Originally the trophy was to be kept by the first team to win it in three consecutive seasons, but in 1903 this rule was changed and the cup made into a permanent 'Wanderpokal', no team being allowed to retain it. It is now in possession of the last winners, Wiener Sport-Club (currently called Wiener Sportklub following a short-lived merger with SV Gerasdorf and two insolvencies in the 1990s).
It can be seen as a fore-runner of both the Austrian (Viennese) cup competition started in 1918 and the renowned Mitropa-Cup started in 1927.
In the same period (the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century), the Tagblatt-Pokal (a first league championship) was played.
Season Winners Runners-Up 1897/98 Vienna Cricket FC 7-0 FC 98 1898/99 First Vienna FC 4-1 AC Victoria 1899/00 First Vienna FC 2-0 Vienna Cricket FC 1900/01 Wiener AC 1-0 SK Slavia Praha 1901/02 Vienna Cricket FC 2-1 Budapesti TC 1902/03 Wiener AC w/o CAFC Vinohrady (Praha) 1903/04 Wiener AC 7-0 Vienna Cricket FC 1904/05 Wiener SV 2-1 Magyar AC (Budapest) 1905/06 not held 1906/07 not held (instead a "Wiener Cup" was played) 1907/08 not held 1908/09 Ferencvárosi TC 2-1 Wiener Sport-Club 1909/10 not held 1910/11 Wiener Sport-Club 3-0 Ferencvárosi TC Number of Wins (10) 3 Wiener AC 2 Vienna Cricket FC First Vienna FC Wiener Sport-Club (includes Wiener SV) 1 Ferencvárosi TC
Participants (4):
Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC (organisers)
FC 98 - Fußballklub von "98" - the football section of the
Deutsch-Österreichischer Turnverein which had split off
from the original club
Training - Rasenspielclub Training
Vienna - First Vienna FC
Note that the Allgemeine Sportzeitung already used the name
'Fussballklub von 1898' in November 1897!
Semifinals
[Nov 14, 1897; Forstwiese, Prater]
Training 0-5 FC 98
[Sonnenschein (3 or 4), Pollack (2 or 1)]
[Nov 15, 1897; Jesuitenwiese, Prater]
Cricketer 3-2 Vienna
[1-0 Mollisch (og), 2-0 Gandon, 2-1 Gindl, 2-2 Nicholson (also given
as Galler (og)), Nash 3-2; half-time 2-1]
Final [Nov 21, 1897; Forstwiese, Prater, kick-off 15:30]
Cricketer 7-0 FC 98
[1-0 Blakely, 2-0 Blakely (pen), 3-0 Gandon; remaining 4 goals by
Nash, Shire and Blakely (unclear who scored 2 of these 4)]
Participants (5):
Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC
FC 98 - Fußballklub von "98"
Vienna - First Vienna FC
Victoria - Athletic-Club Victoria
WAC - Wiener Athleticsport-Club
Note that AC Victoria were later written Viktoria (and merged with
Cricketer in 1911/12.)
First Round [Nov 15, 1898]
Cricketer 2-2 WAC
[1-0 Redfern, 2-0 Shires, 2-1 Starrach, 2-2 Gössing; half-time 2-0]
[Cricket: Reguis, Lowe, Kutscher, Meisl, Windett, Gramlich, Barizot,
Redfern, Gandon, Blyth, Shires;
WAC: Nauss, Leuthe, Schön, Haller, Flavin, Sokol, Dettelmeyer, Gössing,
Starrach, Albrecht, Zimmy.]
First Round Replay [Nov 20, 1898; WAC-Platz]
WAC 2-3 Cricketer
[1-0 Studnicka, 1-1 Redfern; other goal scorers not known; half-time 1-1]
Semifinals
[Nov 27, 1898, Hohe Warte]
Vienna 1-0 Cricketer
[1-0 Lowe (og); half-time 1-0]
[Vienna: Mollisch; Alfred Marek, Nicholson; Niedl, Anlauf, Ochsenhofer;
Eckstein, Trinks, Gindl, Schönpflug, Soldat.]
