1961 Mitropa Cup

1961 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
DatesJune 1961 – April 1962
Teams12
Final positions
Champions FC Bologna (3rd title)
Runners-up Slovan Nitra
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored110 (4.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)
(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]
Spartak Praha Stalingrad 1 – 2 Austria Vienna
Kratochvíl [2] Nemec
Riegler
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Iginio Rigato (Italy)
Sampdoria 1 – 1 FC Bologna
[2]
Spartak Praha Stalingrad 1 – 3 FC Bologna
Kaura [3] Gualtieri
Attendance: 6,000
Austria Vienna 5 – 2 Sampdoria
[3]
Sampdoria 0 – 1 Spartak Praha Stalingrad
[1] Kopsa 36'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
FC Bologna 2 – 1 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 3 0 1 2 9 17 −8 1
Source: [1]
SV Stickstoff 3 – 5 Torino
[2]
ČH Bratislava 2 – 4 Slovan Nitra
Dolinský 2'
Gajdoš
[2] Fojtik
Navrátil 32'
Pucher 57'
Hrnčár
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alojz Obtulovič (Czechoslovakia)
Slovan Nitra 5 – 1 Torino
Barát
Hrnčár
Pucher
Navrátil
Bachratý
[3] Gualtieri
ČH Bratislava 8 – 2 SV Stickstoff
Dolinský 6', 23', 80', 82'
Gáborík 9'
Buberník 12', 77'
Scherer 64'
[3] Wagner 52' (pen.)
Polster 64'
Referee: Righi (Italy)
SV Stickstoff 4 – 4 Slovan Nitra
Kohlhauser
Polster
[1] Hrnčár pen.'
Pucher
Attendance: 500
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
Torino 2 – 4 ČH Bratislava
Locatelli 19'
Mazzero 64'
[1] Dolinský 27', 48'
Scherer 30'
Lancioni 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:
LASK 2 – 2 Udinese
[3]
SONP Kladno 1 – 1 LASK
Hájek [1] Kozlicek
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Gambarotta (Italy)
Udinese 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) SONP Kladno
Andersson 117'
Pentrelli
[4] Němeček
Hájek

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

SONP Kladno 1 – 2 Bologna
Kadraba [5] Demarco 76'
Renna 85'
Stadion Františka Kloze, Kladno
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Horváth (Hungary)
Slovan Nitra 4 – 3 Udinese
Hrnčár
Pucher
Kisý
[5] Mortensen
Segato pen.'
Canella
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Baboucek (Austria)

Second leg

Bologna 1 – 0 SONP Kladno
Franzini 70' [6]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Steiber (Austria)

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

Udinese 1 – 1 Slovan Nitra
Canella 59' [7] Pucher 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 2–5 FC Bologna 2–2 0–3

First leg

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

Second leg

FC Bologna 3–0 Slovan Nitra
Demarco 21'
Pascutti 47'
Nielsen 59'
[9]
Attendance: 10,000

FC Bologna won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

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