The Telekom Cup (formerly known as T-Home Cup and LIGA total! Cup) is a German association football off season friendly competition held since 2009.
The competition features four teams of the Bundesliga, playing two semi-finals and a final. Up until 2015, a match lasted 60 minutes, with each half 30 minutes long. The tournament would be over two days, with two games in each day. In 2015 the rules changed, where there would only be one 45 minute period, and all four matches take place in the same day. The event took place in Gelsenkirchen in 2009 and 2010, Mainz in 2011, Hamburg in 2012, Mönchengladbach in 2013, again in Hamburg for the 2014 edition, and again in Mönchengladbach in 2015. It was announced that no 2016 tournament would be held.
The next tournament was held in January 2017, with the tournament taking place in Düsseldorf. The tournament was held next in July 2017, taking place in Mönchengladbach. Bayern Munich hold the most titles, with six. They are the only team to have participated in the first nine editions of the tournament.
After a break of two years due to the COVID-19 breakout, a single-match edition of the tournament took place in 2022 in Cologne; it saw 1. FC Köln face Milan, the latter winning its first title.
Tournaments
2009 T-Home Cup
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2010 LIGA total! Cup
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2011 LIGA total! Cup
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2012 LIGA total! Cup
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2013 Telekom Cup
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2014 Telekom Cup
Description On 24 April 2014, full details for the 2014 Telekom Cup were announced. It was confirmed Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg would participate in the sixth edition of the competition. It was also announced that the Imtech Arena would host the competition.
The opening semi-finals took place on 26 July, with the third place play-off and the final taking place on the following day. Matches last 30 minutes per half, rather than the usual 45. In case of a draw after 60 minutes, the match would go directly into a penalty shoot-out.
Tickets for the competition were released on 16 July.
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2015 Telekom Cup
Description On 30 March 2015, it was confirmed that Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hamburger SV would participate, with a fourth team to be announced. The seventh edition will be held on 12 July 2015 at the Stadion im Borussia-Park. All games will be played in one day with less playing time. The fourth team to compete was decided later to be FC Augsburg. The rules changed for 2015, where a match will only last for 45 minutes instead of 60.
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2017 Telekom Cup (January)
2017 Telekom Cup (July)
2019 Telekom Cup
2022 Telekom Cup
2025 Telekom Cup
Results by year Year Name Venue Host city First place Second place Third place Fourth place 2009 T-Home Cup Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Hamburger SV VfB Stuttgart Bayern Munich Schalke 04 2010 Liga total! Cup Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 Bayern Munich Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln 2011 Coface Arena Mainz Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV Bayern Munich Mainz 05 2012 Imtech Arena Hamburg Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Hamburger SV 2013 Telekom Cup Stadion im Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV 2014 Imtech Arena Hamburg Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Hamburger SV Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015 Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach Hamburger SV FC Augsburg Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich January 2017 Esprit Arena Düsseldorf Bayern Munich Mainz 05 Fortuna Düsseldorf Borussia Mönchengladbach July 2017 Borussia-Park Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Werder Bremen TSG Hoffenheim Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019 Merkur Spiel-Arena Düsseldorf Bayern Munich Borussia Mönchengladbach Fortuna Düsseldorf Hertha BSC 2022 RheinEnergieStadion Cologne AC Milan 1. FC Köln colspan="2"
Statistics Performance by team Rank Team Appearances First place Second place Third place Fourth place 1 Bayern Munich 10 6 (2013, 2014, January 2017, July 2017, 2019, 2025) 1 (2010) 3 (2009, 2011, 2012) 1 (2015) 2 Hamburger SV 7 2 (2009, 2015) 1 (2011) 2 (2010, 2014) 2 (2012, 2013) 3 Borussia Dortmund 3 1 (2011) 1 (2012) 1 (2013) – 4 Werder Bremen 2 1 (2012) 1 (July 2017) – – 5 Schalke 04 2 1 (2010) – – 1 (2009)6 Milan 1 1 (2022) – – – 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 – 2 (2013, 2019) 1 (2015) 3 (2014, January 2017, July 2017) 8 1. FC Köln 2 – 1 (2022) – 1 (2010) Mainz 05 2 – 1 (January 2017) – 1 (2011) 8 FC Augsburg 1 – 1 (2015) – – VfB Stuttgart 1 – 1 (2009) – – VfL Wolfsburg 1 – 1 (2014) – – 12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 – – 2 (January 2017, 2019) – 1899 Hoffenheim 1 – – 1 (July 2017) – 13 Hertha BSC 1 – – – 1 (2019)
Top goalscorers Rank Player Team(s) Goals 1 Robert Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund / Bayern Munich 6 2 Toni Kroos Bayern Munich 3 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 3 Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich 3 Son Heung-min Hamburger SV 3 6 Edu Schalke 04 2 Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen 2 Olivier Giroud Milan 2 Max Kruse Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 Nils Petersen Bayern Munich / Werder Bremen 2 Raúl Schalke 04 2 Thiago Bayern Munich 2 Ruud van Nistelrooy Hamburger SV 2
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