International Head-to-Head –Part Eight, Italy and Czechoslovakia (..and Czech Republic and Slovakia)_part 1 (1920s)

1920s

The very first match between the Nations occurred on February 26^th, 1922 at Turin and ended in a tie.

Their next encounter in the decade would be a year later on May 27^th, 1923 at Prague with Czechoslovakia winning (5-1). This would turn out to be the Czechs largest win over Italy.

They would face each other home and away in 1926 and 1927 with both sides dominant at home in 1926 and ending in ties in 1927.

The first match in 1926 would feature Giampiero Combi and Frantisek Planicka, the respective Captains of their Nations in the 1934 Final between the two sides.

The last two matches between the sides in this decade in 1927 and 1929 would be as part of the Dr. Gerö Cup.

International Head-to-Head match No. 1

Date: February 26, 1922

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 1-Czechoslovakia 1

Venue: Torino-Motovelodromo

Attendance:  15,000

Referee: Marcel Slawik (France)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Adolfo Baloncieri 52

(Czechoslovakia): Antonin Janda 84

Lineups:

Italy:

Clemente Morando (Valenzana Calcio)

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)  

Renzo De Vecchi (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Ottavio Barbieri (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Luigi Burlando (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Felice Romano (Associazione Calcio Reggiana-Reggio Emilia)  

Enrico Migliavacca (Novara Foot Ball Club)  

Luigi Cevenini III (Unione Sportiva Novese)

Giovanni Moscardini (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)  

Adolfo Baloncieri (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

Ernesto Bonino (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)  

Coach: Federation’s Technical Commission

Team Captain: Renzo De Vecchi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

Antonin Kaliba (AFK (Atletický a fotbalový klub) Union Zizkov)

Antonin Raca (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)                   

Emil Seifert (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Frantisek Kolenaty (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Ferdinand Hajny (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonin Perner (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Frantisek Plodr (Sportovní klub Viktoria Zizkov)  

Antonín  Janda (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jan Vanik (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Vlcek (Sportovní klub Cechie Karlin) (Jaroslav Bohata (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 46^th)

Josef Jelínek I (Sportovní klub Viktoria Zizkov)   

Coach: Adolf Žabokrtský and Karel Kalina

Note: Antonin Raca was also named Antonin Ratzersberger

Team Captain: Antonín Janda

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, February 26, 1922, Italy 1-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Italy and Czechoslovakia squads, February 26, 1922, Italy 1-Czechoslovakia 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 2

Date: May 27, 1923

Competition: Friendly

Result: Czechoslovakia 5-Italy 1

Venue: Praha (Prague)- Letná Stadion (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)

Attendance:  30,000

Referee: Heinrich Retschury (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Josef Sedlacek I 18,32, 41, Jan Dvoracek 44, Karel Koželuh 80

(Italy): Giovanni Moscardini 52

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

František Peyr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonín Hojer (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Emil Seifert (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Frantisek Kolenaty (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Karel  Kada -Pesek  (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jaroslav Červený (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Sedlacek I (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonín Janda (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Koželuh (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jan Dvoracek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

František Císař (AFK (Atletický a fotbalový klub) Union Zizkov)

Coach: Josef Fanta

Team Captain: Karel  Kada -Pesek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Italy:

Giuseppe Trivellini (Associazione Calcio Brescia)    

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club) (Cesare Martin II (Foot Ball Club Torino) 46^th)

Renzo De Vecchi (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Guglielmo Brezzi (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

Luigi Burlando (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Giuseppe Aliberti (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Enrico Migliavacca (Novara Foot Ball Club)  

Adolfo Baloncieri (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

Giovanni Moscardini (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)  

Bernardo Perin (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Alberto Pozzi (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Coach: Federation’s Technical Commission

Team Captain: Renzo De Vecchi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Team Captains, May 27, 1923, Czechoslovakia 5-Italy 1)

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

(Czechoslovakia and Italy squads, May 27, 1923, Czechoslovakia 5-Italy 1)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, May 27, 1923, Czechoslovakia 5-Italy 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 3

Date: January 17, 1926

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 3-Czechoslovakia 1

Venue: Torino-Motovelodromo

Attendance:  18,000

Referee: Mihaly Ivancsics (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Della Valle 16, Leopoldo Conti 77, Mario Magnozzi 89

(Czechoslovakia): Antonín Kristal 23

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)  

Antonio Janni (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Fulvio Bernardini (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)     

Carlo Bigatto (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)               

Leopoldo Conti (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Adolfo Baloncieri (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Giuseppe Della Valle (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Mario Magnozzi (Unione Sportiva Livorno)   

Luigi Cevenini III  (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Coach: Augusto Rangone

Team Captain: Luigi Cevenini III

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

František Planicka (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Eduard Krcma (Sportovní klub Pardubice)

Ladislav Zenisek (Sportovní klub Viktoria Zizkov)    

František Plodr (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Antonín Carvan (Sportovní klub Zidenice Brno)   

Pavel Mahrer (DFC (Deutscher Fußball Club) 1892 Prag)

Jindřich Soltys (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Karel Zdarsky (Sportovní klub Meteor VIII Praha) (Josef Silny (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 46^th)

František Sedlacsik (DFC (Deutscher Fußball Club) 1892 Prag)

Antonín Kristal (Sportovní klub Viktoria Zizkov)    

Josef Jelínek I (Sportovní klub Viktoria Zizkov)  

Note:  Other source shows Sedlacsik being replaced

Coach: Katz dr., zást.as.kap.

