Mitropa Cup 1930
Participating Nations
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Number of clubs
8
Champions
Rapid Vienna

The 1930 season of the 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...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 club tournament was won by Rapid Vienna in a two-legged final against Sparta Prague. This was the fourth edition of the tournament, and the second edition in which Italian clubs competed and Yugoslavian clubs did not compete.

The holders, Újpesti FC

Újpest FC

Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...

, lost in the quarter final against AS Ambrosiana, which is now called F.C. Internazionale Milano

F.C. Internazionale Milano

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.

The final was played on November 2 and November 12, 1930 in Prague

Prague

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 und Vienna

Vienna

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. The finalists Sparta Prague and Rapid Vienna had played against each other in the Mitropa Cup 1927 final, with Sparta winning on aggegrate 7-3. Rapid were playing in their third Mitropa Cup final in four years. Sparta lost at home 0-2, the first away victory in a Mitropa Cup final. Their 3-2 away win, the second away victory in a Mitropa Cup final, meant that Rapid became the first Austrian club to win this tournament. Giuseppe Meazza

Giuseppe Meazza

Giuseppe "Peppino" Meazza , also known as il Balilla, was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Internazionale in the 1930s, scoring 242 goals in 365 games for the club. He led Italy to win two World Cups: in 1934 and in 1938, winning the Golden Ball Award in 1934. He is widely considered the...

 from AS Ambrosia was top scorer in the tournament with seven goals. Josef Košťálek

Josef Koštálek

Josef Košťálek was a Czech footballer.He played for Sparta Prague and the Czechoslovakia national football team, for whom he played 43 matches, scoring two goals, and appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. In 1938, he scored in extra time against the Netherlands to put Czechoslovakia into the...

 scored all three of Sparta Prague's goals in the final.

The semi-finals and both legs of the final were refereed by Sophus Hansen

Sophus Hansen

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 of Denmark.

Quarterfinals

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	2 - 3	Ferencvárosi TC	2 - 2	0 - 1
Sparta Prague	5 - 3	First Vienna FC First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there...	2 - 1	3 - 2
Genova 1893 Circolo del Calcio Genoa C.F.C. Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...	2 - 7	SK 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...	1 - 1	1 - 6
Újpest FC Újpest FC Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...	6 - 6	AS Ambrosiana F.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...	2 - 4	4 - 2

Playoff between Újpest FC and AS Ambrosiana resulted in a 1-1 draw after extra time.

Second playoff between Újpest FC and AS Ambrosiana resulted in a 5-3 victory for AS Ambrosiana

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Ambrosiana F.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...	3 - 8	Sparta Prague	2 - 2	1 - 6
SK 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...	5 - 2	Ferencvárosi TC	5 - 1	0 - 1

Finals

Team #1	Agg.	|Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	3 - 4	SK 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...	0 - 2	3 - 2

External links

• Mitropa Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation