| Tourney Name: | Mitropa Cup |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Dates: | 24 June – 4 August 1956 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Champion Other: |  Vasas |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: |  Rapid Wien |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 71 |
| Prevseason: | 1955 |
| Nextseason: | 1957 |
The 1956 Mitropa Cup was the 16th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was won by Vasas who beat Rapid Wien 9–2 in a play-off match, after the two-legged final ended 4–4 on aggregate.
Matches played between 24 June and 1 July 1956.|}
1 Partizan beat Wacker Wien 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the Semi-finals.
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Rapid Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.----Vasas won 4–2 on aggregate.----Vörös Lobogó won 6–4 on aggregate.
Matches played between 7 and 14 July 1956.|}
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1 Vasas beat Rapid Wien 9–2 in a play-off to win the Mitropa Cup.