We are lucky! Borussia Dortmund will play MICFootball for the first time ever. The German team will make their debut in the next edition, which will be held from April 4 to 9, 2023, at the Costa Brava.
It is a luxury for the organization to welcome a centennial club, one of the most renowned in the Bundesliga in this century, establishing itself in the elite and winning two consecutive leagues in 2011 and 2012. The Westphalian club is also one one of those with the best youth teams in German football.
Barça is and will be the cradle of young promises of worldwide football. Throughout these years we have seen several examples at MICFootball. Starting in 2003, with an unforgettable generation with Leo Messi, Cesc Fàbregas and Gerard Piqué. Or in 2005 with Jordi Alba.
Ansu Fati and Eric García have played three editions of MICFootball (2013, 2015 and 2017), while Gavi left his mark in 2016, 2018 and 2019. The Spanish midfielder received recently the Kopa Award as the best young player in the world in 2022.
From the current Barça’s roster, Busquets also took part in the MIC, but wearing the colors of JABAC Terrassa in 2005; while the magician Pedri was in 2017 with the Canarian Juventud La Laguna. Héctor Bellerín, Sergi Roberto and Alejandro Balde have also played in the tournament.
Alexia Putellas received her second consecutive Ballon d’Or on Monday, a distinction that accredits her as the best player in the world for the second consecutive year. Never before has a female player won two Ballon d’Ors.
“I am very happy to be here again, very happy. When I managed to win the first one a year ago, I decided to try to improve that year to put it at the service of the team and to see it rewarded in this way makes me proud. Without a doubt, without my teammates this would not It would be possible, I wouldn’t be here. I appreciate you very much and it’s a privilege to be your partner,” said Alexia upon receiving the award.
Putellas, who was the MICFootball 2018 ambassador, played a total of 43 games in the 2021/22 season (before getting injured), scoring 34 goals and dishing out 21 assists.
Pablo Martín Páez Gavira, better known as Gavi, has won the Kopa Trophy this Monday in Paris as the best young U21 player in the world in 2022. The 18-year-old Barça midfielder takes over from Pedri, who was in 2021 (he doubled with the Golden Boy award).
Gavi has outvoted other young promises (many of them already realities) such as Adeyemi, Bellingham, Gravenberch, Nuno Mendes, Musiala, Camavinga, Gvardiol, Wirtz and Saka.
The Sevillian footballer, a regular in Xavi Hernández’s line-ups and in Luis Enrique’s lists with the Spanish National Team, played three editions of MICFootball (2016, 2018 & 2019) with the FC Barcelona shirt.
From the MIC organization we want to congratulate him for the award and for his dizzying career. The best is yet to come!
Kopa Trophy honours
2018 – Kylian Mbappe
2019 – Matthijs de Ligt
2021 – Pedro
2022 – Gavi
The Kopa Trophy is an annual award that since 2018 has been awarded by the French sports magazine France Football to the best soccer player under 21 in the world.
Three teams from LaLiga (FC Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid and RCD Espanyol), another from the Premier League (Wolverhampton), two from Serie A (Juventus and AC Milan -will attend the MIC for the first time), one from the Ligue 1 (Olympique de Marseille) and one from the Bundesliga (Borussia Dortmund).
14 top teams have already confirmed their participation for the next edition. And there are still to join!
Registrations open
The 21st edition that will be held from April 4 to 9 of 2023, has already more than half of the registrations covered. In total, the tournament is expected to reach 364 teams among the 9 categories.
MICFootball have already five teams confirmed for the next edition, which will be held from 4 to 9 April 2023 at the Costa Brava. They are five top-tier teams: Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham and Crystal Palace. Five of the Premier League’s biggest teams have confirmed their presence in the international tournament, which will live its 21st edition enjoying the future stars growing.
United have won MICFootball once. It was in 2005, in the A category.
Manchester United currently have three players who have played MICFootball in their first team. One is Marcus Rashford, a speedy striker, who was on the Costa Brava in 2010. The other is Diogo Dalot, who came to the tournament in 2013 with FC Porto. And the last one is Casemiro, an impressive new signing of the Red Devils this summer who came to the MIC in 2008 with the Brazilian National Team.
