1956 Mitropa Cup

1956 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates 24 June – 4 August 1956
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions Hungary Vasas (1st title)
Runners-up Austria Rapid Wien
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 71 (4.44 per match)

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.

Quarter-finals

Matches played between 24 June and 1 July 1956.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid Wien Austria 4–3 Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 3–0 1–3
Wacker Wien Austria 2–21 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1–1 1–1
Red Star Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 1–1 3–5
Vasas Hungary 4–2 Czechoslovakia 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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 – 1 Hungary Vörös Lobogó
Kostić  40' Report Sándor  35'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 50,000

24 June 1956
Vasas Hungary 2 – 0 Czechoslovakia ÚDA Praha
Csordás  82'
Lenkei  84' 		Report
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 50,000

Second leg

30 June 1956
ÚDA Praha Czechoslovakia 2 – 2 Hungary Vasas
Masopust  33'
Přáda  65' 		Report Csordás  13'
Lenkei  51'
Československé armády-Strahov, Prague
Attendance: 45,000

1 July 1956
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 5 – 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star
Tasić  2' (o.g.)
Spajić  38' (o.g.)
Hidegkuti  48'
Szolnok  64'
Palotás  66' 		Report Toplak  26'
Kostić  44', ?'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 65,000

Semi-finals

Matches played between 7 and 14 July 1956.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid Wien Austria 7–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 3–3 4–3
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–6 Hungary Vasas 1–0 1–6

First leg

7 July 1956
Rapid Wien Austria 3 – 3 Hungary Vörös Lobogó
Körner  12', 46' (pen.), 60' Report Hidegkuti  61', 73'
Palotás  75'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 45,000

8 July 1956
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 – 0 Hungary Vasas
Valok  20' Report
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000

Second leg

14 July 1956
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 3 – 4 Austria Rapid Wien
Szolnok  29'
Palotás  48', 50' 		Report Hanappi  10', 17'
Körner  20'
Mehsarosch  83'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 80,000

14 July 1956
Vasas Hungary 6 – 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Szilágyi  3'
Csordás  9', 78', 88'
Bundzsák  38'
Lenkei  83' 		Report Marković  31'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 80,000

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid Wien Austria 4–41 Hungary 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 Austria 3 – 3 Hungary Vasas
Körner  3', 14'
Mehsarosch  19' 		Report Szilágyi  2'
Bundzsák  47'
Csordás  58'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 52,000

Second leg

28 July 1956
Vasas Hungary 1 – 1 Austria Rapid Wien
Szilágyi  3' Report Bertalan  60'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 100,000
Play-off

4 August 1956
Vasas Hungary 9 – 2 Austria Rapid Wien
Csordás  21', 28'
Raduly  43', 80'
Szilágyi  47', 52', 56', 70'
Teleki  88' 		Report Riegler  32', 85'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 100,000

See also

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