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Ciutat de Barcelona Trophy () is a summer tournament organized by
RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...
in
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
. Initially there used to be four participating teams, but in more recent times it was a two-team tournament. Teams are usually club-level, but in 1981 the
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participated, and finished last in the tournament. The 1980 final is the only one in which Espanyol did not play, while in 2009 the match was officially advertised as the opening of the new RCDE Stadium rather than the ''Ciutat'' event. The current holders of the trophy are the hosts Espanyol after a 1–1 (5–4 p) victory against Betis. The fixture has not been played since 2015, with no explanation given for its ''de facto'' discontinuation.El Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona lleva dos veranos volatilizado
he Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona has disappeared for two summers Marca (in Spanish), 26 July 2017


Titles

''Note that only the winner and the runner-up are shown here. From 1974 to 1982 four teams participated in the competition, while a three-team edition was played in 1995.''


Performance by club


Notes and references

{{Friendly association football tournaments in Spain RCD Espanyol Barcelona, Ciutat