The tournament was inaugurated by director of Puskás Akadémia Dezső Liszkai, who expressed his pleasure that the Academy could organize the event for the 15th time, for which he would like to express his thanks to Magyar Suzuki Zrt.

"Football links generations and creates communities. The history of the Puskás-Suzuki Cup dates back to 2008, when we started initially as a four, then six-team tournament, and since 2018 we have expanded it to an eight-team tournament. I am proud to be already hosting the 15th Puskás-Suzuki Cup. It is a great honour to welcome the youth teams of the most prominent football nations and clubs even from beyond Europe. The intercontinental character of the tournament allows professional football cultures to meet," the director added.

On behalf of Puskás Akadémia, it was club directors Dezső Liszkai and Balázs Tóth, on behalf of Suzuki Deputy CEO dr. László Urbán and Anita Mészáros, and one player and one staff member on behalf of the teams who each laid a wreath at the statue of Ferenc Puskás.

Puskás Ambassador György Szöllősi, who played an active role in the founding of the tournament, recalled the first years of the Puskás-Suzuki Cup, highlighting that nowadays, U17 teams from elite clubs with great quality come to the tournament not only out of respect for Puskás, but also because the prestige of the event is a real attraction.

"We are indebted to Ferencné Puskás, who personally participated in every final until her death in 2015, to Dr György Mezey, who signed the first invitation letter sent to Madrid, and to Nikos Sakulis and József Tóth-Zele, friends of Ferenc Puskás in Athens and Madrid, who helped the participation of the Panathinaikos and Real Madrid youth teams," emphasised György Szöllősi, former head of communications at our academy.

On the second day of the 15th Puskás-Suzuki Cup, Portuguese side Sporting and newcomers Dinamo Kiev will also join the action.