Compendium to the 1920 Olympics-Part 5

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V.    Olympics-Consolation Tournament:

Date: August 31, 1920

Competition: Olympics-Consolation Tournament

Result: Italy 2-Norway 1 (Double OT)

Venue:Antwerpen –Kiel-Olympisch Stadion, Belgium 

Attendance:500

Referee:LouisFourgeous (France)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Enrico Sardi 46, Emilio Badini II 96

(Norway): Arne Andersen 40          

Lineups:

Italy:

Piero Campelli (captain) (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)    

Virginio Rosetta (Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli Calcio)

Antonio Bruna (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Ettore Reynaudi (Novara Foot Ball Club)

Giuseppe Parodi (Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli Calcio)

Luigi Burlando (Società Ginnastica Andrea Doria Genova)

Rinaldo Roggero (Savona Calcio)

Enrico Sardi (Genoa Foot Ball Club)   

Pio Ferraris (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Emilio Badini II (Bologna Foot Ball Club)  

Giuseppe Forlivesi (Modena Foot Ball Club) 

Federation’s Technical Commission (Francesco Cali, Umberto Meazza, Bertazzoni, Minoli)

Coach: Giuseppe Milano I

Norway:

Sigurd Wathne (Brann Sportsklubben- Bergen)

Otto Aulie (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben- Kristiania) 

John Johnsen (Brann Sportsklubben- Bergen)

Ellef Mohn (Frigg Kristiania Fotballklubb)

Asbjørn Halvorsen (Sarpsborg Fotballklubb)

Gunnar Andersen (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben- Kristiania) 

Michael Paulsen (Fotballklubben Ørn-Horten)   

Arne Andersen (Kvik Halden Fotballklubben)

Johnny Helgesen (Kvik Halden Fotballklubben)

Rolf Semb-Thorstvedt (Frigg Kristiania Fotballklubb)

Per Holm (Sarpsborg Fotballklubb)

Coach: James McPherson (Scotland)

Note: Two-Fifteen minute extra times were followed by an additional two-Ten Minutes.

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, August 31, 1920, Olympics, Italy 2-Norway 1) Olympics, Italy 2-Norway 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Norge  (1908-1940), Suomi (1911-1940)-Essti (1920-1940) (Norway squad, August 31, 1920, Olympics, Italy 2-Norway 1)

Date: September 1, 1920

Competition: Olympics-Consolation Tournament

Result: Spain 2-Sweden 1

Venue:Antwerpen -Deurne, Bosuil Stadion, Belgium 

Attendance:3,000

Referee:Dr. Giovanni Mauro (Italy) 

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Belauste 51, Gómez-Acedo 53

(Sweden): Albin Dahl 28     

Lineups:

Spain:

Ricardo Zamora Martinez (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Pedro VallanaJeanguenat(Arenas Club de Guecho)

Mariano ArrateEsnaola(Captain) (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

José SamitierVilalta (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

José Maria Belausteguigoitia Landaluce ‘Belauste’(Captain) (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Sabino Bilbao Libano(Captain) (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Francisco Pagaza-Urtundua Gonzalez ‘Pagaza’(Arenas Club de Guecho)

Felix Sesumaga Ugarte (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Patricio Arabolaza (Real Union de Irun)

Rafael Moreno Aranzadi ‘Pichichi’  (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Domingo ‘Chomin’ Gomez-Acedo Villanueva (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Coach: Julián Ruete, Francisco Bru, José Angel Berraondo Insausti

Other Substitutes:

Luis Otero Sanchez (Real Vigo Sporting Club) (injured)

Agustin Eizaguirre Ostolaza (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian) (goalkeeper) (absent)

Manuel Carrasco Alonso (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Ramon Moncho Gil Sequeiros (Real Vigo Sporting Club)

Silverio Izaguirre Sorzalbalbere (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Ramon Gonzalez Figueroa (Real Vigo Sporting Club) (out sick)

Juan Artola Letamnendia (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Agustin SanchoAgustina (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Ramon Eguiazábal Berroa (Real Union de Irun) (injured)

Joaquin Vazquez Gonzalez (Racing del Ferrol)

Sweden:

Robert Zander (Örgryte Idrottssällskap- Göteborg)

Valdus Lund (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Bertil Nordenskjöld (captain) (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Albert Öijermark (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Ragnar Wicksell (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Karl Gustafsson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Rune Bergström (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

Albert Olsson (GAIS (Göteborgs Atlet & Idrottssälskap)- Göteborg)

Herbert Karlsson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Albin Dahl (Landskrona Boll och Idrottssälskap)

Mauritz Sandberg (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Coach: Anton Johansson

Note: Sweden’s Ragnar Wicksell (or Albert Olsson) missed a penalty kick in the 65^thminute.

Date: September 2, 1920

Competition: Olympics-Consolation Tournament-Semifinals

Result: Spain 2-Italy 0

Venue:Antwerpen –Kiel-Olympisch Stadion, Belgium 

Attendance:10,000

Referee:Paul Putz (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Sesúmaga 43, 72

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Spain:

Ricardo Zamora Martinez (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Pedro VallanaJeanguenat(Captain) (Arenas Club de Guecho)

Luis Otero Sanchez (Real Vigo Sporting Club)

Juan Artola Letamnendia (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Agustin SanchoAgustina (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Sabino Bilbao Libano(Captain) (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Ramon Moncho Gil Sequeiros (Real Vigo Sporting Club)

Francisco Pagaza-Urtundua Gonzalez ‘Pagaza’(Arenas Club de Guecho)

Felix Sesumaga Ugarte (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Rafael Moreno Aranzadi ‘Pichichi’ (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Silverio Izaguirre Sorzalbalbere (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Coach: Julián Ruete, Francisco Bru, José Angel Berraondo Insausti

Sent Off: Ricardo Zamora 84^th

Other Substitutes:

Agustin Eizaguirre Ostolaza (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian) (goalkeeper) (absent)

Manuel Carrasco Alonso (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Ramon Gonzalez Figueroa (Real Vigo Sporting Club) (out sick)

Ramon Eguiazábal Berroa (Real Union de Irun)

Joaquin Vazquez Gonzalez (Racing del Ferrol)

Mariano ArrateEsnaola (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)(injured)

José SamitierVilalta (Fútbol Club Barcelona) (injured)

José Maria Belausteguigoitia Landaluce ‘Belauste’ (Athletic Club de Bilbao) (injured)

Patricio Arabolaza (Real Union de Irun) (injured)

Domingo ‘Chomin’ Gomez-Acedo Villanueva (Athletic Club de Bilbao) (injured)

Note: Pagaza left the field injured 35^th minute. After Zamora’s sending off, Silveiro went in the net in his place.

Italy:

Piero Campelli (Foot Ball Club Internazionale- Milano)   

Antonio Bruna (Foot Ball Club Juventus-Torino)             

Renzo De Vecchi (captain) (Genoa Foot Ball Club)  

Giuseppe Parodi (Unione Sportiva Pro Vercelli Calcio)

Mario Meneghetti (Novara Foot Ball Club)

Gracco De Nardo (Spes-Genova)

Adevildo De Marchi (Società Ginnastica Andrea Doria Genova)

Adolfo Baloncieri (Unione Sportiva Alessandria)  

Guglielmo Brezzi (Genoa Foot Ball Club)   

Emilio Badini II (Bologna Foot Ball Club) 

Giustiniano Marucco (Novara Foot Ball Club)

Federation’s Technical Commission (Francesco Cali, Umberto Meazza, Bertazzoni, Minoli)

Coach: Giuseppe Milano I

Date: September 5, 1920

Competition: Olympics-Consolation Tournament-Final

Result: Spain 3-Holland 1

Venue:Antwerpen –Kiel-Olympisch Stadion, Belgium 

Attendance:14,000

Referee:Paul Putz (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Sesúmaga 7, 35, Pichichi 72

(Holland): Ber Groosjohan 68

Lineups:

Spain:

Ricardo Zamora Martinez (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Pedro VallanaJeanguenat(Arenas Club de Guecho)

Mariano ArrateEsnaola (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)(injured)

José SamitierVilalta (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

José Maria Belausteguigoitia Landaluce ‘Belauste’(Captain) (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Ramon Eguiazábal Berroa (Real Union de Irun)

Ramon Moncho Gil Sequeiros (Real Vigo Sporting Club)

Felix Sesumaga Ugarte (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Patricio Arabolaza (Real Union de Irun)

Rafael Moreno Aranzadi ‘Pichichi’ (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Domingo ‘Chomin’ Gomez-Acedo Villanueva (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Coach: Julián Ruete, Francisco Bru, José Angel Berraondo Insausti

Other Substitutes:

Agustin Eizaguirre Ostolaza (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian) (goalkeeper) (absent)

Manuel Carrasco Alonso (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Ramon Gonzalez Figueroa (Real Vigo Sporting Club) (out sick)

Joaquin Vazquez Gonzalez (Racing del Ferrol)

Luis Otero Sanchez (Real Vigo Sporting Club)

Juan Artola Letamnendia (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Agustin SanchoAgustina (Fútbol Club Barcelona)

Sabino Bilbao Libano(Captain) (Athletic Club de Bilbao)

Francisco Pagaza-Urtundua Gonzalez ‘Pagaza’(Arenas Club de Guecho)

Silverio Izaguirre Sorzalbalbere (Real Sociedad de Fútbol–San Sebastian)

Holland:

Robert ‘Dick’ MacNeill (H.V.V.(Haagse Voetbal Vereniging)-Den Haag)

ir Henri Léonard Barthélémi ‘Harry’ Dénis (HBS (Houdt Braef Standt)-Den Haag)

Bernard Willem Jan ‘Ben’ Verweij (HFC (Haarlemsche Football Club)-Haarlem)

ir Leonard François Gèrard ‘Leo’ Bosschart (Captain) (hv&cv (Haagse voetbal en cricket vereniging) Quick- Den Haag)
dr Frederik Carel ‘Frits’ Kuipers (HFC (Haarlemsche Football Club)-Haarlem)

Hermanus Hendricus ‘Henk’ Steeman (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta –Rotterdam) 

ir Oscar Emile Ridder van Rappard (HBS (Houdt Braef Standt)-Den Haag)

Jan Leendert van Dort (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)
Bernardus ‘Ber’ Groosjohan (V.O.C. (Volharding Olympia Combinatie)-Rotterdam)

jhr Herman Carel Felix Clotilde ‘Felix’ von Heyden (nc&vc (Nijmeegse cricket & voetbal club) Quick- Nijmegen) 

mr Evert Jan Bulder (Groninger Cricket en Voetbal Vereniging Be Quick-Groningen)

Coach: Frederick Warburton (England)

Other Substitutes:

Tinus van Beurden (Willem II Tillburg)  

Adrianus Gerardus ‘Arie’ Bieshaar (Football Club Haarlem)

Willem Boerdam (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta –Rotterdam)

Eb van der Kluft (Amsterdamse Sportvereniging Blauw-Wit-Amsterdam)    

Henk F.J.L. Tempel (hvv (Hengelose voetbal vereniging) Tunantia-Hengelo)

Jan C. de Vries (Z.A.C. (Zwolse Athletische Club)-Zwolle)

Piet Peereboom (HBS (Houdt Braef Standt)-Den Haag)

Photo From: Oranje Toen En Nu, Deel 2, 1914-1926, 2001-2002, Author Matty Verkamman (September 5, 1920, Olympics, Spain 3-Holland 1)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, September 5, 1920, Olympics, Spain 3-Holland 1)

Photo From: Oranje Toen En Nu, Deel 2, 1914-1926, 2001-2002, Author Matty Verkamman (Holland squad, September 5, 1920, Olympics, Spain 3-Holland 1)

VI.    Olympics-Consolation / Friendly:

Some sources have listed the following match as part of the Cosnoaltion Tournament, but according to most records it was a Friendly.

Some sources shiw the date as September 2^nd, but it was played on September 3^rd.

Date: September 3, 1920

Competition: Friendly

Result: Egypt 4-Yugoslavia 2

Venue:Antwerpen –Kiel-Olympisch Stadion, Belgium 

Attendance:500

Referee:Henri Christophe (Belgium) (some sources show Raphaël Van Praag (Belgium))

Goalscorers:

(Egypt): Hussein Hegazi, Ali Hassan. Said Abaza 2 goals

(Yugoslavia): Artur Dubravcic, Jovan Ruzic 

Lineups:

Egypt:

Kamel Taha (National SC Cairo)

Mohamed El-Sayed (El-Sekka Cairo)

Abdel Salam Hamdi (Zamalek SC Cairo)

Riad Shawki (National SC Cairo)

Ali El-Hassani (National SC Cairo)

Gamil Osman (National SC Cairo)

Tawfik Abdullah (National SC Cairo)

Hassan Allouba (Tersana Cairo)

Hussein Hegazi (captain) (Zamalek SC Cairo)

Sayed Abaza (National SC Cairo)

Zaki Osman (National SC Cairo)

Player-Coach: Hussein Hegazi

Yugoslavia:

Dragutin Vrdjuka (Gradjanski Zagreb)

Jaroslav Sifer (Gradjanski Zagreb)

Branislav Porobic (Beogradski SK Beograd)

Stanko Tavcar (Ilirija Ljubljana)

Rudolf Rupec (Gradjanski Zagreb)

Dragutin Vragovic (Gradjanski Zagreb)

Josip Solc (Concordia Zagreb)

Nikola Simic (Beogradski Sport Klub- Beograd)  

Artur Dubravcic (captain) (Concordia Zagreb)

Emil Perska (Gradjanski Zagreb)          (Andrija Kojic (Beogradski Sport Klub- Beograd) 46^th)

Jovan Ruzic (Sport Klub Jugoslavija Beograd) 

 Coach: Dr Veljko Ugrinic

Olympics Final Ranking:

1-Belgium

2-Spain

3-Holland

4-France

5-Italy

6-Sweden

7-Norway

8-Egypt

9-Great Britain

10-Denmark

11-Luxembourg

12-Yugoslavia

13-Greece

Note: Czechoslovakia disqualified

Top Goal Scorers

Herbert Karlsson (Sweden), 7 Goals

Antonin Janda (Czechoslovakia) 6 Goals

Ber Groosjohan (Holland) 5 goals

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The Euros-Part Three (1968 Edition)

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By the time the qualifiers for the Third (1968) Euros kicked off in the Fall of 1966, the interest for the competition had increased drastically from its modest beginnings in 1960.

By now just about every European Nation was taking part including the most notable absentees West Germany.

The competition was now only second in importance to the World Cup.

In fact the shear number of participants made it impossible to continue with its previous format of elimination rounds.

Just like World Cup qualifiers, the Nations were to be divided into Groups (eight in total).

The Qualifiers:

Group 1

This Group would consist of Spain, Czechoslovakia, Republic of Ireland and Turkey.

Defending Champions Spain, now under new Manager Domingo Balmanya, were favored along with Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovakia appeared to have the upper hand after defeating Spain (1-0) in Prague on October 1, 1967.

But Spain edged ahead by defeating them at Madrid (2-1). The Czechs still had a chance as they had two matches in hand, but a scoreless tie in Turkey followed by a home loss against the Irish and left them one point behind in the end.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 23, 1966, EC Qualifier, Republic of Republic of Ireland 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (February 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Group 2

This Group (featuring Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden and Norway) appeared to be Portugal’s for the taking, The Benfica and Eusebio inspired side had just finished Third in the 1966 World Cup and the future appeared bright.

However, a home loss (1-2) vs. Sweden in their very first match on November 13, 1966 would be their undoing and Bulgaria would take full advantage.

The Bulgarians would go on an unbeaten run culminating in their win vs. Portugal (1-0) on November 26^th, 1967 to qualify. The last match between the Nations on December 17^th, 1967 at Portugal (scoreless tie) was inconsequential and only confirmed Bulgaria’s domination.

Photo From:  World Soccer, January 1968 (November 12, 1967, EC Qualifier, Portugal 2-Norway 1)

Group 3

This Group consisted of the Soviet Union along with Austria, Finland and Greece. From the onset, qualification seemed assured for the high scoring Soviets. They were rarely tested and only suffered one loss away (0-1) at Vienna vs. Austria on October 15^th, 1967.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR Squad, June 11, 1967, EC Qualifier, USSR 4-Austria 3)

Group 4

This smaller Group featured West Germany along with Yugoslavia and Albania.

It was always going to be a duel between the Germans and Yugoslavs, with the Germans slightly favored.

In the end, the greatest upset of the qualifying rounds would take place as Yugoslavia edged ahead of West Germany.

Yugoslavia had defeated West Germany (1-0) at home on May 3, 1967 through a Josip Skoblar strike. The Germans had been disadvantaged by the absence of missing regulars such as Uwe Seeler, Helmut Haller, Hottges and Wolfgang Weber through injury, while AC Milan refused to release Karl-Heinz Schnellinger. 

When the Germans (under a pouring rain) defeated Yugoslavia (3-1) at home on October 7^th, 1967, it appeared that they were home and dry.

Especially since all they had to do was to defeat the Group’s weakest side Albania at Tirana on December 17^th, 1967. However, the Germans without the injured Franz Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler faced a fortress that they could not breach and the result left them one point behind Yugoslavia.

The result had been expected to be a foregone conclusion to such an extent that only a single Yugoslavia reporter had made the trip to Tirana to cover the match.

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005 (Gerd Muller after scoring West Germany’s second goal, October 7, 1967, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-West Germany 0)

Group 5

This Group featured Hungary along with East Germany, Denmark and Holland. The more experienced Hungarians were expected to qualify form this Group and did it comfortably and their only loss was an inconsequential one in their very last match vs. East Germany (0-1) at Leipzig on October 29, 1967.

In historical terms, the most important event in this Group was the debut of the Dutch Maestro Johann Cruyff who made his debut for Holland (as a teenager) on September 7, 1966 at Rotterdam vs. Hungary (2-2).

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Johann Cruyff on his debut for Holland, September 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Holland 2-Hungary 2 )

Group 6

This Group featured Italy along with Romania, Switzerland and Cyprus.

Italy had just suffered the humiliating loss vs. North Korea at the World Cup and reconstruction was required.

The men charged to lead the task were Inter Manager Helenio Herrera along with Ferruccio Valcareggi.

The duo would lead Italy in its first two wins in the Group vs. Romania at home (3-1) and away at Cyprus (2-0).

From Italy’s third match in the Group vs. Romania (1-0 win) on June 25, 1967 at Bucharest, Ferruccio Valcareggi would take sole charge of the squad and would remain so until 1974.

In This match vs. Romania, Ezio Pascutti and Giacomo Bulgarelli played their last matches for Italy.

Italy would run away with this Group and drop only one away point vs. Switzerland (2-2 tie) at Berne on November 18, 1967.

During these qualifiers, two important players entered the Italian set-up.

On November 1^st, 1967, in Italy’s win over Cyprus (5-0) in Cosenza, Fiorentina midfielder Giancarlo De Sisti made his debut.

On November 18^th, 1967, vs, Switzerland at Berne, Cagliari (and future Inter) forward Roberto Boninsegna would make his debut. This duo would be an integral part of the Italian National Team for the years to come.

Photo From: Die Nati, Die Geschichte der Schweizer Fussball-Nationalmanschaft, author Beat Jung, 2006 (Fritz Kunzli and Giancinto Facchetti , November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Italy squad, November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Photo From:  Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Italy Manager Ferruccio Valcareggi )

Group 7

This Group featured France along with Poland, Belgium and Luxembourg. France had been the only participant in the last World Cup, but it was a balanced Group with only Luxembourg seemingly without a hope.

France were initially led by the duo of Jean Snella and Jose Arribas. Starting 1967, former star Just Fontaine was appointed Manager. However, he only stayed in charge for five months and did not manage in any qualifiers. In the Fall of 1967, Louis Dugauquez would be appointed as Manager.

After losing to Belgium (1-2) at Brussels on November 11^th , 1966, France went on a winning run against the other teams in this Group (Poland and Luxembourg).

Their most impressive win was a (4-1) win vs. Poland away at Warsaw on September 17^th, 1967.

Belgium lost any chance by losing both its matches vs. Poland.

In the end France’s win (3-0) over Luxembourg on December 23^rd, 1967, in the very last match in the Group edged them ahead of both Belgium and Poland.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, France 2-Poland 1)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (September 17, 1967, EC Qualifier, Poland 1-France 4)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 94, November, 1967 (October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Group 8

This Group was specifically designed for all the British Home Nations (The New World Cup Champions England, along with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).

To save on fixture congestion, these qualifiers would concurrently count as part of the yearly Home Championship matches.

England started comfortably and won its first two matches vs. Northern Ireland and Wales.

For Scotland, Malcolm MacDonald was to be the caretaker Manager for its first two matches and starting 1967, Bobby Brown would take full charge and become Scotland’s first Full-Time Manager.

The First match in the Group between Wales and Scotland at Cardiff on October 22^nd, 1966, was played just one day after the Aberfan Disaster in Wales.

A Slag Mountain slide had buried the village school killing more than 116 children (in all 144 dead).

England got a big scare on April 15, 1967 at Wembley after Scotland defeated them (3-2). This was England’s first loss in 19 matches.

For the Scottish, 36-year old goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson was making his International debut.

However, England would stay the course and win its next two matches vs. Wales and Northern Ireland to stay one point ahead.

It all came down to the return fixture vs. Scotland at Glasgow on February 24, 1968. Scotland had to win to edge ahead but England managed a tie (1-1) to win the Group and qualify.

Photo From: Wizards and Bravehearts, A History of the Scottish National Side, Author: David Potter, 2004 (April 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Scotland 3)

Photo From : World Soccer, December 1967 (October 21, 1967, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 1-Scotland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1968 (February 24, 1968, EC Qualifier, Scotland 1-England 1)

Quartefinals

The Quarterfinals were to be played on home and away basis in the Spring of 1968 just months ahead of the Finals.

England were paired with Spain, while Italy faced Bulgaria. France were to face Yugoslavia, while the Soviets would take on Hungary.

The first match was on April 3^rd, when England took on and defeated Spain (1-0) at Wembley through a Bobby Charlton strike near the end.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (April 3, 1968, European Championships, England 1-Spain 0)

For the return leg at Madrid on May 8^th, the English were missing starting goalkeeper Gordon Banks. Peter Bonetti stepped in as his replacement.

It was also a clash in styles; the English were still sticking to their 4-3-3 formation, while Spain played in a 4-2-4 formation.

Spain struck first early in the second half through Amancio. Their hopes were dashed just a few minutes later when Martin Peters scored England’s equalizer.

England would score another through Norman Hunter with less than ten minutes remaining to win the series convincingly.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 8, 1968, European Championships, Spain 1-England 2)

On April 6^th, Bulgaria took on Italy at Sofia. The Italians would miss the injured Cagliari striker Luigi Riva for both these matches. AC Milan’s Pierino Prati would replace him in these matches.

Bulgaria scored first in the 11^th minute through a Nikola Kotkov penalty kick. They would hold onto the lead until the hour mark, when an own goal from Dimitar Penev leveled the score. The Bulgarians scored two goals in succession through Dinko Dermendiev (66^th minute) and Petar Jekov (73^rd).

Prati justified his selection by scoring a second goal for Italy in the 83^rdminute to give them hope for the second Leg.

The second leg would be on April 20^th at Naples. The local goalkeeper Dino Zoff would earn his first ever cap in this match. The future World Cup winning (1982) captain would stay with the National Team until aged 41.

The Italians were missing defender Armando Picchi through injury (he would sadly pass away on May 27, 1971, aged just 35).

Valcareggi decided to replace Bertini, Bercellini and the injured Picchi with Giorgio Ferrini, Aristide Guarneri and Ernesto Castano.

Bulgaria’s game plan was to play defensively in the hopes of earning a scoreless tie and qualify.

Italy had to attack and were rewarded early on. In the 14^th minute, Gianni Rivera set up Prati for the opener.

Italy doubled the lead in the 55^th minute. On a Free Kick, Rivera passed to Angelo Domenghini who shot from more than 30 yards for the second goal.

Afterwards Italy took on a defensive form to keep the lead, while the Bulgarians were forced to come out and attack. They could not manage to break through the Italian defense and were eliminated.

On April 6^th, France hosted Yugoslavia at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome.  They could not host the match in Paris as Parc des Princes was being renovated.

France had called up Nestor Combin from Torino for this match.

Yugoslavia played more defensively but still ended up having more chances, as they were technically stronger.

Vahidin Musemic gave Yugoslavia the lead in the 66^th minute. France tied up the match through Fleury Di Nallo in the 78^th minute.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (April 6, 1968, European Championships, France 1-Yugoslavia 1)

The return Leg on April 24^th at Belgrade proved beyond a doubt, which was the better team.

France chose to select the inexperienced debutant Vincent Esteve at right back.

In what would amount tom one of France’s most humiliating losses, the Yugoslavian side technically and physically dominated them.

Ivica Osim, Dragan Dzajic and Iliaj Petkovic were praised in an all-around excellent performance. France’s Jean Djorkaeff was unable to control Osim and Dzajic set up the tempo by scoring as early as the second minute through an assist by Petkovic, The French defense were in full panic and conceded two more goals in quick succession in the 13^th minute (Musemic header from a Petkovic free kick) and 14^th minute (Dzajic scored from an Osim assist).

Petkovic would score another in the 32^ndminute and even though just a minute later Di Nallo pulled one goal back, the Yugoslavs still dominated.

