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{{infobox football tournament
| name = Cup of the Alps <br> (''Coppa delle Alpi''{{narrow no-break space}})
| imagesize = 
| image = 
| founded = 1960
| abolished = {{end date and age|1987}}
| organiser = 
| region = [[Western Europe]] ([[Switzerland]], [[Italy]], [[France]], [[Monaco]] and [[Germany]])
| number of teams = 16 (1960–1961)<br/>8 (1962–1968)<br/>12 (1968–1969)<br/>8 (1970–1981)<br/>10 (1982)<br/>8 (1983–1987)
| current champions = [[AJ Auxerre]]<br/>(2nd title)
| most successful club = [[Servette FC]]<br/>(4 titles)
| related comps = 
}}
'''''Coppa delle Alpi''''' (translated as '''Cup of the Alps''') was an official [[Association football|football]] tournament,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2018/champions-league-group-h-opponents-stats-and-facts.php | title=Group H opponents: Stats & Facts – Juventus }}</ref> first organized by the Italian national league as it started in 1960 and then they were aided by the Swiss League from 1962, for the reason that the majority of the Alps are in Switzerland [''this is an incorrect assertion as "the majority of the alps are" not in Switzerland but in Austria and Italy''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.alpconv.org/en/home/organisation/contracting-parties/ | title=The Alpine Convention: Contracting Parties }}</ref>]. This competition ran from 1960 until 1987.

In the 1960s and 1961 editions ranking was compiled by adding the points of the Italian and Swiss teams. The tournament was won by the Italian federation in both editions, and the teams that represented it was given a cup of reduced dimensions ([[A.S. Roma]], [[Catania Calcio]], [[Hellas Verona F.C.]], [[Catanzaro Calcio]], [[Triestina]], [[U.S. Città di Palermo]], [[Napoli Calcio]] and [[Alessandria Calcio]] in the 1960 and [[S.S. Lazio]], [[Fiorentina]], [[A.C. Monza Brianza 1912]], [[Pro Patria Calcio]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919]], [[Parma F.C.]], [[Lecco Calcio]] and [[Brescia Calcio]] in the 1961).

==Years==
* 1960-61: competition between league selections and Italian and Swiss teams.
* 1962-66: competition between {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian and {{flagicon|SUI}} Swiss teams.
* 1967-68: competition between {{flagicon|GER}} German, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian and {{flagicon|SUI}} Swiss teams.
* 1969-71: competition between {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian and {{flagicon|SUI}} Swiss teams.
* 1972-87: competition between {{flagicon|FRA}} French and {{flagicon|SUI}} Swiss teams.

