Mitropa Cup 1931

The Mitropapokal 1931 was the 5th edition of the international cup competition. The best teams from Austria , Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Italy took part. It was mostly the champions and cup winners of the respective countries. The participants played in a pure cup mode with two legs in the most important continental football competition in the period before the Second World War. In the event of a tie after two games, a playoff was played. All eight clubs started in the preliminary round or in the quarter-finals. The defending champion SK Rapid Wien was surprisingly unable to qualify for participation at national level.

The final took place within a week on November 8th and 12th, 1931 in Zurich and Vienna . As First Vienna FC and Vienna AC were two Austrian clubs that qualified for the final, the committee decided to have the first game played on neutral ground. Vienna won both in Zurich 3: 2 and in Vienna 2: 1 and was the only club in the history of the competition to receive the trophy unbeaten. The top scorer was Heinrich Hiltl from finalist WAC with seven goals.

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on June 27, July 7 and 12 and August 12, the second legs on July 5, 12 and 22 and on August 19, 1931.

	total		First leg	Return leg
First Vienna FC	7-0	Bocskay FC Debrecen	3-0	4-0
Slavia Prague	2: 3	AS Roma	1: 1	1: 2
Juventus Turin	2: 2	Sparta Prague	2: 1	0: 1
Hungária FC MTK Budapest	4: 6	Vienna AC	1: 5	3: 1

Playoff

The game took place on September 2, 1931.

	Result
Juventus Turin	2: 3	Sparta Prague

Semifinals

The first legs took place on September 10th and 20th, the second legs on September 17th and 24th, 1931.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Vienna AC	6: 6	Sparta Prague	2: 3	4: 3
AS Roma	3: 6	First Vienna FC	2: 3	1: 3

Playoff

The game took place on October 7, 1931.

	Result
Sparta Prague	0: 2	Vienna AC

final

First leg

Vienna AC		First Vienna FC
	November 8, 1931 in Zurich ( Hardturm ) Result: 2: 3 (2: 1) Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea ( Italy )
	Rudolf Hiden - Johann Becher , Karl Sesta - Rudolf Kubesch , Ernst Löwinger , Georg Braun - Franz Cisar , Heinrich Müller , Heinrich Hiltl , Walter Hanke , Karl Huber Trainer: Karl Geyer	Karl Horeschofsky - Karl Rainer , Josef Blum - Leonhard Machu , Willibald Schmaus , Leopold Hofmann - Anton Brosenbauer , Josef Adelbrecht , Friedrich Gschweidl , Gustav Tögel , Franz Erdl Trainers: Ferdinand Frithum
	1: 1 Walter Hanke (22nd) 2: 1 Heinrich Müller (30th)	0: 1 Gustav Tögel (2nd) 2: 2 Josef Adelbrecht (62nd) 2: 3 Johann Becher (88th, own goal)

Return leg

First Vienna FC		Vienna AC
	November 12, 1931 in Vienna ( Hohe Warte ) Result: 2: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina ( Italy )
	Karl Horeschofsky - Karl Rainer , Josef Blum - Leonhard Machu , Willibald Schmaus , Leopold Hofmann - Anton Brosenbauer , Josef Adelbrecht , Friedrich Gschweidl , Gustav Tögel , Franz Erdl Trainers: Ferdinand Frithum	Rudolf Hiden - Johann Becher , Karl Sesta - Rudolf Kubesch , Ernst Löwinger , Georg Braun - Wilhelm Morocutti , Heinrich Müller , Heinrich Hiltl , Walter Hanke , Karl Huber Trainer: Karl Geyer
	1-0 Franz Erdl (6th) 2-0 Franz Erdl (42nd)	2: 1 Walter Hanke (65th)

1. ↑ ^{a b} According to IFFHS Josef Hanke.

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Heinrich Hiltl	Vienna AC	7th
2	Walter Hanke	Vienna AC	5
3	Franz Erdl	First Vienna FC	4th
	Oldřich Nejedlý	Sparta Prague	4th
5	Leopold Marat	First Vienna FC	3
	Rodolfo people	AS Roma	3
	Friedrich Gschweidl	First Vienna FC	3
	Otto Haftl	Sparta Prague	3

Web links

• statistical details on the 1931 competition at www.iffhs.de