Original international match

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The original international matches are international matches that are played before a generally recognized national sports association is established. In particular, this term is used for several German and Austrian international football matches.

German football great international matches

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The original international matches are the seven football “international matches” that German national teams played against French and English teams between 1898 and 1901 and that took place before the first official international match in 1908 against Switzerland . However, the opponents in 1898 were two Parisian teams, so these two games are occasionally not included in the statistics. But the five games against English national teams in 1899 and 1901 can only be called "Länder" games to a limited extent, since the German teams, with the exception of the third game in 1899, were largely provided by the Berlin Association and these games also by the English side no official character was granted. Therefore, the term “international comparisons” compared to “original international matches” would also make more sense.

The organizer - and against the French teams also teammates - of the matches was Walther Bensemann , who made football known in Germany, and the German Central Committee for International Football Competitions . Since the DFB was not involved in the organization of the two games after it was founded in 1900, they are also not included in the official statistics for German international matches.

Overview of the German "original international matches"

date place opponent Result
December 12, 1898 Courbevoie ( Paris ), White Rovers Square White Rovers Paris 7-0
December 13, 1898 Courbevoie (Paris), White Rovers Square City selection Paris 2: 1
November 23, 1899 Charlottenburg , athletics sports field England 2:13
November 24, 1899 Charlottenburg, athletics sports field England 2:10
November 28, 1899 Karlsruhe , parade ground England 0: 7
September 21, 1901 Tottenham ( London ), White Hart Lane England 0:12
September 25, 1901 Manchester , Hyde Road England 0:10

International games in Paris in 1898

The German selection from 1898. Walther Bensemann in the back row in white trousers, next to him on the right Ivo Schricker .

On December 12, 1898, the German selection, in which eight Berlin players stood, won in Paris against the White Rovers Club , for which nine Englishmen competed, 7-0 (3-0) in front of 580 spectators. Jestram, one of the best German players at the turn of the century, is said to have scored four goals. After an extensive evening stroll through town, an exhausted German team won the day after with the same cast against a Paris city team - made up of five players from Club Français , four from Standard AC and one each from Racing Club de France and Paris Star  - in front of 300 spectators with 2: 1 (1: 0).

Line-up in both games:
Ludwig Friese (Alemannia Hamburg) - Reginald Westendarp ( Academic SC 1893 Berlin ), Paul Kralle ( Viktoria 89 Berlin ) - Erwin Schricker (Academic SC 1893 Berlin), Wünsch (Viktoria 89 Berlin), Walther Bensemann ( Strasbourg FV ) - O. Baudach (Viktoria 89 Berlin), Ivo Schricker (Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin), Willer ( Britannia 92 Berlin ), Walter Jestram (Britannia 92 Berlin), Rudolf Wetzler ( Karlsruher FV ).

The victorious eleven informed the German head of state by telegram:

“The representatives of the most important clubs in German football in Berlin submit the most obedient announcement that today in Paris, for the first time, a football team made up of all German districts has won 7-0 times over an excellent French football club! The German football players practicing on the Tempelhofer Felde pledge your Majesty, wherever it is, to want to stand up for the emperor and empire with blood and wealth. Georg Demmler, Marienfelde near Berlin. "

The answer was a gracious congratulatory telegram from His Majesty to Herr Demmler's address .

International games against England in 1899

Advertisement for the "International Football Competitions" in November 1899

In 1899, with the support of Ivo Schricker, Bensemann succeeded in getting an English national team made up of professionals and amateurs for four games on the European mainland in return for an expense allowance of 2000 gold marks, which Bensemann had borrowed from his aunt . The German Chancellor Hohenlohe took over the patronage, but put it down again because of the second Boer War of the English. Under the direction of the Association of German Ball Game Clubs , three encounters took place, which attracted a relatively large number of spectators, but ended in high defeats for the German national teams. It was no different with a game that was still played in Prague against a “German-Austrian” team. Contributing English professionals included, among others, Billy Bassett , Edgar Chadwick and Jimmy Crabtree .

