IX. Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 Football Tournament


Introduction | Tournament Set-Up | Venues and Attendances | Match Details | Final Ranking | Topscorers | Squad Lists | Referees | About this document

Introduction

Since the 1924 Olympics, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia had all officially introduced professionalism and did not enter the 1928 tournament. Spain and the United States also had professional football, but decided to enter with amateur selections. Even though their matches are considered to be official internationals, neither team was even close to the strongest that could have been fielded without that restriction: the United States would do much better at the 1930 World Cup (where professionals were of course allowed) and the Spanish side in Amsterdam was in fact a Basque Country selection.

Football in the Scandinavian countries was strictly amateur, and their federations disapproved of the F.I.F.A. regulations on "broken time payments" (compensation for lost earnings), which had grudgingly been accepted by the I.O.C. provided that payment was made to the employer of the player, so none of them entered. Sweden had been one of only two countries (the other being the Netherlands) to have entered all four Olympic football tournaments until then (in 1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924; curiously, in each of these four tournaments, the Netherlands and Sweden played each other, with the Netherlands winning three times but losing to the Swedes in the replay of the bronze medal game in 1924).
For much the same reasons, England, Scotland, Wales and (Northern) Ireland withdrew (once again) from F.I.F.A. in 1928; thus no Great Britain amateur side (winners in 1908 and 1912, both times beating Denmark in the final, but, like Denmark, eliminated in the 1920 first round and absent in 1924) entered either. The withdrawal of the F.A. also ended Australia's ambitions to enter the 1928 Olympic football tournament; they had made preliminary arrangements for matches in Belgium and Northern France (Brussels, Paris, Roubaix) as well as Czechoslovakia (thanks to contacts resulting from the Australian tour of AFK Vršovice in 1927) around their prospective Olympic participation, but as the Australian federation was only affiliated to the F.A. and not directly to F.I.F.A. itself (as the Canadian and South African federations had been until 1926, when they resigned from the world body following pressure from London), England's departure from F.I.F.A. prevented their Olympic adventure – it would have been the first time for a team from Asia or Oceania to participate, but that eventually did not happen until 1936, when China and Japan entered the football tournament at the Berlin Olympics.

The Netherlands thus became the only country to enter each of the first five official Olympic football tournaments; they had reached the semi-finals in all four previous editions, winning the bronze medals in 1908, 1912 and 1920, but their chances of a repeat performance were severely compromised ten days before the start of the tournament by Prince Consort Hendrik, who drew defending champions Uruguay as opponents in the first round. (Certainly the worst ever draw for any host country in any sports event ever.) Four years previously, the South Americans had beaten the Dutch at the semi-final stage thanks to a late (and highly contentious) penalty award, after having been behind for half an hour (not counting the break), but this time there never was any real doubt about the outcome.

Germany returned to the Olympics for the first time since the war, but after an easy win against 1924 finalists Switzerland they were defeated by Uruguay in a bad-tempered affair which saw three players, including both captains, sent off.
Uruguay went on to reach the final where they met Río de la Plata rivals Argentina. The two needed a replay (warmly welcomed by the organisers, who could well use the additional revenue) to settle the issue; they would meet again in the first ever World Cup final two years later, and again the Argentines had to settle for second best. Bronze medalists Italy would become the second World Cup winners in 1934, with a squad including more than half a dozen players present in Amsterdam (two of them, Monti and Orsi, playing for Argentina). Certainly none of the three medalists fielded a truly amateur team, but the 1928 Olympic football tournament was the last one enjoying a status comparable to the later World Cups.


Tournament Set-Up

The set-up of the tournament was identical to that of 1912: a straight knock-out tournament to determine the medals (with the losing finalists playing off for bronze) and an additional consolation tournament open to all teams eliminated before the semi-final stage. Also, as in 1908, when the medals for the winners of the consolation tournament were offered by the British Olympic Committee, and in 1912, when the prizes for the consolation series were handed out by the Swedish Football Association, the hosts, and not the I.O.C., provided the winners' award, in this case a trophy rather than medals.
However, unlike 1912, when all seven teams defeated in the first two rounds entered the consolation tournament, this time interest was very limited, with only four out of the thirteen candidates entering: the hosts, their traditional rivals south of the border, and the two eligible Latin American sides. Thus, only three matches were played in this secondary tournament, all outside Amsterdam and not officially part of the Olympic competitions. At least the fact that the two Low Countries were drawn against each other in the semi-finals of the event generated some welcome additional revenue.
As in 1924, the tournament schedule was not fixed at once. The preliminary and first round pairings were drawn on 17 May, the remainder of the tournament (i.e., the quarter-finals and semi-finals) on the evening of 29 May (when the last two first round matches still had to be played).


Venues and Attendances

Two stadiums were used for the Olympic tournament itself: while almost all matches were played at the newly constructed Olympisch Stadion, two took place just a few hundred metres away at the Nederlandsch Sportpark, better known as "het Oude Stadion". The matches in the consolation tournament were staged in Rotterdam (Spangen, the Sparta home ground where the Netherlands played both matches) and Arnhem (Monnikenhuize, the Vitesse ground where Chile and Mexico met).
According to the official report (p. 183), the new Stadion would either hold 34,155 (21,537 seated and 12,618 standing) or 41,433 (16,197 seated and 25,236 standing), depending on the possible conversion of standing room into seating accommodation, but these suspiciously precise numbers (obtained by "careful calculation") were just a smokescreen (or amsterdamse bluf) obfuscating the fact, known to those responsible, that the actual capacity was only between 31,000 and 32,000 (cf. [Arn 94], p. 59), much less than originally intended (at least 40,000) and embarrassingly close to the capacity of the old stadium (which did not have a running track while its removable cycling track did not fulfil Olympic requirements, rendering it unsuitable to host the Games). It was nearly sold out on 26 May 1928 for the final of the hockey tournament between the hosts and India; the next day saw the start of the football tournament, in which the stadium was completely sold out on four occasions: for the first round match between the hosts and Uruguay, for the quarter-final between Uruguay and Germany, and finally for both the final and its replay. For all four matches, the official paying attendance was around 25,000, with the other places occupied by season ticket holders (about 3,000), officials and "guests of honour" (which appears to have included active athletes and volunteers).
For other matches the actual attendance can only be guessed; newspaper reports varied considerably in their estimates, e.g. between five and twelve thousand for the preliminary round match between Portugal and Chile, for which the paying attendance was just 2,309. (The wide range in estimates may in part have been caused by the (intentional) unclarity about the actual capacity of the stadium.) Thus, the attendance figures indicated in the match details section below are those listed by the official report of the Olympic Games as paying attendants; estimated actual attendances based on contemporary newspaper articles are added between square brackets by way of illustration; the attendances for the three matches in the consolation round are solely based on contemporary but sometimes conflicting press reports.
After the Games, the new stadium hosted the annual Olympische Dag between 1933 and 1958 and became the home of Blauw-Wit, the Club van het Stadion, which had played its home matches at the Nederlandsch Sportpark before the Games. Ajax also played there for some years before moving to De Meer in 1934, occasionally returning to the Olympisch Stadion (which had its capacity gradually increased to about 65,000 by 1948) for their more important matches.

Venue                       Capacity    Matches    Total Att. Average    Paying Att. Average

Olympisch Stadion             32,000      17        254,000    14,900     191,120    11,242
Oude Stadion                  29,000       2          8,000     4,000       3,570     1,785

total                                     19        262,000    13,800     194,690    10,247

consolation matches:
Rotterdam (Spangen)           30,000       2         40,000    20,000        n/a       n/a
Arnhem (Monnikenhuize)        10,000 ?     1          6,000     6,000        n/a       n/a

overall total                             22        308,000    14,000        n/a       n/a

NB: capacity refers to capacity at the time of the tournament;
    paying attendances based on p. 163 of the official report;
    estimated total attendances rounded to thousands, corresponding averages to hundreds.

Match Details

Olympic Football Tournament | Consolation Tournament | Training Match | Friendlies

OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

NB: Apart from the 17 countries which eventually entered, also Bulgaria, Estonia and Greece
      registered ahead of the tournament.  Bulgaria (3 May, due to two major earthquakes on
      14 and 18 April) and Greece (14 May) withdrew before the draw of the preliminary and
      first round on 17 May; Estonia were drawn to play Spain in the preliminary round (as
      the second match on 27 May).  However, Estonia withdrew on 22 May, so only one match
      was played ahead of the first round proper.

Preliminary Round

27 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 2,309 [paying; estimate: 5,000]
Ref: Youssof Mohamed (Egy) - Lin: Van Praag (Net), Hamus (Lux)
PORTUGAL 4 (Vítor Silva 42, "Pepe" 43, 52, Valdemar Mota 61)
CHILE    2 (Subiabre 3, Carbonell 16)
HT: 2-2
Portugal: Roquete - Carlos Alves, Jorge Vieira (cap) - "Tamanqueiro",
          Augusto Silva, César Matos - Valdemar Mota, "Pepe", Vítor Silva,
          Armando Martins, José Manuel Martins.
Chile: Ibacache - Chaparro, Morales - Torres, Saavedra (cap), Contreras -
       Schneeberger, Alfaro, Subiabre, Carbonell, Olguín.
NB: Van Praag, a Dutchman living in Belgium, represented the Belgian FA.

27 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
SPAIN   won by walk-over.
ESTONIA withdrew on 22 May.

First Round

27 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 5,834 [paying; estimate: 6,000] 
Ref: Lorenzo Martínez (Arg) - Lin: Carraro (Ita), Comorera (Spa)
BELGIUM    5 (R. Braine 9, 72, Versyp 20, Moeschal 23, 67)
LUXEMBOURG 3 (Schütz 32, J. Weisgerber 43, Theissen 45)
HT: 3-3
Belgium: Caudron - Lavigne, Hoydonckx - P. Braine, Van Halme (cap), Boesman -
         Versyp, Devos, R. Braine, Moeschal, Diddens.
Luxembourg: Scharry - Kolb, Kirsch (cap) - Fischer, Feierstein, A. Reuter -
            F. Weber, J. Weisgerber, Theissen, Kirpes, Schütz.

28 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 16,158 [paying; estimate: 22,000]
Ref: Wim Eijmers (Net) - Lin: Vuyk (Net), Maeck (Bel)
GERMANY     4 (R. Hofmann 17, 75, 85, Hornauer 42)
SWITZERLAND 0
HT: 2-0
Germany: Stuhlfauth - Beier, Weber - Knöpfle, Kalb (cap), Leinberger -
         Albrecht, Hornauer, Pöttinger, R. Hofmann, L. Hofmann.
Switzerland: Séchehaye - Weiler II, Ramseyer - de Lavallaz, Pichler, Fässler -
             Tschirren, Jäggi IV, Dietrich, Abegglen II (cap), Bailly.

