1930 Mitropa Cup

The 1930 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Rapid Vienna in a two-legged final against Sparta Prague. This was the fourth edition of the tournament.

1930 Mitropa Cup

Tournament details
Dates	19 June – 12 November 1930
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Rapid Wien (1st title)
Runners-up	Sparta Prague
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Top scorer(s)	Giuseppe Meazza (7 goals)
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The holders, Újpesti FC, lost in the quarter-final against the Italian team AS Ambrosiana.

The final was played on 2 and 12 November 1930 in Prague and Vienna. The finalists Sparta Prague and Rapid Wien had played against each other in the 1927 Mitropa Cup final, with Sparta winning on aggregate 7–3. Rapid were playing in their third Mitropa Cup final in four years. Sparta lost at home 0–2, the first away victory in a Mitropa Cup final. Sparta's 3–2 away win, the second away victory in a Mitropa Cup final, meant that Rapid became the first Austrian club to win this tournament. Giuseppe Meazza from AS Ambrosia was top scorer in the tournament with seven goals. Josef Košťálek scored all three of Sparta Prague's goals in the final.

The semi-finals and both legs of the final were refereed by Sophus Hansen of Denmark.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	2–3	Ferencváros	2–2	0–1
Sparta Prague	5–3	First Vienna	2–1	3–2
Genova 1893	2–7	Rapid Wien	1–1	1–6
Újpest	6–6a	Ambrosiana Inter	2–4	4–2

• ^a Match decided by play off.

Play-offs

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Újpest	1–1	Ambrosiana Inter
Újpest	3–5	Ambrosiana Inter

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ambrosiana Inter	3–8	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–6
Rapid Wien	5–2	Ferencváros	5–1	0–1

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta Prague	3–4	Rapid Wien	0–2	3–2

1st leg

Sparta	0 – 2[1][2]	Rapid
		Luef 9' Wesely 57'

November 2, 1930

Stadion Letná (Praha)

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sophus Hansen (Denmark)

ATHLETIC CLUB SPARTA: GK Ladislav Bělík DF Jaroslav Burgr DF Antonín Hojer MF Jan Knobloch 'Madelon' MF Karel Pesek (c) MF Erich Srbek FW Adolf Patek FW Josef Košťálek FW Raymond Braine FW Josef Silný FW Karel Hejma Manager: John Dick

SPORTKLUB RAPID: GK Josef Bugala DF Roman Schramseis DF Leopold Czejka MF Karl Rappan MF Josef Smistik MF Johann Vana FW Willibald Kirbes FW Franz Weselik FW Matthias Kaburek FW Johann Luef FW Ferdinand Wesely (c) Manager: Edi Bauer

2nd leg

Rapid	2 – 3[1][2]	Sparta
Kaburek 7' Smistik 67'		Košťálek 25', 27', 87'

November 11, 1930

Hohe Warte (Wien)

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Sophus Hansen (Denmark)

SPORTKLUB RAPID: GK Josef Bugala DF Roman Schramseis DF Leopold Czejka MF Karl Rappan MF Josef Smistik MF Johann Vana FW Willibald Kirbes FW Franz Weselik FW Matthias Kaburek FW Johann Luef FW Ferdinand Wesely (c) Manager: Edi Bauer

ATHLETIC CLUB SPARTA: GK Ladislav Bělík DF Jaroslav Burgr DF Josef Čtyřoký MF Jan Knobloch 'Madelon' MF Karel Pesak (c) MF Erich Srbek FW Karel Podrazil FW Josef Košťálek FW Raymond Braine FW Josef Silný FW Karel Hejma Manager: John Dick

1930 Mitropa Cup Champions
Rapid Wien 1st Title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Giuseppe Meazza	AS Ambrosiana	7
2	Josef Košťálek	Sparta Prague	6
3	Raymond Braine	Sparta Prague	4
	Matthias Kaburek	Rapid Wien
	Ferdinand Wesely	Rapid Wien
	Stefan Auer	Újpest

References

1. "Line ups". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
2. "Line ups". iffhs.de. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

External links

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