Mitropa Cup 1931
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| Mitropa Cup 1931 |
|---|
| Participating Nations |
 Austria |
 Hungary |
 Czechoslovakia |
 Italy |
| Number of clubs |
| 8 |
| Champions |
| First Vienna FC First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there... |
The 1931 season of the Mitropa Cup
Mitropa Cup
The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...
football
Football (soccer)
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club tournament was won by First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC
First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there...
in an all Austrian two-legged final against Wiener Athletiksport Club. This was the fifth edition of the tournament, and the third edition in which Italian clubs competed and Yugoslavian clubs did not compete.
The holders, SK Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
, were unable to defend the cup as two other clubs from Vienna were Austria's representatives.
The final, between the two Vienna
Vienna
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clubs, was played on November 8 and November 12, 1931 in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
und Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. First Vienna won both matches, the scores being 3-2 in Zurich and 2-1 in Vienna, and became the second Austrian club to win this tournament following Rapid's success the previous year, and the only team to win the Mitropa Cup unbeaten. Heinrich Hiltl
Henri Hiltl
Henri Hiltl was an Austrian, naturalized French footballer.-References:*...
from Wiener Athletiksport Club was top scorer in the tournament with seven goals. Walter Hanke of Wiener AC scored a goal in each leg of the final, whilst Franz Erdl of First Vienna scored both his team's goals in the second leg.
Quarterfinals
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Vienna FC First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there... |
7 - 0 | Bocskai SC, Debrecen |
3 - 0 | 4 - 0 |
| Slavia Prague |
2 - 3 | A.S. Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s... |
1 - 1 | 1 - 2 |
| Wiener Athletiksport Club |
6 - 4 | MTK Hungária FC MTK Hungária FC MTK Budapest FC or just MTK is a football club from Budapest, Hungary. The team plays in the second division of the Hungarian League. The club's colours are blue and white. As one of the most successful Hungarian football clubs, MTK has won the Hungarian League 23 times and the Hungarian Cup 12... |
5 - 1 | 1 - 3 |
| Juventus FC |
2 - 2 | Sparta Prague |
2 - 1 | 0 - 1 |
Playoff between Juventus FC and Sparta Prague resulted in a 3-2 victory for Sparta Prague
Semifinals
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Vienna FC First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there... |
6 - 3 | A.S. Roma A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s... |
3 - 2 | 3 - 1 |
| Sparta Prague |
6 - 6 | Wiener Athletiksport Club |
3 - 2 | 3 - 4 |
Playoff between Sparta Prague and Wiener AC played in Prague resulted in a 2-0 victory for Wiener AC
Finals
| Team #1 | Agg. | |Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Vienna FC First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there... |
5 - 3 | Wiener Athletiksport Club |
3 - 2 | 2 - 1 |