1961 Mitropa Cup

1961 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates	June 1961 – April 1962
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	FC Bologna (3rd title)
Runners-up	Slovan Nitra
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	110 (4.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Milan Dolinský; Viliam Hrnčár [cs]; (7 goals each)
	← 1960 1962 →

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]

18 June 1961

Spartak Praha Stalingrad	1 – 2	Austria Vienna
Kratochvíl [cs]	^[2]	Nemec Riegler

Prague

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Iginio Rigato [it] (Italy)

18 June 1961

Sampdoria	1 – 1	FC Bologna
	^[2]

Genoa

25 June 1961

Spartak Praha Stalingrad	1 – 3	FC Bologna
Kaura [cs]	^[3]	Gualtieri

Prague

Attendance: 6,000

25 June 1961

Austria Vienna	5 – 2	Sampdoria
	^[3]

Vienna

2 July 1961

Sampdoria	0 – 1	Spartak Praha Stalingrad
	^[1]	Kopsa [cs] 36'

Genoa

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Fritz Seipelt [de] (Austria)

2 July 1961

FC Bologna	2 – 1	Austria Vienna
	^[1]

Bologna

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]

18 June 1961

SV Stickstoff [de]	3 – 5	Torino
	^[2]

Linz

18 June 1961

ČH Bratislava	2 – 4	Slovan Nitra
Dolinský 2' Gajdoš	^[2]	Fojtik [cs] Navrátil [cs] 32' Pucher [cs] 57' Hrnčár [cs]

Bratislava

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Alojz Obtulovič [cs] (Czechoslovakia)

25 June 1961

Slovan Nitra	5 – 1	Torino
Barát [cs] Hrnčár [cs] Pucher [cs] Navrátil [cs] Bachratý [cs]	^[3]	Gualtieri

Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

25 June 1961

ČH Bratislava	8 – 2	SV Stickstoff [de]
Dolinský 6', 23', 80', 82' Gáborík [cs] 9' Buberník 12', 77' Scherer 64'	^[3]	Wagner 52' (pen.) Polster 64'

Bratislava

Referee: Righi (Italy)

2 July 1961

SV Stickstoff [de]	4 – 4	Slovan Nitra
Kohlhauser Polster	^[1]	Hrnčár [cs] pen.' Pucher [cs]

Linz

Attendance: 500

Referee: Giuseppe Adami [hu] (Italy)

2 July 1961

Torino	2 – 4	ČH Bratislava
Locatelli [it] 19' Mazzero [it] 64'	^[1]	Dolinský 27', 48' Scherer 30' Lancioni [it] 58' (o.g.)

Stadio Filadelfia, Turin

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	Advance to Semi finals
3	LASK	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
4	Wiener Neustädt	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 June 1961

Wiener Neustädt	4 – 1	LASK
	^[2]

Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Vienna

25 June 1961

Wiener Neustädt	0 – 5	SONP Kladno
	^[3]	Kadraba Majer Šolc

Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Vienna

Attendance: 1,500

25 June 1961

LASK	2 – 2	Udinese
	^[3]

Linz

2 July 1961

Udinese	4 – 1	Wiener Neustädt

Stadio Moretti, Udine

2 July 1961

SONP Kladno	1 – 1	LASK
Hájek [cs]	^[1]	Kozlicek

Kladno

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Carlo Gambarotta [it] (Italy)

23 August 1961

Udinese	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	SONP Kladno
Andersson 117' Pentrelli	^[4]	Němeček [cs] Hájek [cs]

Stadio Moretti, Udine

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	1–3	Bologna	1–2	0–1
Slovan Nitra	5–4	Udinese	4–3	1–1

First leg

1 November 1961

SONP Kladno	1 – 2	Bologna
Kadraba	^[5]	Demarco 76' Renna [it] 85'

Stadion Františka Kloze, Kladno

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Horváth (Hungary)

1 November 1961

Slovan Nitra	4 – 3	Udinese
Hrnčár [cs] Pucher [cs] Kisý [cs]	^[5]	Mortensen Segato pen.' Canella

Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Baboucek (Austria)

Second leg

15 November 1961

Bologna	1 – 0	SONP Kladno
Franzini [it] 70'	^[6]

Bologna

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Steiber (Austria)

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

29 November 1961

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

Stadio Moretti, Udine

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	2–5	FC Bologna	2–2	0–3

First leg

14 March 1962

Slovan Nitra	2–2	FC Bologna
Bachratý [cs] 8' Hrnčár [cs] 76' (pen.)	^[8]	Nielsen 43' Perani 55' (pen.)

Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

4 April 1962

FC Bologna	3–0	Slovan Nitra
Demarco 21' Pascutti 47' Nielsen 59'	^[9]

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

Attendance: 10,000

FC Bologna won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "opět úspěchy čs. mužstev". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 3 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Neuspokojivá bilance čs.oddílů". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 19 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Úspěšná neděle čs. oddílů". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 26 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Udinese–SONP Kladno 3:2". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 24 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Fotbalisté o Středoevropský pohár". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 2 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Bologna–SONP Kladno 1:0". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 16 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Nitra ve finále SP!". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 30 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Nitra-Bologna 2:2". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 15 March 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
^ "Sn Nitra prohrál v odvetě 0:3". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 5 April 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

External links

"Mitropa Cup 1961". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp3jul-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "opět úspěchy čs. mužstev". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 3 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp19jun-2] "Neuspokojivá bilance čs.oddílů". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 19 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp26jun-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Úspěšná neděle čs. oddílů". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 26 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp24aug-4] "Udinese–SONP Kladno 3:2". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 24 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp2nov-5] "Fotbalisté o Středoevropský pohár". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 2 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp16nov-6] "Bologna–SONP Kladno 1:0". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 16 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp30nov-7] "Nitra ve finále SP!". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 30 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp15mar-8] "Nitra-Bologna 2:2". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. 15 March 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024.

[rp5apr-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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1961 Mitropa Cup

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

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