The first game was supposed to take place on the day of repentance, but was forbidden by the police chief because of the church holiday. So the game was played on Thursday, November 23rd, and the team consisting of Berliners or players studying in Berlin lost 2:13 in front of 1,500 spectators on the athletic sports field in Charlottenburg . One of the two German goals was scored by Jestram.

Lineup:
Paul Eichelmann ( Germania 88 Berlin ) - Paul Kralle (Viktoria 89 Berlin), Gasse ( Fortuna Berlin ) - Ivo Schricker (Academic SC 1893 Berlin), Wünsch (Viktoria 89 Berlin), Erwin Schricker (Academic SC 1893 Berlin) - Bock (Fortuna Berlin), Zierold (Germania 88 Berlin), Rudolf Wetzler (at the time Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin, actually Karlsruher FV ), Walter Jestram (Britannia 92 Berlin), Gruschwitz (Viktoria 89 Berlin).

In front of 512 paying spectators, on the following Friday morning (November 24th) at the same location, a selection strengthened by two from Karlsruhe and playing much better lost 2:10, a defeat that was felt to be too high. Bock and Jestram scored the goals.

Lineup:
Wilhelm Langer (Karlsruher FV) - Reginald Westendarp (Academic SC 1893 Berlin), Kohts (ASC Berlin) - Ivo Schricker (Academic SC 1893 Berlin), Wünsch (Viktoria 89 Berlin), Thanner (Britannia 92 Berlin) - Link (Karlsruher FV) , Zierold (Germania 88 Berlin), Bock (Fortuna Berlin), Walter Jestram (Britannia 92 Berlin), Gruschwitz (Viktoria 89 Berlin).

A contemporary account describes the differences in the English way of playing as follows:

“Even the formation at the kick is different for the English than the usual one here. The 'three inside forwart play', which is hardly known here in Berlin, was used by the English on this occasion. It is that the three inside strikers get pretty close together and advance in that way. If they are now hard pressed, they pass the ball over to the wing, etc. The great advantage of this style of play is that it is of course more difficult for the opponents to take possession of the ball when making quick, short passes. English strikers rarely work with the tip of their toes, but almost always work with the inside or outside of the foot. They combine very short, low passing with excellent dribbling and skillful mental work, the latter being played with wonderful calculation. The quick stopping of the high balls and the extremely nimble turning aroused the general admiration of our players. "

On November 25th, the English defeated an Austrian- Bohemian selection in Prague , referred to in the press as “German-Austrians” with 8-0. Most of the players on the local team came from DFC Prague , but at the request of guests who wished to play against a national team, Max Leuthe and Wagner from the Viennese cricket team also took part.

A selection made up of seven Karlsruhe players lost 7-0 in front of 5,000 spectators on the parade ground in Karlsruhe on November 28th.

Lineup:
Wilhelm Langer (Karlsruher FV) - Erwin Schricker (Academic SC 1893 Berlin), Kohts (Academic SC 1893 Berlin) - Arthur Beier ( Phönix Karlsruhe ), Ivo Schricker (Academic SC 1893 Berlin), Schuon (Karlsruher FV) - Fritz Langer (Karlsruhe FV), Rickmers (Karlsruher FV), Julius Zinser (Karlsruher FV), Zierold (Germania 88 Berlin), Link (Karlsruher FV).

International matches in England in 1901

A return visit by a German selection to England did not take place until 1901. Although the DFB was founded on January 28, 1900, these games took place under the care of the Central Committee for international football competitions and under the direction of Gerhard Wagner. On September 21, the German selection - a reinforced Berlin team - lost in the Tottenham Hotspur stadium against an amateur selection of the Football Association with 12: 0, four days later in Manchester with almost the same line-up against a professional selection 10: 0.

Line-up in both games:
Lüdecke - Walter Jestram , R. Müller, E. Müller (1st column) / Friedl M. (2nd column), Huettl, Ivo Schricker - Otto Jüngling , Fritz Langer, Julius Zinser , Louis Heck , Gruschwitz.

