Latin Cup (FC Barcelona, 1952)
The Latin Cup (French: Coupe Latine; Italian: Coppa Latina; Portuguese: Taça Latina or Copa Latina; Spanish: Copa Latina) was an international football tournament for club sides from the Latin European nations of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. In 1949 the football federations came together and launched their own club 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.
The tournament began in 1949, and was played between the league champions of each of the participating countries. Every four years, a ranking would be determined for the countries based on their sides' performances in the Latin Cup. The competition was last played for in 1957, following the introduction of the European Cup. Real Madrid played and won in both the European Cup and the Latin Cup in 1957. Immediately 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.
Finals[]
Performances by team[]
| Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third | Fourth |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Milan | 2 (1951, 1956) | 1 (1953) | 2 (1955, 1957) | |
| File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg Barcelona | 2 (1949, 1952) | |||
| File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg Real Madrid | 2 (1955, 1957) | |||
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica | 1 (1950) | 1 (1957) | 1 (1956) | |
| File:Flag of France.svg Stade de Reims | 1 (1953) | 1 (1955) | 1 (1949) | |
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting | 1 (1949) | 1 (1953) | 2 (1951, 1952) | |
| File:Flag of France.svg Nice | 1 (1952) | 1 (1956) | ||
| File:Flag of France.svg Bordeaux | 1 (1950) | |||
| File:Flag of France.svg Lille | 1 (1951) | |||
| File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg Athletic Bilbao | 1 (1956) | |||
| File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg Atlético Madrid | 2 (1950, 1951) | |||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Torino | 1 (1949) | |||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Juventus | 1 (1952) | |||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Lazio | 1 (1950) | |||
| File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg Valencia | 1 (1953) | |||
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Belenenses | 1 (1955) | |||
| File:Flag of France.svg Saint-Étienne | 1 (1957) |
Performances by country[]
| Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third | Fourth |
| File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg Spain | 4 (1949, 1952, 1955, 1957) | 1 (1956) | 2 (1950, 1951) | 1 (1953) |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 2 (1951, 1956) | 1 (1953) | 4 (1949, 1952, 1955, 1957) | 1 (1950) |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 1 (1953) | 4 (1950, 1951, 1952, 1955) | 3 (1949, 1956, 1957) | |
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 1 (1950) | 2 (1949, 1957) | 2 (1953, 1956) | 3 (1951, 1952, 1955) |
See also[]
- List of combined European club champions
External links[]
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