Tournoi de Paris

Tournoi de Paris

Barcelona player Xavi receiving the trophy after winning the 2012 edition.
Founded	1957
Number of teams	4 (1957–2010); 2 (2012)
Current champions	Barcelona (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Paris SG (7 titles)

The Tournoi de Paris, also known as Trophée de Paris, is a pre-season association football invitational competition hosted by French club Paris Saint-Germain at their home ground Parc des Princes, in Paris, France. The competition was founded in 1957 by former hosts Racing Paris to celebrate their 25h anniversary. Since the tournament's inception, the winners have received different trophies.

Regarded as French football's most prestigious friendly tournament, the Tournoi de Paris was held annually each summer between 1957 and 1966 by Racing Paris. It briefly returned in 1973 with new hosts Paris FC. In 1975, current hosts Paris Saint-Germain successfully relaunched the competition. After an almost uninterrupted 18-year spell (the 1990 edition was not held), PSG abandoned the tournament in 1993 for financial reasons.

However, PSG revived the Tournoi de Paris in 2010 to commemorate its 40th anniversary. From 1957 to 1993, four teams (including the hosts) played in a knockout format. The tournament featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final. Modeled off Arsenal's Emirates Cup, the competition switched to a group-stage format in 2010. Not held in 2011, it was renamed Trophée de Paris in 2012, and featured a single prestigious match. This was the tournament's last edition to date.

Brazilian team Vasco da Gama won the inaugural Tournoi de Paris in 1957, while Barcelona won the last edition in 2012. Paris Saint-Germain is the most successful club in the competition's history, having lifted the trophy on seven occasions. Belgian outfit Anderlecht is next on the title count with three, while fellow French club Racing Paris and Brazilian sides Santos and Fluminense are the only other teams to have won the competition more than once. PSG arch-rivals Olympique de Marseille is among a group of clubs to have won the tournament once.