28 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 2,744 [paying; estimate: 5,000]
Ref: Marcel Slawik (Fra) - Lin: Vuyk (Net), Spranger (Ger)
EGYPT  7 (El-Zobeir 23pen, Riad 27, Ismail II 50, Mokhtar 46, 53, 63, Fahmi El-Hassani 86)
TURKEY 1 (Bekir 81)
NB: all modern Turkish sources credit the Turkish goal to Bekir, but all contemporary
    Dutch newspaper reports listed inside left Alaattin as the scorer.
HT: 2-0
Egypt: Hamdi - Fahmy Abaza, Ahmed Salem - Yaqout El-Soury, Fahmi El-Hassani (cap),
       Soliman - Ismail II, Riad, Ismail I, Mokhtar, El-Zobeir.
Turkey: Ulvi - Kadri, Burhan - Cevat, Nihat, İsmet -
        Mehmet, Alaattin, Muslih, Zeki Rıza (cap), Bekir.
 
29 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 2,509 [paying; estimate: 5,000] 
Ref: Henri Christophe (Bel) - Lin: Weingärtner (Ger), Cheref Bey (Tur)
ITALY  4 (Rossetti 19, Levratto 39, Banchero I 43, Baloncieri 60)
FRANCE 3 (Brouzes 15, 17, Dauphin 61)
HT: 3-2 [Christophe blew for half-time after 39 minutes with the score 2-2 but had the
         teams return from their way to the dressing rooms for the remaining 6 minutes]
Italy: De Prà - Rosetta, Caligaris - Pietroboni, Bernardini, Janni -
       Rivolta, Baloncieri (cap), Banchero I, Rossetti, Levratto.
France: Thépot - Wallet, Domergue - Chantrel, Dauphin, Villaplane -
        Devaquez, Brouzes, Nicolas (cap), Pavillard, Langiller.
NB: all modern French sources credit their third goal to Dauphin, but contemporary
    French newspaper reports listed Pavillard as the scorer.

29 May 1928 - Nederlandsch Sportpark, Amsterdam - Att: 1,226 [paying; estimate: 3,000] 
Ref: Alfred Birlem (Ger) - Lin: Putz (Bel), Iváncsics (Hun)
PORTUGAL   2 (Vítor Silva 25, Augusto Silva 90)
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Bonačić 40)
HT: 1-1
Portugal: Roquete - Carlos Alves, Jorge Vieira (cap) - "Tamanqueiro",
          Augusto Silva, César Matos - Valdemar Mota, "Pepe", Vítor Silva,
          João Santos, José Manuel Martins.
Yugoslavia: Šifliš - Ivković (cap), Mitrović - Arsenijević, Premerl, Đorđević
            - Sotirović, Bek, Bonačić, Cindrić, Giler.
Sent off: Valdemar Mota (80) - Ivković (80).
NB: the official report of the Olympic Games includes Beleslin, Benčić and M. Marjanović
    in the Yugoslav line-up instead of, respectively, Mitrović, Sotirović and Bek.

29 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 3,848 [paying; estimate: 5,000] 
Ref: Paul Ruoff (Swi) - Lin: Balvay (Fra), Foltynski (DEI)
ARGENTINA    11 (Ferreira 9, 29, Tarasconi 24, 63, 66, 89, Orsi 41, 73, Cherro 47, 49, 57)
UNITED STATES 2 (O'Carroll 55, Kuntner 75)
NB: modern US American sources credit the first US goal to O'Carroll, but all contemporary
    Dutch newspaper reports listed Deal as the scorer; these also stated that the second US
    goal was an obvious handball.
HT: 4-0
Argentina: Bossio - Bidoglio, Paternoster - Médici, Monti, Calandra -  
           Carricaberry, Tarasconi, Ferreira (cap), Cherro, Orsi.
USA: Cooper jr. - Duffy, Smith - Ryan, Lyons, Aitken jr. (cap) -
     Findlay, Deal, Kuntner, O'Carroll, Gallagher.
NB: Calandra withdrew injured during the second half (around minute 65).

30 May 1928 - Nederlandsch Sportpark, Amsterdam - Att: 2,344 [paying; estimate: 5,000]
Ref: Gábor Boronkay (Hun) - Lin: Foltynski (DEI), Fabris (Yug)
SPAIN  7 (Regueiro 13, 43, Yermo 27, 46, 80, Marculeta 56, Mariscal 60)
MEXICO 1 (Carreño 66)
NB: other reports credit the third Spanish goal to Marculeta and the fifth to Regueiro.
HT: 3-0
Spain: Jáuregui - Vallana (cap), Quincoces - Amadeo, Gamborena, Trino -
       Mariscal, Regueiro, Yermo, Marculeta, "Kiriki".
Mexico: Bonfiglio - Garza Gutiérrez (cap), Ojeda - Hernández, Suinaga,
        L. Cerrilla - Garcés, Contreras, Sota, Carreño, Terrazas.

30 May 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam  - Att: 24,727 [paying; estimate: 32,000]
Ref: John Langenus (Bel) - Lin: Dani (Ita), Youssof Mohamed (Egy)
URUGUAY     2 (Scarone 20, Urdinarán 86)
NETHERLANDS 0
HT: 1-0
Uruguay: Mazali - Nasazzi (cap), Arispe - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
         Urdinarán, Scarone, Borjas, Cea, Arremón.
Netherlands: Van der Meulen - Dénis (cap), Van Kol - Van Boxtel, Massy, Van Heel -
             Elfring, Buitenweg, Freese, Ghering, Weber.

Quarter-Finals

1 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 3,388 [paying; estimate: 7,000]
Ref: Domingo Lombardi (Uru) - Lin: Ruoff (Swi), Boekman (Net)
ITALY 1 (Baloncieri 63)
SPAIN 1 (Zaldúa 11)
AET; FT: 1-1, HT: 0-1
Italy: Combi - Rosetta, Caligaris - Pietroboni, Pitto, Janni -
       Rivolta, Baloncieri (cap), Schiavio, Rossetti, Levratto.
Spain: Jáuregui - Quincoces, Zaldúa - Amadeo, Antero, Legarreta -
       Mariscal, Regueiro, Yermo (cap), Marculeta, "Kiriki".
NB: Antero withdrew injured after 35 minutes but returned after half-time (as outside left).

2 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 16,399 [paying; estimate: 22,000]
Ref: Achille Gama (Ita) - Lin: Foltynski (DEI), Birlem (Ger)
ARGENTINA 6 (Tarasconi 4, 10, 75, 89, Ferreira 65, Orsi 81)
BELGIUM   3 (R. Braine 24, Van Halme 28, Moeschal 53)
HT: 3-2
Argentina: Bossio - Bidoglio, Paternoster - Médici, Monti, Orlandini -  
           Carricaberry, Tarasconi, Ferreira (cap), Cherro, Orsi.
Belgium: De Bie - Ruyssevelt, Hoydonckx - P. Braine, Van Halme (cap), Boesman -
         Devos, Despae, R. Braine, Moeschal, Diddens.

3 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 3,448 [paying; estimate: 6,000]
Ref: Giovanni Mauro (Ita) - Lin: Vuyk (Net), Comorera (Spa)
EGYPT    2 (Mokhtar 15, Riad 48)
PORTUGAL 1 (Vítor Silva 76)
HT: 1-0
Egypt: Hamdi - Fahmy Abaza, Ahmed Salem - Yaqout El-Soury, Fahmi El-Hassani (cap),
       Ezz El-Din Gamal - Ismail II, Riad, Ismail I, Mokhtar, El-Zobeir.
Portugal: Roquete - Carlos Alves, Jorge Vieira (cap) - "Tamanqueiro",
          Augusto Silva, César Matos - Valdemar Mota, "Pepe", Vítor Silva,
          Armando Martins, José Manuel Martins.
NB: Ezz El-Din Gamal is listed by the official report of the Olympic Games;
    other sources list Soliman as having played on his position.

3 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 25,131 [paying; estimate: 32,000]
Ref: Youssof Mohamed (Egy) - Lin: Christophe (Bel), De Wolf (Net)
URUGUAY 4 (Petrone 35, 39, 84, Castro 63) 
GERMANY 1 (R. Hofmann 81)
HT: 2-0
Uruguay: Mazali - Nasazzi (cap), Arispe - Píriz, Fernández, Gestido -
         Urdinarán, Castro, Petrone, Cea, Cámpolo.
Germany: Stuhlfauth - Beier, Weber - Knöpfle, Kalb (cap), Leinberger -
         Albrecht, Hornauer, Pöttinger, R. Hofmann, L. Hofmann.
Sent off: Nasazzi (87) - Kalb (37), R. Hofmann (87).

Quarter-Final Replay

4 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 4,770 [paying; estimate: 5,000]
Ref: Hans Boekman (Net) - Lin: Van Praag (Net), Spranger (Ger)
ITALY 7 (Magnozzi 14, Schiavio 15, Baloncieri 18, Bernardini 40, Rivolta 72, Levratto 76, 77)
SPAIN 1 (Yermo 47)
HT: 4-0 
Italy: Combi - Rosetta, Caligaris - Pitto, Bernardini, Janni -
       Rivolta, Baloncieri (cap), Schiavio, Magnozzi, Levratto.
Spain: Jáuregui - Quincoces, Zaldúa - Amadeo, Gamborena, Trino -
       Bienzobas, "Cholín", Yermo (cap), Marculeta, "Robus".
NB: Van Praag, a Dutchman living in Belgium, represented the Belgian FA.

Semi-Finals
         
6 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 7,887 [paying; estimate: 10,000]
Ref: Pedro Escartín (Spa) - Lin: Foltynski (DEI), Dani (Ita) 
ARGENTINA 6 (Cherro 10, Ferreira 32, 82, Tarasconi 37, 54, 61)
EGYPT     0
HT: 3-0; missed penalty: Riad (Egy, 85)
Argentina: Díaz - Bidoglio, Paternoster - Médici, Monti, Evaristo -  
           Carricaberry, Tarasconi, Ferreira (cap), Cherro, Orsi.
Egypt: Rostom - Fahmy Abaza, Ahmed Salem - Yaqout El-Soury, Fahmi El-Hassani (cap),
       Abdelhalim Hassan - Ismail II, Riad, Hassan Moussa, Mokhtar, El-Zobeir.

