International Head-to-Head –Part Eight, Italy and Czechoslovakia (..and Czech Republic and Slovakia)_part 2 (1930s)

1930s

Just like the previous decade, the two sides would face each other seven times, the most in any following decade.

Surely the sides would have met more had it not been for impending political conflicts that would lead to World War II.

Of these seven matches four were as part of the Dr. Gerö Cup and only one friendly in 1936.

The most famous match between the two Nations was the 1934 World Cup Final that Italy won (2-1) to win its first World Cup.

Italy were victorious four times in this decade and defeated Czechoslovakia away for the first time in 1937.

For more detail about 1934 match, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/04/world-cup-stories-part-2-second-world_5.html

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/04/compendium-to-1934-world-cup-part-8.html

International Head-to-Head match No. 8

Date: November 15, 1931

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 2

Venue: Roma -Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F.( Partito Nazionale Fascista)

Attendance:  35,000

Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alfredo Pitto 53, Fulvio Bernardini 57 pen

(Czechoslovakia): František Svoboda 55, 83

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)       

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Felice Gasperi (Bologna Football Club)    

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Fulvio Bernardini (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Alfredo Pitto (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)     

Raffaele Costantino (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Renato Cesarini (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Giuseppe Meazza (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana - Milano)  

Giovanni Ferrari (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Giampiero Combi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

František Plánička (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Čtyřoký (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jan Knobloch – Madelon (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Adolf Šimperský (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Erich Srbek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

František Junek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jindřich Šoltys (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

František Svoboda (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef Silný (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Arnošt Kreuz (Teplický Fotbalový Klub)   

Coach: Josef Fanta as. kap.

Team Captain: František Svoboda

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, November 15, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

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

(Czechoslovakia squad, November 15, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 2)

International Head-to-Head match No. 9

Date: October 28, 1932

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1

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

Attendance:  31,000

Referee: Peter J. (Peco) Bauwens (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Vojtech Bradac 28 pen, Oldrich Nejedly 59  

(Italy): Giovanni Ferrari 54

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

František Plánička (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Čtyřoký (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jan Knobloch – Madelon (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Štefan Čambal (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Rudolf Krčil (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

František Junek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Vojtěch Bradáč (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Oldřich Nejedlý (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Silný (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonín Puč (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Coach: Josef Fanta

Team Captain: František Plánička

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Italy:

Mario Gianni (Bologna Football Club)    

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Felice Gasperi (Bologna Football Club)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Fulvio Bernardini (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Bruno Dugoni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)       

Raffaele Costantino (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Raffaele Sansone (Bologna Football Club)  

Giuseppe Meazza (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Giovanni Ferrari (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)       

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)       

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Fulvio Bernardini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, October 28, 1932, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1)

 

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

(Czechoslovakia squad, October 28, 1932, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 10

Date: May 7, 1933

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 0

Venue: Firenze (Florence)- Stadio Comunale -Stadio Giovanni Berta

Attendance:  25,000

Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giovanni Ferrari 41, Angelo Schiavio 44

(Czechoslovakia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino) 

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)              

Mario Pizziolo (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)   

Luis ‘Luisito’ Monti (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Luigi Bertolini (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Raffaele Costantino (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Pietro Serantoni (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Angelo Schiavio (Bologna Football Club)  

Giovanni Ferrari (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Umberto Caligaris

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

František Plánička (captain) (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Čtyřoký (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Košťálek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Štefan Čambal (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jan Knobloch - Madelon(Sparta Praha)

František Junek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Karel Hess (Sportovní klub Viktoria Plzen)    

Oldřich Nejedlý (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Silný (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Karel Hromadka (Sportovní klub Kladno) 

Coach: Karel Petrů

Team Captain: František Plánička

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, May 7, 1933, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 0)

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

(Czechoslovakia squad, May 7, 1933, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 11

Date: June 10, 1934

Competition: 1934 FIFA World Cup-Final

Result: Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1 (1-1 Full time, Overtime)

Venue: Roma -Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F. ( Partito Nazionale Fascista)      

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

Linesmen: Louis Baert (Belgium), Mihaly Ivanicsics (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Raimundo Orsi 81, Angelo Schiavio 95 

(Czechoslovakia): Antonin Puc 71

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi  (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Luigi Allemandi (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luis ‘Luisito’ Monti (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Luigi Bertolini (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Enrique Guaita (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Giuseppe Meazza (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Angelo Schiavio (Bologna Football Club)  

Giovanni Ferrari (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Giampiero Combi 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Black Socks

Czechoslovakia:

Frantisek Plánička (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Ladislav Ženišek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef Čtyroký  (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Josef Koštálek  (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Stefan Čambal (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Rudolf Krcil (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Frantisek Junek (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Frantisek Svoboda (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jiri Sobotka (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Oldrich Nejedlý  (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonin Puč (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Coach: Karel Petrů

Team Captain: Frantisek Plánička

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1933-1934

(Team captains Giampiero Combi and Frantisek Planicka and Match Referee Ivan Eklind, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 14, 1982, La Glorieuse Epopee De la Coupe Du Monde

