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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Mitropa Cup
| image                = Mitropa cup trophy.png
| imagesize            = 150px
| alt                  =
| caption              = The trophy awarded to champions
| organiser            = {{collapsible list|
* {{flagicon|AUT}} AFL
* {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Football Association of the Czech Republic|CFA]]
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Hungarian Football Federation|HFF]]
* {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Football Association of Yugoslavia|FAY]]
}}
| founded              = 1927
| abolished            = {{Start date and age|1992}}
| region               = [[Central Europe]]
| number of teams      = 4 (1992)
| qualifier for        = 
| related comps        = [[Latin Cup]]<br>[[Balkans Cup]]
| domestic cup         = 
| confed cup           = 
| current champions    = {{flagicon|YUG}} {{flagicon|BIH}} [[FK Borac Banja Luka|Borac Banja Luka]] (1992)
| most successful club = {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] <br>(6 titles)
| broadcasters         =
| motto                =
| website              =
| current              =
| American             =
}}

The '''Mitropa Cup''', officially called '''Coupe de l'Europe Centrale''', '''Mitteleuropäischer Pokal''' or '''Central European Cup''', was one of the first international major European [[association football|football]] cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former [[Austria-Hungary]]. After [[World War II]] in 1951 a replacement tournament named ''Zentropa Cup'' was held, but just for one season, the Mitropa Cup name was revived, and again in 1958 the name of the tournament changed to ''Danube Cup'' but only for one season. The tournament was discontinued after 1992.

The most successful club is [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] with six titles.

==History==
[[File:Mitropa Cup 1927–1940.svg|thumb|left|Nations which participated in the Mitropa Cup (1927–1940)]]

This
"International" competition for football clubs was founded in 1897 in [[Vienna]]. The [[Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary)|Challenge Cup]] was invented by [[John Gramlick|John Gramlick Sr.]], a co-founder of the [[Vienna Cricket and Football-Club]]. In this cup competition all clubs of the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]] that normally would not meet could take part, though actually almost only clubs from the Empire's three major cities [[Vienna]], [[Budapest]] and [[Prague]] participated. The Challenge Cup was carried out until the year 1911 and is today seen as the predecessor to the Mitropa Cup and consequently the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup and Champions League]]. The last winner of the cup was [[Wiener Sport-Club]], one of the oldest and most traditional football clubs of Austria where the cup still remains.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

The idea of a European cup competition was shaped after [[World War I]] which brought the defeat and collapse of the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. The centre of this idea were the [[Central Europe]]an countries that, at this time, were still leading in continental football. In the early 1920s they introduced professional leagues, the first continental countries to do so. [[Austria]] started in 1924, followed by [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1925 and [[Hungary]] in 1926. In order to strengthen the dominance of these countries in European football and to financially support the professional clubs, the introduction of the Mitropa Cup was decided at a meeting in Venice on 17 July, following the initiative of the head of the [[Austrian Football Association]] (ÖFB), [[Hugo Meisl]].<ref name=rsf>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mit.html | title = Mitropa Cup | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | last = Karel Stokkermans | date = 2 September 2015 | access-date = 13 September 2017 | archive-date = 16 June 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616004455/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mit.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.iffhs.de/?20e32b0ae63828ff2d17f92904d3300bf02c00fe2b10f83e17f7370eff3702bb1d20bb6a21e13c11e23b00e13c17f43c12 Mitropa Cup History – Ref: IFFHS.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034348/http://iffhs.de/?20e32b0ae63828ff2d17f92904d3300bf02c00fe2b10f83e17f7370eff3702bb1d20bb6a21e13c11e23b00e13c17f43c12 |date=4 March 2016 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/central-european-football-competition-was-forerunner-of-champions-league| title = Mitropa Cup History – Ref: Radio.cz| access-date = 12 August 2011| archive-date = 13 March 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140313195010/http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/central-european-football-competition-was-forerunner-of-champions-league| url-status = live}}</ref> Moreover, the creation of a European Cup for national teams – that unlike the Challenge Cup and the Mitropa Cup would not be annual – was also part of the agreement. The first matches were played on 14 August 1927. The competition was between the top professional teams of [[Central Europe]].
[[File:Bologna FC - 1961 Mitropa Cup - Renato Dall'Ara, Mirko Pavinato.jpg|thumb|The president and the captain of [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]], [[Renato Dall'Ara]] (left) and [[Mirko Pavinato]] (right), with the trophy of the 1961 season.]]