7 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 15,230 [paying; estimate: 20,000]
Ref: Wim Eijmers (Net) - Lin: Comorera (Spa), Iváncsics (Hun)
URUGUAY 3 (Cea 17, Cámpolo 28, Scarone 31)
ITALY   2 (Baloncieri 9, Levratto 60)
HT: 3-1
Uruguay: Mazali - Canavessi, Arispe (cap) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
         Urdinarán, Scarone, Petrone, Cea, Cámpolo.
Italy: Combi - Rosetta, Caligaris - Pitto, Bernardini, Janni -
       Rivolta, Baloncieri (cap), Schiavio, Magnozzi, Levratto.
NB: Nasazzi suspended for one match by the A.U.F. (not by F.I.F.A.) after his
    sending off against Germany.

Bronze Medal Game

9 Jun 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 6,378 [paying; estimate: 8,000]
Ref: John Langenus (Bel) - Lin: Vuyk (Net), Foltynski (DEI)
ITALY 11 (Schiavio 7, 42, 58, Baloncieri 14, 52, Banchero I 19, 39, 44, Magnozzi 72, 83, 88)
EGYPT  3 (Riad 12, 16, Hassan Moussa 61)
HT: 6-2; missed penalty: Bernardini (Ita, 84; shot wide on purpose)
Italy: Combi - Bellini, Caligaris - Genovesi, Bernardini, Pitto -
       Baloncieri (cap), Banchero I, Schiavio, Magnozzi, Levratto.
Egypt: Hamdi - Fahmy Abaza, Shemais - Yaqout El-Soury, Fahmi El-Hassani (cap),
       Abdelhalim Hassan - Ismail II, Riad, Ismail I, Hassan Moussa, El-Zobeir.

Final
     
10 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 25,250 [paying; estimate: 32,000]
Ref: Job Mutters (Net) - Lin: Langenus (Bel), Gama (Ita)
URUGUAY   1 (Petrone 22)
ARGENTINA 1 (Ferreira 51)
AET; FT: 1-1, HT: 1-0
Uruguay: Mazali - Nasazzi (cap), Arispe - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido -
         Urdinarán, Castro, Petrone, Cea, Cámpolo.
Argentina: Bossio - Bidoglio, Paternoster - Médici, Monti, Evaristo -  
           Carricaberry, Tarasconi, Ferreira (cap), Gainzarain, Orsi.
         
Final Replay

13 June 1928 - Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam - Att: 25,110 [paying; estimate: 32,000]
Ref: Job Mutters (Net) - Lin: Maeck (Bel), Foltynski (DEI)
URUGUAY   2 (Figueroa 17, Scarone 72)
ARGENTINA 1 (Monti 28)
HT: 1-1 
Uruguay: Mazali - Nasazzi (cap), Arispe - Andrade, Píriz, Gestido -
         Arremón, Scarone, Borjas, Cea, Figueroa.
Argentina: Bossio - Bidoglio, Paternoster - Médici, Monti, Evaristo -  
           Carricaberry, Tarasconi, Ferreira (cap), Perducca, Orsi.
       

CONSOLATION TOURNAMENT (TOURNAMENT FOR FIFTH PLACE)

NB: the consolation tournament was not officially part of the Olympic Games.
    It was open to all teams eliminated before the semi-final stage, and thus
    may be considered a tournament for fifth place (as at the 1912 Olympics).
    However, eventually only four countries entered (out of a possible 13);
    Egypt and Italy had expressed interest in case they would have lost their
    quarter-final matches, but both won, whereas their victims, Portugal and
    Spain, had declined entry ahead of those matches.

First Round

5 June 1928 - Het Kasteel (Spangen), Rotterdam - Att: 22,000 [estimate]
Ref: Achille Gama (Ita) 
NETHERLANDS 3 (Ghering 4, Smeets 7, Tap 63)
BELGIUM     1 (P. Braine 85)
HT: 2-0
Netherlands: Van der Meulen - Dénis (cap), Van Kol - Kools, Van Heel, Krom -
             Elfring, Smeets, Tap, Ghering, Weber.
Belgium: De Bie - Lavigne, Hoydonckx - Van Averbeke, Hellemans, Boesman -
         P. Braine (cap), Bierna, R. Braine, Moeschal, Verhulst.

5 June 1928 - Monnikenhuize, Arnhem - Att: 6,000 [estimate]
Ref: Max Foltynski (DEI)
CHILE  3 (Subiabre 24, 48, 89)
MEXICO 1 (Mejía 15) 
NB: other reports credit the third Chilean goal to Alfaro and the Mexican
    goal to Garcés, López or Sota.
HT: 1-1
Chile: Ibacache - Riveros, Chaparro - Torres, Saavedra (cap), Morales -
       Schneeberger, Subiabre, Alfaro, Arias, Olguín.
Mexico: Bonfiglio - Garza Gutiérrez (cap), Ojeda - Hernández, Suinaga,
        L. Cerrilla - Garcés, López, Sota, Carreño, Mejía.

Consolation Final

8 June 1928 - Het Kasteel (Spangen), Rotterdam - Att: 18,000 [estimate]
Ref: Guillermo Comorera (Spa)
NETHERLANDS 2 (Ghering 58, Smeets 66)
CHILE       2 (Bravo 51, Alfaro 90)
AET; FT: 2-2, HT: 0-0
Netherlands: Van der Meulen - Dénis (cap), Van Kol - Kools, Van Heel, Krom -
             Elfring, Smeets, Tap, Ghering, Weber.
Chile: Ibacache - Chaparro, Linford - Torres, Riveros, Morales -
       Arias, Subiabre (cap), Bravo, Alfaro, Carbonell.
NB: after a coin toss the Netherlands were declared winners and were handed the trophy
    which had been on offer (by the N.V.B.), but then gave it to Chile to take home as
    a memento of the Netherlands, the Olympic Games and their Dutch football friends.


TRAINING MATCH

1 June 1928 - Ajax-terrein ("Het Houten Stadion"), Amsterdam - Att: 100
Ref: Katoen (Net)
NETHERLANDS   3 (Freese 6, 52, Van der Griend 54)
UNITED STATES 2 (Kuntner 5, Van der Zalm ~70og)
HT: 1-1
Netherlands: De Boer - Van Run, Van der Zalm - Kools, Vis, Krom -
             Smeets, Tap, Freese, Van der Griend, Weber. 
USA: line-up n/a.
NB: hastily arranged training match (not official for either team); first goal also
    credited to Deal or as own goal by Van Run; in another practice match on 24 May,
    the United States had drawn 1-1 against the reserves of Ajax at the same venue.


FRIENDLIES

NB: Chile, Egypt and Mexico toured Western Europe after the Olympic Games, all playing
    numerous friendlies against club sides and city selections; Egypt also played two
    official international matches, against the Netherlands and Luxembourg, while the
    United States paid a visit to Poland before returning home.

9 June 1928 - Dordtsche Straatweg, Rotterdam
Ref: Kapteijn (Net)
FEIJENOORD 4 (Barendregt 7, Pijl 20, Sinke 37, ~80pen)
MEXICO    3 (López ~25, ~30, 47)
HT: 3-2
FEIJENOORD: Dekker - Bul jr., Van Dijke - Rikxoort, Bul sr., Van Heel -
           Sinke, Koonings, Pijl, Barendregt, Verbeek.
MEXICO: De la Garza - Ojeda, H. Cerrilla - L. Cerrilla, Garza Gutiérrez,
        Suinaga (cap) - Terrazas, Mejía, López, Carreño, Rojas.

10 June 1928 - Stadion Agrykola, Warszawa - Att: 10,000
Ref: František Cejnar (Cze)
POLAND        3 (Kuchar 12, 78, Steuermann 89pen)
UNITED STATES 3 (Ryan 59pen, Gallagher 64, O'Carroll 74)
HT: 1-0
POLAND: S. Kisieliński - Karasiak, F. Zastawniak - B. Seichter, Jan Kotlarczyk 
        (Luxenburg), T. Zastawniak - Kubiński, Nawrot (36 Steuermann), Kałuża,
        Kuchar, Balcer.
USA: Cooper jr. - Duffy, Smith - Ryan, Lyons, Aitken jr. (cap) -
     Findlay, Deal, Kuntner, O'Carroll, Gallagher.

14 June 1928 - Het Kasteel (Spangen), Rotterdam - Att: 11,000
Ref: Max Foltynski (DEI)
NETHERLANDS 1 (Grobbe 73)
EGYPT       2 (Ismail II 28, Ismail I 52)
HT: 0-1
Netherlands: Van der Meulen - Dénis (cap), Van Kol - Kools, Grobbe, Van Heel -
             Nagels, Smeets, Tap, Ghering, Weber.
Egypt: Rostom - Ahmed Salem, Mahmoud Salem - Yaqout El-Souri, Hassan Moussa,
       Soliman - Ismail II, Riad, Ismail I, Mokhtar, El-Zobeir.
NB: El-Zobeir missed penalty (30).

14 June 1928 - U.V.V.-terrein, Utrecht - Att: 3,000
Ref: Kapteijn (Net)
U.V.V. 1 (Van Reenen 31)
MEXICO 2 (both goals by inside right 30, 60)
HT: 1-1
NB: U.V.V. included two guest players (Campmann and Wentink) of 't Gooi.

15 June 1928 - Frankfurt am Main
Ref: Dietrich (Ger)
FRANKFURT XI 6
CHILE        2
Chile: Ibacache - Chaparro, Linford - Riveros, Torres, Morales -
       Arias, Reyes, Subiabre, Alfaro, Carbonell.

16 June 1928 - Sportplatz am Gesundbrunnen, Berlin - Att: 15,000
HERTHA BSC 4 (Sobeck 4, Frenzel 2-1, 3-1, 4-1)
CHILE      1 (Arellano 32)
HT: 1-1

16 June 1928 - Stade Emile Versé, Parc du Meir, Brussel
BRUXELLES XI 4
MEXICO       1
HT: 2-0

17 June 1928 - Ajax-terrein ("Het Houten Stadion"), Amsterdam - Att: 7,000
Ref: Snapper (Net)
AMSTERDAM XI 1 (Gerritsen 15)
EGYPT        0
HT: 1-0
Amsterdam XI: Oerlemans (De Spartaan) - Steur (V.V.A.), V.d. Puttelaar (D.E.C.) -
              Schetters (Ajax), Anderiesen (Ajax), De Boer (Blauw Wit) - Hamel (Ajax),
              Gerritsen (Blauw Wit), Lungen (A.F.C.), Jurriaans (Ajax), Homburg (Blauw Wit).
NB: Egypt played as "Cairo XI".

20 June 1928 - Hamburg - Att: 8,000
HAMBURGER SV 3
CHILE        4 (Reyes, Carbonell, Schneeberger (2))
HT: 1-0
Chile: Cortés - Chaparro, Linford - Riveros, Torres, Subiabre -
       Schneeberger, Reyes, Bravo, Alfaro, Carbonell.

