Peñarol in Europe 1927

Hertha v Peñarol

 In the 1920s, the Golden Decade of Uruguayan football, Europe was enthralled by the Rio Platenese brand of the game.  Peñarol's eternal rivals, Nacional, had undertaken a successful tour of Europe in 1925. In 1927 the Aurinegros crossed the Atlantic.

03.04.27	Vienna Select	3	1	Peñarol	Vienna
10.04.27	Bayern Munich	2	1	Peñarol	Munich
15.04.27	SV Hamburg	3	2	Peñarol	Hamburg
17.04.27	SpVgg Dresden	2	1	Peñarol	Dresden
19.04.27	Hertha BSC	1	0	Peñarol	Berlin
24.04.27	Eintracht/Rot Weiss	1	3	Peñarol	Frankfurt
01.05.27	Young Fellows	0	1	Peñarol	Zurich
04.05.27	Rapid Vienna	5	0	Peñarol	Vienna
08.05.27	Sparta Prague	1	0	Peñarol	Prague
21.05.27	Lausanne Sports	1	7	Peñarol	Lausanne
22.05.27	Bern Select	1	1	Peñarol	Bern
26.05.27	Servette	0	1	Peñarol	Geneva
29.05.27	Paris League	1	1	Peñarol	Paris
05.06.27	Barcelona	5	1	Peñarol	Barcelona
06.06.27	Barcelona	1	1	Peñarol	Barcelona
12.06.27	Atlético	2	5	Peñarol	Madrid
15.06.27	Atlético	3	4	Peñarol	Madrid
19.06.27	Valencia	0	0	Peñarol	Valencia
22.06.27	Valencia	1	2	Peñarol	Valencia

Injured Barca player Esteban Pedrol led out to kick off the 05.06.27 match

P	W	D	L	F	A
19	7	4	8	32	33

Squad:

GK	Luis Biscardi Juan Legnazzi
FB	Denis D’Agosto José Benincasa Alberto Nogués Juan Santero
HB	Antonio Aguerre Gildeón Silva Pascual Ruotta Alfredo Boccardo
F	Ladislao Pérez
	Pascual Paola
	Antonio Sacco
	Pablo Terevinto
	Juan Pedro Arremón
	Peregrino Anselmo
	Antonio Cámpolo
	Arturo Suffiotti

Scorers:

Antonio Sacco	8
Pablo Terevinto	7
Peregrino Anselmo	6
Pascual Ruota	3
Arturo Suffiotti	2
Pascual Paola	3
Ladislao Pérez	1
?	1
Og	1

Juan Pedro Young

Cañonero Young scored 33 goals in 27 games in the 1933 season.
 Peñarol scored 77 goals that season, 21 more than nearest rivals Nacional. It was Nacional, however, who won the title following a protracted series of play offs. The 1933 championship was decided on November 18th 1934!
 Young did win championships with Peñarol in 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1937.

Copa Ricardo Aldao

As we have seen , the tradition of trans Platense football dates back to 1889, and Argentine and Uruguayan teams had been playing each other since Albion crossed the river to play Retiro and Belgrano in 1896.

During the first quarter of the 20th century there was something of a mania for copas contested by leading teams from the 2 republics. 
The Copa Ricardo Aldao (also known as the Copa Rio de la Plata and the Campeonato Rioplatense) was established by Dr. Ricardo Camilo Aldao, president of Federación Argentina de Football (1912-1914) and Asociación Argentina de Football  (1918-1919). He was also the president of the Buenos Aires club Gimnasia y Esgrima.
The initial edition of the Cup was due to take place in 1913. Federación Argentina de Football champions Estudiantes took on Liga Uruguaya winners River Plate. Or did they? According to Argentinian historian Miguel Bionda (author of Historia del Fútbol Platense) Estudiantes won 4-1 (in a match played at Montevideo on 17.05.14). Contemporary newspaper reports state that  the game was either abandoned or not played at all due to torrential rainfall. It is speculated that Snr.Bionda has misattributed the result of one of three friendlies played between Estudiantes and River Plate in 1913.

The cup was definitely contested in 1916. On December 3rd at Buenos Aires Nacional defeated Racing Club de Avellaneda 2-1. Both clubs enjoyed a period of considerable dominance in domestic football. Racing won seven consecutive championships from 1913 to 1919.
In 1917 the same two sides drew 2-2 in Montevideo. The trophy was awarded to Racing Club as they were the visitors. 




In 1918 Racing Club defended the trophy successfully on home soil, defeating Peñarol 2-1.
1919 saw a home town victory for Nacional, defeating Boca Juniors 3-0. The same clubs met again on the opposite side of the River Plate in 1920. Nacional again emerged victorious, by 2-1.

The competition then became somewhat sporadic.
San Lorenzo de Almagro travelled to Montevideo and defeated Rampla Jniors (1-0) in 1927.
In 1928 Peñarol won the trophy with a 3-0 win over Huracan at Buenos Aires.

The competition was revivied in the 1930s. Club Athletico River Plate of Buenos Aires enjoying successive wins over Peñarol in 1936 and 1937.

