1949 Latin Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Latin Cup
Year:1949
Other Titles:Copa Latina de 1949
Country: Spain
Dates:26 June – 3 July 1949
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Venues:3
Cities:2
Champion Other: FC Barcelona
Count:1
Second Other: Sporting CP
Third Other: Torino FC
Fourth Other: Stade de Reims
Matches:4
Goals:20
Top Scorer:
Nextseason:1950

The 1949 Latin Cup (Spanish; Castilian: 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 FC Barcelona was the winner of the tournament after defeating Sporting CP by a score of 2–1 in the final match.

Participating teams

TeamMethod of qualificationPrevious appearances
Stade de Reims1948–49 French Division 1 championsDebut
Torino FC1948–49 Serie A championsDebut
Sporting CP1948–49 Primeira Divisão championsDebut
FC Barcelona1948–49 La Liga championsDebut

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.

MadridBarcelona
Real Madrid CF Stadium[2] Metropolitan Stadium[3] Camp de Les Corts[4] [5]
Capacity: 75,000Capacity: 35,700Capacity: 60,000

Tournament

Semifinals

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Final

GK 1 Juan Velasco
DF 2 Francisco Calvet
DF 3 Curta
DF 4 Calo
MF 5 José Gonzalvo
MF 6 Mariano Gonzalvo (c)
MF 7 José Canal
FW 8 Estanislau Basora
FW 9 César Rodríguez
FW 10 Alfonso Navarro
FW 11 Josep Seguer
Manager:
Enrique Fernández
GK 1 João Azevedo
DF 2 Octávio Barrosa
DF 3 Manuel Marques (c)
DF 4 Juvenal da Silva
MF 5 Carlos Canário
MF 6 Veríssimo Alves
FW 7 Jesus Correia
FW 8 Manuel Vasques
FW 9 Fernando Peyroteo
FW 10 José Travassos
FW 11 Albano
Manager:
Cândido de Oliveira

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP3
2 Riccardo Carapellese Torino FC2
Giuseppe Marchetto
Silvano Pravisano
César Rodríguez FC Barcelona
Josep Seguer
3 Estanislau Basora1
José Canal
Mateu Nicolau
Pierre Flamion Stade de Reims
Francis Méano
Pierre Sinibaldi
Jesus Correia Sporting CP

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Latin Cup. 20 August 2015. 6 June 2022. RSSSF. en. Karel. Stokkermans. Osvaldo José. Gorgazzi.
  2. Web site: Barcelona 2–1 Sporting. es. ceroacero.es. 7 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Sporting 3–1 Torino. es. ceroacero.es. 7 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Barcelona 5–0 Stade de Reims. es. ceroacero.es. 7 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Torino 5–3 Stade de Reims. es. ceroacero.es. 7 June 2022.