20 June 1928 - Sportpark, Hilversum - Att: 2,500
Ref: Stroink (Net)
'T GOOI 4 (Meilof 1-1, 2-3, Wentink 3-3, 4-3)
EGYPT   4 (Ismail II 0-1, 4-4, Hassan Moussa 1-2, Ismail I 1-3)
HT: 1-2
't Gooi: L. van Rhijn - A. van Beek, Gorel - Sterk, J. Fransen, L. Meinsma -
         Söllner, Van Dolder, Meilof, Wentink, Campmann.
Egypt: Rostom - Fahmi Abaza, Shemais - Yaqout El-Souri, Fahmi El-Hassani, Samy -
       Mansour, Ismail II, Ismail I, Hassan Moussa, Ezz El-Din Gamal.
NB: Egypt played as "Alexandria XI".

20 June 1928 - Köln - Att: 1,200
SPVGG KÖLN-SÜLZ 07 7
MEXICO             0

22 June 1928 - Leipzig - Att: 8,000
VFB/FORTUNA LEIPZIG 3
CHILE               2 (Arias, Reyes)
HT: 2-0
Chile: Cortés - Bravo, Morales - Chaparro, Torres, Riveros -
       Arias, Reyes, Schneeberger, Carbonell, Alfaro.
NB: the hosts were a combination of local sides VfB and Fortuna.

22 June 1928 - U.V.V.-terrein, Utrecht 
U.V.V. 3
EGYPT  9
NB: Egypt played as "Cairo XI".

23 June 1928 - Basel
FC NORDSTERN 1
MEXICO       1

23 June 1928 - Köln
Ref: Peco Bauwens (Ger)
KÖLN XI 1
CHILE   2
Chile: Cortés - Bravo, Morales - Chaparro, Riveros, Torres -
       Arias, Subiabre, Carbonell, Schneeberger, Alfaro.

24 June 1928 - Boschpoort, Maastricht
Ref: J. van den Dungen (Net)
ZUID-NEDERLAND 1 (Remmers 1-3)
EGYPT          5 (Riad 0-1, 0-2, 1-4, N.N. 0-3, Mokhtar 1-5)
HT: 0-2
Zuid-Nederland: Van Haaren (M.V.V.) - Van Pelt (N.O.A.D.), Felix (M.V.V.) - Van Eerd (P.S.V.),
                Van Pelt (N.A.C.), De Kuijer (N.O.A.D.) - Van Erp (Wilhelmina),
                Remmers (N.O.A.D.), Ghering (L.O.N.G.A.), Soons (M.V.V.), Francken (N.O.A.D.).
Egypt: Hamdi - Fahmi Abaza, Ahmed Salem - Yaqout El-Souri, Fahmi El-Hassani,
       Ezz El-Din Gamal - Ismail II, Riad, Ismail I, Mokhtar, El-Zobeir.

24 June 1928 - Zürich
YOUNG FELLOWS 1
MEXICO        0
NB: Young Fellows included one player (Ramseyer) of FC Bern.

27 June 1928 - Stade de Colombes, Paris (Colombes)
Ref: Domingo Lombardi (Uru)
RED STAR 4
CHILE    3
Chile: Cortés - Chaparro, Bravo - Riveros, Torres, Morales -
       Arias, Subiabre, Carbonell, Schneeberger, Alfaro.

27 June 1928 - Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
STUTTGART 2
MEXICO    2

28 June 1928 - Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette - Att: 4,000
Ref: Georges Balvay (Fra)
LUXEMBOURG 1 (Theissen 52)
EGYPT      1 (Ismail I 12)
HT: 0-1
Luxembourg: Scharry - Kirsch (cap), Kolb - J. Fischer, Feierstein, A. Reuter -
            F. Weber, Kirpes, Theissen, J. Weisgerber, Schütz.
Egypt: Hamdi - Ahmed Salem, Mahmoud Salem - Yaqout El-Souri, Soliman, El-Zobeir -
       Saqr, Ismail II, Ismail I, Riad, Sayed Ahmed.

30 June 1928 - Zürich
FC ZÜRICH 0
EGYPT     1

1 July 1928 - Basel
BASEL XI 3
EGYPT    5

1 July 1928 - Mainz
MAINZ/WIESBADEN XI 4
MEXICO             1

3 July 1928 - Mannheim
MANNHEIM/LUDWIGSHAFEN XI 1
MEXICO                   1

10 July 1928 - Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
HANNOVER XI 2
MEXICO      3

13 July 1928 - Sportpark, Hilversum 
Ref: Repelius (Net)
'T GOOI 3 (Söllner 1-0, Meinsma 2-0, Fransen 3-0)
MEXICO  1 (Mejía 3-1)
HT: 3-0
't Gooi: L. van Rhijn - Sjoerds, Gorel - Sterk, J. Fransen, Van Dolder -
         Gerritse, Meinsma, Söllner, Bottinga, Campmann.
Mexico: De La Garza - Guevara, H. Cerrilla - L. Cerrilla, Garza Gutiérrez, Suinaga -
        Rojas, López, Mejía, Carreño, Terrazas. 

15 July 1928 - Zuiderpark, 's-Gravenhage
Ref: Wey (Net)
A.D.O. 4 (Van Rossum 1-0, Tap 2-0, 3-1, 4-2)
MEXICO 3 (N.N. 2-1, Carreño 3-2, 4-3)
HT: 2-1
A.D.O.: Quax - De Groot, Van Es - Breitner, V.d. Zalm, Kloos -
        Van Soldt jr., W. Tap, Van Kesteren, Van Rossum, Van Eembergen.
Mexico: De La Garza - Guevara, H. Cerrilla - L. Cerrilla, Garza Gutiérrez, Suinaga -
        Rojas, López, Sota, Carreño, "Wicho" (?). 


Final Ranking

Rk  Country         P  W  T  L   F  A  Pts   GAvg
 1  URUGUAY         5  4  1  0  12- 5    9   2.40
 2  Argentina       5  3  1  1  25- 8    7   3.13 
 3  Italy           5  3  1  1  25-11    7   2.27
 4  Egypt           4  2  0  2  12-19    4   0.63 
 5  Portugal        3  2  0  1   7- 5    4   1.40
    Spain           3  1  1  1   9- 9    3   1.00
    Germany         2  1  0  1   5- 4    2   1.25
    Belgium         2  1  0  1   8- 9    2   0.89
 9  France          1  0  0  1   3- 4    0   0.75
    Luxembourg      1  0  0  1   3- 5    0   0.60
    Yugoslavia      1  0  0  1   1- 2    0   0.50 
    USA             1  0  0  1   2-11    0   0.18
    Mexico          1  0  0  1   1- 7    0   0.14
    Turkey          1  0  0  1   1- 7    0   0.14
    Netherlands     1  0  0  1   0- 2    0   0.00
    Switzerland     1  0  0  1   0- 4    0   0.00
17  Chile           1  0  0  1   2- 4    0   0.50
 -  Estonia         withdrew

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
 5  Netherlands     2  1  1  0   5- 3    3   1.67
 6  Chile           2  1  1  0   5- 3    3   1.67
 7  Belgium         1  0  0  1   1- 3    0   0.33
    Mexico          1  0  0  1   1- 3    0   0.33

Topscorers

11 Tarasconi (Arg)  
 6 Baloncieri (Ita)
   Ferreira (Arg) 
 4 Banchero I (Ita)
   Cherro (Arg)
   R. Hofmann (Ger)
   Levratto (Ita)
   Magnozzi (Ita)
   Mokhtar (Egy)
   Petrone (Uru)
   Riad (Egy)
   Schiavio (Ita)
   Yermo (Spa)
 3 R. Braine (Bel)
   Moeschal (Bel)
   Orsi (Arg)
   Scarone (Uru)
   Vítor Silva (Por)

NB: does not include goals scored in the consolation tournament.

Squad Lists

Argentina | Belgium | Chile | Egypt | France | Germany | Italy | Luxembourg | Mexico |
Netherlands | Portugal | Spain | Switzerland | Turkey | Uruguay | USA | Yugoslavia

NB: teams could name 22 players; the initial squad had to be submitted by 6 May; changes
    could be made until 17 May (not all changes seem to have made the official report);
    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 first half of) 1928;
    Caps and Goals refer to full international matches in entire career;
    additions and corrections are welcome.

Argentina

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Ángel Bossio                           5- 5-1905    31- 8-1978    Talleres RE                   21    0
GK    Octavio Juan Díaz                      7-10-1900    12-11-1977    Rosario Central                9    0
DF    Ludovico Bidoglio                      5- 2-1900    25-12-1970    Boca Juniors                  34    0
DF    Alberto Helman                                                    Mitre (Santiago del Estero)    0    0
DF    Fernando Paternoster                  24- 5-1903     6- 6-1967    Racing Club                   16    0
DF    Luis Weihmuller                        5- 8-1902          1963    Sportivo Palermo               0    0
DF    Adolfo Bernabé Zumelzú                 5- 1-1902    29- 3-1973    Sportivo Palermo              13    3
MF    Saúl Calandra                         22-10-1904    14- 5-1973    Estudiantes (La Plata)         3    0
MF    Juan Evaristo                         20- 6-1902     5- 5-1979    Sportivo Palermo              25    1
MF    Ángel Segundo Médici                  20-12-1897     9- 8-1971    Boca Juniors                  34    0
MF    Luis Felipe Monti                     15- 5-1901     9- 9-1983    San Lorenzo de Almagro        16    5
MF    Pedro Ochoa Baigorri                  22- 2-1900     5- 9-1947    Racing Club                    2    0
MF    Rodolfo Orlandini                      1- 1-1905    24-12-1990    Sportivo Buenos Aires         10    0
MF    Natalio Perinetti                     28-12-1900    24- 5-1985    Racing Club                    6    0
FW    Alfredo "Vasco" Carricaberry           8-10-1900    23- 9-1942    San Lorenzo de Almagro        12    4
FW    Roberto Eugenio Cherro                23- 2-1907    11-10-1965    Boca Juniors                  16   13
FW    Manuel "Nolo" Ferreira                22-10-1905    29- 7-1983    Estudiantes (La Plata)        21   11
FW    Enrique Gainzarain                     7-12-1904    18- 7-1972    Ferrocarril Oeste              1    0
FW    Raimundo Bibiani Orsi                  2-12-1901     6- 4-1986    Independiente                 13    3
FW    Feliciano Ángel Perducca               9- 6-1901    22- 8-1976    Racing Club                    5    0
FW    Segundo Nepomuceno Gómez "Luna"       20- 4-1902                  Mitre (Santiago del Estero)    2    3
FW    Domingo Alberto Tarasconi             20-12-1903     3- 7-1991    Boca Juniors                  24   18
tr.:  José Lago Millán (Spain)                    1893