In this last 2022 edition, Manchester United was one of the main attractions of the tournament with the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.
MANCHESTER CITY
The other team from the city of Manchester, which returns to the tournament after taking part in the 2019 edition.
In the current squad led by Pep Guardiola we find two MICPlayers: Rodri came with Atlético de Madrid in 2010, while Cole Palmer played the tournament with City in 2016.
CRYSTAL PALACE
They came for the first time in 2019 and now are back to show again their strengths. We will be pleased to see them at the Costa Brava next Easter!
LIVERPOOL
Liverpool claimed their first MICFootball title in 2019 after defeating Olympique de Marseille on penalties in the B2 category final.
In his current first team, we find some MICPlayers. The best, without a shadow of a doubt, is Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian star was at the Costa Brava with his National Team in 2010. Apart from him, goalkeeper Alisson Becker was an important part of the success of the Brazilian National Team in the 2008 edition together with Neymar, Coutinho and Casemiro. Also, the young Curtis Jones participated in the tournament in 2013.
TOTTENHAM
From the city of London we are glad to count with Tottenham Hotspur, a team that in recent years has positioned itself in the elite zone of the European football. They were already in the 2019 edition and will return in 2023.
Luis Enrique announced last Friday the list of 25 players called up for the two matches that the Spanish National Team will play this September in the Nations League. Of the aforementioned list of 25 players, a total of 15 have played in our tournament. That is to say, 60% of the players called up have played the MICFootball when they were younger.
A sensational mark that highlights the value of the MIC, a tournament with more than 20 years of history that will celebrate its next edition from April 4 to 9, 2023. Football players like them were once at the Costa Brava, in the tournament where the stars are born.
The 15 MICPlayers of the Spanish National Team
Unai Simon
Dani Carvajal
Eric Garcia
Pau Torres
Jordi Alba
Sergio Busquets
Pedri
Gavi
Pablo Sarabia
Yéremi Pino
Borja Iglesias
Hugo Guillamón
Rodri
Ferran Torres
Nico Williams
Ariadna Mingueza, Meritxell Font and Julia Bartel won the U20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday after the Spanish National Team defeated Japan in the final 3-1. They are from the same generation (Mingueza 2003, Font and Bartel 2004), they play for the same club (Barça) and all three took part in the MICFootball a few years ago.
Mingueza and Font shared a team in the 2015 edition. Both were part of UE Centelles, a classic squad at MIC. Bartel, meanwhile, played the tournament with RCD Espanyol back in 2018.
We are delighted to see their evolution and their success so far. This is just the beginning!
About MICFootball
MICFootball is the tournament where the stars of the future are born. Since its first edition at the beginning of the century, the tournament has enjoyed promising young players who are currently recognized players such as Leo Messi, Neymar Jr, Mo Salah, Casemiro, Sandy Baltimore, Marcus Rashford, Claudia Pina, Ansu Fati or Pedri.
Registration for 2023
Registrations are now open for the MICFootball 2023 edition, which will be held at the Costa Brava from April 4 to 9 2023. Here you have all the information.
Here you will find the MICFootball’s 2022 all-star teams from all the 9 categories.
U20
U18
U16
U15
U14
U13
U12A
U12B
F20
Real Sociedad de Fútbol did not miss the first chance to win the MICFootball in their first participation.
The team from San Sebastian lifted the title of the youth U18 category after beating (1-0) one of the revelations of the tournament, the UE Quart, in Palamós. The Basques suffered to beat the Girona side and an early goal from Gorka Carrera tipped the balance.
Before reaching the final, those led by Juan Domínguez, Mikel Aranburu and Jon Gorrotxategi had got rid of the Hungarian Újbuda FC Labdarúgó (3-1), Kaptiva Sports (1-0) and US Talentproject (1-1, on penalties) . In the group phase they had made the plenary session: ASC De Volewijckers (3-0), CF Base Vilobí (0-6) and USA Players (1-0).
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