1937 Mitropa Cup

1937 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 June – 24 October 1937
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Ferencváros (2nd title)
Runners-up Lazio
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Top scorer(s) György Sárosi (12 goals)
1936
1938

The 1937 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Ferencváros who defeated Lazio 9–6 on aggregate in the final. It was their second victory in the competition, having previously won it in 1928. The two legs of the final were played on 12 September and 24 October.

This was the eleventh edition of the tournament, and the first edition to feature a team from Romania. Defending champions Austria Wien lost at the semifinal stage to eventual winners Ferencváros.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Prague 3–5 Ferencváros 2–2 1–3
First Vienna 2–2a Young Fellows Zurich 2–1 0–1
AGC Bologna 2–7 Austria Wien 1–2 1–5
Venus București 5–10 Újpest 4–6 1–4
Admira Wien 3–3a Sparta Prague 1–1 2–2
Genoa 6–1 Građanski 3–1 3–0
Hungária MTK 3–4 Lazio 1–1 2–3
Grasshoppers 6–5 Prostějov 4–3 2–2
  • a Match decided by playoff.

First round playoffs

Team 1  Score  Team 2
First Vienna 2–0 FC Young Fellows Zurich
Admira Wien 2–0 Sparta Prague

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ferencváros 2–2a First Vienna 2–1 0–1
Austria Wien 7–5 Újpest 5–4 2–1
Lazio 8–4 Grasshoppers 6–1 2–3
Admira Wien b Genoa 2–2
  • a Match decided by playoff.
  • b The second leg was not played; both teams were subsequently disqualified from the competition.

Quarterfinal playoff

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ferencváros 2–1 First Vienna

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria Wien 5–7 Ferencváros 4–1 1–6

Lazio

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ferencváros 9–6 Lazio 4–2 5–4


Ferencváros 4–2 Lazio
Toldi 22'
Sárosi 53', 59' (pen.), 73'
Busani 26'
Piola 64'
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Gustav Krist (Czechoslovakia)

Lazio 4–5 Ferencváros
Costa 4'
Piola 19', 24', 36'
Sárosi 6' (pen.), 8', 80'
Toldi 37'
Kiss 71'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hans Wüthrich (Switzerland)


1937 Mitropa Cup Champions

Ferencváros
2nd Title

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 György Sárosi Ferencváros 12
2 Silvio Piola Lazio 10
3 Géza Toldi Ferencváros 9
  • "Mitropa Cup 1937". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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