Team Captain: Josef Jelínek I

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

 (Italy squad, January 17, 1926, Italy 3-Czechoslovakia 1)

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

(Italy squad, January 17, 1926, Italy 3-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, January 17, 1926, Italy 3-Czechoslovakia 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 4

Date: October 28, 1926

Competition: Friendly

Result: Czechoslovakia 3-Italy 1

Venue: Praha (Prague)- Letná Stadion (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)

Attendance:  20,000

Referee: György Gero (Hungary) 

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Antonín Puc 7, Josef Capek 36, 52

(Italy): Virgilio Levratto 18

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

František Planicka (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Zdeněk Kummerman (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Ladislav Zenisek (Sportovní klub Viktoria Zizkov)  

Samuel Schillinger (DFC (Deutscher Fußball Club) 1892  Prag)

Josef Pleticha (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Emil Seifert (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Karel Podrazil (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jan Knizek (AFK (Atletický a fotbalový klub) Vrsovice-Praha) 

Josef Capek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)   

Antonín Puc (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef  Kratochvíl (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)   

Coach: Kraus Evžen, as. kap.

Team Captain: Ladislav Zenisek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)    

Bruno Dugoni (Modena Foot Ball Club)   (Giuseppe Gandini (Unione Sportiva Alessandria) 40^th)

Antonio Janni (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Società Ginnastica Fortitudo-Roma)

Leopoldo Conti (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Luigi Cevenini III (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Julio Libonatti (Foot Ball Club Torino)   

Mario Magnozzi (Unione Sportiva Livorno)   

Virgilio Levratto (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Coach: Augusto Rangone

Team Captain: Luigi Cevenini III

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, October 28, 1926, Czechoslovakia 3-Italy 1)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, October 28, 1926, Czechoslovakia 3-Italy 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 5

Date: February 20, 1927

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 2

Venue: Milano -Stadio Calcistico San Siro 

Attendance:  28,000

Referee: Eugen Braun (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Julio Libonatti 31, Adolfo Baloncieri 70

(Czechoslovakia): Antonin Puc 20, Josef Silny 39

Lineups:

Italy:

Giovanni De Prà (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)    

Ottavio Barbieri (Genoa Foot Ball Club)    

Fulvio Bernardini (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Antonio Janni (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Leopoldo Conti (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Adolfo Baloncieri (Foot Ball Club Torino)   

Julio Libonatti (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Gino Rossetti (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Virgilio Levratto (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Coach: Augusto Rangone

Team Captain: Adolfo Baloncieri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

František Planicka (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Antonín Perner (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Steiner (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Frantisek Kolenaty (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel  Kada-Pesek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Čipera (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Karel Podrazil (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

František Svoboda (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef  Silny (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonín Puc (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Ota Simonek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Coach: Kraus Evžen, as. kap.

Team Captain: Karel Kada-Pesek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, February 20, 1927, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechsolovakia squad, February 20, 1927, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzuro, Author Walter Perosino, 1998

(Note: not certain about this photo, but most likely from this match)

International Head-to-Head match No. 6

Date: October 23, 1927

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 2

Venue: Praha (Prague)- Letná Stadion (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)

Attendance:  12,000

Referee: Johannes (John) Langenus (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): František Svoboda 32, 51 pen

(Italy): Julio Libonatti 28, 79

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

František Planicka (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Antonín Perner (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Emil Seifert (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Frantisek Kolenaty (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Kada-Pesek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Ferdinand Hajný (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Podrazil (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

František Svoboda (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef Silny (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jan Dvoracek (AFK (Atletický a fotbalový klub) Union Zizkov)

Josef  Kratochvíl (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)   

Coach: Rudolf Henčl

Team Captain: Karel Kada-Pesek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Italy:

Giovanni De Prà (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Mario Zanello (Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli Calcio)

Umberto Caligaris (Casale Foot Ball Club)  

Silvio Pietroboni (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)     

Fulvio Bernardini (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Pietro Genovesi (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Federico Munerati (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Adolfo Baloncieri (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Julio Libonatti (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Luigi Cevenini III (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)               

Virgilio Levratto (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Coach: Augusto Rangone

Team Captain: Adolfo Baloncieri

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Team captains, October 23, 1927, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 2)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, October 23, 1927, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 2)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, October 23, 1927, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 2)

International Head-to-Head match No. 7

Date: March 3, 1929

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Italy 4-Czechoslovakia 2

Venue: Bologna -Stadio Littoriale

Attendance:  35,000

Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Gino Rossetti 26, 61, 80, Julio Libonatti 33

(Czechoslovakia): Josef Silny 18, František Svoboda 40

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Luigi Allemandi (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Pietro Genovesi (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Antonio Janni (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Leopoldo Conti (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Angelo Schiavio (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Julio Libonatti (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Gino Rossetti (Foot Ball Club Torino)  

Angelo Piccaluga (Modena Foot Ball Club)  

Coach: Carlo Carcano

Team Captain: Virginio Rosetta

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

Josef Sloup Staplik (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonín Hojer (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jan Knobloch – Madelon (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)   

Karel Kada -Pesek  (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Čipera (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Václav Brabec Baron (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

František Svoboda (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Karel Bejbl (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef Silny (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Kratochvíl (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)   

Coach: Rudolf Hencl

Team Captain: Karel Kada-Pesek

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, March 3, 1929, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 4-Czechoslovakia 2)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Formations, March 3, 1929, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 4-Czechoslovakia 2)