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Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary)

Field	Value
name	Challenge Cup
founded	1897
abolished
region	Austro-Hungarian Empire
current champions	Wiener Sport-Club (1911)
most successful club	Wiener AC
(3 titles)

(3 titles)

The Challenge Cup (, ) was an international competition for football clubs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that ran from 1897 to 1911.

History

It was conceived in 1897 in Vienna by John Gramlick, who was one of the founders of Vienna Cricket and Football-Club. The competition was open for all clubs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but practically all the participating teams came from the three major cities Vienna, Budapest and Prague. It was played in a knockout format.

The trophy was to be kept by the first team to win it in three consecutive seasons. In 1903 the rule was changed and the trophy is now in the possession of its last winner Wiener Sport-Club. The Challenge Cup ceased in 1911. Today it is seen as the predecessor to the Austrian Cup (first held in 1918) and the Mitropa Cup, established in 1927.

Champions

List of finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1897–98	AUT Vienna Cricket	AUT Wiener FC 1898
1898–99	AUT First Vienna	AUT AC Viktoria Wien
1899–1900	AUT First Vienna	AUT Vienna Cricket
1900–01	AUT Wiener AC	BOH SK Slavia Prague
1901–02	AUT Vienna Cricket	HUN Budapesti TC
1902–03	AUT Wiener AC	BOH ČAFC Královské
1903–04	AUT Wiener AC	AUT Vienna Cricket
1904–05	AUT Wiener SC	HUN Magyar AC
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09	HUN Ferencváros	AUT Wiener Sport-Club
1909–10
1910–11	AUT Wiener SC	HUN Ferencváros

Titles by club

Country	Club	Winning season
AUT Austria	Wiener AC	1900–01, 1902–03, 1903–04
AUT Austria	Vienna Cricket FC	1897–98, 1901–02
AUT Austria	Wiener Sport-Club	1904–05, 1910–11
AUT Austria	First Vienna FC	1898–99, 1899–1900
HUN Hungary	Ferencváros	1908–09

Titles by country

Country	Titles
AUT Austria
HUN Hungary

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oost-habs-challenge.html RSSSF: Austria/Habsburg Monarchy - Challenge Cup 1897-1911]
[http://www.iffhs.de/?ac3be8e00390b02fc4f02e9d815285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb083cc602 IFFHS: Challenge Cup: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1897-1911)]

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