Football World Cup 1930

1930 FIFA World Cup
Campeonato Mundial De Futbol
Number of nations	13  (from 13 applicants)
World Champion	Uruguay (1st title)
venue	Uruguay
Opening game	July 13, 1930 ( Montevideo )
Endgame	July 30, 1930 ( Montevideo )
Games	18th
Gates	70  (⌀: 3.89 per game)
spectator	590,549  (⌀: 32,808 per game)
Top scorer	Guillermo Stábile (8)
References	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The FIFA World Cup 1930 ( Spanish Campeonato Mundial de Futbol ) was the first playout of the most important tournament for football - teams and took place in the 13th and 30th July 1930 Uruguay instead. In the final between the two big favorites, the home team from Uruguay won the first world title in history against Argentina.

history

Football was included in the program of the modern Olympic Games early on . The Olympic tournament of 1908 , organized by the English FA with the help of FIFA , which has existed for four years , was the first international competition in football. Almost all participants in the tournaments initially came from the European continent, as the games, apart from those in St. Louis took place in Europe without exception and teams from outside Europe were financially unable to make the long journey. In the football discipline, Uruguay was the first South American team to take part in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris . The multi-week cruise to Europe was financed by a dentist from Montevideo . He had a team put together from 15 of the best football players in his country.

Denmark , Great Britain , Austria and Hungary were the most successful football nations in Europe in the first third of the 20th century. It was known that football was also practiced in other parts of the world, but was not given special attention, and so nobody was concerned with the development of the sport outside of Europe, for example in South America. Football was just as popular there and was practiced professionally much earlier than in continental Europe. There have been professional leagues in South America since the beginning of the 20th century. The first continental tournament had taken place in 1910 , and the first Copa América in 1916 under the name Campeonato Sudamericano . Until the first European championship recognized today , for comparison, it should last until 1960. The team from Uruguay, initially ridiculed at the Olympic Games in 1924, was superior to the competition in terms of running, tactics and technology. Uruguay won the gold medal after five games with 20-2 goals.

Four years later, the South American teams were still superior. At the 1928 Summer Olympics , Argentina and Uruguay met in the final. Uruguay won in the replay and was thus double Olympic champion.

As a result, people in Europe dealt more seriously with the new non-European competition and found that well-organized football leagues had long existed in South America, where real professionals played for a fee. South America's “greedy” footballers were despised in Europe. Her behavior was felt to be a snub to the Olympic idea. Henceforth they should be excluded from the games. The French sports patron and President of FIFA, Jules Rimet , had foreseen the conflict shortly after Uruguay's first success in 1924 and had already forged plans for a world football tournament with Enrique Buero , a wealthy cattle farmer from Montevideo. These were presented to the World Football Association in 1928, which finally accepted. Italy and Uruguay were discussed as venues for the premiere. Since one wanted to appreciate Uruguay's achievements and the two patrons Rimet and Buero donated generously, the first tournament in South America was awarded. In addition, in 1930 the celebrations of Uruguay's centenary independence took place. Italy was put off for the next World Cup.

Venue

All games of the first World Cup were played centrally in Uruguay's capital Montevideo , as was the case at the time . Originally, all games were to take place in the newly built Estadio Centenario . However, it could not be completed on time because a long period of rain delayed the construction work. When the first game was finally able to take place in this stadium on July 18, 1930, five days after the opening of the World Cup, the north stand was still partly under construction. At that time the concrete bowl already offered 80,000 spectators. After completion, it had three special features: First, it was the largest stadium in South America with almost 100,000 seats. Second, it was designed as a pure football stadium without a running track, and thirdly, the stadium was not oval, but almost round.

Due to the delayed opening of the giant stadium, two other stadiums had to be used: the Estadio Gran Parque Central and the Estadio Pocitos , the home of Club Atlético Peñarol at the time . The opening game took place on July 13th at the Estadio Pocitos in front of 4,444 spectators. Five days later, before the official opening game, the first game at the Estadio Centenario between Uruguay and Peru, a ceremony to mark the centenary of Uruguayan independence was held.

The name, capacity and condition of the stadiums are given at the time of the World Cup in July 1930.