Belgium

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Jan De Bie                             9- 5-1892    30- 4-1961    Racing CB                     37    0
GK    Jean Caudron                          15-11-1895    23- 1-1963    SC Anderlecht                 19    0
DF-LB Henri "Rik" De Deken [!]               3- 8-1907    12- 2-1960    Antwerp FC                    11    0
DF-LB Nicolas Hoydonckx                     29-12-1900     4- 2-1985    Berchem Sport                 36    0
DF-RB Jules Lavigne [+]                     10- 3-1901          1957    Racing CB                     10    0
DF-RB Auguste Ruyssevelt                     4-11-1896                  Beerschot AC                   2    0
MF-LH Gustave Boesman                       19- 1-1899    15-11-1971    AA La Gantoise                20    0
MF-LH Henri "Rik" Van Averbeke              26-10-1901     1-11-1946    Beerschot AC                  14    0
MF-MH Auguste Hellemans                     21- 6-1907     4- 5-1992    FC Malinois [-]               28    0
MF-MH Florimond Vanhalme                    22- 3-1895     4- 7-1979    CS Brugeois                   39    2
MF-RH Pierre Braine                         26-10-1900     6-11-1951    Beerschot AC                  46    4
MF-RH Georges Ditzler                       15-11-1897    22-10-1974    Standard CL                    3    0
FW-OL Jean Diddens                          14- 9-1906    21- 7-1972    RC de Malines                 23    2
FW-OL Sébastien Verhulst                    19- 2-1907    20- 3-1944    Beerschot AC                   1    0
FW-IL Léon De Coninck [*]                                               AA La Gantoise                 0    0
FW-IL Jacques Moeschal                       6- 9-1900    30-10-1956    Racing CB                     23    6
FW-CF Henri Bierna                           2- 9-1905    28- 8-1944    US Liège [-]                   9    2
FW-CF Raymond Braine                        28- 4-1907    25-12-1978    Beerschot AC                  54   26
FW-IR Georges De Spae                       30- 9-1900                  AA La Gantoise                 5    2
FW-IR Gérard Devos                          19- 8-1903     5- 1-1972    CS Brugeois                    9    1
FW-OR Louis Versyp                           5-12-1908    27- 6-1988    FC Brugeois                   34    8
FW-OR Bernard Voorhoof                      10- 5-1910    18- 2-1974    Liersche SK                   61   30
tr.:  Viktor Löwenfeld (Austria)
NB: LB = Left Back, RB = Right Back; LH = Left Half, MH = Mid Half, RH = Right Half;
    OL = Outside Left, IL = Inside Left, CF = Centre Forward, IR = Inside Right, OR = Outside Right.
[*] De Coninck was part of the squad but is not included in the official report.
[+] Jules Lavigne was actually called Jules Lemaire but he used the family name of his mother.
[-] US Liège played at the third domestic level; FC Malinois played at the second domestic level but
    were promoted at the end of the season (while Anderlecht and FC Brugeois went down).
[!] De Deken was a late replacement for the originally selected Louis Baes:
DF-LB Louis Baes                            15- 6-1899    10- 9-1992    Cercle Brugge                  1    0

Chile

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Roberto Cortés González                2- 2-1905    30- 8-1975    Colo-Colo                      9    0
GK    Juan Ibacache Pizarro                 23- 1-1899                  Colo-Colo                      4    0
DF    Ernesto Chaparro Esquivel              1- 4-1901    10- 7-1957    Colo-Colo                      5    0
DF    Jorge Linford Pomareda                18- 8-1902     6- 3-1966    Colo-Colo                      1    0
DF    Víctor Morales Salas                  10- 5-1905    22- 5-1938    Colo-Colo                     10    0
DF    Guillermo Riveros Conejeros           10- 2-1902     8-10-1959    La Cruz (Valparaíso)          12    1
MF    Francisco Arellano Moraga [*]          6-12-1896     6- 5-1976    Colo-Colo                      3    0
MF    Humberto Contreras Canales                                        Everton                        2    0
MF    Germán Reyes Opazo                                                                               3    0
MF    Guillermo Saavedra Tapia               5-11-1903    12- 5-1957    Colo-Colo                      9    1
MF    Arturo Torres Carrasco                20-10-1906    20- 4-1987    Everton                        7    0
FW    Óscar Armando Alfaro Saavedra               1904          1939    San Luis                       4    3
FW    José del Arias Venegas                                            Talcahuano                     2    0
FW    Manuel Bravo Paredes                  17- 2-1897          1973    Santiago Wanderers             4    2
FW    Alejandro Carbonell Alfaro                                        Ferrovarios                    2    1
FW    José Miguel Olguín Farias              3- 8-1905    16-11-1991    Colo-Colo                      8    0
FW    Carlos Schneeberger Lemp              21- 6-1902     1-10-1973    Colo-Colo                      5    0
FW    Guillermo Subiabre Astorga            25- 2-1903    11- 4-1964    Colo-Colo                     10    7
tr.:  Frank Powell (England) [!]
[!] José Luis Boffi (Argentina) was originally chosen as trainer but he did not travel and so the
    Chilean officials had to find a trainer during their stay in London on the way to Amsterdam.
[*] Arellano was part of the squad but is not included in the official report.

Egypt

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Abdelhamid Hamdi                                                  Al-Ahly        
GK    Mohamed Ali Rostom                                                Al-Mokhtalat    
DF    El-Sayed Fahmi Abaza                                              Al-Mokhtalat 
DF    Mohamed Ghomess Shemais                                           Tersana        
DF    Ahmed Mohamed Salem                                               Al-Mokhtalat 
DF    Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim Salem                                        Al-Mokhtalat 
MF    Mohammed Ezz El-Din Gamal                                         Olympic        
MF    Ali Fahmi El-Hassani                        1897                  Al-Ahly        
MF    Ahmed Mansour                                                     Tersana        
MF    Ahmed Mahmoud Soliman                                             Al-Ahly        
MF    Abdel Rahman Samy                                                 Olympic (to be confirmed)
MF    Gaber Yaqout El-Souri                                             Al-Ittihad        
MF    Abdelhalim Younis Hassan                                          Al-Mokhtalat 
FW    Moussa Sayed Ahmed "El-Ezam"                                      Tersana
FW    Mohamed Hassan Moussa                  5- 2-1905                  Al-Masry
FW    Mahmoud Ismail Hooda "Ismail I"             1899                  Al-Ittihad        
FW    El-Sayed Ismail Hooda "Ismail II"           1900                  Al-Ittihad        
FW    Mahmoud Al-Rifai Mokhtar "El-Tetch"   23-12-1907                  Al-Ahly        
FW    Mamdouh Mokhtar Saqr                                              Al-Ahly     
FW    Aly Mohammed Riad                           1904                  Tersana        
FW    Mohammed Gamil El-Zobeir                                          Al-Ahly        
tr.:  James "Jim" McCrae (Scotland)          2- 9-1894     3- 9-1974
NB: the following player was originally part of the squad but did not travel due to a punishment
    by the Egyptian FA; he is not included in the official report:
FW    Hussein Hegazi                        14- 9-1891    20-10-1961    Al-Ahly

France

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Laurent Henric                         2-10-1905     3- 3-1992    FC Sète                        4    0
GK    Alexis "Alex" Thépot                  30- 7-1906    21- 2-1989    Levallois                     31    0
DF    Pierre Bertrand [*]                         1907                  CA Paris                       0    0
DF    Jacques Canthelou                     29- 3-1904    18- 4-1973    FC Rouen                      11    0
DF    Marcel Domergue                       16-11-1901                  Red Star Olympique            20    0
DF    André Rollet [!]                       8-10-1905          1985    Levallois                      4    0
DF    Urbain Wallet                          4- 7-1899     9-12-1973    Amiens AC                     21    0
MF    Maurice Banide                        19- 5-1905    20- 5-1995    AS Strasbourg                  9    1
MF    Augustin Chantrel                     11-11-1906     4- 9-1956    Red Star Olympique            15    0
MF    Robert Dauphin                         5- 2-1905    18- 7-1961    Stade Français                15    1
MF    Lucien Laurent [*]                    10-12-1907    11- 4-2005    CA Paris                      10    2
MF    Jacques Mairesse [*]                  27- 2-1905    15- 6-1940    FC Sète                        6    0
MF    Hervé Marc [*]                        12-10-1903    24-12-1946    FC Rouen                       1    0
MF    Alexandre Villaplane                  12- 9-1903    26-12-1944    SC Nîmes                      25    0
FW    Charles Bardot                         7- 4-1904                  AS Cannes                      6    3
FW    Juste Brouzes                         18- 1-1894    28- 2-1973    Red Star Olympique             6    3
FW    Jules Devaquez                         9- 3-1899    11- 6-1971    Olympique Marseille           41   12
FW    Maurice Gourdon                                                   Stade Français                 0    0
FW    Marcel Langiller                       2- 6-1908    28-12-1980    CA Paris                      30    7
FW    Jules Monsallier                      23- 1-1907     4- 9-1972    Stade Français                 3    0
FW    Paul Nicolas                           4-11-1899     3- 3-1959    Red Star Olympique            35   20
FW    Henri Pavillard                       15- 8-1905     7- 2-1978    Stade Français                14    1
tr.:  Peter Farmer (England)
[*] Bertrand, Laurent, Mairesse and Marc were part of the squad but did not travel to Amsterdam;
    their names are included in the official report.
[!] Rollet was a late replacement for the originally selected Jacques Wild (who is listed in the
    official report; Rollet is not):
MF    Jacques Wild                          20-10-1905    26-11-1990    Stade Français                 8    0

