1922 Estonia national football team explained

Season:	1922
Manager:	—
Captain:	Heinrich Paal
Matches:	2
Prevseason:	1921
Nextseason:	1923

The 1922 season was the third year of competitive football for the Estonia as an independent nation.

Matches

Finland vs Estonia

11 August 1922 and the match against Finland is in the history books for two reasons. Mainly, because when Arnold Kuulman scored a goal in the 40th minute, he became the first ever to do so for the blueshirts. Secondly, it is still, after almost 90 years, the heaviest defeat Estonia has ever borne. For Kuulman it was the 4th and last appearance for the team. While Jarl Öhman scored a double-hattrick, HJK's Verner Eklöf scored third time in a row against Estonia.^[1]

Latvia vs Estonia

It was Latvia's first official international match. Debutant August Silber was brother of fellow international Otto Silber. Verner Eklöf, a Finnish international and coach, was the referee.^[2]

Players

These 15 players appeared for the national team in 1922:

• Adolf Anier
• Sergei Javorski
• Ernst Joll
• Harald Kaarman

• Arnold Kuulman
• August Lass
• Eduard Maurer
• Heinrich Paal

• Arnold Pihlak
• Bernhard Rein
• August Silber
• Otto Silber

• Vladimir Tell
• Georg Vain
• Oskar Üpraus

Goalscorers

1 goal

• Arnold Kuulman
• Vladimir Tell

Debutants

• #20–#23: Adolf Anier, Sergei Javorski, Eduard Maurer and Bernhard Rein in the match against Finland.
• #24: August Silber in the match against Latvia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soome – Eesti 10:2 . Finland – Estonia 10:2 . Estonian . Jalgpallihaigla . 29 April 2011.
2. Web site: Läti – Eesti 1:1 . Latvia – Estonia 1:1 . Estonian . Jalgpallihaigla . 29 April 2011.