30.11.16

Olympia Leipzig


Here's a club that has been through a lot of name changes- currently known as SG Olympia 1896 Leipzig e.V., the club was founded in June 1896 as Ballspiel- Verein Olympia Leipzig e.V.



29.11.16

Argentina v Atlético Madrid, 1928

We have seen that Argentina stopped off in Portugal for a  friendly international en route to the 1928 Olympic tounament. They also played 2 matches in Spain.
On 08.04.28 Atlético Madrid were beaten 2-0, and on 22.04.28 Barcelona beat the visitors 4-1.
 Here is a rather novel team photograph from the Atletico match:




Ángel Bossio
Club Atlético Talleres
Ludovico Bidoglio
Boca Juniors
Fernando Paternoster
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Ángel Segundo Médici
Boca Juniors
Adolfo Zumelzú
Club Sportivo Palermo
Luis Monti
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Natalio Perinetti
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Pedro Ochoa
Racing Club de Avellaneda
Manuel Ferreira
Estudiantes de La Plata
Roberto Cherro
Boca Juniors
Raimundo Orsi
Independiente






19.11.16

Spot the Ball


1925- Championship winners HBS in action against Go Ahead (Deventer). We're off on a ten day break.

18.11.16

Edmund Conen


Edmund Conen's career was divided into two halves; 1934-1935 and 1939-42. The Saarbrücken forward made his debut as a 19 year old, scoring twice against Hungary. His next international came at the World Cup in Italy, where he scored 3 goals in 20 minutes to give Germany victory over Belgium.
Up to September 1935 Conen played in 14 internationals, scoring 14 goals (including a further 2 hat tricks).
Conen then vanished from top class football for the best part of 4 years.
He was suffering from a mental disorder which was characterized by a somatic preoccupation with his heart, believing himself to be seriously ill.
Remarkably he recovered to go on to an equally prolific 'second' career- scoring 13 goals in 13 internationals.



17.11.16

Campionat De Catalunya

Hispània AC 1901

Club Español de Fútbol 1904

F.C. España 1913


CE Europa 1923

CS Sabadell FC 1934





P
W
D
L
F
A
1900-01
Copa Macaya

The original Catalan championship was named after Alfons Macaya, 22-year-old president of Hispania AC
Hispània AC
6
5
1
0
37
2

Club Español de Fútbol withdrew in protest claiming that referees were favouring Hispània. Barcelona backed these claims.

1901-02
Barcelona
8
8
0
0
60
2


1902-03
Club Español de Fútbol
4
3
0
1
9
2
After finishing level on points, Español defeated Hispània 3-1 in a playoff.

Copa Barcelona
Barcelona
14
12
2
0
45
10

After being deducted points for fielding an ineligible player in the Copa Macaya, Barcelona withdrew and started their own tournament. The clubs who contested the Copa Macaya also featured in this competition!

1903-04
Campionat De Catalunya

















Club Español de Fútbol
16
15
1
0
82
15


1904-05
Barcelona
8
5
2
1
21
12


1905-06
X Sporting Club
6
5
0
1
7
4

 X benefitted from an influx of players following the demise of Club Español de Fútbol.

1906-07
X Sporting Club
3
2
0
7
3

X won after a chaotic situation- their final game with Barcelona saw the referee belatedly changing his mind after awarding Barca a penalty which they had scored! This took the score back from 3-3 (Barca as champions) to 3-2 (X as champions). The dispute was resolved by the arrangement of a winner takes all playoff match that X won by 3-1.

1907-08
X Sporting Club
6
5
0
1
14
6

  
1908-09
Barcelona
7
4
3
0
16
7


1909-10
Barcelona
10
10
0
0
46
3

  
1910-11
Barcelona
7
7
0
0
25
7


1911-12
Club Deportivo Español
10
8
1
1
35
5

The champions were a reincarnation of Club Español de Fútbol.

1912-13
FCCF
Espanya
10
9
1
0
19
5
FAC
Barcelona
4
3
0
1
24
9

 
Federació Catalana de Clubs de Foot-ball was the official championship.
Football Associació de Catalunya was a dissident league. It must be considered a failure as Barcelona FC provided 3 of the 6 teams and then the season was not completed.

1913-14
Espanya
8
8
0
0
12
2


1914-15
Club Deportivo Español
9
8
0
1
38
5


1915-16
Barcelona
21
21
0
0
110
18

The league split into championship and relegation groups mid-season.


1916-17
Espanya
11
8
1
2
26
9

Barcelona finished 3rd having had 4 results annulled for fielding the Filipino Juan de Garchitorena – there was some convoluted scandal around his nationality.

1917-18
Club Deportivo Español
10
7
2
1
34
8

     
1918-19
Barcelona
10
8
1
1
31
6

 
1919-20
Barcelona
10
9
1
0
28
7

     
1920-21
Barcelona
10
6
3
1
17
8


1921-22
Barcelona
10
9
1
0
63
8

 
1922-23
CE Europa
10
8
1
1
31
11

 Europa and Barcelona finished level on points. Europa won the playoff 1-0.

1923-24
Barcelona
10
10
0
0
28
7



1924-25
Barcelona
14
9
2
3
25
9

   
1925-26
Barcelona
14
9
2
3
35
11


1926-27
Barcelona
14
11
1
2
64
20


1927-28
Barcelona
14
12
0
2
56
11

Barcelona and Europa finished level on points. Barca won the play off 1-0.

1928-29
Club Deportivo Español
10
9
1
0
32
4


1929-30
Barcelona
10
8
0
2
33
6


1930-31
Barcelona
10
8
1
1
34
10


1931-32
Barcelona
14
11
1
2
43
11


1932-33
Club Esportiu Espanyol
14
12
1
1
42
14

Espanyol and Barcelona finished equal on points- the championship was decided on the results of the league fixtures between the 2. Espanyol won 3-2 and the return was a 1-1 draw.

1933-34
CS Sabadell FC
14
11
1
2
34
19

    
1934-35
Barcelona
10
8
1
1
36
10


1935-36
Barcelona
10
9
1
0
41
9

     
1936-37
Club Esportiu Espanyol
10
7
0
3
29
23





Titles

Barcelona
22
Club Español de Fútbol /Club Deportivo Español /Club Esportiu Espanyol
8
X Sporting Club
3
Espanya
3
CE Europa
1
CS Sabadell FC
Hispània AC
1
1


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Barcelona 1902