Through the Years | Pre-season tours
History
19th July
The Bluebirds embark on a pre-season trip to Austria this week, facing three friendly matches in the Salzburg region.
Ahead of our first fixture, we take a look back at City's summer tours of years gone by...
![Michael Chopra](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/chopra-2010-16x9.jpg)
Chops takes a breather in the Portuguese heat in 2010...
![Cardiff City players](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/portimonense-2010-16x9.jpg)
Getting ready to face Portimonense ahead of the 2010/11 campaign...
![Robert Earnshaw](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/earnie-2011-16x9.jpg)
Earnie hard at work at the start of his second spell as a Bluebird...
![Aron Gunnarsson](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/gunnar-2011-16x9.jpg)
and is joined in the Seville sunshine by fellow new recruit, Aron Gunnarsson.
![Kevin McNaughton](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/kev-2012-16x9.jpg)
2012 | Super Kev strikes a pose...
![Joe Ralls](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/ralls-2012-16x9.jpg)
A young Joe Ralls joins the senior squad in Switzerland, 2012.
![Jordon Mutch, Kim Bo-Kyung](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/kimbo-2012-16x9.jpg)
Two midfielders, key to our Championship title win, gear up for the Premier League in 2013...
![Cardiff City players](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/austria-2014-16x9.jpg)
Stunning scenery in Austria, 2014
![Cardiff City players](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/fk-amkar-austria-2014.jpg)
The City side that faced FK Amkar Perm in Kössen, Austria, 2014.
![Joe Ralls](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/bodmin-2017-16x9.jpg)
Joe Ralls does battle with Bodmin Town in 2017...
![Cardiff City players](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/tavistock-2019-16x9.jpg)
The Bluebirds returned to Cornwall the following year, pictured here before facing Tavistock AFC...
![Cardiff City players](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/valladolid-2019-16x9.jpg)
Getting ready to play Real Valladolid in Edmonton, Canada, 2019.
![Cardiff City supporters](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/san-antonio-2019-16x9.jpg)
Meeting the fans in San Antonio, 2019.
![Mark Harris](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/sparky-scotland-2022.jpg)
2022 | All smiles from Sparky in Scotland!
![Cardiff City players](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/braga-2023-16x9.jpg)
Last summer saw us face Braga SC and FC Porto in the Algarve...
![Aaron Ramsey and City boss Erol Bulut...](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/porto_report_02.jpg)
with Rambo's return in a City shirt coming against Porto!