Compendium to the 1928 Olympics-Part 5

IV.    1928 Olympics-Semifinals:

Semifinals:

June 6, 1928 (Amsterdam, Argentina 6-Egypt 0)

June 7, 1928 (Amsterdam, Uruguay 3-Italy 2)

Date: June 6, 1928

Competition: Olympics-Semifinals

Result: Argentina 6-Egypt 0

Venue: Amsterdam-Olympisch Stadion, Holland

Attendance: 7,887

Referee: Pedro Escartin (Spain)

Linesmen: Max de Vries Foltynski (Dutch East Indies), Carlo Dani (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(Argentina): Roberto Cherro 10, Manuel Ferreira 32, 82, Domingo Tarasconi 37, 54, 61

(Egypt): None

Lineups:

Argentina:

Octavio Juan Díaz (Club Atlético Rosario Central-Rosario)      

Ludovico Bidoglio (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Fernando Paternoster (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)      

Segundo Médici (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Luis Felipe Monti (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Juan Evaristo (Club Sportivo Palermo- Buenos Aires)    

Alfredo D. Carricaberry (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Manuel Ferreira (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)

Roberto Eugenio Cherro (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda- Buenos Aires)     

Coach: José Lago Millán

Team Captain: Luis Felipe Monti

Egypt:

Mohamed Aly Rostom (El Sekka Cairo)

El-Sayed Fahmi Abaza (National SC Cairo)

Ahmed Mohamed Salem (Olympic Club Alexandria)

Gaber Yaqout El-Soury (Al Ittihad Alexandria)

Ali El-Hassani (National SC Cairo)

Abdelhalim Younis Hassan (Al Masri Port Said)

Ismail El-Sayed Hooda ‘Ismail II’ (Al Ittihad Alexandria)

Aly Mohammed Riad (Tersana Club Cairo)

Mohamed Hassan Moussa (Al Masri Port Said)

Mahmoud Al-Rifai Mokhtar ‘El Tetch’ (National SC Cairo)

Mohammed Gamil El-Zobeir (National SC Cairo)

Coach: None

Team Captain: Ali El-Hassani

Note:

1-Argentina goalkeeper Octavio Juan Diaz saved Aly Mohammed Riad’s penalty kick in the 85^th minute.

Date: June 7, 1928

Competition: Olympics-Semifinals

Result: Uruguay 3-Italy 2

Venue: Amsterdam-Olympisch Stadion, Holland

Attendance: 15,320

Referee: Willem Eymers (Holland)

Linesmen: Guillermo Comorera Gatuellas (Spain), Mihaly Iváncsics (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Uruguay): Pedro Cea 17, Antonio Cámpolo 28, Hector Scarone 31  

(Italy): Adolfo Baloncieri 9, Virgilio Levratto 60

Lineups:

Uruguay:

Andrés Mazali (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Adhemar Canavessi (Club Atlético Bella Vista- Montevideo)

Pedro Arispe (Rampla Juniors Football Club - Montevideo)    

José Leandro Andrade  (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Lorenzo Fernández (Club Atlético Capurro Montevideo)

Alvaro Gestido   (Sporting Club Solferino Montevideo)

Santos Urdinarán (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Héctor Scarone (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Pedro Petrone (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Pedro Cea  (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Antonio Cámpolo (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Coach:  Primo Giannoti

Team Captain: Pedro Arispe (captaining in place of the suspended Jose Nasazzi)

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)  

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Fulvio Bernardini (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)     

Antonio Janni (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Enrico Rivolta (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)      

Adolfo Baloncieri (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Angelo Schiavio (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Mario Magnozzi (Unione Sportiva Livorno)   

Virgilio Levratto (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Coach: Augusto Rangone

Team Captain: Adolfo Baloncieri

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 33, August 2000

(Italy squad, June 7, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 3-Italy 2)

Photo From: bottom IFFHS-Olympic Football Tournaments (1908-1936)

