Overview Page. Trivia File.
Note: from 1927-1933 only eight clubs participated and the tournament
started with the quarterfinals; this happened again in 1939;
from 1934-1938 sixteen clubs entered the first round, with, only
in 1936, a preliminary round in which the four Swiss participants
had to enter (and all lost).
Also note that in 1932 three clubs were eliminated in the semifinals
and no team lost the final, while in 1937 five clubs were eliminated
in the quarterfinals and by consequence only one in the semifinals.
Abbreviations used:
part.: number of participations
wins : number of wins
final: number of final losses
semis: number of semifinal eliminations
quart: number of quarterfinal eliminations
first: number of first round eliminations
prel.: number of preliminary round eliminations
club name country part. wins final semis quart first prel. 1.Ferencvárosi FC Hun ( 9) 2 3 2 1 1 2.AC Sparta Praha Tch (12) 2 2 2 4 2 3.FK Austria (Wien) Aut ( 5) 2 2 1 4.Újpesti FC Hun (11) 2 1 6 2 5.AGC Bologna Ita ( 5) 2 1 2 6.SK Rapid (Wien) Aut ( 7) 1 2 1 1 2 7.SK Slavia Praha Tch (13) 1 1 2 7 2 8.First Vienna FC Aut ( 8) 1 2 4 1 9.AS Ambrosiana Inter Ita ( 7) 1 2 2 2 10.SK Admira (Wien) Aut ( 7) 1 1 4 1 11.SS Lazio (Roma) Ita ( 1) 1 Wiener AC Aut ( 1) 1 13.Juventus FC Ita ( 7) 5 2 14.Hungária FC (Budapest) Hun (10) 1 4 5 15.Genova FBC 1893 Ita ( 4) 1 3 16.Beogradski SK Yug ( 4) 1 2 1 17.AS Roma Ita ( 3) 1 1 1 18.SK Viktoria Zizkov Tch ( 1) 1 19.SK Kladno Tch ( 2) 2 20.SK Zidenice (Brno) Tch ( 3) 1 2 21.Bocskai SC (Debrecen) Hun ( 2) 1 1 Gradjanski HSK (Zagreb) Yug ( 2) 1 1 SK Prostejov Tch ( 2) 1 1 ASC Venus Bucuresti Rom ( 2) 1 1 25.Grasshopper Club (Zürich) Sui ( 2) 1 1 26.AC Fiorentina Ita ( 1) 1 NK Hajduk Split Yug ( 1) 1 FC Rapid Bucuresti Rom ( 1) 1 FC Ripensia Timisoara Rom ( 1) 1 30.FC Young Fellows (Zürich) Sui ( 2) 1 1 31.Favoritner AC Aut ( 1) 1 HASK Zagreb Yug ( 1) 1 Kispesti FC Hun ( 1) 1 Milano AC Ita ( 1) 1 AC Napoli Ita ( 1) 1 Phöbus FC (Budapest) Hun ( 1) 1 Szegedi FC Hun ( 1) 1 Teplicky FK Tch ( 1) 1 AC Torino Ita ( 1) 1 SK Viktoria Plzen Tch ( 1) 1 41.FC Bern Sui ( 1) 1 Lausanne-Sports FC Sui ( 1) 1
country (different clubs) part. wins final semis quart first prel. 1.Austria ( 6) (29) 4 4 6 9 6 2.Hungary ( 7) (35) 4 3 4 12 12 3.Czechoslovakia ( 8) (35) 3 3 5 15 9 4.Italy (10) (31) 2 2 10 9 8 5.Yugoslavia ( 4) ( 8) 1 4 3 6.Romania ( 3) ( 4) 3 1 7.Switzerland ( 4) ( 6) 1 1 4 total (42) (148) 13 12 26 53 40 4
Note: the first set of three matches between Hungária and Sparta in 1934 is
ignored; the first legs of the semifinal in 1932 between Slavia and
Juventus as well as the quarterfinal in 1937 between Admira and Genova
are however included.
