July 2015
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (4)
					Bayern Munich	0 (3)

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV

12 July 2015 Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0 (4–5 p)	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Guido Winkmann
	Penalties
	Stindl   Hahn   Ritter   Brouwers   Raffael   Elvedi		Holtby   Lasogga   Steinmann   Djourou   Cléber   Kačar

Bayern Munich v FC Augsburg

12 July 2015 Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	1–2	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thiago   7'	Report	Esswein   29' Hong   35'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

12 July 2015 Third place play-off	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0 (4–3 p)	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Martin Thomsen
	Penalties
	Stindl   Ndenge   Dahoud   Brouwers		Alaba   Lahm   Kimmich   Højbjerg   Benko

Hamburger SV v FC Augsburg

12 July 2015 Final	Hamburger SV	2–1	FC Augsburg	Mönchengladbach
18:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gouaida   2' Framberger   33' (o.g.)	Report	Matavž   41'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,123 Referee: Guido Winkmann

2017 Telekom Cup (January)

Main article: 2017 Telekom Cup (January)

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 January 2017
	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 (1)
					14 January 2017
	Bayern Munich	0 (4)
					Bayern Munich	2
	14 January 2017
					Mainz 05	1
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0
	Mainz 05	1
					Third place play-off
					14 January 2017
					Fortuna Düsseldorf	2
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	0

2017 Telekom Cup (July)

Main article: 2017 Telekom Cup (July)

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 July
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (3)
					15 July
	Werder Bremen	0 (5)
					Werder Bremen	0
	15 July
					Bayern Munich	2
	Bayern Munich	1
	1899 Hoffenheim	0
					Third place play-off
					15 July
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (5)
					1899 Hoffenheim	0 (6)

2019 Telekom Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 January
	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 (7)
					13 January
	Bayern Munich	0 (8)
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 (2)
	13 January
					Bayern Munich	0 (4)
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
	Hertha Berlin	0
					Third place play-off
					13 January
					Fortuna Düsseldorf	3
					Hertha BSC	1

2022 Telekom Cup

1. FC Köln v AC Milan

16 July 2022 Final	1. FC Köln	1–2	AC Milan	Cologne
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dietz   86'	Report	Giroud   16', 36'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Results by year

Year	Name	Venue	Host city		First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
2009	T-Home Cup	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen		Hamburger SV	VfB Stuttgart	Bayern Munich	Schalke 04
2010	Liga total! Cup	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen		Schalke 04	Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV	1. FC Köln
2011	Liga total! Cup	Coface Arena	Mainz		Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV	Bayern Munich	Mainz 05
2012	Liga total! Cup	Imtech Arena	Hamburg		Werder Bremen	Borussia Dortmund	Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV
2013	Telekom Cup	Stadion im Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach		Bayern Munich	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburger SV
2014	Telekom Cup	Imtech Arena	Hamburg		Bayern Munich	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburger SV	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2015	Telekom Cup	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach		Hamburger SV	FC Augsburg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bayern Munich
January 2017	Telekom Cup	Esprit Arena	Düsseldorf		Bayern Munich	Mainz 05	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Borussia Mönchengladbach
July 2017	Telekom Cup	Borussia-Park	Mönchengladbach		Bayern Munich	Werder Bremen	1899 Hoffenheim	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2019	Telekom Cup	Merkur Spiel-Arena	Düsseldorf		Bayern Munich	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hertha BSC
2022	Telekom Cup	RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne		Milan	Köln	-

Statistics

Performance by team

Rank	Team	Appearances	First place	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
1	Bayern Munich	10	5 (2013, 2014, January 2017, July 2017, 2019)	1 (2010)	3 (2009, 2011, 2012)	1 (2015)
2	Hamburger SV	7	2 (2009, 2015)	1 (2011)	2 (2010, 2014)	2 (2012, 2013)
3	Borussia Dortmund	3	1 (2011)	1 (2012)	1 (2013)	–
4	Werder Bremen	2	1 (2012)	1 (July 2017)	–	–
5	Schalke 04	2	1 (2010)	–	–	1 (2009)
6	Milan	1	1 (2022)	–	–	–
7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	–	2 (2013, 2019)	1 (2015)	3 (2014, January 2017, July 2017)
8	1. FC Köln	2	–	1 (2022)	–	1 (2010)
	Mainz 05	2	–	1 (January 2017)	–	1 (2011)
8	FC Augsburg	1	–	1 (2015)	–	–
	VfB Stuttgart	1	–	1 (2009)	–	–
	VfL Wolfsburg	1	–	1 (2014)	–	–
12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2	–	–	2 (January 2017, 2019)	–
	1899 Hoffenheim	1	–	–	1 (July 2017)	–
13	Hertha BSC	1	–	–	–	1 (2019)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team(s)	Goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund / Bayern Munich	6
2	Toni Kroos	Bayern Munich	3
	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	3
	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich	3
	Son Heung-min	Hamburger SV	3
6	Edu	Schalke 04	2
	Niclas Füllkrug	Werder Bremen	2
	Olivier Giroud	Milan	2
	Max Kruse	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2
	Nils Petersen	Bayern Munich / Werder Bremen	2
	Raúl	Schalke 04	2
	Thiago	Bayern Munich	2
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Hamburger SV	2

References

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