World Cup Stories: Italy 1934

By Eduardo Mendoza

ITALY 1934

The FIFA Congress held in Stockholm on 13 May 1932 awarded Italy the title of host of the second World Cup. The other candidate, Sweden, withdrew when the delegates' preferences leaned towards the Italian candidacy. After the nomination of the Italians, there were some moments of uncertainty, as the head of the Italian delegation, Giovanni Mauro, asked for a deadline to give a definitive answer, once he had confirmed that the FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio - had the support of the government. This request led the Austrian delegate to oppose such a deadline and also to propose that the tournament be postponed until 1936, arguing financial problems, a proposal that was rejected. A few days after the close of the Congress, FIFA received confirmation from the Italians that they had the support of the government and that they could therefore commit to holding the World Cup. Thus, at the meeting on October 8 of the same year, Italy was confirmed as the host country for the championship.

The Italian government, led by Benito Mussolini, appointed General Giorgio Vaccaro, a prominent figure of the fascist party and president of the FIGC, as head of the organizing committee. Vaccaro had the full support of the government. To raise funds, the National Lottery was organized. Mussolini ordered the modernization of the stadiums and the transportation system using fascist youth organizations. In the football part, the Italians were “reinforced” with several Argentine players (some of them runners-up in the world championship in 1930), although along the way they lost their first-choice goalkeeper Carlo Cerisioli.

On May 22, 1933, the first qualifying rounds in the history of the World Cup were held in Paris. Italy, the host country for the only time in the history of the World Cup, had to go out against Greece. The Italians easily defeated the Greeks (4:0) in the first match, after which the Hellenes withdrew, claiming a lost cause..

Meanwhile, Mexico had to travel to Rome to decide its qualification in a single match against the United States, who registered at the last minute. The Aztec team had already achieved its qualification after beating Cuba in a series of three matches held in Mexico City; however, William Campbell, who served as FIFA delegate in the region, managed to convince the organization to accept the American request. The game, which took place three days before the start of the championship, was won by the Americans 4-2, with four goals scored by the only professional player (in American football) in the match, Aldo “Buff” Donelli. After the game, the Mexicans, who did not expect to be eliminated, were stranded and without money to return to their country, so they had to play a series of friendly matches in some European countries to raise funds to be able to return. There were no surprises for the rest and those who were thought to qualify a priori, qualified.

Uruguay, the previous champion, refused to participate in response to the European federations' boycott of the World Cup held in its country four years earlier. Meanwhile, two other South American participants in the previous edition, Paraguay and Bolivia, did not participate because they were involved in a bloody war over the Chaco region.

In South America, the introduction of professionalism had diminished the strength of the national teams, since the best players had moved to professional clubs that were not under the jurisdiction of the various federations, which made them ineligible to join the national teams. This, and the scarcity of international matches, had meant that the South American teams did not have the strength they had four years earlier. Argentina, interested in organizing the 1938 World Cup, sent a team from the Argentine Association of Amateur Football, since the professional teams were in the Argentine Football League, a dissident association not recognized by FIFA, which meant that its players were not eligible for the World Cup. Just two weeks before embarking for Europe on the Neptunia, the Italian coach Felipe Pascucci gathered the squad in Buenos Aires and began training. In Brazil, on the other hand, there was an internal fight between the amateur CBD and the FBF (Brazilian Football Federation) that controlled professional football. The CBD insisted that the team be made up of amateur players, which excluded the best in the country who had converted to professional football, but shortly before the tournament it entered into negotiations directly with the professional players, offering them payments that were much higher than what their clubs paid them. The Amazonians left on May 12 at the Conte Biancamano.

In the north of the continent, after their success in the previous World Cup, the United States had not played any international match since 1930, and their professional league had disappeared due to the crisis caused by the Great Depression of 1929, so they arrived with an amateur team that lacked experience but was very enthusiastic. The USFA was slow to apply to compete in the 1934 World Cup, but FIFA eventually agreed on the condition that they would have to play a single qualifying match against the winner of the North American and Caribbean qualifying round, which turned out to be Mexico. The location of the qualifying match would be in Rome a few days before the start of the World Cup.

Meanwhile in Europe, the Spaniards played three friendly matches against the English team Sunderland as preparation but had many absences, first the goalkeeper Guillermo Eizaguerra (who ended up accompanying the delegation as a tourist) who fractured his arm in a friendly, then the defender Pedro Peña was also injured and Pedro Regueiro could not travel because he was undergoing exams. The delegation left Barcelona on May 24 on the Conte Biancamano ship (where the Brazilians were also traveling) bound for Genoa.

The Austrian Wunderteam traveled to Italy as one of the clear favorites, but they arrived depleted since their best players were already playing abroad and were not available for the national coach, others were absent due to injury such as Walter Nausch who did not recover from the qualifying match against Bulgaria.

The Belgian team also arrived with absences such as Stanley Vanden Eynde, nor did they count on Raymond Braine who played abroad so they did not have many chances of success.

The Germans, for their part, had shortlisted 38 players, and after playing a series of matches against the English team Derby County, they reduced the list to 18 players who initially made the trip to Italy. The average age of their team was 24 years old, making it the youngest German team in a World Cup so far.

During the two weeks prior to the start of the World Cup, the French team prepared in the forest of Compiègne under the direction of the Englishman George Kimpton. All their players were professionals, but eight of them played for second division teams.

After being defeated by the Egyptians at the 1924 Olympic Games and their non-attendance at the 1930 World Cup, the Hungarians were also marked as favourites; However, due to complaints from journalists and fans, the Hungarian team changed several players a few days before leaving for the tournament. Somlai replaced János Móré, Gyula Polgár replaced József Turay and Sandor Biró replaced Rezső Rozgonyi, although Gyula Polgar and Gyorgy Sarosi (the latter undergoing examinations) joined the team after the match against Egypt.

The Swiss' preparations were complicated by the refusal of the Servette team to release players, as they were facing Grasshoppers in the Swiss Cup final. But in the end, Servette backed down under threat of sanctions.

The Dutch met on 21 May in Arnhem to travel by train to Italy the following day. They stayed near Como at the Regina Olga hotel, where the players complained of boredom.

The Romanians arrived at the World Cup without many expectations, but to make matters worse their star player Silviu Bindea arrived injured, his replacement Zoltan Beke was not registered and could not play against the Czechs, a situation that was heavily criticised by the Romanian press, also Iulio Barataky was ineligible as he had previously played for the Hungarian national team, but FIFA postponed the case until after the World Cup.

The first African team to participate in a World Cup was Egypt but the conditions were not favourable for them as the federation decided not to suspend the local championship until 12 May leaving few days to prepare. Finally they travelled to Italy on the Teveret ship to reach Naples, in the last matches of the local championship the defender Ibrahim Halim was injured, although he travelled with the squad he did not manage to recover and could not play against Hungary.

In the first round of the tournament, the Hungarians beat Egypt, which meant revenge for the Magyars, since the Africans had beaten them (3-0) in the 1924 Olympic Tournament; Germany recovered from an early disadvantage and ended up easily dominating the Belgians; the Austrian Wünderteam needed extra time to beat a brave France (Austria took the lead with a goal by Schall who was in an offside position, a fact that the player himself would later admit); Italy defeated the United States without hesitation (7-1). Czechoslovakia and Switzerland were very lucky to beat Romania (2-1) and Holland (3-2), respectively. The Romanians hit the crossbar at the end of the match, while the Dutch had a goal disallowed from a free kick because the referee blew the final whistle before the ball crossed the goal line.

