The 1932 season of the

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hunga ...

football club tournament was won by an Italian club for the first time. The winners were AGC Bologna; after they defeated the holders,

First Vienna First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly k ...

in the semi-finals, they were awarded the cup as the final was scratched after Juventus and

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in ...

, who contested the other semi-final, were both ejected from the competition following stone throwing and a pitch invasion in Prague, in what has been described as the worst violence ever in the competition's history. In one incident, Slavia goalkeeper

František Plánička František Plánička (; 2 July 1904 – 20 July 1996) was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the ...

was badly injured when he was hit by a stone thrown by a spectator.Mitropa Cup 1932 report
- by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF, 1999. Retrieved 2008-09-21 Despite the violence,

Hugo Meisl Hugo Meisl (16 November 1881 – 17 February 1937), brother of the journalist Willy Meisl, was the multi-lingual football coach of the famous Austrian ' Wunderteam' of the early 1930s, as well as a referee. Background Meisl was born to a Jewish ...

, president of the

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, described the competition as a doubly valuable public magnet (''Diese Mitropa-Cup-Konkurrenz erscheint ein doppelt schätzbarer Magnet für das Publikum zu sein''). This was the sixth edition of the tournament.

Renato Cesarini Renato Cesarini (; 11 April 1906 – 24 March 1969) was an Italian-Argentine football player and coach who most notably played for Juventus in Italy as a midfielder or forward. He was a dual international footballer and played for both the Ar ...

of Juventus was the highest scorer with five goals.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

¹ The match was abandoned with Juventus leading 2-0 after the crowd, enraged Slavia had conceded two quick goals in the match and resorted to obstruction and time wasting, threw stones onto the pitch. After a stone hit and seriously injured Slavia goalkeeper

, Slavia's team walked off; both teams' fans invaded the pitch in response, leaving Slavia pinned in their dressing rooms for hours while 1,500 soldiers and policemen formed a cordon. Slavia Prague and Juventus FC were both ejected from the competition.
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Finals

The final was scratched and

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were awarded the cup after

and Juventus were both ejected from the competition.

Top goalscorers

External links

Mitropa Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitropa 1932–33 1932–33 in European football 1932–33 in Austrian football 1932–33 in Italian football 1932–33 in Czechoslovak football 1932–33 in Hungarian football