There were no further international matches until 1908.

Austrian football great international matches

Austria versus Switzerland

In relation to Austrian football, the Urländerspiel is the first international match in Austria on April 8, 1901. This match, which was unofficially rated today, was played in Vienna against Switzerland . The Austrian selection came to this international match with two English players as guest players and defeated the Swiss team, which was made up of English and Americans , with 4-0 goals.

The meeting was organized by the Austrian Football Union, which was founded only a year earlier, a predecessor of today's ÖFB , whose founder, the Englishman MD Nicholson , was also the first president of this first official Austrian football association.

Austria played the Urländerspiel against Switzerland with players from the major Viennese clubs First Vienna FC , Vienna Cricket and Football Club and Wiener AC . Four footballers from this encounter (Albert, Blooncy, Shires and Zander) were nominated only for this match, the remaining seven players were also featured in later, official international matches. In the early days of Austrian football, many players took on pseudonyms , wore wigs and even stuck on fake beards in order not to be recognized. One reason for this was that at that time schoolchildren, even if they were already 17 or 18 years old, were forbidden to play football in clubs.

The Austrian team competed in the following formation:

Vienna versus Budapest

The first international match - now officially recognized - was announced by the ÖFU as a city game between Vienna and Budapest for October 12, 1902. This international match was played on the Vienna WAC-Platz and ended 5-0 for Vienna. It is now considered the first international match on the European continent. The referee of the game was a Vienna-based English merchant named Roland Shires who also played for the cricketers . Whether this was also related to the cricketer player Teddy Shires , or even identical, would have to be determined.

Another city game took place in Budapest on June 10, 1903 . This ended 3-2 for the hosts. 4: 2 for Vienna was the final result of the third encounter between Vienna and Budapest on October 11, 1903 on the WAC square.

The Austria-Hungary encounter has been re-launched a total of 137 times to date - most recently on June 14, 2016 in Bordeaux at the final round of the European Championship , which Austria lost 2-0 - and is therefore the second most popular international match after the South American classic Argentina against Uruguay. Mating the world. The joke "Today Austria-Hungary is playing " - "Against whom?" Is based on this frequency and was not seriously justified even at the time of the monarchy , as there was never a joint kuk team.

literature

  • History of German football. Volume III of the series of publications of the German Football Association. Carl Koppehel, Verlag Wilhelm Limpert, Frankfurt 1954, 4th expanded edition without a year.
  • Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 , pp. 11-13.
  • Raphael Keppel : Germany's international football matches. Documentation from 1908–1989. Sport- und Spielverlag Hitzel, Hürth 1989, ISBN 3-9802172-4-8 .
  • Chronicle of German football. The national team games from 1908 to the present day . Chronik Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 2005, ISBN 3-577-16409-3
  • kicker edition: 100 years of German international matches , 2008

References and comments

  1. The first two games in 1899 were even classified by other associations as "Berlin soloists" and were therefore boycotted.
  2. Until the game against Austria in Vienna on June 6, 1908, the English national team only played games against the other British teams - Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
  3. Article “Paris – Berlin” from La Vie Sportive du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais from March 1913, p. 10
  4. quoted from Carl Koppehel: History of German Football , Frankfurt am Main 1954, p. 82
  5. Complete line-up in Sport im Bild , about the game in Prague also in the Prager Tagblatt , various editions from November and December 1899
  6. quoted from Carl Koppehel: History of German Football , Frankfurt am Main 1954, p. 84
  7. ^ Prager Tagblatt , preview and match report from November 25th and 26th, 1899; also Sport im Bild (Berlin)
  8. cf. ibid
  9. Thomas Alexander Staisch: The German Masters. 1909 - a forgotten championship. The history of the Karlsruher FC Phönix 1894. Badner Buch-Verlag, Rastatt 2014, ISBN 978-3-944635-09-5 .
  10. Match report on austriasoccer.at