The South American representatives were quickly defeated. Argentina, despite playing a great game, fell 2-3 to Sweden, and Brazil, which showed the world its two great talents, Waldemar and Leonidas, had no chance against a superior Spain and lost 1-3.

The second round was marked by the two matches between Spain and Italy, although some historians say that the best match of this round was that between the Czechoslovaks and the Swiss, won by the former 3-2. Spain, considered by many to be the best team in the tournament, faced Italy, the host country, and fell after two matches that were characterized more by excessive violence and partial refereeing than by good football. On the way to the final, Czechoslovakia got rid of Germany (3-1) and Italy, in a tight and lackluster match, beat Austria 1-0. The final, on the other hand, was a great game in which the Azzurri came from behind to beat an excellent Czechoslovakian team and thus lift their first World Cup.

INTERESTING FACTS AND OTHER INTERESTING FACTS

- Italian striker Luigi Bertolini played in the Cup with a head injury. The player, considered one of the best headers in Europe, justified the use of a headgear by saying that the stitching on the ball hurt his head.

- The Italian players received 1,725 ​​dollars each, as a prize for having won the title.

- The Italian coach, Vitorio Pozzo, dedicated his team's victory over Spain to the fascist regime by saying: “Men of special temperament were needed to beat them, strong and reliable men as only fascism can create...”

- For this Cup, long-sleeved shirts continued to be used, some countries incorporated the national emblem.

- This was the first World Cup to be broadcast on the radio.

- About Monti, Donelli would say in the book “US Soccer vs the World”: “Monti, I can still remember him. He was on top of me... as I had scored four goals against Mexico, Monti never left me alone.”

- the match between Italy and Spain was predicted to be a great match and it was. At the end of the 120' ​​the score was tied at 1-1, so a play-off match was necessary, according to some because nobody knew how to resolve the situation. If there was one thing that both matches had in common, it was the violence and the partiality of the referees in favour of the Italians. After the end of both matches, both teams had suffered numerous casualties (15 in total; 11 in the first match, 7 Spaniards and 4 Italians; 4 in the second, all Spanish), But the referee's partiality was not limited to just turning a blind eye to the violence. In the first match, the Belgian Baert validated the equalising goal, scored by Ferrari while Schiavio held Zamora's arms. Mercet was not far behind in the tiebreaker, validating the Italian goal, scored by Meazza taking advantage of Demaria obstructing Nogues, and disallowing two legitimate goals for Spain.

- Due to the scandalous nature of his refereeing, Mercet were expelled from FIFA, and was also banned for life by the Swiss Federation.

- The Brazilian club Palestra Italia (now Palmeiras) concentrated its players in a farm, which was guarded by armed guards, in order to avoid the call-up of its players to the national team. Palestra Italia decided to change its name to Palmeiras to demonstrate its disagreement with Mussolini's policy.

- The Argentine Luis Monti experienced the other side of the coin in this World Cup, from villain after the final in Montevideo four years ago, to hero after the one in Rome. Years later he would refer to it: "My destiny is incomprehensible, in Uruguay they wanted to kill me if I won, in Italy if I didn't... they announced to us that by decision of the Duce, we could ask for whatever we wanted, if we won the final... We were the privileged human beings of Italy... Then everything was going to change... I remember Guaita, then pampered by the same fascist leaders who some time later wanted to send him to the war in Abyssinia... He had to flee Italy because he played for Roma, the rival club of Lazio, Mussolini's favourite (team). In order to weaken Roma, the fascist bosses decided overnight to send all their players to the front. Guaita, who like me, Orsi and Demaria had helped Italy to become world champions, had to flee to save themselves. With Scopelli they arrived in France and disappeared...”

- After Spain's victory over Brazil, a newspaper from the Basque provinces on the Iberian Peninsula ran a full-page headline: “Ten Basques and Zamora beat Brazil.”

- It is said that when the Italian players greeted Mussolini before the final, the Czechoslovakian goalkeeper, Plánička, mocked in a low voice: “Hail Caesar, those who are going to die salute you.”

- One day before the final, Mussolini gave a message of “encouragement” to the Italian players: “Gentlemen, if the Czechs are correct, we are correct. That above all. But if they want to beat us by being arrogant, the Italian must give chase and the adversary must fall... good luck boys, win, otherwise crash." where CRASH was synonymous with beheading.

- Raymundo Orsi and Renato Cesarini were celebrating Italy's triumph in the World Cup, in which the former had been an undisputed figure. To celebrate, they decided to rent a plane to go for a ride. When they got on, a third man got on the plane as a Cesarini fan, who had become Cesarini's shadow during the tournament. Cesarini's annoyance was evident. After having made several turns and when they were preparing to land, the aircraft ran out of fuel but the pilot calmly put them on the ground but almost on the water. When they left the plane, they realized that their unexpected companion was missing. Orsi asked Cesarini and he replied: "What Mumo missed. "I saw the guy when they played Spain and almost lost, in the final he came up to me and the Czechs scored. Today I got my revenge, I threw him into the water.

- The Federazione Italiana de Giouco Calcio after the victory obtained over Czechoslovakia wanted to leave a memory for posterity. He called together the members of the winning team, including the substitutes, and invited them to the same stadium where the victory had been achieved for a photo session. Among the memories revived was Orsi's goal, which tied the match. Giovanni Ferrari asked his teammate:

“- Mumo, how did you score that goal? It was sensational! But it still seems impossible to me.”

Orsi took the ball and explained:

“- First I had to avoid Košťálek, who almost brought me down, then I saw Ženíšek coming, whose fame you already know, I made a feint and I fooled him and when Plánička was expecting a shot with his left foot, I shot with my right foot and it went high, into the long corner, a little bit lobbed” and acting with the word, Orsi hit the ball anyway, he wasn’t running, he hadn’t dribbled anyone, he hadn’t made any feint… but the ball went wide, far from the goal. He repeated it up to ten times but he didn’t manage to score a goal in any of them. Orsi angrily kicked the ball towards the centre of the field while exclaiming:

“- Shit about a ball!”

- Attilio Ferraris was a heavy smoker, so knowing him, days before announcing the final list of those called up, Vitorio Pozzo asked him how many cigarettes he smoked a day, to which the player replied:

“- Commentatore, you know that I smoke between 30 and 40 cigarettes a day, not counting those at night.

- Too bad - Pozzo replied - you could win the world title, but it seems that you don't want to. If you stop smoking at least 10 or 15 a day and none at night, I'll take you into account.” Ferraris complied and Pozzo called him up. Years later the player died of a heart attack on a football pitch, during a veterans' match.

- The Dutch were probably the first World Cup team to have their own song, “We're going to Rome” sung by Bob Scholte and Willy Derby, although the Dutch did not go to Rome, only to Como, where they were eliminated.

- During the time of the Republic in Spain, royal titles were abolished, so teams like Real Madrid were renamed FC Madrid, Real Sociedad, Donostia and Real Betis, Betis Balompié, and Oviedo and Espanyol also had to remove the name Real from their names.

- Linesmen worked on different sides of the field in each half.

- The Brazilians tried to register Luiz Luz after the deadline, FIFA rejected the registration so the South Americans threatened to withdraw from the tournament so FIFA agreed to register the Brazilian player.

