A goal by Pablo Dorado

As I've written before, if I had a time machine I think the first football match I would go and watch would be the 1930 World Cup Final.

In the 12th minute 22 year old outside right Pablo Dorado of Club Atlético Bella Vista fired through the legs of Bottaso at his near post. 1-0 to Uruguay.

Parque Central

Boaters de rigueur. 22,000 at Montevideo's Parque Central to see Uruguay defeat Argentina 2-0 on 02.12.23

La Máquina Blanca

Nacional won back to back championships in 1933 & 1934, the team nicknamed La Máquina Blanca.
The 1933 championship concluded (almost) in the notorious  El gol de la valija  incident 
The record of the 2 Championship seasons was:

P	W	D	L	F	A
27	20	6	1	56	10
27	17	7	3	51	17

Américo Szigeti of Hungary became head coach during the 1933 season.
The players who contributed to La Máquina Blanca were:

GK	Eduardo García
FB	José Nasazzi   Ulises Chifflet Domingos da Guia (Brazil) Juan Brito Juan Ramón Cabrera
HB	Arsenio Fernández Ricardo Faccio

               Marcelino Pérez

               Michele Andreolo (Italy)

               Fausto dos Santos (Brazil)

               Conduelo Píriz

F             Juan Miguel Labraga

               Aníbal Ciocca
               Rodolpho Barteczko Patesko (Brazil)

               Pedro Cea

               Pedro Petrone

               Zoilo Saldombide

               Santos Urdinarán

               Francisco Arispe

               Pedro Duhart (France)

               Héctor Castro

               Enrique Fernández

               Eduardo Ithurbide

Goal by Scarone

The 1928 Olympic Final replay.
Roberto Figueroa gets past Segundo Medici and sends in a cross; René Borjas beats Paternoster and heads the ball into the path of the oncoming Hector Scarone. 'Yours, Hector!' 
2-1 Uruguay, 73rd minute.
The illustration is not contemporary as the artist has drawn a D (penalty arc). 
I have seen evidence of the D being used on the continent before 1937 (I will cover this in a later post- someday!)
At 3:54 in the film it does look like there is a D!



Looks like it was an action packed game.

1930

Gold medals from the 1930 World Cup. These were presented to Hector Scarone and Jose Leandro Andrade. The 18 carat medals measure 4cm x 2cm and weigh 25 grammes.
The Uruguayan Football Association also presented the players with replicas of the Trophy 'Victory', later named in honour of Jules Rimet.

This model was the property of Uruguay captain, Jose Nasazzi.

Radio, 1922

What is this man up to?

His name is Claudio Sapelli and he is transmitting a radio broadcast of the 1922 South American Championship of Nations. 

Sapelli was stationed on the roof of the La Plata newspaper offices in Montevideo. As a teletype account of the matches was received from Rio de Janeiro megaphone announcements would be made to the crowd below and  Sapelli would relay the updates via radio.

He would have reached a limited audience as there were just 75 radio receivers in the whole of Uruguay.  

A 0-0 draw with eventual winners Brazil and a 1-0 defeat to Paraguay saw Uruguay finish in 3rd place. 

Defensor

Defensor Football Club was founded in Punta Carretas , Montevideo in 1913. In 1906 there had been another Punta Carretas club called Defensores de la Huelga. 
Defensor  went from the third to the first division in successive seasons. After a disastrous league season in 1917 saw them finish in bottom place, Defensor ended operations in 1918. The club was revived as Club Atlético Defensor in 1922.

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.

Campeonato Sud Americano de Football

1916

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1916	Uruguay	Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay	Isabelino Gradín (Uru) 3	Isabelino Gradín (Uru)	Argentina
More here

1917

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1917	Uruguay	Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay	Ángel Romano (Uru) 4	Hector Scarone (Uru)	Uruguay
More here

1919

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1919	Brazil	Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay	Arthur Friedenreich & Neco (Br) 4	Arthur Friedenreich (Br)	Brazil
More here here  and here

1920

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1920	Uruguay	Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay	Jose Perez & Ángel Romano (Uru) 3	José Piendibene (Uru)	Chile
Noteworthy for a 6-0 win for Uruguay over Brazil. Uruguay won all 3 of their matches, scoring 9 goals in the process.

