Compared to the first official Olympic football tournament four years earlier, the number
of participants doubled: whereas in 1908, five countries
fielded six sides, this time eleven countries showed up with a team. Luxembourg,
Portugal and Switzerland were the only European member federations of F.I.F.A. to
decline entry (the membership of the Liga Portuguesa de Football lasted barely a
season: after provisional admission in November 1909 and official affiliation in
May 1910 it was presumed dissolved at the Dresden congress in June 1911; it was
succeeded by the União Portuguesa de Futebol, later renamed F.P.F., which was
provisionally admitted in August 1914); however, provisional members Russia (who
together with Argentina were
accepted as new members at the F.I.F.A. congress held on 30 June and 1 July during
the tournament; South Africa, the first non-European members, had already joined
provisionally in 1909 and formally in 1910), did enter, as did Finland, then an
autonomous grand duchy within the Russian Empire; as Finland had been admitted
as F.I.F.A. members four years before, in June 1908 (after provisional admission
in November 1907), it was stated explicitly at Russia's admission that the rule of
the Russian football federation was restricted to the European part of the Russian
Empire without Finland.
Belgium registered by 29 May but withdrew a week later, two weeks before the draw,
because they felt they could not field a sufficiently strong side after a number
of players had declined to travel to Sweden (a concern shared by the Dutch, who also
considered withdrawing after several first choice players had declared themselves
unavailable – but eventually it was felt that as winners of the bronze medals
four years ago, the country had a moral obligation to be present again) and France
backed out a few days after the draw on 18 June.
In addition, the Bohemian football association (which in 1909 had been a co-founder
of the U.I.A.F.A., and had won its 1911
"Grand European Tournament" in Roubaix)
had requested permission to take part
in the tournament, but was denied entry as it was not affiliated to F.I.F.A. anymore
(having being forced out at the F.I.F.A. congress in Vienna in June 1908, after two
years of provisional membership).
As four years before, the regulations for the Olympic football tournament allowed each I.O.C. member to register four teams; however, at its 1911 congress in Dresden, the F.I.F.A. considered each of its members should only submit one team; the reference to four teams only served to allow the United Kingdom to be represented by each of its four national football federations. Nevertheless, in May 1912 Germany, Hungary and Norway all announced they intended to enter the football tournament with two teams, but after being reminded of the Dresden agreement, they withdrew their second side. (Russia apparently had also considered entering two separate sides, one consisting of Moscow and the other of Saint Petersburg players.) The United Kingdom also entered only one team, which like in 1908 was an all-English (amateur) side.
Another similarity with the tournament in London was the medal distribution: the United Kingdom defeated Denmark in the final while the Netherlands finished third. Also as four years before, the teams eliminated in the first two knock-out rounds entered a consolation tournament, this time to designate fifth place (in London, it had been for third place). For additional information, see below.
In marked contrast to the 1908 tournament, there were many exciting matches: whereas
four years earlier only the final and the consolation match between the Netherlands
and Sweden had not been utterly one-sided affairs, this time most matches in the
tournament proper were quite competitive, with only Denmark and the United Kingdom
running up the score to seven in their quarter-final ties before the Netherlands set
a record for an Olympic medal match in football by humiliating Finland 9-0 (which
remained the highest ever win for the Dutch national side for more than 99 years).
And while the consolation tournament featured the worst ever rout in Olympic
football history (Germany scoring sixteen unanswered goals against Russia before
taking it easy in the last twenty minutes), its final, the
twentieth ever derby match between Austria and Hungary,
was one of the better matches (and by far the most passionately contested) played
that week.
As in London four years earlier,
the 1912 Olympic football tournament consisted of two parts.
The Olympic medals were decided by a straight knock-out tournament, with (unlike
four years before) an additional bronze medal match between the losing
semi-finalists. As losers of the bronze medal match, Finland were awarded
silver medals of the Swedish Football Association.
In order to prevent that teams would travel to Sweden to play but a single match,
all teams eliminated before the semi-final stage, seven in all, had the opportunity
to enter the consolation series, which again was played in knock-out format.
(Even the United Kingdom had registered its team for this series in the unlikely
event of early elimination.)
Its winners, Hungary, considered to have finished fifth, were awarded silver
medals of the Swedish Football Association, like Finland, while losing
finalists Austria received bronze medals of the Swedish Football Association.
Three venues were used: the new Stadion, built for the occasion, as well as grounds
in Traneberg (then home to Djurgårdens IF) and Solna (jointly owned by the Swedish
football federation and Vikingarnas FK; in 1937, the Råsundastadion, home of AIK,
was built on the same site).
A fourth ground, the Östermalms idrottsplats close to the Stadion, was not
used for any Olympic football matches but hosted the Olympic tennis tournament
as well as a friendly between Norway and Russia. Judging
from Russian reports on that match, it did not have a grass pitch but one of
"sea gravel" (morskoy graviy). It was also used for training purposes.
The Stadion was built at the site of the existing Stockholms idrottspark ("Athletic
Park"), which it replaced; according to the original plans, it was to have a 32,000
capacity, but this was considered unnecessarily high for later use and reduced
to 22,000 (official report, p. 186), of
which 3,050 on a temporary north stand which
was removed after the Games. Only the final came close to filling it to capacity,
but due to its moderate size also smaller crowds created an atmosphere favourably
compared to that in London four years earlier.
The other two grounds both provided accommodation on one side only and probably
held just a few thousand spectators (the grandstand at Råsunda held 1,300;
the final of the 1916 Svenska Spelen
between Stockholm and Göteborg played there four years later was attended
by 9,000, presumably a sell-out crowd).
The football field in the Stadion did not meet the size requirements as stipulated in
the Olympic rules (which required a width of 75 yards, or 68.58 metres) but two days
before the start of the tournament, all delegation leaders agreed to renounce on any
protests regarding the dimensions of the ground (which did comply with F.I.F.A.
regulations, which only required a width of 65 metres). As an aside, note
Buschmann and Lennarts ([BuL (Band 2)], p. 41)
mistakenly claim it was the Råsunda ground which did not fulfil the
requirements, but both the official report (p. 482)
and contemporary press articles clearly locate the problem at the Stadion. At
least they only made two errors in identifying
match venues (for the matches between England and Hungary as well as between Austria
and Italy), only half as many as the IFFHS, which
additionally mislocated the matches of the Netherlands against both Denmark and Finland
and invented a non-existent fourth venue (the "Djurgården
Stadion", apparently a confusion with the Traneberg ground – which most definitely
did not qualify as a stadium), cf. [IFF 00 (Band 1)],
which also supplied an anachronistic name for
the 1908 venue and included yet another
non-existing stadium for the 1920 tournament.
These factual errors are rather puzzling as all match venues are given correctly in
the official report and could easily have
been confirmed by checking contemporary papers.
Venue Capacity Matches Total Att. Average Paying Att. Average
Stadion 22,000 6 55,000 9,200 28,333 4,722
Traneberg 2,000 ? 3 1,000 300 604 201
Råsunda (Solna) 9,000 ? 8 9,000 1,100 4,927 616
total 17 65,000 3,800 33,864 1,992
NB: capacity refers to capacity at the time of the tournament;
paying attendances based on p. 49 of the official report;
estimated total attendances rounded to thousands, corresponding averages to hundreds.
Olympic Football Tournament | Consolation Tournament | Friendlies
OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
NB: Apart from the 11 countries which eventually entered, also Belgium and France registered
ahead of the tournament. Belgium withdrew before the draw on 18 June (their withdrawal
was announced in the newspapers on 6 June so presumably the decision was taken one day
earlier); France were to play Norway but withdrew on 21 June.
Note that the official report of the Olympic Games recorded paying attendants by stadium
and match day; as there were three double-headers (on 30 June and 1 July at Råsunda and
on 2 July at the Stadium), for six matches no specific number of paying attendants is
available; attendances indicated in press reports are often much higher (usually about
double); some attendance figures listed in modern sources are plainly invented.
The official report did not always include the goal scorers and minutes; whenever it did
specify them, the details below either follow it or indicate the difference; as other
sources (contemporary press reports or later overviews published in the participating
countries) often differ considerably on both scorers and goal minutes, the exact truth
on some of them will never be known.
First Round
29 June 1912
NORWAY won by walk-over.
FRANCE withdrew on 21 June, before venue and referee of the match had been determined.
29 June 1912 - Idrottsplats, Traneberg - Att: 600 (paying: 231)
Ref: Hugo Meisl (Aut) - Lin: S. Almkvist (Swe), A. Ahlberg (Swe)
ITALY 2 (Bontadini 10, Sardi 25)
FINLAND 3 (Öhman 2, E. Soinio 40, Wiberg 105)
AET; FT: 2-2, HT: 2-2
Italy: Campelli - Binaschi, De Vecchi - De Marchi (46 Morelli di Popolo),
G. Milano (cap), Leone - Zuffi, Bontadini, Berardo, Sardi, Mariani.
Finland: Syrjäläinen - Holopainen, Löfgren - Lund, E. Soinio, K. Soinio (cap) -
Wickström, Wiberg, Nyyssönen, Öhman, Niska.
