Compendium to Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 33-Matches of Italian National team during the 1930/31 season

 

Italy National Team matches during the 1930/31 Season

 

January 25, 1931, Bologna, Italy 5-France 0 (Giuseppe Meazza 21,34,40, Renato Cesarini 51, Renato Cattaneo 73)

February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Milano, Italy 2-Austria 1 (Giuseppe Meazza 34, Raimundo Bibiano Orsi 52 / Johann Horvath 4)

March 29, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Berne, Switzerland 1-Italy 1 (André ‘Trello’ Abegleen pen. 70 / Renato Cesarini 85)

April 12, 1931, Oporto, Portugal 0-Italy 2 (Raimundo Bibiano Orsi 35, Giovanni Ferrari 41)

April 19, 1931, Bilbao, Spain 0-Italy 0 (-)

May 20, 1931, Roma, Italy 3-Scotland 0 (Raffaele Costantino 6, Giuseppe Meazza 42, Raimundo Bibiano Orsi 87)

 

Date: January 25, 1931

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 5-France 0

Venue: Bologna -Stadio Littoriale

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Meazza 21,34,40, Renato Cesarini 51, Renato Cattaneo 73

(France): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)  

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Fulvio Bernardini (Associazione Sportiva Roma)      

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Football Club)  

Renato Cattaneo (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)   

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: Umberto Caligaris

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Note:

1-First cap and goal for Renato Cesarini, an Argentine Oriundi.

2-First cap and goal for Renato Cattaneo, next and final cap in 1935.

3- Fulvio Bernardini recalled after three years

 

France:

Alexis Thépot (Red Star Olympique-Paris)   

Etienne Mattler (Football Club de Sochaux)   

Marcel Capelle (Racing Club de France- Paris)

Louis Finot (Cercle Athlétique de Paris)   

Célestin Delmer (Amiens Athlétic Club)   

Augustin Chantrel (Club Athlétique des Sports Généraux-Paris)

Ernest Liberati (Amiens Athlétic Club)   

Edmond Delfour (Racing Club de France- Paris)

Joseph Alcazar (Olympique de Marseille)

Henri Pavillard (Stade Français-Paris)         

Pierre Korb (Football Club de Mulhouse 93) 

 

Coach: Technical Commission (Gaston Barreau, Jean Rigal, Maurice Delanche and Jacques Caudron)

Other Substitutes:

Raaoul Chaisaz (Stade Français-Paris)

Raymond Durand (Olympique de Marseille)

 

Team Captain: Henri Pavillard

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

(January 25, 1931, Italy 5-France 0)

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

(January 25, 1931, Italy 5-France 0)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(January 25, 1931, Italy 5-France 0)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(January 25, 1931, Italy 5-France 0)

 

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(January 25, 1931, Italy 5-France 0)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(January 25, 1931, Italy 5-France 0)

 

Date: February 22, 1931

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Italy 2-Austria 1

Venue: Milano -Stadio Calcistico San Siro

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Giuseppe Meazza 34, Raimundo Bibiano Orsi 52

(Austria): Johann Horvath 4

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Football Club)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luigi Bertolini (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)   

Raffaele Costantino (Associazione Sportiva Roma)      

Elvio Banchero (Genova 1893 Associazione Calcio)    

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: Umberto Caligaris

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Note:

1-Final cap for Elvio Banchero (3/4) (1928-1931).

 

Austria:

Rudolf Hiden (Wiener Athletik-sport-Club)
Roman Schramseis (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Szoldatics (Sport Klub Admira Wien)
Johann Klima (Sport Klub Admira Wien)
Josef Smistik (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Karl Schott (Sport Klub Admira Wien)
Ignaz Siegl (Sport Klub Admira Wien)
Leopold Facco (Sport Klub Admira Wien)
Friedrich Gschweidl (First Vienna Football Club- Wien)
Anton Schall (Sport Klub Admira Wien)
Johann Horvath (Sport Club Wacker Wien)

Coach: Hugo Meisl

 

Team Captain: Ignaz Siegl

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

(February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Austria 1)

 

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

(February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Austria 1)

 

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

(February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Austria 1)

 

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

(Italy squad, February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Austria 1)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Austria 1)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(February 22, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Italy 2-Austria 1)

 

 

 

 

Date: March 29, 1931

Competition: Dr. Gerö Cup

Result: Switzerland 1-Italy 1

Venue: Berne- Wankdorf Stadion

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Stanley Rous (England)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): André ‘Trello’ Abegleen pen. 70

(Italy): Renato Cesarini 85

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Switzerland:

Charles Pasche (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

Severino Minelli (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

Rudolf Ramseyer (Fußball Club Bern)

Edmond Loichot (Urania-Genève-Sport Football Club)

Fritz Küenzi (Étoile Carouge Football Club – Genève)

Gabriele Gilardoni (Football Club Lugano)

Edmond Kramer (Urania-Genève-Sport Football Club)

André ‘Trello’ Abegleen III (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

Albert Büche (Fußball Club Nordstern Basel)

Max Abegglen II (Grasshopper-Club Zürich)

Erwin Stalder (Urania-Genève-Sport Football Club)

 

