World Cup 1930
Uruguay, July 13-30. All games played in Montevideo. Decided in Amsterdam 28 May
1928. Entries deadline 19 Jan 1930, moved to late May (all 13 teams that entered
were qualified). Groups drawn 7 Jul 1930. Semifinals drawn 22 Jul 1930.
First Phase
Group A - ARG CHI FRA MEX
13.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos
FRA - MEX 4:1 (3:0)
(+3000) Lombardi URU, Rego BRA, Christophe BEL
FRA: Thépot (24 Chantrel) - Capelle, Mattler - Chantrel, Pinel,
Villaplane (c) - Libérati, Delfour, Maschinot, L.Laurent, Langiller
MEX: Bonfiglio - R.Garza Gutiérrez (c), M.Rosas - Amezcùa, Sánchez,
F.Rosas - López, Ruiz, Mejia, Carreño, Pérez
1:0 L.Laurent 19, 2:0 Langiller 40, 3:0 Maschinot 43, 3:1 Carreño 70,
4:1 Maschinot 87
NOTE: Laurent's goal is the first in World Cup history
15.07.30 (16.00) Montevideo, Parque Central
ARG - FRA 1:0 (0:0)
(~18000) Rego BRA, Saucedo BOL, Râdulescu ROM
ARG: Bossio - Della Tore, Muttis - J.Evaristo, Monti, Arico
Suárez - Perinetti, Varallo, Ferreira (c), Cerro, M.Evaristo
FRA: Thépot - Capelle, Mattles - Chantrel, Pinel, Villaplane
(c) - Libérati, Delfour, Maschinot, Laurent, Langiller
1:0 Monti 81 f
16.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Parque Central
CHI - MEX 3:0 (1:0)
(~7000) Christophe BEL, Aphesteguy URU, Langenus BEL
CHI: Cortés - Poirier, Morales - A.Torres, Saavedra, Elgueta -
Ojeda, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Schneeberger (c)
MEX: Sota - R.Garza Gutiérrez (c), M.Rosas - Amescùa, Sánchez,
F.Rosas - López, Gayón, Ruiz, Carreño, Pérez
1:0 Vidal 3, 2:0 M. Rosas 52 o, 3:0 Vidal 65
19.07.30 (12.50) Montevideo, Centenario
CHI - FRA 1:0 (0:0)
(~50000) Tejada URU, Lombardi URU, Rego BRA
CHI: Cortés - Chaparro, Riveros - A.Torres, Saavedra, C.Torres - Ojeda,
Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Schneeberger (c)
FRA: Thépot - Capelle, Mattles - Chantrel, Delmer, Villaplane (c) -
Libérati, Delfour, Pinel, Veinante, Langiller
1:0 Subiabre 67 h (30 Thépot saved a penalty by Saavedra)
19.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Centenario
ARG - MEX 6:3 (3:1)
(~50000) Saucedo BOL, Alonso URU, Râdulescu ROM
ARG: Bossio - Della Tore, Paternoster - Chividini, Zumelzú (c),
Orlandini - Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Demaría, Spadaro
MEX: Bonfiglio - R.Garza Gutiérrez (c), M.Rosas - Olivarez, Sánchez,
Rodriguez, F.Garza Gutiérrez, F.Rosas - López, Gayón, Carreño
1:0 Stábile 8, 2:0 Zumelzú 12, 3:0 Stábile 17, 3:1 M.Rosas 42 p,
4:1 Varallo 53, 5:1 Zumelzú 55, 5:2 M. Rosas 65, 5:3 Gayón 75 h,
6:3 Stábile 80
(23 Bonfiglio saved penalty from Paternoster, 65 Bossio held penalty
from M.Rosas who however scored from the rebound)
22.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Centenario
ARG - CHI 3:1 (2:1)
(~35000) Langenus BEL, Christophe BEL, Saucedo BOL