- As in the previous World Cup, there were many players who were born in a different country than the one they represented: Italy had Luis Monti, Raimundo Orsi, Attilio Demaría, Enrique “Indio” Guaita born in Argentina, Felice Borel born in France and Guarasi born in Brazil, in Spain Ramón Zabalo was born in England; Argentina, Constantino Sosa was born in Paraguay; France to Roger Courtois born in Switzerland and Josef Alcazar and Joseph Gonzales born in Algeria (at that time a French colony); the United States to Julius Hjulian in Sweden, George Moorhouse in England, Walter Dick, James Gallagher and William “Willie” McLean in Scotland, Herman Rapp in Germany and Werner “Scotty” Nilsen in Norway; finally the Romanian Stanislau Konrad born in Poland.

- There was a match for third place for the first time

- The only World Cup in which there was no defending champion Uruguay

ITALY 1934 GAME by GAME

In the event of a draw in the semi-finals and final, two 15-minute overtime periods will be played. In the event of a draw, the match will be replayed. In the event of a draw, two 15-minute overtime periods will be played. In the event of a draw, the winner will be determined by a draw.

Round of 16

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome.

ITALY – UNITED STATES 7-1 (3:0)

Goals: Schiavio 18', Orsi 20', Schiavio 29', Donelli 57', Ferrari 63', Schiavio 64', Orsi 69', Meazza 90'.

ITA: Combi, Rosetta©, Allemandi, Pizziolo, Monti, Bertolini, Guarisi, Meazza, Schiavio, Ferrari, Orsi.

USA: Hjulian, Czerkiewicz, Moorhouse©, Pietras, Gonsalvez, Florie, Ryan, Nilsen, Donelli, Dick, Maclean.

Referee: Rene Mercet (SUI)  A1: Pedro Escartin (ESP) A2: Bohumil Zenisek (TCH)

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin.

AUSTRIA – FRANCE 3-2 (1:1) (1:1)  AET

Goals: Nicolas 18', Sindelar 44', Schall 93', Bican 109', Verriest(p) 118' 

AUT: Platzer, Cisar, Sesta, Wagner, Smistik©, Urbanek, Zischek, Bican, Sindelar, Schall, Viertl.

FRA: Thépot©, Mairesse, Mattler, Delfour, Verriest, Liétaer, Keller, Alcazar, Nicolas, Rio, Aston.

Referee: Johannes van Moorsel (NED) A1: Camillo Caironi (ITA) A2: Louis Baert (BEL)

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence.

GERMANY – BELGIUM 5-2 (1:2)

Goals: Kobierski 25', Voorhoof 29', Voorhoof 43', Siffling 49', Conen 66', Conen 70', Conen 87'.

GER: Kress, Haringer, Schwartz, Janes, Szepan©, Zielinski, Lehner, Hohmann, Conen, Siffling, Kobierski.

BEL: Vandeweyer, Smellinckx, Joacim, Peeraer, Welkenhuysen©, Claessens, Devries, Voorhoof, Capelle, Grimmonprez, Heremans.

Referee: Francesco Mattea (ITA) A1: Ermenegildo Melandri (ITA) A2: Jacques Baert (FRA)

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Littorio, Trieste.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA – ROMANIA 2-1 (0:1)

Goals: Dobay 11', Puč 50', Nejedlý 67'.

TCH: Plánička©, Ženišek, Čtyroký, Koštálek, Čambal, Krcil, Junek, Silný, Sobotka, Nejedlý, Puč.

ROU: Zombory, Vogl©, Albu, Deheleanu, Kotormany, Moravetz, Bindea, Kovacs, Sepi, Bodola, Dobay.

Referee: John Langenus (BEL) A1: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA) A2: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA)

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio San Siro, Milan.

SWITZERLAND – NETHERLANDS 3-2 (2:1)

Goals: Kielholz 7', Smit 29', Kielholz 43', Abegglen 69', Vente 84',

SUI: Séchehaye, Minelli©, Weiler, Guinchard, Jaccard, Hufschmid, Von Känel, Passello, Kielholz, Abegglen, Bossi.

NED: Van der Meulen, Weber, Van Run, Pellikaan, Anderiesen, Van Heel©, Wels, Vente, Bakhuys, Smit, Van Nellen.

Referee: Ivan Eklind (SWE) A1: Alois Beranek (AUT) A2: Ferruccio Bonivento (ITA)

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Littoriale, Bologna.

SWEDEN – ARGENTINA 3-2 (1:1)

Goals: Belis 4', Jonasson 9', Galateo 48', Jonasson 67', Kroon 79'.

SWE: Rydberg, Axelsson, S. Andersson, Carlsson, Rosen©, E. Andersson, Dunker, Gustafsson, Jonasson, Keller, Kroon.

ARG: Freschi, Pedevilla, Belis, Nehin, Urbieta, López, Rúa, Wilde, De Vincenzi©, Galateo, Irañeta.

Referee: Eugen Braun (AUT) A1: Albino Carraro (ITA) A2: Giuseppe Turbiani (ITA)

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genova.

SPAIN – BRAZIL 3-1 (3:0)

Goals: Iraragorri(p) 18', Lángara 25'*, Lángara 29', Leónidas 55'.

ENG: Zamora©, Ciriaco, Quincoces, Cilaurren, Muguerza, Márculeta, Iraragorri, Lángara, Lecue, Lafuente, Gorostiza.

BRA: Pedrosa, Silvio, Luiz, Tinoco, Martim©, Canalli, Luizinho, Waldemar, Leónidas, Armadinho, Patesko.

Referee: Alfred Birlem (GER) A1: Ettore Carminati (ITA) A2: Mihály Ivanicsics (HUN)

*Waldemar missed a penalty saved by Zamora in the 76th minute.

*FIFA credits Iraragorri with the second goal, although all contemporary sources credit it to Lángara.

27/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples.

HUNGARY – EGYPT 4-2 (2:2)

Goals: Teleki 11’, Tolodi 31’, Fawzi 35’, Fawzi 39’, Vincze 53’, Toldi 61’.

HUN: A. Szabó, Futó, Sternberg©, Palotás, Szücs, Lázár, Markos, Vincze, Teleki, Toldi, G. Szabó.

EGY: Kamel, El Kaf Sayed, A. Ibrahim, El Far, Rafaat, Raghab, Latif, Fawzi, Mokhtar©, Kamel Taha, Hassan.

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) A1: Generoso Dattilo (ITA) A2: Otello Sassi (ITA)

Quarter Finals.

31/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Littoriale, Bologna.

AUSTRIA – HUNGARY 2-1 (1:0)

Goals: Horvath 8', Zischek 51', Sárosi(p) 60' 

AUT: Platzer, Cisar, Sesta, Wagner, Smistik©, Urbanek, Zischek, Bican, Sindelar, Horvath, Viertl.

HUN: A. Szabó, Vagó, Sternberg©, Pálotas, Szücs, Szalay, Markos, Avar, Sarosi, Toldi, Kemenyi.

Sent Off: Markos 63.

Referee: Francesco Mattea (ITA) A1: Pedro Escartín (ESP) A2: Alfred Birlem (GER)

* Avar left the game at minute 80.

31/05/1934 Venue: Stadio San Siro, Milan.

SWEDEN – GERMANY 1-2 (0:0)

Goals: Hohmann 60', Hohmann 63', Dunker 82'.

SWE: Rydberg, Axelsson, S. Andersson, Carlsson, Rosen©, E. Andersson, Dunker, Gustafsson, Jonasson, Keller, Kroon.

