2019 Granatkin Memorial

The 2019 Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup is its 19th edition after dissolution of the USSR.^[1] The tournament was held at Saint Petersburg, Russia from 4 to 14 June 2019, being organised by Russian Football Union.^[2][3]

2019 Granatkin Memorial

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Saint Petersburg
Dates	4 to 14 June 2019
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	65 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kirill Kosarev (4 goals)
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 12 June 2019.

Participating nations

Total of 12 National U-18 teams from three different confederations namely AFC, CONMEBOL and UEFA, participated in this edition of the tournament.^[4][5][6] The teams are further divided in three different groups, where Group A have Bulgaria, India, Moldova and host Russia, Group B have Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Greece and Group C have Argentina, Iran, Armenia and second team of host Russia as Russia 2.^[7][8][5]

Group stage

• All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+03:00).

The participants will play each other in each group and the winners of each group and the best of the teams finished second in each group will play for the semifinals. The remaining teams will play for 5–8 places.^[5]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
Moldova	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
India	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: RFS Granatkin

Bulgaria	0–0	Moldova
	BFU FMF

4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)

12:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)

Russia	3–0	India
Kosarev 50', 73', 82'	RFS AIFF

4 June 2019 (2019-06-04)

18:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 500

Referee: Dmitry Streltsov (Russia)

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Moldova	2–1	India
Puşcaş 54' Gaiu 56' (pen.)	FMF AIFF	Danu 34'

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)

12:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 250

Referee: Yunus Koshko (Russia)

Russia	3–0	Bulgaria
Prokhin 44', 54' Fayzullin 57'	RFS BFU

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)

18:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Artyom Chistyakov (Russia)

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India	1–1	Bulgaria
Mishra 50'	AIFF BFU	Rafi 7' (o.g.)

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)

12:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 100

Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)

Moldova	0–1	Russia
	FMF RFS	Petrov 9'

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)

18:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 400

Referee: Evgeny Bulanov (Russia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Greece	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
Tajikistan	3	0	2	1	5	10	−5	2
Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: RFS Granatkin

Greece	4–4	Tajikistan
Thymianis 10' Michelis 42' Tzimas 44' Tsakiris 66'	RFS FFT	Rahmatov 34' Soirov 63' (pen.), 70' Zairov 67'

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)

12:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Andrey Fissenko (Russia)

Turkey	1–0	Kyrgyzstan
Arslantas 40'	RFS TFF

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)

19:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Evgeny Bulanov (Russia)

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Tajikistan	1–1	Kyrgyzstan
Kamolov 90+3'	FFT RFS	Shigaibaev 25'

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

12:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 350

Referee: Konstantin Averyanov (Russia)

Turkey	0–0	Greece
	RFS TFF

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

19:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 250

Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)

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Kyrgyzstan	1–4	Greece
Artykbaev 72'	RFS	Vrakas 17' (pen.), 49' Tzimas 27' Pournaras 29'

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)

12:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Maksim Matyunin (Russia)

Tajikistan	0–5	Turkey
	RFS TFF	İşler 15' Akgün 39', 41' Yeşilay 56' Arslantas 90+1'

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10)

19:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 450

Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9
Russia 2	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Iran	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Armenia	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: RFS Granatkin

Argentina	2–0	Armenia
Orozco 56' Palacios 60'	AFA FFA

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)

12:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 400

Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)

Russia  2	2–1	Iran
Iosifov 56' (pen.), 65'	RFS FFIRI	Sobhani 88'

5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)

19:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 550

Referee: Maksim Matyunin (Russia)

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Armenia	0–2	Iran
	FFA FFIRI	Sobhani 25' Jalali 34'

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

12:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Andrey Fissenko (Russia)

Russia  2	1–2	Argentina
Iosifov 13'	RFS AFA	Orozco 76' Lecanda 78'

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

19:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Sergey Kulikov (Russia)

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Iran	2–4	Argentina
Barzegar 14' Moharrami 89'	FFIRI AFA	Zeballos 39' (pen.) Godoy 78' Medina 84' Cano 88'

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)

12:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Dmitry Streltsov (Russia)

Armenia	0–2	Russia 2
	FFA RFS	Apshatsev 7' Petukhov 90+1'

9 June 2019 (2019-06-09)

19:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 600

Referee: Andrey Fissenko (Russia)