NB: the official report credited the first goal to Wiberg;
the substitution of De Marchi by il conte Morelli di Popolo at half-time, confirmed
by Italian sources ([Bre 98], p. 52), contravened regulations and is not mentioned
in the official report; De Marchi, who had been injured at the end of the first half,
and Morelli looked so much alike they were called "gemelli"; thus, the Italian team
cheated in its first ever competitive match - che sorpresa!
29 June 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 1,000 (paying: 560)
Ref: Bep Willing (Net) - Lin: A. Mellin (Swe), G. Bergström (Swe)
AUSTRIA 5 (Studnicka 58, Neubauer 62, Merz 75, 81, Cimera 89)
GERMANY 1 (Jäger 35)
HT: 0-1
Austria: Noll - Graubart, Kurpiel - Brandstetter, Braunsteiner, Cimera -
Hussak, Studnicka (cap), Merz, Neubauer, Müller II.
Germany: Weber - Röpnack, Hollstein - Krogmann, Breunig (cap), Bosch -
Wegele, Jäger, Worpitzky, Kipp, Hirsch.
NB: Weber, having been injured early in the second half, retired in the 69th minute
and Worpitzky took his place in goal;
the official report credited the German goal to Wegele and the second Austrian
goal to Müller II.
29 June 1912 - Stadion, Stockholm - Att: 14,000 (paying: 5,357)
Ref: Wagstaffe Simmons (Eng) - Lin: O. Thulin (Swe), S. Åkerblom (Swe)
NETHERLANDS 4 (Bouvy 28, 52, Vos 43, 91)
SWEDEN 3 (I. Svensson 3, 80, E. Börjesson 62pen)
AET; FT: 3-3, HT: 2-1; missed penalty: E. Börjesson (Swe, 86)
Netherlands: Göbel - Wijnveldt, Feith - De Wolf, De Korver (cap), Lotsy -
Van Breda Kolff, De Groot, Ten Cate, Vos, Bouvy.
Sweden: J. Börjesson - Levin, Bergström - Wicksell, Sandberg, K. Gustafsson -
Myhrberg (cap), I. Svensson, E. Börjesson, Ekroth, Ansén.
NB: other sources credited the first and last Dutch goals to De Groot (the
official report did not specify the scorer for either);
De Korver was injured in the first half and while he continued playing
with a bandaged knee, he was not available for the remaining matches.
Denmark, Hungary, Russia and United Kingdom byes.
Quarter-Finals
30 June 1912 - Idrottsplats, Traneberg - Att: 300 (paying: 239)
Ref: Paulus Sjöblom (Swe) - Lin: H. Lindman (Swe), G. Sahlin (Swe)
FINLAND 2 (Wiberg 30, Öhman 80)
RUSSIA 1 (Butusov 72)
HT: 1-0
Finland: Syrjäläinen - Holopainen, Löfgren (cap) - Lund, E. Soinio, Lietola -
Wickström, Wiberg, Nyyssönen, Öhman, Niska.
Russia: Favorskiy - Sokolov, Markov - Akimov, Khromov, Kynin - M. Smirnov,
A. Filippov (cap), Butusov, Zhitarev, S. Filippov.
NB: the official report credited the first goal to Nyyssönen;
like the final of the consolation tournament, this match was played between
nations belonging to the same empire.
30 June 1912 - Stadion, Stockholm - Att: 7,000 (paying: 3,397)
Ref: Chris Groothoff (Net) - Lin: H. Levin (Swe), E. Hodell (Swe)
UNITED KINGDOM 7 (Walden 21, 23, 49, 55, 85, Woodward 45, 53)
HUNGARY 0
HT: 3-0; missed penalty: Bodnár (Hun, 15), Hoare (Eng, 2nd half)
United Kingdom: Brebner - Burn, Knight - Littlewort, Hanney, Dines - Berry,
Woodward (cap), Walden, Hoare, Sharpe.
Hungary: Domonkos - Rumbold, Payer - Bíró, Károly (cap), Vágó - Sebestyén,
Bodnár, Pataki, Schlosser, Borbás.
NB: numerous sources erroneously give Råsunda as the venue for this match;
at 2-0, Hanney retired injured; other sources credited the fifth goal to
Walden.
30 June 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 700
Ref: Ruben Gelbord (Swe) - Lin: E. Andersson (Swe), G. Karlsson (Swe)
DENMARK 7 (Ant. Olsen 4, 70, 88, Wolfhagen 25, N. Middelboe 37, S. Nielsen 60, 85)
NORWAY 0
HT: 3-0
Denmark: S. Hansen - Buchwald, Har. Hansen - Lykke, Middelboe (cap), Berth -
A. Petersen, S. Nielsen, Ant. Olsen, Christoffersen, Wolfhagen.
Norway: I. Pedersen - Skou, Baastad - Johansen-Seiertun, Herlofson (cap), Andersen -
Reinholt, Krefting, Endrerud, R. Maartmann, E. Maartmann.
NB: the official report credited the two Nielsen goals to Christoffersen; it also
stated Middelboe scored the second and Wolfhagen the third goal (instead of
vice versa as in most sources) and that they were separated by a couple of
minutes only; according to the official report, the number of paying visitors
for both matches at Råsunda on 30 June combined was 1,445.
30 June 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 2,000
Ref: Jimmy Philip (Sco) - Lin: A. Ahlberg (Swe), A. Mellin (Swe)
NETHERLANDS 3 (Bouvy 10, Ten Cate 12, Vos 34)
AUSTRIA 1 (Müller II 43)
HT: 3-1
Netherlands: Göbel - Wijnveldt, Bouman - Fortgens, Boutmy, Lotsy (cap) -
Van Breda Kolff, De Groot, Ten Cate, Vos, Bouvy.
Austria: Noll - Graubart, Kurpiel - Brandstetter, Braunsteiner, Cimera -
Hussak, Merz, Studnicka (cap), Müller II, Neubauer.
NB: the attendance figure of 7,000 given by most sources is undoubtedly too high;
it appears to be inferred from the figure for the match between Hungary and the
United Kingdom, under the assumption the two matches formed a double-header,
but that is not correct; in fact, this match was preceded at Råsunda by the
one between Denmark and Norway, and the number of spectators, which, according
to Swedish newspapers, was clearly increased as compared to the earlier game,
cannot have been tenfold; according to the official report, the number of
paying visitors for both matches at Råsunda on 30 June combined was 1,445.
Semi-Finals
2 July 1912 - Stadion, Stockholm - Att: 4,000
Ref: Ruben Gelbord (Swe)
UNITED KINGDOM 4 (Holopainen 2og, Walden 7, 77, Woodward 82)
FINLAND 0
HT: 2-0; missed penalty: Knight (Eng, 15)
United Kingdom: Brebner - Burn, Knight - Littlewort, Stamper, Dines - Wright,
Woodward (cap), Walden, Hoare, Sharpe.
Finland: Syrjäläinen - Holopainen, Löfgren (cap) - Lund, Lietola, E. Soinio -
Wickström, Wiberg, Nyyssönen, Öhman, Niska.
NB: some sources credited all four goals to Walden, but the official report and the
reports in contemporary Dutch, English and Swedish papers listed the scorers
as above; according to the official report, the number of paying visitors for
both semi-finals combined was 4,374.
2 July 1912 - Stadion, Stockholm - Att: 6,000
Ref: Ede Herczog (Hun)
DENMARK 4 (Jørgensen 7, Ant. Olsen 14, 87, P. Nielsen 37)
NETHERLANDS 1 (Har. Hansen 85og)
HT: 3-0
Denmark: S. Hansen - Middelboe (cap), Har. Hansen - Buchwald, Jørgensen,
Berth - O. Nielsen, P. Nielsen, Ant. Olsen, S. Nielsen, Wolfhagen.
Netherlands: Göbel - Wijnveldt, Bouman - Fortgens, Boutmy, Lotsy (cap) -
Van Breda Kolff, De Groot, Ten Cate, Vos, Bouvy.
NB: early in the second half, both P. Nielsen and Boutmy retired injured after
unrelated incidents; Boutmy continued playing after about 10 minutes, but
P. Nielsen did not return and also missed the final due to his injury;
according to the official report, the number of paying visitors for both
semi-finals combined was 4,374.
Bronze Medal Game
4 July 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 1,000 (paying: 448)
Ref: Paulus Sjöblom (Swe)
NETHERLANDS 9 (Van der Sluis 24, 57, De Groot 28, 86, Vos 29, 43, 46, 74, 78)
FINLAND 0
HT: 4-0
Netherlands: Göbel - Wijnveldt, Feith - De Wolf, Boutmy, Lotsy (cap) -
Van Breda Kolff, De Groot, Van der Sluis, Vos, Bouvy.
Finland: Syrjäläinen - Holopainen, Löfgren (cap) - Lund, E. Soinio, Lietola -
Tanner, Wiberg, Öhman, Nyyssönen, Niska.
