Copa Martini & Rossi

Copa Martini & Rossi was the name of a series of friendly football matches between FC Barcelona and several distinguished European teams during the decade of the 1940s. The winner of the game received a silver cup inscribed with the name of the sponsor, the Italian Multinational Martini & Rossi.^[1]

The matches took place at Barcelona's Les Corts, usually as the last game of the season, with which homage was given to the retiring players, or as a Christmas season game. This tournament is considered the precursor to the Trofeu Joan Gamper.

This title should not be confused with the Trofeo Martini & Rossi, award that during the same decade was granted to the First Division team with the best goal difference record during the year, and which the FC Barcelona won a record of six times.

Tournaments

• All the edition of the tournament are presented in the following table:^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Result
December 25, 1948 December 26, 1948	FC Barcelona	Akademisk Boldklub	1 – 1 2 – 1 (R)
June 12, 1949	FC Barcelona	FC Porto	3 – 1
June 4, 1950	FC Barcelona	Torino FC	2 – 1
June 15, 1952	FC Barcelona	OGC Nice	2 – 0
December 25, 1952	FC Barcelona	Kickers Offenbach	5 – 2
December 25, 1953	FC Barcelona	FK Austria Wien	2 – 1

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