Initially two teams each from [[Austria]], [[Hungary]], [[Czechoslovakia]] and [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] entered, competing in a knock-out competition. The countries involved could either send their respective league winners and runners-up, or league winners and cup winners to take part. The first winners were the Czech side, [[AC Sparta Prague]]. In 1929 [[Italy|Italian]] teams replaced the Yugoslavian ones. The competition was expanded to four teams from each of the competing countries in 1934. Other countries were invited to participate – [[Switzerland]] in 1936, and [[Romania]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] in 1937. Austria was withdrawn from the competition following the [[Anschluss]] in 1938. In 1939, prior to the start of [[World War II]], the cup involved only eight teams (two each from Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Italy and one each from Romania and Yugoslavia). The level of the competing nations is clearly shown by Italy's two [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] titles ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] & [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]), Czechoslovakia's ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]) and Hungary's ([[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]) World Cup final, and Austria's ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]) and Yugoslavia's ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]) semi-finals. Out of the eleven different teams competing in the first three World Cups, five were part of the Mitropa Cup.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

A tournament was started in [[1940 Mitropa Cup|1940]], but abandoned before the final match due to [[World War II]]. Again, only eight teams competed, three each from Hungary and Yugoslavia and two from Romania. Hungarian [[Ferencváros]] and Romanian [[FC Rapid București|Rapid]] (which had won on lots after three draws) qualified for the final, but did not meet because the northern part of [[Transylvania]] (lost shortly after [[World War I]]) was ceded to Hungary from Romania.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