Placement matches

Places 9–12

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	India
Shigaibaev 88'	RFS AIFF	Mishra 75'
Penalties
Artykbaev Kanybekov Rusakov	3–1	Rohit Danu H.Singh Sailo J.Singh

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

12:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)

Tajikistan	0–3	Armenia
	RFS FFA	Alaverdyan 35' Grigoryan 45' Kolozyan 53'

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

19:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 350

Referee: Ilya Ivanov (Russia)

11th Place

India	0–1	Tajikistan
	AIFF RFS	Panzhiev 39'

13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)

12:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Jan Bobrovsky (Russia)

9th Place

Kyrgyzstan	0–3	Armenia
	RFS	Petrosyan 21', 50' Avetisyan 23'

13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)

12:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Oleg Sokolov (Russia)

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Places 5–8

Moldova	1–2	Iran
Ghiderman 39'	FMF RFS	Barzegar 55' Sobhani 90+1'

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

12:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 400

Referee: Artyom Chistyakov (Russia)

Greece	2–0	Bulgaria
Fakkis 10' Tzimas 33'	RFS

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

19:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Konstantin Averyanov (Russia)

7th Place

Moldova	1–1	Bulgaria
Dolghi 90' (pen.)	RFS	Petkov 80'
Penalties
	3–4

13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)

12:00

Stadium Turbostroitel, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 300

Referee: Artem Petrenko (Russia)

5th Place

Iran	0–1	Greece
		Tzimas 81'

13 June 2019 (2019-06-13)

12:00

Roshchino Arena, Saint Petersburg

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Semifinals

Argentina	2–0	Turkey
Lecanda 28' Palacios 65' (pen.)	RFS

12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)

12:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 700

Referee: Yunus Koshko (Russia)

Russia	1–1	Russia 2
Kosarev 30'	RFS	Pelikh 15'
Penalties
Litvinov Gerchikov Suleymanov Oganesyan Vladimirov	5–3	Petukhov Joseph Zakharov Bem

12 June 2019 (2019-06-12)

18:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Referee: Sergey Kulikov (Russia)

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Third place

Turkey	4–2	Russia 2
Kol 21' Gulli 26', 73' Arslantas 90+1'		Petukhov 13' (pen.) Shkolik 89'

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14)

12:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

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Final

Argentina	1–0	Russia
Lecanda 74'

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14)

18:00

Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	15
2	Russia	5	3	1	1	8	2	+6	10
3	Turkey	5	3	1	1	10	4	+6	10
4	Russia 2	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	7
5	Greece	5	3	2	0	11	5	+6	11
6	Iran	5	2	0	3	7	8	−1	6
7	Bulgaria	5	0	3	2	2	7	−5	3
8	Moldova	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
9	Armenia	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	6
10	Kyrgyzstan	5	0	2	3	3	0	+3	2
11	Tajikistan	5	1	2	2	6	13	−7	5
12	India	5	0	2	3	3	8	−5	2

Source: Granatkin

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.

4 goals

• Kirill Kosarev

3 goals

• Panagiotis Tzimas
• Ali Sobhani
• Nikita Iosifov

2 goals

• Franco Orozco
• Matías Palacios
• Tomas Leonardo Lecanda
• Grenik Petrosyan
• Georgios Vrakas
• Akash Mishra
• Aria Barzegar
• Emir Shigaibaev
• Danila Prokhin
• Rustam Soirov
• Muhammet Arslantas
• Oğuzhan Akgün

1 goal

• Oscar Exequiel Zeballos
• Matías Godoy
• Cristian Nicholas Medina
• Lautaro Ezequiel Cano
• Narek Alaverdyan
• Narek Grigoryan
• Aram Kolozyan
• Patvakan Avetisyan
• Konstantinos Thymianis
• Nikolaos Michelis
• Ioannis Tsakiris
• Theodoros Pournaras
• Ioannis Fakkis
• Rohit Danu
• Ahmad Jalali
• Reza Mohammad Moharrami
• Ryskeldi Artykbaev
• Dan Pușcaș
• Valeriu Gaiu
• Ilie Ghiderman
• Denis Faizullin
• Maksim Petrov
• Marat Apshatsev
• Ilya Petukhov
• Danil Pelikh
• Sharifbek Rahmatov
• Islom Zairov
• Amadoni Kamolov
• Ozodbek Panzhiev
• Ilkay İşler
• Burak Yasin Yeşilay

1 own goal

• Muhammed Rafi (against Bulgaria)