1966 Cup of the Alps

1966 Coppa delle Alpi
	Alpencup, Coupe des Alpes
Country	Switzerland and Italy
Teams	8
Defending champions	Genoa
Champions	Napoli
Runners-up	Juventus
Matches played	16
Goals scored	53 (3.31 per match)
	← 1964 1967 →

The 1966 Coppa delle Alpi shows the results of the 1966 tournament that was held as a preseason event to the 1966/67 season. The Coppa delle Alpi (translated as Cup of the Alps) was a football tournament, jointly organized by the Italian national league and the Swiss League as a pre-season event.

Overview

This season the Cup of the Alps was played as a league tournament with four teams from Switzerland and four teams from Italy. Each team played four games against the teams from the other country. The teams did not play compatriots. This year the was no cup final, the league leader was the cup winner. The tournament was not held the previous year, 1965. Therefore, the defending champions would have been Genoa from the 1964 edition, but they did not compete this year.

Matches

First round

4 June 1966

20:00

Round 1

Basel	0 – 1	Catania
	FCB Summary	2' (0:1) Fanello

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 7,000

Referee:

Othmar Huber Thun

4 June 1966

20:15

Round 1

Young Boys	0 – 2	Juventus
	Juventus Summary	17' (0:1) Dell'Omodarme 43' (0:2) Dell'Omodarme

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Referee:

Antonio Sbardella

4 June 1966

Round 1

Lausanne/Zürich	0 – 4	Napoli

4 June 1966

Round 1

Spal Ferrara	2 – 1	Servette

Second round

8 June 1966

20:00

Round 2

Basel	2 – 4	Napoli
Konrad 62' (1:4) Frigerio 71' (2:4)	FCB Summary	8' (0:1) Altafini 34' (0:2) Altafini 51' (0:3) Altafini 62' (0:4) Montefusco

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 10,200

Referee:

Antonio Sbardella

8 June 1966

Round 2

Servette	1 – 3	Juventus
Mocallin 31' (1:2)	Juventus Summary	11' (0:1) Traspedini 25' (0:2) Dell'Omodarme 39' (1:3) Dell'Omodarme

Charmilles Stadium, Geneva

Referee:

Gilbert Droz Marin

8 June 1966

Round 2

Young Boys	2 – 2	Spal Ferrara

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

8 June 1966

Round 2

Lausanne/Zürich	1 – 0	Catania

Third round

11 June 1966

20:00

Round 3

Basel	1 – 2	Juventus
Hauser 63' (1:0)	Summary	66' (1:1) Menichelli 73' (1:2) Mattei

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 7,600

Referee:

Ettore Carminati

11 June 1966

Round 3

Napoli	4 – 2	Young Boys

11 June 1966

Round 3

Servette	0 – 0	Catania

11 June 1966

Round 3

Lausanne/Zürich	3 – 2	Spal Ferrara

Fourth round

15 June 1965

18:15

Round 4

Basel	2 – 3	Spal Ferrara
Rickenbacher 61' (1:1) Hauser 81' (pen. 2:1)	Summary Juventus summary	19' (0:1) Muzzio 76' (o.g. 1:2) Pfirter 82' (2:3) Carrera

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 2,500

Referee:

Karl Göppel Zürich

15 June 1965

Round 4

Napoli	3 – 1	Servette

15 June 1965

Round 4

Young Boys	2 – 0	Catania

15 June 1966

Round 4

Lausanne/Zürich	3 – 0 FF	Juventus
Hertig 3' (1:0) Stürmer 20' (2:0)	Juventus summary	27' (2:1) Chinesinho 53' (2:2) Traspedini

Referee:

Dittmar Huber

Note: Sport Judge decision the game was awarded 3–0, after the match was abandoned at 2–2 in the 74th minute following Juventus protest.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Napoli	4	4	0	0	15	5	+10	8	Winner
2	Juventus	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Lausanne/Zürich	4	3	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Combined team Lausanne/Zürich
4	Spal Ferrara	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	5
5	Young Boys	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	3
6	Catania	4	1	1	2	1	3	−2	3
7	Servette	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1
8	Basel	4	0	0	4	5	10	−5	0

Source: rsssf.com

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