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 tournament for players under 21, held annually in the city of Groningen around Pentecost

Pentecost

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The tournament started in 1977, when local football clubs Be Quick 1887

Be Quick 1887

Be Quick 1887 is a football club from Groningen, the Netherlands. The club was established in 1887, and is currently playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse C. Be Quick 1887 won the 1919-20 Dutch national football title.-History:...

, Velocitas and GRC

GRC

GRC can mean:*Ancient Greek *The country Greece *Genome Reference Consortium*General Revenue Corporation *George Rogers Clark, American Revolutionary War general...

, and the district Groningen of the Royal Dutch Football Association

Royal Dutch Football Association

The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...

 celebrated their 90th, 80th, 75th and 70th anniversaries respectively. 5,500 Spectators saw the youth players of Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

 win the first tournament.

Finals and Most Valuable Players

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result	Most Valuable Players	Most Valuable Goalkeeper	Top scorers
1977	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	Werder Bremen	1-0
1978	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	Feyenoord	2-1
1979	Ajax	AC Milan	3-0
1980	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	PSV	2-1
1981	NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...	Czechoslovakia U-21 Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...	1-1 (4-3p)	Luboš Kubík Luboš Kubík Luboš Kubík is a Czech former professional footballer and former manager of Torquay United, who played sweeper for the Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic national teams, winning 56 caps in total, and a number of notable clubs...  (Czechoslovakia U-21 Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name... )	Theo Snelders Theo Snelders Theodorus Antonius Gerardus Snelders is a former Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:...
1982	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	FC Groningen	3-1
1983	Czechoslovakia U-21 Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...	Netherlands U-21 Netherlands national under-21 football team The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years....	2-0
1984	Ajax	Czechoslovakia U-21 Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...	1-0	Edwin Godee Edwin Godee Edwin Godee is a retired Dutch footballer who played for Ajax, FC Utrecht, Willem II, De Graafschap and Heracles Almelo. His son is current player Joey Godee.-External links:* *...  (Ajax)		Jan Jaap Kooistra (FC Groningen)
1985	Czechoslovakia U-21 Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...	East Germany U-21 East Germany national football team The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....	1-0	Ulf Kirsten (East Germany U-21 East Germany national football team The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.... )		Ed Roos (Feyenoord)
1986	FC Groningen	East Germany U-21 East Germany national football team The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....	2-0	Vodička (Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... )		Tom Krommendijk (Netherlands U-21 Netherlands national under-21 football team The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.... )
1987	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	Ajax	3-2
1988	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	PSV	2-1
1989	PSV	Malmö FF Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, also known simply as Malmö FF, are a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö. The club is affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Swedbank Stadion. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are sky blue and white...	1-0 aet
1990	Soviet Union U-21	Ajax	1-0aet		Edwin van der Sar Edwin van der Sar Edwin van der Sar OON is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national football team's history...  (Ajax)	Yevgeni Kashentsev Yevgeni Kashentsev Yevgeni Nikolayevich Kashentsev is a retired Belarusian professional footballer. He also holds Russian citizenship.He is the older brother of Nikolai Kashentsev.-External links:...  (Soviet Union U-21)
1991	PSV	Galatasaray	4-0	Bert Zuurman Bert Zuurman Bert Zuurman is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut in the 1990-1991 season for FC Groningen...
1992	FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....	PSV	3-1
1993	Feyenoord	Ajax	2-0	Clarence Seedorf Clarence Seedorf Clarence Clyde Seedorf OON is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan. Seedorf is the first player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs - Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007...  (Ajax)	Sander Westerveld Sander Westerveld Sander Westerveld is a Dutch professional football goalkeeper. He left Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 2007–08 Eredivisie season to play for Monza, and is currently playing for South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town....  (FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... )	Boudewijn Zenden (PSV)
