1951 Latin Cup

1951 Latin Cup

Coppa Latina 1951
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	20–24 June 1951
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Milan (1st title)
Runners-up	Lille
Third place	Atlético Madrid
Fourth place	Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	26 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	André Strappe (5 goals)
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The 1951 Latin Cup (Italian : Coppa Latina 1951) was the third edition of the annual Latin Cup which was played by clubs of the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The tournament was hosted by Italy, and the Italian club Milan was the winner of the tournament after defeating Lille by a score of 5–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification	Previous appearances
Lille	1950–51 French Division 1 runners-up [a]	Debut
Milan	1950–51 Serie A champions	Debut
Sporting CP	1950–51 Primeira Divisão champions	1949
Atlético Madrid	1950–51 La Liga champions	1950

Venues

The host of the tournament was Italy, ^[1] and all matches were played in one host stadium.

Milan	Milan
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Capacity: 37,500

Tournament

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	20 June – Milan
	Milan	4
					24 June – Milan
	Atlético Madrid	1
					Milan	5
	21/22 June – Milan
					Lille	0
	Lille (a.e.t.)	1/6
	Sporting CP	1/4
					Third place match
					24 June – Milan
					Atlético Madrid	3
					Sporting CP	1

Semifinals

20 June 1951

Milan	4–1	Atlético Madrid
Renosto 17', 55' (75) Nordahl 19'	Report	Carlsson 70'

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza , Milan, Italy

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: León Boes (France)

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21 June 1951

Lille	1–1	Sporting CP
Jensen 37'	Report	Vasques 56'

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza , Milan, Italy

Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Semifinal replay

22 June 1951

Lille	6–4 (a.e.t.)	Sporting CP
Strappe 5', 45', 49', 54', 97' Tempowski 92'	Report	Vasques 27', 53', 76' Caldeira 65'

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza , Milan, Italy

Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Third place match

24 June 1951

Atlético Madrid	3–1	Sporting CP
Carlsson 13' Mascaró 73' Payá 89'	Report	Travassos 8'

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza , Milan, Italy

Referee: Giuseppe Carpani (Italy)

Final

24 June 1951

Milan	5–0	Lille
Nordahl 32', 57', 67' Burini 40' Annovazzi 70'	Report

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza , Milan, Italy

Referee: Eugen Scherz (Switzerland)

Milan

Lille

GK Lorenzo Buffon DF Andrea Bonomi DF Arturo Silvestri MF Nils Liedholm MF Benigno De Grandi MF Carlo Annovazzi MF Omero Tognon MF Albano Vicariotto FW Renzo Burini FW Gunnar Gren FW Gunnar Nordahl Manager: Lajos Czeizler

GK Pierre Angel DF Jacques van Cappelen DF Cor van der Hart DF Guy Poitevin DF Marceau Somerlinck MF Albert Dubreucq MF Jean Vincent FW Erik Jensen FW Jean Lechantre FW Boleslaw Tempowski FW André Strappe Manager: André Cheuva

1951 Latin Cup Champions
Milan 1st title

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	André Strappe	Lille	5
2	Manuel Vasques	Sporting CP	4
	Gunnar Nordahl	Milan
3	Mario Renosto		3
4	Henry Carlsson	Atlético Madrid	2
5	Pedro Mascaró		1
	Pérez Payá
	Boleslaw Tempowski	Lille
	Erik Jensen
	Renzo Burini	Milan
	Carlo Annovazzi
	Manuel Caldeira	Sporting CP
	José Travassos
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

See also

• 1951 Zentropa Cup, a similar competition

Notes

1. OGC Nice declined participation in the tournament due to the Copa Rio.

References

1. Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. "Milan 4–1 Atlético Madrid". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. "Lille 1–1 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
4. "Lille 6–4 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
5. "Atlético Madrid 3–1 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
6. "Milan 5–0 Lille". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.

External links

• Latin Cup (Full Results) from RSSSF