Cup of the Alps

Coppa delle Alpi (translated as Cup of the Alps) was a football tournament, first organized by the Italian national league to start 1960 and then aided by the Swiss League in 1962 for the reason that the majority of the Alps are in Switzerland. 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 1960s 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).

In 1998 an Italian father choose to restart the competition with only amateur teams from Italy,Switzerland,France (and Belgium in 2004 and 2005).

Every years in Geneva on a non-official tournament 8 teams of 15 amateurs players play for the first place.

The strongest team is FC Simioni with 6 victory and the strongest country is Italy and after Switzerland on the new part of the competition.

Years

• 1960-61: competition between league selections.
• 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, Monegasque and Swiss teams.
• 1998: competition restart with amateur clubs between Italian, French and Swiss teams.
• 2004-05: one team from Belgium join the competition.

List of finals

Key

	Match was won during extra time
	Match was won on a penalty shoot-out after extra time

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue
1960	Italy Serie A Selection		Switzerland League Selection
1961	Italy Serie A Selection		Switzerland League Selection
1962	Genoa C.F.C.	1–0	Grenoble Foot 38	Genoa
1963	Juventus F.C.	3–2	Atalanta B.C.	Genève
1964	Genoa C.F.C.	2–0	Calcio Catania	Bern
1965	Tournament Not Held
1966	SSC Napoli		Juventus F.C.
1967	Eintracht Frankfurt		TSV 1860 München
1968	FC Schalke 04	3–1	FC Basel	Basel
1969	FC Basel	3–1	Bologna F.C. 1909	Basel
1970	FC Basel	3–2	ACF Fiorentina	Basel
1971	SS Lazio	3–1	FC Basel	Basel
1972	Nîmes Olympique	7–2	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	Nîmes
1973	Servette FC	1–0	Lausanne Sports	Genève
1974	BSC Young Boys	2–1	FC Basel	Basel
1975	Servette FC	3–0	FC Basel	Genève
1976	Servette FC	2–1	Nîmes Olympique	Genève
1977	Stade Reims	3–1	SC Bastia	Reims
1978	Servette FC	4–0	Lausanne Sports	Genève
1979	AS Monaco	3–1	FC Metz	Metz
1980	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	3–0	Nîmes Olympique	Bordeaux
1981	FC Basel	2–2	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Basel
1982	FC Nantes Atlantique	1–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Neuchâtel
1983	AS Monaco	2–1	AJ Auxerre	Monaco
1984	AS Monaco	2–0	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Zürich
1985	AJ Auxerre	1–0	AS Monaco	Auxerre
1986	Tournament Not Held
1987	AJ Auxerre	3–1	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Auxerre

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

By nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
France	9	9
Switzerland	8	11
Italy	7	5
Germany	2	1

External links

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