Italy 1934

Pozzo and his formidable team, 9 of whom had won World Cup winners medals the previous June.
They played England at Highbury on 14.11.34.
England won a highly controversial match 3-2.

1934 World Cup-Team of the Tournament

Ricardo Zamora (Spain)
Often cited as the greatest goalkeeper of his generation, 33 year old Zamora was playing for Madrid at the time of the 1934 finals. Spain played 2 matches in the tournament, winning one.
An interesting choice considering that 2 other legendary goalkeepers,

Gianpiero Combi and František Plánička went on to the final, both as captains.

Jacinto Quincoces (Spain)
The 29 year old Madrid defender was usually deployed in the central 'stopper' position. 

Eraldo Monzeglio (Italy)
27 year old Monzeglio of Bologna went on to be a double World Cup winner, representing Italy 35 times.

Luis Monti (Italy)
The 33 year old Juventus half back had featured in the 1930 Team of the Tournament when representing his native Argentina.

Attilio Ferraris (Italy)
The 30 year old played for Roma at the time of the World Cup win.

Leonardo Cilaurren (Spain)
21 year old  Cilaurren played for Athletic Bilbao. 

Giuseppe Meazza (Italy)
The 23 year old Ambrosiana player had already won 22 international caps by the time the 1934 World Cup came around. He went on to represent Italy 53 times and is one of the true all time greats.
 

Raimundo Orsi (Italy)
Born in Argentina, 32 year old Orsi of Juventus scored 3 goals at the finals, including Italy's opening goal in the final.

Enrique Guaita (Italy)
23 year old Guaita was another of the Orundi. A Roma player at the time of the World Cup victory, he scored 1 goal in the finals.

Matthias Sindelar (Austria)
31 year old  Sindelar (Austria Vienna) scored 1 goal at the finals. Austria were semi-finalists, losing to Italy.

Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia)
The 24 year old Sparta Prague inside left won the Golden Boot with 5 goals, including a hat trick in the semi final. 

1930 World Cup-Team of the Tournament

Enrique Ballestrero (Uruguay)

The 25 year old Rampla Juniors ‘keeper conceded 3 goals, keeping 3 clean sheets in the group stage.

José Nasazzi (Uruguay)

El Gran Mariscal was 28 at the time of the World Cup and was playing club football for Bella Vista. Already with 2 Olympic Golds and 3 South American Championships to his name, Nasazzi was the player of the tournament.

Milutin Ivković (Yugoslavia)

24-year-old medical student, captain of Yugoslavia. The only European on the list, he played for SK Soko (Belgrade).

Luis Monti (Argentina)

Doble Ancho, the 29 year old Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro halfback scored 

2 goals in the tournament and was reputedly subject to death threats before the final. 

Álvaro Gestido (Uruguay)

The 23 yr old Peñarol centre half was another Olympic gold medalist (1928).

José Leandro Andrade (Uruguay)

28 year old Maravilla Negra was a Nacional player at the time of the World Cup win. He was also a double Olympic champion and 3 times South American Championship winner.

Pedro Cea (Uruguay)
The 29 year old Nacional forward scored 5 goals in the tournament including a hattrick in the semi final. He scored the goal that brought Uruguay level at 2-2 in the final. He was also a double Olympic Gold medalist.

Héctor Castro (Uruguay)

25 year old  Nacional centre forward won a Gold medal at the 1928 Olympics and was a 2 times South American Championship winner.He was Uruguay's first World Cup scorer. His second goal of the tournament was Uruguay's 4th in the final, scored in the 89th minute.

Famously Castro was an amputee.

Héctor Scarone (Uruguay)

The veteran inside forward was 31 at the time of the World Cup win. He was back at Nacional following a spell with Barcelona. Scarone had won 4 South American Championships and 2 Olympic Gold medals.

Guillermo Stábile (Argentina)

Having come in as a replacement for Argentina's second game, 25 year old Stabile (Huracan)  scored 8 goals in 4 games and never played in another international match, moving to Italy after the World Cup. 

Bert Patenaude (USA)

The 21 year old Fall River Marksmen forward is credited with 4 goals at the World Cup.

Il Quinquennio D'Oro

Rosetta, Combi, Caligaris

In the 1930-31 season Juventus secured their 3rd national championship (they won the 

Prima Categoria in 1905 and Prima Divisione in 1925-26). They went on to win 5 league titles in succession.

	P	W	D	L	F	A
1930-31	34	25	5	4	79	37
1931-32	34	24	6	4	89	38
1932-33	34	25	4	5	83	23
1933-34	34	23	7	4	88	31
1934-35	30	18	8	4	45	22

Line ups:

1930-31	1931-32	1932-33	1933-34	1934-35
Combi*				Valinasso
Rosetta*
Caligaris*	Ferrero	Caligaris		Foni*
Barale	Monti**
M Varglien*
Rier	Bertolini*
Munerati*		Sernagiotto"		Cesarini
Cesarini**			G Varglien*
Vecchina*		Borel*
Ferrari*
Orsi**

* Italian internationals.

