Coupe des Nations

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of all major European football nations of the pre-war years were invited, except for the British Home Nations, who were withdrawn from FIFA at the time.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 themselves 'Champion of the Champions'.

In later years several attempts were made to create a tournament for the Champions of Europe. North-Italian cities were planning to host the competition in 1931, but it was abandoned due to financial reasons.[1] Finally in 1937, during the Paris Expo a tournament was held as a successor of the Geneva tournament, but only two champion teams accepted the invitation.[2] After the tournament Zürich, as the host of the 1939 Expo and Rome, the 1942 host made attempts to create the tournament, but both city's attempts failed.[3] The next time that the major European champions were called together was after the 1954 creation of UEFA who started the European Cup in 1955.

Participants

Notes:

First round

DateTeam #1 Result Team #2
28 JuneServette Switzerland 0 - 7 Austria First Vienna
29 JuneSéte France 3 - 4 (aet) Germany Fürth
29 JuneSlavia Czechoslovakia 4 - 2 Belgium Cercle Brugge
30 JuneÚjpest Hungary 3 - 1 Spain Irún
2 JulyGo Ahead Netherlands 0 - 4 Italy Bologna

Consolation Round (losers first round)

DateTeam #1 Result Team #2
1 JulyServette Switzerland 2 - 1 Belgium Cercle Brugge
1 JulyIrún Spain 5 - 1 France Sète

(Losing teams eliminated, winners progress to quarterfinals)

Quarterfinals

DateTeam #1 Result Team #2
2 JulyFirst Vienna Austria 7 - 1 Germany Fürth
3 JulyGo Ahead Netherlands 0 - 7 Hungary Újpest
3 JulyIrún Spain 1 - 2 Czechoslovakia Slavia
4 JulyServette Switzerland 4 - 1 Italy Bologna

Semifinals

DateTeam #1 Result Team #2
5 JulyÚjpest Hungary 3 - 0 Switzerland Servette
5 JulyFirst Vienna Austria 1 - 3 Czechoslovakia Slavia

Third place match

DateTeam #1 Result Team #2
6 JulyFirst Vienna Austria 5 - 1 Switzerland Servette

Final

DateTeam #1 Result Team #2
6 JulyÚjpest Hungary 3 - 0 Czechoslovakia Slavia

Match details

1930-07-06
Újpest Hungary 3 0 Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
János Köves  25'  64'  77'
Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Stanley Rous England
ÚJPEST FC:
GK Hungary János Aknai
DF Hungary Gyula Dudás
DF Hungary József Fogl III (c)
MF Hungary Ferenc Borsányi
MF Hungary Béla Volentik
MF Hungary János Víg
FW Romania Hungary Albert Ströck
FW Romania Hungary István Avar
FW Hungary János Köves
FW Hungary Illés Spitz
FW Hungary Gábor P. Szabó
Manager:
Hungary Lajos Bányai
SLAVIA PRAGUE:
GK Czechoslovakia František Plánička
DF Czechoslovakia Adolf Fiala
DF Czechoslovakia Antonín Novák
MF Czechoslovakia Antonín Vodička
MF Czechoslovakia Adolf Šimperský
MF Czechoslovakia Václav Šubrt
FW Czechoslovakia František Junek
FW Czechoslovakia Jindřich Šoltys
FW Czechoslovakia František Svoboda (c)
FW Czechoslovakia Antonín Puč
FW Czechoslovakia Václav Bára
Manager:
Scotland John William Madden

Final classification

Notes and references

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