1994	Ajax	FC Groningen	4-0	Patrick Kluivert Patrick Kluivert Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a former Dutch footballer, currently head coach of the youth side of FC Twente. He played as a striker for AFC Ajax, A.C. Milan, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia CF, PSV Eindhoven, and Lille OSC. Kluivert played for the Dutch national team from 1994 to 2004. He...  (Ajax)	Sander Westerveld Sander Westerveld Sander Westerveld is a Dutch professional football goalkeeper. He left Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 2007–08 Eredivisie season to play for Monza, and is currently playing for South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town....  (FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... )
1995	Sporting CP	Universidad Catolica Universidad Católica Universidad Católica is Spanish for "Catholic university". There are a number of Catholic universities in Spanish-speaking countries that use this term in their names, such as:* In Argentina:** Universidad Católica Argentina, in Buenos Aires...	1-0	Nelson Garrido (Sporting CP) Sander van Gessel Sander van Gessel Sander Branko van Gessel is a Dutch footballer currently playing for JEF United Ichihara Chiba in the J. League Division 2.-Career:...  (FC Groningen)
1996	Feyenoord	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2-1	None awarded		Matthew Amoah Matthew Amoah Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...  (Vitesse)
1997	Benfica SL Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica , commonly known as simply Benfica or occasionally as Benfica Lisbon, is a Portuguese multi-sports club based in Lisbon. Although they successfully compete in a number of different sports, Benfica is mostly known for its association football team...	Feyenoord	2-1
1998	CR Flamengo
1999	Ajax	SC Heerenveen	3-1	Daniel Jensen Daniel Jensen Daniel Monberg Jensen is a Danish professional football player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played as a midfielder for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He has played more than 40 matches and scored three goals for the Danish national team, and represented his country at...  (SC Heerenveen)	Serge van den Ban Serge van den Ban Serge van den Ban is a Dutch football goalkeeper who most currently played for Telstar. He has played in junior teams of the Netherlands national football team and was crowned the best goalkeeper of the 1999 Eurovoetbal tournament....  (Ajax)
2000	Feyenoord	PSV	3-1	Pius Ikedia Pius Ikedia Pius Nelson Ikedia is a Nigerian football winger who currently playing for Mağusa Türk Gücü S.K..-Career:While still a teenager, Ikedia scored many goals along with Julius Aghahowa at Nigerian club Bendel Insurance. He played professional football for one year in Côte d'Ivoire before he was...	Jelle ten Rouwelaar Jelle ten Rouwelaar Jelle ten Rouwelaar is a Dutch footballer, who started his professional career in the 1998–99 season playing for FC Emmen. Presently, he is first-choice goalkeeper for Eredivisie-side, NAC Breda. In March 2011 he received his first call-up for the Dutch national team.-References:***...	Mawete Junior (Benfica)
2001	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	1-0	Aleksander Lukovic (Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions... )	Vladimir Stojković Vladimir Stojkovic Vladimir Stojković is a Serbian football goalkeeper who plays for FK Partizan and for the Serbian national team.-Family:Stojković was born into a sporting family...  (Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions... )
2002	Newcastle United	FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...	4-0	Michael Chopra Michael Chopra Rocky Michael Chopra is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Ipswich Town. He is of mixed Indian and British descent....  (Newcastle United)	Yaser Fawzi
2003	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Partizan Belgrade FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...	2-2 (4-3p)	Fernando Gago (Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... )	Nemanja Jovšić Nemanja Jovšić Nemanja Jovšić is a Serbian professional football goalkeeper currently playing in Serbian SuperLiga club FK Hajduk Kula.-Honours:*Partizan Belgrade...  (Partizan Belgrade FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978... )	Juan Fischer (Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... )
