1937 Mitropa Cup

Mitropa Cup 1937
Participating Nations
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Italy
Romania
Switzerland
Number of clubs
16
Champions
Ferencvárosi TC

The 1937 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Ferencvárosi TC who defeated SS 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 FK Austria Vienna lost at the semi-final stage to eventual winners Ferencvárosi.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
SK Slavia Prague	3–5	Ferencvárosi TC	2–2	1–3
First Vienna FC	2–2^a	FC Young Fellows Zurich	2–1	0–1
AGC Bologna	2–7	FK Austria Vienna	1–2	1–5
Venus București	5–10	Újpest FC	4–6	1–4
SK Admira Vienna	3–3^a	AC Sparta Prague	1–1	2–2
Genova 1893	6–1	HŠK Građanski Zagreb	3–1	3–0
Hungária FC MTK Budapest	3–4	SS Lazio	1–1	2–3
Grasshopper Club Zürich	6–5	SK Prostějov	4–3	2–2

• ^a Match decided by play off.

First round play offs

Team #1	Score	Team #2
First Vienna FC	2–0	FC Young Fellows Zurich
SK Admira Vienna	2–0	AC Sparta Prague

Quarterfinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencvárosi TC	2–2^a	First Vienna FC	2–1	0–1
FK Austria Vienna	7–5	Újpest FC	5–4	2–1
SS Lazio	8–4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	6–1	2–3
SK Admira Vienna	^b	Genova 1893	2–2

• ^a Match decided by play off.
• ^b The second leg was not played; both teams were subsequently disqualified from the competition.

Quarterfinal play off

Team #1	Score	Team #2
Ferencvárosi TC	2–1	First Vienna FC

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FK Austria Vienna	5–7	Ferencvárosi TC	4–1	1–6
SS Lazio	w/o

Finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencvárosi TC	9–6	SS Lazio	4–2	5–4

External links

• "Mitropa Cup 1937". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

References