The 1930 season of the
Mitropa Cup
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football
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club tournament was won by
Rapid Vienna in a two-legged final against
Sparta Prague. This was the fourth edition of the tournament.
The holders,
Újpesti FC, lost in the quarter final against the italian team
AS Ambrosiana.
The final was played on 2 and 12 November 1930 in
Prague and
Vienna. The finalists
Sparta Prague and
Rapid Wien had played against each other in the
1927 Mitropa Cup
The 1927 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Sparta Prague in a final against Rapid Wien. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament.
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''MTK won 8–2 o ...
final, with Sparta winning on aggregate 7–3. Rapid were playing in their third Mitropa Cup final in four years. Sparta lost at home 0–2, the first away victory in a Mitropa Cup final. Sparta's 3–2 away win, the second away victory in a Mitropa Cup final, meant that Rapid became the first Austrian club to win this tournament.
Giuseppe Meazza from AS Ambrosia was top scorer in the tournament with seven goals.
Josef Košťálek scored all three of Sparta Prague's goals in the final.
The semi-finals and both legs of the final were refereed by
Sophus Hansen
Sophus Peter Hansen (16 November 1889 – 19 February 1962) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player and referee. He won a silver medal with the Denmark national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also participated with the Danish team ...
of Denmark.
Quarterfinals
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a Match decided by play off.
Play-offs
Semifinals
Finals
1st leg
2nd leg
Top goalscorers
References
External links
Mitropa Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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1930–31
1930–31 in European football
1930–31 in Austrian football
1930–31 in Italian football
1930–31 in Czechoslovak football
1930–31 in Hungarian football