1953 Latin Cup

1953 Latin Cup

Copa Latina 1953
Tournament details
Host country	AC Milan
Third place	Sporting CP
Fourth place	Valencia CF
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	16 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Martins (4 goals)
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The 1953 Latin Cup (

by a score of 3–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification	Previous appearances
Stade de Reims	1952–53 French Division 1 champions	1949
AC Milan	1952–53 Serie A 3rd place[a]	1951
Sporting CP	1952–53 Primeira Divisão champions	1949, 1951, 1952
Valencia CF	1952–53 La Liga runners-up[b]	Debut

Venues

The host of the tournament was Portugal,^[1] and the four matches were played across two stadiums in two cities.

Oeiras	Oeiras Porto	Porto
Estádio Nacional do Jamor		Estádio das Antas
Capacity: 37,500		Capacity: 60,000

Tournament

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	4 June – Porto
	Stade de Reims	2
					7 June – Oeiras
	Valencia CF	1
					AC Milan	0
	AC Milan	4
	Sporting CP	3
				Third place match
					6 June – Oeiras
					Sporting CP	4
					Valencia CF	1

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Stade de Reims

AC Milan

GK Paul Sinibaldi DF Robert Jonquet DF Armand Penverne DF Roger Marche MF Simon Zimny MF Raymond Cicci FW Raymond Kopa FW Bram Appel FW Jean Templin FW Léon Glovacki FW Francis Méano Manager: Albert Batteux

GK Lorenzo Buffon DF Francesco Zagatti DF Arturo Silvestri MF Nils Liedholm MF Omero Tognon MF Celestino Celio MF Carlo Annovazzi MF Renzo Burini FW Gunnar Gren FW Amleto Frignani FW Gunnar Nordahl Manager: Mario Sperone

1953 Latin Cup Champions
Stade de Reims 1st title

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	João Martins	Sporting CP	4
2	Manuel Vasques		3
	Raymond Kopa	Stade de Reims
3	Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	2
4	Nils Liedholm		1
	Amleto Frignani
	Francis Méano	Stade de Reims
	Bram Appel
	Quiliano Gago	Valencia CF
	Manuel Badenes
Sources: [2][3][4][5]

Notes

References

1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. ^ "Stade de Reim 2–1 Valencia". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. ^ "Milan 4–3 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
4. ^ "Sporting 4–1 Valencia". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
5. ^ "Stade de Reims 3–0 Milan". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.

External links

• Latin Cup (Full Results) from RSSSF