== Champions ==
===Finals===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" width="800px"
|-
! width=60px|Season
! width=170px|Country
! width=170px|Champions
! width=60px|Result
! width=170px|Runners-up
! width=170px|Country
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1927 Mitropa Cup|1927]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}} || rowspan=2|[[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] || align=center| 6–2  || rowspan=2| [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}}
|-
| align=center| 1–2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1928 Mitropa Cup|1928]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}} || rowspan=2|  [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] ||align=center| 7–1 || rowspan=2| [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}} 
|-
| align=center| 3–5
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1929 Mitropa Cup|1929]]|| rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}} || rowspan=2| [[Újpest FC|Újpest]] || align=center|5–1 ||rowspan=2| [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}}
|-
|align=center| 2–2
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1930 Mitropa Cup|1930]]|| rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}} || rowspan=2| [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] || align=center| 2–0 || rowspan=2| [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}}
|-
|align=center| 2–3
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1931 Mitropa Cup|1931]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}} || rowspan=2| [[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]] || align=center| 3–2|| rowspan=2| [[Wiener AC]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}}
|-
|align=center|2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|[[1932 Mitropa Cup|1932]] || {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}} || [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] || align=cente {{NA}} || colspan=2 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''None''{{refn|The final was scratched and [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] were awarded the cup after [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]] and [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] were both ejected from the competition.|group=note|name=ejected}}}} 
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1933 Mitropa Cup|1933]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}} ||rowspan=2| [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] || align=center| 1–2 || rowspan=2| [[Inter Milan|Ambrosiana-Inter]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
|-
|align=center| 3–1
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1934 Mitropa Cup|1934]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}} || rowspan=2| [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] || align=center| 2–3 || rowspan=2| [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wien]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}} 
|-
|align=center| 5–1
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1935 Mitropa Cup|1935]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}} || rowspan=2| [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] || align=center| 1–2 ||rowspan=2| [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}} 
|-
|align=center| 3–0
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1936 Mitropa Cup|1936]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|AUT}} || rowspan=2| [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] || align=center| 0–0 || rowspan=2| [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}}
|-
|align=center| 1–0 
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1937 Mitropa Cup|1937]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}} || rowspan=2| [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] || align=center| 4–2  || rowspan=2| [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}} 
|-
|align=center| 5–4
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1938 Mitropa Cup|1938]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}} || rowspan=2| [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]] || align=center| 2–2 || rowspan=2| [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}}
|-
|align=center| 2–0
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1939 Mitropa Cup|1939]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}} || rowspan=2| [[Újpest FC|Újpest]] || align=center|4–1 || rowspan=2| [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1920}}
|-
|align=center| 2–2
|-
| style="text-align:center"|[[1940 Mitropa Cup|1940]] || colspan=2 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''None''{{refn|The final between [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] and [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] was scheduled to take place in July 1940. However, due to the events of [[World War II]], it was cancelled.|group=note|name=cancelled}}}}||   align=center|[[1940 Mitropa Cup#Final|N/A]] || [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]<br>[[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]  || {{flagcountry|ROM}}<br>{{flagcountry|HUN}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1941–50 || colspan=5 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''Not held''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|[[1951 Zentropa Cup|1951]]{{refn|The 1951 edition of Mitropa Cup was unofficial and only for this tournament was named Zentropa Cup.|group=note|name=zentropacup}} || {{flagcountry|AUT}} || [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] || align=center|[[1951 Zentropa Cup#Final|3–2]] || [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wien]] || {{flagcountry|AUT}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1952–54 || colspan=5 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''Not held''}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1955 Mitropa Cup|1955]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN|1949}} || rowspan=2| [[MTK Budapest FC|Vörös Lobogó]] || align=center| 6–0 || rowspan=2| [[Dukla Prague|ÚDA Prague]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}}
|-
|align=center| 2–1
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|[[1956 Mitropa Cup|1956]] || rowspan=3| {{flagcountry|HUN|1949}} || rowspan=3| [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] ||align=center|3–3|| rowspan=3| [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] || rowspan=3| {{flagcountry|AUT}}
|-
|align=center|1–1
|-
|align=center|9–2
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1957 Mitropa Cup|1957]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN}} || rowspan=2| [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] ||align=center|4–0 ||rowspan=2| [[FK Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] ||rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|YUG}}
|-
|align=center| 1–2
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1958 Danube Cup|1958]]{{refn|The 1958 edition of Mitropa Cup was unofficial and only for this tournament was named Danube Cup.|group=note|name=danubecup}} || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|YUG}} || rowspan=2| [[Red Star Belgrade]] ||align=center| 4–1 ||rowspan=2| [[Rudá Hvězda Brno]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|TCH}}
|-
|align=center| 3–2
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1959 Mitropa Cup|1959]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN}} || rowspan=2| [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]] || align=center| 4–3 || rowspan=2| [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK]] || rowspan=2| {{flagcountry|HUN}}
|-
|align=center| 2–2
|-
| style="text-align:center"|[[1960 Mitropa Cup|1960]] || colspan=5 style=background:#efefef|{{center| ''{{flagcountry|HUN}}''{{refn|It was contested as a competition between countries and there was no elimination. The five competing countries each sent six teams each to the competition and their aggregate results counted toward their country's tally.|group=note|name=countries}}}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | [[1961 Mitropa Cup|1961]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Italy}} || rowspan=2| [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] || align=center| 2–2 || rowspan=2| [[FC Nitra|Slovan Nitra]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} 
