The King Alexander's Cup () or Friendship Cup was an international football competition contested by the national teams of Romania and Yugoslavia. The tournament was named after Alexander I, the King of Yugoslavia and was organized to celebrate the wedding of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia with the Princess Maria of Romania, the event being announced by the Romanian newspaper, Ecoul Sportiv on 28 May 1922: "On the occasion of the marriage of His Majesty King Alexander I with Her Royal Highness Princess Maria of Romania, His Majesty was pleased to donate a cup that will bear his name, to encourage the progress of the football-association sport in his country and in the country of his wife. This cup will be a challenge and will go definitely to the country which will win it three times in a row or five times in total." The 1936, 1937 and 1939 editions were called King Carol's Cup, after Carol II of Romania and the last edition was called King Mihai Cup named after Mihai of Romania. Between 1937 and 1938, the regular Friendship Cup played between Romania and Yugoslavia was extended to include Czechoslovakia for a mini tournament called Eduard Benes' Cup named after Edvard Beneš, the president of Czechoslovakia.
Results 1922
1923
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
As the King Carol's Cup 1936
1937
1939
As the King Mihai Cup 1940
General statistics Team PldWDLGFGADif116052017+3115061720–3
All-time top scorers PlayerTeamGoals1Iuliu Bodola32Ferenc Rónay2Aurel GugaVladimir VinekAntun BonačićAdolf PerclKuzman SotirovićĐorđe Vujadinović
1937–38 Eduard Benes Cup An extended version of the regular Friendship Cup played between Romania and Yugoslavia. Results Source:
Final Table RankTeam1 Czechoslovakia4310158+772 Yugoslavia411279-233 Romania402249-52
Statistics Goalscorers
References
External links RSSSF