ARG: Bossio - Della Tore, Paternoster - J.Evaristo, Monti
Orlandini - Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M. Evaristo
CHI: Cortés - Chaparro, Morales - A.Torres, Saavedra (c), C.Torres -
Arellano, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Aguilera
1:0 Stábile 12 h, 2:0 Stábile 13, 2:1 Arellano 15, 3:1 M.Evaristo 51
1. ARG^ 3 6 3 0 0 10-4
2. CHI 3 4 2 0 1 5-3
3. FRA 3 2 1 0 2 4-3
4. MEX 3 0 0 0 3 4-13
Group B - BOL BRA JUG
14.07.30 (12.45) Montevideo, Parque Central
JUG - BRA 2:1 (2:0)
(~20000) Tejada URU, Vallarino URU, Balway FRA
JUG: Jak¹iæ - Ivkoviæ (c), Mihajloviæ - Arsenijeviæ, Stevanoviæ,
Djokiæ - Tirnaniæ, Marjanoviæ, Bek, Vujadinoviæ, Sekuliæ
BRA: Joel - Brilhante, Itália - Hermógenes, Fausto, Fernando -
Poly, Nilo, Arakén, Preguinho (c), Pereira
1:0 Tirnaniæ 21, 2:0 Bek 30, 2:1 Preguinho 62
17.07.30 (12.45) Montevideo, Parque Central
JUG - BOL 4:0 (0:0)
(~20000) Matteucci URU, Lombardi URU, Wernken CHI
JUG: Jak¹iæ - Ivkoviæ (c), Mihajloviæ - Arsenijeviæ, Stevanoviæ,
Djokiæ - Tirnaniæ, Marjanoviæ, Bek, Vujadinoviæ, Najdanoviæ
BOL: Bermùdes - Durandal, Chavarria - Argote, Lara,
Balderrama - Gómez, Bustamante, Mendéz (c), Alborta, Férnandez
1:0 Bek 60, 2:0 Marjanoviæ 65, 3:0 Bek 67, 4:0 Vujadinoviæ 86
20.07.30 (13.00) Montevideo, Centenario
BRA - BOL 4:0 (1:0)
(-12000) Balway FRA, Matteucci URU, Vallejo MEX
BRA: Velloso - Zé Luiz, Itália - Hermógenes, Fausto, Fernando -
Benedito, Russinho, Carvalho Leite, Preguinho (c), Moderato
BOL: Bermùdes - Durandal, Chavarria - Sáinz, Lara,
Balderrama - Fernández, Ortiz, Bustamante, Mendéz (c), Alborta
1:0 Moderato 37, 2:0 Preguinho 67, 3:0 Moderato 73, 4:0 Preguinho 83
1. JUG^ 2 4 2 0 0 6-1
2. BRA 2 2 1 0 1 5-2
3. BOL 2 0 0 0 2 0-8
Group C - PER ROM URU
14.07.30 (14.50) Montevideo, Estadio Pocitas
ROM - PER 3:1 (1:0)
(+2000) Warnken CHI, Langenus BEL, Matteucci URU
ROM: Lãpuºneanu - Bürger, Steiner - Eisenbeisser, Vogl, Raffinsky -
Kovács, Deºu, Wetzer (c), Stanciu, Barbu
PER: Valdivieso - de las Casas, Soria - Galindo (c), García, Lavalle -
Flores, Villanueva, Denegri, Neira, Souza-Ferreira
1:0 Deºu 2 (95 sec), 1:1 Souza-Ferreira 75, 2:1 Stanciu 79, 3:1 Kovács 89
sent off: Galindo (56)
18.07.30 (14.30) Montevideo, Centenario
URU - PER 1:0 (0:0)
(+85000) Langenus BEL, Christophe BEL, Balway FRA
URU: Ballestero - Tejera, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
Urdinarán, Castro, Petrone, Cea, Iriarte.
PER: Pardón - de las Casas, Maquillón - Galindo (c), Denegri, Astengo -
Flores, Villanueva, Lavalle, Neira, Souza-Ferreira
1:0 Castro 65
NOTE: Match preceded by stadium opening ceremony
21.07.30 (14.50) Montevideo, Centenario
URU - ROM 4:0 (4:0)
(~80000) Rego BRA, Saucedo BOL, Warnken CHI
URU: Ballestero - Macheront, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
Dorado, Scarone, Anselmo, Cea, Iriarte.