(June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

(A diagram of Angelo Schiavio’s winning goal, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 14, 1982, La Glorieuse Epopee De la Coupe Du Monde

(Czechoslovakia squad, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934

(Italy squad, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From:http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/tournaments/fifa-world-cup/1934/1934.html (Special thanks tohttp://www.historicalkits.co.uk for the use of the Team Uniform colors)

(Team colors, June 10, 1934, World Cup, Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 12

Date: October 27, 1935

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1

Venue: Praha (Prague)- Sportov. stadion Strahov

Attendance:  12,000

Referee: Pedro Escartin (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Vaclav Horak 52, 80          

(Italy):  Alfredo Pitto 75

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

František Plánička (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Josef Čtyřoký (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Josef Košťálek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Jaroslav Bouček (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Erich Srbek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Václav Horák (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

František Svoboda (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jiří Sobotka (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Oldřich Nejedlý (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Antonín Puč (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)         

Coach: Jaroslav Bezecny

Team Captain: František Plánička

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Italy:

Carlo Ceresoli (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)    

Eraldo Monzeglio (Associazione Sportiva Roma)       

Luigi Allemandi (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Alfredo Pitto (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Riccardo Faccio (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Giordano Corsi (Bologna Football Club)  

Renato Cattaneo (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Giuseppe Meazza (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Silvio Piola  (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)   

Attilio Demaria (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Luigi ‘Gino’ Colaussi (Unione Sportiva Triestina)

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Luigi Allemandi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, October 27, 1935, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, October 27, 1935, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1)

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

(Czechoslovakia squad, October 27, 1935, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Italy 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 13

Date: December 13, 1936

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 2-Czechoslovakia 0

Venue: Genova -Stadio Comunale “Luigi Ferraris”      

Attendance:  25,000

Referee: Adolf Miesz (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Piero Pasinati 40, Giovanni Ferrari 43

(Czechoslovakia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

Aldo Olivieri (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)    

Eraldo Monzeglio (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luigi Allemandi (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Bruno Neri (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)    

Achille Piccini (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)     

Giovanni Varglien II (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)               

Piero Pasinati (Unione Sportiva Triestina)

Libero Marchini (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)    

Silvio Piola (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)     

Giovanni Ferrari (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)    

Luigi ‘Gino’ Colaussi (Unione Sportiva Triestina)

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Luigi Allemandi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Czechoslovakia:

František Řitička (Moravska Slavia Brno)

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Josef Čtyřoký (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Václav Bouška (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Josef Košťálek (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Rudolf Truhlář (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Václav Horák (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)  

Rudolf Drozd (Sportovní klub Prostejov)

Jan Melka (Sportovní klub Prostejov)

Vojtěch Kastl (Sportovní klub Prostejov)

Rudolf Vytlačil (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha)  

Coach: Jaroslav Bezecny

Team Captain: Jaroslav Burgr

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

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

(Team Captains, December 13, 1936, Italy 2-Czechsolovakia 0)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, December 13, 1936, Italy 2-Czechsolovakia 0)

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

(Czechoslovakia formation, December 13, 1936, Italy 2-Czechsolovakia 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 14

Date: May 23, 1937

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1

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

Attendance:  35,000

Referee: Peter J. (Peco) Bauwens (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): None  

(Italy):  Silvio Piola 24

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

František Plánička (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Burgr (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Josef Čtyřoký (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)         

Václav Bouška (Sportovní klub Slavia Praha) 

Jaroslav Bouček (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Tomáš Porubsky (Teplicky Fotbalovy Klub-Teplice)

Vilém Zlatník (Sportovní klub Nachod)

František Kloz (Sportovní klub Kladno)

Jan Melka (Sportovní klub Prostejov)

Oldřich Nejedlý (Athletic Club Sparta Praha)  

Oldřich Rulc (Sportovní klub Zidenice Brno)   

Coach: Josef Tesař

Team Captain: František Plánička

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Italy:

Aldo Olivieri (Unione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas)    

Eraldo Monzeglio (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Pietro Rava (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)               

Pietro Serantoni (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Michele Andreolo (Bologna Football Club)  

Giordano Corsi (Bologna Football Club)  

Piero Pasinati (Unione Sportiva Triestina)

Giuseppe Meazza (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)  

Silvio Piola (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)     

Giovanni Ferrari (Associazione Sportiva Ambrosiana -Inter- Milano)    

Luigi ‘Gino’ Colaussi (Unione Sportiva Triestina)

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

Team Captain: Giuseppe Meazza

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Uniform Colors: -

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Formations, May 23, 1937, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, May 23, 1937, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1)

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

(Italy squad, May 23, 1937, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1)

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

(Team captains, May 23, 1937, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

(May 23, 1937, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1)

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

(Czechoslovakia squad, May 23, 1937, Dr. Gerö Cup, Czechoslovakia 0-Italy 1)