==List of finals==
{{small div|
;Keys
* aet: won [[overtime (sports)|after extra time]]
* p: won after [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]
}}
[[File:1962 Cup of the Alps - Genoa CFC.jpg|thumb|Genoa celebrates the triumph in the 1962 edition]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Ed.
! Year
! width=200px| Champion
! Score
! width=200px| Runner-up
! Final host
! Ref.
|-
| 1 || 1960
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Serie A|Serie A selection]]'''{{refn|Selection consisting of player from teams as [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]], [[Calcio Catania|Catania]], [[U.S. Catanzaro 1929|Catanzaro]], [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Hellas Verona]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[Palermo F.C.|Palermo]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] and [[U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918|Triestina]].|group=n|name=serieaselec1}} 
| – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}}
| align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Swiss Super League|Swiss League selection]] 
| – {{refn|[[Round-robin tournament]].|group=n|name=rrob}} || 
|-
| 2|| 1961
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Serie A|Serie A selection]]'''{{refn|Selection consisting of player from teams as [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]], [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]], [[Calcio Lecco 1912|Lecco]], [[A.C. Monza|Monza]], [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]], [[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]] and [[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]].|group=n|name=serieaselec2}} 
| – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}}
| align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Swiss Super League|Swiss League selection]]
| – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}} ||
|-
| 3 || 1962 || align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]''' || 1–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[Grenoble Foot 38|Grenoble 1892]]||align="left"| [[Genoa]] ||
|-
| 4 || 1963|| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]''' || 3–2 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA }} [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]||align="left"|[[Genève]] ||
|-
| 5 || 1964 || align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]''' || 2–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA }} [[Calcio Catania|Catania]]||align="left"| [[Bern]] ||
|-
| – || 1965 || colspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#efefef |''(not held)''
|-
| 6 || [[1966 Cup of the Alps|1966]]|| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]''' || – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}} ||align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] || – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}}||
|-
| 7 || [[1967 Cup of the Alps|1967]]|| align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]''' || – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}} ||align="left"|{{flagicon|GER }} [[TSV 1860 München|TSV 1860]]|| – {{refn|group=n|name=rrob}}||
|-
| 8 || [[1968 Cup of the Alps|1968]]|| align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]''' || 3–1 {{aet}} ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Basel|Basel]] ||align="left"| [[Basel]] || <ref name="Schalke 2004-07-02">{{cite web | last = FC Schalke 04  | year = 2004 | url = http://www.100-schalker-jahre.de/stichtag_040702_alpenpokal.php | title = 02.07.2004: Vor 36 Jahren gewann Schalke den Alpenpokal | publisher = FC Schalke 04 | access-date = 2016-06-01}}</ref>
|-
| 9 || [[1969 Cup of the Alps|1969]]|| align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[FC Basel|Basel]]''' || 3–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA }} [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]||align="left"| Basel || <ref name=" bolognafc 1969">{{cite web | last = Bologna FC 1909 | year = 1969 | url = https://www.bolognafc.it/storico-stagione/1968-69 | title = Stagione: 1968-69 | publisher = bolognafc.it | access-date = 2016-11-16}}</ref>
|-
| 8 || [[1970 Cup of the Alps|1970]]|| align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[FC Basel|Basel]]''' || 3–2  ||align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]||align="left"| Basel || <ref name="Fiorentina 1970">{{cite web | last = AC Fiorentina | year = 1970 | url = http://www.fiorentinaweb.com/coppe.php?id3=969_CA | title = Coppa delle Alpi, annata 1969/1970 | publisher = fiorentinaweb.com | access-date = 2016-11-16}}</ref>
|-
| 9 || [[1971 Cup of the Alps|1971]]|| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[SS Lazio|Lazio]]''' || 3–1   ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[FC Basel|Basel]]||align="left"| Basel || <ref name="Lazio 1971">{{cite web | last = LazioWiki | year = 1971 | url = http://www.laziowiki.org/wiki/Venerd%C3%AC_25_giugno_1971_-_Basilea,_stadio_Saint_Jacob_-_Basilea-Lazio_1-3  | title = Venerdì 25 giugno 1971 – Basilea, stadio Saint Jacob – Basilea-Lazio 1-3 | publisher = laziowiki.org | access-date = 2016-11-16}}</ref>
|-
| 10 || 1972 || align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Nîmes Olympique]]''' || 7–2  ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]||align="left"| [[Nîmes]]|| <ref name="rsssf 1972 cup of the alps">{{cite web | first = Andrea | last = Veronese  | year = 1972 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpi72.html | title = Cup of the Alps 1972 | website = [[RSSSF]] | access-date = 2019-11-16}}</ref>
|-
| 11 || 1973|| align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Servette FC|Servette]] '''|| 1–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[Lausanne Sports|Lausanne]]||align="left"| Genève||
|-
| 12 || 1974|| align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]''' || 2–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[FC Basel|Basel]]||align="left"| Basel||
|-
| 13 || 1975 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Servette FC|Servette]]''' || 3–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[FC Basel|Basel]]||align="left"| Genève||
|-
| 14 || 1976 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Servette FC|Servette]]'''|| 2–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[Nîmes Olympique]]||align="left"| Genève||
|-
| 15 || 1977 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Stade Reims]]''' || 3–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]||align="left"| [[Reims]]||
|-
| 16 || 1978 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[Servette FC|Servette]]''' || 4–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[Lausanne Sports|Lausanne]]||align="left"| Genève||
|-
| 17 || 1979 || align="left"| {{flagicon|MON}} '''[[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]]''' || 3–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[FC Metz|Metz]]||align="left"| [[Metz]] ||
|-
| 18 || 1980  || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]''' || 3–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[Nîmes Olympique]] ||align="left"| [[Bordeaux]] ||
|-
| 19 || 1981 || align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[FC Basel|Basel]]''' || 2–2 {{pso|5–4}} ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux-Montbéliard]]||align="left"| Basel ||
|-
| 20 || 1982 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[FC Nantes Atlantique|Nantes Atlantique]]''' || 1–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[Neuchâtel Xamax]]||align="left"| [[Neuchâtel]] ||
|-
| 21 || 1983 || align="left"| {{flagicon|MON}} '''[[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]]'''  || 2–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA }} [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]||align="left"| [[Monaco]] ||
|-
| 22 || 1984 || align="left"| {{flagicon|MON}} '''[[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]]''' || 2–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper]]||align="left"| [[Zürich]] ||
|-
| 23 || 1985 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]''' || 1–0 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|MON }} [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]]||align="left"| [[Auxerre]] ||
|-
| – || 1986 || colspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#efefef |''(not held)''
|-
| 24 || 1987 || align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]''' || 3–1 ||align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI }} [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshopper]]||align="left"| Auxerre
|}
;Notes
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==Performance==