ROM: Lãpuºneanu - Bürger, Czako - Eisenbeisser, Vogl, Robe - Kovács, Deºu,
Wetzer (c), Raffinsky, Barbu
1:0 Dorado 7, 2:0 Scarone 28, 3:0 Anselmo 31, 4:0 Cea 35
1. URU^ 2 4 2 0 0 5-0
2. ROM 2 2 1 0 1 3-5
3. PER 2 0 0 0 2 1-4
Group D - BEL PAR USA
13.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Parque Central
USA - BEL 3:0 (2:0)
(+15000) Macias ARG, Matteucci URU, Warnken CHI
USA: Douglas - Wood, Moorhouse - Gallagher, Tracey, Brown -
Gonsalves, Florie (c), Patenaude, Auld, McGhee
BEL: Badjou - Nouwens, Hoydonckx - De Clerq, Hellemans, F.Braine
(c) - Diddens, Voorhoof, Adams, Moeschal, Versyp
1:0 McGhee 40, 2:0 McGhee 43, 3:0 Patenaude 89 h
17.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Parque Central
USA - PAR 3:0 (2:0)
(~20000) Macias ARG, Aphesteguy URU, Tejada URU
USA: Douglas - Wood, Moorhouse - Gallagher, Tracey, Auld -
Gonsalves, Florie (c), Patenaude, Brown, McGhee
PAR: Denis - Olmedo, Miracca - Etcheverry, Diaz, Aguirre - Nessi -
Dominguez, González, Benitez Cáceres, Vargas Peña (c)
1:0 Patenaude 10, 2:0 Patenaude 18, 3:0 Patenaude 50 h
NOTE: FIFA officially recognised the second goal as scored by Patenaude
on November 10, 2006 (!), making him the first World Cup hat-trick
scorer; it was earlier listed as own goal by González or as goal by Florie
20.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Centenario
PAR - BEL 1:0 (1:0)
(~12000) Vallarino URU, Lombardi URU, Macias ARG
PAR: P.Benitez - Olmedo, Flóres - S.Benitez, Diaz, Garcete, Nessi -
Romero, Gonzáles, Benitez Cáceres, Vargas Peña (c)
BEL: Badjou - De Deken, Hoydonckx - Moeschal, Hellemans, F. Braine
(c) - Diddens, Nouwens, Adams, Delbeke, Versyp
1:0 Benites Cáceres 40
1. USA^ 2 4 2 0 0 6-0
2. PAR 2 2 1 0 1 1-3
3. BEL 2 0 0 0 2 0-4
Semifinals
26.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Centenario
ARG - USA 6:1 (1:0)
(+60000) Langenus BEL, Vallejo MEX, Warnken CHI
ARG: Botasso - Della Tore, Paternoster - J.Evaristo, Monti,
Orlandini - Peucelle, Scopelli, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M.Evaristo
USA: Douglas - Wood, Moorhouse - Gallagher, Tracey, Auld -
Brown, Florie (c), Patenaude, Gonsalves, McGhee
1:0 Monti 20, 2:0 Scopelli 56, 3:0 Stábile 69, 4:0 Peucelle 80, 5:0
Peucelle 85, 6:0 Stábile 87, 6:1 Brown 89
27.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Centenario
URU - JUG 6:1 (3:1)
(+80000) Rego BRA, Saucedo BOL, Balway FRA
URU: Ballestero - Mascheroni, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
Dorado, Scarone, Anselmo, Cea, Iriarte.
JUG: Jak¹iæ - Ivkoviæ (c), Mihajloviæ - Arsenijeviæ, Stevanoviæ,
Djokiæ - Tirnaniæ, Marjanoviæ, Bek, Vujadinoviæ, Sekuliæ
0:1 Vujadinoviæ 4, 1:1 Cea 19, 2:1 Anselmo 21 h, 3:1 Anselmo 23, 4:1 Iriarte
63, 5:1 Cea 66, 6:1 Cea 72
Final
30.07.30 (15.30) Montevideo, Centenario
URU - ARG 4:2 (1:2)
(-80000) Langenus BEL, Christophe BEL, Saucedo BOL
URU: Ballestero - Mascheroni, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
Dorado, Scarone, Castro, Cea, Iriarte.
ARG: Botasso - Della Torre, Paternoster - J.Evaristo, Monti, Arico
Suárez - Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M.Evaristo.
1;0 Dorado 12, 1:1 Peucelle 20, 1:2 Stábile 38, 2:2 Cea 58, 3:2 Iriarte
68, 4:2 Castro 89
No match for third place; in contemporary newspapers appearing in Yugoslavia early
September it is claimed Yugoslavia were awarded the third place for having lost to
the eventual winners rather than the runners-up, supposedly in accordance with
Olympic regulations (a rather curious statement as the Olympic football tournament
always had featured a bronze medal match except in 1920 when the set-up was rather
more involved); no official stance of FIFA is known on this – in 1984 an official
FIFA report claimed Yugoslavia beat the USA 3-1 in a match for third place but that
is nonsense (no official match between the two countries, friendly or otherwise, was
played before the 1956 Olympic Games); according to the rules applied in later World
Cup tournaments (comparing the overall records of teams eliminated at the same stage),
the USA would be third (for having conceded one goal less in their three matches).