GER: Kress, Haringer, Busch, Gramlich, Szepan©, Zielinski, Lehner, Hohmann, Conen, Siffling, Kobierski.

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) A1: Rene Mercet (SUI) A2: Johannes van Moorsel (NED)

* E. Andersson left the game at minute 57.

31/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA – SWITZERLAND 3-2 (1:1)

Goals: Kielholz 18 Svoboda 24 Sobotka 49 Jäggi 78 Nejedlý 82

TCH: Planička©, Ženišek, Čtyroký, Koštálek, Čambal, Krcil, Junek, Svoboda, Sobotka, Nejedlý, Puč.

SUI: Séchehaye, Minelli©, Weiler, Guinchard, Jaccard, Hufschmid, Von Känel, Jäggi, Kielholz, Abegglen, Jaeck.

Referee: Alois Beranek (AUT) A1: Youssuf Mohamed (EGY) A2: Jacques Baert (BEL)

31/05/1934 Venue: Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence.

ITALY – SPAIN 1-1 (1:0) (1:1) AET

Goals: Regueiro 30', Ferrari 44'.

ITA: Combi©, Monzeglio, Allemandi, Pizziolo, Monti, Castellazzi, Guaita, Meazza, Schiavio, Ferrari, Orsi.

ENG: Zamora©, Ciriaco, Quincoces, Cilaurren, Muguerza, Lafuente, Iraragorri, Lángara, Fede, Regueiro, Gorostiza.

Referee: Louis Baert (BEL) A1: Bohumil Ženišek (TCH) A2: Mihály Ivanicsics (HUN)

Replay.

01/06/1934 Venue: Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence.

ITALY – SPAIN 1-0 (1:0)

Goals: Meazza 11'.

ITA: Combi©, Monzeglio, Allemandi, Ferraris, Monti, Bertolini, Guaita, Meazza, Borel, De Maria, Orsi.

ENG: Nogues, Zabalo, Quincoces©, Cilaurren, Muguerza, Lecue, Ventolrá, Regueiro, Campanal, González, Bosch.

Referee: Rene Mercet (SUI) A1: Mihály Ivanicsics (HUN) A2: Bohumil Zenisek (TCH)

* Bosch left the game at minute 85.

Semifinals

03/06/1934 Venue: Stadio San Siro, Milan.

ITALY – AUSTRIA 1-0 (1:0)

Goals: Guaita 19'.

ITA: Combi©, Monzeglio, Allemandi, Ferraris, Monti, Bertolini, Guaita, Meazza, Schiavio, Ferrari, Orsi.

AUT: Platzer, Cisar, Sesta, Wagner, Smistik©, Urbanek, Zischek, Bican, Sindelar, Schall, Viertl.

Referee: Ivan Eklind (SWE) A1: Louis Baert (BEL) A2: Bohumil Zenisek (TCH)

03/06/1934 Venue: Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA – GERMANY 3-1 (1:0)

Goals: Nejedlý 21', Noack 62', Nejedlý 69', Nejedlý 80'.

TCH: Planička©, Burgr, Čtyroký, Koštálek, Čambal, Krcil, Junek, Svoboda, Sobotka, Nejedlý, Puč.

GER: Kress, Busch, Haringer, Zielinski, Szepan©, Bender, Lehner, Siffling, Conen, Noack, Kobierski.

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA) A1: Alois Beranek (AUT) A2: Pedro Escartín (ESP)

¾ Place

07/06/1934 Venue: Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples.

AUSTRIA – GERMANY 2-3 (1:3)

Goals: Lehner 1’, Conen 27’, Horvath 28’, Lehner 42’, Sesta 54’.

AUT: Platzer, Cisar, Sesta, Wagner, Smistik©, Urbanek, Zischek, Bican, Braun, Horvath, Viertl.

GER: Jakob, Busch, Janes, Zielinski, Szepan©, Münzenberg, Bender, Lehner, Siffling, Conen, Heidemann.

Referee: Albino Carraro (ITA) A1: Camillo Caironi (ITA) A2: Pedro Escartín (ESP)

* Austria played in the uniform of the Napoli team.

Final.

10/06/1934 Venue: Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome.

ITALY – CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2-1 (0:0) (1:1) AET

Goals: Puč 71', Orsi 81', Schiavio 95'.

ITA: Combi©, Monzeglio, Allemandi, Ferraris, Monti, Bertolini, Guaita, Meazza, Schiavio, Ferrari, Orsi.

TCH: Plánička©, Ženišek, Čtyroký, Koštálek, Čambal, Krcil, Junek, Svoboda, Sobotka, Nejedlý, Puč.

Referee: Ivan Eklind (SWE) A1: Louis Baert (BEL) A2: Mihály Ivanicsics (HUN)

Squads

A maximum of 22 players per team were allowed to be registered before May 15, after this date it was not possible to make changes to the rosters (but FIFA allowed Italy to replace one of its goalkeepers, as well as Brazil to add one more player). FIFA paid for the transfer of 17 players for each team. By 1934 there had been a breakthrough in professional football at a global level since Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Spain had professionalized their leagues while Argentina and Brazil had professional leagues but were not affiliated with their federations so their players were not eligible for their selection, the professional league of the United States had disappeared in 1931, the other teams maintained their amateur status. There were only two players who played in foreign clubs for this World Cup, in addition many players who played in second division teams were called up.

Czechoslovakia

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
PLÁNÍČKA František	02/06/1904	GK	Slavia Praha
PATZEL Ehrenfried	02/12/1914	GK	Teplitzer
ČTYROKÝ Josef	30/09/1906	DF	Sparta Praha
BURGR Jaroslav	07/03/1906	DF	Sparta Praha
ŽENIŠEK Ladislav	07/03/1904	DF	Slavia Praha
DAUCÍK Ferdinand	30/05/1910	DF	CSK Bratislava*
KOPECKÝ Vlastimil	14/10/1912	MF	Sparta Praha
KOŠŤÁLEK Josef	31/08/1909	MF	Sparta Praha
KRCIL Rudolf	05/03/1906	MF	Slavia Praha
STERC František	27/01/1912	MF	Zidenice Brno*
VODIČKA Antonín	01/03/1907	MF	Slavia Praha
SRBEK Erich	04/06/1908	MF	Slavia Praha*
BOUCEK Jaroslav	13/11/1912	MF	Sparta Praha
ČAMBAL Stefan	18/12/1908	MF	Slavia Praha
SIMPERSKI Adolf	05/08/1909	MF	Slavia Praha*
JUNEK František	17/01/1907	FW	Slavia Praha
KALOCSAY Gaza	30/05/1912	FW	Sparta Praha
NEJEDLÝ Oldrich	26/12/1909	FW	Sparta Praha
SILNÝ Josef	23/01/1902	FW	Nîmes (FRA)
SOBOTKA Jiri	06/11/1911	FW	Slavia Praha
SVOBODA František	05/07/1905	FW	Slavia Praha
PUČ Antonín	16/05/1907	FW	Slavia Praha

Coach: PETRU Karel
Assistant: KANU

* players although registered, did not travel 

  CSK Bratislava did not participate in the first division.

