Copa México 1937/38

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The Copa México 1937/38 was the fifth of a total of nine events of the soccer cup competition under the name " Copa México " in the decade before the introduction of professional football in Mexico . Cup winners were for the first time ever in the competition held since 1907/08 (at that time still under the name "Copa Tower") the team of Club America , which had already reached the finals twice before, but both in 1933/34 and in the previous season (1936 / 37) failed at the record cup winner CF Asturias .

The cup tournament was held following the league round of the 1937/38 season and was played by the six teams that were represented in the top division at the time. At that time, all participants came exclusively from Mexico City .

mode

The matches were played in a knockout system and were decided in just one game.

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on July 10, 1938 in Parque Asturias . Because there were only six participants, two teams went through by bye .

Result
Real Club España 6: 2 CD Marte
CF Asturias 4: 3 a.d. Club Necaxa

BYE: America and Atlante

Semifinals

The semi-final matches took place on July 17, 1938 in Parque Necaxa .

Result
CF Atlante 1: 3 Club America
Real Club España 4: 2 CF Asturias

final

The final was held on July 24, 1938 in Parque Asturias .

Result
Club America 3: 1 Real Club España

With the following team, Club América won the cup competition of the 1937/38 season:

Rafael Mollinedo - Gómez 1 , Armando Frank - Rosas 2 , Alfredo "Viejo" Sánchez , Pedro Andrade Pradillo - Enrique Ostos , Octavio "La Pulga" Vial , Luis "La Pirata" Fuente , Argüelles 3 , Jorge Sota ; Coach: Rafael Garza Gutiérrez .

Remarks

1 Both at RSSSF (see individual records) and at ClubAmerica.com.mx, only the surname Gómez is given in the team list, so it cannot be determined which of the two brothers (Daniel or Félix) who were playing for America at the time played the final Has.

2 In both sources (see note above) only the family name Rosas is given. The three Rosas brothers, Felipe "El Diente" , Manuel "El Chaquetas" and Juan "La Chúndara" , who were known at the time, had a long association with the CF Atlante. Membership in Club America is not known. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether one of the three brothers played for Club America in the 1937/38 season or another person with the same family name.

3 In this case, too, only the family name is given in both sources (see note 1), so that it is not possible to understand whether it is the footballer Luis Argüelles , who was known in Mexico at the time and who was (possibly even exclusively) played for CF Asturias , or another person with the same family name.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data on CF América at RSSSF (English)
  2. ↑ América Campeón de Copa 1937-1938 ( Spanish ) Club America. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  3. ^ Carlos Calderón: Diente, Chaquetas y Chúndara: Los hermanos Rosas ( Spanish ) MedioTiempo. October 6, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

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