The 1930 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Rapid Vienna in a two-legged final against Sparta Prague. This was the fourth edition of the tournament.

1930 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates19 June – 12 November 1930
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAustria Rapid Wien (1st title)
Runners-upCzechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Top scorer(s)Italy Giuseppe Meazza (7 goals)
1929
1931

The holders, Újpesti FC, lost in the quarter-final against the Italian team AS Ambrosiana.

The final was played on 2 and 12 November 1930 in Prague and Vienna. The finalists Sparta Prague and Rapid Wien had played against each other in the 1927 Mitropa Cup final, with Sparta winning on aggregate 7–3. Rapid were playing in their third Mitropa Cup final in four years. Sparta lost at home 0–2, the first away victory in a Mitropa Cup final. Sparta's 3–2 away win, the second away victory in a Mitropa Cup final, meant that Rapid became the first Austrian club to win this tournament. Giuseppe Meazza from AS Ambrosia was top scorer in the tournament with seven goals. Josef Košťálek scored all three of Sparta Prague's goals in the final.

The semi-finals and both legs of the final were refereed by Sophus Hansen of Denmark.

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Prague   2–3   Ferencváros 2–2 0–1
Sparta Prague   5–3   First Vienna 2–1 3–2
Genova 1893   2–7   Rapid Wien 1–1 1–6
Újpest   6–6a   Ambrosiana Inter 2–4 4–2
  • a Match decided by play off.

Play-offs

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Újpest   1–1   Ambrosiana Inter
Újpest   3–5   Ambrosiana Inter

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ambrosiana Inter   3–8   Sparta Prague 2–2 1–6
Rapid Wien   5–2   Ferencváros 5–1 0–1

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sparta Prague   3–4   Rapid Wien 0–2 3–2

1st leg

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Sparta0 – 2[1][2]Rapid
Luef   9'
Wesely   57'
Attendance: 25,000
ATHLETIC CLUB SPARTA:
GK   Ladislav Bělík
DF   Jaroslav Burgr
DF   Antonín Hojer
MF   Jan Knobloch 'Madelon'
MF   Karel Pesek (c)
MF   Erich Srbek
FW   Adolf Patek
FW   Josef Košťálek
FW   Raymond Braine
FW   Josef Silný
FW   Karel Hejma
Manager:
  John Dick
SPORTKLUB RAPID:
GK   Josef Bugala
DF   Roman Schramseis
DF   Leopold Czejka
MF   Karl Rappan
MF   Josef Smistik
MF   Johann Vana
FW   Willibald Kirbes
FW   Franz Weselik
FW   Matthias Kaburek
FW   Johann Luef
FW   Ferdinand Wesely (c)
Manager:
  Edi Bauer

2nd leg

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Rapid2 – 3[1][2]Sparta
Kaburek   7'
Smistik   67'
Košťálek   25', 27', 87'
Attendance: 40,000
SPORTKLUB RAPID:
GK   Josef Bugala
DF   Roman Schramseis
DF   Leopold Czejka
MF   Karl Rappan
MF   Josef Smistik
MF   Johann Vana
FW   Willibald Kirbes
FW   Franz Weselik
FW   Matthias Kaburek
FW   Johann Luef
FW   Ferdinand Wesely (c)
Manager:
  Edi Bauer
ATHLETIC CLUB SPARTA:
GK   Ladislav Bělík
DF   Jaroslav Burgr
DF   Josef Čtyřoký
MF   Jan Knobloch 'Madelon'
MF   Karel Pesak (c)
MF   Erich Srbek
FW   Karel Podrazil
FW   Josef Košťálek
FW   Raymond Braine
FW   Josef Silný
FW   Karel Hejma
Manager:
  John Dick


1930 Mitropa Cup Champions
 
Rapid Wien
1st Title

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Giuseppe Meazza   AS Ambrosiana 7
2   Josef Košťálek   Sparta Prague 6
3   Raymond Braine   Sparta Prague 4
  Matthias Kaburek   Rapid Wien
  Ferdinand Wesely   Rapid Wien
  Stefan Auer   Újpest

References

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  1. ^ a b "Line ups". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Line ups". iffhs.de. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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