 

Austria

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
FRANZL Frederich	06/03/1905	GK	Wiener Sport Club
PLATZER Peter	29/05/1910	GK	Admira Wien
RAFTL Rudolf	07/02/1911	GK	Rapid Wien*
JANDA Antón	01/05/1904	DF	Admira Wien*
CISAR Franz	28/11/1908	DF	Wiener AC
SZESTAK-SESTA Karl	18/03/1906	DF	Wiener AC
SCHMAUS Willibald	16/06/1912	DF	First Vienna
HOFMANN Leopold	31/10/1905	MF	First Vienna
SMISTIK Josef	28/11/1905	MF	Rapid Wien
URBANEK Johann	10/10/1910	MF	Admira Wien
WAGNER Franz	23/09/1911	MF	Rapid Wien
BRAUN Georg	15/12/1907	FW	Wiener AC
HORVATH Johann K.	27/05/1903	FW	FC Wien
SCHALL Anton	22/06/1907	FW	Admira Wien
SINDELAR Matthias	10/02/1903	FW	Austria Wien
VIERTL Rudolf	12/11/1902	FW	Austria Wien
BICAN Josef	25/09/1913	FW	Rapid Wien
ZISCHEK Karl	28/08/1910	FW	Wacker Wien
WALZHOFFER Johann	23/03/1906	FW	Wacker Wien*
KABUREK Matthias	09/02/1911	FW	Rapid Wien*
STROH Josef	05/03/1913	FW	Austria Wien*
HASSMANN Josef	21/05/1910	FW	FC Wien*

Coach: MEISL Hugo
Assistant: HOGAN Jimmy
Delegate: GERO Jozef
Delegate: ZEIGLER
Doctor: SCHWARZ Emanuel

* players although registered, did not travel.

Belgium

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
BADJOU Arnold Jules Elie	26/06/1909	GK	Daring CB
VANDEWEYER Andre	21/06/1909	GK	Union St. Gilloise
SMELLINCKX Philibert	17/01/1911	DF	Union St. Gilloise
JOACIM Constantinus	03/03/1908	DF	Berchem Sport
PAPPAERT Jules	05/11/1905	DF	Union St. Gilloise*
PEERAER Franciscus Albertus Arthur	15/02/1913	MF	Royal Antwerp FC
CLAESSENS Jean	18/06/1908	MF	Union St. Gilloise
WELKENHUYSEN Felix	12/12/1908	MF	Union St. Gilloise
HELLEMANS August Hendrik	21/06/1907	MF	KV Mechelen
SIMONS Rene	10/04/1904	MF	Lierse SK*
VAN INGELGHEM Joseph	23/01/1912	MF	Daring CB*
BOURGEOIS Desiderius Victor	13/12/1908	MF	KV Mechelen*
PUTMANS Victor Jean Ghislain	29/05/1914	MF	Union Hutoise*
CAPELLE Jean	26/10/1913	FW	Standard Liege
DE VRIES Francois	21/08/1913	FW	Royal Antwerp FC
GRIMMONPREZ Laurent Georges	14/12/1902	FW	RC Gand
VOORHOOF Bernard Ludovicus	10/05/1910	FW	Lierse SK
HERMANS Albert Louis	13/04/1906	FW	Daring CB
LAMOOT Robert Julian	18/03/1911	FW	Daring CB
LEDENT Francois	04/07/1908	FW	Standard Liege*
VERSYP Louis Marie	05/12/1908	FW	Royal FC Brugesois*
BRICHAUT Jean	29/07/1911	FW	Standard Liege*

Coach: GOETINCK Hector
Assistant: HANSE Emile

* players, although registered, did not travel. 

  Pappaert originally nomited to travel but was remplaced by Lamoot 

  Berchem and Union Hutoise were second-division teams.

France

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
THÉPOT Alexis L.	30/07/1906	GK	Red Star Olympique
LLENSE Rene	14/07/1913	GK	FC Sète
DÉ FOSSÉ Robert	16/06/1909	GK	Lille*
MAIRESSE Jacques Desire	27/02/1905	DF	Red Star Olympique
MATTLER Etienne	25/12/1905	DF	Sochaux-Montbéliard
VANDOOREN Jules Victor	30/12/1908	DF	Lille*
GONZALES Joseph	19/02/1907	DF	Fives
GABRILLARGUES Louis Achille Clément	16/06/1914	MF	FC Sète
DELMER Henri Celestin	15/02/1907	MF	Excelsior Roubaix*
BEAUCOURT Georges	15/05/1912	MF	Lille*
RIO Roger Joseph	13/02/1913	MF	FC Rouen
VERRIEST Georges	15/07/1909	MF	RC Roubaix
LIÉTAER Noel	17/11/1908	MF	Excelsior Roubaix
KELLER Frederic	21/08/1913	FW	RC Strasbourg
ALCAZAR Joseph Americo	15/06/1911	FW	Olympique de Marseille
NICOLAS Jean Édouard Marie	09/06/1913	FW	FC Rouen
ASTON Alfred	16/05/1912	FW	Red Star Olympique
VEINANTE Emile Auguste	12/06/1907	FW	RC Paris
COURTOIS Roger	30/05/1912	FW	Sochaux-Montbéliard
KORB Jean Pierre	20/05/1908	FW	Mulhouse*
LAURENT Lucien Emile	10/12/1907	FW	CA Paris*
DELFOUR Edmond Augustin	01/11/1907	FW	RC Paris*

Coach: KIMPTON George (ENG)
Manager: CAUDRON Raul
Delegate: REGAL Jean
Delegate: DELANGHE Maurice
Delegate: BARREAU Gaston

* Players, although registered, did not travel.
Red Star, RC Strasbourg, Rouen, Roubaix, Mulhouse, second division teams.

 

Sweden

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
RYDBERG Anders	03/03/1903	GK	IFK Göteborg
WIDLUND Eivar Fritiof	15/06/1906	GK	AIK
HULT Sture	19/10/1910	GK	IFK Eskilstuna*
AXELSSON Nils Arvid Evald	18/01/1906	DF	Helsingborgs IF
ANDERSSON Sven Oskar Albin	14/02/1907	DF	AIK
ANDERSSON Otto August	07/05/1910	DF	Örgryte IS
CARLUND Karl Victor	05/02/1906	MF	Örgryte IS
CARLSSON Rune	01/10/1909	MF	IFK Eskilstuna
ROSÉN Nils	22/05/1902	MF	Helsingborgs IF
ANDERSSON Ernest	26/03/1909	MF	IFK Göteborg
LILJEBJORN Helge	16/08/1904	MF	GAIS
DUNKER Gosta	16/09/1905	FW	Sandvikens IF
GUSTAFSSON Ragnar	28/09/1907	FW	GAIS
JONASSON Sven Gunnar	09/07/1909	FW	IF Elfsborg
KELLER Tore Bertil Gottfrid	04/01/1905	FW	IK Sleipner
KROON Knut William	19/06/1906	FW	Helsingborgs IF
THÖRN Arvid Teodor	29/10/1906	FW	IFK Grängesberg
OLSSON Gunnar	19/07/1908	FW	GAIS
HOLMBERG Carl Erik Samuel	17/07/1906	FW	Örgryte IS*
LUNDAHL Harry	16/10/1905	FW	IFK Eskilstuna*
BUNKE Lennart	03/04/1912	FW	Helsingborgs IF*
JANSSON Gunnar	17/07/1907	FW	Gefle IF*

Coach: NAGY József (HUN)
Manager: PETTERSON John
Head of Delegation: LINDER Carl

* Players, although registered, did not travel.
Grängesberg and Sleipner are second division teams.

