Cup of the Alps

Coppa delle Alpi (translated as Cup of the Alps) was a friendly football tournament, first organized by the Italian national league as it started in 1960 and then they were aided by the Swiss League from 1962, for the reason that the majority of the Alps are in Switzerland [this is an incorrect assertion as "the majority of the alps are" not in Switzerland but in Austria and Italy ]. This competition ran 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

 * Notes

By club
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.

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.