Strange days- El gol de la valija

May 27th , 1934,Centenario Stadium, Nacional v Peñarol in the league championship play off . 21 minutes into the second half. The score is 0-0.  Bahía, Peñarol's Brazilian winger, shoots at goal, (at the Colombes end of the ground if you're a stickler for detail). 
Eduardo García in the Nacional goal is beaten but the ball passes his right hand upright. 
The ball then strikes a case belonging to the Nacional physio, and bounces back into play. 
Anselmo passes to Braulio Castro who rolls the ball into the net. Referee Telésforo Rodríguez  signals a goal.
 Nacional's Juan Miguel Labraga and José Nasazzi protest vigorously- to the point of assaulting the referee. After the furore abates Snr.Rodríguez required medical tresatment- he is replaced by Luis Scandroglio. Nasazzi,Labraga and Chifflet are dismissed. Darkness falls and the match is suspended.
64 days later(!) the League passed judgement.Castro's goal was expunged. The match was to be resumed as 0-0 after 70 minutes, but Nasazzi and Labraga remained sent off. Chifflet was reprieved. 
So, on 25.08.34 the remaining 20 minutes was  played behind closed doors at the Centenario. The 9 of Nacional held on for a 0-0 draw , even though 2 half hour periods of extra time were also played.

Braulio Castro

The 9 of Nacional

September 2nd's replay saw a further 150 goalless minutes between the 2 sides (11 against 11 this time).
The matter wasn't decided until November 18th- Centenario was again the venue.
Braulio Castro put Peñarol ahead in the 42nd minute, Hector Castro equalising 8 minutes after the break. 5 minutes later Arremon restored Peñarol's lead but in less than 20 minutes Hector Castro completed his hattrick to seal the championship for Nacional

The ball and the bag.

Ferencváros tour of South America 1929

The South American Hungarian Journal welcomes Ferencváros

Two shots of Amsel Ignác in action on 21.07.29 

28.07.29

In the summer of 1929 the Hungarian club Ferencváros toured South America. The tour proved a popular attraction. The highlight for the tourists was a 3-2 win over the Olympic champions Uruguay. Ferencváros, winners of the Mitropa Cup in 1928, had 16 internationals in the 17 player squad.

Tour party:
Players
 Siflis Geza (Yugoslavia)
Furmann Karoly (Hungary)
Berkessy Elemér (Hungary)
Takács Josef (Hungary)
Turay Jozef (Hungary)
Toldi Geza (aka Tunigold) (Hungary)
Kovacs Karoly
Takács Geza  (Hungary)
Obitz Gabor (Hungary)
Tancos Mihaly (aka Tanzer) (Romania & Hungary)
Bukovi Marton (Hungary)
Kohut Vilmos (Hungary)
Lyka Antal (Hungary)
Szedlacsik Ferenc (Czechoslovakia & Hungary)
Rázsó Izidor (Rothenstein Mor) (Hungary)
Amsel Ignác (Hungary)
Hungler Janos (Hungary)
Papp Lajos (Hungary)


Coach

István Tóth

Others
Sándor Bródy

30.06.29	Sao Paulo Select	1	2	Ferencváros
Such selection XIs were a staple of Brazilian football, and they often had the quality of a national side.
04.07.29	America	1	1	Ferencváros
América were 1928 Carioca champions.
07.07.29	Rio Select	3	3	Ferencváros
11.07.29	Brazil	2	0	Ferencváros
Played at Laranjeiras. A lot of new faces in the Brazil team, but a strong line-up.  Toldi was sent off.
14.07.29	Palestra Italia	5	2	Ferencváros
The club now known as Palmeiras, originating in São Paulo's Italian community.
21.07.29	Uruguay	2	3	Ferencváros
In-between 2 World Championships the Celeste were caught out here. In a game in which substitutes were used, Fradi took the lead in the 6th minute. The visitors were 3-0 on 40 minutes. The halftime whistle went after 43 minutes and the interval lasted 20 minutes. In the last minutes Uruguay pulled it back to 3-2 when the ref awarded a penalty for a foul that was committed a metre outside the box. The second half was 49 minutes long, but Uruguay couldn’t find an equaliser.
25.07.29	Montevideo Select	1	4	Ferencváros
The Montevideo selection featured 7 players from the 1928 Olympic winning team.
28.07.29	Uruguay	3	0	Ferencváros
Revenge for the Olympic champions. Hungarian reports criticised the tour management for agreeing to a rematch and suggest that there was no way that Uruguay would be defeated twice in a week, hinting at some dirty play from Andrade in particular. Uruguay convincing winners though.
01.08.29	River Plate	3	4	Ferencváros
The opponents were CARP (not the Montevideo club) the tourists crossed La Plata a few times in the course of their journeys.
03.08.29	Penarol	2	0	Ferencváros
Champions of Uruguay.
05.08.29	Racing Club	1	2	Ferencváros
Racing Club de Avellaneda.
10.08.29	Argentina	2	0	Ferencváros
A game played by public demand. 3 months later Argentina would become South American champions in   Buenos Aires. Here it was 0-0 until the 80th minute.
13.08.29	Racing Club	1	2	Ferencváros
17.08.29	Sao Paulo	2	1	Ferencváros

P	W	D	L	F	A
14	6	2	6	24	30