(Match action and  Italy squad, June 7, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 3-Italy 2)

Photo From: IFFHS-Argentina (1902-1940)-Uruguay (1902-1940)

(June 7, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 3-Italy 2)

 

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974

(Italy squad, June 7, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 3-Italy 2)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(June 7, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 3-Italy 2)

V.    1928 Olympics-Third Place:

Third Place:

June 9, 1928 (Amsterdam, Italy 11-Egypt 3)

Date: June 9, 1928

Competition: Olympics-Third Place

Result: Italy 11-Egypt 3

Venue: Amsterdam-Olympisch Stadion, Holland

Attendance: 6,378

Referee: Johannes (John) Langenus (Belgium)

Linesmen: Vuyk (Holland), Max de Vries Foltynski (Dutch East Indies)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Angelo Schiavio 7, 42, 58, Adolfo Baloncieri 14, 52, Elvio Banchero 19, 39, 44, Mario Magnozzi 72, 83, 88   

(Egypt): Riad 12, 16, Moussa El-Ezan 61

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Delfo Bellini (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)    

Pietro Genovesi (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Fulvio Bernardini (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)     

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Adolfo Baloncieri (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Elvio Banchero (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)    

Angelo Schiavio (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Mario Magnozzi (Unione Sportiva Livorno)   

Virgilio Levratto (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Coach: Augusto Rangone

Team Captain: Adolfo Baloncieri

Egypt:

Abdel Hamid Hamdi (National SC Cairo)

El-Sayed Fahmi Abaza (National SC Cairo)

Mohammed Ghomess Shemais (Tersana Club Cairo)

Gaber Yaqout El-Soury (Al Ittihad Alexandria)

Ali El-Hassani (National SC Cairo)

Abdelhalim Younis Hassan (Al Masri Port Said)

Ismail El-Sayed Hooda (Al Ittihad Alexandria)

Aly Mohammed Riad (Tersana Club Cairo)

Mahmoud Ismail Hooda ‘Ismail I’ (Al Ittihad Alexandria)

Moussa Sayed Ahmed ‘El-Ezan’ (Arsenal Sporting Club Cairo)

Mohammed Gamil El-Zobeir (National SC Cairo)

Coach: None

Team Captain: Ali El-Hassani

Note:

1-Italy’s Fulvio Bernardini shot a penalty kick wide on purpose in the 84^th minute, as Italy were already winning with a large score.

Photo From:  IFFHS-Olympic Football Tournaments (1908-1936)

(June 9, 1928, Olympics, Italy 11-Egypt 3)

Photo From: Oranje Toen En Nu, Deel 3, 1927-1932, 2002-2003, Author Matty Verkamman

(Egypt squad, June 9, 1928, Olympics, Italy 11-Egypt 3)

VI.    1928 Olympics-Final:

Final:

June 10, 1928 (Amsterdam, Uruguay 1-Argentina 1)

Final Replay:

June 13, 1928 (Amsterdam, Uruguay 2-Argentina 1)

Date: June 10, 1928

Competition: Olympics-Final

Result: Uruguay 1-Argentina 1 (After Extra Time)

Venue: Amsterdam-Olympisch Stadion, Holland

Attendance: 25,250

Referee: Johannes Mutters (Holland)

Linesmen: Johannes (John) Langenus (Belgium), Achille Da Gama Silva Malcher (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(Uruguay): Pedro Petrone 23  

(Argentina): Manuel Ferreira 51

Lineups:

Uruguay:

Andrés Mazali (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

José Nasazzi (Club Atlético Bella Vista- Montevideo)

Pedro Arispe  (Rampla Juniors Football Club - Montevideo)    

José Leandro Andrade (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Lorenzo Fernández  (Club Atlético Capurro Montevideo)

Alvaro Gestido  (Sporting Club Solferino Montevideo)