Germany

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Paul Gehlhaar                         27- 8-1905    12- 6-1968    Hertha BSC                     2    0
GK    Heinrich "Heiner" Stuhlfauth          11- 1-1896    12- 9-1966    1.FC Nürnberg                 21    0
GK    Hans Wentorf                           6- 4-1899     1- 1-1970    FC Altona 93                   2    0
DF    Albert "Ali" Beier                    28- 9-1900    19- 9-1972    Hamburger SV                  11    0
DF    Conrad Heidkamp                       27- 9-1905     6- 3-1994    SC 99 Düsseldorf               9    1
DF    Emil Kutterer                         11-11-1898    13- 7-1974    Bayern München                 8    0
DF    Josef Müller                           6- 5-1893    22- 3-1984    FV 04 Würzburg                12    0
DF    Heinrich Weber                        21- 6-1900    22- 1-1977    Kurhessen Kassel              12    0
MF    Hans Gruber                            4- 6-1905     4- 9-1967    Duisburger SV                  1    0
MF    Hans Kalb                              3- 8-1899     5- 4-1945    1.FC Nürnberg                 15    2
MF    Georg Knöpfle                         16- 5-1904    14-12-1987    SpVgg Fürth                   23    0
MF    Ludwig Leinberger                     21- 5-1903     9- 3-1943    SpVgg Fürth                   24    0
MF    Ernst Nagelschmitz                     1- 5-1902    23- 5-1987    Bayern München                 1    0
FW    Ernst Albrecht                        12-11-1907    26- 3-1976    Fortuna Düsseldorf            17    4
FW    Ludwig "Wiggerl" Hofmann               9- 6-1900     2-10-1935    Bayern München                18    4
FW    Richard Hofmann                        8- 2-1906     5- 5-1983    Meerane 07                    25   24
FW    Franz Horn                            26- 8-1904    29- 9-1963    Hamburger SV                   3    0
FW    Josef Hornauer                        14- 1-1908    12-12-1985    1860 München                   5    3
FW    Ernst Kuzorra                         16-10-1905     1- 1-1990    Schalke 04                    12    7
FW    Josef Pöttinger                       16- 4-1903     9- 7-1990    Bayern München                14    8
FW    Baptist Reinmann                      31-10-1903     2- 3-1980    1.FC Nürnberg                  4    0
FW    Josef Schmitt                         21- 3-1908    16- 4-1980    1.FC Nürnberg                  2    1
tr.:  Otto Nerz                             21-10-1892    19- 4-1949

Italy

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Gianpiero Combi                       20-12-1902    13- 8-1956    Juventus                      47    0
GK    Giovanni De Prà [*]                   28- 6-1900    15- 6-1979    Genoa                         19    0
GK    Valentino Degani                      14- 2-1905     8-11-1974    Internazionale                 0    0
DF    Delfo Bellini                         13- 1-1900    11- 9-1953    Genoa                          8    0
DF    Umberto Caligaris                     26- 7-1901    19-10-1940    Casale                        59    0
DF    Felice Gasperi                        26-12-1903    23- 5-1982    Bologna                        6    0
DF    Virginio Rosetta                      24- 2-1902    29- 3-1975    Juventus                      52    0
DF    Andrea Viviano                        22- 6-1904     5-12-1962    Alessandria                    0    0
MF    Fulvio Bernardini                     28-12-1905    13- 1-1984    Internazionale                26    3
MF    Attilio Ferraris IV                   26- 3-1904     8- 5-1947    Roma                          28    0
MF    Pietro Genovesi                       27- 6-1902     5- 8-1980    Bologna                       10    0
MF    Antonio Janni                         19- 9-1904    29- 6-1987    Torino                        23    1
MF    Silvio Pietroboni                      9- 3-1904    18- 2-1987    Internazionale                11    0
MF    Alfredo Pitto                         26- 5-1906    16-10-1976    Bologna                       29    2
FW    Adolfo Baloncieri                     27- 7-1897    23- 7-1986    Torino                        47   25
FW    Elvio Banchero I                      28- 4-1904    21- 1-1982    Alessandria                    3    4
FW    Virgilio Felice Levratto              26-10-1904    30- 6-1968    Genoa                         28   11
FW    Mario Magnozzi                        20- 3-1902    25- 6-1971    Livorno                       29   13
FW    Pietro "Piero" Pastore                 3- 3-1903     8- 1-1968    Milan                          0    0
FW    Gino Rossetti                          7-11-1904    16- 5-1992    Torino                        13    9
FW    Enrico Rivolta                        29- 6-1905    18- 3-1974    Internazionale                 8    1
FW    Angelo Schiavio                       15-10-1905    17- 9-1990    Bologna                       21   15
tr.:  Augusto Rangone                       11-12-1885     4-12-1970
[*] De Prà had his bronze medal taken away from him by the Mussolini government for his "antifascist
    mentality" and had it only returned to him in 1973 when it turned up at the Italian FA offices.

Luxembourg

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Pierre Reuter                         11- 4-1904    26- 6-1969    Red Black Pfaffenthal          2    0
GK    Henri Scharry                         10-12-1904     4- 2-1954    Jeunesse d'Esch                9    0
DF    Nicolas "Nicky" Kirsch                24- 8-1901    29- 9-1983    Spora Luxembourg              13    0
DF    Emile Kolb                             3- 6-1902     1- 9-1967    Red Boys Differdange          14    0
DF    Jean-Baptiste Meyer [*]                7- 4-1894    26- 3-1976    Spora Luxembourg               9    0
DF    Ernie Vogt [*]                                                    Stade Dudelange        
DF    N. Weisgerber [*]                                                 Fola Esch        
MF    Mathias Becker                         4- 2-1907    23- 1-1952    Spora Luxembourg              26    6
MF    Paul Feierstein                       27- 1-1903     5- 5-1963    Red Boys Differdange          15    0
MF    Bernard Fischer                       30- 5-1902     1- 1-1971    Red Boys Differdange           1    0
MF    Adolphe Hubert [*]                    14-12-1907                  Union Luxembourg               2    0
MF    Joseph "Jos" Koetz                    29- 5-1897    13- 6-1976    Fola Esch                     11    1
MF    Pierre Kremer [*]                      4- 2-1900                  Red Boys Differdange           8    2
MF    J. Michel [*]                                                     Spora Luxembourg        
MF    Albert Reuter                         11- 9-1907     2- 3-2003    Red Black Pfaffenthal          9    0
FW    Mathias Feller                        12-10-1904    16- 6-1953    Progrès Grund                 15    0
FW    J.P. Flammang [*]                                                 Stade Dudelange        
FW    Joseph "Jos" Kirpes                   10- 6-2006    22- 4-1976    Jeunesse d'Esch                9    4
FW    Guillaume "Willy" Schütz              31- 3-1903    26-11-1932    Union Luxembourg               9    1
FW    Robert Theissen                       20- 7-1906    13- 2-1963    Spora Luxembourg              12    9
FW    François Weber                        21-12-1898    27- 1-1961    Spora Luxembourg               6    0
FW    Jean-Pierre Weisgerber                28- 3-1905     4- 4-1994    Fola Esch                     10    3
tr.:  Gustave "Gust" Jacquemart             13- 8-1882     4- 4-1950
[*] Flammang, Hubert, Kremer, Meyer, Michel, Vogt and N. Weisgerber were part of the squad but did
    not travel to Amsterdam; their names are not included in the official report.

Mexico

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Óscar Bonfiglio Martínez               5-10-1905     4-11-1987    Marte                          4    0
GK    Ignacio "Nacho" de la Garza                                       América                        6    0
DF    Hesiquio "Chico" Cerrilla                                         América                        0    0
DF    Rafael Garza Gutiérrez "Record"       13-12-1896     3- 7-1974    América                       11    0
DF    Agustín Ojeda                          9- 9-1898    16-11-1938    Marte                          4    0
MF    Luis "Oso" Cerrilla                       2-1906    14-10-1936    América                        2    0
MF    Emanuel Guevara                        2- 2-1902     6- 5-1969    México                         0    0
MF    Nieves Hernández                      30-10-1901    11-10-1986    Marte                          2    0
MF    Fernando Rojas                                                    Atlante                        0    0
MF    Pedro Suinaga                          5- 4-1907     1-10-1980    América                        2    0
FW    Juan Carreño Sandoval                 14- 8-1909    16-12-1940    Atlante                        8    2
FW    Benito Contreras                      16- 5-1905        7-1972    América                        1    0
FW    Carlos Garcés Rojo                    24-12-1910    21- 9-1980    América                        8    2
FW    Adeodato López                         1- 2-1906     4- 5-1957    Germania                       7    6
FW    Dionisio Mejía Vieyra                  6- 2-1907    17- 7-1963    Atlante                        5    8
FW    Ernesto Sota                          11-12-1896    25- 5-1977    América                        2    0
FW    Juan Terrazas                          5-12-1909     4-11-1947    América                        1    0
tr.:  Alfonso Rojo de la Vega                3- 9-1895    11- 5-1967
NB: no players from Asturias and España, who finished second and third in the 1927/28 Mexican league, were
    selected as these clubs were considered "foreign", in spite of including Mexican nationals in their teams.

Netherlands

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Jan de Boer jr.                       29- 8-1898    30- 6-1988    Ajax                           5    0
GK    Agaeus "Gejus" van der Meulen         23- 1-1903    10- 7-1972    H.F.C.                        54    0
DF    Henri "Harry" Dénis                   28- 8-1896    13- 7-1971    H.B.S.                        56    0
DF    Adolf "Dolf" van Kol                   2- 8-1902    20- 1-1989    Ajax                          33    4
DF    Sjef van Run                          12- 1-1904    17-12-1973    P.S.V.                        25    0
MF    Petrus "Piet" van Boxtel               6-10-1902    27- 8-1991    N.A.C.                         7    0
MF    Gerardus "Puck" van Heel              21- 1-1904    19-12-1984    Feijenoord                     64    0
MF    Cornelis "Cor" Kools                  20- 7-1907    18- 1-1979    N.A.C.                        16    3
MF    Gerard "Peer" Krom                    10- 3-1898    15-12-1965    R.C.H.                        14    1
MF    Petrus "Pierre" Massy                  3- 2-1900     3- 8-1958    Roermond                      12    3
MF    Frits Schipper                        24-12-1904    23- 1-1989    Heracles                       1    0
MF    Harry Schreurs                        11-12-1901    16-10-1973    Roermond                       2    0
MF    Kees van der Zalm                     30- 9-1901    25-12-1957    V.U.C.                         3    0
FW    Wouter "Wout" Buitenweg               24-12-1893    10-11-1976    Hercules [-]                  11   14
FW    Jan Elfring                            8- 2-1902     4- 9-1977    Alcmaria Victrix [-]          15    2
FW    Bertus Freese                         20- 2-1902    21-11-1959    Heracles                       1    0
FW    Leonardus "Leo" Ghering [!]           19- 8-1900     1- 4-1966    L.O.N.G.A.                     9    6
FW    Jaap van der Griend                   24- 1-1904    27-11-1970    Hermes D.V.S. [-]              5    0
FW    Felix Smeets                          29- 4-1904    14- 3-1961    H.B.S.                        14    7
FW    Wilhelmus "Wim" Tap                    3-10-1903    24- 9-1979    A.D.O.                        33   17
FW    Rens Vis                               4- 7-1904     8- 3-1983    H.V.V.                         1    0
FW    Jacobus "Jaap" Weber                   4- 8-1901    30- 9-1979    Sparta                        14    1
tr.:  Robert "Bob" Glendenning (England)     6- 6-1888    19-11-1940
[-] Alcmaria Victrix, Hercules and Hermes D.V.S. all played at the second domestic level in 1927/28 
    (Hermes D.V.S. gained promotion to the top level at the end of the season); note that the 22
    Dutch players represented no fewer than 17 different clubs (only Ajax, H.B.S., Heracles, N.A.C.
    and Roermond had two players selected); against Uruguay, all 11 players were from different clubs.
[!] Ghering was a late replacement for the originally selected Eef Ruisch:
FW    Eef Ruisch                            26- 7-1906    24-10-1976    D.F.C.                         7    2
NB: Verlegh was included as "23rd" player in recognition of his (eventually unsuccessful) efforts to 
    regain fitness after sustaining an injury in April:
FW    Antoon "Rat" Verlegh                  29- 3-1896    12- 3-1960    N.A.C.                         8    2

