1952 Latin Cup

1952 club football tournament

Giampiero Boniperti
(3 goals)

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International football competition

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 FC Barcelona was the winner of the tournament after defeating OGC Nice by a score of 1–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team	Method of qualification	Previous appearances
OGC Nice	1951–52 French Division 1 champions	Debut
Juventus FC	1951–52 Serie A champions	Debut
Sporting CP	1951–52 Primeira Divisão champions	1949, 1951
FC 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	Paris
Parc des Princes
Capacity: 38,000

Tournament

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

24 June – Paris

FC Barcelona	4
		28 June – Paris
Juventus FC	2
		FC Barcelona	1
25 June – Paris
		OGC Nice	0
OGC Nice	4

Sporting CP	2
		Third place match

		29 June – Paris

		Juventus FC	3

		Sporting CP	2

Semifinals

24 June 1952

FC Barcelona	4–2	Juventus FC
Manchón 3' Basora 24', 56' Kubala 51' (pen.)	Report	Boniperti 41', 82'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Raymond Vicentini (France)

25 June 1952

OGC Nice	4–2	Sporting CP
Carré 8', ?' Carniglia 20' Courteaux 43'	Report	Alves 62' Albano 64'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Ricardo Pieri (Italy)

Third place match

28 June 1952

Juventus FC	3–2	Sporting CP
Boniperti 5' Hansen 7' Vivolo 15'	Report	Martins 30', 78'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Final

29 June 1952

FC Barcelona	1–0	OGC Nice
Rodríguez 80'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Reis Santos (Portugal)

FC Barcelona

OGC Nice


GK		Antoni Ramallets
DF		Cheché Martín
DF		Gustau Biosca
DF		Josep Seguer
MF		Andreu Bosch
MF		Emilio Aldecoa
FW		Jaime Escudero
FW		Eduardo Manchón
FW		Estanislao Basora
FW		César Rodríguez
FW		László Kubala
Manager:
Ferdinand Daučík


GK		Marcel Domingo
DF		Guy Poitevin
DF		Pancho González
DF		Alphonse Martínez
DF		Mohamed Firoud
MF		Antoine Bonifaci
MF		Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
FW		Jean Belver
FW		Désiré Carré
FW		Jean Courteaux
FW		Victor Nurenberg
Manager:
Numa Andoire

1952 Latin Cup Champions
FC Barcelona 2nd title

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus FC	3
2	Désiré Carré	OGC Nice	2
	João Martins	Sporting CP
	Estanislau Basora	FC Barcelona
3	César Rodríguez		1
	Eduardo Manchón
	László Kubala
	Pasquale Vivolo	Juventus FC
	Karl Hansen	Juventus FC
	Jean Courteaux	OGC Nice
	Luis Carniglia	OGC Nice
	Veríssimo Alves	Sporting CP
	Albano	Sporting CP
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ "Barcelona 4–2 Juventus". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Nice 4–2 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Juventus 3–2 Sporting". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Barcelona 1–0 Nice". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.