Mitropa Cup 1937

The Mitropapokal 1937 was the 11th edition of the international cup competition. The best teams from Austria , Hungary , Czechoslovakia , Italy , Switzerland , Yugoslavia and Romania 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 preliminary round or in the round of 16. The defending champions FK Austria Wien made it to the semi-finals and only failed there because of the eventual winner Ferencváros.

The finals took place in Budapest and Rome on September 12th and October 24th, 1937 , within a relatively long period of time . The Italian club SS Lazio and the Hungarian club Ferencváros Budapest qualified . At home, the Budapesters won 4-2 in the first leg of the final and also celebrated a narrow 5-4 triumph away, although Lazio were also 4-2 ahead in the meantime. The trophy went to a Budapest club for the third time and to Ferencváros for the second time since 1928 . The top scorer for the second time since 1935 was György Sárosi of the winning team with a record twelve goals.

Round of 16

The first leg took place on June 13, the second leg on June 20, 25 and 27, 1937.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASC Venus Bucharest Romania kingdom	05:10	Hungary 1918 Újpest FC	4: 6	1: 4
Grasshopper Club Zurich Switzerland	6: 5	Czechoslovakia 1920 SK Prostějov	4: 3	2: 2
Genova 1893 Italy 1861	6: 1	Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918 HŠK Građanski Zagreb	3: 1	3-0
AGC Bologna Italy 1861	2: 7	Austria FK Austria Vienna	1: 2	1: 5
SK Admira Vienna Austria	3: 3	Czechoslovakia 1920 Sparta Prague	1: 1	2: 2
Slavia Prague Czechoslovakia 1920	3: 5	Hungary 1918 Ferencváros Budapest	2: 2	1: 3
Hungária FC MTK Budapest Hungary 1918	3: 4	Italy 1861 SS Lazio	1: 1	2: 3
First Vienna FC Austria	2: 2	Switzerland FC Young Fellows Zurich	2: 1	0: 1

Playoffs

The games took place on June 29, 1937.

	Result
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 1920	⁽¹⁾0: 2 ⁽¹⁾	Austria SK Admira Vienna
FC Young Fellows Zurich Switzerland	0: 2	Austria First Vienna FC

⁽¹⁾ Game in Budapest.

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on July 7, the second leg on July 11, 1937.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SK Admira Vienna Austria		Italy 1861 Genova 1893	⁽³⁾2: 2 ⁽³⁾	⁽²⁾-: - ⁽²⁾
FK Austria Vienna Austria	7: 5	Hungary 1918 Újpest FC	⁽³⁾5: 4 ⁽³⁾	2: 1
SS Lazio Italy 1861	8: 4	Switzerland Grasshopper Club Zurich	6: 1	2: 3
Ferencváros Budapest Hungary 1918	2: 2	Austria First Vienna FC	2: 1	0: 1

² Due to disputes after the first leg in Vienna between Austrians and Genoese and the poor condition of the stadium in Genoa, the police chief of Genoa stated that he could not assume any liability for security, whereupon the Italian Foreign Ministry canceled the second leg. The Mitropapokalkommitee then decided to exclude both teams from the tournament.

³ Both first legs took place as part of a double event on July 4, 1937 in the Prater Stadium in Vienna.

Playoff

The game took place on July 14, 1937.

	Result
Ferencváros Budapest Hungary 1918	2: 1	Austria First Vienna FC

Semifinals

The first leg took place on July 18, the second leg on July 25, 1937.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK Austria Vienna Austria	5: 7	Hungary 1918 Ferencváros Budapest	4: 1	1: 6
SS Lazio Italy 1861	⁽⁴⁾

⁴ Since both teams were disqualified from quarter-final game 4, SS Lazio reached the final with practically no fight.

final

First leg

Ferencváros Budapest

SS Lazio

September 12, 1937 in Budapest ( Üllői út )

Result: 4: 2 (1: 1)

Spectators: 32,000

Referee: Gustav Krist ( Czechoslovakia )

József Háda - Sándor Tátrai , Lajos Korányi - Béla Magda , Gyula Polgár , Béla Székely - Mihai dancer , Gyula Kiss , György Sárosi , Géza Toldi , Tibor Kemény Trainer: Emil Rauchmaul

Giacomo Blason - Benedetto Zaccone , Alfredo Monza - Giuseppe Baldo , Giuseppe Viani , Luigi Milano - Umberto Busani , Libero Marchini , Silvio Piola , Bruno Camolese , Giovanni Costa Trainer: József Viola ( Hungary )

1-0 Toldi (22nd)

2: 1 Sárosi (53rd)

3: 1 Sárosi (59th, penalty)

4: 2 Sárosi (73rd, penalty)

1: 1 Busani (26th)

3: 2 Piola (64th)

Return leg

SS Lazio

Ferencváros Budapest

October 24, 1937 in Rome ( Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista )

Result: 4: 5 (4: 3)

Spectators: 35,000

Referee: Hans Wüthrich ( Switzerland )

Vincenzo Provera - Benedetto Zaccone , Alfredo Monza - Giuseppe Baldo , Giuseppe Viani , Luigi Milano - Umberto Busani , Libero Marchini , Silvio Piola , Bruno Camolese , Giovanni Costa Trainer: József Viola ( Hungary )

József Háda - Sándor Tátrai , Lajos Korányi - Béla Magda , Gyula Polgár , Gyula Lázár - Mihai Dancer , Gyula Kiss , György Sárosi , Géza Toldi , Tibor Kemény Trainer: Emil Rauchmaul

1: 0 Costa (4th)

2: 2 Piola (19th)

3: 2 Piola (24th)

4: 2 Piola (36th)

1: 1 Sárosi (6th, Penalty)

1: 2 Sárosi (8th)

4: 3 Toldi (37th)

4: 4 Kiss (71.)

4: 5 Sárosi (80th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Hungarian György Sárosi	Ferencváros Budapest	12
2	Italian Silvio Piola	SS Lazio	11
3	Hungarian Géza Toldi	Ferencváros Budapest	9
4th	Hungarian Gyula Zsengellér	Újpest FC	8th
5	Austrian Matthias Sindelar	FK Austria Vienna	6th
6th	Austrian Walter Nausch	FK Austria Vienna	5
7th	Austrian Camillo Jerusalem	FK Austria Vienna	4th

Web links

statistical details on the 1937 competition at www.iffhs.de