Montevideo	Montevideo Location 1930 in Uruguay	Montevideo	Montevideo	Centenario Central Pocitos Stadiums in Montevideo
Estadio Centenario		Estadio Gran Parque Central	Estadio Pocitos
Capacity: 93,000 (new build)		Capacity: 25,000 (stock)	Capacity: 15,000 (stock)
Opening: July 18, 1930		Opening: May 25, 1900	Opening: April 1921
			Memorial stone
Main event (10 games)		6 preliminary round matches	2 preliminary round matches

Attendees

4 from Europe	Belgium	France	Yugoslavia	Romania
7 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Bolivia	Chile
	Paraguay	Peru	Uruguay
2 from North and Central America	Mexico	United States

The group draw only took place after all 13 participants had arrived in Uruguay.

Only four teams from Europe set out on a three-week boat trip to take part in a football tournament in the winter of the southern hemisphere . Three of them traveled with the World Cup and FIFA President Jules Rimet on the Italian luxury liner Conte Verde . The Romanians were sponsored by their king, who was then nicknamed "The Footballer". Other strong European nations such as Germany , England , Italy , Austria and Spain did not take part in the World Cup. The British associations had also left FIFA in 1928 after a dispute over amateur status at the Olympic Games . It was the only World Cup in which there was no qualification, so the seven South American countries that had already played international games took part ( Ecuador , Colombia and Venezuela only played their first international games four years later). An immediate knockout round was originally planned. However, due to the small number of participants, the decision was made to hold the World Cup in a mixture of group and elimination games, as the aim was to avoid the European teams having to travel home after just one game. The supposedly strongest American teams were placed in the groups: South American champions Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, plus in Group 4 the United States and Paraguay together, as no comparison results were available between the two teams. The four European teams and the remaining four American teams were drawn into these groups. Only the group winners survived the preliminary round and then contested the semi-finals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Argentina	Bolivia	Peru	Belgium
Chile	Brazil	Romania	Paraguay
France	Yugoslavia	Uruguay	United States
Mexico

For information on the individual groups and squads of the teams, click on the respective link.

The first game took place in front of only 4,444 spectators and in the snowstorm on July 13th. After 19 minutes, Laurent scored the first goal of the tournament with a long-range shot, laying the foundation for France's 4-1 win over Mexico . The favorite from Uruguay, who had already won the Olympic soccer tournament in Paris in 1924 and the one in Amsterdam in 1928 , prevailed in his group, as did Yugoslavia and Argentina. Argentina benefited from a referee mistake in their game against France when Langiller ran for France on their own when the score was 0-1 and the Brazilian referee Rego whistled four minutes early. The remaining four minutes were played back, but the chance to score was wasted.

The surprise of the tournament was the Americans, who became group winners and completed the semi-finals. Argentina and Uruguay each won 6-1 in the semifinals against the United States and Yugoslavia, respectively.

Before the final one could not agree on the play equipment. So you played with an Argentinian ball in the first half and a Uruguayan ball in the second. At halftime Argentina surprisingly led 2-1. But thanks to the ball and the outstanding Andrade , Uruguay deservedly won 4-2. The Argentines had the first World Cup top scorer in their ranks in Guillermo Stábile . At the request of the referee, spectators at the 1930 World Cup final were forbidden from carrying revolvers. As a result, 1,600 revolvers were collected in the course of body searches before the game.

There was an average of 32,808 spectators per game in Uruguay. No game ended in a draw. In the final, two teams from South America met each other for the only time in the history of the World Cup. Although the 1950 World Cup was also decided between two South American teams, it was a group game and not a final.

A game between the two semi-final losers for third place, a so-called "small final", was not played in 1930. However, FIFA lead the USA in third place, as the team fared slightly better over the tournament than Yugoslavia, which conceded one more goal overall.

Preliminary round

The games are given at the local time of the Uruguayan time zone UTC − 3 , which differs from the Central European time zone by minus four hours at the time of the tournament.

