1937–38 A.S. Ambrosiana-Inter season

During the 1937-38 season Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Mitropa Cup.

Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana-Inter
1937-38 season
PresidentFerdinando Pozzani
ManagerArmando Castellazzi
StadiumArena Civica
Serie A1º (in 1938 Mitropa Cup)
Coppa ItaliaSemifinals
Mitropa CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Meazza (20)
All: Meazza (30)

Summary

The club started Serie A with a surprising 3-3 at Lucca, l'Ambrosiana, managed by Armando Castellazzi, reached the top of the table on ninth round, defeating Juventus.[1] On round 15, the squad won the symbolic campione d'inverno with 4 points over Bologna. The second part of the season is opened with a massive score against Lucchese; on round 22 Juventus grabbed the club, then Inter retake the advantage by 2 points next Sunday. The team took the distance of 3 points on round 26, after the match against Liguria. Following the result of Inter, Juventus lost its game against Trieste and not won the game of Liguria. So, Ambrosiana remained over top in the last round with 39 points, followed by Juventus with 38 and Bologna. The squad clinched the title on final round, winning the match of Bari.

When Ambrosiana beat Bari, Meazza scored five goals in a 9–2 victory.[2] The next week he scored a hat-trick against Lucchese. Along with fellow Inter players Ferraris II, Ferrari, and Locatelli, Meazza was involved in the Azzurri set-up that wins the 1938 World Cup in Paris. Castellazzi with 33 years old became the youngest manager winning the scudetto, a record remained nowadays.

A good performance of the club in Coppa Italia, only stopped by Juventus (0-2) in semifinals, champion of the trophy. In Mitropa Cup the team advanced to Quarterfinals, [3] defeated by Slavia Prague (0-9; 3-1); infamous record of the worst loss game by a score of 9 goals against.[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Giuseppe Peruchetti
DF Giuseppe Ballerio
DF Carmelo Buonocore
DF Emilio Gattoronchieri
DF Ugo Locatelli
DF Costantino Sala
DF Duilio Setti
MF Aldo Campatelli
MF Enrico Candiani
MF Giovanni Ferrari
MF Piero Colli
No. Position Player
MF Nicola Ferrara (I)
MF Ezio Meneghello
MF Renato Olmi
MF Sandro Puppo
FW Piero Antona
FW Antonio Bisigato
FW Antonio Ferrara (II)
FW Pietro Ferraris (II)
FW Annibale Frossi
FW Giuseppe Meazza

Added players for Mitropa Cup

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
MF Lorenzo Suber
MF Bruno Vale
FW Giorgio Barsanti

