The 1939 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Újpest who defeated fellow Hungarian side Ferencváros 6–3 on aggregate in the final. It was the third consecutive final appearance for Ferencváros and it was Újpest's second and final victory in the competition.

1939 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates26 June – 11 September 1939
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsHungary Újpest (2nd title)
Runners-upHungary Ferencváros
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Hungary Gyula Zsengellér (9 goals)
1938
1940

This was the 13th edition of the tournament. Last season's winners Slavia Prague were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Yugoslavian side Beogradski SK.

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Venus București   1–5   AGC Bologna 1–0 0–5
Ferencváros   4–3   Sparta Prague 2–3 2–0
Beogradski SK   4–2   Slavia Prague 3–0 1–2
Ambrosiana Inter   2–4   Újpest 2–1 0–3

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AGC Bologna   4–5   Ferencváros 3–1 1–4
Beogradski SK   5–9   Újpest 4–2 1–7

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Újpest   6–3   Ferencváros 4–1 2–2
Ferencváros  1–4  Újpest
Sárosi   73' Zsengellér   9',   74'
Kocsis   10',   53'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gustav Krist (Bohemia)

Újpest  2–2  Ferencváros
Ádám   54'
Balogh   82'
Kiszely   15' (pen.),   29'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Gyula Zsengellér   Újpest 9
2   István Kiszely   Ferencváros 5
3   Ettore Puricelli   AGC Bologna 4
  Géza Kocsis   Újpest
  Géza Toldi   Ferencváros
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  • "Mitropa Cup 1939". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

References

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