MITROPA CUP 1927 to 1992				THE MITROPA CUP
	1927	AC Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia
	1928	Ferencváros	Hungary		The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really
	1929	Újpest FC	Hungary		international major European football cups for club sides. After World War II in 1951 a replacement
	1930	SK Rapid Wien	Austria		tournament named Zentropa Cup was held to resume the rich tradition of this competition.
	1931	First Vienna FC	Austria		The first “international” competition for football clubs was founded in 1897 in Vienna.
	1932	Bologna F.C. 1909	Italy
	1933	FK Austria Wien	Austria		The “Challenge Cup” was invented by John Gramlick senior, a co-founder of the Vienna Cricket and
	1934	Bologna F.C. 1909	Italy		Football-Club. In this cup-competition all clubs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that normally would not
	1935	AC Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia		meet could take part, though actually almost only clubs from the Empire's three major cities Vienna,
	1936	FK Austria Wien	Austria		Budapest and Prague participated. The Challenge Cup was carried out until the year 1911 and is today
	1937	Ferencváros	Hungary		seen as the predecessor to the Mitropa Cup and consequently the European Cup & Champions League.
	1938	SK Slavia Praha	Czechoslovakia		Last winner of the cup was Vienna Sports Club, one of the oldest and most traditional football clubs of
	1939	Újpest FC	Hungary		Austria where the cup still remains.
	Tournament not played 1940-1950.
	1951 (1)	SK Rapid Wien	Austria		The idea of a European Cup competition was shaped after World War I which brought the defeat and
	1955	Vörös Lobogó	Hungary		collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The centre of this idea were the Central European countries
	1956	Vasas Budapest	Hungary		that, at this time, were still leading in continental Football. In the early 1920s they introduced - as first
	1957	Vasas Budapest	Hungary		continental nations - professional leagues. Austria started in 1924, followed by Hungary in 1925 and
	1958 (2)	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia		Czechoslovakia in 1926. In order to strengthen the dominance of these countries in European football and
	1959	Budapest Honvéd FC	Hungary		to financially support the professional clubs, the introduction of the Mitropacup was decided on a meeting
	1960 (3)	Hungary	Hungary		in Venice in July 17th, following the initiative of the head of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) Hugo
	1961	Bologna F.C. 1909	Italy		Meisl. Moreover, the creation of a European Cup for national teams - that unlike the Challenge Cup and
	1962	Vasas Budapest	Hungary		the Mitropa Cup would not be annual - was also part of the agreement. The first matches were played on
	1963	MTK Budapest	Hungary		August 14 of that year. The competition was between the top professional teams of Central Europe.
	1964	AC Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia
	1965	Vasas Budapest	Hungary		Initially two teams each from Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
	1966	AC Fiorentina	Italy		Slovenes entered, competing in a knock-out competition. The countries involved could either send their
	1967	Spartak Trnava	Czechoslovakia		respective league winners and runners-up, or league winners and cup winners to take part. The first
	1968	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia		winners were the Czech side, AC Sparta Prague. In 1929 Italian teams replaced the Yugoslavian ones.
	1969	Inter Bratislava	Czechoslovakia
	1970	Vasas Budapest	Hungary		The competition was expanded to four teams from each of the competing countries in 1934. Other
	1971	NK Čelik Zenica	Yugoslavia		countries were invited to participate - Switzerland in 1936, and Romania, Switzerland and Yugoslavia in
	1972	NK Čelik Zenica	Yugoslavia		1937. Austria was withdrawn from the competition following the Anschluss in 1938. Prior to WW II the
	1973	Tatabányai Bányász	Hungary		cup was competed for in 1939 with only eight teams (two each from Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Italy
	1974	Tatabányai Bányász	Hungary		and one each from Romania and Yugoslavia). The level of the competing nations is clearly shown by
	1975	Admira Wacker	Austria		Italy's two World Cup titles (1934 & 1938), Czechoslovakia's (1934) and Hungary's (1938) World Cup
	1976	Admira Wacker	Austria		final, and Austria's (1934) and Yugoslavia's (1930) semi-finals. Out of the eleven different teams
	1977	Vojvodina Novi Sad	Yugoslavia		competing in the first three World Cups, five were part of the Mitropa Cup.
	1978	FK Partizan	Yugoslavia
	Tournament not played 1979.				An edition in 1940 was started but abandoned due to World War II. Again, only eight teams competed -
	1980	Udinese Calcio	Italy		three each from Hungary and Yugoslavia and two from Romania. This edition was abandoned before the
	1981	Tatran Prešov	Czechoslovakia		final match. Hungarian Ferencváros and Romanian Rapid (which had won on lots after three draws)
	1982	AC Milan	Italy		qualified for the final, but did not meet because Hungary had invaded North-West Romania.
	1983	Vasas Budapest	Hungary
	1984	SC Eisenstadt	Austria		After WW II, the cup was resumed in 1951 initially as Zentropa Cup. Later editions, again under the
	1985	Iskra Bugojno	Yugoslavia		Mitropa Cup label, lost much of its status because of the introduction of other UEFA European club
	1986	SC Pisa	Italy		competitions and faced an ongoing decline. By the 1980s it was competed for between the second
	1987	Ascoli Calcio	Italy		division champions of the participating countries. It was last played for in 1992 and won by the Yugoslav
	1988	SC Pisa	Italy		side, Borac Banja Luka in front of under a thousand spectators.
	1989	FC Baník Ostrava	Czechoslovakia
	1990	A.S. Bari	Italy
	1991	Torino Calcio	Italy
	1992	Borac Banja Luka	Yugoslavia
	(1) Tournament played as "Zentropa Cup"
	(2) Tournament held as Donaupokal (Danube Cup)
	(3) Results of 6 clubs from 5 countries
	were added on a national basis