Competitions

Serie A
Main article: 1937–38 Serie A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ambrosiana-Inter (C) 30 16 9 5 57 28 +29 41 1938 Mitropa Cup
2 Juventus 30 14 11 5 43 22 +21 39 1938 Mitropa Cup
3 Milan 30 13 12 5 43 27 +16 38
3 Genova 1893 30 15 8 7 50 35 +15 38
5 Bologna 30 14 9 7 46 34 +12 37
Source: Panini
(C) Champion.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 September 1937 1Lucchese3-3Ambrosiana-InterLucca
Rosellini  30'
Romagnoli  62'
Coppa  90'		 Report  45' Ferraris II
 59' Meazza
 66' Ferrara II		 Stadium: Stadio Porta Elisa
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi
19 September 1937 2Ambrosiana-Inter3-1LivornoMilano
Del Buono  36' (o.g.)
Ferraris II  50'
Ferrari  73'		 Report  2' Neri II Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Emiliano Saracini
26 September 1937 3Triestina1-1Ambrosiana-InterTrieste
Trevisan  46' Report  52' Frossi Stadium: Stadio Littorio
Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni
3 October 1937 4Ambrosiana-Inter5-1FiorentinaMilano
Meazza  6', 73' (rig.)
Frossi  18', 90'
Ferrara I  88'		 Report  33' Viani II Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Mario Ciamberlini
10 October 1937 5Bologna1-0Ambrosiana-InterBologna
Reguzzoni  64' Report Stadium: Stadio Littoriale
Referee: Giacomo Bertolio
17 October 1937 6Ambrosiana-Inter2-1MilanoMilano
Ferraris II  13'
Ferrari  24'		 Report  84' Capra Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Zelocchi
24 October 1937 7Ambrosiana-Inter2-1NapoliMilano
Meazza  30'
Castello  75' (aut.)		 Report  34' Nicolosi Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Galeati
7 November 1937 8Genova1-1Ambrosiana-InterGenova
Servetti  44' Report  35' Ferraris II Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi
14 November 1937 9Ambrosiana-Inter2-1JuventusMilano
Ferraris II  55'
Ferrari  81'		 Report  63' (pen) Foni Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Renzo Curradi
21 November 1937 10Lazio1-3Ambrosiana-InterRoma
Busani  55' (pen) Report  4' Ferraris II
 50' Meazza
 81' Ferrara I		 Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF
Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni
28 November 1937 11Ambrosiana-Inter2-1LiguriaMilano
Ferraris II  29', 87' Report  65' Bollano Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Emiliano Saracini
12 December 1937 12Atalanta1-1Ambrosiana-InterBergamo
Cominelli  63' Report  68' Ferrari Stadium: Stadio Mario Brumana
Referee: Mario Ciamberlini
19 December 1937 13Ambrosiana-Inter1-0TorinoMilano
Meazza  21' Report Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni
2 January 1938 14Roma1-1Ambrosiana-InterRoma
Serantoni  53' Report  39' Ferraris II Stadium: Stadio Nazionale del PNF
Referee: Mario Ciamberlini
9 January 1938 15Ambrosiana-Inter9-2BariMilano
Ferrara II  8', 66'
Ferrara I  16'
Meazza  19', 34', 61', 77', 86'
Ferraris II  21'		 Report  24' Cason
 43' Mancini		 Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Francesco Mattea
16 January 1938 16Ambrosiana-Inter4-0LuccheseMilano
Ferrari  3'
Meazza  15', 36', 69'		 Report Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Mario Scotto
23 January 1938 17Livorno0-0Ambrosiana-InterLivorno
Report Stadium: Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi
30 January 1938 18Ambrosiana-Inter1-2TriestinaMilano
Meazza  56' (rig.) Report  42' (rig.), 76' Trevisan Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Attilio Soliani
6 February 1938 19Fiorentina0-3Ambrosiana-InterFirenze
Report  26', 55', 87' Ferraris II Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Berta
Referee: Francesco Mattea
13 February 1938 20Ambrosiana-Inter2-0BolognaMilano
Meazza  11', 86' Report Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Generoso Dattilo
20 February 1938 21Milano1-0Ambrosiana-InterMilano
Capra  80' Report Stadium: Campo San Siro
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi
27 February 1938 22Napoli1-1Ambrosiana-InterNapoli
Buscaglia  75' (rig.) Report  72' Meazza Stadium: Stadio Partenopeo
Referee: Gino Mazzarini
6 March 1938 23Ambrosiana-Inter0-0Genova 1938Milano
Report Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni
13 March 1938 24Juventus2-1Ambrosiana-InterTorino
Bellini  14'
Gabetto  65'		 Report  24' Ferrari Stadium: Stadio Benito Mussolini
20 March 1938 25Ambrosiana-Inter3-1LazioMilano
Frossi  8'
Meazza  41'
Ferrari  44' (rig.)		 Report  81' Busani Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Aniello Mazza
27 March 1938 26Liguria3-1Ambrosiana-InterGenova
Bollano  35'
Callegari  75'
Peretti  83'		 Report  77' (aut.) Callegari Stadium: Stadio del Littorio
Referee: Generoso Dattilo
3 April 1938 27Ambrosiana-Inter1-0AtalantaMilano
Ferraris II  75' Report Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Mario Scotto
10 April 1938 28Torino1-1Ambrosiana-InterTorino
Baldi III  82' Report  71' Ferrari Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia
Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni
17 April 1938 29Ambrosiana-Inter1-0RomaMilano
Ferrari  29' Report Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Giuseppe Zelocchi
24 April 1938 30Bari0-2Ambrosiana-InterBari
Report  70' Meazza
 89' Frossi		 Stadium: Stadio della Vittoria
Referee: Generoso Dattilo

