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French Football Federation>FFF{{flagiconItalian Football Federation>FIGC {{flagiconPortuguese Football Federation>FPF {{flagicon1945}} FEF| logo = | founded = 1949Languages of Europe#Romance>Southwest Europe| qualifier for =| domestic cup =| confed cup =| number of teams = 4| related comps = Mitropa CupBalkans CupESPReal Madrid CF>Real Madrid(2nd title) (1957)ESPFC Barcelona>Barcelona{{flagiconA.C. Milan>Milan{{nowrapESPReal Madrid CF>Real Madrid(2 titles each)}}}}The Latin Cup(; ; or Copa Latina; ) was an international football tournament for club sides from the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In 1949, the football federations came together and requested FIFA launch the competition. European clubs could not afford hefty travel costs, so competition was staged at the end of every season in a single host country. The competition featured two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final.La curiosa aventura de la Copa Latina by Alfredo Relaño on El País, 25 September 2016This competition is considered a predecessor of European club tournaments, namely the European Cup,Goals, not coal, for Kopa on UEFA website, 4 February 2011 the first edition of which was held in 1955.

History

The tournament began in 1949 and was usually played between the league champions of each participating country. Every four years, the countries’ ranking would be determined based on their sides’ performances in the Latin Cup. The competition was last played in 1957, two years after the introduction of the UEFA-sanctioned European Cup. Real Madrid played and won the European Cup and Latin Cup in 1957.Prior to the introduction of the European Cup, the Latin Cup was considered the most important cup for clubs in Europe, the longer-established Mitropa Cup having gone into decline after World War II. The Latin Cup has been described one of the forerunners “of the European Cup” by UEFA.According to Jules Rimet, 3rd President of FIFA, the Latin Cup was a competition created by FIFA at the request of the four nations that contested it, but its regulation was made by a committee composed of members from the competing federations, and FIFA did not participate actively in its organisation.NEWS, Rimet, Pierre, 4 January 1951, Cartas de Paris – Das pirâmides do Egito ao colosso do Maracanã, com o Sr. Jules Rimet, Letters from Paris – From the pyramids of Egypt to the colossus of Maracanã, with Mr. Jules Rimet,memoria.bn.br/DocReader/112518_01/38281, Rodrigues Filho, Mário, Mário Filho, Jornal dos Sports, Portuguese, 6554, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5, 2 June 2017, A Taça Latina é uma competição criada pela F. I. F. A. a pedido dos quatro países que a disputam atualmente. Mas o Regulamento é feito por uma Comissão composta por membros das Federações concorrentes e de fato a F. I. F. A. não participa ativamente na organização, The Latin Cup was based on cycles of 4 years, being held in one country each year. The champion of each edition achieved the most points (4) to its Federation while teams placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th received 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. Moreover, the Federation, which totalised the most points every four years, received the trophy, while the champion club was given a smaller replica of it.The first edition was opened on 20 June 1949, with the Sporting CP vs Torino at Chamartín Stadium of Madrid. One month before 18 of Torino players had died at Superga air disaster. Barcelona would be the first champion of the tournament after beating Sporting 2–1 at the final.The second edition clashed with the 1950 FIFA World Cup of Brazil, so most of the players of the league champions were called up by their respective national teams. Therefore, that year, Lazio, the fourth of Serie A, participated in the Latin Cup. In 1951, French runners-up Lille OSC replaced French champions Nice, who relinquished the 1951 Latin Cup in order to play the Copa Rio. Due to a fixture clash with the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, no Latin Cup was held that year (the participants would have been Real Madrid, Sporting CP, Lille OSC, and Internazionale—the latter did not get another chance to enter).After the first four editions played, the Royal Spanish Football Federation won the first cycle with twelve points, eight of which were contributed by Barcelona and four by Atlético Madrid.

