1922 King Alexander's Cup

The 1922 King Alexander's Cup (Romanian: Cupa Regelui Alexandru 1922) was the first edition of the Friendship Cup. It was a single-game tournament in 1922 and the first official match of the national association football team of Romania. The trophy was named after Alexander I, the King of Yugoslavia. The match was organized to celebrate the wedding of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia with the Princess Maria of Romania. The game had taken place at Stadion SK Jugoslavija in Belgrade, Kingdom of SCS (today part of Serbia), and ended with a 2–1 win of Romania.[1]

1922 King Alexander's Cup
EventKing Alexander's Cup
Kingdom of SCS Romania
1 2
Date8 June 1922
VenueStadion SK Jugoslavija, Belgrade
RefereeHeinrich Retschury (Austria)
Attendance5,000

Pre-match

Match

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Yugoslavia 1–2 Romania
Šifer  35' (pen.) Rónay  41' (pen.)
Guga  61'
Stadion SK Jugoslavija
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Attendance: 5,000

Squad :
GK Dragutin Friedrich
BK Andrija Kujundžić
BK Jaroslav Šifer
HW Stjepan Šterk
HC Artur Dubravčić (c)
HW Rudolf Rupec
FW Dragutin Babić
FW Branko Zinaja
FW Emil Perška
FW Vladimir Vinek
FW Ivan Šojat
Manager :
Veljko Ugrinić

Positions

  • GK = Goalkeeper
  • BK = Back
  • HW = Half-winger
  • HC = Half-center
  • FW = Forward

Squad :
GK Adalbert Ritter
BK Alois Szilagy
BK Elemer Hirsch
HW Dezideriu Jakobi
HC Nicolae Hönigsberg
HW Francisc Zimmermann
FW Aurel Guga (c)
FW Carol Frech
FW Paul Schiller
FW Ferenc Rónay
FW Ion Auer
Manager :
Teofil Morariu

Post-match

References
  1. "Romania - List of International Matches". rsssf.com. July 2018.
  2. "Yugoslavia 1-2 Romania". eu-football.info. July 2018.
  3. "The debut of The Tricolours" (in Romanian). ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 24 January 2017.
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