1931 Mitropa Cup

Mitropa Cup 1931
Participating Nations
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Number of clubs
8
Champions
First Vienna FC

The 1931 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by First Vienna FC in an all Austrian two-legged final against Wiener Athletiksport Club. This was the fifth edition of the tournament.

The holders, SK Rapid Wien, were unable to defend the cup as two other clubs from Vienna were Austria's representatives.

The final, between the two Vienna clubs, was played on 8 and 12 November 1931 in Zurich and Vienna. 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 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	7 - 0	Bocskai SC, Debrecen	3 - 0	4 - 0
Slavia Prague	2 - 3	A.S. Roma	1 - 1	1 - 2
Wiener Athletiksport Club	6 - 4	MTK Hungária FC	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	6 - 3	A.S. Roma	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	5 - 3	Wiener Athletiksport Club	3 - 2	2 - 1

1st leg

8 November 1931

WAC	2 – 3	Vienna
Hanke 2' Müller 22'		Tögel 30' Adelbrecht 63' Becher 87' (o.g.)

Hardturm (Zürich)

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Francesco Mattea (Italy)

WIENER ATHLETIKSPORT CLUB: GK Rudolf Hiden DF Johann Becher DF Karl Sesta MF Georg Braun MF Ernst Löwinger MF Rudolf Kubesch FW Franz Cisar FW Heinrich Müller FW Heinrich Hiltl FW Richard Hanke FW Karl Huber (c) Manager: Karl Geyer

FIRST VIENNA FC: GK Karl Horeschovsky DF Karl Rainer DF Josef Blum (c) MF Willibald Schmaus MF Leopold Hofmann MF Leonhard Machu FW Anton Brosenbauer FW Josef Adelbrecht FW Fritz Gschweidl FW Gustav Tögel FW Franz Erdl Manager: Ferdinand Frithum

2nd leg

12 November 1931

Vienna	2 – 1	WAC
Erdl 6', 41'		Hanke 65'

Hohe Warte (Wien)

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)

FIRST VIENNA FC: GK Karl Horeschovsky DF Karl Rainer DF Josef Blum (c) MF Willibald Schmaus MF Leopold Hofmann MF Leonhard Machu FW Anton Brosenbauer FW Josef Adelbrecht FW Fritz Gschweidl FW Gustav Tögel FW Franz Erdl Manager: Ferdinand Frithum

WIENER ATHLETIKSPORT CLUB: GK Rudolf Hiden DF Johann Becher DF Karl Sesta MF Georg Braun MF Ernst Löwinger MF Rudolf Kubesch FW Wilhelm Cutti FW Heinrich Müller FW Heinrich Hiltl FW Richard Hanke FW Karl Huber (c) Manager: Karl Geyer

External links

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