|-
| align=center| 3–0
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| 1962 || rowspan=2 | {{flag|Hungary}} || rowspan=2 | [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] || align=center| 5–1 || rowspan=2 |[[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] || rowspan=2 |{{flag|Italy}}
|-
| align=center| 1–2
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| 1963|| rowspan=2| {{flag|Hungary}}|| rowspan=2| [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]] || align=center| 2–1 || rowspan=2|[[Vasas SC|Vasas]]|| rowspan=2|{{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| align=center| 1–1
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| [[1964 Mitropa Cup|1964]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || rowspan=2| [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] || align=center| 0–0 || rowspan=2| [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| align=center| 2–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1965 || {{flag|Hungary}} || [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] || align=center| 1–0 ||[[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] || {{flag|Italy}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1966|| {{flag|Italy}} || [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] || align=center|1–0 || [[TTS Trenčín|Jednota Trenčín]] ||{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| [[1966–67 Mitropa Cup|1966–67]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}|| rowspan=2| [[FC Spartak Trnava|Spartak Trnava]] || align=center| 2–3 || rowspan=2| [[Újpest FC|Újpesti Dózsa]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| align=center| 3–1
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| [[1967–68 Mitropa Cup|1967–68]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}|| rowspan=2|  [[Red Star Belgrade]] || align=center| 0–1|| rowspan=2| [[FC Spartak Trnava|Spartak Trnava]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| align=center| 4–1
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" |[[1968–69 Mitropa Cup|1968–69]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || rowspan=2| [[Inter Bratislava]] || align=center| 4–1 || rowspan=2| [[FK Teplice|Sklo Union Teplice]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| align=center| 0–0
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|[[1969–70 Mitropa Cup|1969–70]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Hungary}} || rowspan=2| [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] || align=center|1–2 || rowspan=2| [[Inter Bratislava]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| align=center| 4–1
|-
|style="text-align:center"| [[1970–71 Mitropa Cup|1970–71]] || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]] || align=center| 3–1 || [[SV Austria Salzburg|Austria Salzburg]] || {{flag|Austria}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|1971–72 || rowspan=2| {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || rowspan=2| [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]] || align=center|0–0 || rowspan=2|[[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] ||  rowspan=2| {{flag|Italy}}
|-
| align=center| 1–0
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|1972–73 || rowspan=2| {{flag|Hungary}} || rowspan=2| [[FC Tatabánya|Tatabányai Bányász]] || align=center|2–1 ||rowspan=2| [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|-
| align=center| 2–1
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| 1973–74 || rowspan=2|{{flag|Hungary}} || rowspan=2|[[FC Tatabánya|Tatabányai Bányász]] || align=center| 3–2 || rowspan=2| [[MŠK Žilina|ZVL Zilina]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| align=center| 2–0
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|1974–75|| rowspan=2| {{flag|Austria}} ||rowspan=2| [[FC Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]] || align=center|3–1 || rowspan=2| [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| align=center| 2–1
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1975–76  || rowspan=2| {{flag|Austria}} ||rowspan=2| [[FC Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]] || align=center| 3–1 || rowspan=2| [[FK Velež Mostar|Velež Mostar]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|-
| align=center| 3–1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1976–77 || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || [[FK Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] || align=center| [[Round-robin tournament|RR]] ||[[Vasas SC|Vasas]] || {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1977–78 || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] || align=center| 1–0 || [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Honvéd]] || {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" |1978–79 || colspan=5 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''Not played''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1979–80 || {{flag|Italy}} || [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] || align=center| [[Round-robin tournament|RR]] || [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]] || {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1980–81|| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || [[Tatran Prešov]] || align=center| [[Round-robin tournament|RR]] || [[Csepel SC]] || {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
|style="text-align:center" | 1981–82 || {{flag|Italy}}|| [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] || align=center|[[Round-robin tournament|RR]] || [[MFK Vítkovice|TJ Vítkovice]] || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1982–83 || {{flag|Hungary}} || [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] || align=center|[[Round-robin tournament|RR]] || [[MŠK Žilina|ZVL Zilina]] || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1983–84 || {{flag|Austria}} || [[SC Eisenstadt]] || align=center|[[Round-robin tournament|RR]] || [[FC Prishtina|Prishtina]] || {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1984–85 || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || [[NK Iskra|Iskra Bugojno]] || align=center|[[Round-robin tournament|RR]] || [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] || {{flag|Italy}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1985–86 || {{flag|Italy}} || [[Pisa S.C.|Pisa]] || align=center| 2–0 || [[Debreceni VSC|Debrecen]] || {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1986–87 || {{flag|Italy}} || [[Ascoli Calcio|Ascoli]] || align=center|1–0 || [[Bohemians 1905|Bohemians Prague]] || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1987–88 || {{flag|Italy}} || [[Pisa S.C.|Pisa]] || align=center| 3–0 || [[Dunakanyar-Vác FC|Váci Izzó]] || {{flag|Hungary}}
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| 1988  || rowspan=2| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || rowspan=2| [[FC Baník Ostrava|Baník Ostrava]] || align=center| 2–1 || rowspan=2| [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] || rowspan=2| {{flag|Italy}}
|-
| align=center| 2–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1990 || {{flag|Italy}}|| [[S.S.C. Bari|Bari]] || align=center| 1–0 || [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] || {{flag|Italy}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| 1991 || {{flag|Italy}} || [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] || align=center| 2–1 <br>([[overtime (sports)|a.e.t]]) || [[Pisa S.C.|Pisa]] || {{flag|Italy}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"| [[1992 Mitropa Cup|1992]] || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || [[Borac Banja Luka]] || align=center| 1–1 ([[overtime (sports)|a.e.t]]) <br> 5–3 ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]]) || [[Budapesti VSC|BVSC]] || {{flag|Hungary}}
|}