Musemic would scored his second and Yugoslavia’s fifth in the 79^th minute to finish the rout.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (April 24, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 5-France 1)

The last quarterfinals series took place later in May between Hungary and USSR. The Hungarians won (2-0) in Budapest on May 4^th, but just a week later on May 11^th at Moscow, the Soviets stormed back to win (3-0) and overturn the deficit.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, May 11, 1968, European Championships, USSR 3-Hungary 0)

Finals

The Final Four consisted now of Italy, USSR, England and Yugoslavia.

To celebrate the Italian Federation (FIGC) (1898-1968)’s 70^thAnniversary, the Italian Federation president Artemio Franchi had lobbied and won the rights for Italy to host the Finals.

The Format of the Finals had not changed; the Matches would take place within a few days of one another (and in fact this format would remain until 1976).

The semifinals took place on June 5^th, 1968. The Italian hosts took on the Soviet Union at Naples, while Yugoslavia faced England in Florence.

Just four days prior, the USSR Olympic Team had played an Olympics qualifier vs. Czechoslovakia in Prague. In those days of ‘Shamateurism’, the Eastern Bloc Nations’ Olympic Teams were effectively their ‘A’ Teams.

In this Olympics qualifier, the Soviets lost two of their vital elements to injury: Igor Chislenko and Murtaz Khurtzilava.

Not only this duo were unavailable to face the Italians, but Valery Voronin was also missing as he had been recently invloved in an automobile accident.

Despite these withdrawals, the Soviets were generally better in this match but Dino Zoff was superb in goal and kept Italy in the match.

Photo From: http://footballinussr.fmbb.ru/viewtopic.php?t=187 (June 5, 1968, European Championships, Italy 0-USSR 0)

In the end the match was scoreless after Overtime. The stalemate was to be decided by a coin toss. Italian Captain Giancinto Facchetti and his Soviet counterpart Albert Shesterniev followed the Match Referee, the West German, Kurt Tschenscher to the dressing room for the decision. The Italians won the coin toss and were through to the Final.

Photo From:  Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Diagram of the coin toss , June 5, 1968, European Championships, Italy 0-USSR 0)

Photo From:  Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Italy’s Sandro Mazzola, Giancarlo Bercellino,  Ferruccio Valcareggi and Giacinto Facchetti celebrating after the coin toss win, June 5, 1968, European Championships, Italy 0-USSR 0)

The Yugoslavia and England match would be a physical and foul ridden match. England Manager Alf Ramsey had chosen Norman Hunter ahead of Geoff Hurst in the starting lineup.

Hunter would tackle Osim so hard in the fifth minute that it effectively rendered Osim useless for the rest of the match.

The English had better possession but could not make any headway.

It was only towards the end of the match that the deadlock was broken. In the 86^thminute, Trivic and Holcer combined to set up Dzajic for the winner. Dzajic was able to just get ahead of Bobby Moore, whose positioning many blamed for the goal.

Shortly afterwards, Alan Mullery entered history by becoming the first ever England player to be sent off. He was sent off for retaliating after brutal tackle by Trivic.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Predrag Cvijetic) (Dragan Dzajic and Branko Stankovic, June 5, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 1-England 0 0)

The third place match between England and the USSR took place on June 8^that Rome, as a curtain raiser to the Final between Italy and Yugoslavia.

Ramsey decided to call upon Nobby Stiles (back after more than a year) to cover for the suspended Mullery.

Tommy Wright was also handed his International debut at right back and Geoff Hurst took the place of the injured Alan Ball.

Stiles was jeered every time he touched the ball. Many still remembered his vicious foul on France’s Jacques Simon during the 1966 World Cup.

In Addition, Italian Communists in the stands booed the English Team.

The English were victorious through goals by Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst to claim the Third spot.

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1968 (June 8, 1968, European Championships, England 2-USSR 0)

Afterwards the stage was set for the Final that the Italians were expecting to win on home soil. Yugoslavia were missing Osim who had been injured in the match vs. England.

The Italians were missing Rivera. He had been injured in the match vs. the Soviets. Giovanni Lodetti replaced him in the starting lineup.

Aristide Guarneri was also drafted in, replacing Giancarlo Bercellino from the previous match.

Pietro Anastasi was given his International debut replacing Alessandro Mazzola.

Italy attacked but found Pantelic excellent in goal. For Yugoslavia, Dzajic was creating many chances that his teammates could not capitalize on.

Dzajic himself scored Yugoslavia’s goal in the 39^th minute. In the second half, Italy tried to get back on terms but could not break through.

Finally, with ten minutes remaining Angelo Domenghini tied up the match for the hosts with a free kick. His shot had passed through a gap in the wall.

The result was unchanged through the overtime.

The Italians had been unimpressive and lucky, as Yugoslavia appeared set to win.

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Predrag Cvijetic)  (Yugoslavia squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From:  Football Magazine, Issue 102, August 1968 (Ilija Petkovic and Giacinto Facchetti)

Since the match ended in a tie, a second encounter was required which took place two days later (June 10^th) at the same venue.

Ilija Petkovic could not play this encounter as he had been injured from a Facchetti foul from the first encounter. Idriz Hosic started in his place. Osim was still injured and missed this match as well.

Valcareggi made many changes for Italy. Ferrini, Castano, Juliano, Prati and Lodetti were taken out to be replaced with Roberto Rosato, Sandro Salvadore, Alessandro Mazzola, Giancarlo De Sisti and Gianni Rivera.

This energized the Italians who appeared fresher than the clearly tired (and demoralized) Yugoslavians.
The late equalizer in the previous match had knocked the wind out of their sails.

The Italians took the lead in the 12^th minute. Angelo Domenghini crossed from the right side to Riva to score the opener.

In the 32^nd minute, Domenghini was once again the creator as he set up Anastasi for the second goal.

Italy held on to the lead and won the UEFA European Championship for the first time.  Italy became the first nation to win the Olympic Title, European Nations Cup and the World Cup.

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1968 (June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzuro, Author: Walter Perosino, 1998 (June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

The host Nation had recovered from the humiliation of the 1966 World Cup and would build up on this success to reach the 1970 World Cup Final.

This Tournament confirmed the competition’s growing status. It was becoming only natural for all European Nations to compete.

The main point of criticism appeared to have been the behavior of the Italian fans for continually whistling Yugoslavia in both matches, not to mention, booing of the English squad for Political reasons.

The Finals format still left a lot to be desired but that would be remedied in the 80s and beyond, but it was clear that this was now a highly rated competition (right behind the World Cup).

 

Photo From:  Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999

(Italy captain Giacinto Facchetti holding the Trophy , June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From:  Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Italy captain Giacinto Facchetti holding the Trophy , June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italian players celebrating, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

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Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

Onze-Mondial, Issue 130, November 1999

Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors: Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

October 23, 1966- (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 0-Spain 0)

November 16, 1966  (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2-Turkey 1)         

December 7, 1966 (Valencia, Spain 2-Republic of Ireland 0)

February 1, 1967 (Istanbul, Turkey 0-Spain 0)            

February 22, 1967 (Ankara, Turkey 2-Republic of Ireland 1)

May 21, 1967 (Dublin, Republic of Ireland 0-Czechoslovakia 2)

May 31, 1967 (Bilbao, Spain 2-Turkey 0)

June 18, 1967 (Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 3-Turkey 0)

October 1, 1967 (Prague, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

October 22, 1967 (Madrid, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

November 15, 1967 (Ankara, Turkey  0-Czechoslovakia 0)

November 22, 1967 (Prague, Czechoslovakia 1-Republic of Ireland 2)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	6	2	4	8
2	Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	2	8	4	4	7
3	Republic of Ireland	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3	5
4	Turkey	6	1	2	3	3	8	-5	4

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: October 23, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 0-Spain 0

Venue: Dublin- Dalymount Park  

Attendance:37,000

Referee:Hans Carlsson (Sweden)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): None

(Spain): None

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Alan James Alexander Kelly (Preston North End Football Club / England)

James Seamus Anthony Brennan (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Anthony Peter Dunne (Manchester United Football Club / England)

James Patrick Conway (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Noel Eucharia Cantwell (Captain) (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Michael Kevin Meagan (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)

Frank Simon O'Neil (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Matthew  Andrew  McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)

John Michael Giles (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Anthony O'Connell (Dundalk Football Club)

Manager: Joe Wickham

Coach: John Carey

Spain:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Manuel Sanchis Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco SantamariaMirones (Real Zaragoza)

Severino Reija Vázquez (Real Zaragoza)

Jesus Glaria Roldan (Captain) (Club Atlético de Madrid)

José Luis Violeta Lajusticia (Real Zaragoza) 

Luciano Sanchez Rodriguez ‘Vava’ (Elche Club de Fútbol)

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

Fernando Ansola Sanmartin (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Pina Morales Marcial  (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Francisco Garcia Gomez ‘Paquito’(Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Jose Manuel Pesulo Soler (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Julio Santaella Benitez, Colo  (Club Atlético de Madrid)

Jose MariaGarcia Lavilla (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Vicente Guillot Fabian (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Photo From: Football Association of Republic of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996 (October 23, 1966, EC Qualifier, Republic of Republic of Ireland 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 23, 1966, EC Qualifier, Republic of Republic of Ireland 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 23, 1966, EC Qualifier, Republic of Republic of Ireland 0-Spain 0)

Date: November 16, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 2-Turkey 1

Venue: Dublin- Dalymount Park  

Attendance:23,300

Referee:Tage Sorensen (Denmark)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): Frank O'Neill 60, Matthew Mc Evoy 74

(Turkey): Ogün Altıparmak 88

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Joseph Dunne (Manchester United Football Club / England)

James Seamus Anthony Brennan (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Anthony Peter Dunne (Manchester United Football Club / England)

James Patrick Conway (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Charles John Hurley (Captain)  (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Michael Kevin Meagan (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)

Frank Simon O'Neil (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Eamon Martin Dunphy (Millwall Football Club-London / England)

Matthew Andrew McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

John Michael Giles (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Joseph Haverty (Shelbourne Football Club-Dublin)

Manager: Joe Wickham

Coach: John Carey

Turkey:

Ali Artuner (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Talat Özkarslı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Yılmaz Şen (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Ercan Aktuna (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fehmi Saşınoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)  

Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Şeref Has (Captain) (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Nevzat Güzelırmak (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Ogün Altıparmak (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fevzi Zemzem (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Faruk Karadoğan (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Coach: Coskun Özari

Date: December 7, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Spain 2-Republic of Ireland 0

Venue: Valencia-Estadio Mestalla   

Attendance:25,000

Referee:Piet Paulus Roomer (Holland)

Linesmen : Albrecht (Holland) and Arie Van Gemert (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Jose Maria 22, Pirri 36

(Republic of Ireland): None

Lineups:

Spain:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Manuel Sanchis Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Severino Reija Vázquez (Captain) (Real Zaragoza)

Francisco Garcia Gomez ‘Paquito’(Valencia Club de Fútbol)

José Luis Violeta Lajusticia (Real Zaragoza) 

Jesus Martinez Sanchez ‘Pirri’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Anastasio Jara Segovia (Córdoba Club de Fútbol)

Fernando Ansola Sanmartin (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

José Maria Garcia La Villa (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Jose Manuel Pesulo Soler (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Alfonso Rodriguez Salas , Foncho (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Pedro Eugenio De Felipe Cortes (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Jesus Glaria Roldan  (Club Atlético de Madrid)

Amaro Varela Amancio  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Luciano Sanchez Rodriguez ‘Vava’ (Elche Club de Fútbol)

Jose Maria Fuste Blanch (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Note: Luis Aragones scored a goal in the 9^th minute that was disallowed

Republic of Ireland:

Alan James Alexander Kelly (Preston North End Football Club / England)

James Seamus Anthony Brennan (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Anthony Peter Dunne (Manchester United Football Club / England)

John Thomas Dempsey (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Charles John Hurley (Captain) (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Michael Kevin Meagan (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)

Frank Simon O'Neil (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

James Patrick Conway (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Alfred Hale (Waterford United Football Club)

Eamon Martin Dunphy (Millwall Football Club-London / England)

Joseph Haverty (Shelbourne Football Club-Dublin)

Manager: Joe Wickham

Coach: John Carey

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, December 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Republic of Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (December 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Republic of Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (December 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Republic of Republic of Ireland 0)

Date: February 1, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Turkey 0-Spain 0

Venue:Ístanbul -Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu (Galatasaray) 

Attendance:27, 262

Referee:Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Linesmen  Schopp and Birocky (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Turkey): None

(Spain): None

Lineups:

Turkey:

Ali Artuner (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Talat Özkarslı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Yılmaz Şen (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Ercan Aktuna (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fehmi Sağınoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) (Yusuf Tunaoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul))

Şeref Has (captain) (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Nevzat Güzelırmak (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Ogün Altıparmak (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fevzi Zemzem (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Faruk Karadoğan (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Sanlı Sarıalioğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Coach: Coskun Özari

Spain:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Manuel Sanchis Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

José Luis Violeta Lajusticia (Real Zaragoza) 

Severino Reija Vázquez (Captain) (Real Zaragoza)

Francisco Garcia Gomez ‘Paquito’(Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Jesus Martinez Sanchez ‘Pirri’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Manuel Velásquez Villaverde (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

José Maria Garcia La Villa (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Amaro Varela Amancio  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Ramon Moreno Grosso (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Jose Araqusitain Arrieta (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Pedro Eugenio De Felipe Cortes (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

José Claramunt Torres (Valencia Club de Fútbol) 

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

Luciano Sanchez Rodriguez ‘Vava’ (Elche Club de Fútbol) (called up but could not play due to military service)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, February 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (February 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (February 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 0-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (February 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 0-Spain 0)

Date: February 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Turkey 2-Republic of Ireland 1

Venue: Ankara -19 Mayıs Stadyumu (19th May Stadium) 

Attendance:31,063

Referee:Dimitar Romantchev (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers:

(Turkey): Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu 35, Ogün Altıparmak 78     

(Republic of Ireland): Noel Cantwell 90

Lineups:

Turkey:

Ali Artuner (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Şükrü Birand (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Talat Özkarslı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Ercan Aktuna (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fehmi Sağınoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Şeref Has (captain) (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Ergün Acuner (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Ogün Altıparmak (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Abdullah Çevrim (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Faruk Karadoğan (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Coach: Coskun Özari

Republic of Ireland:

Alan James Alexander Kelly (Preston North End Football Club / England)

Joseph Patrick Kinnear (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Michael Kevin Meagan (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)

Alfred Finucane (Limerick Football Club)

Charles John Hurley (Captain) (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Michael McGrath (Bradford City Football Club / England)

Frank Simon O'Neil (Shamrock Rovers Football Club-Dublin)

Charles Gallagher (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow / Scotland)

Noel Eucharia Cantwell (Manchester United Football Club / England)

John Michael Giles (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Eamon Martin Dumphy (Millwall Football Club-London / England)

Coach and Captain: Charles John Hurley

Photo from: Football Association of Republic of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996 (February 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 2-Republic of Republic of Ireland 1)

Photo From: Football Association of Republic of Ireland, 75 Years, Author Peter Byrne, 1996 (Republic of Republic of Ireland squad, February 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Turkey 2-Republic of Republic of Ireland 1)

Date: May 21, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Republic of Ireland 0-Czechoslovakia 2

Venue: Dublin- Dalymount Park  

Attendance:6,527

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium) or Dietmar Huber (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Republic of Ireland): None

(Czechoslovakia): Juraj Szikora 16, Vojtech Masny 47

Lineups:

Republic of Ireland:

Alan James Alexander Kelly (Preston North End Football Club / England)

Theodore Cornelius Foley (Northampton Town Football Club / England)

John Thomas Dempsey (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Alfred Finucane (Limerick Football Club)

Charles John Hurley (Captain)  (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Michael Kevin Meagan (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)

Charles Gallagher (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow / Scotland)

Matthew  Andrew  McEvoy (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)

Eamon Martin Dumphy (Millwall Football Club-London / England)

Oliver Martin Conmy (Peterborough United Football Club / England)

Coach and Captain: Charles John Hurley

Czechsolovakia:

Ivo Viktor (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Lala (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)  

Kamil Majernik (TJ Tatran Presov)   

Jan Popluhár (Captain) (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

Vladimir Taborsky(VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Geleta (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Andrej Kvasnak  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Juraj Szikora (TJ  Internacional Slovnaft Bratislava) 

Vojtech Masny (TJ  Jednota Trenčín) 

Jozef Adamec (TJ  Spartak Trnava)    

Dusan Kabat (TJ  Spartak Trnava)    

Coach: Jozef Marko

Date: May 31, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Spain 2-Turkey 0

Venue: Bilbao –Estadio  San Mames     

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Grosso 63, Francisco Gento 81

(Turkey): None

Lineups:

Spain:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Manuel Sanchis Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Severino Reija Vázquez (Real Zaragoza)

Francisco Garcia Gomez ‘Paquito’(Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Jesus Glaria Roldan (Club Atlético de Madrid)

José Armando UfarteVentoso (Club Atlético de Madrid)

Aderaldo Rodríguez Sánchez (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

José Maria Garcia La Villa (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Ramon Moreno Grosso (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Francisco Gento Lopez (Captain) (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Antonio Rodrigo Betancort Barrera (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Alfonso Moreno Antonio Tonono  (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

José Luis Violeta Lajusticia (Real Zaragoza) 

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

Luciano Sanchez Rodriguez ‘Vava’ (Elche Club de Fútbol)

Turkey:

Ali Artuner (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Şükrü Birand (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

 Talat Özkarslı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Yılmaz Şen (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fehmi Sağınoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Şeref Has (captain) (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Ergün Acuner (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Ogün Altıparmak (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fevzi Zemzem (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Faruk Karadoğan (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Coach: Coskun Özari

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain’s first goal, May 31, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Turkey 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 31, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Turkey 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 31, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Turkey 0)

Date: June 18, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Czechoslovakia 3-Turkey 0

Venue: Bratislava - Tehelné Pole Stadion (Slovan Bratislava)

Attendance:17,839

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Jozef Adamec  25, 70, Josef Jurkanin 74

(Turkey): None

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

Ivo Viktor (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Lala (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)  

Kamil Majernik (TJ Tatran Presov)   

Jan Popluhár (Captain) (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

Vladimir Taborsky(VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Geleta (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Andrej Kvasnak  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Bohumil Vesely  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)         

Josef Jurkanin  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Jozef Adamec  (TJ  Spartak Trnava)     

Dusan Kabat  (TJ  Spartak Trnava)     

Coach: Jozef Marko

Turkey:

Ali Artuner (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Şükrü Birand (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Hüseyin Yazıcı (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Talat Özkarslı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Fehmi Sağınoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Abdullah Çevrim (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Sanlı Sarıalioğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)  or Seref Has (captain) (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Nevzat Güzelırmak (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Ogün Altıparmak (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fevzi Zemzem (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Ergün Acuner (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Coach: Coskun Özari

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, June 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 3-Turkey 0)

Date: October 1, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0

Venue: Praha (Prague)- Stadion Evžena Rošického (Strahov) (Slavia Praha) 

Attendance:20,534

Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Alexander Horvath 47

(Spain): None

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

Ivo Viktor (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Lala (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)  

Alexander Horvath (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)    

Jan Popluhár (Captain) (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

Vladimir Taborsky(VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Geleta (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Ladislav Kuna (TJ  Spartak Trnava)      

Bohumil Vesely  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)         

Juraj Szikora (TJ  Internacional Slovnaft Bratislava) 

Jozef Adamec (TJ  Spartak Trnava)       

Dusan Kabat (TJ  Spartak Trnava)       

Coach: Jozef Marko

Spain:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Manuel Sanchis Martinez (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Alfonso Moreno Antonio Tonono  (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Severino Reija Vázquez (Captain ) (Real Zaragoza)

Jesus Martinez Sanchez ‘Pirri’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Amaro Varela Amancio  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Ramon Moreno Grosso (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Marcelino Martinez Cao(Real Zaragoza)

Aderaldo Rodríguez Sánchez (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

José Maria Garcia La Villa (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Salvador Sadurni Urpi (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Eladio Silvestre Graells (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

José Armando UfarteVentoso (Club Atlético de Madrid)

Jesus Glaria Roldan  (Club Atlético de Madrid)

Manuel Bueno Cabral  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Spain squad, October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 1, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Date: October 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1

Venue: Madrid- Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

Attendance:35,000

Referee:Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Pirri 33, Garate 62

(Czechoslovakia): Ladislav Kuna 75

Lineups:

Spain:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Manuel Fernandez Osorio (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Alfonso Moreno Antonio Tonono  (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Severino Reija Vázquez (Captain) (Real Zaragoza)

Jesus Martinez Sanchez ‘Pirri’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Amaro Varela Amancio  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

José Eulogio GarateOrmaechea (Atletico Madrid)

Pina Morales Marcial  (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

José Maria Garcia La Villa (Real Club Deportivo Espanol-Barcelona)

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Salvador Sadurni Urpi (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Luis Maria  Echeverria Igartua (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Luciano Sanchez Rodriguez ‘Vava’ (Elche Club de Fútbol)

Ramon Moreno Grosso (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Czechoslovakia:

Ivo Viktor (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Lala (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)  

Alexander Horvath (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)    

Jan Popluhár (Captain) (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

Vladimir Taborsky(VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Geleta (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Ladislav Kuna (TJ  Spartak Trnava)       

Bohumil Vesely  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)         

Juraj Szikora (TJ  Internacional Slovnaft Bratislava) 

Vojtech Masny (TJ  Jednota Trenčín) 

Jaroslav Boros (VSS Kosice)

Coach: Jozef Marko

Note: Juraj Szikora scored a goal in the 45^th minute that was ruled out

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (Spain squad, October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (October 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Czechoslovakia 1)

Date: November 15, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Turkey 0-Czechoslovakia 0

Venue: Ankara -19 Mayıs Stadyumu (19th May Stadium)

Attendance:19,760

Referee: Nicolae Mihailescu (Romania)

Goalscorers:

(Turkey): None

(Czechoslovakia): None

Lineups:

Turkey:

Ali Artuner (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Talat Özkarslı (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Yılmaz Şen (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Ercan Aktuna (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fehmi Sağınoğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Nevzat Güzelırmak (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Sanlı Sarıalioğlu (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul) 

Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul)

Ogün Altıparmak (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul)

Fevzi Zemzem (Göztepe Spor Hizmetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Þirketi-Ýzmir)

Faruk Karadoğan (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü–Istanbul)

Coach: Coskun Özari

Czechoslovakia:

Ivo Viktor (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Lala (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)  

Andrej Kvasnak  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)             (Ivan Hrdlicka (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)   )

Jan Popluhár (Captain) (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

Vladimir Taborsky(VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Geleta (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Ladislav Kuna (TJ  Spartak Trnava)       

Vojtech Masny (TJ  Jednota Trenčín) 

Juraj Szikora (TJ  Internacional Slovnaft Bratislava) 

Josef Jurkanin  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Dusan Kabat (TJ  Spartak Trnava)       

Coach: Jozef Marko

Date: November 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 1

Result: Czechoslovakia 1-Republic of Ireland 2

Venue: Praha (Prague)- Stadion Evžena Rošického (Strahov)(Slavia Praha) 

Attendance:19,760

Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Czechoslovakia): Own Goal (John Thomas Dempsey) 57

(Republic of Ireland): Ray Treacy 65, Turlough O'Connor 86

Lineups:

Czechoslovakia:

Antonin Kramerius  (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Jan Lala (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)  

Alexander Horvath (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)    

Jan Popluhár (Captain) (TJ Slovan ChZJD Bratislava)  

Vladimir Taborsky(VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Jan Geleta (VTJ Dukla Praha) 

Ladislav Kuna (TJ  Spartak Trnava)        

Jozef Levicky (TJ  Internacional Slovnaft Bratislava) 

Juraj Szikora (TJ  Internacional Slovnaft Bratislava) 

Josef Jurkanin (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Vaclav Vrana (TJ Sparta CKD Praha)  

Coach: Jozef Marko

Republic of Ireland:

Alan James Alexander Kelly (Preston North End Football Club / England)

Joseph Patrick Kinnear (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Michael Kevin Meagan (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England)

John Thomas Dempsey (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Charles John Hurley (Captain) (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

James Patrick Conway (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Edward Eamonn Rogers (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Eamon Martin Dumphy (Millwall Football Club-London / England)

Oliver Martin Conmy (Peterborough United Football Club / England)

Raymond Christopher Patrick Treacy (Charlton Athletic Football Club-London / England)

Turlough O'Connor (Fulham Football Club-London / England)

Coach and Captain: Charles John Hurley

Photo From: World Soccer, January 1968 (November 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Republic of Republic of Ireland 2)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat (Czechoslovakia squad, November 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, Czechoslovakia 1-Republic of Republic of Ireland 2)

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

November 13, 1966 (Sofia,  Bulgaria 4-Norway 2)

November 13, 1966 (Lisbon, Portugal 1-Sweden 2)

June 1, 1967 (Stockholm, Sweden 1-Portugal 1) 

June 8, 1967 (Oslo, Norway 1-Portugal 2)

June 11, 1967 (Stockholm, Sweden 0-Bulgaria 2)

June 29, 1967 (Oslo, Norway0-Bulgaria 0)

September 3, 1967 (Oslo, Norway 3-Sweden 1)

November 5, 1967 (Stockholm, Sweden 5-Norway 2)

November 12, 1967 (Sofia, Bulgaria 3-Sweden 0)

November 12, 1967 (Sofia, Portugal 2-Norway 1)

November 26, 1967 (Sofia, Bulgaria 1-Portugal 0)

