The '''Fuji-Cup''' (played in 1986 as the '''Casio-Cup''') was an unofficial preparatory German football tournament held from 1986 to 1996 in the summer break immediately before the start of the Bundesliga season in smaller towns in the "Football Province". The competition, which consisted of two semi-finals followed by a match for 3rd place and a final, featured the four leading teams from the previous Bundesliga season.

Also before the start of the new Bundesliga season, the official DFB-Supercup was played between the Bundesliga winners and the DFB-Pokal winners of the previous season. Since the '''Fuji-Cup''' advanced over time into a dimension that the official DFB-Supercup of the DFB had not yet reached, the DFB initially introduced a clause that stipulated that DFB-Pokal winners and Bundesliga winners would not be invited to the '''Fuji-Cup''' tournament at the same time in order to avoid an early DFB-Supercup match.

For the 1997 season, the '''Fuji-Cup''' and DFB-Supercup were finally replaced by the newly created and official DFB-Ligapokal, which was played until 2007. Since 2009, the Telekom Cup (2009 as the T-Home Cup, 2010–2012 as the LIGA total! Cup), which is also unofficial, has been held as a similar tournament to '''Fuji-Cup'''.

The record winner is FC Bayern Munich with a total of five victories in the '''Casio-Cup''' and '''Fuji-Cup'''.

==Namesake== The tournaments were supported by large and well-known manufacturers of technology from Japan at the time, namely (once) Casio and Fuji.

==Winners== '''Casio-Cup 1986'''<ref>kicker Sportmagazin Nr. 61 vom 24. Juli 1986, S. 6f</ref><ref>kicker Sportmagazin Nr. 62 vom 28. Juli 1986, S. 20f</ref> {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Mönchengladbach)|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||Borussia Mönchengladbach|2|'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''5''' ||'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''4'''|Hamburger SV|0 <!--F--> ||SV Werder Bremen|2 (3)|'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''2 (4)''' ||'''Borussia Mönchengladbach'''|'''2'''|Hamburger SV|0 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1987'''<ref>kicker Sportmagazin Nr. 60 vom 20. Juli 1987, S. 26f</ref><ref>kicker Sportmagazin Nr. 61 vom 23. Juli 1986, S. 8</ref> {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Kaiserslautern) |Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||1. FC Köln|1|'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''2''' ||1. FC Kaiserslautern|2|'''Hamburger SV'''|'''3''' <!--F--> ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''5'''|Hamburger SV|1 ||'''1. FC Köln'''|'''3'''|1. FC Kaiserslautern|1 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1988'''<ref>kicker Sportmagazin Nr. 58 vom 18. Juli 1988, S. 22</ref> {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Augsburg) |Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||1. FC Nürnberg|0|'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''2''' ||Borussia Mönchengladbach|2 (5)|'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''2 (4)''' <!--F--> ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''3'''|Borussia Mönchengladbach|0 ||'''1. FC Nürnberg'''|'''1 (4)'''|SV Werder Bremen|1 (2) }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1989''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final(in Würzburg)<ref name="rsssf">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fujiclub.html Fuji-Cup] bei rsssf.org</ref> |Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''VfB Stuttgart'''|'''1 (4)'''|FC Bayern Munich|1 (3) ||1. FC Köln|1|'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''3''' <!--F--> ||'''VfB Stuttgart'''|'''1 (5)'''|SV Werder Bremen|1 (3) ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''2'''|1. FC Köln|0 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1990''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Lüdenscheid)<ref name="rsssf" /> |Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''Borussia Dortmund'''|'''0 (6)'''|FC Bayern Munich|0 (4) ||'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''2'''|1. FC Köln|0 <!--F--> ||'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''0 (6)'''|BV Borussia Dortmund|0 (5) ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''4'''|1. FC Köln|1 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1991''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Passau)|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''2'''|FC Bayern Munich|0 ||1. FC Kaiserslautern|1|'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''2''' <!--F--> ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''4'''|SV Werder Bremen|1 ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''2 (5)'''|1. FC Kaiserslautern|2 (3) }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1992''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Trier)<ref>[http://eintracht-archiv.de/1992/1992-07-24st.html Fuji-Cup 1992]</ref>|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''1. FC Kaiserslautern'''|'''1 (5)'''|BV Borussia Dortmund|1 (4) ||'''SG Eintracht Frankfurt'''|'''2'''|VfB Stuttgart|0 <!--F--> ||'''SG Eintracht Frankfurt'''|'''1 (5)'''|1. FC Kaiserslautern|1 (3) ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''2'''|VfB Stuttgart|0 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1993''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Koblenz)|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''0 (5)'''|SG Eintracht Frankfurt|0 (4) ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''2'''|SV Werder Bremen|1 <!--F--> ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''3'''|FC Bayern Munich|2 ||'''SV Werder Bremen'''|'''3'''|SG Eintracht Frankfurt|1 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1994''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Koblenz)<ref>[http://www.eintracht.de/eintracht/archiv/eintracht-archiv/1994/1994-07-29tb.php Fuji-Cup 1994 in Koblenz]</ref>|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''SG Eintracht Frankfurt'''|'''1'''|BV Borussia Dortmund|0 ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''1'''|VfB Stuttgart|0 <!--F--> ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''0 (5)'''|SG Eintracht Frankfurt|0 (4) ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''1 (5)'''|VfB Stuttgart|1 (3) }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1995''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Koblenz)<ref>http://www.raresoccervideos.com/bundesliga/bundesliga90s/bundesliga90s.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''BV Borussia Dortmund'''|'''3'''|1. FC Kaiserslautern|0 ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''1 (7)'''|SV Werder Bremen|1 (6) <!--F--> ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''3'''|BV Borussia Dortmund|2 ||'''1. FC Kaiserslautern'''|'''2'''|SV Werder Bremen|1 }}

'''Fuji-Cup 1996''' {{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final (in Koblenz)|Consol=Third Place <!--SF--> ||'''FC Schalke 04'''|'''3'''|BV Borussia Dortmund|1 ||'''FC Bayern Munich'''|'''4'''|Borussia Mönchengladbach|0 <!--F--> ||'''FC Schalke 04'''|'''2 (4)'''|FC Bayern Munich|2 (3) ||'''Borussia Mönchengladbach'''|'''1'''|BV Borussia Dortmund|0 }}

== Championships by team == {| class="wikitable" align="center" ! Team ! First place ! Second place ! Third place ! Fourth Place |- |FC Bayern Munich | 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995 | 1993, 1996 | 1989, 1990, 1991 | - |- |Borussia Dortmund | 1991, 1993 | 1990, 1995 | 1992, 1994 | 1996 |- |SV Werder Bremen | 1990 | 1986, 1989, 1991 | 1993 | 1988, 1995 |- |Eintracht Frankfurt | 1992 | 1994 | | 1993 |- |VfB Stuttgart | 1989 | - | - | 1992, 1994 |- |Schalke 04 | 1996 | - | - | - |- |1. FC Kaiserslautern | - | 1992 | 1995 | 1987, 1991 |- |Borussia Mönchengladbach | - | 1988 | 1986, 1996 | - |- |Hamburger SV | - | 1987 | - | 1986 |- |1. FC Köln | - | - | 1987 | 1989, 1990 |- |1. FC Nürnberg | - | - | 1988 | - |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Friendly association football tournaments in Germany}}

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