World Cup 1930

Uruguay, July 13-30. All games played in Montevideo. Decided in Amsterdam 28 May 1928. Entries deadline 19 Jan 1930, moved to late May (all 13 teams that entered were qualified). Groups drawn 7 Jul 1930. Semifinals drawn 22 Jul 1930.

First Phase




Group A - ARG CHI FRA MEX

13.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos FRA - MEX 4:1 (3:0) (+3000) Lombardi URU, Rego BRA, Christophe BEL FRA: Thépot (24 Chantrel) - Capelle, Mattler - Chantrel, Pinel, Villaplane (c) - Libérati, Delfour, Maschinot, L.Laurent, Langiller MEX: Bonfiglio - R.Garza-Guitiérrez (c), M.Rosas - Amezcùa, Sánchez, F.Rosas - López, Ruiz, Mejia, Carreño, Pérez 1:0 L.Laurent 19, 2:0 Langiller 40, 3:0 Maschinot 43, 3:1 Carreño 70, 4:1 Maschinot 87 NOTE: Laurent's goal is the first in World Cup history ----------- 15.07.30 (16.00) Montevideo, Parque Central ARG - FRA 1:0 (0:0) (~18000) Rego BRA, Saucedo BOL, Râdulescu ROM ARG: Bossio - Della Tore, Muttis - J.Evaristo, Monti, Arico Suárez - Perinetti, Varallo, Ferreira (c), Cerro, M.Evaristo FRA: Thépot - Capelle, Mattles - Chantrel, Pinel, Villaplane (c) - Libérati, Delfour, Maschinot, Laurent, Langiller 1:0 Monti 81 f ----------- 16.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Parque Central CHI - MEX 3:0 (1:0) (~7000) Christophe BEL, Aphesteguy URU, Langenus BEL CHI: Cortés - Poirier, Morales - A.Torres, Saavedra, Elgueta - Ojeda, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Schneeberger (c) MEX: Sota - R. Guitiérez (c), M.Rosas - Amescùa, Sánchez, F.Rosas - López, Gayón, Ruiz, Carreño, Pérez 1:0 Vidal 3, 2:0 M. Rosas 52 o, 3:0 Vidal 65 ----------- 19.07.30 (12.50) Montevideo, Centenario CHI - FRA 1:0 (0:0) (~50000) Tejada URU, Lombardi URU, Rego BRA CHI: Cortés - Chaparro, Riveros - A.Torres, Saavedra, C.Torres - Ojeda, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Schneeberger (c) FRA: Thépot - Capelle, Mattles - Chantrel, Delmer, Villaplane (c) - Libérati, Delfour, Pinel, Veinante, Langiller 1:0 Subiabre 67 h (30 Thépot saved a penalty by Saavedra) ----------- 19.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Centenario ARG - MEX 6:3 (3:1) (~50000) Saucedo BOL, Alonso URU, Râdulescu ROM ARG: Bossio - Della Tore, Paternoster - Chividini, Zumelzú (c), Orlandini - Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Demaría, Spadaro MEX: Bonfiglio - R.Garza-Guitiérrez (c), M.Rosas - Olivarez, Sánchez, Rodriguez, F.Garza-Guitiérrez, F.Rosas - López, Gayón, Carreño 1:0 Stábile 8, 2:0 Zumelzú 12, 3:0 Stábile 17, 3:1 M.Rosas 42 p, 4:1 Varallo 53, 5:1 Zumelzú 55, 5:2 M. Rosas 65, 5:3 Gayón 75 h, 6:3 Stábile 80 (23 Bonfiglio saved penalty from Paternoster, 65 Bossio held penalty from M.Rosas who however scored from the rebound) ----------- 22.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Centenario ARG - CHI 3:1 (2:1) (~35000) Langenus BEL, Christophe BEL, Saucedo BOL ARG: Bossio - Della Tore, Paternoster - J.Evaristo, Monti Orlandini - Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M. Evaristo CHI: Cortés - Chaparro, Morales - A.Torres, Saavedra (c), C.Torres - Arellano, Subiabre, Villalobos, Vidal, Aguilera 1:0 Stábile 12 h, 2:0 Stábile 13, 2:1 Arellano 15, 3:1 M.Evaristo 51 1. ARG^ 3 6 3 0 0 10-4 2. CHI 3 4 2 0 1 5-3 3. FRA 3 2 1 0 2 4-3 4. MEX 3 0 0 0 3 4-13