December 17, 1967 (Lisbon,  Portugal 0-Bulgaria 0)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bulgaria	6	4	2	0	10	2	8	10
2	Portugal	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
3	Sweden	6	2	1	3	9	12	-3	5
4	Norway	6	1	1	4	9	14	-5	3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: November 13, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Bulgaria 4-Norway 2

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance:30,000

Referee:Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey) 

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Nikola Tsanev 18,43, Petar Jekov 42,85 

(Norway): Kjetil Hasund 59, 86

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Stoian Aleksiev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Ivan Davidov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia) 

Dinko Dermendjiev (Trakia Plovdiv)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Petar Jekov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)  

Nikola Tsanev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Aleksandar Vasilev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Coach: Dobromir Tashkov

Norway:

Kjell Kaspersen (Skeid –Oslo)
Roar Johansen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Arild Mathisen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)
Arne Pedersen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Finn Thorsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Trygve Bornø (Skeid –Oslo)

Bjorn Borgen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Per Kristoffersen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Harald Berg (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo)

Olav Nilsen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Kjetil Hasund (Idrottslaget Hødd)

Coach: Ragnar Larsen

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Nils Arne Eggen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Edgar Stakset (Steinkjer Fotballklubb- Nord-Trondelag)

Erik Johansen (Gjøvik / Lyn Fotballklubb)

Kai Sjoberg (Skeid –Oslo)

Date: November 13, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Portugal 1-Sweden 2

Venue:Lisbon -Estadio Nacional

Attendance:35,000

Referee:Jacques Colling (Luxemburg)

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): Jaime Graça 21     

(Sweden): Inge Danielsson 29, 86

Lineups:

Portugal:

José Pereira(Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa) 

João Pedro Morais(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

JoséAlexandre da Silva Baptista  (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jacinto José Martins Godinho dos Santos(Benfica)

Hilario Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jaime da Silva Graça(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Mario Esteves Coluna(captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

JoséAugusto Pinto de Almeida (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)      

Antonio da Silva Mendes(Vitória Sport Clube- Guimarães)

Joaquim Antonio Oliveira Duarte(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Coach: Manuel da Luz Afonso

Sweden:

Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Hans Selander (Helsingborgs Idrottsförening)

Kurt Axelsson (GAIS (Göteborgs Atlet & Idrottssälskap)- Göteborg)

Björn Nordqvist (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Rolf Björklund (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Jim Nildén (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

Ingvar Svensson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Ulf Jansson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Inge Danielsson(IFÖ / Bromölla Idrettsförening)

Agne Simonsson (Örgryte Idrottssällskap- Göteborg)

Tom Turesson (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Photo From:  år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red (Sweden squad, November 13, 1966, EC Qualifier, Portugal 1-Sweden 2)

Date: June 1, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Sweden 1-Portugal 1

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion,Fotbollstadion

Attendance:49,689

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): Ingvar Svensson 90

(Portugal): Custódio Pinto 20      

Lineups:

Sweden:

Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Hans Selander (Helsingborgs Idrottsförening)

Kurt Axelsson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

Björn Nordqvist (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Rolf Björklund (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Jim Nildén (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

Ingvar Svensson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Roger Magnusson (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

Tom Turesson (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

Agne Simonsson (Captain) (Örgryte Idrottssällskap- Göteborg)

Örjan Persson (Dundee United Football Club/ Scotland)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Portugal:

Américo Ferreira Lopes (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

João Pedro Morais(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Raul Martins Machado (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Josè Carlosda Silva Josè(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Hilario Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jaime da Silva Graça(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Custodio João Pinto (Futebol Clube do Porto)         

JoséAugusto Pinto de Almeida (Captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)      

Manuel Serafim Monteiro Pereira (Associacão Académica de Coimbra)

Fernando Peresda Silva(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Coach: José Gomes da Silva

Photo From:  år med Svensk Fotboll 1904-84, Author Glanell Thomas red (June 1, 1967, EC Qualfier, Sweden 1-Portugal 1)

Date: June 8, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Norway 1-Portugal 1

Venue: Oslo-Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance:30,000

Referee: Syme McGillivray (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Norway): Odd Iversen 34

(Portugal): Eusebio 15,61

Lineups:

Norway:

Kjell Kaspersen (Skeid –Oslo)

Arild Mathisen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Roar Johansen (Captain)  (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Finn Thorsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Trygve Bornø (Skeid –Oslo)

Olav Nilsen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Harald Sunde (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Odd Iversen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Harald Berg (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo)

Leif Eriksen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Coach: Wilhelm Kment

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Kjetil Hasund (Idrottslaget Hødd)

Thorodd Presberg (Strømsgodset Idrettsforening- Drammen)

Eric Johannesen (Skeid –Oslo)

Frank Olafsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Portugal:

Américo Ferreira Lopes (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

João Pedro Morais(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Raul Martins Machado (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Josè Carlosda Silva Josè(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Hilario Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jaime da Silva Graça(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Custodio João Pinto (Futebol Clube do Porto)         

JoséAugusto Pinto de Almeida (Captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)      

Josè MariaJunior(Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal)

Estevão Antonio Espirito Santo Mansidão (Sporting Clube de Braga)   

Coach: José Gomes da Silva

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (June 8, 1967, EC Qualifier, Norway 1-Portugal 2)

Date: June 11, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Sweden 0-Bulgaria 2

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion,Fotbollstadion       

Attendance:24,271

Referee:Leo Callaghan (Wales) 

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): None

(Bulgaria): Petar Jekov 23, Dinko Dermendjiev 82     

Lineups:

Sweden:

Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Hans Selander (Helsingborgs Idrottsförening)

Kurt Axelsson (Royal Football Club Brugeois / Belgium)

Björn Nordqvist (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Rolf Björklund (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Jim Nildén (AIK (Allmänna Idrottsklubben) Solna-Stockholm)

Ingvar Svensson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Göteborg)

Inge Danielsson (IFÖ / Bromölla Idrettsförening)

Tom Turesson (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

Agne Simonsson (Örgryte Idrottssällskap- Göteborg)

Örjan Persson (Dundee United Football Club/ Scotland)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Ivan Dimitrov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia) 

Georgi Popov (Trakia Plovdiv)

Hristo Bonev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Petar Jekov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)   

Dimitar Yakimov (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Trakia Plovdiv)

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

Date: June 29, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Norway 0-Bulgaria 0

Venue: Oslo-Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance:20,000

Referee:John Adair (Northern Ireland) 

Goalscorers:

(Norway): None

(Bulgaria): None 

Lineups:

Norway:

Kjell Kaspersen (Skeid –Oslo)

Arild Mathisen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Roar Johansen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Finn Thorsen (Skeid-Oslo)

Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Trygve Bornø (Skeid –Oslo)

Olav Nilsen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Harald Sunde (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Odd Iversen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Harald Berg (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo)

Kjetil Hasund (Idrottslaget Hødd)

Coach: Wilhelm Kment

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Leif Eriksen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Edgar Stakset (Steinkjer Fotballklubb- Nord-Trondelag)

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Ivan Dimitrov (Darzavna Sportna Organizazia Akademik Sofia)

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia) 

Vasil Mitkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Hristo Bonev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Petar Jekov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)   

Dimitar Yakimov (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Trakia Plovdiv)

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

Date: September 3, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Norway 3-Sweden 1

Venue: Oslo-Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance:31, 287

Referee: Stanislaw Pawlik (Poland)

Goalscorers:

(Norway): Harald Berg 24, Sven Otto Birkeland 46, Harald Sunde 79     

(Sweden): Thomas Nordahl 19  

Lineups:

Norway:

Kjell Kaspersen (Skeid –Oslo)

Tore Børrehaug (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Roar Johansen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

Finn Thorsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Trygve Bornø (Skeid –Oslo)

Olav Nilsen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Harald Sunde (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Odd Iversen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Harald Berg (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo)

Sven Otto Birkeland (Vigør Fotballklubb)

Coach: Wilhelm Kment

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Arild Mathisen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Frank Olafsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Per Pettersen (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Pål Sætrang (Skeid –Oslo)

Sweden:

Ronney Pettersson (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Hans Selander (Helsingborgs Idrottsförening)

Krister Kristensson (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Bertil Elmstedt (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Rolf Björklund (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Tommy Svensson (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

Sven Lindman (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Inge Danielsson (IFÖ / Bromölla Idrettsförening)

Thomas Nordahl (Örebro Sportklubb)

Leif Eriksson (Idrottsklubb Sirius)

Harry Bild (Östers Idrottsförening- Vaxjo)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Sent Off: Hans Selander

         

Photo From:  Landslaget, Det Norske Fotballandslagets Historie, authors Egil Olsen, Arne Scheie,Per Jorsett, Otto Ulseth, 1997 (Norway squad, September 3, 1967, EC Qualifier, Norway 3-Sweden 1)

Date: November 5, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Sweden 5-Norway 2

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion,Fotbollstadion 

Attendance:14,078

Referee: Rudolf Glockner (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Sweden): Tom Turesson 15, 86, Inge Danielsson 39,Leif Eriksson 48, 85     

(Norway): Odd Iversen 57 pen, Olav Nilsen 90     

Lineups:

Sweden:

Sven-Gunnar Larsson (Örebro Sportklubb)

Sven Andersson (Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg-Boras)

Björn Nordqvist (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Bertil Elmstedt (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Stig Johansson (Idrottsklubben Brage-Borlange)

Sven Lindman (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Ulf Jansson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Inge Danielsson (IFÖ / Bromölla Idrettsförening)

Tom Turesson (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

Leif Eriksson (Idrottsklubb Sirius)

Ingvar Svahn (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

Norway:

Kjell Kaspersen (Skeid –Oslo)

Arild Mathisen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Frank Olafsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Per Pettersen (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Trygve Bornø (Skeid –Oslo)

Olav Nilsen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Harald Sunde (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Odd Iversen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Harald Berg (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo)

Kjetil Hasund (Idrottslaget Hødd)

Coach: Wilhelm Kment

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Tore Børrehaug (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Svein Kvia (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Kai Sjøberg (Skeid –Oslo)

Date: November 12, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Bulgaria 3-Sweden 0

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance:28,000

Referee:Josip Dragomir Horvath (Yugoslavia) 

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Nikola Kotkov 43, Vasil Mitkov 44, Georgi Asparuhov 75     

(Sweden): None 

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia) 

Boris Gaganelov (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Todor Kolev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Hristo Bonev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Georgi Asparuhov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Levski  -Sofia)

Nikola Kotkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)

Vasil Mitkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

Sweden:

Sven-Gunnar Larsson (Örebro Sportklubb)

Sven Andersson (Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg-Boras)

Bertil Elmstedt (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Björn Nordqvist (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Rolf Björklund (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Sven Lindman (Djurgårdens Idrettsförening- Stockholm)

Ulf Jansson (IFK (Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna) Norrköping)

Inge Danielsson (IFÖ / Bromölla Idrettsförening)

Tom Turesson (Hammarby Idrottsförening- Stockholm)

Leif Eriksson (Idrottsklubb Sirius)

Ingvar Svahn (Malmö Fotbollforening)

Coach: Orvar Bergmark

         

Date: November 12, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Portugal 2-Norway 1

Venue: Porto- Estadio das Antas

Attendance:20,500

Referee: Michel Kitabjian (France)

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): José Torres 29, Jaime Graça 65

(Norway): Olav Nilsen 40     

Lineups:

Portugal:

Américo Ferreira Lopes (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

Manuel de Sousa Rodrigues (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)       

Raul Martins Machado (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Josè Carlosda Silva Josè(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Hilario Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jaime da Silva Graça(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Mario Esteves Coluna(captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

JoséAugusto Pinto de Almeida (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

José Augusto Costa SenicaTorres(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)   

‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Francisco Lage Pereira de Nobrega (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

Coach: José Gomes da Silva

Norway:

Kjell Kaspersen (Skeid –Oslo)

Arild Mathisen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening-Oslo)

Tor Alsaker-Nøstdal (Strømsgodset)

Per Pettersen (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Nils Arne Eggen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Trygve Bornø (Skeid-Oslo)

Olav Nilsen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Harald Berg (Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben-Oslo)

Harald Sunde (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Odd Iversen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

Kai Sjøberg (Skeid –Oslo)

           

Coach: Wilhelm Kment

Other Substitutes :

Sverre Andersen (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Frank Olafsen (Skeid –Oslo)

Svein Kvia (Viking –StavangerIdrettslag)  

Pål Sætrang (Skeid –Oslo)

Kjetil Hasund (Idrottslaget Hødd)

Tore Børrehaug (Frigg Oslo Fotballklubb)

Photo From:  World Soccer, January 1968 (Norway squad, November 12, 1967, EC Qualifier, Portugal 2-Norway 1)

Photo From:  World Soccer, January 1968 (Portugal squad, November 12, 1967, EC Qualifier, Portugal 2-Norway 1)

Date: November 26, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Bulgaria 1-Portugal 0

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance:55,000

Referee:Anvar Zverev (USSR) 

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Dinko Dermendjiev 63     

(Portugal): None

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia) 

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Ivan Davidov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Hristo Bonev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Georgi Asparuhov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Levski  -Sofia)

Nikola Kotkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)

Vasil Mitkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

Portugal:

Américo Ferreira Lopes (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

Manuel de Sousa Rodrigues (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)   

Rui Gouveia Pinto Rodrigues(Associacão Académica de Coimbra)

Josè Carlosda Silva Josè(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Hilario Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jaime da Silva Graça(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

José Maria de Freitas Pereira ‘Pedras’ (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal)

JoséAugusto Pinto de Almeida (captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

José Augusto Costa SenicaTorres(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)   

‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Antonio Simões da Costa(Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

Coach: José Gomes da Silva

Date: December 17, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 2

Result: Portugal 0-Bulgaria 0

Venue:Lisbon -Estadio Nacional 

Attendance:20,000

Referee:Antonio Sbardella (Italy) 

Goalscorers:

(Portugal): None

(Bulgaria): None 

Lineups:

Portugal:

Américo Ferreira Lopes (Futebol Clube do Porto) 

Manuel de Sousa Rodrigues (Clube de Futebol ´Os Belenenses`-Lisboa)   

Rui Gouveia Pinto Rodrigues(Associacão Académica de Coimbra)

Josè Carlosda Silva Josè(Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Hilario Rosario da Coenceiçao (Sporting Clube de Portugal-Lisboa)

Jaime da Silva Graça(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

José Maria de Freitas Pereira ‘Pedras’ (Vitória Futebol Clube-Setúbal)

JoséAugusto Pinto de Almeida (captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

José Augusto Costa SenicaTorres(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)   

‘Eusebio’ da Silva Ferreira(Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Antonio Simões da Costa(Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 

Coach: José Gomes da Silva

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Milko Gaidarski (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Ivan Dimitrov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia) 

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Georgi Popov (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Hristo Bonev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Nikola Kotkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)

Dimitar Yakimov (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

Photo From : World Soccer, February 1968 (December 17, 1967, EC Qualifier, Portugal 0-Bulgaria 0)

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

October 2, 1966 (Helsinki, Finland  0-Austria 0)

October 16, 1966 (Thessalonika, Greece 2-Finland 1)

May 10 1967 (Helsinki, Finland 1-Greece 1)

June 11, 1967 (Moscow, USSR  4-Austria 3)

July 16, 1967 (Tbilisi, USSR  4-Greece 0)

August 30, 1967 (Moscow, USSR 2-Finland 0)

September 6, 1967 (Turku, Finland 2-USSR 5)

September 24, 1967 (Vienna, Austria 2-Finland 1)

October 4, 1967 (Athens, Greece 4-Austria 1)

October 15, 1967 (Vienna,  Austria 1-USSR 0)

October 31, 1967 (Athens,  Greece  0-USSR 1)

November 5, 1967 (Vienna,  Austria 1-Greece 1  (abandoned) (voided)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	USSR	6	5	0	1	16	6	10	10
2	Greece	5	2	1	2	7	8	-1	5
3	Austria	5	2	1	1	7	9	-2	5
4	Finland	6	0	2	4	5	12	-7	2

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: October 2, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Finland 0-Austria 0

Venue:Helsinki -Olympiastadion  

Attendance:10,070

Referee:Peter Coates (Republic of Ireland) 

Goalscorers:

(Finland): None 

(Austria): None

Lineups:

Finland:

Lars Näsman (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Pertti Mäkipää (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Reima Nummila (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Timo Kautonen (Lahden Reipas-Lahti) 

Reijo Kanerva (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Simo Syrjävaara (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Juhani Peltonen (Haka Valkeakoski)

Matti Mäkelä (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Tommy Lindholm (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Markku Hyvärinen (KuPS (Kuopion Palloseura)-Kuopio)

Aulis Laine (Åbo IFK (Idrottsförening Kamraterna)

Coach: Olavi Laaksonen

Austria:

Roman Pichkler (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Walter Gebhardt (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Walter Glechner (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Heinz Binder (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Franz Viehbock (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)             
Horst Hirnschrodt (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Robert Sara (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Rudolf Flögel(Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Anton Fritsch (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Thomas Parits (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Johann Hörmayer (Wiener Sport-Club) 

Coach: Eduard Fruhwirth

Date: October 16, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Greece 2-Finland 1

Venue: Thessaloniki- Kaftantzoglio (Iraklis)       

Attendance:28,478

Referee:Zdenek Vales (Czekoslovakia)

Goalscorers:

(Greece): Alekos Alexiadis 39,86

(Finland): Pertti Mäkipää 57

Lineups:

Greece:

Takis Ikonomopoulos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Tasos Vasiliou (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Georgios Skrekis (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)

Fotis Balopoulos (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Frangiskos Sourpis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Stelios Skevofylax (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Stahis Chaitas (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)

Mimis Domazos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Alekos Alexiadis (Gymnasticós Sillegós Aris- Thessaloniki)

Mimis Papaioannou (captain) (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Georgios Dedes (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)

Coach: Panos Markovits

Finland:

Lars Näsman (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Pertti Mäkipää (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Reima Nummila (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Timo Kautonen (Lahden Reipas-Lahti) 

Reijo Kanerva (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Simo Syrjävaara (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Juhani Peltonen (Haka Valkeakoski)

Matti Mäkelä (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Arto Tolsa (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka)   

Markku Hyvärinen (KuPS (Kuopion Palloseura)-Kuopio)

Aulis Laine (Åbo IFK (Idrottsförening Kamraterna)

Coach: Olavi Laaksonen

Date: May 10, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Finland 1-Greece 1

Venue: Helsinki, Olympiastadion

Attendance:15,253

Referee:Pieter Paulus Roomer (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Finland): Juhani Peltonen 18

(Greece): Stathis Chaitas 39

Lineups:

Finland:

Martti Halme (Haka Valkeakoski)

Rainer Aho (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Timo Kautonen (Lahden Reipas-Lahti) 

Reijo Kanerva (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Reima Nummila (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Matti Mäkelä (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Pertti Mäkipää (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Semi Nuoranen (Ilves-Kissat Tampere)

Arto Tolsa (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka)   

Tommy Lindholm (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Juhani Peltonen (Haka Valkeakoski)

Coach: Olavi Laaksonen

Greece:

Takis Ikonomopoulos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Michalis Belis (PAOK (Panthessalonikio Athlitiko Omilo Konstantinoupolis)- Thessaloniki)

Christos Zanteroglou (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Alekos Sofianidis (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Takis Loukanidis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Kostas Polychroniou (captain) (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Stathis Chaitas (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)

Nikos Gioutsos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Mimis Domazos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Mimis Papaioannou (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Vassilis Botinos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Coach: Lakis Petropoulos

Date: June 11, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: USSR 4-Austria 3

Venue: Moscow-Tsentral'nyj Stadion (The Central V.I.Lenin's Stadium)   

Attendance:104,000

Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden) 

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Eduard Malofeyev 25, Anatoli Byshovets 36, Igor Chislenko 43, Eduard Streltsov 80

(Austria): Erich Hof 38, Franz Wolny 54, Helmut Siber 69

Lineups:

USSR:

Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu) 
Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenev (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valery Ivanovich Voronin (Torpedo Moskva)
Joszef Yozhefovich Sabo (Dynamo Kiev)
Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)
Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Torpedo Moskva) 

Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Austria:

Roman Pichkler (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Helmut Wartusch (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Walter Glechner (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Gerhard Sturmberger (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)
Erich Fak (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Roland Eschelmüller (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Erich Hof (Wiener Sport-Club)
Rudolf Flögel (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Franz Wolny (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Helmut Siber (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Johann Hörmayer (Wiener Sport-Club)

Coaches: Erwin Alge - Johann Pesser

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR Squad, June 11, 1967, EC Qualifier, USSR 4-Austria 3)

Date: July 16, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: USSR 4-Greece 0

Venue: Tbilisi, Central Stadium "Dynamo”

Attendance:29,426

Referee: Birger Nielsen (Norway)

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Anatoly Banishevski50,77, Joszef Sabo 70 pen, Igor Chislenko 83

(Greece): None

Lineups:

USSR:

Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva)

Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenev (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valery Ivanovich Voronin (Torpedo Moskva)

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

Joszef Yozhefovich Sabo (Dynamo Kiev) 

Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftyanick Baku)

Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Torpedo Moskva) 

Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Greece:

Takis Ikonomopoulos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Mimis Plessas (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Takis Loukanidis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Michalis Belis (PAOK (Panthessalonikio Athlitiko Omilo Konstantinoupolis)- Thessaloniki)

Aristidis Kamaras (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Mimis Domazos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Kostas Polychroniou (captain) (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Stathis Chaitas (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)

Georgios Sideris (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Mimis Papaioannou (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Vassilis Botinos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Coach: Lakis Petropoulos

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR Squad, July 16, 1967, EC Qualifier, USSR 4-Greece 0)

Date: August 30, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: USSR 2-Finland 0

Venue: Moscow-Tsentral'nyj Stadion (The Central V.I.Lenin's Stadium)   

Attendance:80,000

Referee:Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey) 

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Murtaz Khurtzilava 14, Igor Chislenko 80

(Finland): None

Lineups:

USSR:

Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu)   

Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

Guram Yasonovich Tshovrebov  (Dynamo Tblissi)

Valery Pavlovich Maslov (Dinamo Moskva) 

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

Joszef Yozhefovich Sabo (Dynamo Kiev) 

Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftyanick Baku)

Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Finland:

Lars Näsman (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Pertti Mäkipää (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Seppo Kilponen (OPS (Oulun Palloseura)-Oulo)

Timo Kautonen (Lahden Reipas-Lahti) 

Reima Nummila (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Juhani Peltonen (Haka Valkeakoski)

Simo Syrjävaara (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Kai Pahlman (HJK (Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi  Helsinki)-Helsinki)

Matti Mäkelä (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Arto Tolsa (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka)   

Aulis Laine (Åbo IFK (Idrottsförening Kamraterna)

Coach: Olavi Laaksonen 

Date: September 6, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Finland 2-USSR 5

Venue:Turun -Kuupitaa

Attendance:7,793

Referee:Pavel Spotak (Czechoslovakia) 

Goalscorers:

(Finland): Juhani Peltonen 18 pen, Simo Syrjävaara 25

(USSR): Joszef Sabo 2, 56 pen, Valery Maslov 14, Anatoly Banishevski 35, Eduard Malofeyev 63

Lineups:

Finland:

Lars Näsman (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Matti Pitko (Haka Valkeakoski)

Seppo Kilponen (OPS (Oulun Palloseura)-Oulo)

Pertti Mäkipää (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Reima Nummila (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Matti Mäkelä (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Simo Syrjävaara (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Aulis Laine (Åbo IFK (Idrottsförening Kamraterna)

Arto Tolsa (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka)   

Juhani Peltonen (Haka Valkeakoski)

Semi Nuoranen (Ilves-Kissat Tampere)

Coach: Olavi Laaksonen 

USSR:

Yuri Pavlovich Pshenichnikov (Pakhtakor Toshkent) (Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Torpedo Moskva)  )

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu)   

Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

Gennady Olegovich Logofet (Spartak Moskva)

Valery Pavlovich Maslov (Dinamo Moskva) 

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

Joszef Yozhefovich Sabo (Dynamo Kiev) 

Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftyanick Baku)

Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Date: September 24, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Austria 2-Finland 1

Venue:Vienna-Praterstadion

Attendance:27,000

Referee:Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia) 

Goalscorers:

(Austria): Rudolf Flögel 17, Leopold Grausam 81

(Finland): Juhani Peltonen 57

Lineups:

Austria:

Gerald Fuchsbichler (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Walter Gebhardt (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Walter Glechner (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Karl Fröhlich (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Gerhard Sturmberger (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)
Johann Eigenstiller (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Helmut Metzler (Fußball ClubSchwarz-Weiss Bregenz)
Franz Wolny (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Leopold Grausam(Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Rudolf Flögel (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Helmut Redl (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)

Coaches: Erwin Alge - Johann Pesser

Finland:

Lars Näsman (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Matti Pitko (Haka Valkeakoski)

Seppo Kilponen (OPS (Oulun Palloseura)-Oulo)

Timo Kautonen (Lahden Reipas-Lahti) 

Reima Nummila (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Matti Mäkelä (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Simo Syrjävaara (Upon P (Upon Pallo)- Lahti)

Semi Nuoranen (Ilves-Kissat Tampere)

Tommy Lindholm (TPS (Turun Palloseura)-Turku)

Arto Tolsa (KTP (Kotkan Työväen Palloillijat) – Kotka)   

Juhani Peltonen (Haka Valkeakoski)

Coach: Olavi Laaksonen 

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, September 24, 1967, EC Qualifier, Austria 2-Finalnd 1)

Date: October 4, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Greece 4-Austria 1

