Club Atlético River Plate

1909

From their foundation in 1901 until 1905 Club Atlético River Plate wore white jerseys. Their iconic red band first appeared in 1905, but in 1909 was replaced by red and white vertical stripes. This was the home strip until 1932, when the red band reappeared. 

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

Medgyessy Jenő

The Danubian influence on the football of South America predates Dori Kruschner (Dori Kürschner) and his work in Brazil. It also predates the Ferencvaros tour that allegedly influenced the style of Argentine football. 
Eugênio Medgyessy arrived in Brazil in 1926 and managed Botafogo, where in true Brazilian style he picked up a nickname-Marineti. Medgyessy later managed  Fluminense (1927-28) and  São Paulo (1932-33) before moving  to Argentina where he had spells with Racing (Club de Avellaneda), San Lorenzo and River Plate. 
As Medgyessy Jenő he had played for Ferencvaros from 1907-1919, making 80 first team appearances. Medgyessy was a League championship winner with Fradi on 4 occasions (1909-10, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13) and a Cup winner in 1913. 
Despite these achievements his personal career was described as unspectacular. He received injuries whilst fighting for the central powers in 1918. Whilst in South America Medgyessy was instrumental in organizing Ferencvarosi's tour of 1929. 

Superclásico

As local rivalries go the Buenos Aires Superclásico is possibly the most notoriously intense in World football.

02.08.08 *	Boca Juniors	2	1	River Plate
15.12.12*	Boca Juniors	1	1	River Plate
24.08.13	Boca Juniors	1	2	River Plate
25.10.14	River Plate	0	0	Boca Juniors
02.05.15 c	Boca Juniors	1	1	River Plate
09.05.15 c	River Plate	4	2	Boca Juniors
20.06.15	Boca Juniors	0	2	River Plate
10.12.16	River Plate	2	1	Boca Juniors
24.06.17	River Plate	2	2	Boca Juniors
30.08.18c	Boca Juniors	0	1	River Plate
18.09.18	River Plate	0	1	Boca Juniors
27.07.19	Boca Juniors	0	0	River Plate
04.12.27	Boca Juniors	1	0	River Plate
23.12.28	Boca Juniors	6	0	River Plate
04.05.30	River Plate	3	2	Boca Juniors
20.09.31	Boca Juniors	1	0	River Plate
06.01.32	River Plate	0	3	Boca Juniors
19.06.32	River Plate	1	1	Boca Juniors
30.10.32	Boca Juniors	2	1	River Plate
02.07.33	Boca Juniors	1	1	River Plate
19.11.33	River Plate	3	1	Boca Juniors
17.06.34	Boca Juniors	4	1	River Plate
16.09.34	River Plate	0	1	Boca Juniors
04.11.34	Boca Juniors	2	0	River Plate
21.04.35	Boca Juniors	1	0	River Plate
01.09.35	River Plate	1	1	Boca Juniors
11.01.36 *	Boca Juniors	3	3	River Plate
19.04.36	Boca Juniors	2	3	River Plate
30.08.36	River Plate	2	1	Boca Juniors

 River Plate wins- 9  goals- 35

Boca Juniors wins- 11 goals- 44

Draws- 9

All matches in Primera División except *= Friendlies ^C=Copa Competencia.

River debuted in the Primera División in 1909,  Boca in 1913.
League positions 1909-1937:

	River Plate	Boca Juniors
1st*	4**	9**
2nd	5	4
3rd	7	4

·         * In 1920 during one of the periodic schisms in the Argentine game  the clubs played in different leagues and both won their respective championships.

·         ** River won 1 championship in the amateur era (pre 1931) and Boca 6.

    In the professional era 1931-1937 (when our coverage ends)  the clubs won 3 titles each in 7 seasons.

1919- Boca wins 4 trophies, draws 0-0 with River.

Los Millonarios 1932