 

Romania

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
PÜLLÖCK Adalbert	06/04/1907	GK	Crişana Oradea
ZOMBORY William	11/01/1906	GK	Ripensia Timişoara
KONRAD Stanislav	23/10/1913	GK	CA Timişoara*
ALBU Gheorghe	12/09/1909	DF	Venus Bucureşti
BÜRGER Rudolf	31/10/1908	DF	Ripensia Timişoara
CUEDAN Alexandru	26/09/1910	DF	CFR Bucureşti
SFERA Lazar	29/04/1909	DF	Universitatea Cluj
MORAVETZ Iosif	14/01/1911	MF	RGMT Timişoara
DEHELEANU Vasile	12/08/1910	MF	Ripensia Timişoara
VOGL Emerich	12/08/1905	MF	Juventus Bucureşti
KOTORMANY Rudolf	23/01/1911	MF	Ripensia Timişoara*
WEICHELT Karoly	02/03/1906	MF	CA Oradea*
JUHASZ Augustin	19/12/1911	MF	CA Oradea
BINDEA Silviu	24/10/1912	FW	Ripensia Timişoara
BODOLA Iuliu-Gyula	26/02/1912	FW	CA Oradea
CIOLAC Gheorghe	10/08/1908	FW	Ripensia Timişoara
DOBAY Stefan	26/09/1909	FW	Ripensia Timişoara
KOVACS Nicolae-Miklos	29/12/1911	FW	CA Oradea
SEPI Gratian	30/12/1910	FW	Universitatea Cluj
SCHWARTZ Alexandru	18/01/1909	FW	Ripensia Timişoara*
KLIMEK Stefan	15/04/1913	FW	ILSA Timişoara*

Coach: URIDILL Jozsef (AUT)
Manager: RADULESCU Costel
Delegate: XIFANDO
Delegate: LUCESCU Nicolae

* Players, although registered, did not travel.
Zoltan Beke also traveled but was not registered.
CA Timișoara, RGMT, ILSA are not in the first division.

Iuliu Baratky was originally selected but was suspended by FIFA for having played for Hungary a few months earlier.

 

Hungary

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
SZABÓ Antal	04/09/1910	GK	Hungria FC
HÁDA Jozsef	02/03/1911	GK	Ferencváros
FUTÓ Gyula	29/12/1908	DF	Újpest FC
STERNBERG Laszlo	28/05/1905	DF	Újpest FC
BIRO Sandor	19/08/1911	DF	Keruleti
VÁGÓ-VANICZEK Jozsef-Janos	30/06/1906	DF	Bocskai Debrecen
PALOTÁS Istvan	05/03/1908	MF	Bocskai Debrecen
LÁZÁR Gyula	24/01/1911	MF	Ferencváros
TOLDI Geza	11/02/1909	MF	Ferencváros
POLGAR Gyula	08/02/1910	MF	Ferencváros
DUDÁS Janos	13/02/1911	MF	Hungria FC
SZALAY Antal	12/03/1912	MF	Újpest FC
SZŰCS Gyorgy	23/04/1912	MF	Újpest FC
SOMLAI Rezső	22/05/1911	MF	Kispesti
AVAR-AUER Istvan-Stefan	30/05/1905	FW	Újpest FC
KEMÉNYI Tibor	05/03/1913	FW	Ferencváros
MARKOS Imre	09/06/1908	FW	Bocskai Debrecen
SÁROSI Gyorgy	16/09/1912	FW	Ferencváros
SZABÓ Gabor Peter	14/10/1902	FW	Újpest FC
TELEKI Paul	05/03/1906	FW	Bocskai Debrecen
VINCZE Jeno	20/11/1908	FW	Bocskai Debrecen
TAMÁSSY Istvan	07/08/1911	FW	Ujpest FC

Staff:

·         Coach: NADÁS Ödön

·         Assistant: FELDMANN Gyula

·         Manager: PÁL Fabian

·         Delegate: NAGY Marcel

·         Delegate: BÉLA Takacs

 

USA

Name	Date of Birth	Positión	Club
HUJLIAN Julius	15/03/1903	GK	Chicago Wonderbolts
CZERCHIEWICZ Adolf C.	08/07/1912	DF	Pawtucket Rangers
MOORHOUSE George	04/04/1901	DF	NY Americans
HARKER Albert Edward	11/04/1910	DF	Philadelphia German-American
MARTINELLI Joseph	09/05/1915	DF	Pawtucket Rangers
RAPP Herman	1907	DF	Philadelphia German-American
PIETRAS Peter Paul	21/04/1908	MF	Philadelphia German-American
FIEDLER William John	10/01/1910	MF	Philadelphia German-American
FLORIE Thomas Frank	05/09/1899	MF	Pawtucket Rangers
GALLAGHER James A.	07/06/1901	MF	Cleveland Slavia
GONSALVES Adelino William	10/08/1908	MF	Stix Baer & Fuller St. Louis
LEHMAN William	20/12/1907	MF	Stix Baer & Fuller St. Louis
LYNCH Thomas	24/05/1906	MF	Brooklyn Celtics
AMRHEIN Thomas	09/03/1911	MF	Baltimore Canton
DICK Walter	20/09/1905	FW	Pawtucket Rangers
DONELLI Aldo Theodoro	22/07/1907	FW	Curry Silver Tops
NILSEN Werner	24/02/1904	FW	Stix Baer & Fuller St. Louis
RYAN Francis John	10/01/1908	FW	Philadelphia German-American
McLEAN William	27/01/1904	FW	Stix Baer & Fuller St. Louis

Staff:

·         Entrenador: GOULD David L. (SCO)

·         Delegado: SCHROEDER Elmer

NY Americans, German-Americans, Pawtucket, and Celtics played in the ASL, Stix Baer played in the SLSL, and Slavia, Curry, and Canton played in local leagues.

                     

 Germany

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
JAKOB Hans	16/06/1908	GK	Jahn Regensburg
KRESS Willibland	13/11/1906	GK	Dresdener
BUCHLOH Fritz	26/11/1909	GK	VfB Speldorf *
BUSCH Willy	04/01/1907	DF	TSV Duisburger
HARINGER Siegmund	09/12/1908	DF	Bayern Münich
SCHWARTZ Hans	01/03/1913	DF	Viktoria Hamburger
DIENERT Franz		DF	VfB Muhlburg *
BENDER Jakob	23/03/1910	MF	Fortuna Düsseldorf
GRAMLICH Rudolf	06/06/1908	MF	Eintracht Frankfurt
ZIELINSKI Paul	20/11/1911	MF	Union Hamborn
JANES Paul	11/03/1912	MF	Fortuna Düsseldorf
MUNZENBERG Reinhold	25/01/1909	MF	Alemannia Aacheen
SZEPAN Fritz Hermann	02/09/1907	MF	Schalke 04
CONEN Edmund	10/11/1914	FW	FV Saarbrücken
HEIDEMANN Matthias	07/02/1913	FW	Bonner
ALBRECHT Ernst	12/11/1907	FW	Fortuna Düsseldorf
HOHMANN Karl	18/06/1908	FW	VfL Benrath
KOBIERSKI Stanislaus	15/11/1910	FW	Fortuna Düsseldorf
LEHNER Ernst	07/11/1912	FW	Schwaben Augsburg
NOACK Rudolf	30/03/1913	FW	Hamburger SV
SIFFLING Otto	03/08/1912	FW	Waldhof Mannheim
STREB Josef	16/04/1912	FW	Wacker Münich *

Staff:

·         Coach: NERZ Otto

·         Assistant: HERBERGER Sepp

·         Delegate: GLASER Sepp

·         Delegate: LEHMANN Tute

·         Doctor: HAGGENMULLER

 

* Players altough registered did not travel.

