Cup of the Alps

Cup of the Alps
(Coppa delle Alpi)

Founded	1960
Abolished	1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Region	Western Europe (Switzerland, Italy, France and Germany)
Number of teams	16 (1960–1961) 8 (1962–1968) 12 (1968–1969) 8 (1970–1981) 10 (1982) 8 (1983–1987)
Last champions	AJ Auxerre (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Servette FC (4 titles)

Coppa delle Alpi (translated as Cup of the Alps) was a official football tournament,[1] first organized by the Italian national league as it started in 1960 and then they were aided by the Swiss League from 1962, for the reason that the majority of the Alps are in Switzerland [this is an incorrect assertion as "the majority of the alps are" not in Switzerland but in Austria and Italy[2]]. This competition ran from 1960 until 1987.

In the 1960s and 1961 editions ranking was compiled by adding the points of the Italian and Swiss teams. The tournament was won by the Italian federation in both editions, and the teams that represented it was given a cup of reduced dimensions (A.S. Roma, Catania Calcio, Hellas Verona F.C., Catanzaro Calcio, Triestina, U.S. Città di Palermo, Napoli Calcio and Alessandria Calcio in the 1960 and S.S. Lazio, Fiorentina, A.C. Monza Brianza 1912, Pro Patria Calcio, A.C. Reggiana 1919, Parma F.C., Lecco Calcio and Brescia Calcio in the 1961).

Years

• 1960-61: competition between league selections and Italian and Swiss teams.
• 1962-66: competition between Italian and Swiss teams.
• 1967-68: competition between German, Italian and Swiss teams.
• 1969-71: competition between Italian and Swiss teams.
• 1972-87: competition between French and Swiss teams.

List of finals

Keys

• aet: won after extra time
• p: won after penalty shoot-out

Genoa celebrates the triumph in the 1962 edition

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Final host	Ref.
1	1960	Serie A selection[n 1]	– [n 2]	Swiss League selection	– [n 2]
2	1961	Serie A selection[n 3]	– [n 2]	Swiss League selection	– [n 2]
3	1962	Genoa	1–0	Grenoble 1892	Genoa
4	1963	Juventus	3–2	Atalanta	Genève
5	1964	Genoa	2–0	Catania	Bern
–	1965	(not held)
6	1966	Napoli	– [n 2]	Juventus	– [n 2]
7	1967	Eintracht Frankfurt	– [n 2]	TSV 1860	– [n 2]
8	1968	Schalke 04	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Basel	Basel	[3]
9	1969	Basel	3–1	Bologna	Basel	[4]
8	1970	Basel	3–2	Fiorentina	Basel	[5]
9	1971	Lazio	3–1	Basel	Basel	[6]
10	1972	Nîmes Olympique	7–2	Bordeaux	Nîmes	[7]
11	1973	Servette	1–0	Lausanne	Genève
12	1974	Young Boys	2–1	Basel	Basel
13	1975	Servette	3–0	Basel	Genève
14	1976	Servette	2–1	Nîmes Olympique	Genève
15	1977	Stade Reims	3–1	Bastia	Reims
16	1978	Servette	4–0	Lausanne	Genève
17	1979	AS Monaco	3–1	Metz	Metz
18	1980	Bordeaux	3–0	Nîmes Olympique	Bordeaux
19	1981	Basel	2–2 (5–4 p)	Sochaux-Montbéliard	Basel
20	1982	Nantes Atlantique	1–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel
21	1983	AS Monaco	2–1	Auxerre	Monaco
22	1984	AS Monaco	2–0	Grasshopper	Zürich
23	1985	Auxerre	1–0	AS Monaco	Auxerre
–	1986	(not held)
24	1987	Auxerre	3–1	Grasshopper	Auxerre

Notes

1. Selection consisting of player from teams as Alessandria, Catania, Catanzaro, Hellas Verona, Napoli, Palermo, Roma and Triestina.
2. Round-robin tournament.
3. Selection consisting of player from teams as Brescia, Fiorentina, Lazio, Lecco, Monza, Parma, Pro Patria and Reggiana.

Performance

By club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runner-up Years
Servette	4	-	1973, 1975, 1976, 1978	–
Basel	3	4	1969, 1970, 1981	1968, 1971, 1974, 1975
AS Monaco	3	1	1979, 1983, 1984	1985
Auxerre	2	1	1985, 1987	1983
Genoa	2	-	1962, 1964	–
Nîmes	1	2	1972	1976, 1980
Juventus	1	1	1963	1966
Bordeaux	1	1	1980	1972
Napoli	1	-	1966	–
Eintracht Frankfurt	1	-	1967	–
Schalke 04	1	-	1968	–
Lazio	1	-	1971	–
Young Boys	1	-	1974	–
Stade Reims	1	-	1977	–
Nantes	1	-	1982	–
Lausanne Sports	-	2	–	1973, 1978
Grasshoppers	-	2	–	1984, 1987
Grenoble	-	1	–	1962
Atalanta	-	1	–	1963
Catania	-	1	–	1964
1860 Munich	-	1	–	1967
Bologna	-	1	–	1969
Fiorentina	-	1	–	1970
Bastia	-	1	–	1977
Metz	-	1	–	1979
Sochaux	-	1	–	1981
Neuchâtel Xamax	-	1	–	1982

A victory as a member of the Italian selection: A.S. Roma, Catania Calcio, Hellas Verona F.C., Catanzaro Calcio, Triestina, U.S. Città di Palermo, Napoli Calcio, Alessandria Calcio, S.S. Lazio, Fiorentina, A.C. Monza Brianza 1912, Pro Patria Calcio, A.C. Reggiana 1919, Parma F.C., Lecco Calcio Brescia Calcio.

By nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
Switzerland	8	11
Italy	7	5
France	6	8
Monaco	3	1
Germany	2	1

Cup of the Alps for amateurs

In 1998 the competition was restarted (using the same name) but with amateur teams from Italy, Switzerland, France (and Belgium in 2004 and 2005). Each year in Geneva there is an unofficial tournament with 8 teams each with 15 amateurs played for the first place.

Dates

• 1998: competition restart with amateur clubs between Italian, French and Swiss teams.
• 2004-05: a team from Belgium joined the competition.

Sources and References

• Cup of the Alps at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

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