Coppa delle Alpi (translated as Cup of the Alps) was an official football tournament, first organized by the Italian national league in 1960, aided by the Swiss League from 1962, running 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 1960 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).
Years 1960–61: competition between league selections and Italian and Swiss teams. 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 and Swiss teams.
List of finals
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Final host Ref. 1 1960 Serie A selection – Swiss League selection – 2 1961 Serie A selection – Swiss League selection – 3 1962 Genoa 1–0 Grenoble 1892 Genoa 4 1963 Juventus 3–2 AtalantaGenève 5 1964 Genoa 2–0 Catania Bern – 1965 (not held) 6 1966 Napoli – Juventus – 7 1967 Eintracht Frankfurt – TSV 1860 – 8 1968 Schalke 04 3–1 Basel Basel 9 1969 Basel 3–1 Bologna Basel 8 1970 Basel 3–2 Fiorentina Basel 9 1971 Lazio 3–1 Basel Basel 10 1972 Nîmes Olympique 7–2 Bordeaux Nîmes 11 1973 Servette 1–0 Lausanne Genève 12 1974 Young Boys 2–1 Basel Basel 13 1975 Servette 3–0 Basel Genève 14 1976 Servette 2–1 Nîmes Olympique Genève 15 1977 Stade Reims 3–1 Bastia Reims 16 1978 Servette 4–0 Lausanne Genève 17 1979 AS Monaco 3–1 Metz Metz 18 1980 Bordeaux 3–0 Nîmes Olympique Bordeaux 19 1981 Basel 2–2 Sochaux-Montbéliard Basel 20 1982 Nantes Atlantique 1–0 Neuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel 21 1983 AS Monaco 2–1 Auxerre Monaco 22 1984 AS Monaco 2–0 Grasshopper Zürich 23 1985 Auxerre 1–0 AS Monaco Auxerre – 1986 (not held) 24 1987 Auxerre 3–1 Grasshopper Auxerre Notes
Performance
By club Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years Servette 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978 – Basel 1969, 1970, 1981 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975 AS Monaco 1979, 1983, 1984 1985 Auxerre 1985, 1987 1983 Genoa 1962, 1964 – Nîmes 1972 1976, 1980 Juventus 1963 1966 Bordeaux 1980 1972 Napoli 1966 – Eintracht Frankfurt 1967 – Schalke 04 1968 – Lazio 1971 – Young Boys 1974 – Stade Reims 1977 – Nantes 1982 – Lausanne Sports – 1973, 1978 Grasshoppers – 1984, 1987 Grenoble – 1962 Atalanta – 1963 Catania – 1964 1860 Munich – 1967 Bologna – 1969 Fiorentina – 1970 Bastia – 1977 Metz – 1979 Sochaux – 1981 Neuchâtel Xamax – 1982
A victory as a member of the Italian selection: A.S. Roma, Catania Calcio, Hellas Verona F.C., Catanzaro Calcio, Triestina, U.S. Città di Palermo, Napoli Calcio, Alessandria Calcio, S.S. Lazio, Fiorentina, A.C. Monza Brianza 1912, Pro Patria Calcio, A.C. Reggiana 1919, Parma F.C., Lecco Calcio Brescia Calcio.
By nation NationWinnersRunners-up81175683121
Cup of the Alps for amateurs In 1998 the competition was restarted (using the same name) but with amateur teams from Italy, Switzerland, France (and Belgium in 2004 and 2005). Each year in Geneva there is an unofficial tournament with 8 teams each with 15 amateurs played for the first place.
Dates 1998: competition restart with amateur clubs between Italian, French and Swiss teams. 2004-05: a team from Belgium joined the competition.
Sources and References Cup of the Alps at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.