Preparing For The Game
In November 1921, Polish officials and Coach Pozsonyi chose 22 players who became the members of the first Polish National Football Team. These players took part in a few warm-up games in Kraków, and after a few weeks, 13 players were chosen. These athletes, who in most cases did not know each other, boarded the train on December 16, and after a 36-hour journey in 3rd class cars, reached Budapest.
This is the list of Polish players who came to Budapest and the clubs they represented:
- Jan Loth - goalkeeper (Polonia Warszawa)
- Ludwik Gintel - defender (Cracovia)
- Artur Marczewski - defender (Polonia Warszawa)
- Zdzisław Styczeń - midfielder (Cracovia)
- Stanisław Cikowski - midfielder (Cracovia)
- Tadeusz Synowiec - midfielder (Cracovia)
- Stanisław Mielech - forward (Cracovia)
- Wacław Kuchar - forward (Pogoń Lwów)
- Józef Kałuża - forward (Cracovia)
- Marian Einbacher - forward (Warta Poznań)
- Leon Sperling - forward (Cracovia)
In reserve there were two additional footballers:
- Stefan Loth - (Polonia Warszawa)
- Mieczysław Batsch - (Pogoń Lwów)
Apart from players there were some officials in the party: coach Imre Pozsonyi, president of PZPN dr. Edward Cetnarowski, PZPN’s prof. Jan Weyssenhof as well as several journalists.
Read more about this topic: 1921 Hungary Vs Poland Football Match
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