Venue:Pireaus- Yorgos KaraiskakiStadion (Olympiakos)

Attendance:34,552

Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

Goalscorers:

(Greece): Georgios Sideris 27, 34 pen, 63, Mimis Papaioannou 75     

(Austria): Leopold Grausam 62

Lineups:

Greece:

Takis Ikonomopoulos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Fotis Balopoulos (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Christos Zanteroglou (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Kostas Polychroniou (captain) (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Ioannis Kaitatzis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Takis Loukanidis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Mimis Domazos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Georgios Sideris (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Nikos Gioutsos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Mimis Papaioannou (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Vassilis Botinos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Coach: Lakis Petropoulos

Austria:

Gerald Fuchsbichler (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Walter Gebhardt (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Walter Glechner (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Karl Fröhlich (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Johann Frank (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Johann Eigenstiller (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Anton Fritsch (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Helmut Siber (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Leopold Grausam (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Rudolf Flögel (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Helmut Redl (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)   

Coaches: Erwin Alge - Johann Pesser

Date: October 15, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Austria 1-USSR 0

Venue:Vienna-Praterstadion

Attendance:37,400

Referee: Todor Betchirov (Bulgaria) 

Goalscorers:

(Austria): Leopold Grausam 49

(USSR): None

Lineups:

Austria:

Wilhelm Harreither (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)
Walter Gebhardt (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Walter Glechner (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Walter Stamm (Admira Wacker Sportklub -Wien)
Karl Fröhlich (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Gerhard Sturmberger (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)
Johann Eigenstiller (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Rudolf Flögel (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Walter Koleznik (Grazer Athletiker Klub)
Helmut Siber (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Leopold Grausam (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Coaches: Erwin Alge - Johann Pesser

USSR:

Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu) 
Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev  (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)
Guram Yasonovich Tshovrebov  (Dynamo Tblissi)
Valery Pavlovich Maslov (Dinamo Moskva) 
Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva) 
Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  
Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Torpedo Moskva) 
Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftyanick Baku)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, October 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, Austria 1-USSR 0)

Date: October 31, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Greece 0-USSR 1

Venue:Pireaus- Yorgos KaraiskakiStadion (Olympiakos)

Attendance:3,588

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Greece): None

(USSR): Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev 51

Lineups:

Greece:

Nikos Christidis (Gymnasticós Sillegós Aris- Thessaloniki)

Fotis Balopoulos (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Christos Zanteroglou (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Kostas Polychroniou (captain) (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Ioannis Kaitatzis (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Takis Loukanidis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Mimis Domazos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Stathis Chaitas (Panionios Gymnasticós Sillegós Smyrnis-Athinas)

Nikos Gioutsos (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Georgios Sideris (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Mimis Papaioannou (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Coach: Lakis Petropoulos

USSR:

Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Torpedo Moskva) 

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(Sport Klub Armii Rostov-Na-Donu)   

Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Valery Ivanovich Voronin (Torpedo Moskva)

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

Joszef Yozhefovich Sabo (Dynamo Kiev) 

Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftyanick Baku)

Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Torpedo Moskva) 

Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Date: November 5, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 3

Result: Austria 1-Greece 1 (Abandoned 83^rd minute, result voided)

Venue:Vienna-Praterstadion

Attendance:32,000

Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Austria): Helmut Siber 31

(Greece): Georgios Sideris 71

Lineups:

Austria:

Wilhelm Harreither (Linzer Athletik-Sportklub)
Walter Gebhardt (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Walter Glechner (Sportklub Rapid Wien)

Walter Stamm (Admira Wacker Sportklub -Wien)
Karl Fröhlich (Fußball Klub Austria Wien)
Johann Eigenstiller (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Walter Skocik (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Walter Koleznik (Grazer Athletiker Klub)
Helmut Siber (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)
Leopold Grausam (Sportklub Rapid Wien)
Helmut Redl (Fußball Club Wacker Innsbruck)

Coaches: Erwin Alge - Johann Pesser

Greece:

Nikos Christidis (Gymnasticós Sillegós Aris- Thessaloniki)

Aristidis Kamaras (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Christos Zanteroglou (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Kostas Polychroniou (captain) (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Takis Loukanidis (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Fotis Balopoulos (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Georgios Koudas (PAOK (Panthessalonikio Athlitiko Omilo Konstantinoupolis)- Thessaloniki)

Mimis Domazos (Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos-Athinas)

Georgios Sideris (Olympiakos Syndesmos Filathlon Pirea-Pireas)

Mimis Papaioannou (AEK (Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupolis)-Athina)

Coach: Lakis Petropoulos

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger (Austria squad, November 5, 1967, EC Qualifier, Austria 1-Greece 1)

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

  

April 8, 1967 (Dortmund, West Germany 6-Albania 0) 

May 3, 1967 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1-West Germany 0) 

May 14, 1967 (Tirana,  Albania 0-Yugoslavia 2) 

October 7, 1967 (Hamburg, West Germany 3-Yugoslavia 1)

November 12, 1967 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia 4-Albania 0)

December 17, 1967 (Tirana, Albania 0-West Germany 0)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	4	3	0	1	8	3	5	6
2	West Germany	4	2	1	1	9	2	7	5
3	Albania	4	0	1	3	0	12	-12	1

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: April 8, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

Result: West Germany 6-Albania 0

Venue: Dortmund -Westfalenstadion

Attendance:32,000

Referee:Marti Hirviniemi (Finland)

Goalscorers:

(West Germany): Gerd Müller 6,25,73, 85 pen, Johannes Löhr 77, 79 

(Albania): None

Lineups:

West Germany:

Hans Tilkowski (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.)
Bernd Patzke (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V.)

Horst-Dieter Höttges (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)   
Franz Beckenbauer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Willi Schulz (Captain) (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Wolfgang Weber (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)
Bernd Dörfel (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Lothar Ulsass (Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V.)

Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Wolfgang Overath (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Johannes Löhr (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Coach: Helmut Schoen

Albania:

Mikel Janku (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 
Fatmir Frasheri (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Ali Mema (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  
Teodor Vaso (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Ramazan Ragami (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Josif Kazanxhi (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  
Niko Xhacka (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Sabah Bizi (Klubi Sportit Vllaznia- Shkodër) 

Skender Hyka (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Panajot Pano (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Bahri Ishka (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Coach: Loro Borici

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005 (April 8, 1967, EC Qualifier, West Germany 6-Albania 0)

Date: May 3, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

Result: Yugoslavia 1-West Germany 0

Venue: Beograd (Belgrade), Stadion Crvene Zvezde (Red Star)

Attendance:43,000

Referee: José Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Josip Skoblar 63

(West Germany): None

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

Mirsad Fazlagic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Fahrudin Jusufi (Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V. / West Germany)

Marijan Brncic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Branko Rasovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Dragan Holcer (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)  

Vojislav Melic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Radoslav Becejac (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Muhamed Hasanagic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Josip Skoblar (OFK (Omladinski Fudbalski Klub) Beograd)

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

West Germany:

Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
Bernd Patzke (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V.)

Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’ Vogts (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)
Franz Beckenbauer (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Willi Schulz (Captain) (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Klaus Fichtel (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen)
Siegfried Held (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.)

Hans Küppers (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V.)

Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Wolfgang Overath (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Johannes Löhr (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Coach: Helmut Schoen

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1967 (Gerd Muller, May 3, 1967, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-West Germany 0)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005  (May 3, 1967, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 1-West Germany 0)

Date: May 14, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

Result: Albania 0-Yugoslavia 2

Venue: Tirana- Stadiumi Kombetar ‘Qemal Stafa’

Attendance:25,000

Referee: CostasXantohoulis (Cyprus)

Goalscorers:

(Albania): None 

(Yugoslavia): Slaven Zambata 22,54

Lineups:

Albania:

Mikel Janku (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 
Fatmir Frasheri (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Josif Kazanxhi (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Teodor Vaso (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Ali Mema (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Iliu Shllaku (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Lorenc Vorfi (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Medin Zhega (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Panajot Pano (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Ramazan Ragami (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Niko Xhacka (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Coach: Loro Borici

Yugoslavia:

Miodrag Knezevic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)  

Mirsad Fazlagic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Marijan Brncic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Radoslav Becejac (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Branko Rasovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Dragan Holcer (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)  

Vojislav Melic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

 Petar Nadoveza (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Slaven Zambata (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Stjepan Lamza (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Date: October 7, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

Result: West Germany 3-Yugoslavia 1

Venue: Hamburg, Volkspark Stadion

Attendance:72,000

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(West Germany): Johannes Löhr 11, Gerd Müller 71, Uwe Seeler 87

(Yugoslavia): Slaven Zambata 46

Lineups:

West Germany:

Josef ‘Sepp’ Maier (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)
Bernd Patzke (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V.)

Horst-Dieter Höttges (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)
Hans Siemensmeyer (Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e.V.)

Willi Schulz (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Wolfgang Weber (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)
Franz Roth (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Uwe Seeler (Captain) (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Gerhard ‘Gerd’ Müller (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Wolfgang Overath (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Johannes Löhr (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Coach: Helmut Schoen

Yugoslavia:

Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

Mirsad Fazlagic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Marijan Brncic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Stevan Nesticki (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

Branko Rasovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Slaven Zambata (captain) (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Radoslav Becejac (Nogometni Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)

Josip Skoblar (OFK (Omladinski Fudbalski Klub) Beograd)

Ivan Osim (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Photo From: World Soccer, December 1967 (Gerd Muller heading West Germany’s second goal, October 7, 1967, EC Qualifier, West Germany 3-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, March 1968 (Yugoslavia’s Slaven Zambata and Dragan Dzajic , October 7, 1967, EC Qualifier, West Germany 3-Yugoslavia 1)

Date: November 12, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

Result: Yugoslavia 4-Albania 0

Venue: Beograd (Belgrade), Stadion JNA (Jugoslavenska Norodna Armia) (Stadium of the Army)   

Attendance:30,000

Referee: Andre Radulescu (Romania)

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Edin Spreco 44, Ivica Osim 52, 82, Vojin Lazarevic 70

(Albania): None

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Radomir Vukcevic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Milan Damjanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Borivoje Djordjevic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Blagoje Paunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Ivan Osim (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

Vojin Lazarevic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Edin Spreco (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

Krasnodar Rora (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Albania:

Jani Rama (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Frederik Jorgaqi (Klubi Sportit Labinoti –Elbasan)  

Gani Xhafa (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Teodor Vaso (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Ramazan Ragami (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Iliu Shllaku (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Panajot Pano (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Ali Mema (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Medin Zhega (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Sabah Bizi (Klubi Sportit Vllaznia- Shkodër) 

Foto Andoni (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Coach: Loro Borici

Date: December 17, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 4

Result: Albania 0-West Germany 0

Venue: Tirana- Stadiumi Kombetar ‘Qemal Stafa’

Attendance:28,000

Referee:Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Goalscorers:

(Albania): None 

(West Germany): None

Lineups:

Albania:

Koco Dinella (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 
Frederik Gjinali (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Frederik Jorgaqi (Klubi Sportit Labinoti –Elbasan)  

Iliu Shllaku (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Teodor Vaso (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 
Ali Mema (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Ramazan Ragami (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 
Panajot Pano (Klubi Futbollit Partizani Tiranë) 

Medin Zhega (Klubi Sportit Dinamo Tiranë) 

Sabah Bizi (Klubi Sportit Vllaznia- Shkodër) 

Josif Kazanxhi (Klubi Sportit 17 Nëntori Tiranë)  

Coach: Loro Borici

West Germany:

Horst Wolter (Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V.)
Bernd Patzke (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V.)

Horst-Dieter Höttges (Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)
Willi Schulz (Captain) (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Wolfgang Weber (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)
Siegfried Held (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.)

Hans Küppers (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V.)

Gunter Netzer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

Peter Meyer (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach)

Wolfgang Overath (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Johannes Löhr (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.)

Coach: Helmut Schoen

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005 (Peter Meyer, December 17, 1967, EC Qualifier, Albania 0-West Germany 0)

Photo from: Libri I Kombetares (1936-2001), Author Besnik Dizdari (Both squads, December 17, 1967, EC Qualifier, Albania 0-West Germany 0)

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

September 7, 1966  (Rotterdam, Holland 2-Hungary 2)          

September 21, 1966 (Budapest, Hungary 6-Denmark 0) 

November 30. 1966 (Rotterdam, Holland 2-Denmark 0) 

April 5, 1967 (Leipzig, East Germany 4-Holland 3)

May 10, 1967 (Budapest, Hungary 2-Holland 1)

May 24, 1967 (Copenhagen, Denmark 0-Hungary 2)

June 4, 1967 (Copenhagen, Denmark 1-East Germany 1)

September 13, 1967 (Amsterdam, Holland 1-East Germany 0)

September 27, 1967 (Budapest, Hungary 3-East Germany 1)

October 4, 1967 (Copenhagen, Denmark 3-Holland 2)

October 11, 1967 (Leipzig, East Germany 3-Denmark 2)

October 29,1967 (Leipzig, East Germany 1-Hungary 0)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	6	4	1	1	15	5	10	9
2	East Germany	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7
3	Holland	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	5
4	Denmark	6	1	1	4	6	16	-10	3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: September 7, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Holland 2-Hungary 2

Venue: Rotterdam-De Kuip-Feyenoord Stadion

Attendance:65,000

Referee:Birger Nielsen (Norway)

Goalscorers:

(Holland): Miel Pijs 35, Johann Cruijff 52    

(Hungary): Deszo Molnar 70, Kálmán Mészöly 86 

Lineups:

Holland:

Eduard Laurens ‘Eddy’ Pieters Graafland (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)  

Frederik Arnoldus ‘Frits’ Flinkevleugel (DWS (Door Wilskracht Sterk) Amsterdam Football Club)

Marinus David ‘Rinus’ Israël (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Daniel Christiaan ‘Daan’ Schrijvers  (Captain) (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven) 

Cor Pleun Veldhoen (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Emiel Franciscus Cornelis ‘Miel’ Pijs  (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Bernardus ‘Bennie’ Muller (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Jesaia ‘Sjaak’ Swart (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Hendrik Johannes ‘Johan’ Cruijff (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Klaas Nuninga (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Peter Johannes ‘Piet’ Keizer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Coach: George Kessler

Other Substitutes:

Tonny van Leeuwen (GVAV (Groninger Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging)-Groningen)

Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes ‘Willy’ van der Kuijlen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Wim Suurbier (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Henk Warnas (Deventer Voetbalvereniging Go Ahead)

Pieter ‘Piet’ de Zoete (ADO (Alles Door Oefening) Den Haag  -'s-Gravenhage)

Hungary:

Antal Szentmihalyi (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Beno Kaposzta(Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Ferenc Sipos (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Zoltan Varga (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Deszo Molnar (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Johann Cruyff, September 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Holland 2-Hungary 2)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Johann Cruyff, September 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Holland 2-Hungary 2)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Holland squad, September 7, 1966, EC Qualifier, Holland 2-Hungary 2)

Date: September 21, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Hungary 6-Denmark 0

Venue:Budapest  -Nepstadion

Attendance:          18,487

Referee:Alexandros Monastriotis (Greece)

Goalscorers:

(Hungary): Florian Albert 1,32, Kálmán Mészöly 10 pen, Ferenc Bene 14, Janos Farkas 37, Zoltan Varga83     

(Denmark): None 

Lineups:

Hungary:

Antal Szentmihalyi (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Beno Kaposzta(Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Sandor Matrai (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Imre Mathesz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Deszo Molnar (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Zoltan Varga (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Denmark:

Leif Nielsen  (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Johnny Hansen  (Vejle Boldklub)

John Worbye  (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Niels Erik Andersen  (Vejle Boldklub)

Henning Boel  (Ikast Forenede Sportsklubber)

Niels Moeller  (KB-Kjøbenhavns Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Bent Schmidt Hansen  (Horsens forenede Sportsklubber)

Henning Enoksen  (AGF-Aarhus Gymnastik Forening af 1880)

Rene Moeller  (Randers Sportsklub Freja)

Jens Jorgen Hansen (Captain)  (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Ulrik Le Fevre  (Vejle Boldklub)

Coach: Poul Petersen

Date: November 30, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Holland 2-Denmark 0

Venue: Rotterdam-De Kuip-Feyenoord Stadion       

Attendance:          25,000

Referee: Anibal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

Goalscorers:

(Holland): Sjaak Swart 85, Willy van der Kuijlen 90   

(Denmark): None 

Lineups:

Holland:

Eduard Laurens ‘Eddy’ Pieters Graafland (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)  

Willem Lourens Johannes ‘Wim’ Suurbier (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Marinus David ‘Rinus’ Israël (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Daniel Christiaan ‘Daan’ Schrijvers  (Captain) (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven) 

Cor Pleun Veldhoen (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Wilhelmus Maria ‘Willy’ Dullens (Rooms-Katholike Sport Vereniging Sittardia)

Bernardus ‘Bennie’ Muller (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Jesaia ‘Sjaak’ Swart (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Klaas Nuninga (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes ‘Willy’ van der Kuijlen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Peter Johannes ‘Piet’ Keizer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Coach: George Kessler

Other Substitutes:

Tonny van Leeuwen (GVAV (Groninger Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging)-Groningen)

Frederik Arnoldus ‘Frits’ Flinkevleugel (DWS (Door Wilskracht Sterk) Amsterdam Football Club)

Peter Kemper (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Jan Klijnjan (DFC (Dordtsche Football Club)- Dordrecht)

Emiel Franciscus Cornelis ‘Miel’ Pijs  (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Denmark:

Leif Nielsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Johnny Hansen (Vejle Boldklub)

John Worbye (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Leif Hartwig (Boldklubben 1909-Odense)

Henning Boel (Ikast Forenede Sportsklubber)

Henning Munk Jensen (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)

John Steen Olsen (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Finn Wiberg (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Keld Bak (Næstved Idræts-Forening)

Kjeld Thorst (captain) (Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885)

Ulrik Le Fevre (Vejle Boldklub)

Coach: Poul Petersen

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Holland squad, November 30, 1966, EC Qualifier, Holland 2-Denmark 0)

Date: April 5, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: East Germany 4-Holland 3

Venue: Leipzig, Zentralstadion (Central Stadium)     

Attendance:          40,000

Referee: Hannes Sigurdson (Iceland)  

Goalscorers:

(East Germany): Eberhard Vogel 50, Henning Frenzel 62,78,85     

(Holland): Jan Mulder 10, Piet Keizer 12,65

Lineups:

East Germany:

Horst Weigang (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Otto Frässdorf (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin) 

Manfred Walter (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft) Chemie Leipzig)

Manfred Geisler (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Herbert Pankau (Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock)

Gerhard Körner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin) 

Dieter Erler (captain) (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz)

Roland Ducke (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Henning Frenzel (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Jurgen Nöldner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Eberhard Vogel (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz) 

Coach: Karoly Soos

Holland:

Teunis ‘Tonny’ van Leeuwen (GVAV (Groninger Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging)-Groningen)

Willem Lourens Johannes ‘Wim’ Suurbier (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Emiel Franciscus Cornelis ‘Miel’ Pijs  (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Daniel Christiaan ‘Daan’ Schrijvers  (Captain) (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven) 

Pieter Andreas ‘Peter’ Kemper (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Hendrik ‘Henk’ Groot (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Pieter ‘Piet’ de Zoete (ADO (Alles Door Oefening) Den Haag  -'s-Gravenhage)

Jesaia ‘Sjaak’ Swart (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Klaas Nuninga (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Johan ‘Jan’ Mulder (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

Peter Johannes ‘Piet’ Keizer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Coach: George Kessler

Other Substitutes:

Willem Petrus ‘Pim’ Doesburg (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta -Rotterdam)

Johannes Antonios ‘Hans’ Eijkenbroek (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta -Rotterdam)

Frederik Arnoldus ‘Frits’ Flinkevleugel (DWS (Door Wilskracht Sterk) Amsterdam Football Club)

Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes ‘Willy’ van der Kuijlen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005 (April 5, 1967, EC Qualifier, East Germany 4-Holland 3)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Holland squad, April 5, 1967, EC Qualifier, East Germany 4-Holland 3)

Date: May 10, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Hungary 2-Holland 1

Venue:Budapest  -Nepstadion

Attendance:          30,000

Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria) 

Goalscorers:

(Hungary): Kálmán Mészöly 5 pen, Janos Farkas 30    

(Holland): Wim Suurbier 63 

Lineups:

Hungary:

Guyla Tamas (Diósgyöri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre Miskolc)

Sandor Matrai (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Lajos Szucs (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Janos Gorocs (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Deszo Molnar (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Holland:

Teunis ‘Tonny’ van Leeuwen (GVAV (Groninger Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging)-Groningen) (Willem Petrus ‘Pim’ Doesburg (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta -Rotterdam)46^th)

Willem Lourens Johannes ‘Wim’ Suurbier (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Marinus David ‘Rinus’ Israël (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Johannes Antonios ‘Hans’ Eijkenbroek (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta -Rotterdam)  

Cor Pleun Veldhoen (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Hendrik ‘Henk’ Groot (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Bernardus ‘Bennie’ Muller (Captain) (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Gerardus Maria Catherina Henricus ‘Pummy’ Bergholtz (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

Johan ‘Jan’ Mulder (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)

Klaas Nuninga (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Peter Johannes ‘Piet’ Keizer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Coach: George Kessler

Other Substitutes:

Frederik Arnoldus ‘Frits’ Flinkevleugel (DWS (Door Wilskracht Sterk) Amsterdam Football Club)

Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes ‘Willy’ van der Kuijlen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Pieter ‘Piet’ de Zoete (ADO (Alles Door Oefening) Den Haag  -'s-Gravenhage)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Holland squad, May 10, 1967, EC Qualifier, Hungary 2-Holland 1)

Date: May 24, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Denmark 0-Hungary 2

Venue:København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:          35,200

Referee:William John Gow (Wales)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): None 

(Hungary): Erik Sandvad (own goal) 30, Ferenc Bene 70      

Lineups:

Denmark:

Leif Nielsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

John Worbye (captain) (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Johnny Hansen (Vejle Boldklub)

Erik Sandvad (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Jens Jørgen Hansen (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)

Kresten Bjerre (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Ulrik Le Fevre (Vejle Boldklub)

Tom Søndergaard (Boldklubben af 1893-Copenhagen)

René Møller (Randers Sportsklub Freja)

Finn Laudrup (Vanløse Idræts Forening)

Bent Schmidt Hansen (Horsens forenede Sportsklubber)

Coach: Erik Hansen and Ernst Netuka

Hungary:

Guyla Tamas (Diósgyöri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre Miskolc)

Sandor Matrai (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Istvan Nagy (MTK (Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre)–Budapest)

Lajos Szucs (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Deszo Molnar (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

Note: Some sources credit the first goalscorer as Ferenc Bene or Florian Albert, instead of an own goal

Photo From: Landsholdet-I medgang og modgang, Author: Palle "Banks" Jorgensen (Denmark squad, May 24, 1967, EC Qualifier, Denmark 0-Hungary 2)

Date: June 4, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Denmark 1-East Germany 1

Venue:København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:          23,700

Referee:Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Kresten Bjerre 64 pen

(East Germany): Wolfram Löwe 6                 

Lineups:

Denmark:

Leif Nielsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Johnny Hansen (Vejle Boldklub)

Kresten Bjerre (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Henning Boel (Ikast Forenede Sportsklubber)

Erik Sandvad (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

John Worbye (captain) (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Bent Schmidt Hansen (Horsens forenede Sportsklubber)

Finn Laudrup (Vanløse Idræts Forening)

René Møller (Randers Sportsklub Freja)

Tom Søndergaard (Boldklubben af 1893-Copenhagen)

Ulrik Le Fevre (Vejle Boldklub)

Coach: Erik Hansen and Ernst Netuka

East Germany:

Jurgen Croy (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft)  Motor Zwickau)

Otto Frässdorf (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Manfred Walter (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft) Chemie Leipzig)

Manfred Geisler (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Bernd Bransch (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Harald Irmscher (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft)  Motor Zwickau)

Gerhard Körner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)        

Roland Ducke (captain) (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Henning Frenzel (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Jurgen Nöldner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Wolfram Löwe (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Coach: Karoly Soos

Date: September 13, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Holland 1-East Germany 0

Venue: Amsterdam, Olympisch Stadion

Attendance:          55,000

Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Holland): Johann Cruijff 2      

(East Germany): None 

Lineups:

Holland:

Eduard Laurens ‘Eddy’ Pieters Graafland (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)  

Willem Lourens Johannes ‘Wim’ Suurbier (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Marinus David ‘Rinus’ Israël (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Johannes Antonios ‘Hans’ Eijkenbroek (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta -Rotterdam)  

Cor Pleun Veldhoen (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Hendrik ‘Henk’ Groot (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam) 

Bernardus ‘Bennie’ Muller (Captain) (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Peter Johannes ‘Piet’ Keizer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Klaas Nuninga (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Hendrik Johannes ‘Johan’ Cruijff (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Johannes Teunes ‘Jan’ Klinjan (DFC (Dordtsche Football Club)- Dordrecht)

         

Coach: George Kessler

Other Substitutes:

Willem Petrus ‘Pim’ Doesburg (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Pieter Andreas ‘Peter’ Kemper (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Tonny Pronk (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Pleun Strik (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Bert Theunissen (Football Club Fortuna '54-Geleen)

East Germany:

Wolfgang Blochwitz (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Otto Frässdorf (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Wolfgang Wruck (1. Fußball-Club Union Berlin)

Manfred Geisler (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Bernd Bransch (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Herbert Pankau (Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock)

