1955–1960 Central European International Cup

The 1955–60 Central European International Cup was the final edition of the Central European International Cup. It was replaced by the European Nations Championship. Yugoslavia took part for the first time.^[1]

1955–60 Central European International Cup

Dr. Gerö Cup
Tournament details
Dates	27 March 1955 – 6 January 1960
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Austria
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	122 (4.07 per match)
Attendance	1,667,369 (55,579 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lajos Tichy (7 goals)
← 1948–53

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia (C)	10	7	2	1	24	14	+10	16		—	1–3	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Hungary	10	6	3	1	34	16	+18	15		2–4	—	6–1	2–2	2–0	8–0
3	Austria	10	4	3	3	21	21	0	11		2–2	2–2	—	2–1	3–2	4–0
4	Yugoslavia	10	3	3	4	21	13	+8	9		1–2	1–3	1–1	—	6–1	0–0
5	Italy	10	2	3	5	12	21	−9	7		1–1	1–1	2–1	0–4	—	3–0
6	Switzerland	10	0	2	8	10	37	−27	2		1–6	4–5	2–3	1–5	1–1	—

Source: EU-Football
(C) Champions

Matches

27 March 1955 (1955-03-27)

16:00 UTC+1

Czechoslovakia	3–2	Austria
Procházka 6' Crha 33' (pen.) Pešek 52'	Report	Probst 35' Dienst 42'

Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)

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24 April 1955 (1955-04-24)

17:00 UTC+1

Austria	2–2	Hungary
Probst 11', 30'	Report	Fenyvesi 7' Hidegkuti 29'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Greece)

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1 May 1955 (1955-05-01)

15:00 UTC+1

Switzerland	2–3	Austria
Hügi 21' Vonlanthen 42'	Report	Hofbauer 27' Brousek 54' (pen.) Probst 58'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

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29 May 1955 (1955-05-29)

16:00 UTC+1

Italy	0–4	Yugoslavia
	Report	Veselinović 48' Zebec 65' Bergamaschi 81' (o.g.) Vukas 82'

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

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26 June 1955 (1955-06-26)

17:30 UTC+1

Yugoslavia	0–0	Switzerland
	Report

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

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17 September 1955 (1955-09-17)

17:00 UTC+1

Switzerland	4–5	Hungary
Vonlanthen 16', 43' Antenen 64', 73'	Report	Machos 20', 22' Kocsis 26' Puskás 57', 85' (pen.)

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jacques Devillers (France)

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2 October 1955 (1955-10-02)

15:30 UTC+1

Czechoslovakia	1–3	Hungary
Přáda 74'	Report	Kocsis 6' Czibor 69' Tichy 84'

Great Strahov Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium)

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16 October 1955 (1955-10-16)

14:30 UTC+1

Hungary	6–1	Austria
Tichy 4' Kocsis 60' Czibor 65', 81' Tóth 67' Puskás 84'	Report	Grohs 53'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 104,000

Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)

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30 October 1955 (1955-10-30)

15:00 UTC+1

Austria	2–1	Yugoslavia
Grohs 18' Hanappi 48'	Report	Milutinović 26'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)

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27 November 1955 (1955-11-27)

14:00 UTC+1

Hungary	2–0	Italy
Puskás 81' Tóth 84'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

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29 April 1956 (1956-04-29)

16:30 UTC+1

Hungary	2–2	Yugoslavia
Fenyvesi 42' Bozsik 55'	Report	Vukas 6' Veselinović 75'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

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10 May 1956 (1956-05-10)

15:00 UTC+1

Switzerland	1–6	Czechoslovakia
Ballaman 1'	Report	Borovička 16' Feureisl 21', 31', 61', 66' Masopust 88'

Charmilles Stadium, Geneva

Attendance: 20,669

Referee: Jan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

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20 May 1956 (1956-05-20)

17:00 UTC+1

Hungary	2–4	Czechoslovakia
Machos 28' Bozsik 56' (pen.)	Report	Feureisl 8' Moravčík 27', 55' Pazdera 70'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)

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17 June 1956 (1956-06-17)

17:00 UTC+1

Yugoslavia	1–1	Austria
Rajkov 60'	Report	Koller 55'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sándor Harangozó (Hungary)

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16 September 1956 (1956-09-16)

15:00 UTC+1

Yugoslavia	1–3	Hungary
Petaković 7'	Report	Czibor 5' Kocsis 26' Puskás 66'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Friedrich Seipelt (Austria)

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30 September 1956 (1956-09-30)

15:30 UTC+1

Yugoslavia	1–2	Czechoslovakia
Stanković 66'	Report	Přáda 42', 60'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)

