1961 Mitropa Cup

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The 1961 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by FC Bologna who defeated Slovan Nitra 5–2 on aggregate in the final. It was the club's third victory in the competition, having previously won it in 1932 and 1934.

Group stage

The 12 participating teams were split into three groups of four teams, who played each other once each. The matches took place between 18 June and 2 July, but the Group 3 game between Udinese and Kladno was replayed on 23 August.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Bologna 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Advance to Semi finals
2 Austria Vienna 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 4
3 Spartak Praha Stalingrad 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4 Sampdoria 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: [1]
Spartak Praha Stalingrad Czechoslovakia1 – 2Austria Austria Vienna
Kratochvíl [cs] [2] Nemec
Riegler
Prague
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Iginio Rigato [it] (Italy)
Sampdoria Italy1 – 1Italy FC Bologna
[2]
Spartak Praha Stalingrad Czechoslovakia1 – 3Italy FC Bologna
Kaura [cs] [3] Gualtieri
Attendance: 6,000
Austria Vienna Austria5 – 2Italy Sampdoria
[3]
Sampdoria Italy0 – 1Czechoslovakia Spartak Praha Stalingrad
[1] Kopsa [cs] 36'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt [de] (Austria)
FC Bologna Italy2 – 1Austria Austria Vienna
[1]

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slovan Nitra 3 2 1 0 13 7 +6 5 Advance to Semi finals
2 ČH Bratislava 3 2 0 1 14 8 +6 4
3 Torino 3 1 0 2 8 12 −4 2
4 SV Stickstoff [de] 3 0 1 2 9 17 −8 1
Source: [1]
SV Stickstoff [de] Austria3 – 5Italy Torino
[2]
ČH Bratislava Czechoslovakia2 – 4Czechoslovakia Slovan Nitra
Dolinský 2'
Gajdoš 		[2] Fojtik [cs]
Navrátil [cs] 32'
Pucher [cs] 57'
Hrnčár [cs]
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alojz Obtulovič [cs] (Czechoslovakia)
Slovan Nitra Czechoslovakia5 – 1Italy Torino
Barát [cs]
Hrnčár [cs]
Pucher [cs]
Navrátil [cs]
Bachratý [cs] 		[3] Gualtieri
ČH Bratislava Czechoslovakia8 – 2Austria SV Stickstoff [de]
Dolinský 6', 23', 80', 82'
Gáborík [cs] 9'
Buberník 12', 77'
Scherer 64'		 [3] Wagner 52' (pen.)
Polster 64'
Referee: Righi (Italy)
SV Stickstoff [de] Austria4 – 4Czechoslovakia Slovan Nitra
Kohlhauser
Polster 		[1] Hrnčár [cs] pen.'
Pucher [cs]
Attendance: 500
Referee: Giuseppe Adami [hu] (Italy)
Torino Italy2 – 4Czechoslovakia ČH Bratislava
Locatelli [it] 19'
Mazzero [it] 64'		 [1] Dolinský 27', 48'
Scherer 30'
Lancioni [it] 58' (o.g.)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Udinese 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 5 Advance to Semi finals
2 SONP Kladno 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 3
3 LASK 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 2
4 Wiener Neustädt 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]
Wiener Neustädt Austria0 – 5Czechoslovakia SONP Kladno
[3] Kadraba
Majer
Šolc
LASK Austria2 – 2Italy Udinese
[3]
SONP Kladno Czechoslovakia1 – 1Austria LASK
Hájek [cs] [1] Kozlicek
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Gambarotta [it] (Italy)
Udinese Italy3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Czechoslovakia SONP Kladno
Andersson 117'
Pentrelli 		[4] Němeček [cs]
Hájek [cs]

Semi-finals

The matches took place between 1 and 29 November.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SONP Kladno Czechoslovakia 1–3 Italy Bologna 1–2 0–1
Slovan Nitra Czechoslovakia 5–4 Italy Udinese 4–3 1–1

First leg

SONP Kladno Czechoslovakia1 – 2Italy Bologna
Kadraba [5] Demarco 76'
Renna [it] 85'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Horváth (Hungary)
Slovan Nitra Czechoslovakia4 – 3Italy Udinese
Hrnčár [cs]
Pucher [cs]
Kisý [cs] 		[5] Mortensen
Segato pen.'
Canella
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Baboucek (Austria)

Second leg

Bologna Italy1 – 0Czechoslovakia SONP Kladno
Franzini [it] 70' [6]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Steiber (Austria)

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

Udinese Italy1 – 1Czechoslovakia Slovan Nitra
Canella 59' [7] Pucher [cs] 49'

Slovan Nitra won 5–4 on aggregate.

Finals

The matches took place on 14 March and 4 April 1962.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovan Nitra Czechoslovakia 2–5 Italy FC Bologna 2–2 0–3

First leg

Slovan Nitra Czechoslovakia2–2Italy FC Bologna
Bachratý [cs] 8'
Hrnčár [cs] 76' (pen.)		 [8] Nielsen 43'
Perani 55' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

FC Bologna Italy3–0Czechoslovakia Slovan Nitra
Demarco 21'
Pascutti 47'
Nielsen 59'		 [9]
Attendance: 10,000

FC Bologna won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

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  4. ^ "Udinese–SONP Kladno 3:2". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 24 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Fotbalisté o Středoevropský pohár". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 2 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Bologna–SONP Kladno 1:0". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 16 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Nitra ve finále SP!". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 30 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Nitra-Bologna 2:2". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 15 March 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Sn Nitra prohrál v odvetě 0:3". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 5 April 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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