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Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary)

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Challenge Cup
Founded1897
Abolished1911; 113 years ago (1911)
RegionAustro-Hungarian Empire
Last championsWiener Sport-Club (1911)
Most successful club(s)Wiener AC
(3 titles)

The Challenge Cup (German: Challenge-Cup, Hungarian: Challenge Kupa) was an international competition for football clubs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that ran from 1897 to 1911.

History

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It was conceived in 1897 in Vienna by John Gramlick, who was one of the founders of Vienna Cricket and Football-Club. The competition was open for all clubs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but practically all the participating teams came from the three major cities Vienna, Budapest and Prague.[1] It was played in a knockout format.[2]

The trophy was to be kept by the first team to win it in three consecutive seasons. In 1903 the rule was changed and the trophy is now in the possession of its last winner Wiener Sport-Club. The Challenge Cup ceased in 1911. Today it is seen as the predecessor to the Austrian Cup (first held in 1918) and the Mitropa Cup, established in 1927.[1]

Champions

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List of finals

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First Vienna FC, 1898–99 winners
Season Champion Score Runner-up
1897–98 Austria Vienna Cricket
7–0
Austria Wiener FC 1898
1898–99 Austria First Vienna
4–1
Austria AC Viktoria Wien
1899–1900 Austria First Vienna
2–0
Austria Vienna Cricket
1900–01 Austria Wiener AC
1–0
Bohemia SK Slavia Prague
1901–02 Austria Vienna Cricket
2–1
Hungary Budapesti TC
1902–03 Austria Wiener AC Bohemia ČAFC Královské
1903–04 Austria Wiener AC
7–0
Austria Vienna Cricket
1904–05 Austria Wiener SC
2–1
Hungary Magyar AC
1905–06
(Not held)
1906–07
(Not held)
1907–08
(Not held)
1908–09 Hungary Ferencváros
2–1
Austria Wiener Sport-Club
1909–10
Not Held
1910–11 Austria Wiener SC
3–0
Hungary Ferencváros

Titles by club

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Country Club Titles Winning season
Austria Austria Wiener AC
3
1901, 1903, 1904
Austria Austria Vienna Cricket FC
2
1898, 1902
Austria Austria Wiener Sport-Club
2
1905, 1911
Austria Austria First Vienna FC
2
1899, 1900
Hungary Hungary Ferencváros
1
1909

Titles by country

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Country Titles
Austria Austria
9
Hungary Hungary
1

See also

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References

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