Final
4 July 1912 - Stadion, Stockholm - Att: 20,000 (paying: 13,865)
Ref: Chris Groothoff (Net) - Lin: P. Sjöblom (Swe), E. Hodell (Swe)
UNITED KINGDOM 4 (Walden 10, Hoare 22, 41, Berry 43)
DENMARK 2 (Ant. Olsen 27, 81)
HT: 4-1
United Kingdom: Brebner - Burn, Knight - McWhirter, Littlewort, Dines - Berry,
Woodward (cap), Walden, Hoare, Sharpe.
Denmark: S. Hansen - Middelboe (cap), Har. Hansen - Buchwald, Jørgensen,
Berth - O. Nielsen, Thufason, Ant. Olsen, S. Nielsen, Wolfhagen.
NB: at 2-1, Buchwald retired injured and S. Nielsen took his place in midfield;
some sources also credited the second goal to Walden; the official report
mentioned "close on 25,000" had passed the turnstiles but the capacity of
the stadium was only 22,000 (as by the same official report) and the match
reports on 5 July in the Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet gave an attendance
of 20,000.
CONSOLATION TOURNAMENT (TOURNAMENT FOR FIFTH PLACE)
Consolation Tournament First Round
NB: between the losers of the first round matches and losers of the quarter-finals
of the tournament proper; fixtures drawn on the evening of 30 June, after all
quarter-finals had finished.
1 July 1912 - Idrottsplats, Traneberg - Att: 150 (paying: 134)
Ref: Paulus Sjöblom (Swe)
AUSTRIA 1 (Neubauer 2)
NORWAY 0
HT: 1-0
Austria: Kaltenbrunner (cap) - Kurpiel, Braunsteiner - Weber, Brandstetter,
Cimera - Müller II, Blaha, Merz, Grundwald, Neubauer.
Norway: I. Pedersen - Skou, Baastad - Johansen-Seiertun, Herlofson (cap), Jensen -
Reinholt, Krefting, Endrerud, R. Maartmann, E. Maartmann.
NB: Kurpiel retired injured in the 50th minute; later also Reinholt retired
injured; other sources credited the goal to Grundwald.
1 July 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 25
Ref: Chris Groothoff (Net)
GERMANY 16 (Fuchs 2, 9, 21, 28, 34, 46, 51, 55, 65, 69,
Förderer 6, 27, 53, 66, Burger 30, Oberle 58)
RUSSIA 0
HT: 8-0
Germany: Werner - Reese, Hempel - Burger, Glaser, Ugi (cap) - Uhle,
Förderer, Fuchs, Oberle, Thiel.
Russia: Favorskiy - Sokolov (cap), De Rimsha - Uverskiy, Khromov, Yakovlev -
M. Smirnov, Nikitin, Zhitarev, Butusov, S. Filippov.
NB: Germany did not field a single player who had taken the field against Austria;
the number of paying visitors for both matches at Råsunda on 1 July combined
was 1,405; according to referee Groothoff, the attendance for this match was
just twenty-five ([Gro 47], p. 304) and while he may have exaggerated that
does seem to rule out the usually given figure of 2,000; his claim appears
realistic enough given the report in the Svenska Dagbladet of 2 July, which
stated the match was played "inför en mycket fåtalig publik";
Russian trainer Duperron may have been a linesman ([Gro 47], p. 305).
1 July 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 2,500
Ref: Bep Willing (Net)
ITALY 1 (Bontadini 20)
SWEDEN 0
HT: 1-0
Italy: Campelli - De Vecchi, Valle - Binaschi, G. Milano (cap), Leone -
Bontadini, Berardo, Sardi, Barbesino, Mariani.
Sweden: J. Börjesson - Bergström, Törnqvist - Wicksell, Frykman, K. Gustafsson -
Myhrberg (cap), I. Svensson, E. Börjesson, Dahlström, Ansén.
NB: other sources credited the goal to Sardi; the goal minute varies between
sources from 15 to 30; the 20 given above is taken from a match report
in the Dagens Nyheter of 2 July; the number of paying visitors for both
matches at Råsunda on 1 July combined was 1,405.
Hungary bye.
Consolation Tournament Semi-Finals
3 July 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 1,000 (paying: 441)
Ref: Chris Groothoff (Net)
HUNGARY 3 (Schlosser 5, 39, 82)
GERMANY 1 (Förderer 56)
HT: 2-0
Hungary: Domonkos - Rumbold, Payer - Vágó (cap), Szury, Blum - Sebestyén,
Bodnár, Fekete, Schlosser, Borbás.
Germany: Werner - Röpnack, Hollstein - Krogmann, Ugi (cap), Bosch -
Wegele, Förderer, Fuchs, Hirsch, Oberle.
NB: the official report gave the attendance as "a couple of hundred" as did
the Dagens Nyheter; the Aftonbladet suggested around 1,000; at 2-1,
Krogmann retired injured; Breunig had originally been part of the German
line-up (instead of Ugi) but he had injured himself one day before the
match when training for the discus throw – he also was an accomplished
decathlete and the track and field events started immediately after the
football tournament.
3 July 1912 - Stadion, Stockholm - Att: 3,500 (paying: 1,340)
Ref: Bep Willing (Net)
AUSTRIA 5 (Müller II 30, Grundwald 40, 89, Hussak 49, Studnicka 65)
ITALY 1 (Berardo 81)
HT: 2-0
Austria: Kaltenbrunner - Braunsteiner, Graubart - Weber, Brandstetter,
Cimera - Hussak, Müller II, Studnicka (cap), Neubauer, Grundwald.
Italy: Campelli - De Vecchi, Valle - Binaschi, G. Milano (cap), Leone - Zuffi,
Bontadini, Berardo, Barbesino, Mariani.
NB: other sources erroneously give Traneberg or Råsunda as the venue for
this match ([IFF 00 (Band 1)] even invented a stadium of Djurgårdens IF
to host it); the reported goal scorers for Austria differ wildly from
one source to another; Swedish papers also credited either Barbesino or
Bontadini with the Italian goal.
Consolation Tournament Final (Match for Fifth Place)
5 July 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 1,000 (paying: 628)
Ref: Bep Willing (Net)
HUNGARY 3 (Schlosser 32, Pataki 72, Bodnár 80)
AUSTRIA 0
HT: 1-0
Hungary: Domonkos - Rumbold (cap), Payer - Bíró, Vágó, Blum - Sebestyén,
Bodnár, Pataki, Schlosser, Borbás.
Austria: Kaltenbrunner - Graubart, Kurpiel (cap) - Brandstetter, Braunsteiner,
Cimera - Hussak, Müller II, Merz, Neubauer, Grundwald.
NB: like the quarter-final between Finland and Russia, this match was played
between nations belonging to the same empire;
early in the second half, Willing interrupted the match to admonish both
team captains to "play a more gentlemanly game" (the Dagens Nyheter had
him asking them to "spela litet mer mänskligt"); captains as given by the
Prager Tagblatt of 8 July 1912; other sources list Schlosser c.q. Hussak
as captains; the number of paying visitors as given in the official report
suggests the attendance figure of 5,000 usually given is far too high; the
Svenska Dagbladet estimated the crowd at 1,000, while the reporter of the
Illustriertes (Österreichisches) Sportblatt counted 800; this match was
part of a double-header, being preceded by an encounter between the city
selections of Stockholm and Göteborg (see below).
FRIENDLIES
Sweden hosted both Hungary and Finland in the run-up to the football tournament;
after their match against Sweden, Hungary made a short excursion to the capital
of Norway, where they put six past their hosts before returning to Sweden; after
having been eliminated from the consolation tournament, Norway and Russia played
a friendly match, which was never recognised as official by Norway or F.I.F.A.,
but added to the Russian records eight decades later. On their way home after
the tournament, Hungary played two matches in Moscow, the first against a local
league eleven including five Britons; it is nevertheless considered an official
international match (against "Russia") by the visitors.
20 June 1912 - Walhalla idrottsplats, Göteborg - Att: 2,300
Ref: Hans Meerum Terwogt (Net)
SWEDEN 2 (Bergström 8, I. Svensson 46)
HUNGARY 2 (Bodnár 37, Pataki 58)
HT: 1-1
Sweden: J. Börjesson - T. Malm, Levin - Wicksell, Sandberg, K. Gustafsson -
Myhrberg (cap), Halling-Johansson, E. Börjesson, I. Svensson, Bergström.
Hungary: Domonkos - Rumbold, Révész - Szury, Károly, Vágó -
Sebestyén, Bodnár, Pataki, Schlosser, Borbás (cap).
23 June 1912 - Frogner, Kristiania - Att: 4,000
Ref: Ruben Gelbord (Swe)
NORWAY 0
HUNGARY 6 (Schlosser 10, 89, Tóth Potya 31, Bodnár 49, 71, 73)
HT: 0-2
Norway: I. Pedersen - Due, Skou - Johansen-Seiertun, Herlofson (cap),
Grubbe - Aas, Krefting, Haraldsen, R. Maartmann, E. Maartmann.
Hungary: Domonkos - Rumbold, Payer - Biró, Bródy (cap), Blum -
Sebestyén, Bodnár, Kertész II, Schlosser, Tóth Potya.
27 June 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna - Att: 3,500
Ref: Hugo Meisl (Aut) - Lin: A. Ahlberg (Swe), G. Sahlin (Swe)
SWEDEN 7 (Lorichs 1, 50, 65, Dahlström 52, 87, Persson 80, 88)
FINLAND 1 (Wiberg 38)
HT: 1-1
Sweden: Her. Svensson - T. Malm, Törnqvist - Ekberg, Nilsson (cap), O. Gustafsson -
Bohm, Persson, Dahlström, Lorichs, Carlsson.
Finland: Syrjäläinen - Holopainen, Löfgren - K. Soinio (cap), E. Soinio, Lietola -
Wickström, Wiberg, Nyyssönen, Öhman, Niska.
NB: the first goal was scored after 11 seconds; the Swedish team for this
match was explicitly announced as the Olympic reserve side.
5 July 1912 - Östermalms idrottsplats, Stockholm - Att: 200
Ref: Ede Herczog (Hun)
NORWAY 2 (C. Pedersen 35, 85)
RUSSIA 1 (Zhitarev 55)
HT: 1-0
Norway: I. Pedersen - Widerøe-Aas, Baastad - Andersen, Lund, Jensen -
Aas, Krefting, Endrerud (cap), C. Pedersen, R. Maartmann.
Russia: Favorskiy - Sokolov, De Rimsha - Akimov, Khromov, Yakovlev -
M. Smirnov, A. Filippov, Butusov (cap), Zhitarev, L. Smirnov.
NB: date, venue and referee as published in the Dagens Nyheter of 6 July,
which explicitly stated this friendly had been played the day before,
as did the Tidning för Idrott of the same day, giving the same details;
match considered official by Russia (at least since 1994) but never by
Norway; a Russian source, now disappeared but still available thanks
to the Wayback Machine, which gives the date as 3 July, the venue as
Traneberg, and the referee as George Bayness (a British member of the
Russian delegation), claims this match was first fixtured to determine
a replacement for Hungary in the consolation tournament, as the Magyars
supposedly had decided not to participate, only to change their mind on
the morning of 3 July; apart from being in contradiction with the press
reports in the Dagens Nyheter and the Tidning för Idrott (which both
also described the lunch after the match offered by the Norwegian FA to
the representatives of Russia and Hungary), that is highly improbable
as the match between Hungary and Germany was announced in the morning
papers of that day, and it is most bewildering why in that case Sweden
were not considered instead of Russia – after all, nobody could have
had any interest whatsoever in a repeat of the Germany-Russia farce two
days earlier; finally, the same source, in its transparent attempt to
rewrite Olympic history (based of the memoirs of L. Smirnov, published
after World War II), is uncertain of the Russian line-up, saying it was
also reported Uverskiy, Nikitin and S. Filippov played instead of Akimov,
A. Filippov and L. Smirnov; another Russian source lists date, venue
and referee correctly.
5 July 1912 - Råsunda idrottsplats, Solna
Ref: Ede Herczog (Hun)
STOCKHOLM XI 3 (Ekrodt 3, Svensson 13, Berg 66)
GÖTEBORG XI 4 (Myhrberg 6, Fagrell 22, Johansson 65, Törnqvist 83)
HT: 2-2
Stockholm: Her. Svensson - T. Malm, O. Gustafson - S. Petersén, K. Nilsson, Ekberg -
R. Bergström, K. Berg, Svensson, Ekroth, Ansén.
Göteborg: Karlsson - Hen. Svensson, Levin - E. Bergström, Sandberg, Törnqvist -
Myhrberg, Johansson, Börjesson, Fagrell, G. Lundin.
NB: match played immediately before the final of the consolation tournament
between Hungary and Austria; this was the second match Herczog refereed
that day, after the morning match between Norway and Russia.
12 July 1912 - Pole Sokol'nicheskogo kluba sporta, Moskva - Att: 3,000
Ref: George Bayness (Eng)
MOSCOW LEAGUE XI 0
HUNGARY 9 (Pataki 10, 44, 50, 77pen, Schlosser 42, 59, Kertész II 48, 54, 84)
Moscow League: Favorskiy - Parker, De Rimsha - Akimov, Newman, Vozdvizhenskiy -
M. Smirnov, Sysoev, Charnock (cap), Lunn, Thomas.
Hungary: Zsák - Rumbold, Révész - Bíró, Vagó, Blum - Sebestyén, Kertész II,
Pataki, Schlosser (cap), Borbás.
NB: Parker, Newman, Charnock, Lunn and Thomas were Britons active for Moscow clubs;
Favorskiy retired injured in the 85th minute and Thomas took his place in goal;
this match is considered an official international by Hungary but not by Russia.
14 July 1912 - Pole Sokol'nicheskogo kluba sporta, Moskva - Att: 3,000
Ref: Aleksandr Shults (Rus)
RUSSIA 0
HUNGARY 12 (Kertész II 17, 36, 64, Schlosser 39, 50, 69, 71, 90,
Pataki 65, 73, Tóth Potya 79, Bródy 86)
Russia: Matrin - Sokolov (cap), De Rimsha - Uverskiy, Khromov, Kynin -
Suvorov, Sorokin, Butusov, Zhitarev, L. Smirnov.
Hungary: Zsák - Rumbold, Payer - Bíró, Bródy, Blum - Sebestyén, Kertész II,
Pataki, Schlosser (cap), Tóth Potya.
Records Tournament Proper
Rk Country P W T L F A Pts GAvg
1 UNITED KINGDOM 3 3 0 0 15- 2 6 7.50 [*]
2 Denmark 3 2 0 1 13- 5 4 2.60
3 Netherlands 4 3 0 1 17- 8 6 2.13
4 Finland 4 2 0 2 5-16 4 0.31
5 Austria 2 1 0 1 6- 4 2 1.50
Russia 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 0.50
Hungary 1 0 0 1 0- 7 0 0.00
Norway 1 0 0 1 0- 7 0 0.00
9 Sweden 1 0 0 1 3- 4 0 0.75
Italy 1 0 0 1 2- 3 0 0.67
Germany 1 0 0 1 1- 5 0 0.20
- France withdrew
[*] the United Kingdom was entitled to enter four teams, specifically to allow
each of the home nations to be represented; only England availed itself of
this opportunity, and thus the United Kingdom team was in fact the England
Amateur side.
NB: records do not include the consolation tournament; after the medalists, teams
are only ranked by the round in which they were eliminated.
Records Consolation Tournament
Rk Country P W T L F A Pts GAvg
5 Hungary 2 2 0 0 6- 1 4 6.00
6 Austria 3 2 0 1 6- 4 4 1.50
7 Germany 2 1 0 1 17- 3 2 5.67
Italy 2 1 0 1 2- 5 2 0.40
9 Norway 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 0.00
Sweden 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 0.00
Russia 1 0 0 1 0-16 0 0.00
NB: numbers based on goal scorers as listed above; for numerous goals, some reports
gave different scorers.
8 Vos (Net), Walden (UK)
7 Olsen (Den)
3 Bouvy (Net), Woodward (UK)
NB: without the consolation tournament which none of the above five players entered.
Topscorers consolation tournament:
10 Fuchs (Ger)
5 Förderer (Ger)
4 Schlosser (Hun)
NB: none of these three players scored in the tournament proper.
Austria | Denmark | Finland | France | Germany | Hungary | Italy | Netherlands | Norway | Russia |
Sweden | United Kingdom (England)
NB: each team could register up to 33 players; only Great Britain, Hungary and Sweden did so (while
Denmark (30) and the Netherlands (31) came close), but of course the actual squads travelling to
Sweden were (much) smaller;
most countries had split their registered players into a first eleven and reserve players (only
Austria, the Netherlands, Russia and Sweden did not do so); these are indicated below following
[Ugg 12];
Pos = Position (GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward); tr. = Trainer;
the part of the Full Name used in the Match Details section is given in bold face;
DoB = Date of Birth; DoD = Date of Death;
Club refers to that at which player was active in the 1911/12 season;
Caps and Goals refer to full international matches in entire career (does not include matches for
the England Amateur side);
additions and corrections are welcome.
Austria
NB: no distinction between players for the first eleven and reserves is made in [Ugg 12].
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
GK Josef Kaltenbrunner 22- 1-1888 8-1951 Rapid Wien 11 0
GK Otto Noll 24- 7-1882 14- 4-1922 DFC Prag 3 0
DF Bernhard Graubart 22-12-1888 DFC Prag 5 0
DF Ladislaus Kurpiel 13-11-1883 24- 6-1930 DFC Prag 8 0
DF Heinrich "Heinz" Retschury 25- 1-1887 11- 6-1944 Vienna 6 0
MF Josef Brandstetter 29-12-1890 25- 3-1945 Rapid Wien 42 2
MF Karl Braunsteiner 27-10-1891 19- 4-1916 Wiener Sportclub 8 0
MF Robert Cimera 17- 9-1887 DFC Prag 10 1
MF Jakob Swatosch I (Svatoš) 19- 4-1891 14- 5-1971 1. Simmeringer SC 3 0
MF Franz Weber 3- 7-1888 7- 5-1947 Vienna 6 0
FW August Blaha 1- 1-1888 25- 9-1961 Rapid Wien 1 0
FW Leopold Grundwald 28-10-1891 9- 4-1969 Rapid Wien 8 3
FW Ludwig Hussak 31- 7-1883 5- 7-1965 Amateure Wien 14 5
FW Robert Merz 25-11-1887 30- 8-1914 DFC Prag 13 5
FW Alois Müller II 7- 6-1890 30- 3-1969 Wiener Sportclub 6 2
FW Leopold Neubauer 15-10-1889 16- 2-1960 Wiener Sportclub 18 6
FW Jan Studnicka 12-10-1883 18-10-1967 Wiener AC 28 18
tr.: Jimmy Hogan (England) 16-10-1882 30- 1-1974
NB: whereas the above 17 players travelled to Stockholm, the following 5 players had also been selected but
did not travel (although they are listed in the official report) due to a conflict between the Austrian
federation and their club:
DF Felix Tekusch I 11- 5-1889 21- 5-1916 WAF 9 0
MF Karl Tekusch II 7- 7-1890 28-12-1977 WAF 15 0
FW Johann Andres 17- 6-1887 25- 7-1970 WAF 6 2
FW Adi Fischera 23- 9-1888 25- 8-1938 WAF 15 8
FW Richard Kohn "Little Dombi" 27- 2-1888 16- 6-1963 WAF 6 2
NB: according to [Ugg 12], no other players were registered.
Denmark
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Sophus Hansen 16-11-1889 19- 2-1962 Frem 31 0
DF Charles Buchwald 22-10-1880 19-11-1951 A.B. 7 0
DF Svend Aage Castella 15- 3-1890 28-11-1938 K.B. 13 1
MF Paul Berth 7- 4-1890 9-11-1969 A.B. 26 1
MF Emil Jørgensen 7- 2-1882 23- 3-1947 B. 93 4 1
MF Nils Middelboe 5-10-1887 21- 9-1976 K.B. 15 7
FW Oskar Nielsen [+] 4-10-1882 18- 5-1941 K.B. 14 0
FW Poul Nielsen 25-12-1891 9- 8-1962 K.B. 38 52
FW Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen 15- 3-1888 6- 8-1963 Frem 20 16
FW Anthon Olsen 14- 9-1889 17- 3-1972 B. 93 16 14
FW Vilhelm Wolfhagen 11-11-1889 5- 7-1958 K.B. 18 14
registered as reserves
GK Ludvig Drescher 21- 7-1881 14- 7-1917 K.B. 4 0
DF Harald Hansen 14- 3-1884 10- 5-1927 B. 93 7 0
MF Axel Dyrberg 9-11-1889 23- 2-1971 B 1903 0 0
MF Ivar Lykke Seidelin-Nielsen 7- 3-1889 9- 1-1955 K.B. 27 0
MF Viggo Malmqvist 1- 5-1892 18- 7-1913 B. 93 0 0
FW Hjalmar Christoffersen 1-12-1889 28-12-1966 Frem 1 0
FW Christian Morville 3-12-1891 21-12-1942 K.B. 1 0
FW Axel Petersen 10-12-1887 20-12-1968 Frem 2 0
FW Axel Thufason 11-11-1889 25-12-1962 B. 93 2 0
[+] O. Nielsen changed his family name to Nørland in 1914.
NB: the above 20 players all travelled to Stockholm; in addition, 10 other players were registered for the
tournament (cf. [Ugg 12]):
registered as reserves
DF Hans Erhard Jensen 30-10-1887 14 9-1944 B 1903 1 0
MF Georg Gielfeldt Frem 0 0
FW Sven Knudsen 22- 2-1892 8- 3-1968 A.B. 8 3
FW Alf Olsen 3- 9-1893 18- 8-1976 K.B. 19 8
FW Ernst Petersen 16- 8-1890 8-11-1969 A.B. 3 0
FW Samuel Thorsteinsson 1- 1-1893 25-11-1956 A.B. 7 1
Hans Jacob Johannes Hansen
Erik Reinhold Jensen
Einer Nielsen
Ejnar Ferdinand Nielsen
Finland
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Gustaf Holmström 27-11-1888 24- 2-1970 HIFK 1 0
DF Jalmari Holopainen 29- 6-1882 3- 4-1954 HJK 6 0
DF Gösta Löfgren 10- 9-1891 21- 2-1932 HIFK 6 0
MF Viljo Lietola 25-10-1888 29-10-1955 HJK 5 0
MF Eino Soinio 12-11-1894 7-12-1973 HJK 40 2
MF Bror Wiberg 14- 6-1890 18- 4-1905 HIFK 5 3
FW Algoth Niska 5-12-1888 28- 5-1954 HIFK 6 0
FW Artturi Nyyssönen 1- 5-1892 7- 9-1973 HJK 5 0
FW Jarl Öhman 14-11-1891 20- 1-1936 HIFK 12 9
FW Lauri Tanner 20- 3-1890 11- 7-1950 HJK 3 2
FW Ragnar Wickström 12-11-1892 25-12-1950 KIF 17 2
registered as reserves
GK August Syrjäläinen 24- 4-1891 18- 5-1960 Reipas (Viipuri) 5 0
MF Knut Lund 17- 7-1891 14- 1-1974 HIFK 4 0
MF Kaarlo Soinio 28- 1-1888 24-10-1960 HJK 3 0
FW Lars Schybergson 7-12-1884 12-12-1976 KIF 2 2
NB: the above 15 players all travelled to Stockholm; according to [Ugg 12], no other players were registered.
France
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Georges Damois 11-12-1890 Jeanne d'Arc de Levallois 0 0
DF Alfred Gindrat [*] 29-10-1883 19- 6-1958 Red Star AC 4 0
DF Pablo "Paul" Romano Meducin [*] 3-10-1891 21- 1-1961 Etoile des Deux-Lacs 1 1
MF Gaston Barreau 7-12-1883 11- 6-1958 FEC Levallois 12 0
MF Maurice Bigué 3- 7-1886 25- 4-1972 CA de Paris 7 0
MF Jean Ducret 27-11-1887 19-11-1975 Etoile des Deux-Lacs 20 3
FW Eugène Maës 15- 9-1890 30- 3-1945 Red Star AC 11 15
FW Louis Mesnier 15-12-1884 10-10-1921 CA de Paris 14 6
FW Maurice Olivier 10- 1-1887 15- 5-1978 Etoile des Deux-Lacs 6 0
FW Marcel Triboulet 26- 1-1890 30- 4-1939 FEC Levallois 6 2
FW Henri Viallemonteil 2- 4-1892 16- 1-1937 CA Vitry 6 2
[*] Gindrat and Romano declined to travel, upon which France withdrew.
registered as reserves
MF Paul Fiévet 4- 2-1886 Olympique (Paris) 0 0
FW Emilien Devic 16-11-1888 21- 8-1944 CA de Paris 9 2
NB: the above 13 players were selected on 18 June; in addition the following 2 players were registered:
registered as reserves
GK Maurice Thiéry 4- 9-1886 RC Saint-Quentin 0 0
FW Etienne Jourde 3- 1-1890 17-10-1921 CA Vitry 8 1
NB: according to [Ugg 12], no other players were registered.
Germany
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Adolf Werner 19-10-1886 6- 9-1975 Holstein Kiel 13 0
DF Ernst Hollstein 9-12-1886 9- 8-1950 Karlsruher FV 6 0
DF Helmut Röpnack 23- 9-1884 19- 8-1935 Viktoria 89 Berlin 10 0
MF Hermann Bosch 10- 3-1891 16- 7-1916 Karlsruher FV 5 0
MF Max Breunig 12-11-1888 4- 7-1961 Karlsruher FV 9 1
MF Karl Burger 26-12-1883 3-10-1959 SpVgg. Fürth 11 1
FW Fritz Förderer 5- 1-1888 6-12-1952 Karlsruher FV 11 10
FW Gottfried Fuchs 3- 5-1889 25- 2-1972 Karlsruher FV 6 13
FW Julius Hirsch 7- 4-1892 1943 Karlsruher FV 7 4
FW Emil Oberle 16-11-1889 25-12-1955 Phönix Karlsruhe 5 1
FW Karl Wegele 27- 9-1887 14-11-1960 Phönix Karlsruhe 15 2
registered as reserves
GK Albert Weber 21-11-1888 17- 9-1940 Vorwärts Berlin 3 0
DF Walter Hempel 12- 8-1887 10- 1-1940 Sportfreunde Leipzig 11 0
DF Hans Reese 17- 9-1891 23- 6-1973 Holstein Kiel 1 0
MF Josef Glaser 11- 5-1887 12- 8-1969 Freiburger FC 5 0
MF Georg Krogmann 4- 9-1886 9- 1-1915 Holstein Kiel 3 0
MF Camillo Ugi 21-12-1884 18- 5-1970 VfB Leipzig 15 1
FW Adolf Jäger 31- 3-1889 21-11-1944 Altona 93 18 11
FW Eugen Kipp 26- 2-1885 10-11-1931 Sportfreunde Stuttgart 18 10
FW Otto Thiel 23-11-1891 10- 7-1915 Preußen Berlin 2 0
FW Karl Uhle 16- 7-1887 12-10-1969 VfB Leipzig 1 0
FW Willi Worpitzky 25- 8-1886 10-10-1953 Viktoria 89 Berlin 9 5
NB: the above 22 players all travelled to Stockholm (and all played at least once); according to [Ugg 12],
no other players were registered.
Hungary
NB: for the sake of uniformity, given names are listed before family names; however, in Hungarian the order
is actually reversed (e.g. Domonkos László);
[Ugg 12] lists 16 of the 33 players as reserves (so 17 as belonging to the first team).
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first team
GK László Domonkos 10-10-1886 25- 9-1956 MTK 21 0
GK Károly Zsák [*1] 30- 8-1895 2-11-1944 33 FC 30 0
DF Sándor Bródy 16- 5-1884 19- 4-1944 Ferencváros 17 1
DF Imre Payer 1- 6-1888 16- 8-1957 Ferencváros 21 4
DF Gyula Rumbold 6-12-1887 5-10-1959 Ferencváros 33 0
MF Zoltán Blum 3- 1-1892 25-12-1959 Ferencváros 38 1
MF Kálmán Szury 4- 2-1889 12- 4-1915 BAK 3 0
FW Sándor Bodnár 20- 9-1890 6-11-1955 MAC 20 18
FW Gáspár Borbás 26- 7-1884 20- 9-1976 Ferencváros 41 11
FW Mihály Pataki 7-12-1893 28-11-1977 Ferencváros 24 21
FW Imre Schlosser 11-10-1889 18- 7-1959 Ferencváros 68 59
FW István Tóth Potya 28- 7-1891 6- 2-1945 Ferencváros 19 8
registered as reserves
DF Béla Révész 8- 2-1886 19- 7-1939 MTK 8 0
MF Gyula Bíró 25- 4-1890 4-10-1961 MTK 36 3
MF Jenő Károly 15- 1-1886 28- 7-1926 BAK 25 10
MF Antal Vágó [*1] 9- 8-1891 30-12-1944 MTK 17 0
FW Miklós Fekete 10- 2-1892 2- 7-1917 Terézváros 1 0
FW Vilmos Kertész II 21- 3-1890 15- 9-1962 MTK 47 11
FW Béla Sebestyén 23- 1-1886 19-12-1959 MTK 24 2
tr.: Ede Herczog 25- 8-1880 14- 9-1953
NB: whereas the above 19 players travelled to Stockholm, the following 2 players had also been selected but
did not travel although they are listed in the official report:
registered as reserves
MF György Hlavay 4- 1-1888 18- 7-1958 Nemzeti SC 8 1
FW Károly Koródy 21-10-1887 8- 6-1917 Ferencváros 15 7
[*1] Vágó and Zsák are not included in the list of competitors in the official report.
NB: apart from the above 21 players, 12 other players were registered as well (according to [Ugg 12], which
does not include the first 5 among the reserve players, although they probably should have been):
registered for first team (?)
GK Ferenc György II BAK 0 0
DF Gyula Feldmann 16-11-1890 31-10-1955 Nemzeti SC 10 0
DF Árpád Hegyi Terézváros 0 0
DF Antal Mally 21- 9-1890 20- 7-1962 Terézváros 0 0
DF Oszkár Szendrő 11- 4-1889 1- 8-1947 BTC 13 0
registered as reserves
MF Adolf Kertész III 15- 3-1892 18-11-1920 MTK 11 0
FW Sándor Gallos 1888 3-1943 BAK 0 0
FW Gyula Kertész I 29- 2-1888 1- 5-1982 MTK 1 0
FW Árpád Mészáros 19- 7-1890 12-12-1958 BTC 3 1
FW Frigyes Weisz 33 FC 0 0
Henrik Hönich [*2] 0 0
Julius Kovács 0 0
[*2] listed as Henrik Hönich in [Ugg 12] but possibly:
FW Richárd Hönich II 30- 8-1922 III. kerületi TVE 0 0
Italy
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Pierino Campelli 20-12-1893 20-10-1946 Internazionale 11 0
DF Angelo Binaschi 15- 1-1889 15- 3-1973 Pro Vercelli 9 0
DF Renzo De Vecchi 3- 2-1894 14- 5-1967 Milan 43 0
MF Carlo De Marchi 25- 3-1890 5-10-1972 Torino 1 0
MF Pietro Leone 31- 1-1888 4- 2-1958 Pro Vercelli 9 0
MF Giuseppe Milano 26- 9-1887 13- 5-1971 Pro Vercelli 11 0
FW Felice Berardo 6- 7-1888 12-12-1956 Pro Vercelli 14 2
FW Dino Mariani 5- 3-1893 7- 1-1956 Genoa 4 0
FW Enrico Sardi 1- 4-1891 4- 7-1969 Andrea Doria 7 4
registered as reserves
DF Modesto Valle 16- 3-1893 8- 6-1979 Pro Vercelli 7 0
MF conte Vittorio Morelli di Popolo 11- 5-1888 3- 4-1963 Torino 1 0
FW Luigi Barbesino 1- 5-1894 20- 4-1941 Casale 5 1
FW Francesco Bontadini 4- 1-1893 27- 1-1943 Internazionale 4 2
FW Enea Zuffi 27-12-1891 13- 7-1968 Juventus 2 0
tr.: Vittorio Pozzo 2- 3-1886 21-12-1968
NB: whereas the above 14 players travelled to Stockholm, the following 4 players had also been selected but
did not travel and are not listed in the official report:
registered for first eleven
DF Felice Milano [*] 23- 5-1891 11-11-1915 Pro Vercelli 5 0
FW Carlo Rampini [*] 25-10-1891 28- 3-1968 Pro Vercelli 8 3
registered as reserves
MF Attilio Trerè 9-10-1887 2- 1-1943 Milan 5 0
FW Giuseppe Caimi 19-12-1890 26-12-1917 Internazionale 0 0
[*] F. Milano and Rampini did not obtain leave from military service, like another player, Carlo Corna (also
from Pro Vercelli), who was considered for inclusion in the squad but not officially registered.
NB: according to [Ugg 12], no other players were registered.
Netherlands
NB: no distinction between players for the first eleven and reserves is made in [Ugg 12].
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
GK Wim van Eek [*1] 13- 3-1893 5-1967 G.V.C. 0 0
GK Just Göbel 27-11-1891 5- 5-1984 Vitesse 22 0
DF Piet Bouman jr. 14-10-1892 20- 7-1980 D.F.C. 9 0
DF jhr. Constant Feith 3- 8-1884 15- 9-1958 H.V.V. 8 2
DF David Wijnveldt 13-12-1891 28- 3-1962 U.D. 13 0
MF Joop Boutmy [*2] 29- 4-1894 26- 7-1972 H.B.S. 10 1
MF Gé Fortgens 10- 8-1887 4- 5-1957 Ajax (Amsterdam) 8 0
MF Bok de Korver 27- 1-1883 22-10-1957 Sparta 31 2
MF Dirk Lotsy 3- 7-1882 27- 3-1965 D.F.C. 10 1
MF Nico de Wolf 27-10-1887 18- 7-1967 Haarlem 5 0
FW Nico Bouvy 11- 7-1892 14- 6-1957 D.F.C. 9 4
FW Jan van Breda Kolff 18- 1-1894 6- 2-1976 H.V.V. 11 1
FW Cees ten Cate 20- 8-1890 9- 6-1972 H.F.C. 3 1
FW Huug de Groot [*3] 7- 5-1890 18- 4-1957 Sparta 9 6
FW Jan van der Sluis 29- 4-1889 19-10-1952 V.O.C. 1 2
FW Jan Vos 17- 4-1888 25- 8-1939 U.V.V. [-] 15 10
tr.: Edgar Chadwick (England) 14- 6-1869 14- 2-1942
[-] U.V.V. played at the second domestic level.
NB: the above 16 players all travelled to Stockholm; in addition, 4 players were at some point part of the
selection but eventually did not travel:
GK Wiet Ledeboer [*1] 23- 2-1888 4-11-1973 Quick (Nijmegen) 0 0
DF jhr. Dolf van der Nagel [*2] 28- 5-1889 10-10-1949 Velocitas (Breda) 1 0
FW Anton Hörburger [*3] 17- 2-1886 23- 3-1978 V.O.C. 0 0
FW Martien Houtkooper [*3] 27-10-1891 16- 4-1961 Haarlem 1 0
[*1] Van Eek replaced the originally selected Ledeboer, who withdrew due to "unforeseen circumstances";
while he never was capped for the Netherlands, Van Eek represented the Dutch East Indies in their
first ever match, an (unofficial) international against the Singapore Cricket Club in 1921.
[*2] Boutmy replaced the originally selected Van der Nagel, who did not obtain leave from military service.
[*3] De Groot replaced Houtkooper, who did not obtain leave from military service; Houtkooper, who is
listed as competitor in the official report, had replaced the originally selected Anton Hörburger,
who declined the invitation to be part of the team.