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	3	0	0	010: 400	+6	06-00
2.	Chile	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	04: 20
3.	France	3	1	0	2	004: 300	+1	02: 40
4th	Mexico	3	0	0	3	004:130	−9	00: 60

Guillermo Subiabre on his winning goal against France

Sun., July 13, 1930 at 3 p.m. at the Estadio Pocitos
France	-	Mexico	4: 1 (3: 0)
Tuesday, July 15, 1930 at 4 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
Argentina	-	France	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., July 16, 1930 at 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
Chile	-	Mexico	3: 0 (1: 0)
Sat., July 19, 1930 at 12:50 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Chile	-	France	1: 0 (0: 0)
Sat., July 19, 1930 at 3 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	Mexico	6: 3 (3: 1)
Tue., July 22, 1930 at 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	Chile	3: 1 (2: 1)

Argentina was one of the big favorites for the world title after winning a silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics . However, the start against France was very tough. The Argentinians desperately attacked goalkeeper Alex Thépot in particular and only scored the winning goal in the 81st minute with a free kick from Luis Monti . In the next game, too, the team did not produce a completely sovereign performance when they conceded three goals from the Mexicans, including two penalties, in a very high-scoring game, but still won 6: 3. Against Chile, the Argentines were then able to score a clear 3-1 to win the group and thus qualify for the semi-finals. In this game, top scorer Guillermo Stábile scored his fourth and fifth tournament goals early on.

Chile was one of the weaker South American teams, but was able to clear Mexico 3-0 and a brace from Guillermo Subiabre . This was followed by an important game against France, which depended on who would have a chance of first place besides Argentina. This decided Chile after an hour with the winning goal again by Subiabre. Since the secured second place was not enough for the next round, Chile needed a success in the last game against the Argentinians tied on points. However, they lost 3-1 and had to leave the tournament as runners-up in the group, with Subiabre having scored again on the side of Chile. He scored four of the first five Chilean World Cup goals.

In the unofficial opening game of the World Cup - the opening game took place on July 18 between Uruguay and Peru in the completed Estadio Centenario - France, one of the few European participants, beat Mexico 4: 1, as expected. Despite an injury to goalkeeper Thépot, in which no substitution was allowed, they were able to retract the safe victory. In the next game against Argentina, the returned Thépot parried numerous great chances, until he had to accept the 0-1. Since the referee Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo had whistled too early, France missed a great chance to equalize and lost the game. Already in the changing rooms, the players had to return to the field for a few minutes. Although the Bleus could have qualified for the next round if Argentina lost to Mexico and a draw between Argentina and Chile, they lost their last game against Chile 1-0 and were eliminated.

Mexico had no chance in the strong group and clearly lost all their games, three goals behind. Against France, Carreño scored the consolation goal at 1: 3 in the meantime and thus scored Mexico's first goal at a World Cup. Even after coach Juan Luque de Serrallonga replaced Óscar Bonfiglio , who he believed had been responsible for the defeat, with Isidoro Sota at goal , there was another defeat against Chile. When Mexico was already eliminated, Serrallonga made some changes, including defender Manuel Rosas in the attack. He scored two goals (from penalties), plus a goal from Roberto Gayón . Nevertheless, they also lost this game 3: 6 against the Argentines.

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	006: 100	+5	04-00
2.	Brazil	2	1	0	1	005: 200	+3	02: 20
3.	Bolivia	2	0	0	2	000: 800	−8	00: 40

Scene from the game Yugoslavia against Brazil (from left to right): Milovan Jakšić , Dragoslav Mihajlović and Teóphilo

The Bolivian team before the game against Yugoslavia with their signature "Viva Uruguay" in honor of the host

Mon., July 14, 1930 at 12:45 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
Yugoslavia	-	Brazil	2: 1 (2: 0)
Thursday, July 17, 1930 at 12:45 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
Yugoslavia	-	Bolivia	4: 0 (0: 0)
Sun., July 20, 1930 at 1 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Brazil	-	Bolivia	4: 0 (1: 0)

Yugoslavia was not necessarily the favorite to win the group against the strong South Americans from Brazil. In addition, there had been various disputes in the association of the Balkan country shortly before the tournament. Since the Zagreb regional association and then other associations boycotted participation in the World Cup, they had to do without coveted Croatian players, so that the Yugoslav selection consisted almost exclusively of players from Belgrade in Serbia and three legionnaires from France. Nevertheless, Yugoslavia took a 2-0 lead against Brazil after just half an hour and only conceded one goal in the second half. Aleksandar Tirnanić scored the first goal in Yugoslav World Cup history. After a sovereign 4-0 win against Bolivia, in which Ivan Bek scored twice, the Yugoslavs could no longer take the semi-finals.