Clubwise Rankings
club name country part. Pd W D L F- A Pts Pct
1.Ferencvárosi FC Hun ( 9) 51 28 6 17 139-101 62 60.8
2.AC Sparta Praha Tch (12) 55 25 11 19 119-105 61 55.5
3.FK Austria (Wien) Aut ( 5) 31 19 3 9 73- 46 41 66.1
4.SK Slavia Praha Tch (13) 44 16 9 19 86- 78 41 46.7
5.First Vienna FC Aut ( 8) 30 18 2 10 61- 46 38 63.3
6.Juventus FC Ita ( 7) 31 16 6 9 69- 56 38 61.3
7.Újpesti FC Hun (11) 41 16 6 19 98- 93 38 46.3
8.SK Rapid (Wien) Aut ( 7) 33 16 5 12 83- 70 37 56.1
9.AS Ambrosiana Inter Ita ( 7) 28 11 5 12 64- 69 27 48.2
10.SK Admira (Wien) Aut ( 7) 25 10 6 9 49- 53 26 52.0
11.AGC Bologna Ita ( 5) 20 9 1 10 43- 35 19 47.5
12.Hungária FC (Budapest) Hun (10) 26 6 6 14 49- 61 18 34.6
13.Genova FBC 1893 Ita ( 4) 13 5 4 4 24- 26 14 53.8
14.SK Kladno Tch ( 2) 8 4 1 3 16- 18 9 56.3
15.SK Zidenice (Brno) Tch ( 3) 10 4 1 5 22- 29 9 45.0
16.AS Roma Ita ( 3) 10 3 2 5 16- 25 8 40.0
17.Phöbus FC (Budapest) Hun ( 1) 4 3 0 1 15- 9 6 75.0
18.AC Torino Ita ( 1) 4 3 0 1 13- 7 6 75.0
19.AC Fiorentina Ita ( 1) 4 3 0 1 10- 11 6 75.0
20.Grasshopper Club (Zürich) Sui ( 2) 6 2 2 2 12- 17 6 50.0
21.Wiener AC Aut ( 1) 7 3 0 4 17- 15 6 42.9
22.SS Lazio (Roma) Ita ( 1) 6 2 1 3 18- 16 5 41.7
23.FC Rapid Bucuresti Rom ( 1) 4 2 0 2 7- 8 4 50.0
24.SK Viktoria Zizkov Tch ( 1) 5 2 0 3 15- 13 4 40.0
25.Beogradski SK Yug ( 4) 10 2 0 8 15- 37 4 20.0
26.SK Prostejov Tch ( 2) 6 1 1 4 11- 12 3 25.0
27.Milano AC Ita ( 1) 2 1 0 1 3- 4 2 50.0
28.Szegedi FC Hun ( 1) 2 1 0 1 2- 4 2 50.0
29.Lausanne-Sports FC Sui ( 1) 2 1 0 1 2- 6 2 50.0
30.AC Napoli Ita ( 1) 3 0 2 1 2- 7 2 33.3
31.FC Ripensia Timisoara Rom ( 1) 4 1 0 3 9- 12 2 25.0
32.Bocskai SC (Debrecen) Hun ( 2) 4 1 0 3 2- 10 2 25.0
33.ASC Venus Bucuresti Rom ( 2) 4 1 0 3 6- 15 2 25.0
34.Gradjanski HSK (Zagreb) Yug ( 2) 4 1 0 3 5- 14 2 25.0
35.FC Young Fellows (Zürich) Sui ( 2) 5 1 0 4 4- 13 2 20.0
36.Kispesti FC Hun ( 1) 2 0 1 1 3- 5 1 25.0
37.SK Viktoria Plzen Tch ( 1) 2 0 1 1 4- 8 1 25.0
38.HASK Zagreb Yug ( 1) 2 0 0 2 2- 5 0 0.0
Teplicky FK Tch ( 1) 2 0 0 2 2- 5 0 0.0
40.NK Hajduk Split Yug ( 1) 2 0 0 2 1- 9 0 0.0
41.FC Bern Sui ( 1) 2 0 0 2 2- 11 0 0.0
42.Favoritner AC Aut ( 1) 2 0 0 2 1- 10 0 0.0
country (different clubs) part. Pd W D L F- A Pts Pct 1.Austria ( 6) (29) 128 66 16 46 284-240 148 57.8 2.Hungary ( 7) (35) 130 55 19 56 308-283 129 49.6 3.Czechoslovakia ( 8) (35) 132 52 24 56 275-268 128 48.5 4.Italy (10) (31) 121 53 21 47 262-256 127 52.5 5.Switzerland ( 4) ( 6) 15 4 2 9 20- 47 10 33.3 6.Romania ( 3) ( 4) 12 4 0 8 22- 35 8 33.3 7.Yugoslavia ( 4) ( 8) 18 3 0 15 23- 65 6 16.7 total (42) (148) 556 237 82 237 1194-1194 556 50.0