1921

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1921	Argentina	Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay	Julio Libonatti (Arg)  3	Américo Tesoriere (Arg)	Argentina
Paraguay’s first appearance. Their opening match, against Uruguay, was only their 7th international. They beat the champions 2-1. Withdrew: Chile

1922

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1922	Brazil	Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay	Julio Francia (Arg) 4	Agostinho Fortes Filho (Br)	Brazil
Moved from planned venue Chile in order to mark 100 years of Brazilian independence. All the matches were played at Estadio das Laranjeiras. At the conclusion of the tournament Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay were tied on 5 points- Brazil only having 1 win to the other countries’ 2.  Uruguay then withdrew, leaving Brazil and Paraguay to play off for the championship. Brazil won 3-0. Paraguay’s 10 outfield players had walked off the pitch in the 79th minute of their defeat to Argentina, but this went unpunished by the authorities.

1923

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1923	Uruguay	Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay	Pedro Petrone (Uru) & Vicente Aguirre (Arg) 3	José Nasazzi (Uru)	Uruguay
Used as a qualifying tournament for the 1924 Olympics. All matches were played at Estadio Gran Parque Central. The tournament was decided in the final match played, Uruguay beating Argentina 2-0. Withdrew: Chile

1924

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1924	Uruguay	Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay	Pedro Petrone (Uru) 4	Pedro Petrone (Uru)	Uruguay
Paraguay declined the offer to host the tournament. It was instead played at Estadio Gran Parque Central in honour of Uruguay’s triumph at the 1924 Olympics. Withdrew: Brazil

1925

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1925	Argentina	Argentina Brazil Paraguay	Manuel Seoane (Arg) 6	Manuel Seoane (Arg)	Argentina
Only 3 teams competed. Chile withdrew in response to their poor showing in 1924 when they lost all 3 matches and conceded 10 goals, Uruguay because of splits in the governing bodies.. Note the unusual presence of a black player in the Argentina side- Alejandro De Los Santos of El Porvenir- the first black man to represent Argentina. Withdrew: Chile, Uruguay.

1926

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1926	Uruguay	Argentina Bolivia Chile Paraguay Uruguay	David Arellano (Chile) 7	Jose Andrade (Uru)	Chile
Bolivia entered for the first time and shipped 24 goals in 4 matches, although it was Paraguay who suffered the worst loss- 8-0 to Argentina. Withdrew: Brazil

1927

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1927	Argentina	Argentina Bolivia Peru Uruguay	5 players scored 3 goals.	Manuel Seoane (Arg)	Peru
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 1928 Olympics. Peru participated for the first time. 37 goals were scored (6.17 per match) with both Argentina and Uruguay scoring 15 goals. Withdrew: Brazil, Chile, Paraguay

1929

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1929	Argentina	Argentina Paraguay Peru Uruguay	Aurelio González (Par) 5	Manuel Nolo Ferreira (Arg)	Argentina
No contest was held in 1928 due to the absence of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay at the Olympics. Withdrew: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile

1935

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1935	Uruguay	Argentina Chile Peru Uruguay	Herminio Masantonio (Arg) 4	José Nasazzi (Uru)	Peru
Relations between Argentina and Uruguay had effectively been severed following the 1930 World Cup and the 2 sides didn’t meet for 2 years. The resumption of the South American Championship also served as a qualifying competition for the 1936 Olympics (although ultimately neither Argentina nor Uruguay travelled to Berlin for financial reasons). It was an additional tournament- no trophy was awarded. Withdrew: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

1937

	Winners	Entrants	Top Scorer	Player of Tournament	Hosts
1937	Argentina	Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay	Raúl Toro (Chile) 7	Vicente de la Mata (Arg)	Argentina
Brazil returned after a 4 tournament / 12 year absence. They were defeated by Argentina in a play-off.  2 extra time goals won it for Argentina, who had previously beaten Brazil earlier in the tournament. 69 goals were scored (4.31 per match). Withdrew: Bolivia, Colombia.