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  • 150th international match of the Italy football team
  • Finland suffered its 3rd consecutive defeat
  • Italy's 30th consecutive match without defeat
  • Record for most Finland caps: Frans Karjagin's 52nd appearance
  • Silvio Piola scored his 2nd and Italy's 16th international hat-trick
  • Finland vs Italy Head to Head: Finland national football team's 1st loss in 2 matches

Finland vs Italy international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Thursday, 20 July 1939, 19:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Finland
2-3
Italy
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Ivan Eklind, Stockholm /
Sweden
Attendance, venue:
15 547, Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals:
0-1 (12') Silvio Piola, 1-1 (21') Aatos Lehtonen, 1-2 (28') Silvio Piola, 2-2 (41') Kurt Weckström, 2-3 (84') Silvio Piola
Finland national football team line-up in match Nr.117
Managed by selection committee, coach Gábor Obitz (Hungary)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Italy national football team line-up in match Nr.150
Managed by technical commissioner Vittorio Pozzo
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Finland
nan
nan
0
2
0
0
Italy
nan
nan
0
3
0
0
Historical data sources
Il Littoriale (Rome), №175, 21 Jul 1939; CONI: Biblioteca digitale dello sport
La Stampa (Turin), №172, 21 Jul 1939; La Stampa - Archivio storico dal 1867
Il Messaggero (Rome), №172, 21 Jul 1939; Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
Gazzetta di Venezia (Venice), №202, 21 Jul 1939; Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
Il lavoro (Genoa), №201, 21 Jul 1939; Biblioteca Digitale Ligure
Comments

Rimac - posted on 15 May 2009 at 18:04:09

La Nazionale saluta: Pozzo, Fregosi(riserva), Battistoni, Perazzolo, Foni, Rava, Depetrini, Locatelli, Colaussi, Piola, Ferraris II ed Olivieri. (link: )

db - posted on 5 November 2009 at 18:49:34

Finland:
Eronen, Granstrom, Lahti, Lehtonen, Pyy, Rinne, Weckstrom, Lintamo
Leskinen, Sarnola, Karjagin

dudd - posted on 13 June 2021 at 20:35:16

Teams before match (link: )
Finland vs Italy post-match head-to-head
WP
50.0
P
2
W
1
D
0
L
1
GF
5
GA
5
GF/P
2.500
GA/P
2.500
Av attendance
8 074
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Dansk Boldspil-Union 50th Anniversary Tournament
Denmark vs Finland 5-0
Copenhagen, Thursday 15 June 1939
Next match:
Friendly International
Finland vs Estonia 4-2
Helsinki, Friday 4 August 1939
Italy national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Romania vs Italy 0-1
Bucharest, Sunday 11 June 1939
Next match:
Friendly International
Switzerland vs Italy 3-1
Zurich, Sunday 12 November 1939
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
... Kurt Weckström (1933 - 1939) - 9 goals
... Aatos Lehtonen (1936 - 1939) - 7 goals
(correct as of July 20, 1939)
Top Italy goal scorers
1. Giuseppe Meazza (1930 - 1938) - 33 goals
2. Silvio Piola (1935 - 1939) - 26 goals
3. Adolfo Baloncieri (1920 - 1930) - 25 goals
4. Julio Libonatti (1927 - 1931) - 15 goals
5. Angelo Schiavio (1925 - 1934) - 15 goals
(correct as of July 20, 1939)
Brief match report
Thu. 20 Jul 1939
Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Finland 2-3 Italy
Goals: 12, 21, 28, 41, 84

Att: 15 547,
Ref: Eklind (Sweden)

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