The names of the clubs above are in many cases different from those directly after the war or the current ones. In particular were all Italian teams forced to change the "foreign" parts of their names in 1926, while most Hungarian teams formed separate professional sections in the same year.
Below a countrywise overview of the names of the 42 clubs which participated in the 13 completed pre-War Mitropa Cups and their later fate.
All six Austrian clubs above still exist with unchanged names, with the exception of SK Admira, which after several mergers is now a part of VfB Admira/Wacker Mödling. However, most have included (often changing) sponsor names during their later history (the exception is Rapid).
club name 1927-1939 current club name (selected) intermediate name SK Kladno SK Kladno SONP Poldi Kladno SK Slavia Praha SK Slavia Praha Dynamo Praha AC Sparta Praha AC Sparta Praha Spartak Sokolovo Praha SK Prostejov SK LeRK Prostejov Zelezarny Prostejov Teplicky FK dissolved 1939 SK Viktoria Plzen FC Viktoria Plzen Skoda Plzen SK Viktoria Zizkov FK Viktoria Zizkov SK Zidenice (Brno) FC Boby Brno Zbrojovka BrnoNote that all clubs are from the territory of the current Czech Republic.
club name 1927-1939 current club name (selected) intermediate name(s) Bocskai SC (Debrecen) dissolved 1940 Ferencvárosi FC Ferencvárosi TC ÉDOSZ, Kinizsi SE Hungária FC MTK Hungária FC Bástya, Vörös Lobogo, MTK-VM Phöbus FC dissolved 1939, refounded 1945, dissolved 1957 Szegedi FC Szegedi EAC (?) Szegedi SC, Bástya FC Szeged Újpesti FC Újpesti TE Újpesti Dózsa SC
club name 1927-1939 current club name remarks AGC Bologna Bologna FC before 1926: Bologna FBC AC Fiorentina AC Fiorentina Genova FBC 1893 Genoa 1893 before 1926: Genoa FBC 1893 AS Ambrosiana Inter FC Internazionale 1930-33: AS Ambrosiana FC Juventus Juventus FC before 1929: FBC Juventus SS Lazio SS Lazio Milano AC Milan AC before 1926: Milan FBC AC Napoli SSC Napoli before 1926: Internaples FBC AS Roma AS Roma AC Torino Torino Calcio before 1936: FBC Torino
club name 1927-1939 remarks FC Rapid Bucuresti intermediate names: CFR Bucuresti, Locomotiva Bucuresti FC Ripensia Timisoara dissolved 1948 ASC Venus Bucuresti dissolved 1949
All four Swiss clubs above still exist with unchanged names.
BSK Beograd still exists. Gradjanski HSK Zagreb and HASK Zagreb were both dissolved in 1945; afterwards Dinamo Zagreb were formed, who are now known as Croatia Zagreb and play in the Croatian league, just as Hajduk Split.
Sources: [Grü 92], [HeJ 91], [soc 3 15,16]
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