1956 Mitropa Cup

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1956 Mitropa Cup

Tournament details
Dates	24 June – 4 August 1956
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Vasas (1st title)
Runners-up	Rapid Wien
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	71 (4.44 per match)
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Mitropa Cup was the 16th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was won by Vasas who beat Rapid Wien 9–2 in a play-off match, after the two-legged final ended 4–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Matches played between 24 June and 1 July 1956.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	4–3	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	1–3
Wacker Wien	2–21	Partizan	1–1	1–1
Red Star	4–6	Vörös Lobogó	1–1	3–5
Vasas	4–2	ÚDA Praha	2–0	2–2

¹ Partizan beat Wacker Wien 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the Semi-finals.

First leg

24 June 1956

Red Star	1 – 1	Vörös Lobogó
Kostić 40'	Report	Sándor 35'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 50,000

24 June 1956

Vasas	2 – 0	ÚDA Praha
Csordás 82' Lenkei 84'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 50,000

30 June 1956

ÚDA Praha	2 – 2	Vasas
Masopust 33' Přáda 65'	Report	Csordás 13' Lenkei 51'

Československé armády-Strahov, Prague

Attendance: 45,000

1 July 1956

Vörös Lobogó	5 – 3	Red Star
Spajić 38' (o.g.) Hidegkuti 48' Szolnok 64' Palotás 66'	Report	Toplak 26' Kostić 44', ?'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 65,000

Semi-finals

Matches played between 7 and 14 July 1956.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	7–6	Vörös Lobogó	3–3	4–3
Partizan	2–6	Vasas	1–0	1–6

First leg

7 July 1956

Rapid Wien	3 – 3	Vörös Lobogó
Körner 12', 46' (pen.), 60'	Report	Hidegkuti 61', 73' Palotás 75'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 45,000

8 July 1956

Partizan	1 – 0	Vasas
Valok 20'	Report

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 40,000

14 July 1956

Vörös Lobogó	3 – 4	Rapid Wien
Szolnok 29' Palotás 48', 50'	Report	Hanappi 10', 17' Körner 20' Mehsarosch 83'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 80,000

14 July 1956

Vasas	6 – 1	Partizan
Szilágyi 3' Csordás 9', 78', 88' Bundzsák 38' Lenkei 83'	Report	Marković 31'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 80,000

Final

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	4–41	Vasas	3–3	1–1

¹ Vasas beat Rapid Wien 9–2 in a play-off to win the Mitropa Cup.

First leg

21 July 1956

Rapid Wien	3 – 3	Vasas
Körner 3', 14' Mehsarosch 19'	Report	Szilágyi 2' Bundzsák 47' Csordás 58'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 52,000

Second leg

28 July 1956

Vasas	1 – 1	Rapid Wien
Szilágyi 3'	Report	Bertalan 60'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 100,000

4 August 1956

Vasas	9 – 2	Rapid Wien
Csordás 21', 28' Raduly 43', 80' Szilágyi 47', 52', 56', 70' Teleki 88'	Report	Riegler 32', 85'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 100,000

• 1956–57 European Cup

External links

• 1956 Mitropa Cup at
  Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation