Adalbert Pall

Adalbert Pall
Personal information
Full name Adalbert Bela Pall[1]
Date of birth (1918-04-01)1 April 1918
Place of birth Cluj-Napoca, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 1 August 2001(2001-08-01) (aged 83)[2]
Place of death Cluj-Napoca, Romania[3]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1932–1936 Victoria Cluj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1940 Victoria Cluj 70 (3)
1940–1946 Kolozsvári AC[a] 66 (0)
1946–1951 Flamura Roșie Arad 110 (1)
Total 246 (3)
International career
1947–1950 Romania 5 (0)
Managerial career
1960 Gloria Bistrița
Minerul Lupeni
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adalbert Bela Pall (1 April 1918 – 1 August 2001) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was capped 5 times.[1][3][4][5]

Club career

Pall was born on 1 April 1918 in Cluj-Napoca, Austria-Hungary and began playing junior-level football in 1932 at Victoria Cluj.[1][3][6] On 30 August 1936, he made his Divizia A debut under coach Sepp Pojar in Victoria's 3–1 home loss to Venus București.[1][7]

In 1940, Pall went to play for Nemzeti Bajnokság II side Kolozsvári AC, helping the team gain promotion to the first league at the end of the season.[1][3] Subsequently, he made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut under coach Béla Kovács on 24 August 1941 in an 8–1 loss to Szegedi AK.[3][8] Under coach Zoltán Opata, the team reached the 1943–44 Magyar Kupa final and Pall played in both legs of the 5–3 aggregate loss to Ferencváros.[3][4][9] On 3 September 1944, he made his last Nemzeti Bajnokság I appearance in a 1–1 draw against Budapesti MÁVAG, totaling 66 matches in the competition.[3]

In 1946, Pall went to play for Flamura Roșie Arad, making his league debut for them on 25 August under his former coach from Kolozsvári, Zoltán Opata, in a 5–1 away win against Libertatea Oradea.[1][10] He made 22 appearances in the competition until the end of the season, as the team won the first title in its history.[1][11] In the following season he helped The Old Lady win The Double, playing 28 league games under coach Petre Steinbach and appearing the entire match under coach Gusztáv Juhász in the 3–2 victory against CFR Timișoara in the 1948 Cupa României final.[1][11][12] In the 1950 season, he won another title with the club, being used by coach Francisc Dvorzsák in 22 matches, also appearing in the Cupa României final which was lost with 3–1 to CCA București.[1][11][13] On 14 October 1951, Pall made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for Flamura Roșie in a 2–2 draw against Locomotiva București, totaling 180 appearances with four goals in the competition.[1]

International career

Pall played five games for Romania, making his debut under coach Colea Vâlcov on 6 July 1947 in a 3–2 away win over Bulgaria in the 1947 Balkan Cup.[2][14] He also played in two losses to Albania and rivals Hungary during the 1948 Balkan Cup.[2] Pall's last appearance for the national team took place on 14 May 1950 in a 3–3 friendly draw against Poland.[2]

Managerial career

After his playing career ended, Pall worked as a coach for various teams in Bistrița, Lupeni, Craiova, Turda and Cluj-Napoca.[4]

Death

Pall died on 1 August 2001 in his native Cluj-Napoca at the age of 83.[2][4][6]

Honours

Kolozsvári AC

Flamura Roșie Arad

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1940–41 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season are unavailable.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Adalbert Pall at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Adalbert Pall". European Football. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Adalbert Pall profile". Magyarfutball. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Végleg kidôlt a védelem oszlopa Páll Béla (1918–2001)" [The defense column died Béla Páll (1918–2001)] (in Hungarian). Szabadsag.ro. 2 August 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ Adalbert Pall at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ a b "Adalbert Pall profile". Labtof. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Victoria Cluj vs Venus București 1-3". Labtof. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Kolozsvári AC vs. Újpest 0-2" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b "1943–44 Magyar Kupa Final 1st leg". MagyarFutball. 25 June 1944. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
    "1943–44 Magyar Kupa 2nd leg". MagyarFutball. 2 July 1944. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Libertatea Oradea vs ITA Arad 1-5". Labtof. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  12. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – 1947–1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  13. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1950". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Bulgaria - Romania 2:3". European Football. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
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