The first offical match in 1929

07.04.1929, Friendly Match, Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

GREECE – ITALY B 1-4

First ever Greece Lineup

Italy B Lineup

Scorers:

0-1 Rodolfo Volk 35′
1-1 Alvertos Nahmias 60′ (first goal in the history of the Greek national team)
1-2 Rodolfo Volk 65′
1-3 Antonio Bussini III 68′
1-4 Mariano Tansini 80′

GREECE (Apostolos Nikolaidis): Giorgos Giamalis (AEK Athens); Costas Ferlemis (Ethnikos Pireaus), Christoforos Vogas (Iraklis Thessaloniki); Apostolos Messaris (Panathinaikos), Stefanos Konstantinidis (AEK Athens), Costas Andritsos (Panathinaikos); Vasilis Andrianopoulos (Olympiakos, 21), Constantinos (Dinos) Andrianopoulos (Olympiakos, 23), Giorgos Andrianopoulos (Olympiakos, 25, captain), Angelos Messaris (Panathinaikos), Alvertos Nahmias (Iraklis Thessaloniki).

ITALY B (Donati): Valentino Degani (Ambrosiana-Inter Milan, 24); Eraldo Monzeglio (Bologna FC, 22), Cesare Martin II (Torino, 28); Edoardo Avalle (US Alessandria 1912, 23), Bonifacio Scaltriti (Brescia), Armando Castellazzi (Ambrosiana-Inter Milan, 24); Raffaele Costantino (SSC Bari, 21), Antonio Busini III (Bologna, 24), Rodolfo Volk (sometimes “italianized” to Folchi or Volki, AS Roma, 23), Luigi Cevenini III (Juventus Torino, 34), Mariano Tansini (AC Milan, 25).

Referee: Ferenc Kann (Hungary).