1950 Latin Cup

The 1950 Latin Cup (Portuguese: Taça Latina 1950) was the second 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 Portugal, and Portuguese club Benfica was the winner of the tournament after defeating Bordeaux by a score of 2–1 in the final match replay after sudden death extra time.

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification	Previous appearances
Bordeaux	1949–50 French Division 1 champions	Debut
Lazio	1949–50 Serie A 4th place[a]	Debut
Benfica	1949–50 Primeira Divisão champions	Debut
Atlético Madrid	1949–50 La Liga champions	Debut

Venues

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

Oeiras	Oeiras
Estádio Nacional do Jamor
Capacity: 37,500

Tournament

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 June – Oeiras
	Bordeaux	4
					11/18 June – Oeiras
	Atlético Madrid	2
					Benfica (a.s.d.e.t.)	3/2
	1 June – Oeiras
					Bordeaux	3/1
	Benfica	3
	Lazio	0
					Third place match
					11 June – Oeiras
					Atlético Madrid	2
					Lazio	1

Semifinals

10 June 1950

16:05

Bordeaux	4–2	Atlético Madrid
Kargu 16', 88' Doye 44' Babot 90' (o.g.)	Report	Ben M'Barek 48' Carlsson 77'

Estádio Nacional do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal

Referee: Paulo de Oliveira (Portugal)

10 June 1950

18:05

Benfica	3–0	Lazio
Rosário 7' Pipi 27' Arsénio 76'	Report

Estádio Nacional do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal

Referee: Julián Arqué (Spain)

Third place match

11 June 1950

Atlético Madrid	2–1	Lazio
Ben M'Barek 10' Escudero 16'	Report	Nyers 73'

Estádio Nacional do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal

Referee: Gabriel Tordjmann (France)

Final

11 June 1950

Benfica	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux
Arsénio 3' Corona 17' Pascoal 56'	Report	Doye 21', 36' Persillon 43'

Estádio Nacional do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal

Referee: Todjam (France)

GK 1 José de Bastos DF 2 Félix Antunes DF 3 Jacinto Marques DF 4 Joaquim Fernandes MF 5 José da Costa (c) MF 6 Francisco Moreira FW 7 Raul Pascoal FW 8 Arsénio Duarte FW 9 Julinho FW 10 Eduardo José Corona FW 11 Rogério Pipi Manager: Ted Smith

GK 1 Jean-Guy Astresses DF 2 Jean Swiatek DF 3 Georges Mérignac (c) DF 4 René Gallice MF 5 René Persillon MF 6 Guy Meynieu FW 7 Ben Kaddour M'Barek FW 8 Manuel Garriga FW 9 André Doye FW 10 Édouard Kargu FW 11 Mustapha Ben M'Barek Manager: André Gérard

Final replay

18 June 1949

Benfica	2–1 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Bordeaux
Arsénio 90' Julinho 146'	Report	Kargu 8'

Estádio Nacional do Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Giacomo Bertolio (Italy)

GK 1 José de Bastos DF 2 Jacinto Marques DF 3 Félix Antunes DF 4 Joaquim Fernandes MF 5 José da Costa (c) MF 6 Rosário FW 7 Francisco Moreira FW 8 Rogério Pipi FW 9 Eduardo José Corona FW 10 Julinho FW 11 Arsénio Duarte Manager: Ted Smith

GK 1 Jean-Guy Astresses DF 2 Georges Mérignac (c) DF 3 Jean Swiatek DF 4 André Doye MF 5 Manuel Garriga MF 6 Ben Kaddour M'Barek FW 7 René Persillon FW 8 Guy Meynieu FW 9 René Gallice FW 10 Mustapha Ben M'Barek FW 11 Édouard Kargu Manager: André Gérard

1950 Latin Cup Champions
Benfica 1st title

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Arsénio Duarte	Benfica	3
	André Doye	Bordeaux
	Édouard Kargu
2	Larbi Ben M'Barek	Atlético Madrid	2
3	Henry Carlsson		1
	Adrián Escudero
	René Persillon	Bordeaux
	Ferenc Nyers	Lazio
	Eduardo José Corona	Benfica
	Raul Pascoal
	Rogério Pipi
	Rosário
	Julinho
o.g.	Juan Babot	Atlético Madrid	1
Sources: [2][3][4][5][6]

Notes

References

External links

• Latin Cup (Full Results) from RSSSF