Scorers' list
8 - Stábile ARG
5 - Cea URU
4 - Patenaude USA
3 - Peucelle ARG, Prequinho BRA, Bek JUG, Anselmo URU
2 - Monti, Zumelzú ARG, Moderato BRA, Vidal CHI, Maschinot FRA,
Vujadinoviæ JUG, M.Rosas MEX + 1 own goal, Stanciu ROM, Castro, Dorado,
Irarte URU, McGhee USA
1 - M. Evaristo, Scopello, Varallo ARG, Arellano, Subiabre CHI, Langiller,
L.Laurent FRA, Marjanoviæ, Tirnaniæ JUG, Carreño, Gayón MEX, Benito
Cacéres PAR, Sousa PER, Barbu ROM, Scarone URU, Brown USA
own goals - 1 (M.Rosas MEX for CHI + 2 goals)
Total 70 goals (2 o, 1 f, 1 p, 6 h), 3.89 per match. Most goals ARG (18),
BEL and BOL without goals. 35 players scored (no one repeated it four
years later)
Coaches, assistants, reserve players
ARG: J. Tramutola - F. Piaggio | E. Piaggio (full squad info)
BEL: H. Goetinck, E. Hanse | Chantraine, De Bie, Saeys
BOL: U. Saucedo | Brito, Murillo, Noya, Reyes Peñaranda
BRA: F. Rodriguez | Benvenuto, Costa, Doca, de Figuelrado, Fortes
Filho, Manuelzinho
CHI: G. Orth | Coddon, Espinoza, Muñoz
FRA: R. Caudron* | Andoire, J.Laurent, Tassin
JUG: B. Simonoviæ | Hrnijièek, Petkoviæ, Spasojeviæ, Stojanoviæ, To¹iæ
MEX: J. Luque** | Castro Aguirol
PAR: J. Durand Laguna | Carreras Saguier, Chamorro, Florentin, Ortega,
Rivera Núñez, Vilalba
PER: F. Bru | Cillonis, Férnandez, Góngora, Nué, Quintana, Sarmiento
ROM: O. Luchide, C. Rãdulescu, R. Wetzer** | Borbely II, Kocsis,
Glanzmann, Steinbach, Steiner I, Subãºeanu, Zauber
URU: A. Suppici - F. Arispe, E. Frigoli, L. Gracco, F. Olivieri |
Calvo, Capuccini, Melogno, Piriz, Recoba, Riolfo Secco, Saldombide
USA: W. Cummings, R. Millar | Bookie, Gentile, Olivier, Slavin, Stone
* replaced the national coach G. Barreau
** playing coach
Oldest and youngest
Youngest Oldest
player C.Leite BRA 18y 65d R.Guitiérez MEX around 34
goalkeeper Valdivieso PER 20y 71d Douglas USA 32y 26d
scorer N.Kovács ROM 18y198d Scarone URU 31y237d
champion Dorado URU 22y 38d Scarone URU 31y246d
finalist Varallo ARG 20y175d Scarone URU 31y246d
medalist Tirnaniæ JUG 19y 2d Florie USA around 33
captain Galindo PER 28y127d R.Guitiérez MEX around 34
coach Tramutola ARG 27y267d Luqué MEX 48y 43d
referee Matteucci URU 27y 51d Rego BRA around 49
Argentine Squad Full Info
(courtesy of Osvaldo José Gorgazzi)
Ángel Bossio
José Della Torre
Ramón Alfredo Muttis
Juan Evaristo
Luis Felipe Monti
Pedro "Arico" Suárez (Arico is nickname),
Natalio Perinetti
Francisco Antonio Varallo
Manuel Ferreira
Roberto Eugenio "Cherro" Cerro
Mario Evaristo
Fernando Paternoster
Alberto Chividini
Adolfo Bernabé Zumelzú
Rodolfo Orlandini
Carlos Desiderio Peucelle
Guillermo Stábile
Atilio Demaría
Carlos Spadaro
Juan Botasso
Alejandro Scopelli
José Bartolomé Macías (referee)
Juan José Tramutola and Francisco Olazar (coaches)