Portugal

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Cipriano Nunes dos Santos             13-10-1901    14-11-1964    Sporting CP                    2    0
GK    António Fernandes Roquete              8- 8-1906    18-12-1995    Casa Pia                      16    0
DF    Aníbal José Ferreira [+]              29- 3-1904     8- 1-1976    SL Benfica        
DF    Carlos Alves Júnior                   10- 3-1903          1978    Carcavelinhos                 18    0
DF    Francisco Silva [*]                                               Vitória (Setúbal)        
DF    Jorge Gomes Vieira                    23- 2-1898     6- 8-1986    Sporting CP                   17    0
DF    Óscar Maia Vasques de Carvalho        22-12-2003                  Boavista                       0    0
MF    Augusto Silva                         22- 3-1902     8- 1-1962    Os Belenenses                 21    2
MF    César de Matos Rodrigues              22- 2-1902                  Os Belenenses                 17    0
MF    Liberto dos Santos                     1- 2-1908                  União Lisboa                   5    0
MF    Francisco José de Serra e Moura [*]                               Sporting CP                    3    0
MF    Raúl Soares Figueiredo "Tamanqueiro"  22- 1-1903     3-12-1941    SL Benfica                    17    0
FW    Alfredo Ramos                         15- 2-1906                  Os Belenenses                  4    0
FW    Armando da Silva Martins               4- 3-1905                  Vitória (Setúbal)             11    3
FW    João dos Santos                       11- 2-1909                  Vitória (Setúbal)             11    4
FW    Jorge Gonçalves Tavares               21- 1-2005                  SL Benfica                     3    0
FW    José Manuel Martins                    2- 9-1906                  Sporting CP                   11    4
FW    Ricardo Ornellas                                                    no affiliation (assistant coach)        
FW    José Manuel Soares Louro "Pepe"       30- 1-1908    24-10-1931    Os Belenenses                 14    7
FW    Raúl Jorge da Silva [*]               18-11-1903          1994    Barreirense                    5    0
FW    Valdemar Mota da Fonseca              18- 3-1906        4-1966    FC Porto                      21    4
FW    Vítor Marcolino da Silva              20- 2-1909    21- 7-1982    SL Benfica                    19    8
tr.:  Cândido Fernandes Plácido de Oliveira 24- 9-1896    23- 6-1958
[+] listed as A.J. João in the official report.
[*] Francisco Silva, Raúl Jorge and Serra e Moura were part of the squad but did not travel to Amsterdam;
    their names are not included in the official report.

Spain

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Jesús Izaguirre Goena                 13- 4-1906     8- 6-1992    Real Sociedad                  0    0
GK    José María Jáuregui Lagunas           15- 3-1896     3- 5-1988    Arenas Guecho                  3    0
DF    Ciriaco Errasti Suinaga                4- 8-1904     8-11-1984    Alavés                        14    0
DF    Jacinto Francisco Fernández 
           de Quincoces López de Arbina     17- 7-1905    10- 5-1997    Alavés                        25    0
DF    Pedro Vallana Jeanguenat              29-11-1897     4- 7-1980    Arenas Guecho                 12    0
DF    Domingo Zaldúa Anabitarte             10- 7-1903    17- 6-1986    Real Sociedad                  5    4
MF    Amadeo Labarta Rey                    31- 5-1905    30- 7-1989    Real Sociedad                  3    0
MF    Antero González
           de Audicana Inchaurraga          16- 4-1901    28- 1-1978    Alavés                         1    0
MF    Francisco Gamborena Hernandorena      14- 3-1901    30- 7-1982    Real Unión Irún               20    0
MF    José Legarreta Abaitúa                12- 2-1903    17- 9-1957    Athletic Bilbao                1    0
MF    José Trino Arizcorreta Sein            7-10-1902    25-10-1964    Real Sociedad                  3    0
MF    Alberto Villaverde Llanos              7- 7-1904    14- 1-1969    Real Unión Irún                0    0
FW    Francisco Bienzobas Ocariz            26- 3-1909    30- 4-1981    Real Sociedad                  2    2
FW    Ignacio María Alcorta y Hermoso
           de Ordorica "Cholín"             13-12-1906    30-11-1967    Real Sociedad                  1    0
FW    Juan Errazquín Tomás [!]              22- 6-1906     6- 1-1931    Real Unión Irún                6    6
FW    Luis Iruretagoyena Ayestarán "Kiriki" 21- 6-1907    19-10-1965    Real Sociedad                  3    0
FW    Martín Marculeta Barbería             24- 9-1907    19-11-1984    Real Sociedad                 15    1
FW    Ángel Mariscal Beuba                  11- 8-1904    20- 3-1979    Real Sociedad                  2    1
FW    Luis Regueiro Pagola                   1- 7-1908     6-12-1995    Real Unión Irún               25   16
FW    Robustiano "Robus" Bilbao Echevarría  18-12-1900                  Arenas Guecho                  1    0
FW    Manuel Sagarzazu Martínez             15-10-1903    25- 7-1990    Real Unión Irún                2    0
FW    José María Yermo Solaegui             21- 6-1903    21-10-1960    Arenas Guecho                  5    5
tr.:  José Ángel Berraondo Insausti          4-11-1878    11- 4-1950
[!] Errazquín appears in the official report but he in fact was refused registration for the tournament as
    he was travelling on an Argentinian passport and could offer no proof of Spanish nationality.
NB: two players were part of the provisional squad but were eventually not registered (Goiburu because
    he did not finish his exams on time for the trip); neither appears in the official report:
FW    Severiano Goiburu Lopetegui            8-11-1906    31- 7-1982    Osasuna                       12    5
FW    José Echeveste Galfarsoro             19- 3-1899     7-12-1982    Real Unión Irún                4    0

Switzerland

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Fritz Grüneisen                       18-12-1906    14- 7-1970    Nordstern                      3    0
GK    Frank "Frankie" Séchehaye              3-11-1907    13- 2-1982    Etoile Carouge                37    0
DF    Karl Bielser [*]                            1903                  FC Basel                       8    0
DF    Edmond de Weck                        28- 4-1901    19- 3-1977    Grasshopper-Club               8    0
DF    Jean Facchinetti                      26- 1-1904     4- 2-1965    Cantonal                       1    0
DF    Walter Jäggi III [*]                                              Servette                       0    0
DF    Rudolf Ramseyer                       17- 9-1897    13- 9-1943    FC Bern                       59    4
DF    Walter Weiler II                      14-12-1903     4- 5-1945    Grasshopper-Club              25    3
MF    Max Baltensberger                                                 Servette                       1    0
MF    Paul du Fay de Lavallaz               28- 2-1901    26-12-1994    Grasshopper-Club              11    1
MF    Paul Fässler                          13- 6-1901    26- 3-1983    Young Boys                    33    0
MF    Kurt Pichler                           8- 4-1898                  Servette                       5    0
FW    Max "Xam" Abegglen II                 11- 4-1902    25- 8-1970    Grasshopper-Club              68   34
FW    Edmond Bailly                                                     Servette                       7    0
FW    Max Brand [*]                          8- 1-1895    16- 8-1973    FC Bern                       10    3
FW    Walter Dietrich                       24-12-1902    27-11-1979    Eintracht Frankfurt           14    6
FW    Adolf Flubacher                        6-12-1900                  Nordstern                      2    0
FW    Willy Jäggi IV                        28- 7-1906    16- 2-1968    Servette                      21   13
FW    Raymond Passello                      12- 1-1905    16- 2-1987    Servette                      18    3
FW    Jacobus "Jacques" Roomberg [*]        23- 9-1905                  FC Aarau                       5    2
FW    Paul Sturzenegger [*]                  7- 6-1902    19- 5-1970    FC Lugano                     15   10
FW    Gaston Tschirren                       3- 2-1906    26- 2-1983    Grasshopper-Club              15    1
tr.:  Thomas "Teddy" Duckworth (England)          1882
[*] Bielser, Brand, Jäggi III, Roomberg and Sturzenegger were part of the squad but did not travel to
    Amsterdam; their names are included in the official report.

Turkey

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Refik Osman Top                             1897          1957    Beşiktaş                       1    0
GK    Ulvi Ziya Yenal                       10- 4-1908    26- 5-1993    Galatasaray                    6    0
DF    Burhan Atak                           27- 1-1905     6- 6-1987    Galatasaray                   10    1
DF    İzmirli Şevki                                                                                    0    0
DF    Kadri Göktulga                              1904    25-10-1973    Fenerbahçe                    10    0
DF    Orhun Nafiz                                                                                      0    0
MF    Cevat Seyit                           17- 7-1906    23-11-1945    Fenerbahçe                     5    0
MF    Fevzi Baron                                 1893                                                 1    0
MF    İsmet Uluğ                                  1901    26- 8-1975    Fenerbahçe                    11    0
MF    Nihat Asım Bekdik                     17- 3-1902    21- 6-1992    Galatasaray                   21    1
MF    Şükrü Erkuş                                                       Beşiktaş                       0    0
FW    Alaattin Baydar                             1901    13- 7-1990    Fenerbahçe                    16    1
FW    Bedri Gürsoy                                1904     4- 2-1994    Fenerbahçe                    12    1
FW    Bekir Refet Teker                     22- 5-1899     9- 6-1977    Karlsruher FV                  3    3
FW    Kemal Faruki                          27- 8-1906    27- 1-1988    Galatasaray                    3    2
FW    Latif Yalınlı                               1906     6- 2-1965    Galatasaray                    3    3
FW    Mehmet Leblebi                              1908    25- 2-1972    Galatasaray                   16    2
FW    Muslih(ittin) Peykoğlu                20-10-1905    27-12-1960    Galatasaray                    8    1
FW    Sabih Arca                                  1901    24- 4-1979    Fenerbahçe                     9    3
FW    Zeki Rıza Sporel                      28- 2-1898     3-11-1969    Fenerbahçe                    16   15
tr.:  Béla Tóth (Hungary)

