The Mitropapokal 1939 was the 13th edition of the international cup competition and was already overshadowed by the looming Second World War . As in the previous year, the competition took place without Austrian participation. From the participating countries Hungary , the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , which has been occupied by Germany since March , Italy , Yugoslavia and Romania only took part in teams compared to the previous year, so that the quarter-finals began. As in previous years, 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.
The defending champion SK Slavia Prague was surprisingly eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Yugoslav representative BSK Belgrade. Ferencváros Budapest reached the final for the third time in a row, in which two clubs from one country faced each other for the second time in the history of the competition after 1931 , but lost again, this time Újpest FC , that won its second title. This was the fourth time in the history of the competition that the title went to a Hungarian club. The top scorer was Gyula Zsengellér from Mitropacup winner Újpest FC with nine goals.
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Sparta Prague
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