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

Summary The club started Serie A with a surprising 3–3 draw at Lucca. In the ninth round, l'Ambrosiana, managed by Armando Castellazzi, reached the top of the table by defeating Juventus. In the 15th round, the squad won the symbolic campione d'inverno by 4 points over Bologna. The second part of the season opened with a massive high scoring win against Lucchese; however in round 22 Juventus managed to overtake the club. Inter fought back to retake the advantage by 2 points the following Sunday. Then Inter managed to widen the gap to 3 points in round 26, after their match against Liguria. Following Inter's draw against Liguria, Juventus lost its own game against Trieste and then failed to beat Liguria themselves. All of which meant, Ambrosiana remained top going into the last round of games with 39 points, followed by Juventus with 38 and Bologna. The squad clinched the title in the final round of games, winning their match against Bari.

Ambrosiana beat Bari convincingly with Meazza scoring five goals in the 9–2 victory. The next week, he scored a hat-trick against Lucchese. Along with his fellow Inter players Ferraris II, Ferrari, and Locatelli, Meazza was involved in the Azzurri set-up that won the 1938 World Cup in Paris. At 33 years old, Castellazzi became the youngest manager to ever win the scudetto, a record that still remains to this day.

That season, the club also put in a strong showing in the Coppa Italia, where they were only stopped by a 2-0 defeat in the semifinals by eventual champions Juventus. In Mitropa Cup the team advanced to the Quarterfinals, where they were defeated by Slavia Prague over two legs,(0-9; 3–1). The 9 goals defeat still stands as an infamous record of the worst loss in a game.

Squad

Added players for Mitropa Cup

Competitions Serie A

League table

Position by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Mitropa Cup

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Statistics Squad statistics Competition Points Home Away Total GD Serie A 41 15 13 1 1 38 11 15 3 8 4 19 17 30 16 9 5 57 28 + 29 Coppa Italia - 2 2 0 0 10 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 12 5 + 7 Mitropa Cup - 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 0 1 1 1 10 4 2 1 1 9 12 - 3 Total - 19 17 1 1 56 16 19 4 9 6 22 29 38 21 10 7 78 45 + 33

Players statistics

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

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