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11 November 1956 (1956-11-11)

15:00 UTC+1

Switzerland	1–1	Italy
Ballaman 26'	Report	Firmani 35'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 57,700

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

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9 December 1956 (1956-12-09)

14:30 UTC+1

Italy	2–1	Austria
Longoni 37', 48'	Report	Körner 55'

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Emilio Guidi (Switzerland)

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14 April 1957 (1957-04-14)

15:30 UTC+1

Austria	4–0	Switzerland
Buzek 8', 53' Haummer 62' Koller 77'	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)

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12 May 1957 (1957-05-12)

16:30 UTC+1

Yugoslavia	6–1	Italy
Zebec 10' Milutinović 26' Lipošinović 40', 47' Rajkov 49' Vukas 80'	Report	Cervato 58' (pen.)

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Martin Macko (Czechoslovakia)

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18 May 1957 (1957-05-18)

16:30 UTC+1

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Yugoslavia
Borovička 57'	Report

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Greece)

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13 October 1957 (1957-10-13)

14:30 UTC+1

Austria	2–2	Czechoslovakia
Körner 30' Senekowitsch 54'	Report	Moravčík 5', 7'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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23 March 1958 (1958-03-23)

15:00 UTC+1

Austria	3–2	Italy
Kozlicek 4' Körner 79' Buzek 82'	Report	Petris 47' Firmani 61'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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20 September 1958 (1958-09-20)

16:00 UTC+1

Czechoslovakia	2–1	Switzerland
Scherer 41' Moravčík 49'	Report	Meier 28'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

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13 December 1958 (1958-12-13)

14:30 UTC+1

Italy	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Galli 83'	Report	Masopust 26'

Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

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26 April 1959 (1959-04-26)

15:00 UTC+1

Switzerland	1–5	Yugoslavia
Rey 57'	Report	Lipošinović 3' Šekularac 41', 48' Veselinović 82', 86'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

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25 October 1959 (1959-10-25)

14:00 UTC+1

Hungary	8–0	Switzerland
Göröcs 1', 79' Tichy 19', 28', 35', 66' Sándor 22' Albert 27'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Ivan Lukyanov (Soviet Union)

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1 November 1959 (1959-11-01)

14:15 UTC+1

Czechoslovakia	2–1	Italy
Dolinský 29' Scherer 41'	Report	Lojacono 9'

Great Strahov Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Reg Leafe (England)

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29 November 1959 (1959-11-29)

14:30 UTC+1

Italy	1–1	Hungary
Cervato 56' (pen.)	Report	Tichy 50'

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 67,000

Referee: Piet Roomer (Netherlands)

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6 January 1960 (1960-01-06)

14:30 UTC+1

Italy	3–0	Switzerland
Magerli 47' (o.g.) Stacchini 64' Montuori 81'	Report

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain)

Winner

1955–60 Central European International Cup
Czechoslovakia first title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 4.07 goals per match.

7 goals

• Lajos Tichy

5 goals

• Ferenc Puskás
• Anton Moravčík
• Jiří Feureisl

4 goals

• Erich Probst
• Zoltán Czibor
• Sándor Kocsis
• Todor Veselinović

3 goals

• Alfred Körner
• Hans Buzek
• Ferenc Machos
• Roger Vonlanthen
• Ladislav Přáda
• Miloš Milutinović
• Bernard Vukas

2 goals

• Herbert Grohs
• Angelo Longoni
• Eddie Firmani
• Sergio Cervato
• János Göröcs
• József Bozsik
• József Tóth
• Máté Fenyvesi
• Charles Antenen
• Robert Ballaman
• Adolf Scherer
• Jaroslav Borovička
• Josef Masopust
• Branko Zebec
• Dragoslav Šekularac
• Luka Lipošinović
• Zdravko Rajkov

1 goal

• Gerhard Hanappi
• Helmut Senekowitsch
• Paul Kozlicek
• Richard Brousek
• Robert Dienst
• Walter Haummer
• Otto Hofbauer
• Carlo Galli
• Francisco Lojacono
• Gino Stacchini
• Gianfranco Petris
• Miguel Montuori
• Flórián Albert
• Károly Sándor
• Nándor Hidegkuti
• Eugen Meier
• Josef Hügi
• Gilbert Rey
• Arnošt Pazdera
• Jiří Pešek
• Josef Crha
• Milan Dolinský
• Zdeněk Procházka
• Aleksandar Petaković
• Branko Stanković

1 own goal

• Mario Bergamaschi (against Yugoslavia)
• Rolf Magerli (against Italy)

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Nordic Cup
Mediterranean Cup