Friendship Cup (Romania and Yugoslavia)


Contested between 1922 and 1940 on 11 occasions between Romania and Yugoslavia. In fact there were two different cups: the King Alexander's Cup played between 1922 and 1930 and the King Carol Cup (called King Mihai Cup in 1940), played between 1937 and 1940. In 1937/38 a Eduard Benes' Cup (also known as Neighbour Countries' Cup or Cupa Tarilor Vecine) was held which additionally included Czechoslovakia. The 1940 match also counted for the Danube Cup which included Hungary (in addition to Romania and Yugoslavia).


Palmares

Year    Winners
King Alexander's Cup
1922    Romania
1923    Yugoslavia
1926    Romania
1927    Yugoslavia
1928    Yugoslavia
1929    Yugoslavia
1930    Yugoslavia
1936    Romania
King Carol Cup
1937    Yugoslavia
1939    Romania
King Mihai Cup
1940    Romania

Number of Wins

 6 Yugoslavia
 5 Romania


All matches

 8- 6-1922 Beograd       Yugoslavia     1-2 Romania
             [Sifer (pen) 35' - Ronai 41', Guga 61']

10- 6-1923 Bucuresti     Romania        1-2 Yugoslavia
             [Ronai 47' - Vinek 23' and 44']

 3-10-1926 Zagreb        Yugoslavia     2-3 Romania
             [Percl 47' and 49'  - Semler 19', Wetzer 65', Guga 69']

10- 5-1927 Bucuresti     Romania        0-3 Yugoslavia
             [Luburic 6', Giler 20', Bonacic 28']

 6- 5-1928 Beograd       Yugoslavia     3-1 Romania
             [Sotirovic 7' and 42', Marjanovic 26' - Possak 85']

10- 5-1929 Bucuresti     Romania        2-3 Yugoslavia
             [Subasanu 20', Boros 35' - Pavelic 27', Lemesic 60', Hitrec 68']

 4- 5-1930 Beograd       Yugoslavia     2-1 Romania
             [Premerl 12', Bonacic 32' - Desu 72']

10- 5-1936 Bucuresti     Romania        3-2 Yugoslavia
             [Bodola 21', 46' and 51' - Vujadinovic 32', Tomasevic 67']

 8- 9-1937 Beograd       Yugoslavia     2-1 Romania
             [Vujadinovic 20', Lesnik 28' - Baratki 62']
 
 7- 5-1939 Bucuresti     Romania        1-0 Yugoslavia
             [Dobai 88']
 
22- 9-1940 Beograd       Yugoslavia     1-2 Romania
             [Petrovic 17' - Popescu 42', Bogdan 51']


About this document

With thanks to Misha Miladinovich (mmiladinovich@sprint.ca), and Radu Siminiceanu (radu@cs.wm.edu)

For further details, contact Romeo Ionescu (romeoio@yahoo.com)

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison and Romeo Ionescu for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Neil Morrison (cnm@cnm.u-net.com) and Romeo Ionescu (romeoio@yahoo.com)
Last updated: 3 Jul 2000

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