1937–38 Coppa Italia

1937–38 Coppa Italia
	Juventus receives its first Coppa Italia
Country	Italy
Dates	5 Sept 1937 – ; 8 May 1938
Teams	113
Champions	Juventus (1st title)
Runners-up	Torino
Matches played	122
Goals scored	461 (3.78 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Giuseppe Meazza ; (8 goals)
	← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 Coppa Italia was the 3rd edition of the tournament under the organization of the Higher Directory. The competition was won by Juventus.

The final resulting the Turin derby, and both teams having their own stadium, a two-legged final was decided.

Qualifying Round[]

Serie C qualifying and preliminary rounds were under geographical zones.

Home team	Score	Away team
Acqui	1–0	Simaz Popoli
Casale	5–2	Derthona
Civitavecchia	1–2	MATER
Cusiana	4–2	Gallaratese
Fanfulla	1–0	Alfa Romeo
Fiumana	3–0	Grion Pola
Grosseto	3–3 (aet)	Siena
Lecco	1–0	Isotta Fraschini
Mantova	1–2	Audace
Pavese	3–4	Vigevano
Piacenza	2–1	Galbani
Pontedera	4–2	SAFFA Fucecchio
Potenza	2–0	Manfredonia
Ravenna	4–2	Alma Juventus Fano
Rovigo	2–0	Forlimpopoli
Savona	3–1	Pontedecimo

Replay match

Home team	Score	Away team
Siena	1–0	Grosseto

1st preliminary round[]

46 clubs are added.

Home team	Score	Away team
Acqui	3–2	Pinerolo
Asti	3–0	Cusiana
Audace	2–1	Rovigo
Ilva Bagnolese	4–4 (aet)	L'Aquila
Biellese	4–2	Casale
Cagliari	1–1 (aet)	MATER
Manlio Cavagnaro	1–2	Savona
Cosenza	0–2	Salernitana
Fiumana	2–3	Ampelea Isola
Forlì	1–1 (aet)	Carpi
Imperia	1–2	Andrea Doria
Catanzarese	0–2 ^[a]	Catania
Lecce	2–1	Stabia
Legnano	1–2	SIAI Sesto Calende
Marzotto Valdagno	3–0	Udinese
Parma	0–2	Piacenza
Ponziana	3–0	Pro Gorizia
Piombino	2–0 ^[a]	Vezio Parducci Viareggio
Pistoiese	2–0 ^[a]	Empoli
Potenza	3–2	Foggia
Prato	3–0	Siena
Pro Patria	4–2	Monza
Ravenna	3–2	Jesi
Reggiana	1–0	Fanfulla
Libertas Rimini	3–1	Macerata
Seregno	3–1	Falck
Signe	1–2	Pontedera
SPAL	3–1	Baracca Lugo
Vado	2–0	Entella
Varese	2–1	Crema
Vicenza	2–0	Treviso
Vigevano	5–3	Lecco

Replay matches

Home team	Score	Away team
L'Aquila	3–0	Ilva Bagnolese
MATER	4–0	Cagliari
Carpi	3–0	Forlì

^ ^a ^b ^c Federal decision

2nd Preliminary Round[]

Vigevano from Serie B are added.

Home team	Score	Away team
Ampelea Isola	0–2	Ponziana
L'Aquila	1–0	MATER
Asti	2–4	Acqui
Biellese	3–1	Andrea Doria
Carpi	0–1	Reggiana
Catania	3–1	Potenza
Piacenza	0–1	SIAI Marchetti
Pontedera	4–3	Empoli
Prato	4–1	Piombino
Pro Patria	4–0	Seregno
Libertas Rimini	5–2	Ravenna
Salernitana	2–0	Lecce
Savona	3–2	Vado
SPAL	3–1	Marzotto Valdagno
Vicenza	2–1	Audace
Vigevano	2–3	Varese

3rd Preliminary Round[]

16 Serie B clubs are added (Venezia, Anconitana, Messina, Brescia, Modena, Novara, Pisa, Pro Vercelli, Alessandria, Taranto, Padova, Spezia, Sanremese, Palermo, Cremonese, Hellas Verona).

Home team	Score	Away team
Venezia	3–1	Ponziana
Anconitana-Bianchi	3–0	Messina
Biellese	0–4	Brescia
Modena	8–0	Libertas Rimini
Novara	6–1	Pro Patria
Pontedera	4–3	Pisa
Prato	1–3	L'Aquila
Pro Vercelli	1–2	Alessandria
Salernitana	2–2 (aet)	Taranto
Savona	5–2	Acqui
SIAI Marchetti	2–1	Reggiana
SPAL	1–0	Padova
Spezia	2–1	Sanremese
Palermo	4–1	Catania
Varese	4–2	Cremonese
Vicenza	2–0	Hellas Verona

Replay match

Home team	Score	Away team
Taranto	3–0	Salernitana

First Round[]

16 Serie A clubs are added (Triestina, Ambrosiana-Inter, Bari, Atalanta, Livorno, Bologna, Juventus, Lazio, Liguria, Fiorentina, Roma, Genova 1893, Lucchese, Torino, Napoli, Milano).

Home team	Score	Away team
Venezia	2–1	Triestina
Ambrosiana-Inter	5–2	Vicenza
Anconitana-Bianchi	3–5	Bari
Atalanta	3–0	Livorno
Bologna	4–1	Taranto
Juventus	4–1	L'Aquila
Lazio	0–1	Brescia
Liguria	1–1 (aet)	Fiorentina
Modena	2–3	SIAI Marchetti
Novara	1–1 (aet)	Alessandria
Pontedera	1–3	Roma
Savona	2–3	Genova 1893
SPAL	1–0	Lucchese
Spezia	2–4	Torino
Napoli	2–0	Palermo
Varese	0–2	Milano

Replay matches

Home team	Score	Away team
Fiorentina	2–3	Liguria
Alessandria	2–0	Novara

Second round[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Venezia	1–1 (aet)	Atalanta
Ambrosiana-Inter	5–1	Bari
Brescia	3–1	Genova 1893
Bologna	4–1	SPAL
Juventus	1–0	Alessandria
Liguria	0–0 (aet)	Milano
Napoli	4–2	Roma
SIAI Marchetti	0–1	Torino

Replay matches

Home team	Score	Away team
Atalanta	2–1	Venezia
Milano	3–0	Liguria

Quarter-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Milano	2–0	Bologna
Brescia	2–6	Torino
Juventus	6–0	Atalanta
Napoli	0–2	Ambrosiana-Inter

Semi-finals[]

Home team	Score	Away team
Milano	2–2 (aet)	Torino
Juventus	2–0	Ambrosiana-Inter

Replay match

Home team	Score	Away team
Torino	3–2	Milano

Final[]

First leg[]

1 May 1938
15:30

Torino	1 – 3	Juventus
35'		Bellini 24' 85' De Filippis 72'

Stadio Filadelfia, Turin

Referee: Raffaele Mastellari

Second leg[]

8 May 1938
15:30

Juventus	2 – 1	Torino
Gabetto 28' 38'		20'

Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin

Referee: Raffaele Mastellari

Juventus won 5–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana-Inter	8
2	Giovanni Moretti	Milano	5
		Vigevano
		L'Aquila
		Anconitana-Bianchi
6	Felice Borel	Juventus	4
		Acqui
		Pro Patria
		Brescia

References[]

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