1949 Latin Cup

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1949 Latin Cup
Copa Latina de 1949
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates26 June – 3 July 1949
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up Sporting CP
Third place Torino
Fourth place Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored20 (5 per match)
Top scorers
1950

The 1949 Latin Cup (Spanish: Copa Latina de 1949) was the first 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 Spain, and the Spanish club Barcelona was the winner of the tournament after defeating Sporting CP by a score of 2–1 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team Method of qualification Previous appearances
Reims 1948–49 French Division 1 champions Debut
Torino 1948–49 Serie A champions Debut
Sporting CP 1948–49 Primeira Divisão champions Debut
Barcelona 1948–49 La Liga champions Debut

Venues

The host of the tournament was Spain,[1] and three stadiums, two in Madrid and one in Barcelona, were selected to host the matches for the tournament.

Madrid Barcelona
Real Madrid CF Stadium[citation needed]
Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 35,700 Capacity: 60,000
Real Madrid CF Stadium Camp de Les Corts

Tournament

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June – Madrid
 
 
Sporting CP3
 
3 July – Madrid
 
Torino1
 
Barcelona2
 
26 June – Barcelona
 
Sporting CP1
 
Barcelona5
 
 
Reims0
 
Third place match
 
 
3 July – Barcelona
 
 
Torino5
 
 
Reims3

Semifinals

Sporting CP 3–1 Torino
  • Peyroteo 15', 26', 48'
[citation needed]
  • Giuseppe Marchetto 57'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Victor Sdez (France)

Barcelona 5–0 Reims
[citation needed]
Referee: Giacomo Bertolio (Italy)

Third place match

Torino 5–3 Reims
  • Silvano Pravisano 2', 58'
  • Giuseppe Marchetto 18'
  • Carapellese 63', 75'
[citation needed]
Referee: Ramón Azón Roma (Spain)

Final

Barcelona 2–1 Sporting CP
[citation needed]
Referee: Victor Sdez (France)
Barcelona
Sporting CP
GK1Spain Juan Velasco
DF2Spain Francisco Calvet
DF3Spain Curta
DF4Spain Ricardo Calo
MF5Spain José Gonzalvo
MF6Spain Mariano Gonzalvo (c)
MF7Spain José Canal
FW8Spain Estanislau Basora
FW9Spain César Rodríguez
FW10Spain Alfonso Navarro
FW11Spain Josep Seguer
Manager:
Uruguay Enrique Fernández
GK1Portugal João Azevedo
DF2Portugal Octávio Barrosa
DF3Portugal Manuel Marques (c)
DF4Portugal Juvenal da Silva
MF5Portugal Carlos Canário
MF6Portugal Veríssimo Alves
FW7Portugal Jesus Correia
FW8Portugal Manuel Vasques
FW9Portugal Fernando Peyroteo
FW10Portugal José Travassos
FW11Portugal Albano
Manager:
Portugal Cândido de Oliveira
1949 Latin Cup Champions
Francoist Spain
Barcelona
1st title

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Portugal Fernando Peyroteo Portugal Sporting CP 3
2 Italy Riccardo Carapellese Italy Torino 2
Italy Giuseppe Marchetto
Italy Silvano Pravisano
Spain César Rodríguez Spain Barcelona
Spain Josep Seguer
3 Spain Estanislau Basora 1
Spain José Canal
Argentina Mateu Nicolau
France Pierre Flamion France Reims
France Francis Méano
France Pierre Sinibaldi
Portugal Jesus Correia Portugal Sporting CP
Sources:[citation needed]

References

  1. Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.