1953 Latin Cup

1953 club football tournament June 2022 June 2022 1953 Latin Cup (basketball) Latin Cup 1953 Copa Latina 1953 Portugal 4–7 June 1953 4 1 2 2 France Reims 1 Italy A.C. Milan Portugal Sporting CP Spain 1945 Valencia 4 18 Portugal João Martins (4 goals) 1952 1955 The 1953 Latin Cup (pt Copa Latina 1953) was the fifth 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 the French club Reims was the winner of the tournament after defeating A.C. Milan by a score of 3–0 in the final match. Participating teams Team Method of qualification Previous appearances France Reims 1952–53 French Division 1 champions 1949 Italy A.C. Milan 1952–53 Serie A 3rd place"Serie A" Inter Milan and Juventus FC declined participation in the tournament. 1951 Portugal Sporting CP 1952–53 Primeira Divisão champions 1949, 1951, 1952 Spain 1945 Valencia 1952–53 La Liga runners-up"La Liga" FC Barcelona declined participation in the tournament due to the 1952–53 Copa del Generalísimo. Debut Venues The host of the tournament was Portugal,https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/latin.html Latin Cup 20 August 2015 6 June 2022 RSSSF en Karel Stokkermans Osvaldo José Gorgazzi and the four matches were played across two stadiums in two cities. Oeiras Portugal 200 center Portugal 38.7088622 -9.2627658 Oeiras right Portugal 41.164917 -8.586972 Porto right Porto Estádio Nacional do Jamor Estádio das Antas Capacity: 37,500 Capacity: 60,000 200px|Estádio Nacional do Jamor 200px|Estádio das Antas Tournament Bracket 4 June – Porto France Reims 2 Spain 1945 Valencia 1 4 June – Oeiras Italy A.C. Milan 4 Portugal Sporting CP 3 7 June – Oeiras France Reims 3 Italy A.C. Milan 0 6 June – Oeiras Portugal Sporting CP 4 Spain 1945 Valencia 1 Semifinals Final Third place match Semifinals Reims v Valencia 4 June 1953 2–1 Reims France Méano 46 Kopa 61 Spain 1945 Valencia Quiliano Gago Gago es 27 November 2025 Estádio das Antas Porto, Portugal Giorgio Bernardi (Italy) Milan v Sporting 4 June 1953 4–3 A.C. Milan Italy Nordahl 66 72 Liedholm 96 Frignani 118 Portugal Sporting CP Vasques 20 Martins 89 106 y November 2025 Estádio Nacional do Jamor Oeiras, Portugal Ramón Azón Roma (Spain) Third place match Sporting v Valencia 6 June 1953 4–1 Sporting CP Portugal Vasques 3 62 Martins 6 46 Spain 1945 Valencia Badenes 80 November 2025 Estádio Nacional do Jamor Oeiras, Portugal Édouard Harzic (France) Final Reims v Milan 7 June 1953 3–0 Reims France Kopa 31 74 Appel 52 Italy A.C. Milan November 2025 Estádio Nacional do Jamor Oeiras, Portugal José Vieira da Costa (Portugal) _stade reims 53 _band white FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF FFFFFF ed1c24 Reims _milan5051F 0072ff FFFFFF 0072ff FFFFFF FFFFFF Milan GK France Paul Sinibaldi DF France Robert Jonquet DF France Armand Penverne DF France Roger Marche MF France Simon Zimny MF France Raymond Cicci FW France Raymond Kopa FW Netherlands Bram Appel FW France Jean Templin FW France Léon Glovacki FW France Francis Méano Manager: France Albert Batteux GK Italy Lorenzo Buffon DF Italy Francesco Zagatti DF Italy Arturo Silvestri MF Sweden Nils Liedholm MF Italy Omero Tognon MF Italy Celestino Celio MF Italy Carlo Annovazzi MF Italy Renzo Burini FW Sweden Gunnar Gren FW Italy Amleto Frignani FW Sweden Gunnar Nordahl Manager: Italy Mario Sperone 1953 Latin Cup Champions France Reims 1st Goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Portugal João Martins Portugal Sporting CP 4 2 Portugal Manuel Vasques 3 France Raymond Kopa France Reims 3 Sweden Gunnar Nordahl Italy A.C. Milan 2 4 Sweden Nils Liedholm 1 Italy Amleto Frignani France Francis Méano France Reims Netherlands Bram Appel Spain 1945 Quiliano Gago Spain 1945 Valencia Spain 1945 Manuel Badenes Sources:November 2025 Notes References External links Latin Cup (Full Results) from RSSSF Association football France Italy Portugal Spain Category:Latin Cup Category:1952–53 in European men's football Category:June 1953 sports events in Europe Category:1952–53 in Portuguese football Category:1950s in Lisbon Category:Football competitions in Lisbon