1956 Mitropa Cup

1956 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates 24 June – 4 August 1956
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions Vasas (1st title)
Runners-up Rapid Wien
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 71 (4.44 per match)
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The 1956 Mitropa Cup was the 16th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was won by Vasas who beat Rapid Wien 9–2 in a play-off match, after the two-legged final ended 4–4 on aggregate.

Contents

Quarter-finals

Matches played between 24 June and 1 July 1956.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Rapid Wien 4–3 Slovan Bratislava 3–0 1–3
Wacker Wien 2–21 Partizan 1–1 1–1
Red Star 4–6 Vörös Lobogó 1–1 3–5
Vasas 4–2 ÚDA Praha 2–0 2–2

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

First leg

24 June 1956
 Red Star 1 – 1 Vörös Lobogó Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 50,000
Kostić  40' Report Sándor  35'
24 June 1956
 Vasas 2 – 0 ÚDA Praha Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 50,000
Csordás  82'
Lenkei  84'		 Report

Second leg

30 June 1956
 ÚDA Praha 2 – 2 Vasas Československé armády-Strahov, Prague
Attendance: 45,000
Masopust  33'
Přáda  65'		 Report Csordás  13'
Lenkei  51'
1 July 1956
 Vörös Lobogó 5 – 3 Red Star Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 65,000
Tasić  2' (o.g.)
Spajić  38' (o.g.)
Hidegkuti  48'
Szolnok  64'
Palotás  66'		 Report Toplak  26'
Kostić  44', ?'

Semi-finals

Matches played between 7 and 14 July 1956.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Rapid Wien 7–6 Vörös Lobogó 3–3 4–3
Partizan 2–6 Vasas 1–0 1–6

First leg

7 July 1956
 Rapid Wien 3 – 3 Vörös Lobogó Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 45,000
Körner  12', 46' (pen.), 60' Report Hidegkuti  61', 73'
Palotás  75'
8 July 1956
 Partizan 1 – 0 Vasas Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Valok  20' Report

Second leg

14 July 1956
 Vörös Lobogó 3 – 4 Rapid Wien Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 80,000
Szolnok  29'
Palotás  48', 50'		 Report Hanappi  10', 17'
Körner  20'
Mehsarosch  83'
14 July 1956
 Vasas 6 – 1 Partizan Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 80,000
Szilágyi  3'
Csordás  9', 78', 88'
Bundzsák  38'
Lenkei  83'		 Report Marković  31'

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Rapid Wien 4–41 Vasas 3–3 1–1

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

First leg

21 July 1956
 Rapid Wien 3 – 3 Vasas Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 52,000
Körner  3', 14'
Mehsarosch  19'		 Report Szilágyi  2'
Bundzsák  47'
Csordás  58'

Second leg

28 July 1956
 Vasas 1 – 1 Rapid Wien Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 100,000
Szilágyi  3' Report Bertalan  60'
Play-off
4 August 1956
 Vasas 9 – 2 Rapid Wien Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 100,000
Csordás  21', 28'
Raduly  43', 80'
Szilágyi  47', 52', 56', 70'
Teleki  88'		 Report Riegler  32', 85'

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