===By club===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! Club
! Winners
! Runners-up
! Winning years
! Runner-up Years
|-
| {{Flagicon|SWI}} [[Servette FC|Servette]]
|{{center|4}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|SWI}} [[FC Basel|Basel]]
|{{center|3}}
|{{center|4}}
| [[1969 Cup of the Alps|1969]], [[1970 Cup of the Alps|1970]], 1981
| [[1968 Cup of the Alps|1968]], 1971, 1974, 1975
|-
| {{Flagicon|MON}} [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]]
|{{center|3}}
|{{center|1}}
| 1979, 1983, 1984
| 1985
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|1}}
| 1985, 1987
| 1983
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1962, 1964
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Nîmes Olympique|Nîmes]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|2}}
| 1972
| 1976, 1980
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|1}}
| 1963
| 1966
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|1}}
| 1980
| 1972
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1966
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| [[1967 Cup of the Alps|1967]]
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| [[1968 Cup of the Alps|1968]]
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1971
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|SWI}} [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1974
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Reims]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1977
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Nantes Atlantique|Nantes]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|-}}
| 1982
| –
|-
| {{Flagicon|SWI}} [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne Sports]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|2}}
| –
| 1973, 1978
|-
| {{Flagicon|SWI}} [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|2}}
| –
| 1984, 1987
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Grenoble Foot 38|Grenoble]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1962
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1963
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Calcio Catania|Catania]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1964
|-
| {{Flagicon|GER}} [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| [[1967 Cup of the Alps|1967]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| [[1969 Cup of the Alps|1969]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1970
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1977
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Metz|Metz]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1979
|-
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1981
|-
| {{Flagicon|SWI}} [[Neuchâtel Xamax]]
|{{center|-}}
|{{center|1}}
| –
| 1982
|-
|}

A victory as a member of the Italian selection: [[A.S. Roma]], [[Catania Calcio]], [[Hellas Verona F.C.]], [[Catanzaro Calcio]], [[Triestina]], [[U.S. Città di Palermo]], [[Napoli Calcio]], [[Alessandria Calcio]], [[S.S. Lazio]], [[Fiorentina]], [[A.C. Monza Brianza 1912]], [[Pro Patria Calcio]], [[A.C. Reggiana 1919]], [[Parma F.C.]], [[Lecco Calcio]] [[Brescia Calcio]].

===By nation===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Nation
!scope="col"|Winners
!scope="col"|Runners-up
|-
!scope="row"|{{SUI}}
|align=center|8
|align=center|11
|-
!scope="row"|{{ITA}}
|align=center|7
|align=center|5
|-
!scope="row"|{{FRA}}
|align=center|6
|align=center|8
|-
!scope="row"|{{MON}}
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|-
!scope="row"|{{GER}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|-
|}

==Cup of the Alps for amateurs==
In 1998 the competition was restarted (using the same name) but with amateur teams from Italy, Switzerland, France (and Belgium in 2004 and 2005). Each year in Geneva there is an unofficial tournament with 8 teams each with 15 amateurs played for the first place.

===Dates===
* 1998: competition restart with amateur clubs between {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian, {{flagicon|FRA}} French and {{flagicon|SUI}} Swiss teams.
* 2004-05: a team from Belgium joined the competition.

== Sources and References ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alpencup.html Cup of the Alps] at [https://www.rsssf.org/ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation].
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