**Italian/Argentinian internationals.

" Brazil international.

Leading Scorers:
1930-31	Orsi- 20, Vecchina, Ferrari -16
1931-32	Orsi- 19, Ferrari- 17
1932-33	Borel-29 (capocannoniere)
1933-34	Borel- 31 (capocannoniere), Ferrari- 16
1934-35	Borel - 13

Monti

Renato Cesarini

Mario Varglien

Orsi, Vecchina, Munerati 

Giovanni Ferrari

Felice Borel

Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones 1927

Played in Lima, Peru, the 1927 South American Championship of Nations featured Uruguay, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia.
In the 5th match Argentina defeated Uruguay 3-2 (Adhemar Canavesi's own goal proving to be the winner). Match 6 saw Argentina seal the championship with a 5-1 win over Peru. It was Argentina's 3rd championship.
Argentina used 15 players during the tournament:

v Bolivia,  30.10.27	v Uruguay, 20.11.27			v  Peru, 27.11.27
7-1	3-2			5-1
Octavio Díaz		Octavio Díaz		Angel Bossio
Ludovico Bidoglio		Ludovico Bidoglio	Ludovico Bidoglio
Humberto Recanattini		Humberto Recanattini	Humberto Recanattini
Juan Evaristo		Juan Evaristo	Juan Evaristo
Luis Monti		Luis Monti	Luis Monti
José Fossa	Adolfo Zumelzú		Adolfo Zumelzú
Alfredo Carricaberry		Alfredo Carricaberry	Alfredo Carricaberry
Pedro Ochoa	Juan Maglio		Juan Maglio
Manuel Nolo Ferreira		Manuel Nolo Ferreira	Manuel Nolo Ferreira
Manuel Seoane		Manuel Seoane	Manuel Seoane
Segundo Luna		Segundo Luna		Raimundo Orsi

The squad featured 2 future World Cup winners- Luis Monti and Mumo Orsi- although the pair were representing Italy when they won this honour in 1934.

The goals were shared by:

Luna-3

Carricaberry-3

Recanattini-2

Seoane- 2

Ferreira- 2

Maglio-2

Own goals- 1

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro

Luis Monti in San Lorenzo colours 

Father Lorenzo Massa allowed the boys of his neighbourhood to play football on church property on the condition that they attended mass.  When this local football organization achieved a more formal structure in 1908 the club was named San Lorenzo, mainly in honour of the priest but also with reference to a key battle in Argentine history. I note that among the founders was a certain Federico Monti.
San Lorenzo entered the Copa Campeonato  in 1915.
They won the Asociación Amateurs de Football championship in 1923 and 1924 and were the first winners odf the unified title in 1927. Argentine football was professionalized in 1931. That season   San Lorenzo finished second in the league behind Boca Junioirs. They won the title in 1933.

1923

1926

2 San Lorenzo players represented Argentina in the 1928 Olympic Gold Medal match- Luis Monti and Alfredo Carricaberry. Monti was the sole representative in the 1930 World Cup final.

Pozzo vs Chapman

Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista

Vittorio Pozzo was a friend and admirer of Herbert Chapman. When England traveled to Rome to play their first ever match against Italy in May 1933 Herbert Chapman was nominally the head coach of England - a progressive step for the FA when one considers that they did not appoint a national coach/ manager until 1950. However, Chapman did not select the team- this was still done by a committee. If Chapman had lived one wonders how many of his progressive ideas might have been taken on.

 

Commemorative medal 

The Italian XI had an average of 25 caps. England fielded 6 new caps.There were 50,000 at the Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista to see Ferrari put the hosts in front in the 4th minute. Cliff Bastin equalised in the 24th and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

*	Gianpiero Combi	Juventus	G	Harry Hibbs	Birmingham City
	Virginio Rosetta	Juventus	B	Roy Goodall (c)	Huddersfield Town
	Umberto Caligaris (c)	Juventus	B	Eddie Hapgood	Arsenal	*
	Mario Pizziolo	Fiorentina	H	Alf Strange	Sheffield Wednesday
*	Luis Monti	Juventus	H	Tom White	Everton	*
*	Luigi Bertolini	Juventus	H	Wilf Copping	Leeds United	*
	Raffaele Costantino	Roma	OR	Albert Geldard	Everton	*
*	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana	IR	James Richardson	Newcastle United	*
*	Angelo Schiavio	Bologna	CF	George Hunt	Tottenham Hotspur
*	Giovanni Ferrari	Juventus	IL	Billy Furness	Leeds United	*
*	Raimundo Orsi	Juventus	OL	Cliff Bastin	Arsenal
*	1934 World Cup Winners			Debutants		*