Mitropa Cup 1934

The Mitropapokal 1934 was the 8th edition of the international cup competition. The best teams from Austria , Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Italy took part. It was mostly the champions, runners-up and cup winners of the respective countries. The participants played in a pure cup mode with two legs in the most important continental football competition in the period before the Second World War. In the event of a tie after two games, a playoff was played. All 16 clubs started in the round of 16, whereby the encounters between Sparta Prague and Hungaria FC Budapest had to be repeated. The defending champion FK Austria Wien was already defeated by the Hungarian representative Újpest Budapest.

The final took place in just 4 days on September 5th and 9th, 1934 in Vienna and Bologna. Both finals were led by English referees, as the Italians rejected Hungarian and Czech referees as biased. In the second leg, which took place in the presence of Bologna's mayor and Mussolini's sons Bruno and Vittorio , the Viennese lost a player in the 10th minute due to injury and after the break, another Viennese could only play as an "extra" due to an injury. As a result of this weakening, AGC Bologna achieved an unexpectedly high victory and became the first team to win the Mitropa Cup for the second time after 1932. This time Carlo Reguzzoni of the winning team was the top scorer of the competition with ten goals.

Round of 16

The first legs took place on June 12, 16, 17 and 19 and on July 8, the second legs on June 16, 23 and 24 and on July 11, 1934.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sparta Prague	(1)6: 6 (1)	Hungaria FC MTK Budapest	1: 2	5: 4
FK Austria Vienna	2: 4	Újpest FC	1: 2	1: 2
Ferencváros Budapest	10: 10	Floridsdorfer AC Vienna	8-0	2: 1
Juventus Turin	5: 2	Teplitzer FK	4: 2	1-0
SK Kladno	4: 3	AS Ambrosia-Inter Milan	1: 1	3: 2
AGC Bologna	3: 2	Bocskay FC Debrecen	2-0	1: 2
SK Admira Vienna	2: 2	AC Napoli	0-0	2: 2
Slavia Prague	2: 4	SK Rapid Vienna	1: 3	1: 1
Hungaria FC MTK Budapest	3: 3	Sparta Prague	2: 1	1: 2

Playoffs

The games took place on June 26th and July 1st and 15th, 1934.

	Result
Sparta Prague	(1)5: 2 (1)	Hungaria FC MTK Budapest
SK Admira Vienna	5-0	AC Napoli
Sparta Prague	( L ) 1: 1 n.V. (2)	Hungaria FC MTK Budapest

¹ All three encounters were canceled by the Mitropa Cup Committee, as the Hungarians protested against Ferdinand Facsinek's commitment, as he had only recently moved from FC Zurich to Prague, but Sparta had not yet paid the transfer fee in full. Facsinek was not yet a full member of Sparta and therefore not eligible to play. After the remaining amount had been paid, the games were played again.

² Even after extra time, the sixth game between the two teams did not bring a decision. So both clubs agreed on a drawing of lots, in which Sparta had luck on its side, but according to the Mitropacup regulations should have been disqualified after the third game.

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on June 30, July 1 and 18, and the second leg on July 8 and 22, 1934.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ferencváros Budapest	7: 4	SK Kladno	6-0	1: 4
Újpest FC	2: 5	Juventus Turin	1: 3	1: 1
AGC Bologna	7: 5	SK Rapid Vienna	6: 1	1: 4
SK Admira Vienna	6: 3	Sparta Prague	4-0	2: 3

Semifinals

The first legs took place on July 15 and 25, the second legs on July 22 and 29, 1934.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ferencváros Budapest	2: 6	AGC Bologna	1: 1	1: 5
SK Admira Vienna	4: 3	Juventus Turin	3: 1	1: 2

final

First leg

SK Admira Vienna		AGC Bologna
	September 5, 1934 in Vienna ( Prater Stadium ) Result: 3: 2 (0: 2) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: William Walter Walden ( England )
	Peter Platzer - Robert Pavlicek , Anton Janda - Johann Urbanek , Karl Humenberger , Josef Mirschitzka - Ignaz Sigl , Wilhelm Hahnemann , Karl Stoiber , Anton Schall , Adolf Vogl Trainer: Hans Skolaut	Mario Gianni - Eraldo Monzeglio , Felice Gasperi - Mario Montesanto , Aldo Donati , Giordano Corsi - Bruno Maini , Raffaele Sansone , Aldo Spivach , Francisco Fedullo , Carlo Reguzzoni Trainer: Lajos Kovács ( Hungary )
	1: 2 Karl Stoiber (56th) 2: 2 Adolf Vogl (58th) 3: 2 Anton Schall (60th)	0: 1 Aldo Spivach (7th) 0: 2 Carlo Reguzzoni (25th)

Return leg

AGC Bologna		SK Admira Vienna
	September 9, 1934 in Bologna ( Stadio Littoriale ) Result: 5: 1 (4: 1) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Arthur James Jewell ( England )
	Mario Gianni - Eraldo Monzeglio , Felice Gasperi - Mario Montesanto , Aldo Donati , Giordano Corsi - Bruno Maini , Raffaele Sansone , Angelo Schiavio , Francisco Fedullo , Carlo Reguzzoni Trainer: Lajos Kovács ( Hungary )	Peter Platzer - Robert Pavlicek , Anton Janda - Johann Urbanek , Karl Humenberger , Josef Mirschitzka - Leopold Vogl , Karl Durspekt , Karl Stoiber , Wilhelm Hahnemann , Adolf Vogl Trainer: Hans Skolaut
	1: 0 Bruno Maini (21st) 2: 1 Carlo Reguzzoni (33rd) 3: 1 Carlo Reguzzoni (40th) 4: 1 Francisco Fedullo (44th) 5: 1 Carlo Reguzzoni (88th)	1: 1 Adolf Vogl (32nd)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Carlo Reguzzoni	AGC Bologna	10
2	György Sárosi	Ferencváros Budapest	7th
	Adolf Vogl	SK Admira Vienna	7th
4th	Franz Binder	SK Rapid Vienna	6th
5	Felice Borel	Juventus Turin	5
	Ferdinand Facsinski	Sparta Prague	5
	Angelo Schiavio	AGC Bologna	5
8th	János Dudás	Hungaria FC MTK Budapest	4th
	Géza Toldi	Ferencváros Budapest	4th
	Wilhelm Hahnemann	SK Admira Vienna	4th

Web links

• statistical details on the 1934 competition at www.iffhs.de