Group B - BOL BRA JUG

14.07.30 (12.45) Montevideo, Parque Central JUG - BRA 2:1 (2:0) (~20000) Tejada URU, Vallarino URU, Balway FRA JUG: Jak¹iæ - Ivkoviæ (c), Mihajloviæ - Arsenijeviæ, Stevanoviæ, Djokiæ - Tirnaniæ, Marjanoviæ, Beck, Vujadinoviæ, Sekuliæ BRA: Joel - Brilhante, Itália - Hermógenes, Fausto, Fernando - Poly, Nilo, Arakén, Preguinho (c), Pereira 1:0 Tirnaniæ 21, 2:0 Beck 30, 2:1 Preguinho 62 ----------- 17.07.30 (12.45) Montevideo, Parque Central JUG - BOL 4:0 (0:0) (~20000) Matteucci URU, Lombardi URU, Wernken CHI JUG: Jak¹iæ - Ivkoviæ (c), Mihajloviæ - Arsenijeviæ, Stevanoviæ, Djokiæ - Tirnaniæ, Marjanoviæ, Beck, Vujadinoviæ, Najdanoviæ BOL: Bermùdes - Durandal, Chavarria - Argote, Lara, Balderrama - Gómez, Bustamante, Mendéz (c), Alborta, Férnandez 1:0 Beck 60, 2:0 Marjanoviæ 65, 3:0 Beck 67, 4:0 Vujadinoviæ 86 ----------- 20.07.30 (13.00) Montevideo, Centenario BRA - BOL 4:0 (1:0) (-12000) Balway FRA, Matteucci URU, Vallejo MEX BRA: Velloso - Zé Luiz, Itália - Hermógenes, Fausto, Fernando - Benedito, Russinho, Carvalho Leite, Preguinho (c), Moderato BOL: Bermùdes - Durandal, Chavarria - Sáinz, Lara, Balderrama - Fernández, Ortiz, Bustamante, Mendéz (c), Alborta 1:0 Moderato 37, 2:0 Preguinho 67, 3:0 Moderato 73, 4:0 Preguinho 83 1. JUG^ 2 4 2 0 0 6-1 2. BRA 2 2 1 0 1 5-2 3. BOL 2 0 0 0 2 0-8

Group C - PER ROM URU

14.07.30 (14.50) Montevideo, Estadio Pocitas ROM - PER 3:1 (1:0) (+2000) Warnken CHI, Langenus BEL, Matteucci URU ROM: Lãpuºneanu - Bürger, Steiner - Eisenbeisser, Vogl, Raffinsky - Kovács, Deºu, Wetzer (c), Stanciu, Barbu PER: Valdivieso - de las Casas, Soria - Galindo (c), García, Lavalle - Flores, Villanueva, Denegri, Neira, Souza-Ferreira 1:0 Deºu 2 (95 sec), 1:1 Souza-Ferreira 75, 2:1 Stanciu 79, 3:1 Kovács 89 sent off: Galindo (56) ----------- 18.07.30 (14.30) Montevideo, Centenario URU - PER 1:0 (0:0) (+85000) Langenus BEL, Christophe BEL, Balway FRA URU: Ballestero - Tejera, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido - Urdinarán, Castro, Petrone, Cea, Iriarte. PER: Pardón - de las Casas, Maquillón - Galindo (c), Denegri, Astengo - Flores, Villanueva, Lavalle, Neira, Souza-Ferreira 1:0 Castro 65 NOTE: Match preceded by stadium opening ceremony ----------- 21.07.30 (14.50) Montevideo, Centenario URU - ROM 4:0 (4:0) (~80000) Rego BRA, Saucedo BOL, Warnken CHI URU: Ballestero - Macheront, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido - Dorado, Scarone, Anselmo, Cea, Iriarte. ROM: Lãpuºneanu - Bürger, Czako - Eisenbeisser, Vogl, Robe - Covaci, Deºu, Wetzer (c), Raffinsky, Barbu 1:0 Dorado 7, 2:0 Scarone 28, 3:0 Anselmo 31, 4:0 Cea 35 1. URU^ 2 4 2 0 0 5-0 2. ROM 2 2 1 0 1 3-5 3. PER 2 0 0 0 2 1-4

