2023 Florida Cup

2023 Florida Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 19 - August 2
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up	Wrexham
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	9 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ian Maatsen (Chelsea) (2 goals)
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The 2023 Florida Cup was the ninth edition of the Florida Cup, a friendly association football tournament played in the United States. It was contested from July 16 to 23, 2022. For the second year, the tournament was not a true friendly cup competition but rather a series of friendlies referred to as the FC Series.^[1]

The main FC Series match featured English club Chelsea against Welsh club Wrexham at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Florida Cup also served as local host of the Soccer Champions Tour match between Italian club Juventus and Spanish club Real Madrid playing in Orlando, Florida. Chelsea defeated Wrexham by a score of 5–0, and Juventus defeated Real Madrid 3–1.

Teams[edit]

FC Series[edit]

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
England	Chelsea	London	UEFA	Premier League
Wales	Wrexham	Wrexham	UEFA	EFL League Two[a]

Soccer Champions Tour Hosted by Florida Cup[edit]

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
Italy	Juventus	Turin	UEFA	Serie A
Spain	Real Madrid	Madrid	UEFA	La Liga

Venues[edit]

United States
Florida	North Carolina
Orlando	Chapel Hill
Camping World Stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 50,500

Matches[edit]

19 July 2023 (2023-07-19)

19:30 EDT

FC Series

Chelsea	5–0	Wrexham
Maatsen 3', 42' Gallagher 80' Nkunku 90' Chilwell 90+3'	Report

Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill

Attendance: 50,596

2 August 2023 (2023-08-02)

19:30 EDT

Soccer Champions Tour

Juventus	3–1	Real Madrid
Kean 1' Weah 20' Vlahović 90+5'	Report	Vinícius 38'

Camping World Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 63,503

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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