NB: among the above 20 players, Hörburger was never officially registered, but the other 19 were, together
with the following 12 players, of which one (Von Heyden) is included among the competitors in the
official report although he never was considered for inclusion in the travelling squad (curiously,
he was part of the 1920 squad):
GK Gijsbertus van Driel 16-11-1893 Sparta 0 0
DF Karel van der Lee 21- 6-1891 9- 3-1962 Ajax (Amsterdam) 0 0
DF Hein Rijnenberg 9- 2-1889 22- 3-1950 Quick (Nijmegen) 0 0
DF Frans "Swift" Schoevaart 22- 7-1884 7- 3-1955 Ajax (Amsterdam) 0 0
MF jhr. Felix von Heyden 11- 4-1890 17-11-1982 Quick (Nijmegen) 1 0
FW Jan Bakker 7- 1-1893 Haarlem 0 0
FW Pierre Brutel de la Rivière 30- 5-1893 11- 1-1956 G.V.C. 0 0
FW Jacques Francken 17- 9-1891 5- 6-1949 H.F.C. 1 1
FW Mannus Francken 20- 5-1888 19-11-1948 H.F.C. 22 17
FW Willem Gravelaar 13-10-1891 26- 8-1976 Velocitas (Breda) 0 0
FW Jan Jacob Laan 21-10-1891 H.F.C. 0 0
FW Louis Seijlhouwer 30-10-1889 28-11-1965 Ajax (Amsterdam) 0 0
Norway
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Ingolf Pedersen 7-12-1890 2- 1-1964 Odd 19 0
DF Einar Baastad 8- 5-1890 1968 Mercantile 6 0
DF Per Skou 20- 5-1891 24- 2-1962 Odd 41 1
MF Gunnar Andersen 18- 3-1890 25- 4-1968 Lyn 46 0
MF Charles Herlofson 15- 6-1891 9-11-1968 Mercantile 12 0
MF Harald Johansen-Seiertun 9-10-1887 11- 7-1965 Mercantile 7 0
FW Hans Endrerud 13-10-1885 24-10-1957 Mercantile 6 1
FW Kristian Krefting 9- 2-1891 13- 4-1964 Lyn 5 0
FW Erling Maartmann 3-11-1887 10- 2-1944 Lyn 8 0
FW Rolf Maartmann 3-11-1887 8- 7-1941 Lyn 8 2
FW Henry Reinholt 16- 1-1890 1- 2-1980 Odd 4 0
registered as reserves
GK Julius Clementz 24- 5-1890 3- 8-1961 Mercantile 2 0
DF Paul Due 19- 5-1889 6- 7-1972 Lyn 1 0
DF Mathias Widerøe-Aas 12-12-1886 23- 2-1960 Mercantile 2 0
MF Thoralf Grubbe 20- 7-1891 6- 9-1951 Odd 1 0
MF Sverre Jensen 22- 1-1893 26-10-1963 Ready 2 0
MF Marius Lund 1- 2-1888 24- 5-1971 Odd 0 0
FW Rolf Aas 12-12-1891 9- 4-1946 Mercantile 19 2
FW Sigurd Brekke 15-10-1890 25- 4-1958 Mercantile 1 0
FW Kaare Engebretsen 22- 8-1893 16-10-1960 Mercantile 20 8
FW Per Haraldsen 5-12-1892 20- 2-1928 Odd 4 0
FW Carl Pedersen 27- 3-1891 9- 5-1964 Urædd 2 0
tr.: Vince Hayes (England) 24- 3-1879 1- 6-1964
NB: the above 22 players all travelled to Stockholm; according to [Ugg 12], no other players were registered.
Russia
NB: patronymics are an official part of Russian names, and here listed in italics;
dates of birth given according to the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced in Russia in 1918;
to adapt to the Julian calendar then valid in Russia, subtract 12 days from 19th century dates;
e.g. Boreischa was born on 24- 1-1885 according to the Julian calendar;
no distinction between players for the first eleven and reserves is made in [Ugg 12].
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
GK Pyotr Isidorovich Boreischa 5- 2-1885 17- 5-1953 Neva (Sankt Peterburg) 0 0
GK Lev Ivanovich Favorskiy 1893 1969 Sokolnichesky (Moskva) 3 0
DF Vladimir Averyanovich Markov 20- 1-1889 1942 Sport (Sankt Peterburg) 1 0
DF Fyodor Mikhailovich de Rimsha [*1] 1891 1942 Sokolnichesky (Moskva) 3 0
DF Pyotr Petrovich Sokolov 28-12-1890 11- 5-1971 Unitas (Sankt Peterburg) 4 0
MF Andrei Aleksandrovich Akimov 30- 9-1890 1916 Orekhovo 4 0
MF Nikita Akimovich Khromov 19- 4-1892 1-10-1934 Unitas (Sankt Peterburg) 6 0
MF Nikolai Dmitrievich Kynin 1890 1916 Orekhovo 2 0
MF Aleksei Ivanovich Uverskiy 12- 2-1886 1942 Sport (Sankt Peterburg) 2 0
MF Mikhail Vasilyevich Yakovlev 1892 1942 Unitas (Sankt Peterburg) 3 0
FW Vasily Pavlovich Butusov 7- 2-1892 28- 9-1971 Unitas (Sankt Peterburg) 5 1
FW Aleksandr Ivanovich Filippov 1892 1962 Sokolniki (Moskva) 3 0
FW Sergei Pavlovich Filippov 24- 7-1892 1942 Kolomyagi (Sankt Peterburg) 2 0
FW Grigory Dmitrievich Nikitin 7- 1-1890 1917 Sport (Sankt Peterburg) 1 0
FW Leonid Sergeyevich Smirnov 1889 1980 Union (Moskva) 2 0
FW Mikhail Nikolayevich Smirnov 1881 1957 Union (Moskva) 3 0
FW Hjalmar Teräväinen [*2] 24- 8-1887 none 0 0
FW Vasily Georgiyevich Zhitarev 13- 1-1891 13- 4-1961 Zamoskvoretsky (Moskva) 8 4
tr.: Georges Aleksandrovich Duperron 24- 9-1877 23- 7-1934
NB: whereas the above 18 players travelled to Stockholm, the following player had also been selected but
did not travel although he is listed in the official report:
MF Vladimir Georgievich Vlasenko 14- 1-1881 Merkur (Sankt Peterburg) 0 0
[*1] De Rimsha is usually listed as plain Rimsha but both the official report and [Ugg 12] include "de".
[*2] Teräväinen (who clearly was of Finnish descent) is often listed as Terawain; he was registered as a
field player although he was not active at a club at the time and apparently acted as team manager.
Sweden
NB: no distinction between players for the first eleven and reserves is made in [Ugg 12].
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
GK Oskar Bengtsson 14- 1-1885 12-10-1972 Örgryte IS 9 0
GK Erik Bergqvist 20- 6-1891 17- 2-1954 IFK Stockholm 4 0
GK Josef Börjesson 15- 4-1891 20- 2-1971 Göteborgs FF 4 0
GK Herbert Svensson 22- 9-1892 17- 5-1960 Mariebergs IK 1 0
DF-RB Jacob Levin 22-11-1890 10-12-1945 Örgryte IS 6 0
DF-RB Theodor Malm 23-10-1889 2-10-1950 AIK 26 0
DF-RB Henning Svensson 13-10-1891 23- 1-1979 IFK Göteborg 20 0
DF-LB Erik Bergström 6- 1-1886 30- 1-1966 Örgryte IS 7 6
DF-LB Konrad Törnqvist 17- 7-1888 12- 7-1952 IFK Göteborg 14 2
MF-RH Götrik Frykman 1-12-1891 7- 4-1944 Djurgårdens IF 6 1
MF-RH Frans Gustaf Pettersson [*2] 21-10-1891 IFK Norrköping 0 0
MF-RH Ragnar Wicksell 26- 9-1892 29- 6-1966 Djurgårdens IF 33 3
MF-MH Gustaf Ekberg 26- 4-1890 28- 9-1963 Johanneshovs IF 9 0
MF-MH Gustaf Sandberg 29- 2-1888 27- 5-1958 Örgryte IS 4 0
MF-LH Karl Gustafsson 16- 9-1888 20- 2-1960 IFK Köping 32 22
MF-LH Oscar Gustafsson 25- 9-1892 12-11-1953 Johanneshovs IF 2 0
MF Oskar Hedman 27- 2-1886 Mariebergs IK 0 0
MF Knut Nilsson 22- 3-1887 3-12-1959 AIK 9 0
FW-OR Georg Bengtsson 10- 7-1888 24- 2-1981 Hälsingborgs IF 3 0
FW-OR Axel Bohm 8- 5-1892 31- 3-1941 IF Verdandi (Eskilstuna) 1 0
FW-OR Herman Myhrberg 29-12-1889 9- 8-1919 Örgryte IS 10 2
FW-IR Erik Dahlström [*1] 26- 6-1894 30-10-1953 IFK Eskilstuna 3 2
FW-IR Einar Halling-Johansson 14-10-1893 4- 2-1958 Örgryte IS 6 0
FW-IR Otto Malm 8- 2-1890 4- 7-1969 Hälsingborgs IF 11 5
FW-CF Josef Appelgren 29- 9-1890 9- 9-1964 Örgryte IS 8 0
FW-CF Erik Börjesson 1-12-1886 17- 7-1983 Jonsereds GIF 17 14
FW-CF Karl Persson 22- 8-1889 13- 4-1979 Sandvikens AIK 2 3
FW-IL Helge Ekroth 26- 2-1892 29-11-1950 AIK 18 10
FW-IL Hjalmar Lorichs 4- 1-1894 9- 9-1969 Köpings IS 1 3
FW-OL Karl Ansén 26- 7-1887 20- 7-1959 AIK 17 0
FW-OL Birger Carlsson 28-10-1887 8- 7-1933 Västermalms IF 1 0
FW Sven Lindnér IFK Eskilstuna 0 0
FW Ivar Svensson 7-11-1893 18- 6-1934 IFK Norrköping 21 16
tr.: Charles Bunyan sr. (England) 26- 1-1869 3- 8-1922
NB: all 33 players listed above appear in the list of competitors in the official report but it is unlikely
all of them actually were at the Games; the following 7 players almost certainly were not part of the
final selection: Appelgren, G. Bengtsson, Bergqvist, Hedman, Lindnér, O. Malm and G. Pettersson; the
eleven which faced Finland on 27 June was considered the reserve side – only two of those players,
Dahlström and Törnqvist, would make an Olympic appearance (both in the consolation tournament); the
others (Bohm, Carlsson, Ekberg, O. Gustafsson, Lorichs, T. Malm, Nilsson, Persson and Her. Svensson)
did not.