Even if Brazil could only partially keep up with Argentina and Uruguay at the time and did not yet have the status of absolute favorites that is common today, the 1: 2 defeat against Yugoslavia was quite surprising. However, a dispute between clubs from the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo meant that some possible players from São Paulo were missing from the tournament. After a good hour Preguinho was able to at least score a consolation goal and thus became the very first World Cup goalscorer in Brazil. After Yugoslavia had won their second game three days later, they were eliminated from the tournament and could at least say goodbye with an expected 4-0 win against Bolivia. There was a double pack from Moderato Wisintainer and Preguinho, who secured second place in the table.

The Bolivians had never won an international match before the tournament and went into the World Cup as blatant outsiders. There, the course of the game turned out to be rather unfortunate for them in both games: In the game against Yugoslavia, in front of which each player had accrued a letter of the phrase "Viva Uruguay", the Bolivians were able to keep the 0-0 for an hour; Against Brazil they were only 1-0 down at halftime, but ultimately lost both matches 4-0. Bolivia did not score its first World Cup goal until the 1994 World Cup .

Group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uruguay	2	2	0	0	005-000	+5	04-00
2.	Romania	2	1	0	1	003: 500	−2	02: 20
3.	Peru	2	0	0	2	001: 400	−3	00: 40

Scene from the game Romania against Peru: Goalkeeper Ion Lăpușneanu (ROU) intercepts the ball in front of striker Julio Lores (PER) .

Mon., July 14, 1930 at 2:50 p.m. in the Estadio Pocitos
Romania	-	Peru	3: 1 (1: 0)
Friday, July 18, 1930 at 2:30 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Uruguay	-	Peru	1: 0 (0: 0)
Mon., July 21, 1930 at 2:50 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Uruguay	-	Romania	4: 0 (4: 0)

After two consecutive Olympic victories and as the organizer of the tournament, Uruguay was the favorite to win the group. In the preliminary round, the Uruguayan games were the only ones that attracted more than 10,000 spectators with 70,000 and 80,000 spectators. In the opening game of the World Cup against Peru, which only took place on July 18, Uruguay achieved a closely contested victory with a goal from Héctor Castro in the 65th minute. After a safe win against the European representatives Romania, in which four of the five Uruguayan strikers met in the first half, the hosts were the group winners and, as expected, made it to the semi-finals.

Romania faced Peru in their first game. After just one minute, Adalbert Deşu shot his team with the first World Cup goal in Romania in the lead. Despite the equalizer after an hour, Romania decided the game a short time later with two goals. Since Uruguay had also won their game against Peru, the final game was for first place. However, the hosts didn't give the Romanians a chance and took a 4-0 lead after just over half an hour. Romania took second place.

The Peruvian team conceded their first ever World Cup goal against Romania in front of just 300 spectators in the first minute. The Romanians' lead lasted until Luis Souza equalized in the 63rd minute. Only seven minutes later, however , captain Plácido Galindo weakened his team when he received the tournament's only expulsion. Since Adalbert Steiner was injured on Romania's side , both teams now played ten. Peru fell behind again shortly afterwards and lost the game. Interestingly, contrary to the regulations, they made a substitution in the 80th minute of this game. In order to have a chance of reaching the semi-finals, the Peruvians now needed a win against Uruguay. Only after 65 minutes was the underdog behind, but could not score any more himself. They were eliminated from the tournament without any points and were only able to qualify for a World Cup finals 40 years later.

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	2	2	0	0	006-000	+6	04-00
2.	Paraguay	2	1	0	1	001: 300	−2	02: 20
3.	Belgium	2	0	0	2	000: 400	−4	00: 40

Scene from the game United States against Belgium

Sun., July 13, 1930 at 3 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
United States	-	Belgium	3: 0 (2: 0)
Thursday, July 17, 1930 at 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Gran Parque Central
United States	-	Paraguay	3: 0 (2: 0)
Sun., July 20, 1930 at 3 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Paraguay	-	Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)

Contrary to many expectations, the United States took first place in Group 4. With some players who played their first international match, they achieved a clear success against the more favored Belgians through a good exploitation of chances. Shortly before the break, they scored twice within four minutes, with Bartholomew McGhee scoring the USA's first World Cup goal; Bertram Patenaude made it 3-0 in the 88th minute . The Americans also won their second game in the preliminary round 3-0 against Paraguay: Patenaude was able to achieve a three-pack in this game. Internationally, he is considered the first to score a World Cup hat-trick . However, he did not score the third goal until the second half, which according to German practice is not to be regarded as a "flawless" hat trick. After two wins, the United States surprisingly emerged as the semi-finalist.

