1952 Latin Cup

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1952 Latin Cup
Coupe Latine 1952
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates24–29 June 1952
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up Nice
Third place Juventus
Fourth place Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored18 (4.5 per match)
Top scorers
1951
1953

The 1952 Latin Cup (French: Coupe Latine 1952) was the fourth 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 France, and the Spanish club Barcelona was the winner of the tournament after defeating Nice by a score of 1–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team Method of qualification Previous appearances
Nice 1951–52 French Division 1 champions Debut
Juventus 1951–52 Serie A champions Debut
Sporting CP 1951–52 Primeira Divisão champions 1949, 1951
Barcelona 1951–52 La Liga champions 1949

Venues

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

Paris
1952 Latin Cup is located in France
Paris
Paris
Parc des Princes
Capacity: 38,000
Parc des Princes

Tournament

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June – Paris
 
 
Barcelona4
 
28 June – Paris
 
Juventus2
 
Barcelona1
 
25 June – Paris
 
Nice0
 
Nice4
 
 
Sporting CP2
 
Third place match
 
 
29 June – Paris
 
 
Juventus3
 
 
Sporting CP2

Semifinals

Barcelona 4–2 Juventus
[citation needed]
Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Nice 4–2 Sporting CP
[citation needed]
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
Referee: Ricardo Pieri (Italy)

Third place match

Juventus 3–2 Sporting CP
[citation needed]

Final

Barcelona 1–0 Nice
[citation needed]
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
Barcelona
Nice
GKSpain Antoni Ramallets
DFSpain Cheché Martín
DFSpain Gustau Biosca
DFSpain Josep Seguer
MFSpain Andreu Bosch
MFSpain Emilio Aldecoa
FWSpain Jaime Escudero
FWSpain Eduardo Manchón
FWSpain Estanislao Basora
FWSpain César Rodríguez
FWHungary László Kubala
Manager:
Czechoslovakia Ferdinand Daučík
GKFrance Marcel Domingo
DFFrance Guy Poitevin
DFArgentina Pancho González
DFFrance Alphonse Martínez
DFFrance Mohamed Firoud
MFFrance Antoine Bonifaci
MFFrance Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
FWFrance Jean Belver
FWFrance Désiré Carré
FWFrance Jean Courteaux
FWLuxembourg Victor Nurenberg
Manager:
France Numa Andoire
1952 Latin Cup Champions
Francoist Spain
Barcelona
2nd title

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Italy Giampiero Boniperti Italy Juventus 3
2 France Désiré Carré France Nice 2
Portugal João Martins Portugal Sporting CP
Spain Estanislau Basora Spain Barcelona
3 Spain César Rodríguez 1
Spain Eduardo Manchón
Hungary László Kubala
Italy Pasquale Vivolo Italy Juventus
Denmark Karl Hansen
France Jean Courteaux France Nice
Argentina Luis Carniglia
Portugal Veríssimo Alves Portugal Sporting CP
Portugal Albano
Sources:[citation needed]

References

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