;Notes
{{Reflist|group=note}}

== Performances ==
'''Note''': The [[1960 Mitropa Cup|1960]] edition is not included in the list because it was won by a nation rather than club.

=== By club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! width=180px|Club
! width=60px|Winners
! width=60px|Runner-up
! width=170px|Winning seasons
! width=170px|Runners-up seasons
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]] || {{center|'''6'''}} || {{center|2}} || 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983 || 1963, 1977
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] || {{center|'''3'''}} || {{center|2}} || [[1932 Mitropa Cup|1932]], [[1934 Mitropa Cup|1934]], [[1961 Mitropa Cup|1961]] || 1962, 1988
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] || {{center|'''3'''}} || {{center|2}} || [[1927 Mitropa Cup|1927]], [[1935 Mitropa Cup|1935]], [[1964 Mitropa Cup|1964]] || [[1930 Mitropa Cup|1930]], [[1936 Mitropa Cup|1936]]
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|4}} || [[1928 Mitropa Cup|1928]], [[1937 Mitropa Cup|1937]] || [[1935 Mitropa Cup|1935]], [[1938 Mitropa Cup|1938]], [[1939 Mitropa Cup|1939]], [[1940 Mitropa Cup|1940]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|3}} || [[1930 Mitropa Cup|1930]], 1951 || 1927, 1928, 1956
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[NK Čelik Zenica|Čelik Zenica]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|2}} || 1971, 1972 || 1973, 1980
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]] 
 || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|1}} || 1955, 1963 || 1959
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Újpest FC|Újpest]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|1}} || [[Mitropa Cup 1929|1929]], [[1939 Mitropa Cup|1939]] || 1967
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pisa S.C.|Pisa]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|1}} || 1986, 1987–88 || 1991
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Red Star Belgrade]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1958, [[1967–68 Mitropa Cup|1968]] || –
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|–}} || [[1933 Mitropa Cup|1933]], [[1936 Mitropa Cup|1936]] || –
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[FC Wacker Innsbruck|Wacker Innsbruck]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1975, 1976 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[FC Tatabánya|Tatabányai Bányász]] || {{center|'''2'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1973, 1974 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|2}} || 1959 || 1975, 1978
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|2}} || 1966 || 1965, 1972
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[FC Spartak Trnava|Spartak Trnava]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|1}} || [[1966–67 Mitropa Cup|1967]] || [[1967–68 Mitropa Cup|1968]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Inter Bratislava]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|1}} || 1969 || 1970
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|1}} || [[1938 Mitropa Cup|1938]] || [[1929 Mitropa Cup|1929]]
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[FK Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|1}} || 1977 || 1957
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Borac Banja Luka]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1992 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[NK Iskra|Iskra Bugojno]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1985 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1978 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1982 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1991 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1980 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ascoli Calcio|Ascoli]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1987 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S.C. Bari|Bari]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1990 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[SC Eisenstadt]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1984 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || [[1931 Mitropa Cup|1931]] || –
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[FC Baník Ostrava|Baník Ostrava]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1988 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[1. FC Tatran Prešov|Tatran Prešov]] || {{center|'''1'''}} || {{center|–}} || 1981 || –
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[MŠK Žilina|ZVL Zilina]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|2}} || – || 1974, 1983
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|SK Admira Wien]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|2}} || – || [[1934 Mitropa Cup|1934]], 1951
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Wiener AC]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1931 Mitropa Cup|1931]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[SV Austria Salzburg|Austria Salzburg]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1971
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Ambrosiana Inter]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1933 Mitropa Cup|1933]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1937 Mitropa Cup|1937]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1985
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1990
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Dukla Prague|ÚDA Prague]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1955 Mitropa Cup|1955]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[FC Nitra|Slovan Nitra]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1961 Mitropa Cup|1961]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1964 Mitropa Cup|1964]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[TTS Trenčín|Jednota Trenčín]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1966
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[FK Teplice|Sklo Union Teplice]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1969
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[MFK Vítkovice|TJ Vítkovice]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1982
|-
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Bohemians 1905|Bohemians Prague]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1987
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[FK Velež Mostar|Velež Mostar]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1976
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[FC Prishtina|Prishtina]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1984
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Csepel SC]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1981
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Debreceni VSC|Debreceni MVSC]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1986
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Dunakanyar-Vác FC|Váci Izzó]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1987–88
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapesti VSC|BVSC]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || 1992
|-
| {{flagicon|ROU}} [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] || {{center|–}} || {{center|1}} || – || [[1940 Mitropa Cup|1940]]
|}

