1953 Latin Cup
# 1953 Latin Cup

The 1953 Latin Cup (Portuguese: Copa Latina 1953) was the fifth 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 Portugal, and the French club Stade de Reims was the winner of the tournament after defeating AC Milan by a score of 3–0 in the final match.

## Participating teams

| Team | Method of qualification | Previous appearances |
| - | - | - |
| Stade de Reims | 1952–53 French Division 1 champions | 1949 |
| AC Milan | 1952–53 Serie A 3rd place | 1951 |
| Sporting CP | 1952–53 Primeira Divisão champions | 1949, 1951, 1952 |
| Valencia CF | 1952–53 La Liga runners-up | Debut |

## Venues

The host of the tournament was Portugal, and the four matches were played across two stadiums in two cities.

| Oeiras | OeirasPorto | Porto |
| - | - | - |
| Estádio Nacional do Jamor | OeirasPorto | Estádio das Antas |
| Capacity: 37,500 | OeirasPorto | Capacity: 60,000 |

## Tournament

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 June – Porto | 4 June – Porto |
| Stade de Reims | 2 |
| Stade de Reims | 2 | 7 June – Oeiras | 7 June – Oeiras |
| Valencia CF | 1 | 7 June – Oeiras | 7 June – Oeiras |
| Valencia CF | 1 | Stade de Reims | 3 |
| 4 June – Oeiras | 4 June – Oeiras | | Stade de Reims | 3 |
| 4 June – Oeiras | 4 June – Oeiras | AC Milan | 0 |
| AC Milan | 4 | AC Milan | 0 |
| Sporting CP | 3 | | |
| Sporting CP | 3 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 6 June – Oeiras | 6 June – Oeiras |
| | | Sporting CP | 4 |
| | | Valencia CF | 1 |

### Final

| Stade de Reims | AC Milan |
| - | - |
| GK | Paul Sinibaldi |
| DF | Robert Jonquet |
| DF | Armand Penverne |
| DF | Roger Marche |
| MF | Simon Zimny |
| MF | Raymond Cicci |
| FW | Raymond Kopa |
| FW | Bram Appel |
| FW | Jean Templin |
| FW | Léon Glovacki |
| FW | Francis Méano |
| Manager: |||
| Albert Batteux |||
| GK | Lorenzo Buffon |
| DF | Francesco Zagatti |
| DF | Arturo Silvestri |
| MF | Nils Liedholm |
| MF | Omero Tognon |
| MF | Celestino Celio |
| MF | Carlo Annovazzi |
| MF | Renzo Burini |
| FW | Gunnar Gren |
| FW | Amleto Frignani |
| FW | Gunnar Nordahl |
| Manager: ||
| Mario Sperone ||

* 1953 Latin Cup Champions
* Stade de Reims 1st title

## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | João Martins | Sporting CP | 4 |
| 2 | Manuel Vasques | Sporting CP | 3 |
| 2 | Raymond Kopa | Stade de Reims | 3 |
| 3 | Gunnar Nordahl | AC Milan | 2 |
| 4 | Nils Liedholm | AC Milan | 1 |
| 4 | Amleto Frignani | AC Milan | 1 |
| 4 | Francis Méano | Stade de Reims | 1 |
| 4 | Bram Appel | Stade de Reims | 1 |
| 4 | Quiliano Gago | Valencia CF | 1 |
| 4 | Manuel Badenes | Valencia CF | 1 |
| Sources: ||||
