For their first foray into international football Poland took a Cracovia dominated XI to meet Hungary at the Hungária körúti Stadion. Indeed there is some speculatiuon that the fixture only came about because of the influence of the Cracovia coach, Jesza Poszony. As Imre Pozsonyi (he was also known as Emérico Pozsonyi) he had played in what was
retrospectively designated as Hungary's very first international in 1902. Poszony was made coach of the new Polish national squad. Following a series of trials, an initial cohort of 33 was reduced to a squad of 16 for the first match. Eventually 13 players made the arduous 36 hour train journey to Budapest. The team was selected by Józef Szkolnikowski, President of the Polish FA.
GK | Jan Loth | KS Polonia |
FB | Ludwick Gintel | KS Cracovia |
FB | Artur Marczewski | KS Polonia |
HB | Zdzisław Styczeń | KS Cracovia |
HB | Stanisław Cikowski | KS Cracovia |
HB | Tadeusz Synowiec c | KS Cracovia |
F | Stanisław Mielech | KS Cracovia |
F | Wacław Kuchar | LKS Pogon Lwów |
F | Józef Kałuża | KS Cracovia |
F | Marian Einbacher | KS Warta |
F | Leon Sperling | KS Cracovia |
The 2 reserves were : Stefan Loth - (KS Polonia) & Mieczysław Batsch - (LKS Pogon Lwów)
For Hungary this was the 80th international .
The hosts won 1-0 with an 18th minute goal from Jenő Szabó. Hungary missed a penalty and Jan Loth put in an impressive performance. It was a creditable result for Poland.