Coach: Federation’s Technical Commission

 

Team Captain: Rudolf Ramseyer

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Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Football Club)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luigi Bertolini (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

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: Umberto Caligaris

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Photo From: IFFHS, Schweiz,Suisse, Svizzera (1905-1940)

(March 29, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Switzerland 1-Italy 1)

 

Photo From: IFFHS, Schweiz,Suisse, Svizzera (1905-1940)

(March 29, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Switzerland 1-Italy 1)

 

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

(March 29, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Switzerland 1-Italy 1)

 

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

(March 29, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Switzerland 1-Italy 1)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(March 29, 1931, Dr. Gerö Cup, Switzerland 1-Italy 1)

 

 

Date: April 12, 1931

Competition: Friendly

Result: Portugal 0-Italy 2

Venue: Oporto- Estádio do Lima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jose Llovera Mas (Spain)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): None

(Italy): Raimundo Bibiano Orsi 35, Giovanni Ferrari 41

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Portugal:

Artur Augusto Camolas Junior (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal)

Carlos Alves Junior (Clube Académico de Futebol-Porto)

Avelino da Silva Martins (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Antonio Teixeira (Clube Sport Marítimo-Funchal) (José da Silva (Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra) 46)

João de Oliveira Bananeira (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Alvaro Cardoso Pereira (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Valdemar Mota da Fonseca (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Artur de Sousa ‘Pinga’ (Futebol Clube do Porto)

Vitor Marcolino da Silva (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Armando da Silva Martins (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal) (João dos Santos (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal) 44)

Francisco dos Santos (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal) (Antonio da Silva Soares (Futebol Clube do Porto) 46)

 

Coach: Tavares da Silva

 

Team Captain: Valdemar Mota da Fonseca

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Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Football Club)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luigi Bertolini (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

Raffaele Costantino (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Renato Cesarini (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Giovanni Vecchina (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Giovanni Ferrari (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Raimundo Bibiano Orsi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

 

Coach: Vittorio Pozzo

 

Team Captain: Umberto Caligaris

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Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(April 12, 1931, Portugal 0-Italy 2)

 

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

(April 12, 1931, Portugal 0-Italy 2)

 

 

 

Date: April 19, 1931

Competition: Friendly

Result: Spain 0-Italy 0

Venue: Bilbao –Estadio San Mames

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Spain): None

(Italy): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Spain:

Ricardo Zamora Martinez (Madrid Football Club)

Ciriaco Errasti Suinaga (Deportivo Alaves)  

Jacinto Fernandez de Quincoces Lopez de Arbina (Deportivo Alaves)  

Cristobal Martí Botella (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Martin Marculeta Barberia (Sociedad de San Sebastian)

Roberto Echeverria Arruti (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Ramon de Lafuente (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Luis Regueiro Pagola (Real Union de Irun) (Jose Iraragorri Ealo (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 17)

Agustin Sauto Arana ‘Bata’ (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Ignacio Aguirrezabala Ibarbia ‘Chirri II’ (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

 

Coach: Jose Maria Mateos Larrucea

Other Substitutes:

Gregorio Blasco Sanchez (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Jose Maria Castellanos Ledo (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Leonardo Cilaurren Uriarte (Arenas de Guecho)

Jose Muguerza Anitua (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Francisco ‘Pachito’ Eguia (Baracaldo)

 

Team Captain: Ricardo Zamora Martinez  

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Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Virginio Rosetta (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Alfredo Pitto (Bologna Football Club)  

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luigi Bertolini (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

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: Umberto Caligaris

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Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(April 19, 1931, Spain 0-Italy 0)

 

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

(April 19, 1931, Spain 0-Italy 0)

 

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006

(Spain squad, April 19, 1931, Spain 0-Italy 0)

Date: May 20, 1931

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 3-Scotland 0

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

Attendance: 25,000

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

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Raffaele Costantino 6, Giuseppe Meazza 42, Raimundo Bibiano Orsi 87

(Scotland): None

Summary of goals:

-

Lineups:

Italy:

Giampiero Combi (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna Football Club)  

Umberto Caligaris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)

Attilio Ferraris IV (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Fulvio Bernardini (Associazione Sportiva Roma)     

Luigi Bertolini (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

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: Umberto Caligaris

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Scotland:

John Jackson (Partick Thistle Football Club-Glasgow)

Daniel Blair (Clyde Football Club-Glasgow)

Joseph Nibloe (Kilmarnock Football Club)

Colin Duncan McNab (Dundee Football Club)

James McDougall (Liverpool Football Club / England)

John Miller (Saint-Mirren Football Club-Paisley)

Andrew Robb Love (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)

James Paterson (Cowdenbeath Football Club)

William Gillespie Boyd (Clyde Football Club-Glasgow)

James Robertson (Dundee Football Club)

Daniel Hamilton Sneddon Liddle (East Fife Football Club)

 

Coach: SFA selection committee

 

Team Captain: James McDougall

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

(Italy squad, May 20, 1931, Italy 3-Scotland 0)

 

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

(Italy squad, May 20, 1931, Italy 3-Scotland 0)

 

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(May 20, 1931, Italy 3-Scotland 0)