Mitropapokal 1927

The Mitropapokal 1927 was the 1st edition of the international cup competition, the most important continental soccer competition in the period before the Second World War. The best teams from Austria , Hungary , Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia took part. It was mostly the champions and cup winners of the respective countries. The participants played in pure cup mode with home and return matches. In the event of a tie after two games, a playoff would have been scheduled. All eight clubs started in the preliminary round or in the quarter-finals.

The finals took place within two weeks on October 30 and November 13, 1927 in Prague and Vienna. In the first final in the history of the Mitropacup, the Austrian cup winner SK Rapid Wien and the Czechoslovakian champion Sparta Prague faced each other - this final was to be repeated in 1930. At home, Sparta was able to win the final first leg 6: 2 and after a defeat 1: 2 in front of 40,000 spectators against Rapid Vienna, they were the first Mitropacup winner. The top scorer was Josef Silný of the winning team Sparta Prague with five goals.

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on August 14th and two second legs on August 21st and 28th, 1927.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SK Rapid Vienna	9: 1	Hajduk Split	8: 1	1-0
Sparta Prague	8: 6	SK Admira Vienna	5: 1	3: 5
Beogradski SK	2: 8	Hungária FC MTK Budapest	2: 4	0: 4
Slavia Prague	6: 2	Újpest FC	*4: 0 *	2: 2

^* The first leg took place on August 21, 1927.

Semifinals

The first legs took place on September 4 and 28, the second legs on October 2, 1927.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hungária FC MTK Budapest	(1)2: 2 (1)	Sparta Prague	2: 2	0-0
Slavia Prague	3: 4	SK Rapid Vienna	2: 2	1: 2

¹ Despite a tie after the two games between Sparta and Hungária, a play-off was skipped and the Prague team were awarded the overall victory because the Budapesters had used a player without authorization.

final

First leg

Sparta Prague		SK Rapid Vienna
	October 30, 1927 in Prague ( Letná Stadium ) Result: 6: 2 (3: 2) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Raphael Van Praag ( Belgium )
	František Hochman - Jaroslav Burgr , Antonín Perner - František Kolenatý , Karel Pešek , Ferdinand Hajný - Adolf Patek , Josef Šíma , Josef Myclík , Josef Silný , Josef Horejs Trainer: John Dick ( Scotland )	Walter Feigl - Otto Jellinek , Leopold Czejka - Josef Madlmayer , Josef Smistik , Leopold Nitsch - Karl Wondrak , Franz Weselik , Richard Kuthan , Johann Horvath , Ferdinand Wesely Trainer: Edi Bauer
	1: 0 Karel Pešek-Káďa (1st) 2: 0 Josef Šíma (14th) 3: 1 Josef Silný (33rd) 4: 2 Adolf Patek (62nd) 5: 2 Josef Silný (76th) 6: 2 Adolf Patek (78th)	2: 1 Franz Weselik (15th) 3: 2 Ferdinand Wesely (34th, penalty)

Return leg

SK Rapid Vienna		Sparta Prague
	November 13, 1927 in Vienna ( Hohe Warte ) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Willem Eymers ( Netherlands )
	Walter Feigl - Roman Schramseis , Leopold Nitsch - Johann Richter , Josef Smistik , Josef Madlmayer - Karl Bauer , Johann Horvath , Franz Weselik , Johann Luef , Ferdinand Wesely Trainer: Edi Bauer	František Hochman - Jaroslav Burgr , Antonín Perner - František Kolenatý , Karel Pešek , Ferdinand Hajný - Adolf Patek , Josef Šíma , Josef Myclík , Josef Silný , Josef Horejs Trainer: John Dick ( Scotland )
	1: 0 Franz Weselik (5th) 2: 0 Johann Luef (55th)	2: 1 Josef Silný (82nd)
		Expulsion: Antonín Perner (62.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Josef Silný	Sparta Prague	5
2	Johann Hoffmann	SK Rapid Vienna	4th
	Antonín Puč	Slavia Prague	4th
	Evžen Veselý	Sparta Prague	4th
	Ferdinand Wesely	SK Rapid Vienna	4th
6th	Johann Luef	SK Rapid Vienna	3
	Adolf Patek	Sparta Prague	3

Web links

• Details on the 1927 competition at www.rsssf.com