Challenge Cup (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

Challenge Cup
Founded 1897 (1897)
Region Austro-Hungarian Empire
Current champions Wiener Sport-Club
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s) Wiener AC
(3 titles)
Challence Cup 1899 Winners First Vienna FC.

The Challenge Cup was an international competition for association football clubs.

History

It was invented 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 was ceased in 1911. Today it is seen as the predecessor to the Austrian Cup started in 1918 and the Mitropa Cup that was established in 1927.[1]

Challenge Cup Finals

Season Winners Runners-up Result
1897–98 Austria Vienna Cricket FC Austria Wiener FC 1898 7–0
1898–99 Austria First Vienna FC Austria AC Viktoria Wien 4–1
1899–00 Austria First Vienna FC Austria Vienna Cricket FC 2–0
1900–01 Austria Wiener AC Czechoslovakia SK Slavia Prague 1–0
1901–02 Austria Vienna Cricket FC Hungary Budapesti TC 2–1
1902–03 Austria Wiener AC Czechoslovakia ČAFC Královské Vinohrady w/o
1903–04 Austria Wiener AC Austria Vienna Cricket FC 7–0
1904–05 Austria Wiener Sport-Club Hungary Magyar AC 2–1
1905–06
Not Held
1906–07
Not Held
1907–08
Not Held
1908–09 Hungary Ferencvárosi TC Austria Wiener Sport-Club 2–1
1909–10
Not Held
1910–11 Austria Wiener Sport-Club Hungary Ferencvárosi TC 3–0

Performances

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Seasons Runners-up Seasons
Austria Wiener AC
3
–
1901, 1903, 1904 –
Austria Vienna Cricket FC
2
2
1898, 1902 1900, 1904
Austria Wiener Sport-Club
2
1
1905, 1911 1909
Austria First Vienna FC
2
–
1899, 1900 –
Hungary Ferencvárosi TC
1
1
1909 1911
Austria Wiener FC 1898
–
1
– 1898
Austria AC Viktoria Wien
–
1
– 1899
Czechoslovakia SK Slavia Prague
–
1
– 1901
Czechoslovakia ČAFC Královské Vinohrady
–
1
– 1903
Hungary Budapesti TC
–
1
– 1902
Hungary Magyar AC
–
1
– 1905

Performance by country

Country Winners Runners-up
Austria Austria
9
5
Hungary Hungary
1
3
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
–
2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 RSSSF: Austria/Habsburg Monarchy - Challenge Cup 1897-1911
  2. ↑ IFFHS: Challenge Cup: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1897-1911)
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