Coppa Italia
Main article: 1937–38 Coppa Italia

Round of 32
5 December 1937 Ambrosiana-Inter5-2VicenzaMilano
Meazza  10', 30', 62', 87'
Colli  65'		  40' Menti II
 67' Rossi		 Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Rosso

Eightfinals
26 December 1937 Ambrosiana-Inter5-1BariMilano
Meazza  4', 23', 29' (rig.)
Ferraris II  59', 70'		  46' Duè Stadium: Arena Civica

Quarterfinals
6 January 1938 Napoli0-2Ambrosiana-InterNapoli
 11' Meazza
 22' Frossi		 Stadium: Stadio Partenopeo
Referee: Giuseppe Zelocchi

Semifinals
21 April 1938 Juventus2-0Ambrosiana-InterTorino
Tomasi  36'
Foni  86' (rig.)		 Stadium: Stadio Benito Mussolini

Mitropa Cup
Main article: 1938 Mitropa Cup

Eightfinals
26 June 1938 Ambrosiana-Inter4-2HonvedMilano
Ferraris II  67', 76'
Meazza  75'
Ferrari  81'		  19' Déri
 21' Olajkár		 Stadium: Arena Civica
2 July 1938 Honved1-1Ambrosiana-InterBudapest
Varga  66'  40' (rig.) Meazza Stadium: Üllői úti stadion
Referee: Gustav Krist

Quarterfinals
11 July 1938 Slavia Praha9-0Ambrosiana-InterPrague
Bican  32', 54', 60', 69'
Horák  34', 61'
Vytlačil  48', 74'
Bradáč  59'		 Stadium: Stadión Slavia
Referee: von Hertzka
17 July 1938 Ambrosiana-Inter3-1Slavia PrahaMilano
Ferrari  27', 90'
Frossi  56'		  25' Vytlačil Stadium: Arena Civica
Referee: Ivancsics

Statistics

Squad Statistics
Competition[5][6] Points Home Away Total GD
G W D L Gs Gs G W D L Gs Gs G W D L Gs Gs
Serie A4115131138111538419173016955728+ 29
Coppa Italia-22001032101224301125+ 7
Mitropa Cup-22008220111104211912- 3
Total-191711561619496222938211077845+ 33

Players statistics

[7]

Appearances

Goalscorers

References
  1. "I brillanti anni '30 - I trionfi della seconda parte degli anni '30". enciclopediadelcalcio.it.
  2. "Record e Curiosità" [Records and Trivia] (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. "Mitropa Cup 1938". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. "Ma in coppa Italia non è il peggior ko". Il Giornale. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  5. Almanacco Calcio 1937-38. Panini. p. 98.
  6. "Mitropa Cup 1938". Iffhs.de.
  7. Almanacco Calcio 1938. Panini. p. 99.
  8. Genova 1893.
  9. Al Venezia.

See also
  • Corriere dello Sport - Stadio Il Littoriale, years 1937 and 1938.
  • La Stampa, years 1937 and 1938.

Bibliography
  • Fabrizio Melegari. Almanacco illustrato del calcio - La storia 1898-2004, Modena,. Panini, 2004.
  • Stadio Il Littoriale, years 1939 and 1940. Corriere dello Sport..
  • Carlo F. Chiesa. Il grande romanzo dello scudetto. Panini.
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