Harald Irmscher (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft)  Sachsenring Zwickau)

Roland Ducke (captain) (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Henning Frenzel (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Dieter Erler (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz)

Eberhard Vogel (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz) 

Coach: Harald Seeger

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (Johann Cruyff, September 13, 1967, EC Qualifier, Holland 1-East Germany 0)

Date: September 27, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Hungary 3-East Germany 1

Venue:Budapest  -Nepstadion

Attendance:          70,000

Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR) 

Goalscorers:

(Hungary): Janos Farkas 9, 48, 50     

(East Germany): Henning Frenzel 58

Lineups:

Hungary:

Guyla Tamas (Diósgyöri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre Miskolc)

Beno Kaposzta(Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Sandor Matrai (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Lajos Szucs (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Gorocs (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Zoltan Varga (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

East Germany:

Jurgen Croy (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft)  Sachsenring Zwickau)

Otto Frässdorf (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Herbert Pankau (Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock)

Manfred Walter (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft) Chemie Leipzig)

Bernd Bransch (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Gerhard Körner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin) 

Dieter Erler (captain) (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz)

Roland Ducke (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Henning Frenzel (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Peter Ducke (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Eberhard Vogel (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz) 

Coach: Harald Seeger

Date: October 4, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: Denmark 3-Holland 2

Venue:København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance:          35,200

Referee:Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

Goalscorers:

(Denmark): Kresten Bjerre 43 pen, 71, Tom Søndergaard 53

(Holland): Wim Suurbier 74, Rinus Israel 76     

Lineups:

Denmark:

Leif Nielsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Johnny Hansen (Vejle Boldklub)

John Worbye (captain) (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Kresten Bjerre (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Henning Boel (Ikast Forenede Sportsklubber)

Erik Sandvad (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

John Steen Olsen (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Finn Laudrup (Vanløse Idræts Forening)

Erik Dyreborg (Næstved Idræts-Forening)

Tom Søndergaard (Boldklubben af 1893-Copenhagen)

Ulrik Le Fevre (Vejle Boldklub)

Coach: Erik Hansen and Ernst Netuka

Holland:

Eduard Laurens ‘Eddy’ Pieters Graafland (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)  

Willem Lourens Johannes ‘Wim’ Suurbier (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Marinus David ‘Rinus’ Israël (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam)

Johannes Antonios ‘Hans’ Eijkenbroek (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletiek Vereniging Sparta -Rotterdam)  

Anton ‘Tonny’ Pronk (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Hendrik ‘Henk’ Groot (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Bernardus ‘Bennie’ Muller (Captain) (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Peter Johannes ‘Piet’ Keizer (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Hendrik Johannes ‘Johan’ Cruijff (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Wilhelmus Marinus Antonius ‘Wim’ Jansen (Rotterdamsche Voetbal en Atletik Vereniging Feijenoord-Rotterdam) 

Klaas Nuninga (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam)

Coach: George Kessler

Booked: Rinus Israel

Other Substitutes:

Willem Petrus ‘Pim’ Doesburg (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes ‘Willy’ van der Kuijlen (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven)

Bert Theunissen (Football Club Fortuna '54-Geleen)

Henk Warnas (Deventer Voetbalvereniging Go Ahead)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Denmark squad, October 4, 1967, EC Qualifier, Denmark 4-Holland 2)

Date: October 11, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: East Germany 3-Denmark 2

Venue: Leipzig, Zentralstadion (Central Stadium)

Attendance:          20,000

Referee:Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

Goalscorers:

(East Germany): Gerhard Körner 34 pen, Herbert Pankau 61,74

(Denmark): Erik Dyreborg 25, TGom Søndergaard 38               

Lineups:

East Germany:

Wolfgang Blochwitz (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Klaus Urbanczyk (captain) (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Manfred Walter (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft) Chemie Leipzig)

Bernd Bransch (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Herbert Pankau (Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock)

Jurgen Nöldner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Gerhard Körner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin) 

Roland Ducke (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Henning Frenzel (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Peter Ducke (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Eberhard Vogel (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz) 

Coach: Harald Seeger

Denmark:

Leif Nielsen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen)

Johnny Hansen (Vejle Boldklub)

John Worbye (captain) (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Kresten Bjerre (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

Henning Boel (Ikast Forenede Sportsklubber)

Erik Sandvad (AB-Akademisk Boldklub-Copenhagen)

John Steen Olsen  (Hvidovre Idræts Forening)

Finn Laudrup (Vanløse Idræts Forening)

Erik Dyreborg (Næstved Idræts-Forening)

Tom Søndergaard (Boldklubben af 1893-Copenhagen)

Ulrik Le Fevre (Vejle Boldklub)

Coach: Erik Hansen and Ernst Netuka

     

Date: October 29, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 5

Result: East Germany 1-Hungary 0

Venue: Leipzig, Zentralstadion (Central Stadium)

Attendance:          55,000

Referee: Robert Helies (France)  

Goalscorers:

(East Germany): Henning Frenzel 51   

(Hungary): None 

Lineups:

East Germany:

Wolfgang Blochwitz (Fußball-Club Carl Zeiss Jena)

Klaus Urbanczyk (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Wolfgang Wruck (1. Fußball-Club Union Berlin)

Bernd Bransch (Fußball-Club Chemie Halle-Hallescher) 

Herbert Pankau (Fußball-Club Hansa Rostock)

Harald Irmscher (BSG (Betriebssport-Gemeinschaft)  Sachsenring Zwickau)

Gunter Hoge (1. Fußball-Club Union Berlin)

Jurgen Nöldner (Fußball-ClubVorwärts Berlin)  

Henning Frenzel (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Dieter Erler (captain) (Fußball-Club Karl-Marx-Stadt-Chemnitz)

Wolfram Löwe (1.Fußball-Club Lokomotive Leipzig)

Coach: Harald Seeger

Hungary:

Guyla Tamas (Diósgyöri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre Miskolc)

Beno Kaposzta(Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Miklos Pancsis (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Lajos Szucs (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Imre Mathesz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Ferenc Bene (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Zoltan Varga (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti )  

Coach: Rudolf Illovszky

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

November 2, 1966  (Bucharest, Romania 4-Switzerland 2) 

November 26, 1966 (Naples, Italy  3-Romania 1)  

December 3, 1966 (Nicosia, Cyprus 1-Romania 5)

March 22, 1967 (Nicosia, Cyprus 0-Italy 2)   

April 23, 1967 (Bucharest, Romania 7-Cyprus 0)

May 24, 1967 (Zurich, Switzerland 7-Romania 1)

June 25, 1967 (Bucharest, Romania 0-Italy 1)

November 1, 1967 (Cosenza, Italy 5-Cyprus 0)

November 8. 1967 (Lugano, Switzerland 5-Cyprus 0)

November 18, 1967 (Berne, Switzerland 2-Italy 2)

December 23, 1967 (Cagliari, Italy 4-Switzerland 0)

February 17, 1968 (Nicosia, Cyprus 2-Switzerland 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	6	5	1	0	17	3	14	11
2	Romania	6	3	0	3	18	14	4	6
3	Switzerland	6	2	1	3	17	13	4	5
4	Cyprus	6	1	0	5	3	25	-22	2

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: November 2, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Romania 4-Switzerland 2

Venue:Bucharest –Stadionul Republicii    

Attendance:15,000

Referee:James Finney (England)

Goalscorers:

(Romania): Mircea Dridea 8, Constantin Fratila 11 pen, 25, 39 pen (Switzerland): Fritz Künzli 54, Karl Odermatt 70

Lineups:

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Corneliu Popa (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Bujor Halmageanu(Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)   

Dan Coe (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Mihai Mocanu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Simion Surdan (Clubul Sportiv Politehnica Timisoara)    

Dumitru Popescu (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)   

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Constantin Fratila (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)

Coach: Ilie Oana

Switzerland:

Mario Prosperi (Football Club Lugano)      

Alex Matter (FußballClub Biel-Bienne)     

Heinz Bani (Fußball Club Zürich)

Georges Perroud (Football Club Sion)    

Hans-Ruedi Fuhrer (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Karl Odermatt (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Richard Durr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Vittore Gottardi (Football Club Lugano)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Bruno Bernasconi  (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Coach: Alfredo Foni (Italy)

Date: November 26, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Italy 3-Romania 1

Venue: Napoli (Naples)-Stadio San Paolo

Attendance:75,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alessandro Mazzola 30, 67, Virginio Depaoli 43

(Romania): Nicolae Dobrin 7

Lineups:

Italy:

Giuliano Sarti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Spartaco Landini I (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 

Ottavio Bianchi (Associazione Calcio Napoli)  

Aristide Guarneri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Armando Picchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 

 Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Virginio Depaoli(Juventus Football Club-Torino)

 Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Mario Corso (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 

Technical Commission: Helenio Herrera and Ferruccio Valcareggi

Romania:

Ilie Datcu (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Cornel Popa (Captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Barbu (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)     

Augustin Pax Deleanu (Politehnica Iasi) 

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Dan Coe (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)    

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Constantin Fratila (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)     

11 Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)

Coach: Ilie Oana

Photo From:  Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999 (November 26, 1966, EC Qualifier, Italy 3-Romania 1)

Date: December 3, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Cyprus 1-Romania 5

Venue: Nicosia-GSP "Gymnastikos Sullogos ta Pagkypria"  

Attendance:11,000

Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

Goalscorers:

(Cyprus): Costakis Pieridis 40   

(Romania): Mircea Dridea 50, 82, Mircea Lucescu 52, Constantin Fratila 66, 74

Lineups:

Cyprus:

Nicos Eleftheriadis (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))  (Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta) 55^th)

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Kyriakos Koureas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta)

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Nicos Kantzilieris (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Costakis Pieridis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Pamboulis Papadopoulos (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Christofis Christofi (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta)

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

 Coach: Argyris Gavalas

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Cornel Popa (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Nunweiller (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Augustin Pax Deleanu (Politehnica Iasi) 

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Dan Coe (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)    

Constantin Fratila (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)     

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)

Coach: Ilie Oana

Date: March 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Cyprus 0-Italy 2

Venue: Nicosia-GSP "Gymnastikos Sullogos ta Pagkypria"            

Attendance:10,000

Referee:Atanas Kyriakov (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers:

(Cyprus): None

(Italy): Angelo Domenghini 76, Giacinto Facchetti 88 

Lineups:

Cyprus:

Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta)

Panicos Iakovou (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta)

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Georghios Kettenis (Athlitikí Énosi Olympiakos Lefkosias (Nicosia))

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Drosos Kalotheou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Costakis Pieridis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Christofis Christofi (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta)

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Coach: Argyris Gavalas

Italy:

Giuliano Sarti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

Giovanni Lodetti (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Aristide Guarneri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Armando Picchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Renato Cappellini (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Mario Corso (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Technical Commission: Helenio Herrera and Ferruccio Valcareggi

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Date: April 23, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Romania 7-Cyprus 0

Venue:Bucharest – Stadionul 23 August        

Attendance:10,000

Referee:Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia) 

Goalscorers:

(Romania): Mircea Lucescu 4, Florea Martinovici 15, Emil Dumitriu 24, 52, 77, Ion Ionescu 46, 86

(Cyprus): None

Lineups:

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Cornel Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Nunweiller (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)     

Mihai Mocanu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)     

Dumitru Nicolae (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)   

Florea Martinovici (Jiul Petrosani)

Emil Dumitriu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Ion Ionescu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)    

Coach: Ilie Oana

Cyprus:

Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta) 

Panicos Iakovou (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta)

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Christofis Christofi (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta)

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Georghios Kettenis (Athlitikí Énosi Olympiakos Lefkosias (Nicosia))

Drosos Kalotheou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Costakis Pieridis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

 Coach: Argyris Gavalas

Date: May 24, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Switzerland 7-Romania 1

Venue: Zürich –Hardturm Stadion (Grasshoppers-Club Zürich)        

Attendance:30,000

Referee:Robert Lacoste (France)

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): Fritz Künzli 12, 67, René-Pierre Quentin 15, 32, Rolf Blättler 46, Dumitru Nicolae (own goal) 59, Karl Odermatt 63

(Romania): Nicolae Dobrin 70    

Lineups:

Switzerland:

Marcel Kunz (Fußball Club Basel 1893) 

Ely Tacchella (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Georges Perroud (Football Club Sion)    

Bruno Michaud (Fußball Club Basel 1893) 

Markus Pfirter (Fußball Club Basel 1893) 

Karl Odermatt (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Heinz Bani (Fußball Club Zürich)

Richard Durr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

Rolf Blättler (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Coach: Erwin Ballabio

Romania:

Mihai Ionescu (Petrolul Ploiesti)  (Ilie Datcu (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)  46^th)

Corneliu Popa (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Nunweiller (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Dumitru Nicolae (Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua- Bucureşti)   

Mihai Mocanu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Nicolae Dobrin (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)     

Ion Pircalab (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Mircea Dridea (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Ion Ionescu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)    

Coach: Ilie Oana

Date: June 25, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Romania 0-Italy 1

Venue:Bucharest – Stadionul 23 August        

Attendance:54,300

Referee:Manuel Gomes Arribas (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Romania): None

(Italy): Mario Bertini 81

Lineups:

Romania:

Necula Raducanu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Nicolae Lupescu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Mihai Mocanu (Petrolul Ploiesti)

Vasile Gergely (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Nunweiller (captain) (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Ion Barbu (Fotbal Club Arges Pitesti)      

Mircea Lucescu (Ştiinţa Bucureşti)    

Emil Dumitriu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Ion Ionescu (Clubul Sportiv Rapid- Bucureşti)   

Iuliu Naftanaila (Steagul rosu )

Radu Nunweiler (Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucureşti)   

Coach: Angelo Niculescu

Italy:

Enrico Albertosi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Adolfo Gori (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

Mario Bertini (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Aristide Guarneri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Armando Picchi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Gianfranco Zigoni (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna Football Club)

Ezio Pascutti (Bologna Football Club)

                  

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

         

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, June 25, 1967, EC Qualifier, Romania 0- Italy 1)

Date: November 1, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Italy 5-Cyprus 0

Venue:Cosenza -Stadio San Vito   

Attendance:25,000

Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alessandro Mazzola 12,22, Luigi Riva 46,55,59

(Cyprus): None 

Lineups:

Italy:

Enrico Albertosi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

Romano Fogli (Bologna Football Club)

Giancarlo Bercellino I (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Armando Picchi (Football Club Varese)

Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Giancarlo De Sisti (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Cyprus:

Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta) 

Kyriakos Koureas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta)

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Panais Nicolaou (Athlitikó Somateío Alkí) –Larnax (Larnaca)

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Pamboulis Papadopoulos (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

Gregoris Filiastidis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Nicos Kantzilieris (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Coach: Argyris Gavalas

         

Date: November 8, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Switzerland 5-Cyprus 0

Venue: Lugano- Stadio di Cornaredo

Attendance:3,737

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): Rolf Blättler 30,55, Fritz Künzli  41, Richard Dürr 56 pen, Karl Odermatt 72

(Cyprus): None 

Lineups:

Switzerland:

Marcel Kunz (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Markus Pfirter (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Ely Tacchella (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Bruno Michaud (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Georges Perroud (Football Club Sion)    

Karl Odermatt (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Hans-Ruedi Fuhrer (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Richard Dürr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Rolf Blättler (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Coach: Erwin Ballabio

Cyprus:

Christofi Varnavas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta) 

Kyriakos Koureas (Athlitiko Somateio Nea Salamina- Ammochostos (Famagusta)

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Ploutis Pallas (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Panais Nicolaou (Athlitikó Somateío Alkí) –Larnax (Larnaca)

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Nicos Kantzilieris (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Pamboulis Papadopoulos (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

Gregoris Filiastiadis (Pezoporikós Ómilos Lárnakas-Larnax (Larnaca)

Andreas Stylianou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Coach: Argyris Gavalas

                  

Date: November 18, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Switzerland 2-Italy 2

Venue:Berne -Wankdorf Stadion       

Attendance:55,000

Referee:Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)

Goalscorers:

(Switzerland): René-Pierre Quentin Quentin 34, Fritz Künzli 68

(Italy): Luigi Riva 66, 85 pen   

Lineups:

Switzerland:

Marcel Kunz (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Markus Pfirter (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Ely Tacchella (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Bruno Michaud (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Georges Perroud (Football Club Sion)    

Karl Odermatt (captain) (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Hans-Ruedi Fuhrer (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Richard Durr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

Rolf Blättler (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Coach: Erwin Ballabio

Italy:

Enrico Albertosi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)       

Roberto Rosato (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Giancarlo Bercellino I (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Armando Picchi (Football Club Varese)

Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Roberto Boninsegna (Unione Sportiva Cagliari) 

Giancarlo De Sisti (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

         

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Fritz Kunzli and Giancinto Facchetti , November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors: Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974 (Italy squad, November 18, 1967, EC Qualifier, Switzerland 2- Italy 2)

Date: December 23, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Italy 4-Switzerland 0

Venue:Cagliari -Stadio Amsicora     

Attendance:30,000

Referee:Thomas Wharthon (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Alessandro Mazzola 3, Luigi Riva 13, Angelo Domenghini 45,67

(Switzerland): None         

Lineups:

Italy:

Enrico Albertosi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Giorgio Ferrini (Associazione Calcio Torino)

Giancarlo Bercellino I (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Armando Picchi (Football Club Varese)

Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Switzerland:

Marcel Kunz (Fußball Club Basel 1893)  (Karl Grob (Fußball Club Zürich) 82^nd)

Markus Pfirter (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Ely Tacchella (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Bruno Michaud (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Georges Perroud (Football Club Sion)    

Karl Odermatt (captain) (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Hans-Ruedi Fuhrer (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Richard Durr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Bruno Bernasconi (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Coach: Erwin Ballabio

Date: February 17, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 6

Result: Cyprus 2-Switzerland 1

Venue: Nicosia-GSP "Gymnastikos Sullogos ta Pagkypria"            

Attendance:8,000

Referee: Pavel Spotak (Czechoslovakia)

Goalscorers:

(Cyprus): Melis Asprou 22 - Pamboulis Papadopoulos 46            

(Switzerland): Costas Christou Kattos (Own Goal) 9       

Lineups:

Cyprus:

Andreas Filotas (Athlitikí Énosi Olympiakos Lefkosias (Nicosia)) (Makis Alkiviadis (EPA (Énosis Pezopoporikós Amol) –Larnax (Larnaca)  46^th)

Panicos Iakovou (Athlitikós Sýllogos AnórthosisAmmochostou (Famagusta)

Costas Christou Kattos (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Yiannakis Xipolitas (Athlitikí Énosi Olympiakos Lefkosias (Nicosia))

Costas Panayiotou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Panicos Krystallis (Apollonas Lemesou- Lemessos (Limassol) 

Andreas Christodoulou (APOEL (Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinos Levkosías) Lefkosia (Nicosia)

Panicos Efthymiadis (Athlitikí Énosi Olympiakos Lefkosias (Nicosia)) 

Pamboulis Papadopoulos (AEL (Athlitikí Énosi Lemésou) –Lemesos (Limassol)

Drosos Kalotheou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Melis Asprou (Athlitikos Sillogos Omónoia Leukosías-Lefkosia (Nicosia))

Coach: Pambos Avraamides

Switzerland:

Marcel Kunz (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Markus Pfirter (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Bruno Michaud (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Renzo Bionda (Associazione Calcio Bellinzona)

Paul Marti (Berner Sport Club Young Boys)

Karl Odermatt (Fußball Club Basel 1893)

Hans-Ruedi Fuhrer (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

Richard Durr (Football Club Lausanne-Sports)

Fritz Künzli (Fußball Club Zürich)

Rolf Blättler (Grasshopper -Club Zürich)

René-Pierre Quentin (Football Club Sion)

Coach: Erwin Ballabio

Note: some sources show the own goal as having been scored by Costas Panayiotou.

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

October 2,1966 (Szczecin, Poland  4-Luxembourg 0)

October 22, 1966 (Paris, France 2-Poland 1)      

November 11, 1966 (Brussels, Belgium  2-France 1)     

November 26, 1966 (Luxembourg, Luxembourg 0-France  3)

March 19, 1967 (Luxembourg, Luxembourg 0-Belgium 5)

April 16, 1967 (Luxembourg, Luxembourg 0-Poland 0)

May 21, 1967 (Chorzow, Poland 3-Belgium 1)

September 17, 1967 (Warsaw, Poland 1-France 4)

October 8, 1967 (Brussels, Belgium 2-Poland 4)

October 28, 1967 (Nantes,  France 1-Belgium 1)

November 22,  1967 (Bruges,  Belgium 3-Luxembourg 0)

December 23, 1967 (Paris, France 3-Luxembourg 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	France	6	4	1	1	14	6	8	9
2	Belgium	6	3	1	2	14	9	5	7
3	Poland	6	3	1	2	13	9	4	7
4	Luxembourg	6	0	1	5	1	18	-17	1

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: October 2, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Poland 4-Luxembourg 0

Venue:Szczecin, Stadion Pogoni (Pogoń stadium)                

Attendance:25,000

Referee:Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Poland): Andrzej Jarosik 49, Jan Liberda 54, Ryszard Grzegorczyk 73, Jerzy Sadek 88

(Luxembourg): None      

Lineups:

Poland:

Stanisław Majcher (Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal Rzeszów)

Roman Strzałkowski (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Paweł Orzechowski (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Henryk Brejza (Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole)

Zygmunt Anczok (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Ryszard Grzegorczyk (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Zygmunt Schmidt (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

Jerzy Sadek (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Jan Liberda (Captain) (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Andrzej Jarosik (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Janusz Kowalik (Klub Sportowy Cracovia- Kraków)

Managers: Antoni Brzezańczyk, Kazimierz Górski, Klemens Nowak

Coach: Antoni Brzezańczyk

Other Substitutes :

Roman Bazan (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Klaus Masseli (Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław)

Piotr Suski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Jerzy Wilim (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Szombierki Bytom)

Walter Winkler (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Luxembourg:

Théo Stendebach (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Erwin Kuffer (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

François Konter (captain) (Crossing Molenbeek / Belgium)

Fernand Jeitz (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

René Schneider (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Jean Hardt (Cercle Athlétique Spora Luxembourg)   

Jean Klein (Union Sportive Dudelange)

Johny Léonard (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Nicolas Hoffmann (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Edy Dublin (Union Sportive Mondorf-Les-Bains)

Coach: Robert Heinz (West Germany)

Other Substitutes:

Jean Scrigna (Alliance Dudelange)

Norbert Wampach (Cercle Athlétique Spora Luxembourg)   

Josy Krier (Cercle Athlétique Spora Luxembourg)     

Photo From: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski (Poland squad, October 2, 1966, EC Qualifier, Poland 4-Luxembourg 0)

Date: October 22, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: France 2-Poland 1

Venue:Paris -Parc des Princes        

Attendance:23,524

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(France): Fleury Di Nallo 26, Georges Lech 85

(Poland): Ryszard Grzegorczyk 61     

Lineups:

France:

Georges Carnus (Stade de Paris)

Jean Djorkaeff (Olympique de Marseille)

André Chorda (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) 

Claude Robin (Football Club de Nantes) 

Robert Budzinski (captain) (Football Club de Nantes) 

Jean-Claude Suaudeau (Football Club de Nantes) 

Yves Herbet (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)    

Georges Lech (Racing Club de Lens)

Fleury Di Nallo (Olympique Lyonnais) 

Jacques Simon (Football Club de Nantes) 

Paul Courtin (Racing Club de Lens)

Coach: Jean Snella and Jose Arribas

Other Substitutes :

Pierre Bernard (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Louis Cardiet (Stade Rennais Université Club) 

Joseph Bonnel  (Union Sportive de Valenciennes-Anzin) 

Laurent Robuschi (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) 

Poland:

Jan Gomola (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Roman Strzałkowski (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Jacek Gmoch (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Stanisław Oślizło (captain) (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Zygmunt Anczok (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Piotr Suski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Ryszard Grzegorczyk (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Jerzy Sadek (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Włodzimierz Lubański (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Jan Liberda (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Andrzej Jarosik (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Managers: Antoni Brzezańczyk, Kazimierz Górski, Klemens Nowak

Coach: Antoni Brzezańczyk

Other Substitutes :

Janusz Kowalik (Klub Sportowy Cracovia- Kraków)

Stanisław Majcher (Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal Rzeszów)

Paweł Orzechowski (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Zygfryd Szołtysik (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Walter Winkler (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Photo From : World Soccer, December 1966 (October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, France 2-Poland 1)

Photo From: Capitaines des bleus depuis 1904, Author Vincent Duluc (Robert Bydzynski captaining France, October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, France 2-Poland 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (France squad, October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, France 2-Poland 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (France squad, October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, France 2-Poland 1)

Date: November 11, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Belgium 2-France 1

Venue: Bruxelles-Stade du Heysel  (Brussels- Heizelstadion)       

Attendance:43,404

Referee:John Keith Taylor (England) 

Goalscorers:

(Belgium): Paul Van Himst 51,54

(France): Georges Lech 67      

Lineups:

Belgium:

Jean Nicolay (Royal Standard Club Liègeois)   

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Pierre Hanon (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)  

Jean Plaskie (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)        

Yves Barè(Royal Football Club Liègeois) 

Wilfried Van Moer (Royal Antwerp Football Club)

Armand ‘Jef’ Jurion (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois) 

Raoul Lambert (Royal Football Club Brugeois)   

Paul Van Himst (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Wilfried Puis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Other Substitutes:

