Joan Gamper Trophy: Barcelona 5-0 Napoli

Joan Gamper Trophy : Barcelona Vs. Napoli

Joan Gamper Trophy
FC Barcelona Vs. SSC Napoli
22-08-2011         18:30 GMT
Venue: Camp Nou
Result

FC Barcelona 5-0 SSC Napoli
1-0 Cesc (min 25)
2-0 Keita (min 31)
3-0 Pedro (min 61)
4-0 Messi (min 65)
5-o Messi (min 77)

Joan Gamper Trophy
The Joan Gamper Trophy is an annual friendly football competition held in August, before the start of Spanish club FC Barcelona's La Liga season. The competition is hosted by FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium and is named in honour of Joan Gamper, a founding member, player, and later president of the club. The competition was inaugurated in 1966 by Enric Llaudet, one of Gamper's successors as club president.

Initially, four teams participated in the competition, which featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final. For the first competition in 1966, Barcelona were joined by Belgium's RSC Anderlecht, France's FC Nantes, and Germany's FC Koln. Barcelona beat the German team 3–1 in the final. Koln subsequently won the competition in 1978 and 1981 and were runners-up in 1979, making them the only team, other than the hosts, to win the competition more than once. The next edition saw the first appearance of another Spanish team, Atletico Madrid, who along with the hosts, were joined by German side Bayern Munich, and Argentina's Boca Juniors. The latter two clubs are among the most regular guests. Bayern were runners-up in 1984, 1987 and 2006, while Boca became the first of several South American guests to be invited and have since returned in 1977, 1984, 2003 and 2008.Subsequent competitions have included teams from the Italian Serie A, while the German Bundesliga has also provided regular entrants. Other Spanish La Liga clubs have also occasionally been invited, including Tenerife and Valencia, who were winners in 1993 and 1994, respectively. Since 1997, the competition has only featured a one-off game, the tournament being shortened due to an increased fixture list and a shorter close season. If the match is tied after the 90 minutes, no extra-time is played and the winner is decided after a penalty shootout.

The 2011 edition, to be held on August 22nd, will see the first appearance of SSC Napoli.

FC Barcelona Squad:
No.                  Position           Player

1                      GK      Victor Valdes (3rd captain)

2                      DF       Daniel Alves

3                      DF       Gerard Pique

4                      MF      Cesc Fabregas

5                      DF       Carles Puyol (captain)

6                      MF      Xavi Hernandez (vice-captain)

7                      FW      David Villa

8                      MF      Andres Iniesta (4th captain)

9                      FW      Alexis Sanchez

10                    FW      Lionel Messi

11                    MF      Thiago Alcantara

13                    GK      Jose Manuel Pinto

14                    MF      Javier Mascherano

15                    MF      Seydou Keita

16                    MF      Sergio Busquets

17                    FW      Pedro Rodriguez

19                    DF       Maxwell

20                    MF      Ibrahim Afellay

21                    DF       Adriano

22                    DF       Eric Abidal

24                    DF       Andreu Fontas

—                     MF      Alexander Hleb

SSC Napoli Squad:

No. Position Player

1 GK Morgan De Sanctis

2 DF Gianluca Grava

4 DF Victor Ruiz

6 DF Salvatore Aronica

7 FW Edinson Cavani

8 DF Andrea Dossena

9 FW Giuseppe Mascara

11 MF Christian Maggio

14 DF Hugo Campagnaro

15 GK Roberto Colombo

17 MF Marek Hamsik (vice-captain)

18 DF Juan Camilo Zuniga

19 MF Mario Santana

20 MF Blerim Dzemaili

21 DF Federico Fernandez

22 FW Ezequiel Lavezzi

23 MF Walter Gargano

28 DF Paolo Cannavaro (captain)

34 MF Marco Donadel

83 GK Antonio Rosati

85 DF Miguel Britos

88 MF Gokhan Inler

99 FW Cristiano Lucarelli

DF Leandro Rinaudo

MF Mariano Bogliacino

MF Luca Cigarini

MF Jacopo Dezi

MF Daniele Mannini