Uruguay

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Fausto Batignani                       2- 7-1903     2-11-1975    Liverpool                     11    0
GK    Andrés Mazali                         22- 7-1902    30-10-1975    Nacional                      21    0
DF    Pedro Arispe                          30- 9-1900     4- 5-1960    Rampla Juniors                19    0
DF    Adhemar Canavessi                     18- 8-1903    14-11-1984    Bella Vista                    9    0
DF    José Nasazzi                          24- 5-1901    17- 6-1968    Bella Vista                   41    0
DF    Juan "Juancito" Píriz                 17- 5-1902    23- 3-1946    Nacional                       2    0
DF    Domingo Tejera                         9- 7-1899    18- 7-1969    Montevideo Wanderers          20    0
MF    José Leandro Andrade                  22-11-1901     5-10-1957    Nacional                      34    1
MF    Venancio Bartibás Riquero             18- 5-1906        7-1977    Central                        1    0
MF    Lorenzo Fernández                     20- 5-1900    16-11-1973    Capurro                       31    4
MF    Álvaro Antonio Gestido                17- 5-1907    18- 1-1957    Solferino                     26    0
MF    Miguel Ángel Melogno                  22- 3-1905    27- 3-1945    Bella Vista                    4    0
FW    Juan Peregrino Anselmo                30- 4-1902    27-10-1975    Peñarol                        8    3
FW    Juan Pedro Arremón                     8- 2-1899    15- 6-1979    Peñarol                       14    1
FW    René Borjas                           23-12-1897    16-12-1931    Montevideo Wanderers           7    3
FW    Antonio Cámpolo                        7- 2-1897    22- 5-1959    Peñarol                       21    3
FW    Héctor Castro                         29-11-1904    15- 9-1960    Nacional                      25   18
FW    José Pedro Cea                         1- 9-1900    18- 9-1970    Nacional                      27   13
FW    Roberto Figueroa                      20- 3-1904    24- 1-1989    Montevideo Wanderers           9    6
FW    Pedro Petrone                         11- 5-1905    13-12-1964    Nacional                      29   24
FW    Héctor Pedro Scarone                  26-11-1898     4- 4-1967    Nacional                      52   31
FW    Santos Urdinarán                      30- 3-1900    14- 7-1979    Nacional                      22    2
tr.:  Primo Giannotti  
NB: as Andrade refused to travel unless he would receive financial compensation, Eduardo Martínez was
    selected and left for Amsterdam from Montevideo; however, Andrade changed his mind at the last
    moment and caught the boat at Rio de Janeiro, so Martínez made the trip but was not registered.
MF    Eduardo Martínez                                                  Misiones                       0    0

USA

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Albert A. Cooper jr.                  23- 2-1904       12-1993    Trenton FC (Trenton NJ)        2    0
DF    John Duffy                             6- 9-1905    27- 9-1984    Independent FC (Harrison NJ)   2    0
DF    Raymond Littley                        1- 9-1900                  Lighthouse BC (Philadelphia)   0    0
DF    Joseph A. Murphy                                                  Saint Matthews (Saint Louis)   0    0
DF    Harry Smith                           14- 3-1907       12-1983    Lighthouse BC (Philadelphia)   2    0
MF    Robert "Bobby" Aitken jr.             19-10-1904                  Caledonian FC (Paterson NJ)    2    0
MF    John P. Kane                                                      Saint Thomas (Saint Louis)     0    0
MF    John "Jack" Lyons                     19- 5-1901                  Fore Rivers Shamrocks (Boston) 2    0
MF    Francis "Hun" Ryan                    10- 1-1908    14-10-1977    Lighthouse BC (Philadelphia)   4    1
FW    James "Jim" Cronin                    24- 8-1906        4-1942    Angelicas (Saint Louis)        0    0
FW    John "Jack" Deal                       5- 4-1905        2-1983    Wolfenden Shore (Cardington)   2    0
FW    William Findlay                       15- 1-1904    21- 1-1981    New York Galicia               4    0
FW    James "Jimmy" Gallagher                8- 6-1905                  Ryerson Juniors (Kearney NJ)   2    0
FW    Rudolph "Rudy" Kuntner                10- 6-1908    16-12-1982    New York Giants                2    2
FW    Henry (Harry) "Razzo" O'Carroll       12- 7-1905    14- 1-1999    Bayonne Rovers (Bayonne NJ)    2    1
FW    John A. "Toots" Rudge                                             Geraghtys (Saint Louis)        0    0
tr.:  George Burford (England)              25-12-1875          1931
NB: the following player is listed in a former article on the USSF website but does not appear in the official
    report nor in contemporary newspaper squad lists (possibly a doublure for R. Aitken jr.):
MF    R. Allen jr.                                                      Municipal League Saint Louis   0    0

Yugoslavia

Pos   Full Name                                DoB           DoD        Club                        Caps  Goals
GK    Maksimilijan "Maks" Mihelčić          29- 7-1905    29- 3-1958    Građanski Zagreb              18    0
GK    Geza "Guliver" Šifliš                 25- 2-1907    18-11-1948    SAND Subotica                  5    0
DF    Milos Beleslin                         8- 9-1901     7- 3-1984    SAND Subotica                  8    1
DF    Milutin Ivković                        3- 3-1906    25- 5-1943    Jugoslavija Beograd           39    0
DF    Milorad "Mića" Mitrović [*]           12- 4-1908     9- 8-1993    Beogradski SK                  3    0
MF    Milorad "Mikica" Arsenijević           6- 6-1906    18- 3-1987    Beogradski SK                 52    0
MF    Ljubiša Đorđević                      19- 6-1906     2-11-1944    Beogradski SK                  5    0
MF    Ivan Marijan "Mare" Marjanović              1904     6- 3-1983    HAŠK Zagreb                    6    0
MF    Danijel "Danko" Premerl               23- 1-1904     1-10-1975    Concordia Zagreb              29    1
FW    Nikola "Mika" Babić                    5-12-1905    25-10-1974    Građanski Zagreb               3    0
FW    Ivan "Ivica" Bek [*]                  29-10-1909     2- 6-1963    FC Sète                        7    4
FW    Ljubomir Benčić                        2- 1-1905    24- 1-1992    Hajduk Split                   5    2
FW    Antun Bonačić                         12- 6-1905    25- 9-1948    Hajduk Split                   8    2
FW    Slavin Cindrić                        10- 8-1901    29- 4-1942    Građanski Zagreb               5    3
FW    Franjo "Joža" Giler                    1- 9-1907    20-12-1943    Građanski Zagreb              13    3
FW    Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović              9- 9-1907     1-10-1984    Beogradski SK                 57   36
FW    Emil "Lalec" Perška                   20- 6-1896     8- 5-1945    Građanski Zagreb              14    2
FW    Kuzman "Čokalija" Sotirović [*]       16-10-1908    25- 7-1990    Beogradski SK                  5    2
tr.:  Ante Pandaković                             1891    13- 2-1968
[*] Bek, Mitrović and Sotirović were part of the squad but are not included in the official report;
    at the time of his selection Bek was still registered for Beogradski SK but he moved to FC Sète
    before the tournament started.

Referees

Compared to the 1924 Olympic football tournament, the refereeing generally appears to have been of a considerably higher standard, but there were two matches after which there were extensive discussions about the man in the middle.
In the first round match between France and Italy, Belgian referee Christophe not only lost track of the time towards the end of the first half, but also failed to disallow two Italian goals (the second and the third) for apparently clear offside positions, while the Germans complained bitterly about the Egyptian Mohamed, who had had the temerity to send off two of their players (and the captain of opponents Uruguay). However, Dutch press reports suggest he had been entirely correct in both cases, and the German football federation suspended both offenders for several months (it also rejected, apparently out of spite, the applications of a number of German clubs (from Hamburg, Kiel, Berlin and Leipzig) to play friendly matches with the Egyptian football team). The Dutch papers blamed the two teams, rather than the referee, for the highly disagreeable atmosphere in the match.
It was the first time since 1908 (when only six matches were played) that no referee was assigned more than two matches. It also was the first time that fewer than one quarter of the matches was allocated to referees from the host country. Although fewer matches were played than in 1924, and fewer countries participated in the football tournament, referees from more different countries were chosen to officiate.

Full Name                                Country              DoB            DoD       Matches   Fin   SF 
D. Johannes "Job" Mutters                Netherlands       19- 2-1889      8- 3-1974      2       2
Willem "Wim" Eijmers                      Netherlands       15-12-1885     15- 9-1932      2             1
Achille Da Gama Silva Malcher            Italy [*]          8- 1-1892     29- 7-1958      2
Joannes Julianus "John" Langenus         Belgium            9-12-1891      1-10-1952      2
Youssof Mohamed                          Egypt                                            2
Pedro Escartín Morán                     Spain             10- 8-1902     21- 5-1998      1             1
August Robert Alfred Birlem              Germany           10- 1-1888     13- 4-1956      1
Hans Samuel Boekman                      Netherlands       15- 1-1896     21- 8-1978      1
Gábor Gyula Boronkay                     Hungary           27- 1-1889      7- 9-1942      1
Henri Denis Christophe                   Belgium           23- 7-1884     17- 6-1968      1
Guillermo Comorera Gatuellas             Spain             24- 8-1893         9-1970      1
Max de Vries Foltynski                   Dutch East Indies 24-12-1897     18-12-1979      1
Domingo Lombardi                         Uruguay           22- 3-1898     19- 8-1971      1
Lorenzo Martínez                         Argentina                                        1
Giovanni Antonio Giuseppe Mauro          Italy             21- 7-1888     13- 5-1958      1
Paul Ruoff                               Switzerland       19-10-1897     18-10-1981      1
Marcel Charles Marie Slawik              France            22- 2-1892     26- 4-1952      1

[*] Gama was born in Brazil from a Brazilian father and an Italian mother; he was one of the
    founding members of Internazionale and scored their first goal in an official match (on
    10 January 1909 against Milan); two of his brothers (Giuseppe and Umberto, both born in
    Italy) were referees as well.

NB: Henri Christophe and Job Mutters both also officiated in 1920 and 1924; they are the only
    two referees active at all three Olympic football tournaments in the twenties; in addition,
    Wim Eijmers refereed one match in 1920 and was assigned two matches in 1924 but was replaced
    for both.

overview file 1928


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About this document

Sources included: [Arn 94], [BuL (Band 5)], [IFF 00 (Band 2)], [Mar 85], [Tho 18], [Ros 30], T. Bijkerk, "Football Tournament at the Games of the IXth Olympiad, Amsterdam 1928, Linguasport, wikipedia, eu-football.info, various contemporary Dutch newspapers (available through Delpher).

Thanks to Khaled Abul-Oyoun, Sean Crowe, Cris Freddi, Eduardo Mendoza, Perry Menexis and Davide Rota for additional information and corrections and to Macario Reyes for an earlier version of this file.

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