Catalonia International Trophy
The Catalonia International Trophy is an association football friendly tournament organised in Spain by the Catalan Football Federation and which the Catalonia national team plays against another national team. It was created in 2009 and is held annually at the end of December.History
Since 1997, the Catalan national team has played an international friendly match nearly every year, coinciding with the Christmas holidays. In 2009, in the context of Catalan aspirations to participate in official FIFA or UEFA competitions, the president of the Catalan Football Federation, Jordi Casals, announced the conversion of friendlies into an annual tournament, named the Catalonia International Trophy. The artist :ca:Joan Mora|Joan Mora donated a sculpture symbolising the four bars of the Catalan flag as a prize for the winner.
On 22 December 2009, the first edition, Johan Cruyff's Catalonia won 4–2 against Diego Maradona's Argentina. After that, four more games were held against Honduras, Tunisia, Nigeria and Cape Verde. In 2014 and 2015, centennial challenge matches were played against the Basque Country with the matches against FIFA teams resuming in 2016 with another meeting with Tunisia. However, no matches were played by Catalonia at Christmas in 2017 or 2018.Fixtures and results
Fixtures
Results
| Year | Host | Winners | Runners-up |
| 2009 | Barcelona | | |
| 2010 | Barcelona | | |
| 2011 | Barcelona | | |
| 2012 | Cornellà de Llobregat | | |
| 2013 | Barcelona | | |
| 2016 | Girona | | |
Records and statistics
Table of winners
Top goalscorers