Since the USA had already scored a victory in their game against the Belgians, Paraguay would now have needed a win against the Americans so that they would not be certain as group winners. After the hopeless defeat, in which they fell behind after ten minutes and had met Patenaude three times, Paraguay could only play for second place, which was not enough for the semi-finals. Against Belgium, captain Luis Vargas Peña scored 1-0 just before half-time and thus the first Paraguayan goal at a World Cup. There were no more goals, so Paraguay finished second.

Belgium was favored as a European team against the USA. After the clear defeat, the Belgians complained about the quality of the pitch and that the 2-0 goal was an offside goal. In order to have a chance of the semi-finals, Belgium had to hope for a Paraguayan victory against the USA and then their own victory against Paraguay. In this case, the three teams would have been tied. However, the United States could also win their second game, with which Belgium was eliminated. Belgium lost the last game and did not score a goal. It wasn't until 1934 that it scored its first two World Cup goals in a 2: 5 against Germany.

Final round

Semifinals

Luis Monti scored the Argentine lead.

José Pedro Cea equalizing against Yugoslavia

Saturday, July 26, 1930 at 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Argentina	-	United States	6: 1 (1: 0)
Sun., July 27, 1930 at 2:45 p.m. in the Estadio Centenario
Uruguay	-	Yugoslavia	6: 1 (3: 1)

At the first World Cup, for the only time so far, only one European team reached the semi-finals or the intermediate round before the final. In the first semifinal, Argentina and the United States met on a rain-soaked field. Although middle runner Raphael Tracey suffered a broken leg in the 19th minute - he continued to play until the break - the surprise team from the USA could keep up with the high favorites. At halftime they were only one goal behind: Luis Monti , who would become world champion with Italy four years later , had taken the lead a minute after Tracey's injury, as in the close group game against France. In the 56th minute, Alejandro Scopelli extended the lead against the ten Americans, and after just under fifteen minutes, the third goal by Guillermo Stábile followed . Meanwhile, goalkeepers Jimmy Douglas and Andrew Auld were injured on the US side , with Auld's facial injury being anesthetized with chloroform. Four more goals followed in the last ten minutes, including a brace from Carlos Peucelle and the seventh tournament goal for Stábile. In addition, Jim Brown was able to score the consolation goal in the 89th minute to make it 1: 6 for the United States, which were ultimately eliminated.

In the second semifinals, the two-time Olympic champion Uruguay faced the last European representative, Yugoslavia, one day later. In this game, too, the team from South America with their football from the New World was clearly favored. Still, the Yugoslavs were equal in the first half, so Đorđe Vujadinović put them in the lead in the fourth minute. A quarter of an hour later, the Uruguayans turned the game around with goals from José Pedro Cea and Peregrino Anselmo . Anselmo is said to have used the passport of a Uruguayan police officer, who was behind the edge of the field, to take the lead 2-1. After ten minutes Anselmo completed his brace at 3-1. A connection goal by the Yugoslavs shortly before the end of the first half did not count as it was decided offside. In the second section, Yugoslavia had no chance and received three more goals from Santos Iriarte and three-goal scorer José Pedro Cea between the 61st and 72nd minutes .

final

Uruguay		Argentina		Lineup
	final Wed., July 30, 1930 at 2:15 p.m. in Montevideo ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 4: 2 (1: 2) Spectators: 68,346 Referee: John Langenus ( Belgium )   Match report
	Enrique Ballestrero - José Nasazzi , Ernesto Mascheroni - José Leandro Andrade , Lorenzo Fernández , Álvaro Gestido - Pablo Dorado , Héctor Scarone , Héctor Castro , José Pedro Cea , Santos Iriarte Trainer: Alberto Suppici	Juan Botasso - José Della Torre , Fernando Paternóster - Juan Evaristo , Luis Monti , Pedro Arico Suárez - Carlos Peucelle , Francisco Varallo , Guillermo Stábile , Manuel Ferreira , Marino Evaristo Trainers: Francisco Olazar & Juan José Tramutola
	1-0 Pablo Dorado (12th) 2-2 Pedro Cea (57th) 3-2 Santos Iriarte (68th) 4-2 Héctor Castro (89th)	1: 1 Carlos Peucelle (20th) 1: 2 Guillermo Stábile (37th)

The Argentine and ...

