Coupe des Nations 1930
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Coupe des Nations 1930 (English: Cup of Nations) was a football tournament in the summer of 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by local club Servette FC. Servette had just won the Swiss championship, and organized this event as a counterpoint to the first World Cup held at the same time in Uruguay, to which only few European countries (Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia) sent a team. The tournament also marked the inauguration of the Stade des Charmilles.
Some people regard this competition as a predecessor of UEFA Champions League, since it was the first organized competition for the national champion teams in Europe. The champions of all major European football nations of pre-war years were invited, except for the British nations, who were withdrawn from FIFA at the time.
The competition was won by Hungarian Újpest FC who scored 16 goals and conceded only 1 in 4 games. After winning the Coupe des Nations trophy, Újpest declared theirselves 'Champion of the Champions'.
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[edit] Participants
First Vienna FC (cup winners; 3rd in league 1929/30)
Cercle Brugge (national champions 1929/30)
SK Slavia Praha (national champions 1929/30)
FC Sète (cup winners 1929/30)
SpVgg Fürth (national champions 1929)
Újpest FC (national champions 1929/30)
AGC Bologna (national champions 1928/29)
Go Ahead (national champions 1929/30)
Real Unión Irún (cup winners 1927; 6th in league 1929/30)
Servette FC (national champions 1929/30)
Notes:
- Apparently Real Unión Irún were announced as Spanish champions 1929, which is most certainly wrong (they were 9th in the league 1928/29 and eliminated in the 1/16 finals of the domestic cup).
- Both Bologna and Irún had been allowed to field some players not actually with the club.
- The Greek and Norwegian FAs sent protest letters because their champions had not been invited.
- Bologna comes too late to the tournament, so the match versus Go Ahead was after the first game of the quarterfinals. The loser of the match gets a bye to the next round.
[edit] First Round
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28th June | Servette |
0 - 7 | First Vienna |
| 29th June | Séte |
3 - 4 (aet) | Fürth |
| 29th June | Slavia |
4 - 2 | Cercle |
| 30th June | Újpest |
3 - 1 | Irún |
| 2nd July | Go Ahead |
0 - 4 | Bologna |
[edit] Consolation Round (losers first round)
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st July | Servette |
2 - 1 | Cercle |
| 1st July | Irún |
5 - 1 | Sète |
(Losing teams eliminated, winners progress to quarterfinals)
[edit] Quarterfinals
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd July | First Vienna |
7 - 1 | Fürth |
| 3rd July | Go Ahead |
0 - 7 | Újpest |
| 3rd July | Irún |
1 - 2 | Slavia |
| 4th July | Servette |
4 - 1 | Bologna |
[edit] Semifinals
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th July | Újpest |
3 - 0 | Servette |
| 5th July | First Vienna |
1 - 3 | Slavia |
[edit] Third Place Match
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th July | First Vienna |
5 - 1 | Servette |
[edit] Final
| Date | Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th July | Újpest |
3 - 0 | Slavia |
Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
July 6, 1930
Attendance: 20 000 spectators
Referee: Stanley Rous (England)
Scorers: 25' János Köves 1-0, 64' János Köves 2-0, 80' János Köves 3-0,
Újpest (trainer Lajos Bányai):
János Aknai; Gyula Dudás, József Fogl III (captain); Ferenc Borsányi, Béla Volentik, János Víg; Albert Ströck, István Avar, János Köves, Illés Spitz, Gábor P. Szabó
Slavia (trainer Josef Štaplík):
František Plánička; Adolf Fiala, Antonín Novák; Antonín Vodička, Adolf Šimperský, Ladislav Šubrt; František Junek, Jindřich Šoltys, František Svoboda, Antonín Puč, Václav Bára
[edit] Final classification
- 1. Újpest
- 2. Slavia
- 3. First Vienna
- 4. Servette
- 5-8. Bologna, Fürth, Irún and Go Ahead
- 9-10. Cercle and Sète