Fernand Boone (Royal Football Club Brugeois)  

Jean Cornelis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Robert Willems (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring)

Godfried Vandenboer (Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereniging)

Roger Claessen (Royal Standard Club Liègeois)     

France:

Georges Carnus (Stade de Paris)

Jean Djorkaeff (Olympique de Marseille)

André Chorda (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) 

Jean-Claude Suaudeau (Football Club de Nantes) 

Robert Budzinski (captain) (Football Club de Nantes) 

Claude Robin (Football Club de Nantes) 

Jacques Simon (Football Club de Nantes) 

Hervé Revelli (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Georges Lech (Racing Club de Lens)

Bernard Blanchet (Football Club de Nantes) 

Gérard Hausser(Racing Club de Strasbourg Football)

Coach: Jean Snella and  Jose Arribas

Other Substitutes :

Pierre Bernard (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Bernard Bosquier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Joseph Bonnel  (Union Sportive de Valenciennes-Anzin) 

Francis Magny (Football Club de Nantes) 

Paul Courtin (Racing Club de Lens)

Photo From : World Soccer, February 1967 (November 11, 1966, EC Qualifier, Belgium 2-France 1)

Photo From : World Soccer, February 1967 (Belgium squad, November 11, 1966, EC Qualifier, Belgium 2-France 1)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (November 11, 1966, EC Qualifier, Belgium 2-France 1)

Date: November 26, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Luxembourg 0-France 3

Venue:Letzebuerg (Luxembourg)-Stade Municipal de Luxembourg           

Attendance:3,000

Referee:Laurens Van Ravens (Holland) 

Goalscorers:

(Luxembourg): None      

(France): Yves Herbet 8, Hervé Revelli 40, Georges Lech 41      

Lineups:

Luxembourg:

Théo Stendebach (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Erwin Kuffer (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

Fernand Jeitz (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Mathias Ewen (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Nicolas Hoffmann (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

François Konter  (Crossing Molenbeek / Belgium)

Ady Schmit (captain) (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard / France)

Edy Dublin (Union Sportive Mondorf-Les-Bains)

Johny Léonard (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Joseph Kirchens (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Coach: Robert Heinz (West Germany)

Other Substitutes:

Jean Scrigna (Alliance Dudelange)

Raymond Ruffini (Association Sportive La Jeunesse d´Esch-sur-Alzette)     

Jean Klein (Union Sportive Dudelange)

René. Gangolf

France:

Georges Carnus (Stade de Paris)

Jean Djorkaeff  (Olympique de Marseille)

André Chorda (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) 

Bernard Bosquier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Marcel Artelesa (captain)  (Olympique de Marseille)

Michel Watteau (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)    

Yves Herbet (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)    

Joseph Bonnel (Union Sportive de Valenciennes-Anzin) 

Hervé Revelli (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Georges Lech (Racing Club de Lens)

Laurent Robuschi (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) 

Coach: Jean Snella and Jose Arribas

Other Substitutes :

Pierre Bernard (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Philippe Gondet (Football Club de Nantes) 

Francis Magny (Football Club de Nantes) 

Paul Courtin (Racing Club de Lens)

Photo From: World Soccer, January 1967 (November 26, 1966, EC Qualifier, Luxembourg 0-France 3)

Photo From: Les Bleus Author Denis Chaumier, 2004 (November 26, 1966, EC Qualifier, Luxembourg 0-France 3)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (November 26, 1966, EC Qualifier, Luxembourg 0-France 3)

Date: March 19, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Luxembourg 0-Belgium 5

Venue:Letzebuerg (Luxembourg)-Stade Municipal de Luxembourg           

Attendance:9,107

Referee: Karl Goppel (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Luxembourg): None      

(Belgium): Paul van Himst 20, 36, Jacques Stockman 29, 60, 73

Lineups:

Luxembourg:

Théo Stendebach (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Erwin Kuffer (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

Fernand Jeitz (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

François Konter (captain) (Crossing Molenbeek / Belgium)

Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Nicolas Hoffmann (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Mathias Ewen (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Louis Pilot (Royal Standard Club Liègeois / Belgium)   

Edy Dublin (Union Sportive Mondorf-Les-Bains)

Johny Léonard (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Henri Klein (Football Association Red Boys Differdange)

Coach: Robert Heinz (West Germany)

Other Substitutes:

Jean Ein

René Hoffmann (Association Sportive La Jeunesse d´Esch-sur-Alzette)   

Fernand Remakel (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Johny Kirsch     

Belgium:

Jean Nicolay (Royal Standard Club Liègeois)   

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Pierre Hanon (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Jean Plaskie (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)        

Florent Bohez (Royal Antwerp Football Club)

Wilfried Van Moer (Royal Antwerp Football Club)

Armand ‘Jef’ Jurion (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)      

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois) 

Jacques Stockman (Royal Football Club Liègeois)  

Paul Van Himst (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Wilfried Puis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

                                 

Coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Other Substitutes:

Fernand Boone (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Jean Cornelis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Lucien Ghellynck (Association Royale Athletique La Gantoise) 

Jan Verheyen (Royal Beerschot Athletic Club- Antwerpen) 

Date: April 16, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Luxembourg 0-Poland 0

Venue:Letzebuerg (Luxembourg)-Stade Municipal de Luxembourg           

Attendance:7,000

Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers:

(Luxembourg): None      

(Poland): None

Lineups:

Luxembourg:

René Hoffmann (Association Sportive La Jeunesse d´Esch-sur-Alzette)   

Erwin Kuffer (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

Ferdinand Jeitz (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Mathias Ewen (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter (captain) (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Ady Schmit (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard / France)

François Konter  (Crossing Molenbeek / Belgium)

Jean Klein (Union Sportive Dudelange)

Louis Pilot (Royal Standard Club Liègeois / Belgium)   

Johny Léonard (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Edy Dublin (Union Sportive Mondorf-Les-Bains)

Coach: Robert Heinz (West Germany)

Other Substitutes:

Raymond Ruffini (Association Sportive La Jeunesse d´Esch-sur-Alzette)   

Théo Stendebach (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Nicolas Hoffmann (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Joseph Kirchens (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Poland:

Konrad Kornek (Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole)

Roman Strzałkowski (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Jacek Gmoch (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Stanisław Oślizło (captain) (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Zygmunt Anczok (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Zygmunt Schmidt (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

Zygfryd Szołtysik (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Krzysztof Hausner (Klub Sportowy Cracovia- Kraków)

Włodzimierz Lubański (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Jerzy Musiałek (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Andrzej Jarosik (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Coach: Michał Matyas

Other Substitutes :

Roman Bazan (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Eugeniusz Faber (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Władysław Grotyński (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Ryszard Grzegorczyk (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Paweł Kowalski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Photo From: Federation Luxembourgeoise de Football , 75 and de football au Grand-Duche de Luxembourg  1908-1983  (Luxembourg squad, April1 6, 1967, EC Qualifier, Luxembourg 0-Poland 0)

Date: May 21, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Poland 3-Belgium 1

Venue:Chorzów- Stadion Śląski (Silesian Stadium)     

Attendance:65,000

Referee:Tuimi Oikku (Finland)

Goalscorers:

(Poland): Włodzimierz Lubański 28, 41, Zygfryd Szołtysik 72

(Belgium): Wilfried Puis 52     

Lineups:

Poland:

Konrad Kornek (Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole)

Paweł Kowalski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Roman Strzałkowski (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Jacek Gmoch (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)    

Zygmunt Anczok (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Zygmunt Schmidt (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

Piotr Suski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Jerzy Sadek (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Zygfryd Szołtysik (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Włodzimierz Lubański (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

 Jan Liberda (captain) (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Coach: Michał Matyas

Other Substitutes :

Roman Bazan (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Eugeniusz Faber (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Hubert Kostka (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Jerzy Musiałek (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Antoni Nieroba (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Belgium:

Jean Nicolay (Royal Standard Club Liègeois) 

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Albert Sulon (Royal Football Club Liègeois) 

Jean Plaskie (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Florent Bohez (Royal Antwerp Football Club) 

Prudent Bettens (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Waregem) 

Armand ‘Jef’ Jurion (Captain) (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Wilfried Van Moer (Royal Antwerp Football Club)

Jacques Stockman (Royal Football Club Liègeois) 

Paul Van Himst (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Wilfried Puis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Other Substitutes:

Fernand Boone (Royal Football Club Brugeois) 

Jean Cornelis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Robert Willems (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring) 

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)   

Date: September 17, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Poland 1-France 4

Venue:Warszawa (Warsaw), Stadion Dziesięciolecia (Decade Stadium)     

Attendance:70,000

Referee:Ferdinand Marshall (Austria) 

Goalscorers:

(Poland): Lucjan Brychczy 26

(France): Robert Herbin 13, Fleury Di Nallo 33, 85, André Guy 63     

Lineups:

Poland:

Hubert Kostka (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Paweł Kowalski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Jacek Gmoch (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)

Stanisław Oślizło (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)     

Zygmunt Anczok (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Lucjan Brychczy (captain) (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)

Piotr Suski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Eugeniusz Faber (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Zygfryd Szołtysik (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Włodzimierz Lubański (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Robert Gadocha (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)

Coach: Michał Matyas

Other Substitutes :

Roman Bazan (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Piotr Brol (Towarzystwo Sportowe Polonia Bytom)

Jan Domarski (Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Stal Rzeszów)

Antoni Piechniczek (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Zygmunt Schmidt (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

France:

Marcel Aubour (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Djorkaeff Olympique de Marseille)

Jean Baeza (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

Roland Mitoraj (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Bernard Bosquier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Henri Michel (Football Club de Nantes)  

Yves Herbet (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)  

Robert Herbin (captain) (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

André Guy (Olympique Lyonnais)

Fleury Di Nallo (Olympique Lyonnais) 

Charly Loubet (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Coach: Louis Dugauquez

Other Substitutes :

Georges Carnus (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Roger Lemerre (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)  

Georges Lech (Racing Club de Lens)

Georges Bereta (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (September 17, 1967, EC Qualifier, Poland 1-France 4)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (September 17, 1967, EC Qualifier, Poland 1-France 4)

Date: October 8, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Belgium 2 -Poland 4

Venue: Bruxelles-Stade du Heysel  (Brussels- Heizelstadion)       

Attendance:45,000

Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Belgium): Johan Devrindt 15,35

(Poland): Janusz Żmijewski 26,52,70, Lucjan Brychczy 45

Lineups:

Belgium:

Jean Nicolay (Royal Standard Club Liègeois) 

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)                   

Pierre Hanon (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Jean Plaskie (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)                   

Yves Barè(Royal Football Club Liègeois)  

Paul Vandenberg (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)        

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)  

Alfons Haagdoren (Royal Racing White) 

Johan Devrindt (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)        

Paul Van Himst (Captain) (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)      

Wilfried Puis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Other Substitutes:

Fernand Boone (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Jean Cornelis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)        

Gèrard Sulon (Royal Football Club Liègeois)  

Jacques Stockman (Koninklijke Sportvereniging Waregem) 

Poland:

Hubert Kostka (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Antoni Piechniczek (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Jacek Gmoch (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)

Stanisław  Oślizło (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Stefan Szefer (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Henryk Brejza (Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole)

Lucjan Brychczy (captain) (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)

Zygmunt  Schmidt (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice) 

Włodzimierz Lubański (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Janusz Żmijewski (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)

Eugeniusz Faber (Klub Sportowy Ruch Chorzów)  

Coach: Michał Matyas

Other Substitutes :

Roman Bazan (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec)  

Konrad Kornek (Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole)

Paweł Kowalski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz)

Zygfryd Szołtysik (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)       

Date: October 28, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: France 1-Belgium 1

Venue: Nantes –StadeMarcel Saupin        

Attendance:14,591

Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(France): Robert Herbin 84

(Belgium):Roger Claessen 37 

Lineups:

France:

Marcel Aubour Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Djorkaeff (Olympique de Marseille)

Jean Baeza (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

Claude Quittet (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Bernard Bosquier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Henri Michel (Football Club de Nantes) 

Yves Herbet (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)  

Fleury Di Nallo (Olympique Lyonnais)

Hervé Revelli  (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)    

Robert Herbin (captain) (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Charly Loubet Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Coach: Louis Dugauquez

Other Substitutes :

Georges Carnus (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Roland Mitoraj (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Aimé Jacquet (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Jacques Simon (Football Club de Nantes) 

Georges Lech (Racing Club de Lens)

Philippe Gondet (Football Club de Nantes) 

André Guy (Olympique Lyonnais)

Georges Bereta (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Belgium:

Fernand Boone (Royal Football Club Brugeois) 

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Andrè Stassart (Royal Racing White) 

Jean Plaskie (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)                  

Jean Cornelis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)        

Pierre Hanon (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)  

Nicolas Dewalque (Royal Standard Club Liègeois)  

Johan Devrindt (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Roger Claessen (Royal Standard Club Liègeois) 

Raoul Lambert (Royal Football Club Brugeois)   

Wilfried Puis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

                                 

Coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Other Substitutes:

Lèon Bosmans (Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereniging) 

Yves Barè(Royal Football Club Liègeois) 

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)

Alfons Haagdoren (Royal Racing White) 

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 94, November, 1967 (October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 94, November, 1967 (October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 94, November, 1967 (October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 94, November, 1967 (October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 94, November, 1967 (France squad, October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (October 28, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 1-Belgium 1)

Date: November 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: Belgium 3-Luxembourg 0

Venue: Brügge (Bruges)-Klokke Stadion 

Attendance: 6,745

Referee:William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

Goalscorers:

(Belgium): Johnny Thio 62, 77, Roger Claessen 65

(Luxembourg): None      

Lineups:

Belgium:

Fernand Boone (Royal Football Club Brugeois) 

Georges Heylens (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Alfons Peeters (Royale Olympic Club Charleroi)

Jean Plaskie (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Jean Cornelis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Pierre Hanon (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)      

Jean Dockx (Royal Racing White) 

Johnny Thio (Royal Football Club Brugeois)            

Roger Claessen (Royal Standard Club Liègeois) 

Johan Devrindt (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois) 

Wilfried Puis (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois)

Coach: Constant Vanden Stock

Other Substitutes:

Lèon Bosmans (Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbal Vereniging)

Lèon Jeck (Royal Standard Club Liègeois) 

Omer Janssens (Sportkring Beveren-Waas)

Alfons Haagdoren (Royal Racing White) 

Luxembourg:

René Hoffmann (Association Sportive La Jeunesse d´Esch-sur-Alzette)   

Erwin Kuffer (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

Mathias Ewen (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Fernand Jeitz (Football Club de Metz / France)

Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter (captain) (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Nicolas Hoffmann (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Louis Pilot (Royal Standard Club Liègeois / Belgium)   

Jean Klein (Union Sportive Dudelange)

Edy Dublin (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine / France)   

Johny Léonard (Football Club de Metz / France)

Ady Schmit (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard / France)

Coach: Robert Heinz (West Germany)

Other Substitutes:

Théo Stendebach (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Joseph Kirchens (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

René Schmitt (Cercle Athlétique Spora Luxembourg)                          

Date: December 23, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 7

Result: France 3-Luxembourg 1

Venue:Paris -Parc des Princes

Attendance:7,320

Referee:AnibalOliveira (Portugal) 

Goalscorers:

(France): Charly Loubet 42,47,53

(Luxembourg): Jean Klein 85      

Lineups:

France:

Marcel Aubour (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Jean Djorkaeff (Olympique de Marseille)

Jean Baeza (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

Claude Quittet (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Bernard Bosquier (captain) (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Henri Michel (Football Club de Nantes) 

Charly Loubet (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Daniel Krawczyk (Racing Club de Lens)

Didier Couécou (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)  

Robert Szczepaniak (Football Club de Metz)

Georges Bereta  (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Coach: Louis Dugauquez

Other Substitutes :

Georges Carnus (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Daniel Rodighiero (Stade Rennais Université Club) 

Luxembourg:

René Hoffmann (Association Sportive La Jeunesse d´Esch-sur-Alzette)   

Erwin Kuffer (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

Fernand Jeitz (Football Club de Metz / France)

Mathias Ewen (Union Sportive Luxemburg)

Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter (captain) (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Louis Pilot (Royal Standard Club Liègeois / Belgium)   

Francois Konter (Association Royale Athletique La Gantoise / Belgium)

Ady Schmit (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard / France)

Jean Klein (Union Sportive Dudelange)

Johny Léonard (Football Club de Metz / France)

Edy Dublin (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine / France)   

Coach: Robert Heinz (West Germany)

Other Substitutes:

Théo Stendebach (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Nicolas Hoffmann (Football Club Aris Bonnevoie)

Norbert Leszczynski  (Union Sportive Rumelange)   

Photo From: Les Bleus Author Denis Chaumier, 2004 (December 23, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 3-Luxembourg 1)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (December 23, 1967, EC Qualifier, France 3-Luxembourg 1)

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UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

October 22, 1966 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 0-England 2) 

October 22, 1966 (Cardiff, Wales 1-Scotland 1)

November 16, 1966 (London, England  5-Wales 1)

November 16, 1966 (Glasgow, Scotland 2-Northern Ireland 1)

April 12, 1967 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 0-Wales 0)

April 15, 1967 (London, England  2-Scotland 3)

October 21, 1967 (Cardiff , Wales 0-England 3)

October 21, 1967 (Belfast, Northern Ireland 1-Scotland 0)

November 22, 1967 (London, England 2-Northern Ireland 0)

November 22, 1967 (Glasgow, Scotland 3-Wales 2)

February 24, 1968 (Glasgow, Scotland 1-England 1)

February 28, 1968 (Wrexham, Wales 2-Northern Ireland 0)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England	6	4	1	1	15	5	10	9
2	Scotland	6	3	2	1	10	8	2	8
3	Wales	6	1	2	3	6	12	-6	4
4	Northern Ireland	6	1	1	4	2	11	8	3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: October 22, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Wales 1-Scotland 1

Venue: Cardiff -Ninian Park 

Attendance:33,269

Referee: Kenneth Dagnall (England)

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Ronald Tudor Davies 76    

(Scotland): Denis Law 86

Lineups:

Wales:

Gareth Sprake (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Peter Joseph Rodrigues (Leicester City Football Club / England)

Graham Evan Williams  (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)

William Terrence Hennessey (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

Harold Michael England (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Barrington Gerard Hole (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Gilbert Ivor Reece (Sheffielkd United Football Club / England)

Ronald Wyn Davies (Bolton Wanderers Football Club / England)

Ronald Tudor Davies (Southampton Football Club / England)

Clifford William Jones (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Alan Leslie Jarvis (Hull City Football Club / England)

Coach: David Bowen

Scotland:

Robert Ferguson (Kilmarnock Football Club)

John Greig (captain) (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Thomas Gemmell (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

William John Bremner (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Ronald McKinnon (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

John Clark (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

James Johnstone (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

Denis Law (Manchester United Football Club / England)

Joseph McBride (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

James Curran Baxter (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

William Henderson (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Coach: Malcolm MacDonald

Date: October 22, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Northern Ireland 0-England 2

Venue: London - Wembley    

Attendance:15,000

Referee:Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): None 

(England): Roger Hunt 40, Martin Peters 59

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)     (William Stewart McFaul (Linfield Football Club-Belfast) 46^th)
John Parke (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 
Alexander Russell Elder (Burnley Football Club / England) 
Samuel John Todd (Burnley Football Club / England) 
Martin Harvey (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 
William James McCullough (Milwall Football Club-London / England) 
William Ferguson (Linfield Football Club-Belfast)
John Andrew Crossan (Manchester City Football Club / England) 
William John Irvine (Burnley Football Club / England) 
Alexander Derek Dougan (Leicester City Football Club / England) 
George Best (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Coach: Robert Peacock

Sent Off: William Ferguson 89

England:

Gordon Banks (Leicester City Football Club)
George Reginald Cohen (Fulham Football Club-London)
Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Norbert ‘Nobby’ Peter Stiles (Manchester United Football Club)
John ‘Jack’ Charlton (Leeds United Association Football Club)
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)

Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1967 (October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 0-England 2)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1967 (October 22, 1966, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 0-England 2)

Date: November 16, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Scotland 2-Northern Ireland 1

Venue:Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 45,281

Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): Robert Murdoch 14, Robert Lennox 35   

(Northern Ireland): James Nicholson 9

Lineups:

Scotland:

Robert Ferguson (Kilmarnock Football Club)

John Greig (captain) (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Thoams Gemmell      (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

William John Bremner (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Ronald McKinnon (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

John Clark (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

William Henderson (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Robert W.Murdoch (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

Joseph McBride (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

Stephen Chalmers (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

Robert Lennox (The Celtic Football Club -Glasgow)

Coach: Malcolm MacDonald

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 

John Parke (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 

Alexander Russell Elder (Burnley Football Club / England)  

Martin Harvey (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 

William John ‘Terence’ Neill (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 

James Joseph Nicholson (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England) 

Samuel J. Wilson (Dundee Football Club / Scotland) 

John Andrew Crossan (Manchester City Football Club / England) 

William John Irvine (Burnley Football Club / England) 

Alexander Derek Dougan (Leicester City Football Club / England) 

David Clements (Coventry City Football Club / England) 

Coach: Robert Peacock

Date: November 16, 1966

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: England 5-Wales 1

Venue: London - Wembley    

Attendance:75,380

Referee:Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(England): Geoff Hurst 30, 34, Bobby Charlton 43, William Hennessy (own goal) 65, Jackie Charlton 84

(Wales): Ronald Wyn Davies 36    

Lineups:

England:

Gordon Banks (Leicester City Football Club)
George Reginald Cohen (Fulham Football Club-London)
Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Norbert ‘Nobby’ Peter Stiles (Manchester United Football Club)
John ‘Jack’ Charlton (Leeds United Association Football Club)
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)

Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Wales:

Anthony Horace Millington (Peterborough United Football Club / England)
Robert Colin Green (Birmingham City Football Club / England)
Graham Evan Williams  (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)
William Terrence Hennessey (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
Harold Michael England (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
Barrington Gerard Hole (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)
Ronald Raymond Rees (Coventry City Football Club / England)
Ronald Wyn Davies (Newcastle United Football Club / England)
Ronald Tudor Davies (Southampton Football Club / England)
Clifford William Jones (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
Alan Leslie Jarvis (Hull City Football Club / England)

Coach: David Bowen

Date: April 12, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Northern Ireland 0-Wales 0

Venue:Belfast -Windsor Park 

Attendance:17,770

Referee:James Finney (England)

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): None 

(Wales): None

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Roddy McKenzie (Airdrieonians Football Club-Airdrie / Scotland)

David James Craig (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 

Alexander Russell Elder (Burnley Football Club / England) 

Arthur Stewart (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)

William John ‘Terence’ Neill (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 

James Joseph Nicholson (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England) 

Eric Welsh (Carlisle United Football Club / England) 

Danny  Trainor (Crusaders Football and Athletic Club-Belfast)

Alexander Derek Dougan (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England) 

Walter Bruce (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)

David Clements (Coventry City Football Club / England) 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

Wales:

Anthony Horace Millington (Peterborough United Football Club / England)

Rodney John Thomas (Swindon Town Football Club / England)

Graham Evan Williams  (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)

Alan Leslie Jarvis (Hull City Football Club / England)

Edward Glyn James (Blackpool Football Club / England)

Barrington Gerard Hole (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Ronald Raymond Rees (Coventry City Football Club / England)

William Alan Durban (Derby County Football Club / England)

Ronald Tudor Davies (Southampton Football Club / England)

Thomas Royston Vernon (Stoke City Football Club / England)

Keith D. Pring (Rotherham United Football Club / England)

Coach: David Bowen

Date: April 15, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: England 2-Scotland 3

Venue: London - Wembley    

Attendance:99,063

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(England): Jackie Charlton 84, Geoff Hurst 88     

 (Scotland): Denis Law 27, Robert Lennox 78, James McCalliog 87

Lineups:

England:

Gordon Banks (Leicester City Football Club)

George Reginald Cohen (Fulham Football Club-London)

Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

Norbert ‘Nobby’ Peter Stiles (Manchester United Football Club)

John ‘Jack’ Charlton (Leeds United Association Football Club)

Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

James Peter Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Note: Ray Wilson left the field injured, England played with ten men.

