1955 Mitropa Cup

The 1955 Mitropa Cup was the 15th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was won by Vörös Lobogó who beat ÚDA Praha in the two-legged final 8–1 on aggregate.

1955 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates29 June – 4 August 1955
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsHungary Vörös Lobogó (1st title)
Runners-upCzechoslovakia ÚDA Praha
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored78 (3.9 per match)
1951
1956

Preliminary round

Matches played between 29 June and 5 July 1955.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Vörös Lobogó 5–51 Wacker Wien3–32–2
Vojvodina 9–5 Roma4–15–4

1 Vörös Lobogó beat Wacker Wien 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Quarter-finals.

First leg

Vörös Lobogó 3 – 3 Wacker Wien
Arató 8'
Kárász 53', 58'
ReportKaubek 10', 66'
Haummer 17'
Attendance: 45,000

Second leg

Wacker Wien 2 – 2 Vörös Lobogó
Kovács 20' (o.g.)
Kaubek 40'
ReportChalupetzky 1' (o.g.)
Hidegkuti 42'
Attendance: 22,000
Play-off
Wacker Wien 1 – 5 Vörös Lobogó
Brousek 20' (pen.)ReportHidegkuti 13', 70'
Molnár 14', 39', 50'
Attendance: 15,000

Quarter-finals

Matches played between 6 and 13 July 1955.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Honvéd Budapest 10–6 Wiener Sport-Club5–25–4
Bologna 2–7 ÚDA Praha2–40–3
Vojvodina 0–3 Slovan Bratislava0–00–3
Vörös Lobogó 8–3 Hajduk Split6–02–3

First leg

Honvéd Budapest 5 – 2 Wiener Sport-Club
Tichy 11'
Kocsis 13', 72', 81'
Puskás 23' (pen.)
ReportMiessler 3', 18'
Attendance: 50,000

Vörös Lobogó 6 – 0 Hajduk Split
Molnár 4'
Szimcsák 12'
Sándor 32', 51'
Kárász 37'
Hidegkuti 70'
Report
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

Wiener Sport-Club 4 – 5 Honvéd Budapest
Horak 22'
Szokol 60'
Miessler 63' (pen.)
Hof 90'
ReportCzibor 24', 78'
Kocsis 26'
Puskás 54'
Bozsik 61'
Wiener Sportclub-Platz, Vienna
Attendance: 13,000

Semi-finals

Matches played between 18 and 23 July 1955.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Honvéd Budapest 6–7 Vörös Lobogó5–21–5
ÚDA Praha 2–21 Slovan Bratislava0–02–2

1 ÚDA Praha beat Slovan Bratislava 2–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Final.


First leg

Honvéd Budapest 5 – 2 Vörös Lobogó
Machos 10', 79'
Czibor 12'
Kocsis 14', 53'
ReportMolnár 16'
Kárász 40'
Attendance: 75,000

Second leg

Vörös Lobogó 5 – 1 Honvéd Budapest
Molnár 4', 37', 42'
Kovács 22' (pen.), 66'
ReportPuskás 44'
Attendance: 50,000

Final

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Vörös Lobogó 8–1 ÚDA Praha6–02–1

First leg

Vörös Lobogó 6 – 0 ÚDA Praha
Hidegkuti 4', 14', 43'
Kárász 12'
Novák 71' (o.g.)
Molnár 76'
Report
Attendance: 70,000

Second leg

ÚDA Praha 1 – 2 Vörös Lobogó
Přáda 31'ReportHidegkuti 55'
Palotás 88'


See also