2004	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Feyenoord	1-0	Gaston Sangoy Gastón Sangoy Gastón Sangoy is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Sporting de Gijón, in the Spanish first division, as a striker.-Career:...  (Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... )	Mike Römer (FC Groningen)	Felino Jardim Felino Jardim Felino Jardim is a Dutch professional footballer midfielder who plays for Conference National club .-Career:He has previously played for Feyenoord, RKC Waalwijk and Sparta Rotterdam, as well as being capped at under-17 and under-19 level for the Netherlands...  (Feyenoord) Haris Medunjanin Haris Medunjanin Haris Medunjanin is a Bosnian footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in Israel. Mainly a attacking midfielder, he can also appear as an left midfielder.He has dual citizenship, Bosnian and Dutch.-Early years:...  (AZ) Gaston Sangoy Gastón Sangoy Gastón Sangoy is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Sporting de Gijón, in the Spanish first division, as a striker.-Career:...  (Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.... )
2005	CD Guadalajara	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	2-1	Christian Armas Christian Armas Christian Michel Armas Curiel is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Peñarol La Mesilla in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala.-External links:...  (CD Guadalajara) Rogier Krohne (FC Groningen)	Gijs Koopmans (FC Groningen)	Renato Rivera
2006	Internacional Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...	AZ	2-0	Taison Taison Barcellos Freda Taison Barcellos Freda, or simply, Taison, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an Attacking midfielder or Striker for Metalist Kharkiv. Metalist bought Taison for €6.3 million from Brazilian side Internacional...  (Internacional Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and... ) Ruud Vormer Ruud Vormer Ruud Vormer is a Dutch footballer who plays for Roda JC. He started his career with AZ.-References:...  (AZ)
2007	FC Groningen	Slavia Praha SK Slavia Praha Sportovní Klub Slavia Praha is a Czech professional football club founded in 1892 in the city of Prague.They play in the Gambrinus liga—the highest competition in the Czech Republic. Alongside Sparta Prague, they are considered one of the top Czech clubs and the rivalry between the two clubs is...	2-0	Stefan Nijland Stefan Nijland Stefan Nijland is a Dutch professional footballer plays for NEC, on loan from PSV. Nijland plays as a striker.-Career:Born in Hoogezand, Nijland began his professional career during the 2007–08 season with Groningen. In 2008 he transferred to PSV.. On 24 December 2009, PSV loaned Nijland to Willem II...  (FC Groningen) Taison Taison Barcellos Freda Taison Barcellos Freda, or simply, Taison, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an Attacking midfielder or Striker for Metalist Kharkiv. Metalist bought Taison for €6.3 million from Brazilian side Internacional...  (Internacional Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and... )
2008	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	Fenerbahçe	3-1	Isa Tastemir (Fenerbahçe) Nicola Sansone Nicola Sansone Nicola Sansone is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for F.C. Crotone on loan from Parma.- Club career :...  (Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups.... )	Steffen Bakker Steffen Bakker Steffen Bakker is a Dutch footballer who is a goalkeeper for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Groningen. He was also selected for Dutch national youth teams.-External links:* YouTube:...  (FC Groningen)	Joel Matip Joël Matip Joël Job Matip is a German-Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Schalke 04.-Career:Matip began his career with SC Weitmar 45 in 1994, and was eventually scouted by VfL Bochum in 1997. After several years in VfL Bochum's different youth teams, Matip was scouted by Schalke 04 in July 2000...  (Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major... )
2009	Valencia	SC Heerenveen	2-1	Filip Djuricic (SC Heerenveen)	Jurjan Wouda (SC Heerenveen)	Filip Djuricic (SC Heerenveen)

Notable players

• Fernando Gago
• Ulf Kirsten
• Patrick Kluivert
  Patrick Kluivert
  Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a former Dutch footballer, currently head coach of the youth side of FC Twente. He played as a striker for AFC Ajax, A.C. Milan, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia CF, PSV Eindhoven, and Lille OSC. Kluivert played for the Dutch national team from 1994 to 2004. He...
  
  
• Arjen Robben
  Arjen Robben
  Arjen Robben is a Dutch footballer who plays for the German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Though often classified as a forward, he usually plays behind the forwards as a winger, and he is also known for his dribbling skills...
  
  
• Clarence Seedorf
  Clarence Seedorf
  Clarence Clyde Seedorf OON is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Milan. Seedorf is the first player to have won the Champions League with three different clubs - Ajax in 1995, Real Madrid in 1998 and Milan in 2003 and 2007...
  
  
• Edwin Van der Sar
  Edwin van der Sar
  Edwin van der Sar OON is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national football team's history...