... the Uruguayan final ball

About 10,000 to 15,000 Argentines traveled from nearby Buenos Aires to Montevideo , crossing the Río de la Plata to watch the final. Many of the Argentine fans are said to have celebrated the exclamation Victoria o muerte (Spanish: victory or death). The stadium opened at 8:00 a.m. But due to the many travelers, the port of Montevideo was so overcrowded that some of them couldn't get to the stadium in time before the final kicked off. There were a few more incidents before the final. For example, the revolvers were removed from the audience before admission. In addition, the two opponents could not agree on who should provide the match ball. The FIFA therefore decided on a proposal by referee John Langenus that in the first half, an Argentine, and are used in the second Uruguayan ball should. Furthermore, the Argentine Luis Monti received a death threat the night before if he should play in the final. Nevertheless, Monti ran in the final. The referee John Langenus had agreed to chair the final just a few hours before kick-off, on the condition that a boat be ready at the port for a possible escape one hour after the final whistle.

In the first World Cup final in history, the final at the 1928 Olympic Games was reissued when Uruguay defeated Argentina 2-1 in the replay and defended its 1924 title. In this game of the two absolute tournament favorites, Uruguay was somewhat favored, just as the host. In front of 93,000 spectators, the highest number of spectators in the tournament, however, the Argentines initially dominated the game and had a few opportunities. Nevertheless, the Uruguayans took the lead in a counterattack against Héctor Scarone by Pablo Dorado . With a superior passing game, the Albiceleste was able to equalize after eight minutes by Carlos Peucelle after an assist from captain Manuel Ferreira . A quarter of an hour later, Guillermo Stábile scored the lead with his eighth goal, Argentina had turned the game. In the second half, Luis Monti missed a big chance to comfortably lead 3-1 after about an hour of play, whereupon Uruguay equalized directly through José Pedro Cea . Just ten minutes later, Santos Iriarte brought Uruguay back into the lead. In the 89th minute, Héctor Castro's 4-2 win resulted in the decision for Uruguay. In Uruguay, the next day was declared a national holiday, while in Buenos Aires Argentines pelted the Uruguayan embassy with stones.

World champion team

The complete world championship team with games and goals is given in brackets below. Uruguay Goal : Enrique Ballestrero (4 / -), Miguel Capuccini (0 / -) Defense : Ernesto Mascheroni (3 / -), José Nasazzi (4 / -), Emilio Recoba (0 / -), Domingo Tejera (1 / -) Runners : José Leandro Andrade (4 / -), Lorenzo Fernández (4 / -), Álvaro Gestido (4 / -), Ángel Melogno (0 / -), Conduelo Píriz (0 / -), Carlos Riolfo (0 / -) Forward : Peregrino Anselmo (2/3), Juan Carlos Calvo (0 / -), Héctor Castro (2/2), José Pedro Cea (4/5), Pablo Dorado (3/2), Santos Iriarte (4/2 ), Pedro Petrone (1 / -), Zoilo Saldombide (0 / -), Héctor Scarone (3/1), Santos Urdinarán (1 / -) Coach : Alberto Suppici

World championship team 1930 World champion coach Suppici Captain Nasazzi

Alberto Suppici is the youngest coach to ever win the world title. The victory celebrations are said to have extended over several days and nights. However, there were also negative side effects of the finale. The Argentines felt that they were badly treated and that some of their players had been threatened. This was followed by the temporary break in relations with the Uruguayan Football Association UP . Political tensions between the two countries also arose when, following violent attacks on the Uruguayan embassy in Buenos Aires, relations were temporarily broken off at the political, intergovernmental level. No further South American championship ( Campeonato Sudamericano ) took place until 1935 , since neither country wanted to take part in such a tournament in which the neighbor was also present.

List of goalscorers

rank player Gates 1  Guillermo Stábile 8th 2  José Pedro Cea 5 3  Bertram Patenaude 4th 4th  Peregrino Anselmo 3  Ivan Bek 3  Carlos Peucelle 3  Preguinho 3 8th  Hector Castro 2  Pablo Dorado 2  Santos Iriarte 2  André Maschinot 2  Luis Monti 2  Manuel Rosas 2  Guillermo Subiabre 2  Carlos Vidal 2  Moderato Wisintainer 2  Đorđe Vujadinović 2  Adolfo Zumelzú 2

rank player Gates 19th  Marino Evaristo 1  Alejandro Scopelli 1  Francisco Varallo 1  Lucien Laurent 1  Marcel Langiller 1  Blagoje Marjanović 1  Aleksandar Tirnanić 1  Juan Carreño 1  Roberto Gayón 1  Luis Vargas Peña 1  Luis Souza 1  Adalbert Deșu 1  Nicolae Kovacs 1  Constantin Stanciu 1  Héctor Scarone 1  James Brown 1  Thomas Florie 1  Bart McGhee 1  Manuel Rosas ET

