1952 Latin Cup

1952 Latin Cup

Coupe Latine 1952
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	24–29 June 1952
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nice
Third place	Juventus
Fourth place	Sporting CP
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Giampiero Boniperti (3 goals)
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The 1952 Latin Cup (French: Coupe Latine 1952) was the fourth edition of the annual Latin Cup which was played by clubs of the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The tournament was hosted by France, and the Spanish club Barcelona was the winner of the tournament after defeating Nice by a score of 1–0 in the final match.

Team	Method of qualification	Previous appearances
Nice	1951–52 French Division 1 champions	Debut
Juventus	1951–52 Serie A champions	Debut
Sporting CP	1951–52 Primeira Divisão champions	1949, 1951
Barcelona	1951–52 La Liga champions	1949

The host of the tournament was France,^[1] and all matches were played in one host stadium.

Paris	Paris
Parc des Princes
Capacity: 38,000

	Semifinals				Final
	24 June – Paris
	Barcelona	4
					28 June – Paris
	Juventus	2
					Barcelona	1
	25 June – Paris
					Nice	0
	Nice	4
	Sporting CP	2
					Third place match
					29 June – Paris
					Juventus	3
					Sporting CP	2

24 June 1952

Barcelona	4–2	Juventus
Manchón 3' Basora 24', 56' Kubala 51' (pen.)	Report	Boniperti 41', 82'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Raymond Vicentini (France)

25 June 1952

Nice	4–2	Sporting CP
Carré 8', ?' Carniglia 20' Courteaux 43'	Report	Alves 62' Albano 64'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Ricardo Pieri (Italy)

28 June 1952

Juventus	3–2	Sporting CP
Boniperti 5' Hansen 7' Vivolo 15'	Report	Martins 30', 78'

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

29 June 1952

Barcelona	1–0	Nice
Rodríguez 80'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris, France

Referee: Reis Santos (Portugal)

Barcelona

Nice

GK Antoni Ramallets DF Cheché Martín DF Gustau Biosca DF Josep Seguer MF Andreu Bosch MF Emilio Aldecoa FW Jaime Escudero FW Eduardo Manchón FW Estanislao Basora FW César Rodríguez FW László Kubala Manager: Ferdinand Daučík

GK Marcel Domingo DF Guy Poitevin DF Pancho González DF Alphonse Martínez DF Mohamed Firoud MF Antoine Bonifaci MF Abdelaziz Ben Tifour FW Jean Belver FW Désiré Carré FW Jean Courteaux FW Victor Nurenberg Manager: Numa Andoire

1952 Latin Cup Champions
Barcelona 2nd title

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus	3
2	Désiré Carré	Nice	2
	João Martins	Sporting CP
	Estanislau Basora	Barcelona
3	César Rodríguez		1
	Eduardo Manchón
	László Kubala
	Pasquale Vivolo	Juventus
	Karl Hansen
	Jean Courteaux	Nice
	Luis Carniglia
	Veríssimo Alves	Sporting CP
	Albano
Sources: [2][3][4][5]

• Latin Cup (Full Results) from RSSSF