Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary)

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Challenge Cup
Founded1897
Abolished1911; 113 years ago (1911)
RegionAustro-Hungarian Empire
Last championsWiener Sport-Club (1911)
Most successful club(s)Wiener AC
(3 titles)

The Challenge Cup was an international competition for football clubs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that run from 1897 to 1911.

History

First Vienna FC, 1899 winners

It was invented in 1897 in Vienna by John Gramlick, who was one of the founders of Vienna Cricket and Football-Club. The competition was open for all clubs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but practically all the participating teams came from the three major cities Vienna, Budapest and Prague.[1] It was played in a knockout format.[2]

The trophy was to be kept by the first team to win it in three consecutive seasons. In 1903 the rule was changed and the trophy is now in the possession of its last winner Wiener Sport-Club. The Challenge Cup was ceased in 1911. Today it is seen as the predecessor to the Austrian Cup (first held in 1918) and the Mitropa Cup, established in 1927.[1]

Champions

List of finals

Season Country Champion Runner-up Result
1897–98 Austria Austria Vienna Cricket FC Austria Wiener FC 1898 7–0
1898–99 Austria Austria First Vienna FC Austria AC Viktoria Wien 4–1
1899–00 Austria Austria First Vienna FC Austria Vienna Cricket FC 2–0
1900–01 Austria Austria Wiener AC Bohemia SK Slavia Prague 1–0
1901–02 Austria Austria Vienna Cricket FC Hungary Budapesti TC 2–1
1902–03 Austria Austria Wiener AC Bohemia ČAFC Královské Vinohrady w/o
1903–04 Austria Austria Wiener AC Austria Vienna Cricket FC 7–0
1904–05 Austria Austria Wiener Sport-Club Hungary Magyar AC 2–1
1905–06
(Not held)
1906–07
(Not held)
1907–08
(Not held)
1908–09 Hungary Hungary Ferencvárosi Austria Wiener Sport-Club 2–1
1909–10
Not Held
1910–11 Austria Austria Wiener Sport-Club Hungary Ferencvárosi 3–0

Titles by club

Country Club Titles Winning season
Austria Austria Wiener AC
3
 1901, 1903, 1904
Austria Austria Vienna Cricket FC
2
 1898, 1902
Austria Austria Wiener Sport-Club
2
 1905, 1911
Austria Austria First Vienna FC
2
 1899, 1900
Hungary Hungary Ferencvárosi
1
 1909

Titles by country

Country Titles
Austria Austria
9
Hungary Hungary
1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b RSSSF: Austria/Habsburg Monarchy - Challenge Cup 1897-1911
  2. ^ IFFHS: Challenge Cup: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1897-1911)
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