Guillermo Stábile

Used referees

Final referee John Langenus

15 referees took part in the first World Cup, but four of them were only linesmen . These included four Europeans, one North American and ten South Americans. A total of six referees came from the host country Uruguay. The oldest referee and participant at this World Cup was the Brazilian Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo . This was also noticed by two violent wrong decisions: On the one hand, when he whistled the game between Argentina and France too early with a big chance, and on the other hand, when he recognized a decisive goal of Uruguay in the semifinals against Yugoslavia, although the ball was out of bounds was. In the following list of all referees, the maximum values ​​are marked in color.

Surname	Born	Association	Games	criminal surges	space refer	assistant	annotation
Thomas Balvay	04th Mar 1888	France	1	0	0	3
Henri Christophe	July 23, 1884	Belgium	1	0	0	4th	Olympic referee
John Langenus	0Dec 8, 1891	Belgium	4th	0	0	2	Olympic referee
Domingo Lombardi	22 Mar 1898	Uruguay	1	0	0	3	Olympic referee
José Macías	0Feb 3, 1901	Argentina	2	0	0	1
Francisco Mateucci	May 16, 1902	Uruguay	1	0	0	3
Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo	Feb 21, 1881	Brazil	3	0	0	2
Ulises Saucedo	03rd Mar 1896	Bolivia	1	3	0	5	Coach of Bolivia
Anibal Tejada	0Apr 7, 1893	Uruguay	2	1	0	1	Camp.-Sudam. -Referee
Ricardo Vallarino	0Apr 3, 1893	Uruguay	1	0	0	1	Camp.-Sudam. -Referee
Alberto Warnken	0Feb. 1, 1889	Chile	1	0	1	4th
Linesman
Gualberto Alonso	?	Uruguay				1
Martín Aphesteguy	22 Sep 1888	Uruguay				2
Costel Rădulescu	0Aug 5, 1896	Romania				2	Romania coach
Gaspar Vallejo	?	Mexico				2
Total:			18th	4th	1	36

The stars of the world championship

• José Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) - "La Maravilla Negra" (Eng. "The black miracle")
• José Nasazzi (Uruguay) - captain of the world championship team
• Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) - top scorer

literature

• R. Keifu: First soccer world championship 1930 in Uruguay . Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 1993, ISBN 3-89784-014-6 .
• Folke Havekost, Volker Stahl: Football World Cup 1930 in Uruguay . Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2005, ISBN 3-89784-245-9 .
• IFFHS : World Cup 1930 - World Cup 1930. In: Fußball-Weltzeitschrift, Kassel, 25/26 (1994) 1-124
• Hardy Grüne : Football World Cup Encyclopedia 1930-2006, AGON Sportverlag, Kassel, 2004, ISBN 3-89784-261-0

Web links

Commons : Football World Cup 1930  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay - official FIFA website
• Football history: When Uruguay won their first title ... - Article about the tournament and the final on FIFA.com
• Details about the tournament on Fussballdaten.de
• World Cup premiere leaves Europeans cold - article on sportschau.de
• WM 1930: With ship and revolver to the first WM article on dfb.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Football World Cup Uruguay 1930. In: worldcupportal.de. Retrieved April 16, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} FIFA World Cup Uruguay 1930: Match Report France - Mexico . ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: fifa.com , accessed October 31, 2012.  
3. ↑ Keifu, p. 32
4. ↑ 1600 revolver for the final . In: spiegel.de , June 19, 2010
5. ^ Football World Cup in Montevideo . In: Neues Wiener Tagblatt (daily edition) . Vienna July 14, 1930, p. 7 ( onb.ac.at ).
6. ↑ Article in montevideoproject.com ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 6, 2013  
7. ↑ Detailed match report for the final , which appeared in the Uruguayan press on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the final, accessed on February 7, 2012. (Spanish)
8. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup premiere leaves Europeans cold. In: sportschau.de. Retrieved April 16, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Football history - matches: 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay - final. In: fifa.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015 .