a world football competition
for amateur and semi-pro clubs
the egri erbstein tournament
Born out of the desire to memorialise the achievements of one of football’s great pioneering coaches, the Egri Erbstein Tournament brings together like-minded amateur and semi-professional clubs from around the world.
The tournament was co-founded by Ernő Egri Erbstein’s first club, Budapesti Atlétikai Klub (BAK) and the renowned English amateurs Corinthian-Casuals, whose famed tours at the turn of the 20th Century helped to grow the game around the world.
The bi-annual invitational event dreamt up by these two historic clubs celebrates the transcendental power of football to cross borders and unite people from all backgrounds around a shared sporting ethos and the noble traditions of fair-play, which are still recognised today as ‘The Corinthian Spirit’.
the REMARKABLE story of ERno egri erbstein
One of football’s great innovators, a supreme man-manager and a pioneering tactician, Ernő Egri Erbstein was the very model of the modern coach.
A Holocaust survivor, he was the mastermind behind the Grande Torino, the team that dominated Italian football in the years immediately after the Second World War, winning five consecutive championships before they perished in the Superga air disaster of May 1949.
His extraordinary story has inspired the reformation of his former team BAK, co-founders of the Egri Erbstein Tournament, an international cup competition that will ensure his memory lives on.
est. 2019
The inaugural tournament took place in Budapest in June 2019, marking the 70th anniversary of the Superga air disaster.
With four teams competing, it was travelling side Corinthian-Casuals, from south west London, that were crowned the inaugural champions.
“It’s not often something like this comes along for a non-league club, so it was a great experience. There are managers in the game who have done far more than I ever will, but maybe they’ve never taken a team to another country and won anything. To go and win it, to get a trophy, is always something you appreciate.”
- James Bracken, Corinthian-Casuals manager
Tournament Tapes
“To see Emile take on his player, cross it into Harry, to then score the goal, it was just amazing.
I won’t forget that day. I was just filled with joy.”
Corinthian-Casuals player Kevant Serbony discusses his experience of the 2019 Egri Erbstein Tournament in Budapest. The centre-midfielder played every minute as the famous London club defeated BAK and Testveriseg to win the competition and lift the Corinthian Cup.