[Dec 4, 1898; Forstwiese, Prater]
Victoria 3-1 FC 98
[1-0 Sauer, 2-0 Sohr II, 3-0 Sohr II, 3-1 Prager II]
[Victoria: W.Zander, Sauer, Albert, Grünbaum, Gross, Albala, Sohr II,
E.Zander, Engel, Sohr I, Seipelt;
FC 98: R.Stör, R.Max, Rolland, Monkey, Roller I, Korany, W.Berger,
Flamm, Polack, Prager II, Roller II.]
Final [Mar 5, 1899; Jesuitenwiese, Prater; kick-off 15:00]
Vienna 4-1 Victoria
[1-0 Soldat; half-time 2-1; other scorers not known]
[Vienna: Mollisch, Alfred, Nicholson, O’Hofer, Anlauf, Niedl, Retzbach,
Schönpflug, Eckstein, Hans, Soldat;
Victoria: W.Zander, Grossmann, Sauer, Würth, Gross, Albala, Siems,
Sohr II, Sohr I, E.Zander, Geiringer.]
Participants (5): Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC FC 98 - Fußballklub von "98" Rapid - SK Rapid Vienna - First Vienna FC WAC - Wiener Athleticsport-Club First Round [Nov 26, 1899] Cricketer 11-0 Rapid [half-time 5-0] Semifinals [Dec 8, 1899] Cricketer 2-1 WAC [1-0 ? (pen), 1-1 Gössing, 2-1 Redfern] [Dec 10, 1899; Hohe Warte] Vienna 3-1 FC 98 Final [Mar 11, 1900] Vienna 2-0 Cricketer [1-0 Eipel, 2-0 Albert; half-time 2-0] [Vienna were missing Links and Gindl; Cricket were missing Windett.]
Known Participants (6): Wien Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC FC 98 - Fußballklub von "98" Vienna - First Vienna FC WAC - Wiener Athleticsport-Club Praha CAFC - Ceský AFC Vinohrady (founded 1899 as CAFC Královské Vinohrady) Slavia - SK Slavia Praha Quarterfinals (Austrian semifinals) [Dec 2, 1900] Vienna 1-2 Cricketer [0-1 Redfern, 1-1 Harry, 1-2 Falke (90'); half-time 0-1] [Dec 30, 1900] WAC 4-2 FC 98 [half-time 2-1] Semifinals [Oct 21, 1900; Bohemian final] Slavia 13-1 CAFC [Mar 10, 1901; WAC-Platz; Austrian final] WAC 5-3 Cricketer [half-time 4-1] Final [Apr 21, 1901; WAC-Platz] WAC 1-0 Slavia [Taurer, 1st half]
Known Participants (7):
Wien
Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC
The other Viennese clubs were excluded due to a playing interdiction
against Cricketer, organisers of the Challenge Cup.
Baden
SC Baden
Praha
CAFC - Ceský AFC Vinohrady (founded 1899 as CAFC Královské Vinohrady)
Slavia - SK Slavia Praha
Budapest
33 FC - 33 FC
BTC - Budapesti Torna Club
FTC - Ferencvárosi Torna Club
Preliminary Round (unconfirmed)
Slavia 4-0 SK Union
[possibly Bohemian semifinal but no date or other details available]
Quarterfinals
[Mar 9, 1902; Austrian final]
Cricketer 17-1 SC Baden
[half-time 3-1]
[Mar 16, 1902; Bohemian final]
Slavia 9-1 CAFC
[Mar 23, 1902; Hungarian semifinal]
BTC 2-0 33 FC
FTC bye
Semifinals
[Apr 27, 1902; Hungarian final]
BTC 5-1 FTC
[May 8, 1902; Wien]
Cricketer 4-3 Slavia [aet]
[the match had finished 3-3 after 90 minutes and 30 minutes of extra time
were to be played (and, should the score still have been even after 120
minutes, sudden-death additional time); Slavia refused to play extra time
claiming one of the 3 Cricketer goals should have been disallowed for hands
and extra time started without Slavia players; upon the referee's whistle,
Cricketer had little difficulty scoring a goal to win the match 4-3]
Final [May 19, 1902]
Cricketer 2-1 BTC
[half-time 1-1]
[Cricketer: Singer, Mac John, Relee, Friedl, Redfern, Charley, König,
Hüttl, Schönewolf, Bugno, Erni;
BTC: Badonyi, Harsavy, Lucius, Cservanka, Ordody, Scrobak, Buda, Roca,
Mano, Guttmann, Minden]