Group D - BEL PAR USA

13.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Parque Central USA - BEL 3:0 (2:0) (+15000) Macias ARG, Matteucci URU, Warnken CHI USA: Douglas - Wood, Moorhouse - Gallagher, Tracey, Brown - Gonsalves, Florie (c), Patenaude, Auld, McGhee BEL: Badjou - Nouvens, Hoydoncks - de Clerq, Hellemans, F.Braine (c) - Diddens, Voorhoof, Adams, Moeschal, Versijp 1:0 McGhee 40, 2:0 McGhee 43, 3:0 Patenaude 89 h ----------- 17.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Parque Central USA - PAR 3:0 (2:0) (~20000) Macias ARG, Aphesteguy URU, Tejada URU USA: Douglas - Wood, Moorhouse - Gallagher, Tracey, Auld - Gonsalves, Florie (c), Patenaude, Brown, McGhee PAR: Denis - Olmedo, Miracca - Etcheverry, Diaz, Aguirre - Nessi - Dominguez, González, Benitez Cáceres, Vargas Peña (c) 1:0 Patenaude 10, 2:0 Patenaude 18, 3:0 Patenaude 50 h NOTE: FIFA officially recognised the second goal as scored by Patenaude on November 10, 2006 (!), making him the
first World Cup hat-trick scorer; it was earlier listed as own goal by González or as goal by Florie ----------- 20.07.30 (15.00) Montevideo, Centenario PAR - BEL 1:0 (1:0) (~12000) Vallarino URU, Lombardi URU, Macias ARG PAR: P.Benitez - Olmedo, Flóres - S.Benitez, Diaz, Garcete, Nessi - Romero, Gonzáles, Benitez Cáceres, Vargas Peña (c) BEL: Badjou - de Dekens, Hoydoncks - Moeschal, Hellemans, F. Braine (c) - Diddens, Nouvens, Adams, Delbecque, Versijp 1:0 Benites Cáceres 40 1. USA^ 2 4 2 0 0 6-0 2. PAR 2 2 1 0 1 1-3 3. BEL 2 0 0 0 2 0-4

Semifinals

26.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Centenario ARG - USA 6:1 (1:0) (+60000) Langenus BEL, Vallejo MEX, Warnken CHI ARG: Botasso - Della Tore, Paternoster - J.Evaristo, Monti, Orlandini - Peucelle, Scopelli, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M.Evaristo USA: Douglas - Wood, Moorhouse - Gallagher, Tracey, Auld - Brown, Florie (c), Patenaude, Gonsalves, McGhee 1:0 Monti 20, 2:0 Scopelli 56, 3:0 Stábile 69, 4:0 Peucelle 80, 5:0 Peucelle 85, 6:0 Stábile 87, 6:1 Brown 89 ----------- 27.07.30 (14.45) Montevideo, Centenario URU - JUG 6:1 (3:1) (+80000) Rego BRA, Saucedo BOL, Balway FRA URU: Ballestero - Mascheroni, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido - Dorado, Scarone, Anselmo, Cea, Iriarte. JUG: Jak¹iæ - Ivkoviæ (c), Mihajloviæ - Arsenijeviæ, Stevanoviæ, Djokiæ - Tirnaniæ, Marjanoviæ, Beck, Vujadinoviæ, Sekuliæ 0:1 Vujadinoviæ 4, 1:1 Cea 19, 2:1 Anselmo 21 h, 3:1 Anselmo 23, 4:1 Iriarte 63, 5:1 Cea 66, 6:1 Cea 72

Final

30.07.30 (15.30) Montevideo, Centenario URU - ARG 4:2 (1:2) (-80000) Langenus BEL, Christophe BEL, Saucedo BOL URU: Ballestero - Mascheroni, Nasazzi (c) - Andrade, Fernández, Gestido - Dorado, Scarone, Castro, Cea, Iriarte. ARG: Botasso - Della Torre, Paternoster - J.Evaristo, Monti, Arico Suárez - Peucelle, Varallo, Stábile, Ferreira (c), M.Evaristo. 1;0 Dorado 12, 1:1 Peucelle 20, 1:2 Stábile 38, 2:2 Cea 58, 3:2 Iriarte 68, 4:2 Castro 89

NOTE: No third-place match. However some sources, notably the FIFA Bulletin from 1984, affirm that the match occurred (JUG-USA 3:1)! Quite inexplicable, if you ask me - there was no third-place match arranged for, as indeed it has been at the previous Olympic Games. It was introduced for the first time in 1934.

