1937 Mitropa Cup

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.

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)

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 semi-final stage to eventual winners Ferencváros.

First round
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Slavia Prague 3–5 Ferencváros2–21–3
First Vienna 2–2a Young Fellows Zurich2–10–1
AGC Bologna 2–7 Austria Wien1–21–5
Venus București 5–10 Újpest4–61–4
Admira Wien 3–3a Sparta Prague1–12–2
Genoa 6–1 Građanski3–13–0
Hungária MTK 3–4 Lazio1–12–3
Grasshoppers 6–5 Prostějov4–32–2
  • a Match decided by play off.

First round play offs
Team #1ScoreTeam #2
First Vienna 2–0 FC Young Fellows Zurich
Admira Wien 2–0 Sparta Prague

Quarterfinals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Ferencváros 2–2a First Vienna2–10–1
Austria Wien 7–5 Újpest5–42–1
Lazio 8–4 Grasshoppers6–12–3
Admira Wien b Genoa2–2–
  • 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 #1ScoreTeam #2
Ferencváros 2–1 First Vienna

Semifinals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Austria Wien 5–7 Ferencváros4–11–6

Lazio bye

Finals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Ferencváros 9–6 Lazio4–25–4


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 11
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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