Participants (12): Wien (8) Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC DJ Währing- Deutsche Jungmannschaft Währing FC 98 - Fußballklub von "98" Graphia - Graphia Rapid - SK Rapid Victoria - Victoria Vienna - First Vienna FC Vorwärts - FC Vorwärts WAC - Wiener Athletiksport-Club Mödling (1) Mödling - FC Mödling Praha (1) CAFC - Ceský AFC Vinohrady (founded 1899 as CAFC Královské Vinohrady) Budapest (2) 33 FC - 33 FC FTC - Ferencvárosi Torna Club Austrian Tournament First Round [Nov 16] DJ Währing w/o Vorwärts [Vorwärts did not show] [Nov 30] Mödling 7-2 Victoria Second Round [Nov 9] Vienna abd FC 98 [abandoned at 2-1 in 2nd half] [FC 98 withdrew after a contested goal (making it 2-1) for Vienna was awarded; on Nov 11, the match was annulled because the referee had been a former member of Vienna, contravening the rules of the tournament; on Nov 13, the match was awarded to Vienna, on which FC 98 protested; on Nov 20 the match was annulled again, after which Vienna withdrew from the tournament] [Mar 15] Cricketer 2-1 Deutscher SV [aet] [half-time 0-0, 1-1 after 90 minutes] WAC 14-0 FC Mödling Graphia 3-0 Rapid [aet] NB: during the winter, DJ Währing and Vorwärts merged into Deutscher SV. Semifinals [Mar 22] Cricketer 2-0 Graphia [half-time 1-0; 2-0 by Bugno; also counted for Tagblatt Pokal] WAC 5-0 FC 98 Final [Mar 29] WAC 2-1 Cricketer Bohemian Tournament No matches played as CAFC were the only Bohemian participants. Hungarian Tournament Final [Nov 16] Ferencváros 1-0 33 FC [goal in 25th minute] Final Tournament Semifinal [May 3] WAC 5-1 Ferencváros [half-time 1-0] CAFC bye Final [May 24] WAC w/o CAFC [dns]
Participants (9):
Wien (4)
Cricketer - Vienna Cricket and FC
Graphia - Graphia
Victoria - Victoria
WAC - Wiener Athletiksport-Club
other Austria (2)
Baden - FC Baden
Viehhofen - Viehhofen
Praha (2)
CAFC - Ceský AFC Vinohrady (founded 1899 as CAFC Královské Vinohrady)
Union - Union Prag
Budapest (1)
33 FC - 33 FC
Austrian Tournament
First Round
[Nov 15, 1903]
Graphia 10-1 Baden
[Mar 13, 1904]
Victoria - Viehhofen
[result not yet known]
Semifinals [results not yet known]
WAC bt Graphia
Victoria/Vieh. lt Cricketer
Final [Apr 10, 1904]
WAC 7-0 Cricketer
NB: apparently the federation and the WAC agreed before this match
that, should the WAC win, the Cup would remain a permanent
Wanderpokal with no team being allowed to keep it forever.
This suggests that the above match was not only the Austrian
final but possibly the final of the entire competition 1903/04,
with no teams from Praha or Budapest entering. Technically
the above match apparently did not count as final, but it most
probably was the final match of the competition (and known to
be so when played).
Bohemian Tournament
Final
CAFC - Union
[result not yet known; possibly never played]
Hungarian Tournament
No matches played as 33 FC were the only Hungarian participants.
Final Tournament
NB: apparently all (remaining) Bohemian and Hungarian teams withdrew
before the Austrian final on Apr 10, 1904, so the final tournament
did not take place; its intended schedule (as drawn on Nov 1, 1903)
was as follows:
Semifinal
CAFC/Union - 33 FC
[probably never played]
WAC bye
Final
WAC w/o no opponent [dns]
NB: [Sch 25] states that the tournament 'had rested for two years',
apparently because no proper finals were played in 1903 and 1904.
A tournament for 2nd class teams was organised in parallel, but no
results are known.
Match with unclear status
[Nov 6, 1904, Hohe Warte, att: 5,000]
WAC 4-3 Vienna
NB: [Mar 97] claims this was the 1904 final, but that does not fit
any other source.