Results

All teams were champions of the preceding domestic season in each nation, except where it indicates, detailing their finishing position in respective leagues.{| class=“wikitable sortable” style="text-align:left;”!rowspan=2|Year!colspan=3|Final!colspan=3|Third Place Match!rowspan=2|Venue!rowspan=2|City!|Winner!|Score!|Runner-up!|Third place!|Score!|Fourth place1949 Latin Cup>SpainFC Barcelona>Barcelonaalign=centerPortugal}} Sporting CP{{flagiconTorino F.C.>Torino align=centerFranceStade de Reims>Reims Santiago Bernabéu Stadium >| Madrid 1950 Latin Cup> {{flagiconS.L. Benfica>Benfica {{center(Overtime (sports)#Association football)}}}} > {{flagicon1794}} FC Girondins de Bordeaux > {{flagicon1945}} Atlético Madrid rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;” {{flagiconS.S. Lazio>Lazio {{small Estádio Nacional rowspan=2Oeiras, Portugal>Oeiras 2–1 {{smallOvertime (sports)#Association football>a.e.t.)}}}} 1951 Latin Cup>Italy}} ‘’’A.C. Milan’’’ >5–0{{flagicon1794}} Lille OSC {{small>(2)}}{{flagicon1945}} Atlético Madrid align=centerPortugal}} Sporting CP San Siro Milan1952 Latin Cup>SpainFC Barcelona>Barcelonaalign=centerFranceOGC Nice>Nice {{flagiconJuventus FC>Juventus align=centerPortugal}} Sporting CP Parc des Princes Paris1953 Latin Cup>FranceStade de Reims>Reims align=centerItaly}} A.C. Milan {{small>(3)}} {{flagiconSporting CP >4–1{{flagicon1945}} Valencia CF {{small>(2)}} Estádio Nacional Oeiras1954 colspan=8 style=background:#efefef align=center | Not held1955 Latin Cup>SpainReal Madrid CF>Real Madrid align=centerFranceStade de Reims>Reims {{flagiconA.C. Milan>Milan align=centerPortugal}} C.F. Os Belenenses {{small>(2)}} Parc des Princes Paris1956 Latin Cup>Italy}} ‘’’A.C. Milan’’’ {{small>(2)}}align=centerSpainAthletic Bilbao >Portugal}} S.L. Benfica {{small>(2)}} align=centerFranceOGC Nice>Nice Arena Civica Milan1957 Latin Cup>SpainReal Madrid CF>Real Madridalign=centerPortugal}} S.L. Benfica >Italy}} A.C. Milan >4–3{{flagicon1794}} AS Saint-Étienne >Santiago Bernabéu Stadium>Santiago Bernabéu Madrid

Titles by club{| class“wikitable sortable”

!width=150px| Club!width=30px| Titles!width=150px| Winning yearsITA}} A.C. Milan > 2 1951 Latin Cup, 1956 Latin Cup>1956ESPFC Barcelona>Barcelona align=center1949 Latin Cup>1949, 1952ESPReal Madrid CF>Real Madrid align=center1955 Latin Cup>1955, 1957 POR}} S.L. Benfica > 1 1950 FRAStade de Reims>Reims align=center1953 Latin Cup>1953

Titles by country{| class“wikitable sortable”

!width=150px| Country!width=30px| Titles!width=150px| Winning years SPASpain > 4 1949 Latin Cup, 1952 Latin Cup>1952, 1955 Latin Cup, 1957 Latin Cup>1957 ITA}} Italy align=center1951 Latin Cup>1951, 1956 FRAFrance > 1 1953POR}} Portugal align=center1950 Latin Cup>1950

Top scorers by year{| class“wikitable sortable”

!width=20px| Year!width=200px| Player!width=20px| Goals 1949 Latin Cup>POR}} Fernando Peyroteo align=center|3 1950 Latin Cup>POR}} Arsénio Duarte{{flagicon1794}} Édouard Kargu{{flagicon1794}} André Doye align=center|3 1951 Latin Cup>FRAAndré Strappe >5 1952 Latin Cup>ITA}} Giampiero Boniperti align=center|3 1953 Latin Cup>POR}} João Martins (footballer, born 1927) >4 1954 Not held align=center|— 1955 Latin Cup>ESPHéctor Rial{{flagicon>FRALéon Glowacki{{flagicon>SWE}} Nils Liedholm align=center|2 1956 Latin Cup>ITA}} Juan Alberto Schiaffino align=center|3 1957 Latin Cup>ESPFrancisco Gento >3

See also

• Mitropa Cup
• Balkans Cup

References

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External links

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• Latin Cup on RSSSF

Further reading

• BOOK, Todeschini, Maurício, Taças Internacionais - Clubes 1927-2007, LuísAmorimEditions, 2008, 978-989-95672-2-1,

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