Scorers' list

8 - Stábile ARG 5 - Cea URU 4 - Patenaude USA 3 - Peucelle ARG, Prequinho BRA, Beck JUG, Anselmo URU 2 - Monti, Zumelzú ARG, Moderato BRA, Vidal CHI, Maschinot FRA, Vujadinoviæ JUG, M.Rosas MEX + 1 own goal, Stanciu ROM, Castro, Dorado, Irarte URU, McGhee USA 1 - M. Evaristo, Scopello, Varallo ARG, Arellano, Subiabre CHI, Langiller, L.Laurent FRA, Marjanoviæ, Tirnaniæ JUG, Carreño, Gayón MEX, Benito Cacéres PAR, Sousa PER, Barbu ROM, Scarone URU, Brown USA own goals - 1 (M.Rosas MEX for CHI + 2 goals) Total 70 goals (2 o, 1 f, 1 p, 6 h), 3.89 per match. Most goals ARG (18), BEL and BOL without goals. 35 players scored (no one repeated it four years later)

Coaches, assistants, reserve players

ARG: J. Tramutola - F. Piaggio | E. Piaggio (
full squad info) BEL: H. Goetinck, E. Hanse | Chantraine, Debbie, Sayes BOL: U. Saucedo | Brito, Murillo, Noya, Reyes Peñaranda BRA: F. Rodriguez | Benvenuto, Costa, Doca, de Figuelrado, Fortes Filho, Manuelzinho CHI: G. Orth | Coddon, Espinoza, Muñoz FRA: R. Caudron* | Andoire, J.Laurent, Tassin JUG: B. Simonoviæ | Hrnijièek, Petkoviæ, Spasojeviæ, Stojanoviæ, To¹iæ MEX: J. Luque** | Castro Aguirol PAR: J. Durand Laguna | Carreras Saguier, Chamorro, Florentin, Ortega, Rivera Núñez, Vilalba PER: F. Bru | Cillonis, Férnandez, Góngora, Nué, Quintana, Sarmiento ROM: O. Luchide, C. Rãdulescu, R. Wetzer** | Borbely II, Cociº, Glansmann, Steinbach, Steiner I, Subãºeanu, Zauber URU: A. Suppici - F. Arispe, E. Frigoli, L. Gracco, F. Olivieri | Calvo, Capuccini, Melogno, Piriz, Recoba, Riolfo Secco, Saldombide USA: W. Cummings, R. Millar | Bookie, Gentile, Olivier, Slavin, Stone * replaced the national coach G. Barreau ** playing coach

Oldest and youngest

Youngest Oldest player C.Leite BRA 18y 65d R.Guitiérez MEX around 34 goalkeeper Valdivieso PER 20y 71d Douglas USA 32y 26d scorer N.Kovács ROM 18y198d Scarone URU 31y237d champion Dorado URU 22y 38d Scarone URU 31y246d finalist Varallo ARG 20y175d Scarone URU 31y246d medalist Tirnaniæ JUG 19y 2d Florie USA around 33 captain Galindo PER 28y127d R.Guitiérez MEX around 34 coach Tramutola ARG 27y267d Luqué MEX 48y 43d referee Matteucci URU 27y 51d Rego BRA around 49
Argentine Squad Full Info (courtesy of Osvaldo José Gorgazzi) Ángel Bossio José Della Torre Ramón Alfredo Muttis Juan Evaristo Luis Felipe Monti Pedro "Arico" Suárez (Arico is nickname), Natalio Perinetti Francisco Antonio Varallo Manuel Ferreira Roberto Eugenio "Cherro" Cerro Mario Evaristo Fernando Paternoster Alberto Chividini Adolfo Bernabé Zumelzú Rodolfo Orlandini Carlos Desiderio Peucelle Guillermo Stábile Atilio Demaría Carlos Spadaro Juan Botasso Alejandro Scopelli José Bartolomé Macías (referee) Juan José Tramutola and Francisco Olazar (coaches)