Scotland:

Ronald Campbell Simpson (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Thomas Gemmell (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Edward Graham McCreadie (Chelsea Football Club –London / England)

John Greig (captain) (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Ronald McKinnon (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

William John Bremner (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

James McCalliog(Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)

Denis Law (Manchester United Football Club / England)

William Semple Brown Wallace (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

James Curran Baxter (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

Robert Lennox  (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Coach: Robert Brown

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1967 (April 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Scotland 3)

Photo From: Goal,  May 1998 (April 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Scotland 3)

Photo From: Forever England, A History of the National Side, Authors Mark Shaoul, Tony Williamson (April 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Scotland 3)

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne (April 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Scotland 3)

Photo From: Scotland, The Team, Author Andrew Ward, 1987 (April 15, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Scotland 3)

Date: October 21, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Wales 0-England 3

Venue:Cardiff -Ninian Park 

Attendance:44,960

Referee: John Robertson Gordon (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Wales): None

(England): Martin Peters 34, Bobby Charlton 87, Alan Ball 90 pen   

Lineups:

Wales:

Gareth Sprake (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)
Peter Joseph Rodrigues (Leicester City Football Club / England)
Robert Colin Green (Birmingham City Football Club / England)
William Terrence Hennessey (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)
Harold Michael England (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
Barrington Gerard Hole (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)
Ronald Raymond Rees (Coventry City Football Club / England)
William Alan Durban (Derby County Football Club / England)
John Francis Mahoney (Stoke City Football Club / England)
Thomas Royston Vernon (Stoke City Football Club / England)
Clifford William Jones (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Coach: David Bowen

England:

Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)
George Reginald Cohen (Fulham Football Club-London)
Keith Robert Newton  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)
Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
John ‘Jack’ Charlton (Leeds United Association Football Club)
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)

Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Date: October 21, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Northern Ireland 1-Scotland 0

Venue:Belfast -Windsor Park 

Attendance:55,000

Referee:James Finney (England)

Goalscorers:

(Northern Ireland): David Clements 67

(Scotland): None

Lineups:

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 

William McKeag (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)

John Parke (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 

Arthur Stewart (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)

William John ‘Terence’ Neill (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 

David Clements (Coventry City Football Club / England) 

William Gibson Campbell (Dundee Football Club / Scotland) 

John Andrew Crossan (Middlesbrough Football Club / England) 

Alexander Derek Dougan (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England) 

James Joseph Nicholson (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England) 

George Best (Manchester United Football Club / England) 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

Scotland:

Ronald Campbell Simpson (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Thomas Gemmell (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Edward Graham McCreadie (Chelsea Football Club –London / England)

John Greig (captain) (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Ronald McKinnon (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

John Francombe (Ian) Ure          (Arsenal Football Club –London / England)

William Semple Brown Wallace  (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Robert W.Murdoch  (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

James McCalliog          (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club / England)

Denis Law (Manchester United Football Club / England)

William Morgan (Burnley Football Club / England)

Coach: Robert Brown

Photo From: Wizards and Bravehearts, A History of the Scottish National Side, Author: David Potter, 2004 (October 21, 1967, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 1-Scotland 0)

Photo From : World Soccer, December 1967 (George Best and Denis Law, October 21, 1967, EC Qualifier, Northern Ireland 1-Scotland 0)

Date: November 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: England 2-Northern Ireland 0

Venue: London - Wembley    

Attendance:85,000

Referee:Leo Callaghan (Wales)

Goalscorers:

(England): Geoff Hurst 43, Bobby Charlton 62

(Northern Ireland): None 

Lineups:

England:

Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)
George Reginald Cohen (Fulham Football Club-London)
Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
David Sadler (Manchester United Football Club)
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Peter Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)
Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)

Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 
John Parke (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 
Alexander Russell Elder (Stoke City Football Club / England) 
Arthur Stewart (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)
William John ‘Terence’ Neill (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 
Martin Harvey (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 
William Gibson Campbell (Dundee Football Club / Scotland) 
William John Irvine (Burnley Football Club / England) 
Samuel J. Wilson (Dundee Football Club / Scotland) 
James Joseph Nicholson (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England) 
David Clements (Coventry City Football Club / England) 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

Photo From: The Essential History of England, Authors Andrew Mourant and Jack Rollin (November 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Northern Ireland 0)

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne (November 22, 1967, EC Qualifier, England 2-Northern Ireland 0)

Date: November 22, 1967

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Scotland 3-Wales 2

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park  

Attendance:57,472

Referee:James Finney (England)

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): Alan Gilzean 15, 65, Ronald McKinnon 78 

(Wales): Ronald Tudor Davies 18, William Alan Durban 55   

Lineups:

Scotland:

Robert Brown Clark (Aberdeen Football Club Limited)

James Philip Craig  (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Edward Graham McCreadie (Chelsea Football Club –London / England)

John Greig (captain) (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Ronald McKinnon (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

James Curran Baxter (Sunderland Association Football Club / England)

James Johnstone (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

William John Bremner (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Alan John Gilzean (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club –London / England)

William Johnston      (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Robert Lennox  (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Coach: Robert Brown

Wales:

Gareth Sprake (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

Peter Joseph Rodrigues (Leicester City Football Club / England)

Robert Colin Green (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

William Terrence Hennessey (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

Edward Glyn James (Blackpool Football Club / England)

Barrington Gerard Hole (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Ronald Raymond Rees (Coventry City Football Club / England)

Ronald Wyn Davies (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

Ronald Tudor Davies (Southampton Football Club / England)

William Alan Durban (Derby County Football Club / England)

Clifford William Jones (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Coach: David Bowen

Date: February 24, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Scotland 1-England 1

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park  

Attendance:134,000

Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Scotland): John Hughes 39

(England): Martin Peters 20     

Lineups:

Scotland:

Ronald Campbell Simpson (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Thomas Gemmell (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Edward Graham McCreadie (Chelsea Football Club –London / England)

William McNeill          (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Ronald McKinnon (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

John Greig (captain) (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Charles Cooke (Chelsea Football Club –London / England)

William John Bremner (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

John Hughes (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

William Johnston      (Rangers Football Club -Glasgow)

Robert Lennox (The Celtic Football Club –Glasgow)

Coach: Robert Brown

England:

Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)

Keith Robert Newton  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)

Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

Brian Leslie Labone (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Michael George Summerbee (Manchester City Football Club)

Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1968 (February 24, 1968, EC Qualifier, Scotland 1-England 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1968 (February 24, 1968, EC Qualifier, Scotland 1-England 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1968 (February 24, 1968, EC Qualifier, Scotland 1-England 1)

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne (February 24, 1968, EC Qualifier, Scotland 1-England 1)

Date: February 28, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifiers-Group 8

Result: Wales 2-Northern Ireland 0

Venue: Wrexham-Racecourse Ground

Attendance:17,548

Referee: Robert Holly Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers:

(Wales): Ronald Rees 75, Ronald Wyn Davies 84

(Northern Ireland): None 

Lineups:

Wales:

Anthony Horace Millington (Peterborough United Football Club / England)

Peter Joseph Rodrigues (Leicester City Football Club / England)

Robert Colin Green (Birmingham City Football Club / England)

William Terrence Hennessey (Nottingham Forest Football Club / England)

Harold Michael England (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

Barrington Gerard Hole (Blackburn Rovers Football Club / England)

Ronald Raymond Rees (Coventry City Football Club / England)

Ronald Wyn Davies (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

Ronald Tudor Davies (Southampton Football Club / England)

William Alan Durban (Derby County Football Club / England)

Graham Evan Williams (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)

Coach: David Bowen

Northern Ireland:

Patrick Anthony Jennings (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 

David James Craig (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 

Alexander Russell Elder (Stoke City Football Club / England) 

Martin Harvey (Sunderland Association Football Club / England) 

Samuel John Todd (Burnley Football Club / England) 

William McKeag (Glentoran Football Club-Belfast)

William John Irvine (Burnley Football Club / England) 

Arthur Stewart (Derby County Football Club / England) 

Alexander Derek Dougan (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England) 

James Joseph Nicholson (Huddersfield Town Football Club / England) 

John Terence Harkin(Southport Football Club / England) 

Coach: William Laurence Bingham

 

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1968

(February 28, 1968, EC Qualifier, Wales 2-Northern Ireland 0)

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UEFA European Championships -Quarterfinals

April 3, 1968 (London, England 1-Spain 0)

May 8, 1968 (Madrid, Spain 1-England 2)

April 6, 1968 (Sofia, Bulgaria 3-Italy 2)

April 20, 1968 (Naples, Italy 2-Bulgaria 0)

April 6, 1968 (Marseille, France 1-Yugoslavia 1)

April 24, 1968 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia 5-France 1)

May 4, 1968 (Budapest, Hungary 2-USSR 0)

May 11, 1968 (Moscow, USSR 3-Hungary 0)

Date: April 3, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, First Leg

Result: England 1-Spain 0

Venue: London - Wembley    

Attendance:100,000

Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(England): Bobby Charlton 84 

(Spain): None 

Lineups:

England:

Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)
Cyril Barry Knowles (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
John ‘Jack’ Charlton (Leeds United Association Football Club)
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)

Michael George Summerbee (Manchester City Football Club)
Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Spain:

Salvador Sadurni Urpi (Club de FútbolBarcelona) 
Jose Ignacio Saez Ruiz (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Juan Manuel Canos Ferrer (Elche Club de Fútbol)
Jesus Martinez Sanchez ‘Pirri’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
Ignacio ZocoEsparza (Captain) (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
Manuel Polinario Munoz ‘Poli’ (Valencia Club de Fútbol)

Amaro Varela Amancio  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
Fernando Ansola Sanmartin (Valencia Club de Fútbol)
Ramon Moreno Grosso (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 
José Claramunt Torres (Valencia Club de Fútbol) 

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

Antonio Rodrigo Betancort Barrera (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Alfonso Moreno Antonio Tonono  (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Francisco Castellano Rodriguez (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne (April 3, 1968, European Championships, England 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (April 3, 1968, European Championships, England 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (April 3, 1968, European Championships, England 1-Spain 0)

Date: May 8, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, Second Leg

Result: Spain 1-England 2

Venue: Madrid- Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)        

Attendance:120,000

Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

Goalscorers:

(Spain): Amancio 48

(England): Martin Peters 55, Norman Hunter 81    

Lineups:

Spain:

Salvador Sadurni Urpi (Club de FútbolBarcelona) 

Jose Ignacio Saez Ruiz (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Francisco Fernández Gallego (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Juan Manuel Canos Ferrer (Elche Club de Fútbol)

Jesus Martinez Sanchez ‘Pirri’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Ignacio Zoco Esparza (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Joaquin Rife Climent (Club de FútbolBarcelona)

Amaro Varela Amancio  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Ramon Moreno Grosso (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol) 

Manuel Velásquez Villaverde (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Francisco Gento Lopez (captain) (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)

Coach: Domingo Balmanya Parera      

Other Substitutes:

José Angel  Iribar Cortajarena (Club Atlético de Bilbao)

Alfonso Moreno Antonio Tonono  (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Francisco Castellano Rodriguez (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Juan Guedes Rodriguez (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

Eleuterio Santos Britos (Real Zaragoza)

Luis Aragones Suarez  (Club Atlético de Madrid) 

German Devaro Ceballos (Union Deportivo Las Palmas)

José Claramunt Torres (Valencia Club de Fútbol) 

Poli Manuel Polianrio Munoz (Valencia Club de Fútbol) 

England:

Peter Phillip Bonetti (Chelsea Football Club-London)
Keith Robert Newton  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)
Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
Brian Leslie Labone (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)
Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)
Norman Hunter (Leeds United Association Football Club)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, May 8, 1968, European Championships, Spain 1-England 2)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 8, 1968, European Championships, Spain 1-England 2)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 8, 1968, European Championships, Spain 1-England 2)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 8, 1968, European Championships, Spain 1-England 2)

Date: April 6, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, First Leg

Result: Bulgaria 3-Italy 2

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion       

Attendance:68,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Bulgaria): Nikola Kotkov 11 pen, Dinko Dermendjiev 66, Petar Jekov 73

(Italy): Dimitar Penev (own goal) 60, Pierino Prati 83

Lineups:

Bulgaria:

Stancho Bonchev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Dimitar Yakimov (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Georgi Popov (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Petar Jekov (Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Beroe - Stara Zagora)  

Georgi Asparuhov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Levski  -Sofia)

Nikola Kotkov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Lokomotiv –Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

Italy:

Enrico Albertosi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) (Lido Vieri (Associazione Calcio Torino) 66)

Tarcisio Burgnich(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Mario Bertini (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

Giancarlo Bercellino I (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

Armando Picchi (Football Club Varese)

Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Pierino Prati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Note: Penev’s own goal was at first attributed to Alessandro Mazzola, eventually Penev insisted it was him.

                  

Date: April 20, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, Second Leg

Result: Italy 2-Bulgaria 0

Venue:Napoli (Naples) -Stadio San Paolo  

Attendance:90,000

Referee:Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Pierino Prati 14, Angelo Domenghini 55

(Bulgaria): None

Lineups:

Italy:

Dino Zoff  (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

Giorgio Ferrini (Associazione Calcio Torino)

Aristide Guarneri (Bologna Football Club)

Ernesto Castano (Juventus Football Club-Torino)         

Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)    

Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Pierino Prati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Bulgaria:

Simeon  Simeonov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Aleksandar Shalamanov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Slavia –Sofia)

Ivan Dimitrov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Boris Gaganelov (captain) (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dobromir Jechev (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Spartak-Sofia)

Dimitar Penev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Georgi Popov (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Hristo Bonev (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Georgi Asparuhov (Fizkulturno Druzestvo Levski  -Sofia)

Dimitar Yakimov (CSKA(Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)  Cherveno zname-Sofia)

Dinko Dermendjiev (Armjesko Fizkulturno Druzestvo Trakia Plovdiv) 

Coach: Stefan Bojkov

                  

Photo From:  Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999 (April 20, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Bulgaria 0)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (Italy squad, April 20, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Bulgaria 0)

Date: April 6, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, First Leg

Result: France 1-Yugoslavia 1

Venue:Marseille-Stade Vélodrome

Attendance:35,423

Referee:Erwin Vetter (East Germany) 

Goalscorers:

(France): Fleury Di Nallo 78

(Yugoslavia): Vahidin Musemic 66

Lineups:

France:

Marcel Aubour (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)     

Jean Djorkaeff (Olympique de Marseille)

Claude Quittet (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Bernard Bosquier (captain) (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Jean Baeza (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

Robert Herbin (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Jacques Simon (Football Club de Nantes) 

Charly Loubet (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)     

Nestor Combin (Associazione Calcio Torino / Italy)

Fleury Di Nallo (Olympique Lyonnais)

Georges Bereta (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Coach: Louis Dugauquez

Other Substitutes :

Yves Chauveau (Olympique Lyonnais)

Roland Miroraj (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Richard Krawczyk  (Racing Club de Lens)

Robert Szczepaniak (Football Club de Metz)

Yves Herbet (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)  

André Guy (Olympique Lyonnais)

Yugoslavia:

Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)  

 Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Borivoje Djordjevic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Blagoje Paunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Ljubomir Mihajlovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

 Dzemaludin Musovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Ivan Osim (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

Vahidin Musemic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Dobrivoje Trivic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Photo From: Les Bleus, Le livre official de l'equiep de France, Author: Dominique Grimault, 1997 (Fleury Di Nallo, April 6, 1968, European Championships, France 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Date: April 24, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, Second Leg

Result: Yugoslavia 5-France 1

Venue: Beograd (Belgrade), Stadion Crvene Zvezde (Red Star)

Attendance:70,000

Referee:Paul Schiller (Austria) 

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Ilija Petkovic 2, 32, Vahidin Musemic 13,79, Dragan Dzajic 14

(France): Fleury Di Nallo 33

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

Rudolf Belin (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Mladen Ramljak (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

Ljubomir Mihajlovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Ilija Petkovic (OFK (Omladinski Fudbalski Klub) Beograd)

Dobrivoje Trivic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

Vahidin Musemic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

Ivan Osim (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

France:

Marcel Aubour (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Vincent Estève (Football Club de Nantes) 

Jean Baeza (Association Sportive de Monaco)  

Claude Quittet (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Bernard Bosquier (captain) (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Yves Herbet (Racing Club de Paris-Sedan)  

Jean Djorkaeff (Olympique de Marseille)

Robert Szczepaniak (Football Club de Metz

André Guy (Olympique Lyonnais)

Fleury Di Nallo (Olympique Lyonnais)

Charly Loubet (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice)   

Coach: Louis Dugauquez

Other Substitutes :

Yves Chauveau (Olympique Lyonnais)

Roland Mitoraj (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Aimé Jacquet (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Bernard Blanchet (Football Club de Nantes) 

Georges Bereta (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Photo From: World Soccer, June 1968 (April 24, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 5-France 1)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999 (April 24, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 5-France 1)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (April 24, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 5-France 1)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire (April 24, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 5-France 1)

Date: May 4, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, First Leg

Result: Hungary 2-USSR 0

Venue:Budapest –Nepstadion  

Attendance:80,000

Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Hungary): Janos Farkas 22, Janos Göröcs 83

(USSR): None 

Lineups:

Hungary:

Karoly Fater (Csepel Sport Club)

Deszo Novak (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Ernö Solymosi (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)   

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)

Janos Gorocs (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Lajos Szucs (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Laszlo Fazekas (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Zoltan Varga (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)

Coach: Karoly Sos

USSR:

Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Torpedo Moskva) 

Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Valery Ivanovich Voronin (Torpedo Moskva)

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Anatoly Andreyevich  Banishevski(Neftchi Baku) 

Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Torpedo Moskva) 

Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, May 4, 1968, European Championships, Hungary 2-USSR 0)

Date: May 11, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Quarterfinals, Second Leg

Result: USSR 3-Hungary 0

Venue: Moscow-Tsentral'nyj Stadion (The Central V.I.Lenin's Stadium)     

Attendance:100,000

Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(USSR): Anatoly Banishevski 22, Murtaz Khurtzilava 59, Anatoly Byshovets 72     

(Hungary): None

Lineups:

USSR:

Yuri Pavlovich Pshenichnikov (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva) 

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

Valery Ivanovich Voronin (Torpedo Moskva)

Anatoly Andreyevich  Banishevski(Neftchi Baku) 

Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

Gennadi Egorovich Evryuzhikin (Dinamo Moskva)  

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Hungary:

Guyla Tamas (Diósgyöri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre Miskolc)

Deszo Novak (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Ernö Solymosi (Újpesti Dózsa Sport Club- Budapest)

Kálmán Mészöly (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)

Kalman Ihasz (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)

Imre Komora (Budapesti Honvéd Sport Egyesület)

Lajos Szucs (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Zoltan Varga (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Florian Albert (Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Janos Farkas (Vasas Sport Club- Budapesti)

Gyula Rákosi(Ferencvárosi Torna Club- Budapest)

Coach: Karoly Sos

Note: Some sources Attribute Anatoly Banishevski’s goal as an own goal by Ernö Solymosi

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, May 11, 1968, European Championships, USSR 3-Hungary 0)

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UEFA European Championship –Finals

Finals Squads:

England:

1-Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)
2-Keith Robert Newton  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)
3-Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
4-Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
5-Brian Leslie Labone (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
6-Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
7-Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

8-Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)
9-Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)
10-Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)
11-Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)
12- Alec Stepney (Manchester United Football Club)

13- Gordon West   (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

14-Cyril Barry Knowles (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
15- John ‘Jack’ Charlton (Leeds United Association Football Club)

16- Thomas James Wright (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
17-Norbert ‘Nobby’ Peter Stiles (Manchester United Football Club)
18-Michael George Summerbee (Manchester City Football Club)
19-Norman Hunter (Leeds United Association Football Club)

20-Colin Bell  (Manchester City Football Club)

21- James Peter Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)

22- Peter Thompson (Liverpool Football Club)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Italy:

1- Enrico Albertosi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

2-Pietro Anastasi (Football Club Varese)

3- Angelo Anquilletti  (Associazione Calcio Milan)

4-Giancarlo Bercellino I (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

5-Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

6- Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna Football Club) 

7-Ernesto Castano (Juventus Football Club-Torino)         

8-Giancarlo De Sisti (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

9-Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

10-Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

11-Giorgio Ferrini (Associazione Calcio Torino)

12-Aristide Guarneri (Bologna Football Club) 

13-Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

14-Giovanni Lodetti (Associazione Calcio Milan)

15-Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

16-Pierino Prati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

17-Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

18-Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

19-Roberto Rosato (Associazione Calcio Milan)         

20-Sandro Salvadore (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

21-Lido Vieri  (Associazione Calcio Torino)

22-Dino Zoff (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

USSR:

1-Yuri Pavlovich Pshenichnikov (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

2- Viktor Ivanovich Anichkin (Dinamo Moskva) 

3-Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

4-Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftchi Baku) 

5-Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

6- Valery Ivanovich Voronin (Torpedo Moskva)

7-Gennadi Egorovich Evryuzhikin (Dinamo Moskva)  

8-Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

9- Anzor Amberkovich Kavazashvili (Torpedo Moskva) 

10-Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

11-Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

12- Vladimir Muntyan (Dynamo Kiev)  

13- Givi Nodiya (Dynamo Tblissi)

14- Evgeny Rudakov (Dynamo Kiev)  

15- Vladimir Levchenko  (Dynamo Kiev)  

16- Murtaz Kalistratovich Khurtzilava (Dynamo Tblissi)

17- Igor Leonidovich Chislenko(Dinamo Moskva)

18-Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (captain) (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

19-Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenev (Torpedo Moskva) 

20- Kakhi Asatiani (Dynamo Tblissi)

21-Gennady Olegovich Logofet (Spartak Moskva)

22- Nikolay Smolnikov (Neftchi Baku)

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Yugoslavia:

1-Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

2-Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

3-Milan Damjanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

4- Borivoje Djordevic  (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

5-Blagoje Paunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

6-Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

7-Ilija Petkovic (OFK (Omladinski Fudbalski Klub) Beograd)

8-Ivan Osim (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

9-Vahidin Musemic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

10- Rudolf Belin (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

11-Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

12- Radomir Vukcevic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

13- Ratomir Dujkovic (udbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

14-Rajko Aleksic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

15-Miroslav Pavlovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

16-Jovan Acimovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

17- Mladen Ramljak (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

18- Ljubomir Mihajlovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

19- Ivan Brzic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

20- Bosko Antic   (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

21-Dobrivoje Trivic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

22-Idriz Hosic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Date: June 5, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Semifinals

Result: Italy 0-USSR 0 (OT) (Italy won on a coin Toss)

Venue: Napoli (Naples)-Stadio San Paolo

Attendance:75,000

Referee:Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): None

(USSR): None 

Lineups:

Italy:

22-Dino Zoff (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

5-Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

10-Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

 4-Giancarlo Bercellino I (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

7-Ernesto Castano (Juventus Football Club-Torino)         

11-Giorgio Ferrini (Associazione Calcio Torino)

9-Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

13-Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

15-Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

18-Gianni Rivera (Associazione Calcio Milan)

16-Pierino Prati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

USSR:

1-Yuri Pavlovich Pshenichnikov (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

3-Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

8-Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

10-Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

18-Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev (captain) (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

19-Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenev (Torpedo Moskva) 

11-Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)

5-Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  

4-Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevski(Neftchi Baku) 

21-Gennady Olegovich Logofet (Spartak Moskva)

7-Gennadi Egorovich Evryuzhikin (Dinamo Moskva)  

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, June 5, 1968, European Championships, Italy 0-USSR 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (USSR squad, June 5, 1968, European Championships, Italy 0-USSR 0)

Photo From: http://footballinussr.fmbb.ru/viewtopic.php?t=187 (Giacinto Facchetti, June 5, 1968, European Championships, Italy 0-USSR 0)

Date: June 5, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Semifinals

Result: Yugoslavia 1-England 0

Venue: Firenze (Florence), Stadio Artemio Franchi, Italy         

Attendance:22,000

Referee: José Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Yugoslavia): Dragan Dzajic 87

(England): None 

Lineups:

Yugoslavia:

1-Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

2-Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

3-Milan Damjanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

15-Miroslav Pavlovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

5-Blagoje Paunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

6-Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

7-Ilija Petkovic (OFK (Omladinski Fudbalski Klub) Beograd)

8-Ivan Osim (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

9-Vahidin Musemic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

21-Dobrivoje Trivic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

11-Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

England:

1-Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)
2-Keith Robert Newton  (Blackburn Rovers Football Club)
3-Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
4-Alan Patrick Mullery (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
5-Brian Leslie Labone (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
6-Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
7-Alan James Ball (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

11-Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)
9-Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)
8-Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)
19-Norman Hunter (Leeds United Association Football Club)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

Sent Off: Alan Mullery 87

Photo From: Marca, June 6, 1968 (June 5, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 1-England 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Predrag Cvijetic) (Team captains Bobby Moore and Mirsad Fazlagic, June 5, 1968, European Championships, Yugoslavia 1-England 0)

Date: June 8, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Third Place

Result: England 2-USSR 0

Venue:Roma- Lo Stadio Olimpico, Italy  

Attendance:68,817

Referee:Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)

Linesmen: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany), Laurens van Ravens (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(England): Bobby Charlton 39, Geoff Hurst 63

(USSR): None 

Lineups:

England:

1-Gordon Banks (Stoke City Football Club)
16-Thomas James Wright (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
3-Ramon ‘Ray’ Wilson (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
17-Norbert ‘Nobby’ Peter Stiles (Manchester United Football Club)
5-Brian Leslie Labone (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)
6-Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (captain) (West Ham United Football Club-London)
19-Norman Hunter (Leeds United Association Football Club)
8-Roger Hunt (Liverpool Football Club)

9-Robert Charlton (Manchester United Football Club)

10-Geoffrey Charles Hurst (West Ham United Football Club-London)
11-Martin Stanford Peters (West Ham United Football Club-London)

Coach: Alfred Ramsey

USSR:

1-Yuri Pavlovich Pshenichnikov (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

3-Valentin Ivanovich Afonin(CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)

8-Yuri Vasilyevich Istomin (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
10-Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kaplichni (CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
18-Albert Alekseyevich Shesterniev(CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva)
19-Aleksandr Ivanovich Lenev (Torpedo Moskva) 
11-Eduard Vasilievich Malofeyev (Dynamo Minsk)
4-Anatoly Andreyevich  Banishevski(Neftchi Baku)
5-Anatoli Fedorovich Byshovets (Dynamo Kiev)  
21-Gennady Olegovich Logofet (Spartak Moskva)
7-Gennadi Egorovich Evryuzhikin (Dinamo Moskva)  

Coach: Mikhail Yakuschin

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1968 (June 8, 1968, European Championships, England 2-USSR 0)

Photo From: http://footballinussr.fmbb.ru/viewtopic.php?t=183 (Bobby Charlton, June 8, 1968, European Championships, England 2-USSR 0)

Photo From: http://footballinussr.fmbb.ru/viewtopic.php?t=183 (USSR squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, England 2-USSR 0)

Photo From: http://footballinussr.fmbb.ru/viewtopic.php?t=183 (Both squads, June 8, 1968, European Championships, England 2-USSR 0)

Date: June 8, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Final

Result: Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1

Venue:Roma- Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance:85,000

Referee:Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Angelo Domenghini 80

(Yugoslavia): Dragan Dzajic 39

Lineups:

Italy:

22-Dino Zoff (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

5-Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

10-Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

11-Giorgio Ferrini (Associazione Calcio Torino)

12-Aristide Guarneri (Bologna Football Club) 

7-Ernesto Castano (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9-Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

13-Antonio Juliano (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

2-Pietro Anastasi (Football Club Varese)

14-Giovanni Lodetti (Associazione Calcio Milan)

16-Pierino Prati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Yugoslavia:

1-Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

2-Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

3-Milan Damjanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

15-Miroslav Pavlovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

5-Blagoje Paunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

6-Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

7- Ilija Petkovic (OFK (Omladinski Fudbalski Klub) Beograd)

21-Dobrivoje Trivic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

9-Vahidin Musemic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

16-Jovan Acimovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

11-Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Photo From:  Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999 (Italy squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Photo From: IFFHS-Europameisterschaften 1958-1984 (Yugoslavia squad, June 8, 1968, European Championships, Italy 1-Yugoslavia 1)

Date: June 10, 1968

Competition: UEFA European Championship-Final (Replay)

Result: Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0

Venue:Roma- Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance:50,000

Referee: José Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Luigi Riva 12, Pietro Anastasi 31

(Yugoslavia): None

Lineups:

Italy:

22-Dino Zoff (Associazione Calcio Napoli)

5-Tarcisio Burgnich (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)     

10-Giacinto Facchetti (captain) (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  

19-Roberto Rosato (Associazione Calcio Milan)         

12-Aristide Guarneri (Bologna Football Club)

20-Sandro Salvadore (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

 9-Angelo Domenghini(Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

15-Alessandro Mazzola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   

2-Pietro Anastasi (Football Club Varese)

8-Giancarlo De Sisti (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

17-Luigi Riva (Unione Sportiva Cagliari)

Coach: Ferruccio Valcareggi

Yugoslavia:

1-Ilija Pantelic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

2-Mirsad Fazlagic (captain) (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

3-Milan Damjanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

15-Miroslav Pavlovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

5-Blagoje Paunovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

6-Dragan Holcer (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

22-Idriz Hosic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

21-Dobrivoje Trivic (Fudbalski Klub Vojvodina -Novi Sad)   

9-Vahidin Musemic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)

16-Jovan Acimovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

11-Dragan Dzajic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 

Coach: Rajko Mitic

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Luigi Riva, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999 (June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 22 Supplement, August-September 1999 (Italy squad, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (Italy squad, June 10, 1968, European Championships, Italy 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Topscorer overall: Riva (Italy) 7 goals

Topscorer final tournament: Dzajic (Yugoslavia) 2 goals

7 – Luigi Riva [Italy]

6 – Janos Farkas [Hungary]

Once Upon a Time…-Part 4 (Jean-Marie Pfaff: The Entertainer)

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In a profession known for its cold hard realism, Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was an anomaly as a bon vivant.