=== Titles by country ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" width="240px"
|-
! width=180px|Country
! width=60px|Titles
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}} || align=center| 16
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} || align=center| 11
|-
| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
| {{flag|Yugoslavia}}
|-
| {{flag|Austria}} || align=center| 7
|-
|}

== Top scorers (1927–1940) ==
=== By year ===
<ref>{{cite web|title=ARFTS – Mitropa Cup 1927–1940 Statistics|url=http://arfts.com/texts/posts/mitropacup.php|access-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222050/http://arfts.com/texts/posts/mitropacup.php|archive-date=18 November 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=60px|Year
! width=180px|Player
! width=60px|Goals
! width=60px|Played
! width=60px|Average
|-
|1927||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Josef Silný]] || 5 || 6 || 0.83
|-
|1928||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Takács|Jozsef Takács II]] || 10 || 6 || 1.66
|-
|1929||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[István Avar]] || 10 || 7 || 1.42
|-
|1930||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Meazza]] || 7 || 6 || 1.16
|-
|1931||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Heinrich Hiltl]] || 7 || 7 || 1.00
|-
|1932||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Renato Cesarini]] || 5 || 4 || 1.25
|-
|rowspan="4"|1933||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Raimundo Orsi]] ||rowspan="4"| 5 || 4 || 1.25
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[František Kloz]] || 4 || 1.25
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Meazza]] || 6 || 0.83
|-
|style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Matthias Sindelar]]|| 6 || 0.83
|-
|1934||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Reguzzoni]] || 10 || 8 || 1.28
|-
|1935||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Sárosi]] || 9 || 8 || 1.12
|-
|1936||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Meazza]] (3) || 10 || 6 || 1.66
|-
|1937||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Sárosi]] || 12 || 9 || 1.33
|-
|1938||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Josef Bican]] || 10 || 8 || 1.25
|-
|1939||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gyula Zsengellér]] || 9 || 6 || 1.50
|-
|1940||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Sárosi]] (3) || 6 || 2 || 3.00
|}

