The 1956 Mitropa Cup

Mitropa Cup

The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...

 was the 16th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was won by Vasas

Vasas SC

Vasas SC is one of Hungary's major sports clubs. Most of its facilities are situated in Budapest's 13th district in the north of the town. Members of the Hungarian Union of Iron Workers founded the club as Vas-és Fémmunkások Sport Clubja, the "Sport Club of Iron and Steel Workers", on 16 March 1911...

 who beat Rapid Wien

SK Rapid Wien

The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...

 9–2 in a play-off match, after the two-legged final ended 4–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Matches played between 24 June and 1 July 1956.

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¹ Partizan beat Wacker Wien 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the Semi-finals.

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

Matches played between 7 and 14 July 1956.
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First leg

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Second leg

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Final

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¹ Vasas beat Rapid Wien 9–2 in a play-off to win the Mitropa Cup.

First leg

Second leg

Play-off

External links

• 1956 Mitropa Cup at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...