Coupe des Nations
{{Short description|1930 football tournament in Switzerland}}
{{Other uses|Nations Cup (disambiguation){{!}}Nations Cup}}
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| organiser = {{flagicon|SUI}} Servette FC
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| founded = 1930
| abolished = {{start date and age|1930}}
| region = Europe
| number of teams = 10
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| related comps = Small Club World Cup
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| current champions = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Újpest
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Coupe des Nations 1930 ({{langx|en|Cup of Nations}}) was a football tournament in the summer of 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by local club Servette FC. Servette had just won the Swiss championship, and organized this event as a counterpoint to the first FIFA World Cup held at the same time in Uruguay, to which only few European countries (Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia) sent a team. The tournament also marked the inauguration of the Stade des Charmilles.
Some people regard this competition as a predecessor of UEFA Champions League, since it was the first organized competition for the national champion teams in Europe. The champions of all major European football nations of the pre-war years were invited, except for the British Home Nations, who were withdrawn from FIFA at the time.
The competition was won by Hungarian Újpest FC who scored 16 goals and conceded only 1 in 4 games. After winning the Coupe des Nations trophy, Újpest declared themselves 'Champion of the Champions'.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/coupedesnations30.html Coupe des Nations 1930] by Bart Ceulemans and Michiel Zandbelt on the RSSSF
In later years several attempts were made to create a tournament for the Champions of Europe. North-Italian cities were planning to host the competition in 1931, but it was abandoned due to financial reasons.Nemzeti Sport, July 9, 1930, page 3. Finally in 1937, during the Paris Expo a tournament was held as a successor of the Geneva tournament, but only two champion teams accepted the invitation.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo37.html RSSSF - Tournoi International de l'Expo Universelle de Paris 1937]. After the tournament Zürich, as the host of the 1939 Expo and Rome, the 1942 host made attempts to create the tournament, but both city's attempts failed.Nemzeti Sport, August 1, 1937, page 1. The next time that the major European champions were called together was after the 1954 creation of UEFA who started the European Cup in 1955.
Participants
- {{flagicon|Austria}} First Vienna FC (cup winners 1929 and 1930; 3rd in league 1928/29)
- {{flagicon|France}} FC Sète (cup winners 1929/30)
- {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} AGC Bologna (national champions 1928/29)
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Go Ahead (national champions 1929/30)
- {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} Real Unión Irún (cup winners 1927; 6th in league 1929/30)
- {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Servette FC (national champions 1929/30)
- {{flagicon|Belgium}} R. CS Brugeois (national champions 1929/30)
- {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Slavia Prague (national champions 1929/30)
- {{flagicon|Germany}} SpVgg Fürth (national champions 1929)
- {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Újpest FC (national champions 1929/30 and Mitropa Cup winner 1929)
Notes:
- Apparently Real Unión Irún were announced as Spanish champions 1929, which is most certainly wrong (they were 9th in the league 1928/29 and eliminated in the 1/16 finals of the domestic cup).
- Both Bologna and Irún had been allowed to field some players not signed with the club.
- The Greek and Norwegian FAs sent protest letters because their champions had not been invited.
- The tournament was supposed to have 12 participants, but Sheffield Wednesday, the English champions, were not invited because they were withdrawn from FIFA, and S.L. Benfica, the Portuguese champions, rejected the invitation.
- Bologna arrived too late at the tournament, so the match versus Go Ahead was after the first game of the quarterfinals. The loser of the match received a bye to the next round.
First round
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| align=left|28 June | align=right|Servette {{flagicon|Switzerland}} | align="center" |0 – 7 | {{flagicon|Austria}} First Vienna |
| align=left|29 June | align=right|Séte {{flagicon|France}} | align=center|3 – 4 (aet) | {{flagicon|Germany}} Fürth |
| align=left|29 June | align=right|Slavia {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} | align=center|4 – 2 | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Cercle Brugge |
| align=left|30 June | align=right|Újpest {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} | align=center|3 – 1 | {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} Irún |
| align=left|2 July | align=right|Go Ahead {{flagicon|Netherlands}} | align=center|0 – 4 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Bologna |
Consolation round (losers first round)
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| align=left|1 July | align=right|Servette {{flagicon|Switzerland}} | align=center|2 – 1 | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Cercle Brugge |
| align=left|1 July | align=right|Irún {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} | align=center|5 – 1 | {{flagicon|France}} Sète |
(Losing teams eliminated, winners progress to quarterfinals)
Quarter-finals
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| align=left|2 July | align=right|First Vienna {{flagicon|Austria}} | align=center|7 – 1 | {{flagicon|Germany}} Fürth |
| align=left|3 July | align=right|Go Ahead {{flagicon|Netherlands}} | align=center|0 – 7 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Újpest |
| align=left|3 July | align=right|Irún {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} | align=center|1 – 2 | {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Slavia |
| align=left|4 July | align=right|Servette {{flagicon|Switzerland}} | align=center|4 – 1 | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Bologna |
Semi-finals
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| align=left|5 July | align=right|Újpest {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} | align=center|3 – 0 | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Servette |
| align=left|5 July | align=right|First Vienna {{flagicon|Austria}} | align=center|1 – 3 | {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Slavia |
Third place match
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| align=left|6 July | align=right|First Vienna {{flagicon|Austria}} | align=center|5 – 1 | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Servette |
Final
=Match details=
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|date = 6 July 1930
|event = Coupe des Nations Final
|team1 = Újpest {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{flagicon|TCH}} Slavia Prague
|goals1 = János Köves {{goal|25||64||77}}
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|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/coupedesnations30.html Report]
|stadium = Stade des Charmilles
|location = Geneva
|attendance = 22,000
|referee = Stanley Rous (England)
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|---|---|---|
| GK | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} János Aknai | |
| DF | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Gyula Dudás | |
| DF | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} József Fogl III (c) | |
| MF | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Ferenc Borsányi | |
| MF | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Béla Volentik | |
| MF | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} János Víg | |
| FW | {{flagicon|ROM}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Albert Ströck | |
| FW | {{flagicon|ROM}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} István Avar | |
| FW | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} János Köves | |
| FW | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Illés Spitz | |
| FW | {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Gábor P. Szabó | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Lajos Bányai |
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| GK | {{flagicon|TCH}} František Plánička | |
| DF | {{flagicon|TCH}} Adolf Fiala | |
| DF | {{flagicon|TCH}} Antonín Novák | |
| MF | {{flagicon|TCH}} Antonín Vodička | |
| MF | {{flagicon|TCH}} Adolf Šimperský | |
| MF | {{flagicon|TCH}} Václav Šubrt | |
| FW | {{flagicon|TCH}} František Junek | |
| FW | {{flagicon|TCH}} Jindřich Šoltys | |
| FW | {{flagicon|TCH}} František Svoboda (c) | |
| FW | {{flagicon|TCH}} Antonín Puč | |
| FW | {{flagicon|TCH}} Václav Bára | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|SCO}} John William Madden |
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Final classification
- 1. Újpest
- 2. Slavia
- 3. First Vienna
- 4. Servette
- 5–8. Irún, Bologna, Fürth and Go Ahead
- 9–10. Cercle Brugge and Sète
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Friendly association football tournaments in Switzerland}}
{{Friendly association football tournaments in Europe}}
{{SK Slavia Prague}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coupe Des Nations 1930}}
Category:1929–30 in European football
Category:International club association football competitions hosted by Switzerland