Gramlich return to Germany before the semifinals instead he was called Munzenberg.

These teams played in the national championship: Desdenner, Schalke, Benrath, Waldhof Mannheim.

 

Egypt

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
KAMEL Mansour Mustafa	02/08/1914	GK	Al Ahly
FAHMY Aziz	24/01/1902	GK	Al Ahly
EL KAF SAYED Aly Mohamed	10/04/1908	DF	Mokhtalat
MASOUD Kamel	02/08/1914	DF	Al Ahly
IBRAHIM Abdel Hamid	20/12/1905	DF	Olympia Alexandria
IBRAHIM Halim Ahmed	10/02/1910	MF	Mokhtalat
El FAR Ahmed Hassan Hasanenin	21/05/1912	MF	Mokhtalat
RAFAAT Ismail	03/01/1912	MF	Tersana
MOSTAFA Helmi	11/06/1911	MF	Al Masry*
RAGHAB Hassan	1909	MF	Al Ittihad Alexandria
YACOUT EL SOURY Gaber		MF	Al Ittihad Alexandria*
MAHMOUD Hani Kamel		MF	Al Ahly
MOKHTAR Mahmoud El Tetch	29/09/1905	FW	Al Ahly
FAWZY Abdel Rahim	11/08/1909	FW	Al Masry
KAMEL TAHA Mustafa	23/03/1910	FW	Mokhtalat
LATIF Mohamed	23/10/1909	FW	Mokhtalat
HASSAN Mohamed Moussa	05/02/1909	FW	Al Marsy
EL NEGRO Mahmoud Ismail	19/04/1905	FW	Al Shurta*
KASSIB Hafiz		FW	Olympia Alexandria
BAKHATY Mohammed Farid		FW	Mokhtalat

Staff:

·         Coach: MAC REA James Clark Fulton (SCO)

·         Delegate: EL DIN Bdr

·         Delegate: RATEB David

·         Delegate: ANWAR Foud

*Players although registered, did not travel.

Ahly, Mokhtalat, Tersana, and Shurta played in Cairo football league.
Olympia, Ittihad played in Alexandria league.
Masry played in Port Said League.

                 

Switzerland

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
SÉCHÉHAYE Frank	03/11/1907	GK	Servette
HUBER Willy	17/12/1913	GK	Grasshoppers *
BIZZOZERO Renato	07/09/1912	GK	FC Lugano
WEILER Walter	04/12/1903	DF	Grasshoppers
MINELLI Severino	06/09/1909	DF	Grasshoppers
GOBET Louis	28/10/1908	DF	Blue Stars *
ORTELLI Arnoldo	05/08/1913	DF	FC Lugano
GUINCHARD Albert	10/11/1914	MF	Servette
HUEFSCHMID Ernest	04/02/1913	MF	FC Basel
JACCARD Fernand Alfred	08/10/1907	MF	La Tour-de-Peiz
FRICK Ernst	01/08/1917	MF	FC Lucern
LOICHOT Edmond	1903	FW	Servette *
ABEGGLEN Andre	29/09/1905	FW	Grasshoppers
BOSSI Joseph Giuseppe	29/08/1911	FW	FC Bern
JAECK Alfred	02/08/1911	FW	FC Basel
JÄGGI Willy	24/07/1906	FW	Lausanne-Sports
VON KÄNEL Willy	30/10/1909	FW	FC Biel
KIELHOZ Leopold	09/06/1911	FW	Servette
PASSELLO Raymond	12/01/1905	FW	Servette
BÜCHE Albert	1911	FW	FC Nordstern
BÜHLER Otto		FW	FC Lucern
HOCHSTRASSER Erwin		FW	Young Boys *

Staff:

·         Coach: MULLER Henrich

·         Delegate: MAYER Gustave

·         Secretary: GASSMANN Kurt

·         Manager: DUMONT Charles

* Players although registered, did not travel.

Max Weiler also traveled but was not registered, returning to Switzerland after the first match together with Bossi, Buhler, and Frick.

FC Lucern second division team.
La Tour-de-Peiz third division team.

 

Argentina 

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
FRESCHI Héctor Luis	22/05/1911	GK	Sarmiento
GRIPPA Ángel	02/03/1914	GK	Sportivo Alsina
BELIS Ernesto Antonio	01/02/1909	DF	Defensores Belgrano
LÓPEZ Arcadio Julio	15/09/1910	DF	Sportivo Buenos Aires
PEDEVILLA Juan Carlos	06/06/1909	DF	Estudiantil Porteño
NEHÍN José Eduardo	14/10/1905	DF	Desamparados San Juan
CHIMENTO Enrique		DF	Barracas Central
ASTUDILLO José Ramon		MF	Colon de Santa Fe
URBIETA Constantino	12/08/1907	MF	Godoy Cruz
WILDE Federico		MF	Unión de Santa Fé
LORENZO Alfonso		MF	Barracas Central
ALBARRACIN Oscar Ernesto		MF	Sportivo Buenos Aires
DE VINCENZI Alfredo Ciriaco	09/06/1907	FW	Estudiantil Porteño
GALATEO Alberto Luis	22/05/1911	FW	Unión de Santa Fé
IRÁÑETA Roberto Luis	21/03/1915	FW	Gimnasia y Esgrima Mendoza
RÚA Francisco	04/02/1911	FW	Sportivo Dock Sud
IZZETA Lucas María		FW	Defensores Belgrano
PÉREZ Francisco Vicente		FW	Almagro

Staff:

·         Coach: PESCUCCI Felipe (ITA)

·         Delegate: ROBRIOSA Juan

·         Delegate: MARESCA Severo

·         Masseur: SOLÁ Manuel

Colón de Santa Fe and Unión played in the Santa Fe League, Desamparados played in the Sanjuanina League, Godoy Cruz and Gimnasia played in the Mendoza League, Sarmiento played in the Chaco League, and Almagro, Dock Sud, Estudiantil, Alsina, Barracas, and Sportivo Buenos Aires played in the AFAP First Division.

 

                     

Netherlands

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
VAN DER MEULEN Ageaus Yme	23/01/1903	GK	HFC Koninklijke
VAN MALE Adrianus	07/10/1910	GK	Feyenoord
HALLE Leonard Herman Gerit	26/01/1906	GK	Go Ahead
VENTE Leendert Roelof Johan	14/05/1911	DF	Neptunus Rotterdam
WEBER Bartholomeus Marinus	01/03/1914	DF	ADO Den Haag
VAN RUN Jozephus Johannes Antonius Franciscus	12/01/1904	DF	PSV
VAN DIEPENBEEK Jan Antonie	05/08/1903	DF	Ajax
ANDERIESEN Willem Gerardus	27/11/1903	DF	Ajax
VAN HEEL Gerardus Henricus	21/01/1904	MF	Feyenoord
OPRINSEN Antonius Adrianus Henricus	25/11/1910	MF	NOAD Tilburg
PAAUWE Bastiaan Jacob	04/10/1911	MF	Feyenoord *
PELLIKAAN Hendrikus Adrian	10/11/1910	MF	LONGA Tilburg
MIJNDERS Cornelis Lambertus	28/09/1912	FW	DFC Dordrecht
MOL Jaap	03/02/1912	FW	KFC Koog
SCHOEMAKER Arend H.	08/11/1911	FW	Quick Den Haag
VAN NELLEN Johannes Cornelis	15/03/1910	FW	Delft HC
WELS Frank	21/02/1909	FW	Unitas Gorinchem
VRAUWDEUNT Hermanus Lodevicus Willebro	29/04/1915	FW	Feyenoord*
BAKHUYS Elisa Hendrik	16/04/1909	FW	Zwolle
GRAAFLAND Johannes Hendrikus Adrianus	21/08/1909	FW	HBS Den Haag
LAGENDAAL Williem	13/04/1909	FW	Xerxes
SMIT Johannes Chrishostinus	03/11/1911	FW	HFC Haarlem

Staff:

·         Coach: GLENDENNING Robert (ENG)

·         Delegate: Vries O.

