Challenge Prince Rainier III

Challenge Prince Rainier III

Organising body	Monégasque Football Federation
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Region	Monaco
Current champions	Carabiniers du Prince FC (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Sun Casino FC (21 titles)
Website	Official Site
2022 Challenge Prince Rainier III

The Challenge Prince Rainier III is a domestic football cup in Monaco, featuring teams from across the country. The tournament has been organised annually since 1975 and since then has been known as the premier footballing tournament for amateur teams within the principality.

Because Monaco is not a member of UEFA, there is no qualification for the winners into either the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, or UEFA Conference League.

History

The tournament was created in 1975 after Prince Rainier III requested a footballing tournament in the country be played.

President of the Organizing Committee, Joseph Destefanis, recalled how the only football game of the year had an air of folklore among the players and of the palace of Monaco. At the time the teams were completed and at the request of Prince Rainier III, the competition has grown.^[1]

Format

In the first round of the competition, the teams are placed into groups for a round-robin stage. The best teams from these groups progress to the knockout rounds of the Challenge Prince Rainier III. The lower teams from each group then qualify for the knockout stages of the Trophée Ville de Monaco, the second level cup in Monaco underneath the Challenge Prince Rainier III.^[2]

Current clubs

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0.6miles

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Monaco 1 Stade Louis II France 2 Stade Didier Deschamps 3 Stade des Moneghetti (football field)

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By numbers of wins

See also

• Challenge Monégasque
• Trophée Ville de Monaco
• Football in Monaco
• List of football clubs in Monaco

References

Footnotes

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Football in Monaco

Monégasque Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Domestic Cups

Men	Challenge Prince Rainier III Trophée Ville de Monaco Challenge Monégasque Prince Albert II Cup Jack Bella Vita Trophy

Awards

• Footballer of the Year

Lists

• Clubs
• International footballers
• Foreign players

Fully professional Clubs

• AS Monaco

Stadiums

• Stade Louis II
• Stade Didier Deschamps
• Stade des Moneghetti

• Men's clubs
• Women's clubs
• Men's players
• Women's players
• Expatriate players
• Managers
• Referees
• Venues
• Seasons
• Records

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