[*1] Dahlström was a late replacement for Fagrell, who had still been part of the selection on 13 June
(when he played for the first choice Federationslaget against the reserve B-laget):
FW-IL Arvid Fagrell 10- 8-1888 6-12-1932 IFK Göteborg 2 0
[*2] on 4 June, another Pettersson reportedly was part of a first preliminary 33-men selection instead,
presumably due to a misunderstanding:
MF-RH Fridolf Pettersson 7- 1-1892 1- 5-1915 Örgryte IS 1 0
NB: four players had been part of the preliminary selection on 4 June (as had Dahlström) but were dropped
a week later (and were replaced by J. Börjesson, Hedman, Lindnér, Nilsson and I. Svensson):
DF-LB Åke Fjästad 16-12-1887 10- 3-1956 IFK Stockholm 5 0
MF-OL Bror Hagard 4- 1-1892 29-10-1982 Örgryte IS 2 0
MF-LH Gustaf Magnusson 19- 6-1891 21- 2-1953 TFK Göteborg 1 0
MF-MH Berner Pettersson Örgryte IS 0 0
NB: RB = Right Back, LB = Left Back; RH = Right Half, MH = Mid Half, LH = Left Half;
OR = Outside Right, IR = Inside Right, CF = Centre Forward, IL = Inside Left, OL = Outside Left.
United Kingdom (England)
Pos Full Name DoB DoD Club Caps Goals
registered for first eleven
GK Ron Brebner 23- 9-1881 11-11-1914 Northern Nomads 0 0
DF Thomas Burn 29-11-1888 25- 9-1916 London Caledonians 0 0
DF Arthur Knight 7- 9-1887 10- 3-1956 Portsmouth 1 0
MF Joe Dines 12- 4-1886 27- 9-1918 Ilford 0 0
MF Ted Hanney 19- 1-1889 30-11-1964 Reading 0 0
MF Horace Littlewort 7- 7-1882 21-11-1934 Glossop North End 0 0
FW Arthur Berry 3- 1-1888 15- 3-1953 Oxford University 1 0
FW Harold Walden 10-10-1889 2-12-1955 Bradford City 0 0
FW Vivian Woodward 3- 6-1879 31- 1-1954 Chelsea 23 29
FW Gordon Wright 3-10-1884 5- 6-1947 Hull City 1 0
registered as reserves
GK Horace Bailey 3- 7-1881 1- 8-1960 Birmingham City 5 0
DF William Martin 23- 3-1885 Ilford 0 0
MF Douglas McWhirter 13- 8-1886 14-10-1966 Bromley 0 0
MF Harold Stamper 6-10-1889 1-1939 Stockton 0 0
FW Leonard Dawe [*] 3-11-1889 12- 1-1963 Cambridge University 0 0
FW Gordon Hoare 18- 4-1884 27-10-1973 Glossop North End 0 0
FW Samuel Sanders 9- 6-1890 1967 Nunhead 0 0
FW Ivan Sharpe 15- 6-1889 9- 2-1968 Derby County 0 0
tr.: Adrian Birch 1872 27- 7-1932 Crystal Palace
NB: the above 18 players all travelled to Stockholm; in addition, 15 other players were registered for the
tournament (cf. [Ugg 12]):
registered for first eleven
FW Walter George "Joe" Bailey [*] 9- 2-1890 20- 7-1974 Reading 0 0
registered as reserves
GK George Bancroft 28- 2-1890 27- 1-1969 University of Manchester 0 0
GK Arthur Brown 9- 8-1888 6- 8-1932 Southampton 0 0
GK William Callaghan 14- 8-1888 30-12-1954 Stockton 0 0
DF Charles Bradley 26- 2-1886 Barking 0 0
DF William Chapman 28- 4-1885 Stockton 0 0
DF John Elvey 9-1892 1970 Luton Clarence 0 0
MF Frederick Atkins 19-12-1884 Third Dragoon Guards 0 0
MF Alec Barclay 1-11-1885 4-11-1942 Brentford 0 0
MF Joseph Flavell 31-10-1887 6- 5-1964 Dudley Phoenix 0 0
MF George How 23- 3-1885 25- 6-1941 London Caledonians 0 0
MF Frank Monk 23- 5-1886 15-11-1962 Fulham 0 0
FW John Grant 19-12-1891 1974 Woolwich Arsenal 0 0
FW Arthur "Nipper" Smith 31-12-1887 6-1969 Queens Park Rangers 0 0
FW Harry Raymond 4- 4-1887 1955 Plymouth Argyle 0 0
[*] Dawe replaced J. Bailey, who withdrew injured, as member of the travelling squad.
The organising committee had not invited any international referees but had left it
to the discretion of the participating countries to bring some – at their own cost,
cf. [BuL (Band 2)], p. 39.
Thus, several referees were chosen from among the participants at the F.I.F.A. congress
held simultaneously in Stockholm:
Meisl, delegated by the Austrian federation, Philip, the manager of Aberdeen F.C.,
sent by the Scottish F.A., and Simmons, who curiously represented Ireland at the
congress; while all three had refereeing experience, neither Briton had recently been
in charge of an important official match, and both were heavily criticised for their
performance (Simmons was considered to have favoured Sweden against the Netherlands,
Philip to have disadvantaged Austria against the same opponents).
Apart from Herczog, the Hungarian trainer and like Meisl an experienced referee, the
only foreign referees of repute present were Dutch (Groothoff, Meerum Terwogt, both
also professionally in Stockholm, as newspaper reporters, and Willing); thus, most of
the matches not involving the Netherlands (8 out of 13) were refereed by Dutchmen.
All linesmen in the tournament proper were Swedish.
Full Name Country DoB DoD Matches Fin SF
Christiaan Jacobus "Chris" Groothoff Netherlands 11- 9-1878 28- 1-1954 4 1
Herbert James "Bep" Willing Netherlands 16- 8-1878 15- 9-1943 4
Paulus Sjöblom Sweden 7- 4-1882 22-11-1954 3
Ruben Gelbord [*] Sweden 25- 4-1878 15-12-1945 2 1
Ede Herczog Hungary 25- 8-1880 14- 9-1953 1 1
Hugo Meisl Austria 16-11-1881 17- 2-1937 1
James "Jimmy" Philip Scotland 7- 5-1862 12-10-1930 1
George Thomas Wagstaffe Simmons England 21-12-1866 1- 2-1954 1
[*] Gelbord was born (as Gillbord) in the Vistula Land, now in Poland but then ruled by Russia.
NB: Wagstaffe Simmons had been appointed referee for two matches in 1908, but neither was played due
to the forfeits of Hungary (against the Netherlands), France A and France B (against each other).
Sources included: [Ber 13], [Bre 98], [BuL (Band 2)], [DHL 06], [Egg 94], [Gro 47], [IFF 00 (Band 1)], [Jør 02], [Ugg 12], [Ver 01], Olympedia, Austria Soccer, Magyar Futball, Sbornaya Rossii no Futbolu (by Aleksandr Kashintsev) (now only available thanks to the Wayback Machine), Sbornaya Rossii no Futbolu (by Aleksey Khromtsev), eu-football.info, various contemporary French newspapers (available through Gallica), various contemporary Austrian newspapers (available through ANNO), various contemporary Dutch newspapers (available through Delpher), various contemporary Swedish newspapers (available through Svenska tidningar) as well as contemporary English papers.
Thanks to Macario Reyes for an earlier version of this file and to Cris Freddi, Eduardo Mendoza and Neil Morrison for additions and corrections.
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