·         Delegate: Triebel F.

·         Delegate: POEN C.

·         Delegate: LOSTY Karel

·         Doctor: Van Dam M.

* Players although registered, did not travel.
Quick, Neptuns, Zwolle, and Unitas played in second division.
Mjinders upon arriving in Italy he was injured and was called up Van Nallen.

 

Italy

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
COMBI Giampero	20/12/1902	GK	Juventus
CAVANNA Giuseppe	18/09/1905	GK	SS Napoli
MASETTI Guido	22/11/1907	GK	AS Roma
VARGLIEN Mario	26/12/1905	DF	Juventus
CALIGARIS Umberto	26/07/1901	DF	Juventus
MONZEGLIO Eraldo	05/06/1906	DF	FC Bologna
ROSETTA Virginio Felice	24/02/1902	DF	Juventus
ALLEMANDI Luigi	18/11/1903	DF	AS Ambrossiana-Inter Milán
PIZZIOLO Mario	07/12/1909	MF	AC Fiorentina
MEAZZA Giuseppe	23/08/1910	MF	AS Ambrossiana-Inter Milan
MONTI Luís Felipe	15/05/1901	MF	Juventus
BERTOLINI Luigi	13/09/1904	MF	Juventus
BOREL Felice Placido	05/04/1914	MF	Juventus
FERRARI Giovanni	06/12/1907	MF	Juventus
CASTELLAZZI Armando	07/10/1904	MF	AS Ambrossiana-Inter Milan
FERRARIS Attilio Jose	26/03/1904	MF	AS Roma
DEMARIA Atilio Jose	19/03/1909	FW	AS Ambrossiana-Inter Milan
GUAITA Enrique	15/07/1910	FW	AS Roma
GUARISI Amphiloquio	26/12/1905	FW	SS Lazio
ORSI Raymundo Bibiani	02/12/1901	FW	Juventus
SCHIAVIO Angelo	15/10/1905	FW	FC Bologna
ARCARI Pietro Sante	02/12/1909	FW	AC Milan

Staff:

·         Coach: POZZO Vittorio Giuseppe Luigi

·         Assistant: CARCANO Carlo

Guido Masetti was the replacement for Carlo Ceresoli (AS Ambrosiana-Inter Milan) after the deadline.

Spain 

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
ZAMORA Ricardo	21/01/1901	GK	FC Madrid
NOGUÉS Juan José	28/03/1909	GK	FC Barcelona
CIRIACO Errazti	08/08/1904	DF	FC Madrid
QUINCOCES Jacinto	17/07/1905	DF	FC Madrid
ZABALO Ramon	10/06/1910	DF	FC Barcelona
CILAURREN Leonardo	05/11/1912	MF	Athletic Bilbao
MUGUERZA José	15/09/1911	MF	Athletic Bilbao
SOLÉ Pedro Junoy	07/05/1905	MF	CD Espanyol
MARCULETA Martin	24/09/1907	MF	Donostia
FEDE Domingo German	08/06/1912	MF	FC Sevilla
LÁNGARA Isidro	25/05/1912	FW	Oviedo
VENTOLRÁ Martín	16/12/1906	FW	FC Barcelona
IRARAGORRI José	16/03/1912	FW	Athletic Bilbao
REGUEIRO Luis	01/07/1908	FW	FC Madrid
DE LAFUENTE Ramon	31/12/1907	FW	Athletic Bilbao
CAMPANAL Marcelino Guillermo	09/02/1912	FW	FC Sevilla
GONZALEZ Eduardo	14/04/1911	FW	Deportivo la Coruña
LECUE Simón	11/02/1912	FW	Betis Balompié
BOSCH Crisanto	26/12/1907	FW	CD Espanyol
GOROSTIZA Guillermo	15/02/1909	FW	Athletic Bilbao
HILARIO Juan Marrero	08/12/1905	FW	FC Madrid*
MARIN Luis	04/09/1906	FW	Athletic de Madrid*

Coach and Staff:

Role	Name
Coach	GARCIA Amadeo
Assistant	ENCINA Ramon
Doctor	AGUIRRE Gonzalo
Masajista	CONDE Amador
Head of Delegation	GARCIA Leopoldo
Secretary	CABOT Ricardo
Chef	BLANC Francisco
Delegate	ROSICH José
Delegate	PALACIOS Julia

 * Players although registered, did not travel.

 Sevilla, Ateltico and Coruña teams of second level.

                                        

Brazil 

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Club
PEDROSA Roberto	08/07/1913	GK	Botafogo
GERMANO Boettcher	14/03/1911	GK	Botafogo
LUIZ Dos Santos	29/11/1909	DF	Americano Rio Grande
SILVIO Hoffmann Mazzi	11/05/1908	DF	São Paulo
DOMINGOS Antônio da Guia	19/11/1912	DF	Vasco da Gama*
TINOCO Alfredo Alvés	02/12/1904	DF	Vasco da Gama
OCTACILIO Pinheiro	21/11/1909	DF	Botafogo
CANALLI Heitor	31/03/1910	MF	Botafogo
MARTIM Mércio	02/03/1911	MF	Botafogo
WALDIR Walter	21/03/1912	MF	Botafogo
ARIEL Augusto Nogueira	22/02/1910	MF	Botafogo
PAMPLONA Estanislau	24/03/1904	MF	Botafogo*
TUNGA Sebastiao Couto	17/12/1908	MF	Palestra Itália SP*
BILE Gabriel Fernando		MF	Ypiranga SP*
ARMANDINHO Armando	03/06/1911	FW	São Paulo
CARVALHO Carlos Antônio	28/02/1905	FW	Botafogo
LEÓNIDAS Da Silva	06/09/1913	FW	Vasco da Gama
LUIZINHO Mesquita	29/03/1911	FW	São Paulo
PATESKO Rodolpho	12/11/1910	FW	Nacional(URU)
WALDEMAR de Brito	17/05/1913	FW	São Paulo
ATTILA De Carvalho	16/12/1910	FW	Botafogo

Staff:

Role	Name
Coach	VINHAIS Luís Augustino
Head of Delegation	FONTES Lourival
Secretary	BRIGOLE Alexandre
Treasurer	DE PAULA Francisco
Doctor	DE ROCHA José

 * Players although registered, did not travel.

  - Luiz Luz was added after the deadline.

Botafogo played in the Carioca AMEA League, Americano played in the Citadino League, São Paulo, Palestra Itália and Ypiranga played in the Paulista APEA League, and Vasco da Gama played in the Carioca LCF League.

The Carioca LCF, Paulista APEA, and Citadino leagues were not part of the CBF, which was the FIFA-affiliated governing body, so their players were contracted by the CBF in order to be eligible for the tournament.

Gratitude:

 Sergey Koloskov (@koloskovSerge)