21.3.14

Ferencváros tour of South America 1929


The South American Hungarian Journal welcomes Ferencváros




Two shots of Amsel Ignác in action on 21.07.29 


28.07.29

In the summer of 1929 the Hungarian club Ferencváros toured South America. The tour proved a popular attraction. The highlight for the tourists was a 3-2 win over the Olympic champions Uruguay. Ferencváros, winners of the Mitropa Cup in 1928, had 16 internationals in the 17 player squad.

Tour party:
Players
 Siflis Geza (Yugoslavia)
Furmann Karoly (Hungary)
Berkessy Elemér (Hungary)
Takács Josef (Hungary)
Turay Jozef (Hungary)
Toldi Geza (aka Tunigold) (Hungary)
Kovacs Karoly
Takács Geza  (Hungary)
Obitz Gabor (Hungary)
Tancos Mihaly (aka Tanzer) (Romania & Hungary)
Bukovi Marton (Hungary)
Kohut Vilmos (Hungary)
Lyka Antal (Hungary)
Szedlacsik Ferenc (Czechoslovakia & Hungary)
Rázsó Izidor (Rothenstein Mor) (Hungary)
Amsel Ignác (Hungary)
Hungler Janos (Hungary)
Papp Lajos (Hungary)


Coach

István Tóth

Others
Sándor Bródy



30.06.29
Sao Paulo Select
1
2
Ferencváros
Such selection XIs were a staple of Brazilian football, and they often had the quality of a national side.

04.07.29
America
1
1
Ferencváros
América were 1928 Carioca champions.

07.07.29
Rio Select
3
3
Ferencváros

11.07.29
Brazil
2
0
Ferencváros
Played at Laranjeiras. A lot of new faces in the Brazil team, but a strong line-up.  Toldi was sent off.

14.07.29
Palestra Italia
5
2
Ferencváros
The club now known as Palmeiras, originating in São Paulo's Italian community.

21.07.29
Uruguay
2
3
Ferencváros
In-between 2 World Championships the Celeste were caught out here. In a game in which substitutes were used, Fradi took the lead in the 6th minute. The visitors were 3-0 on 40 minutes. The halftime whistle went after 43 minutes and the interval lasted 20 minutes. In the last minutes Uruguay pulled it back to 3-2 when the ref awarded a penalty for a foul that was committed a metre outside the box. The second half was 49 minutes long, but Uruguay couldn’t find an equaliser.

25.07.29
Montevideo Select
1
4
Ferencváros
The Montevideo selection featured 7 players from the 1928 Olympic winning team.

28.07.29
Uruguay
3
0
Ferencváros
Revenge for the Olympic champions. Hungarian reports criticised the tour management for agreeing to a rematch and suggest that there was no way that Uruguay would be defeated twice in a week, hinting at some dirty play from Andrade in particular. Uruguay convincing winners though.

01.08.29
River Plate
3
4
Ferencváros
The opponents were CARP (not the Montevideo club) the tourists crossed La Plata a few times in the course of their journeys.

03.08.29
Penarol
2
0
Ferencváros
Champions of Uruguay.

05.08.29
Racing Club
1
2
Ferencváros
Racing Club de Avellaneda.

10.08.29
Argentina
2
0
Ferencváros
A game played by public demand. 3 months later Argentina would become South American champions in   Buenos Aires. Here it was 0-0 until the 80th minute.

13.08.29
Racing Club
1
2
Ferencváros

17.08.29
Sao Paulo
2
1
Ferencváros


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