1920 Estonia national football team

1920 Estonia national football team
Season	1920
Manager	—
Captain	Heinrich Paal
Matches played	1
	1921 →

The 1920 season was the first year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.

Matches

The team only played one game in their first year. It was the first time Estonian players played on grass field, as the local teams only played on gravel covered pitches at the time.^[1] For Finland, it was the 12th official match.^[1]

Finland vs Estonia

17 October 1920 Friendly	Finland	6 – 0	Estonia	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
	Öhman 5' Eklöf 10', 68' Österholm 15' Tanner 42', 80'	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kaarlo Soinio (FIN)

Players

Debutants

These 13 players were capped in the first match:^[1]

#1–#11: Ernst Joll, Elmar Klaos, Arnold Kuulman, Heinrich Paal, Rudolf Paal, Arnold Pihlak, Artur Prunn, Karl Ree, Gustav Sepp, Otto Silber, Oskar Üpraus
#12–#13: Raimond Põder, Vladimir Tell

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Soome – Eesti 6:0" [Finland - Estonia 6:0]. Jalgpallihaigla. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

[jalgpallihaigla-1] "Soome – Eesti 6:0" [Finland - Estonia 6:0]. Jalgpallihaigla. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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