Santos Urdinarán  (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Héctor Castro (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Pedro Petrone (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Pedro Cea (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Antonio Cámpolo  (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Coach:  Primo Giannoti

Team Captain: José Nasazzi

Argentina:

Angel Bossio (Club Atlético Talleres Remedios De Escalada)

Ludovico Bidoglio (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Fernando Paternoster (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)      

Segundo Médici (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Luis Felipe Monti (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Juan Evaristo (Club Sportivo Palermo- Buenos Aires)    

Alfredo D. Carricaberry (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Manuel Ferreira (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)

Enrique Gainzarain (Club Ferrocarril Oeste-Buenos Aires)

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda- Buenos Aires)     

Coach: José Lago Millán

Team Captain: Luis Felipe Monti

Note:

1-Uruguay’s Héctor Castro left the field after being injured.

Photo From: EnciclopediaFutbol#13

(June 10, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 1-Argentina 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Argentina (1902-1940)-Uruguay (1902-1940)

(Argentina squad, June 10, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 1-Argentina 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Argentina (1902-1940)-Uruguay (1902-1940)

(June 10, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 1-Argentina 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Argentina (1902-1940)-Uruguay (1902-1940)

(June 10, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 1-Argentina 1)

Date: June 13, 1928

Competition: Olympics-Final, Replay

Result: Uruguay 2-Argentina 1

Venue: Amsterdam-Olympisch Stadion, Holland

Attendance: 25,110

Referee: Johannes Mutters (Holland)

Linesmen: Henri Maeck (Belgium), Max de Vries Foltynski (Dutch East Indies)

Goalscorers:

(Uruguay): Roberto Figueroa 17, Hector Scarone 68  

(Argentina): Luis Felipe Monti 29

Lineups:

Uruguay:

Andrés Mazali (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

José Nasazzi  (Club Atlético Bella Vista- Montevideo)

Pedro Arispe (Rampla Juniors Football Club - Montevideo)    

José Leandro Andrade  (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Juan Píriz  (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Alvaro Gestido  (Sporting Club Solferino Montevideo)

Juan Pedro Arremón (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Héctor Scarone  (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

René Borjas  (Montevideo Wanderers Football Club)

Pedro Cea (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

Roberto Figueroa  (Montevideo Wanderers Football Club)

Coach:  Primo Giannoti

Team Captain: José Nasazzi

Argentina:

Angel Bossio (Club Atlético Talleres Remedios De Escalada)

Ludovico Bidoglio (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Fernando Paternoster (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)      

Segundo Médici (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Luis Felipe Monti (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Juan Evaristo (Club Sportivo Palermo- Buenos Aires)    

Alfredo D. Carricaberry (Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro- Buenos Aires)

Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires)

Manuel Ferreira (Club Estudiantes de la Plata-La Plata)

Feliciano Angel Perducca (Racing Club de Avellaneda-Avellaneda - Buenos Aires)      

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Club Atlético Independiente Avellaneda- Buenos Aires)     

Coach: José Lago Millán

Team Captain: Luis Felipe Monti

Photo From: IFFHS-Olympic Football Tournaments (1908-1936)

(Uruguay squad, June 13, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Olympic Football Tournaments (1908-1936)

(June 13, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 2-Argentina 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Argentina (1902-1940)-Uruguay (1902-1940)

(June 13, 1928, Olympics, Uruguay 2-Argentina 1)

Olympics Final Ranking:

1-Uruguay

2-Argentina

3-Italy

4-Egypt

5-Portugal

6-Spain

7-Germany

8-Bellgium

9- France

10-Luxembourg

11-Yugoslavia

12-USA

13-Mexico

14-Turkey

15-Holland

16-Switzerland

17-Chile

Top Goal Scorers

Domingo Tarasconi (Argentina) 11 Goals

Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy), Manuel Ferreira (Argentina) 6 Goals

Mokhtar (Egypt), Jose Maria Yermo (Spain) 5 goals