1949 Latin Cup

1949 club football tournament

Fernando Peyroteo
(3 goals)

1950 →

International football competition

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 FC 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
Stade de Reims	1948–49 French Division 1 champions	Debut
Torino FC	1948–49 Serie A champions	Debut
Sporting CP	1948–49 Primeira Divisão champions	Debut
FC 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		Madrid Barcelona	Barcelona
Real Madrid CF Stadium^[2]	Metropolitan Stadium^[3]		Camp de Les Corts^[4]^[5]
Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 35,700		Capacity: 60,000

Tournament

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

26 June – Madrid

Sporting CP	3
		3 July – Madrid
Torino FC	1
		FC Barcelona	2
26 June – Barcelona
		Sporting CP	1
FC Barcelona	5

Stade de Reims	0
		Third place match

		3 July – Barcelona

		Torino FC	5

		Stade de Reims	3

Semifinals

26 June 1949

Sporting CP	3–1	Torino FC
Peyroteo 15', 26', 48'	Report	Marchetto 57'

Metropolitan Stadium, Madrid, Spain

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Victor Sdez (France)

26 June 1949

FC Barcelona	5–0	Stade de Reims
Seguer 5' Nicolau 25' Rodríguez 59', 67' Canal 73'	Report

Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain

Referee: Giacomo Bertolio (Italy)

Third place match

3 July 1949

Torino FC	5–3	Stade de Reims
Pravisano 2', 58' Marchetto 18' Carapellese 63', 75'	Report	Sinibaldi 40' Méano 62' Flamion 76'

Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain

Referee: Ramón Azón Roma (Spain)

Final

3 July 1949

FC Barcelona	2–1	Sporting CP
Seguer 10' Basora 50'	Report	Correia 28'

Real Madrid CF Stadium, Madrid, Spain

Referee: Victor Sdez (France)

FC Barcelona

CP Sporting


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

1949 Latin Cup Champions
FC Barcelona 1st title

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	3
2	Riccardo Carapellese	Torino FC	2
	Giuseppe Marchetto
	Silvano Pravisano
	César Rodríguez	FC Barcelona
	Josep Seguer
3	Estanislau Basora		1
	José Canal
	Mateu Nicolau
	Pierre Flamion	Stade de Reims
	Francis Méano
	Pierre Sinibaldi
	Jesus Correia	Sporting CP
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Barcelona 2–1 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Sporting 3–1 Torino". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Barcelona 5–0 Stade de Reims". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Torino 5–3 Stade de Reims". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.