Preliminary Rounds
Wiener SV 5-3 Graphia
Wiener SV 11-1 Viktoria
Semifinal [Apr 23, 1905]
Wiener SV 3-2 Cricketer
Final [Apr 24, 1905; Hohe Warte]
Wiener SV 2-1 MAC (Budapest)
NB: Wiener Sportvereinigung merged with Cyclisten-Club
into Wiener Sport-Club (WSC) on February 25, 1907;
Graphia merged with Schwechater SC into Germania.
NB: WAC not allowed to enter due to conflict with other clubs.
Austrian Tournament
Quarterfinals
[Apr 4]
Rudolfshügel 0-1 FAC
[Apr 12]
Cricket 1-1 Vienna
[May 9]
Rapid 0-2 Germania
Sportclub 3-1 Viktoria
Quarterfinal Replay [Apr 18]
Vienna 0-3 Cricket
Semifinals
[May 16]
Germania w/o Cricket [Germania dns]
[May 23]
FAC 0-3 Sportclub
Final [May 30]
Cricket 0-3 Sportclub
Bohemian Tournament
First Round [Mar 28]
Teplitzer FK 5-1 Sturm Prag
Semifinals
[Apr 4]
Teplitzer FK 5-2 D. Sportbrüder Prag
[May 9]
DSV Troppau 3-0 DFC Brünn [FV Troppau renamed DSV Troppau shortly before]
Final
Teplitzer FK w/o DSV Troppau [Troppau and DFC Brünn excluded from tournament
for using ineligible players in preliminary rounds]
Hungarian Tournament
NB: only the "Neues Wiener Tagblatt" reported Easter Tournament in Budapest as
Hungarian qualification stage for the Challenge Cup
Preliminary Round [Apr 7]
BTC (Budapest) 3-1 MAC (Budapest)
Main Tournament (Easter)
[Apr 10]
MTK 1-0 BTC (Budapest)
Ferencváros 4-1 VfB Leipzig
[Apr 11]
Ferencváros 1-1 BTC (Budapest)
MTK 4-0 VfB Leipzig
[Apr 12]
BTC (Budapest) 1-2 VfB Leipzig
MTK 1-2 Ferencváros
Final Table:
1.Ferencváros 3 2 1 0 7- 3 5
2.MTK 3 2 0 1 6- 2 4
3.VfB Leipzig 3 1 0 2 3- 9 2
4.BTC (Budapest) 3 0 1 2 2- 4 1
Final Tournament
Intermediate Round (Winners Bohemia vs Grazer AK) [May 30]
Grazer AK o/w Teplitzer FK [GAK withdrew from tournament]
Semifinal (Winners Wien vs Winners Bohemia) [May 31]
Sportclub 1-0 Teplitzer FK [abandoned at 1-0 in 55' due to injury
goalkeeper TFK; awarded to Sportclub ]
Final [Jun 13, 1909; Hohe Warte]
Ferencváros 2-1 WSC
NB: final between the winners of tournaments in 'both halves of the Empire'
[Sch 25] explicitly states no Challenge Cup was played; various sources nevertheless list a final: Final [1910] BTC (Budapest) 2-1 WSC but this match is not explicitly detailed anywhere and would appear to be a mix-up with the final of the previous season.
Preliminary Rounds WSC 7-3 FAC Rapid 2-1 Vienna Cricketer 0-9 Simmering [March 19, 1911] WSC 3-1 Rapid [spring 1911 in Rudolfsheim] WSC 14-0 DFV Troppau Final [Sep 24, 1911; Hohe Warte] WSC 3-0 Ferencváros
Main source for period pre-1903: Allgemeine Sportzeitung (Wien); other sources: [Fon 62], [Gös 93], [Grü 00], [Hub 00], [Mar 97], [ÖFB 64], [Sch 25], [Sch 51], [Sch 94], [Sch 99], [Vie 19], http://slavia.webzdarma.cz/seznam9618.html, http://wienersportclub.at/geschichte/ges002.html, http://www.ftc.hu/index.php?action=history§ion=2, http://www.die99er.priv.at/geschichte.htm, http://rapidarchiv.at/
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