=== All-time top scorers (1927–1940) === 
<ref>{{cite web|title=ARFTS – Mitropa Cup 1927-1940 Statistics|url=http://arfts.com/texts/posts/mitropacup.php|access-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222050/http://arfts.com/texts/posts/mitropacup.php|archive-date=18 November 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=60px|Rank
! width=180px|Player
! width=60px|Goals
! width=60px|Played
! width=60px|Average
|-
|1||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Sárosi]] || 50 || 42 || 1.19
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Meazza]] || 29 || 27 || 1.07
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gyula Zsengellér]] || 24 || 19 || 1.26
|-
|4||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Matthias Sindelar]] || 24 || 31 || 0.77
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|HUN}} [[István Avar]] || 19 || 24 || 0.79
|}

== Top scorers (1951–1992) ==
=== By season ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
!1951
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Erich Probst]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| 5
|-
! rowspan=2 valign="middle" |1955
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[János Molnár]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vörös Lobogó]]
| 9
|-
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Nándor Hidegkuti]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vörös Lobogó]]
| 9
|-
!1956
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Lajos Csordás]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]]
| 8
|-
! rowspan=2 valign="middle" |1957
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Johann Riegler]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| 5
|-
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Dezső Bundzsák]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]]
| 5
|-
!1959
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Lajos Tichy]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]]
| 9
|-
!1960
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Sulejman Rebac]]
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Velez Mostar]]
| 4
|-
! rowspan=2 valign="middle" |1961
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Milan Dolinský]]
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[FK Inter Bratislava|Red Star Bratislava]]
| 7
|-
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Viliam Hrnčár]]
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Slovan Nitra]]
| 7
|-
!1962
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Harald Nielsen]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
| 11
|-
!1963
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferenc Machos]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]]
| 7
|-
!1964
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Václav Mašek]]
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]
| 7
|-
!1965
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Lajos Puskás]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]]
| 3
|-
!1966
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Friedrich Rafreider]]
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Wiener Sport-Club]]
| 5
|-
!1966–67
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Antal Dunai]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Újpest Football Club|Újpest]]
| 9
|-
!1967–68
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Vojin Lazarević]]
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Red Star Belgrade]]
| 5
|-
!1968–69
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Pavel Stratil]]
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[FK Teplice|Sklo Union Teplice]]
| 7
|-
!1969–70
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[János Farkas]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]]
| 6
|-
!1970–71
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Alojz Renić]]
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Čelik Zenica]]
| 5
|-
!1971–72
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luciano Chiarugi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| 5
|-
!1972–73
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Alojz Renić]] (2)
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Čelik Zenica]]
| 4
|-
!1973–74
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Mihai Kyomyuves]] 
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[FC Tatabánya]]
| 6
|-
!1974–75
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Jaroslav Melichar]]
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[FK Teplice|Sklo Union Teplice]]
| 3
|-
!1975–76
|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kurt Welzl]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[FC Wacker Innsbruck]]
| 6
|-
!1976–77
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} {{ill|István Kovács (footballer, born 1953)|lt=István Kovács|hu|Kovács István (labdarúgó, 1953)}}
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Vasas SC|Vasas]]
| 4
|-
!1977–78
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Momčilo Vukotić]]
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Partizan Belgrade|Partizan]]
| 3
|-
!1979–80
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Nerio Ulivieri]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
| 4
|-
!1980–81
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[László Lazsányi]]
|{{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Csepel SC]]
| 3
|-
!1981–82
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Jiří Šourek]]
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[MFK Vítkovice|Vítkovice]]
| 3
|}

== Mitropa Super Cup ==
Additionally, a "Mitropa Super Cup" was contested in 1989 between the winners of 1988 and 1989.<ref name=rsf/> Ostrava won the first leg 3–0 on 12 April 1989.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 April 1989|title=Ostrava-Pisa 3:0|page=8|url=https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1989/4/13/8.png|work=[[Rudé právo]]|location = Prague|language=cs|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width=60px|Year
! width=150px|Champion
! width=60px|Result 
! width=150px|Runner-up
|-
| rowspan=2| 1989 || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[FC Baník Ostrava|Baník Ostrava]] ||  3–0 || rowspan=2|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pisa S.C.|Pisa]]
|-
| 1–3 <br> <small>{{aet}}</small>
|}

== See also ==
*[[Latin Cup]]
*[[Balkans Cup]]

==Notes==
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