European Cup of the National Football Teams 1948 to 1953

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The fifth edition of the European National Football Team Cup took place from April 1948 to December 1953, so it spanned more than five and a half years. The national teams of Austria , Italy , Switzerland , Hungary and Czechoslovakia took part. After eight rounds, Hungary was the winner.

Game results and table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary  8th  5  1  2 027:170 +10 11
 2. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  8th  4th  1  3 018:120  +6 09
 3. AustriaAustria Austria  8th  4th  1  3 015:190  −4 09
 4th ItalyItaly Italy  8th  3  2  3 010: 900  +1 08th
 5. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  8th  0  3  5 012:250 −13 03
April 21, 1948 in Budapest
Hungary - Switzerland 7: 4
May 2, 1948 in Vienna
Austria - Hungary 3: 2
May 23, 1948 in Budapest
Hungary - Czechoslovakia 2: 1
October 10, 1948 in Basel
Switzerland - Czechoslovakia 1: 1
October 31, 1948 in Bratislava
Czechoslovakia - Austria 3: 1
April 3, 1949 in Lausanne
Switzerland - Austria 1: 2
April 10, 1949 in Prague
Czechoslovakia - Hungary 5: 2
May 8, 1949 in Budapest
Hungary - Austria 6: 1
May 22, 1949 in Florence
Italy - Austria 3: 1
June 12, 1949 in Budapest
Hungary - Italy 1: 1
September 25, 1949 in Vienna
Austria - Czechoslovakia 3: 1
March 19, 1950 in Vienna
Austria - Switzerland 3: 3
April 2, 1950 in Vienna
Austria - Italy 1-0
November 25, 1951 in Lugano
Switzerland - Italy 1: 1
September 20, 1952 in Bern
Switzerland - Hungary 2: 4
December 28, 1952 in Palermo
Italy - Switzerland 2-0
April 26, 1953 in Prague
Czechoslovakia - Italy 2-0
May 17, 1953 in Rome
Italy - Hungary 0: 3
September 20, 1953 in Prague
Czechoslovakia - Switzerland 5-0
December 13, 1953 in Florence
Italy - Czechoslovakia 3-0

Winning team

Sándor Balogh , János Börzsei , József Bozsik , László Budai , Jenő Buzánszky , Zoltán Czibor , Ferenc Deak , Béla Egresi , Sándor Gõcze , Gyula Grosics , Géza Henni , Nándor Hidegkuti , József Károlyi , Mihály Kispéter , Sándor Kocsis , József Kónya , Imre Kovács I , Károly Lakat , Mihály Lantos , Gyula Lóránt , György Marik , István Nagy II , Mihály Nagymarosi , Péter Palotás , Ferenc Puskas , Ferenc Rudas , Károly Sándor , Gyula Szilágyi , Sándor Szucs , Ferenc Szusza , Arpad Táganyi , Matyas Toth , Jozsef Turai , József Zakariás

Best goal scorers

player country Gates
Ferenc Puskás Hungary 10
Ferenc Deák Hungary 7th
Ota Hemele Czechoslovakia 4th
Emil Pažický Czechoslovakia