The 1932 season of the Mitropa Cup 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 in the semi-finals, they were awarded the cup as the final was scratched after Juventus and Slavia Prague, 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 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, president of the Austrian Football Association, 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 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 František Plánička, 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.
Finals
The final was scratched and Bologna were awarded the cup after Slavia Prague and Juventus were both ejected from the competition.
1932 Mitropa Cup Champions Bologna 1st Title
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Renato Cesarini Juventus 52 Franz Schönwetter First Vienna43 Vlastimil Kopecký Slavia Prague3 Bruno Maini AGC Bologna František Svoboda Slavia Prague György Sárosi Ferencváros Raimundo Orsi Juventus
External links Mitropa Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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