In the 1970s and 1980s, goalkeepers were sober and serious characters epitomized by his contemporaries such as Dino Zoff, Peter Shilton and Rinat Dassayev.

In contrast, Pfaff was a clown all too eager to please and entertain the fans.

However, his bubbly personality and demeanor on the field contrasted sharply with his dedication to hard work and training off of it.

The public generally loved him, yet some segments of the Press as well as his fellow professionals viewed him with suspicion and distrust.

Pfaff was born on December 4^th, 1953 at Lebbeke near Antwerp. He lived in poverty with a large family consisting of twelve siblings (Six boys and Six girls, he was the 10^th child).

The family lived in a caravan travelling from city to city selling rugs.

His father was killed in an automobile accident when he was eleven. At this point, he believed he could have turned into a delinquent had it not been for the support of his large family.

Football also played a part in keeping him in a positive path.

From a very young age, The Game was in his blood and especially the role of the goalkeeper. It was the sport that would take him out of a life of poverty.

He joined the youth set up of nearby club SK Beveren on June 21^st, 1965 as an eleven-year old.

He was (according to himself) short and overweight. The Management would work on his diet and worked him very hard in shaping the youngster and in time he would lose the weight and have a growth spurt.

His visible talent at such a young age would enable to move up the ranks. He was even called up by Belgium’s UEFA Juniors squad while at schoolboy level.

He would abandon school at the age of 14 to be fully dedicated to succeeding as a future professional.

The eighteen-year old would get his chance to make his debut for the Beveren’s  first team on April 9^th, 1972 in a League match vs. Crossing Schaerbeek (1-2 loss). He would play a handful of matches in the season, but Beveren would be relegated at the end of the season.

The following season (1972/73) in the Second Division, Pfaff would be elevated as starting goalkeeper and help his team win immediate promotion by winning the Second Division title.

The following season (1973/74) would be Pfaff’s first as a starter in top flight. Beveren finished in the tenth position, but Pfaff’s performances were not going unnoticed and his stature was growing as a future heir apparent to Belgium’s Number one Christian Piot.

For the time being, National Team Manager restricted Pfaff as a substitute goalkeeper behind the untouchable Piot.

Goethals was still not convinced by the talented youngster and felt he was still lacking in certain areas (especially in the air).

At the end of that first full season on June 27^th, 1974, Pfaff married Carmen Seth who would not only be his spouse, but also play a larger role in his career. She would act as his Manager and provide him the much needed support and peace of mind that a sportsman needed at home.

They would have three daughters, the first one Debby would be born on May 30^th, 1975. Her sisters Kelly and Lyndsey would be born on July 26^th, 1977 and October 4^th, 1978 respectively.

The following season (1974/75), with Jef Jurion at the helm, the team fared worse by finishing in the 12^th position. Jurion trained him with the outfield players to strengthen him.

Jurion did drop Pfaff for a number of matches. Fortunately (for Pfaff) Jurion was replaced after this poor season and replaced with Urbain Braems.

Braems would once again install Pfaff as the starter for the new season (1975/76). The appointment of Braems would be a turning point in Pfaff’s progress. Braems also worked him very hard and prepared him for the next step. Pfaff would look upon Braems as his spiritual father and would be thankful of his influence for the rest of his career.

He would manage him on three separate occasions. It was under his tutelage that Pfaff finally received his long awaited first cap.

This season (1975/76) would be the turning point for Beveren and Pfaff. The Team under Braems finished in the sixth position. After being an understudy for the nearly two years Pfaff was handed his National Team debut towards the end of the season.

The Belgians had been virtually eliminated from the Euro Quarterfinals by archrival neighbors Holland, just weeks earlier (April 25^th) in a humiliating (0-5) loss.

Raymond Goethals had resigned and the new man in charge was Guy Thys.

Thys saw the need in rebuilding an ageing side and decided to inject new blood into the squad. Pfaff started in goal, instead of Christian Piot, for the return leg of this qualifier in Brussels on May 22^nd, 1976.

Photo From: Rode Duivels & Oranje Leeuwen., 100 jaar Derby der Lage Landen, Authors Ralf Willems, Matty Verkamman (1) (Jean-Marie Pfaff in his International debut unable to stop Johann Cruyff’s strike, May 22, 1976, UEFA Euroepan Championships, Belgium 1-Holland 2)

Belgium lost once more (1-2) but Pfaff was involved in an incident that would raise eyebrows. After the Great Johann Cruyff had scored on him with a beautiful lob, Pfaff had congratulated him. His action was seen with certain cynicism from the press who were baffled by his motives. Pfaff insisted that his actions had been misinterpreted. He maintained that he wanted to congratulate him because it had been a beautiful goal and he was acting sportsmanlike. This was just one incident that perhaps confirmed his reputation as a difficult character.

Pfaff believed that it was another incident from which the Press falsely attached him the ‘difficult’ tag. Pfaff claimed that in his early days in the National Team he was the sole Beveren player. Most players were from the Big three clubs (Anderlecht, Standard Liege and Club Brugge). According to Pfaff, the players from those clubs did not mix with others and stayed together (played cards, etc).

As a result, one day in the training camp with the National Team, he grew tired and started going out walking and jogging in the vicinity. A reporter saw him and started asking him questions and according to Pfaff falsely deduced that there was trouble within the camp with him and others and reported it.

The next season (1976/77) Beveren struggled in the League and finished in the bottom half.  At the National Team Thys kept faith with the more experienced Piot as the World Cup 1978 Qualifiers got underway.

For the (1977/78) season, Thys elevated Pfaff as the starting goalkeeper after Piot retired from the National Team.

It was a memorable season for the Team as they finished fifth in the League.

Pfaff won his first major silverware as Beveren triumphed in the Belgian League after defeating Charleroi (2-0) on May 21^st, 1978.

His growing stature was underlined when at the end of the year he was elected as ‘Soulier d’Or’, Belgium’s player of the year. He became only the fourth goalkeeper to do so.

He had grown into a goalkeeper known for his excellent reflexes and his ability to launch attacks with quick throws. The main criticism about his game was mostly about the mental aspects. He was seen as too reckless and impatient which would lead to mistakes most notably in coming out of line too soon (as would be witnessed later during the 1982 World Cup vs. Hungary).

Photo From: Mirroir du Football, January 24, 1979  (Jean-Marie Pfaff in with young fans during his time at Beveren) rike, May 22, 1976, UEFA Euroepan Championships, Belgium 1-Holland 2)

However, winning this award also brought out the publicity seeking aspect of his character. For starters he started wearing a necklace of the ‘Soulier d’Or. He also tried to exploit publicity of his award in his Sports Shop, to such an extent that the organizers of the trophy threatened a lawsuit on the grounds that it was  ‘unlawful usage of a product’.

The following season (1978/79) would be Pfaff’s most successful yet. The man responsible for his ascension Urbain Braems had left the club after winning the Cup Title. The new man  in charge at Beveren was Robert Goethals. The small unfashionable squad beat all odds and ended up as Champions of Belgium (Pfaff’s first League title). 

Photo From: Onze, Issue 40, April 1979 (Jean-Marie Pfaff in action with Beveren)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 40, April 1979 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with Beveren’s title winning squad, 1978/79)

In Pfaff’s first foray in a European Competition, Beveren reached the semifinals of the Cup Winners Cup before being eliminated by eventual winners Barcelona.

The sky seemed the limit for the still semi-professional Pfaff, who still worked at a Bank part-time. Beveren was appearing smaller and smaller for his ambitions.

His affairs were being managed by his wife Carmen who had to contend with a flurry of offers from the likes of Anderlecht, Ajax, Feyenoord, Schalke, Twente Enschede and AZ’67 Alkmaar among others.

Photo From: Mondial, old series, Hors-Serie, Issue 7, 1979 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with Barcelona’s Hansi Krankl during the 1979 Cup Winners Cup semifinals in April 1979)

He stayed put at Beveren for the new season (1979/80) but Beveren were unable to maintain the previous seasons’ successes and struggled and finished mid-table.

They did reach the Cup Final but were deprived of any silverware after losing to Waterschei (1-2) in the Final.

Pfaff also lost his starting position at the National Team to Theo Custers as Belgium qualified for the 1980 Euros.

Into the spring of 1980, Custers was the starter and looked likely to be the starter at the Euros. However, just before the Euros, Thys opted to start with Pfaff.

Pfaff would reward him with excellent performances as the under-rated Belgians reached the Final by finishing first and undefeated in a Group with the Hosts Italy, England and Spain.

West Germany defeated Belgium (2-1) in the Final, but Pfaff and Belgium’s star was on the rise in the International Level.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 55, July 1980 (Jean-Marie Pfaff, June 12, 1980, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 1-England 1)

Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 5, August 1980 (Jean-Marie Pfaff, June 18, 1980, UEFA European Championships, Italy 0-Belgium 0)

He was now firmly established as Belgium’s number one and in addition was now considered as one of the continent’s best.

Away from the field he was showed his business acumen by a running a Sports Goods Shop in Beveren and developed a glove specially designed for wet conditions.

He also ran a goalkeeping school for the young in Beveren.

Photo From: Mondial, old series, Hors-Serie, Issue 7, 1979 (Jean-Marie Pfaff in front of his Sports Shop in Beveren)

The following season (1980/81) was a difficult season for Pfaff. He started well as Belgium started their qualification for the 1982 World Cup in a tough group containing their Dutch neighbors, France and Republic of Ireland (as well as Cyprus).

Although Beveren did well that season (finishing Fourth), Pfaff would miss the majority of the second half of the season as he was serving a four months suspension (Until June 30^th, 1981).

He was accused of kicking a Linesman on the way to the dressing rooms in a Belgian Cup match on February 21, 1981 vs. Lokeren (2-2). There were no witnesses but the Linesman in question (Mr. Thirion) had made a note of the incident and Pfaff was suspended.

In his absence in springtime, Belgium suffered their first loss in the qualifiers vs. France (2-3) on April 29^th, 1981, with Michel Preud’homme starting in Pfaff’s place.

Pfaff would be back the following season (1981/82) as Belgium qualified for the World Cup.

It would also be his last season with Beveren (finishing Seventh with Urbain Braems back at the helm) ending an association of nearly 17 years.

The main event for that end of the season would be the World Cup in Spain.

This World Cup would display both sides of Pfaff’s personality. He would be as indispensable on the Field as he was controversial off of it.

Belgium played in the Opener vs. Defending Champions Argentina on June 13^that Barcelona. Naturally all the attention was on the new superstar of World Football Diego Maradona. But it was Pfaff who outshone the Argentine on the field as he had an impeccable match in Belgium’s upset (1-0) victory.

Photo From: Spain '82, The Winning of the World Cup, Authors Phil Soar and Richard Wdidows (June 13, 1982, World cup, Belgium 1-Argentina 0)

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº 3273 (1984) (Jean-Marie Pfaff with Diego Maradona following the World Cup 1982 Opener)

He was equally remarkable in Belgium’s next match vs. El Salvador, which yielded another (1-0) win.

However, all was not well in the Belgian camp and there was an incident at the Team Hotel during the World Cup that would start the process of alienating him from the rest of the squad.

During a team get together with the Press at their Hotel ‘Huerto del Cura’, a Radio Commentator had pushed Pfaff in the swinning pool as a prank. Pfaff started panicking because apparently he couldn’t swim.

To many he had made such a big fuss and ‘pretended’ to be drowning.

Photo From: EL GRAFICO Nº 3273 (1984) (Jean-Marie Pfaff at Hotel Huerto del Cura)

In another incident he had called the Police after he had seen someone enter teammate Rene Verheyn’s room (It turned out to be Verheyn’s wife).

Their next and Final match in the Group would be the crucial one vs. Hungary on June 22^nd.  Belgium came away with a (1-1) tie that they needed to qualify, but it was Pfaff’s performance on and later off the field that would end his World Cup.

In the 55^th minute of the match, he came out to intercept a cross, destined to Hungary’s Andras Torocsik, with such ferocity that he struck his teammate Eric Gerets and injured him in the process.

Later on, he also nearly injured Hungary’s Laszlo Fazekas in rushing out for s similar attempt.

Photo From: Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 16, 1982 (Jean-Marie Pfaff during the 1982 World Cup)

It was obvious that the previous days’ events were getting to him and affecting his game. In the meantime, an ambulance had been called to take Gerets to the hospital. The ambulance arrived after the match, however, Pfaff got in there first because of a dubious shoulder injury, so Gerets was forced to stay behind in anger with the rest of the squad.The shoulder injury turned out to be a very minor one.This behavior enraged Thys (along with the rest of the squad) and he took the decision to to drop Pfaff for the remainder of the World Cup. 

Belgium lost both their matches in the second Round without Pfaff to Poland (0-3, with Custers in the net) and the Soviet Union (0-1 with Jacques Munaron in the goal).

A Belgium Federation Official Mr. Ruiter described Pfaff as an immature child who only sought publicity.

After the World Cup, Pfaff joined the mighty West German powerhouse Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga for a fee of £225,000. He was eager for a bigger stage and Bayern seemed ideal. He had declared that he had already won the League title and the ‘Soulier d’Or’ in Belgium and was now ready for the bigger stage of the Bundesliga.

Since the retirement of the Great Sepp Maier a few years before (one of Pfaff’s idols in addition to Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks), they had not found a suitable replacement in Walter Junghaus (deemed too inexperienced) nor Manfred Muller (considered to old).

Pfaff appeared the International quality goalkeeper they were looking for (as well as having a sense of humor reminiscent of Maier).

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, January february 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with his idol Sepp Maier)

He would later reveal some of the difficulties as he arrived such as not speaking the Language and the fact that Manfred Muller and Raimond Aumann (the other goalkeepers) were visibly opposed to his arrival.

There were also some frictions within the squad. Had it not been for the support of his wife Carmen he would not have joined Bayern. She encouraged him to join Bayern, since he would not achieve glory by staying in Beveren.

To achieve his ambitions, he had to leave the friendly atmosphere of Beveren for the cold, professional and unforgiving World of Bayern.

Apparently, he had also requested the Management to make Sepp Maier the goalkeeping coach but his request was refused.

Pfaff received a rude awakening in his baptism in the Bundesliga on August 21^st, 1982 vs. Werder Bremen after letting in a comical own goal.

Bremen’s Uwe Reinders took a long throw in from the left side towards the goalmouth, Pfaff only managed to touch it with the tip of his fingers and the ball went in the net. Needless to say, the Media was merciless as they questioned the sum paid for his services after such a comical goal.

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 22, March 1983 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with Klaus Aughentlaer in his Bundeliga debut, August 21, 1982, Werder Bremen 1-Bayern Munich 0)

Afterwards, the Media also analyzed his every move and every decision during matches.

A lesser player might have crumbled under such pressure, but Pfaff shrugged off the incident by saying that it could have happened to anybody.

Such was Pfaff’s mental strength that he slowly earned his way back and won over the Bavarian crowd with solid displays.

The Turning point for him was in a match vs. Defending Champions SV Hamburg on October 9th. Hamburg had taken a (2-0) in Munich and appeared headed for win.

At one point during the match, Pfaff tried to motivate the crowd by running towards the South stands and with his arm movements indicated to the crowd to root for the team.

Bayern clawed their way back and tied the match (2-2) in the 89^th Minute.

However, moments later Hamburg were awarded a penalty kick after Udo Horsmann had fouled Jurgen Milewski in the box. The normally dependable Manfred Kaltz was charged with the decisive kick. Pfaff rose to the occasion and saved the penalty kick and completely won over the crowd.

Many marveled with the ease with which he had adapted to the Bundesliga in such a short time. His popularity rivaled that of Bayern superstar Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

After only a few months in Munich, he was regularly receiving 400 to 600 fan letters per day.

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 22, March 1983 (Jean-Marie Pfaff training hard in the snow)

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 22, March 1983 (Jean-Marie Pfaff training hard in the snow)

From then on the Bayern faithful would chant ‘Jean-Marie, Jean-Marie’ during matches.

He was also always ready to engage and laugh with the fans and happily sign autographs. Rummenigge remarked that Pfaff would be tired of signing autographs after six months, but to the end of his tenure with Bayern, Pfaff was always there for the fans.

He was also very eager to engage with the media and was always ready for interviews. He would famously hand out his business card to journalists at a time when most players avoided such easy access to the media.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, January february 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff and family in Bavaria)

Many criticized his relations with media as shameless self-promotion. There was one occasion when Bayern teammate Wolfgang Grobe (who was also Pfaff’s neighbor) was being interviewed by a Football magazine. As part of their story they wanted a photograph of him in his backyard. Reportedly, Grobe had joked that they better hurry because Pfaff would be home in a couple of minutes and would also insist to be in the photograph (Pfaff later in an interview stated that Grobe had denied to him this exchange).

Another point of contention of some of his teammates were his good relations with Bayern Manager Pal Csernai (that most players were opposed to).

Despite these issues, in general everything seemed rosy for Pfaff at that point, who had also been impressed with the German discipline and work ethic in training. He was impressed with their Football mentality that included daily training of double sessions, indoor matches in winter and other Tournaments. He remarked that in Belgium he had time to work outside of Football but not in Germany, where one had to be fully dedicated to succeed.

He even indicated his desire to extend his contract beyond his initial expiration date of June 1985. He also stated that he would want to stay in West Germany beyond his football career.

Such was his popularity in this first season, that when ‘Fussball Magazin’ conducted their monthly Interview (where fans sent their questions via mail), he broke the record of the number of letters received that had been set by Pierre Littbarski.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1983 (Jean-Marie Pfaff answering letters posed by the readers of Fussball Magazin)

When at the end of the year 1982, ‘Kicker Sportsmagazin’ designated Harald Schumacher as ‘World Class’ but Pfaff was designated the lesser status of ‘International Quality’, insults were sent to the magazine for this oversight.

Koln goalkeeper Harald Schumacher would also become an arch nemesis in many ways. Pfaff like most had been outraged by Schumacher’s vicious foul on the Frenchman Patrick Battiston during the 1982 World Cup.

He further harbored resentment when during the League match between their respective clubs Schumacher refused to shake his hand. He would view Schumacher with disdain for the rest of his Bundesliga career.

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, January february 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff and Harald Schumacher)

At International Level, Thys had also forgiven him and he was back in the fold as a starter. Belgium were engaged in the Euro qualifiers in a Group with Scotland, Switzerland and East Germany and seemed on their way to qualify after winning their opening two matches vs. Switzerland and Scotland. In the match vs. Scotland on December 15^th, (3-2 Belgium win) he came to the rescue as he saved a penalty kick by Frankie Gray in the 78^thminute.

Pfaff believed that it was after this performance that his Belgian teammates finally ‘understood’ him after four years. He remarked how teammate Ludo Coeck acknowledged him and thanked him.

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1915, December 21, 1982 (Jean-Marie Pfaff, December 15, 1982, EC Qualifier, Belgium 3-Scotland 2)

At the end of the season, Italy’s Napoli were eyeing him for a possible transfer, but Bayern set his fee at three times his initial signing fee to ward off suitors.

The following season (1983/84), Pfaff would have a new boss at Bayern as Udo Latteck was appointed to lead the squad. Pfaff would credit him for bringing back discipline to the squad.

Pfaff’s popularity with the fans grew even stronger and it was estimated that by the end of the season, he was receiving up to 3,000 fan letters per week.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 49, April 1984  (Jean-Marie Pfaff mobbed by Bayern Munich fans)

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, January february 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff and young fans in Munich)

The highlight of the early parts of the season would be in the UEFA Cup, in a match vs. Greece’s PAOK, he helped Bayern qualify in a penalty kick shoot-out. He saved PAOK’s ninth! attempt and scored himself with the ensuing kick to help Bayern advance.

However, reports also surfaced that Pfaff felt he was cold shouldered by senior Bayern players such as Klaus Aughentaler and Wolfgang Dremmler.

In an article he was alleged to have criticized his teammates by describing them as arrogant and overpaid.

In another incident, Pfaff was celebrating his 30^th Birthday in a Munich Restaurant in Munich with his teammates. However, the players were dismayed once they realized he had also invited reporters further underlining his reputation as a self-promoter.

The familiar atmosphere of Beveren was in contrast to the cold reality of a club  like Bayern.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 49, April 1984  (Jean-Marie Pfaff with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge )

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, January february 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with a marching band)

It was only his excellent performances on the pitch that perhaps went a long way in mending his relationship with the doubters in the team.

Pfaff believed that the team gradually came to understand and respect him on and off the field.

Pfaff would win his first trophy with Bayern at the end of that season after they defeated Borussia Moenchengladbach in a penalty kick shoot-out after a (1-1) tie in the Final of West German Cup (DfB Pokal).

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 6, November December 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with the 1984 DfB Pokal)

During the season, Pfaff would also earn his 40^th cap vs. Poland (April 17^th, 1984, 1-0 win) at Warsaw, which tied him with Piot as the most capped goalkeeper for Belgium. He also captained the side that day.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 49, April 1984  (Jean-Marie Pfaff working hard in training)

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 36, June 1984

Belgium had qualified for the Euros in the Fall; however, in the new year (1984) a scandal would rock Belgium Football that would adversely affect the National Team. The Standard-Waterschei scandal would deprive Belgium of its Captain Eric Gerets and defensive partner Walter Meeuws.

Thys would be forced to select a somewhat unprepared squad for the Euros.

Many also questioned Pfaff’s mental strength for the Finals of a Tournament after his antics during the 1982 World Cup. Thys maintained confidence in his number one. Thys felt that for a short Tournament like the Euros (15 days), Pfaff is manageable; it is for longer duration Tournaments that he became difficult.

Belgium won their first match in the Euros vs. Yugoslavia (2-0) but days later at Nantes, Pfaff and his Belgian teammates were completely destroyed (0-5) by a France squad with Platini at his best.

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1993, June 19, 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff, June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championships, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)

Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984 (Jean-Marie Pfaff unable to stop Alain Giresse from scoring France’s second goal, June 16, 1984, UEFA European Championships, France 5-Belgium 0)

Pfaff would once again come under scrutiny for criticizing his teammates after such a display, by Pfaff would insist that things had to be said.

They still had an outside chance to qualify for the semifinals, but lost to a burgeoning Danish squad (2-3).

The Euros had been a complete disaster for Belgium and Pfaff. As the new season (1984/85) rolled around Pfaff was beset by other problems.

He missed the start of the season after a hernia operation. He was also involved in a traffic accident involving two nuns (tragically one of them was killed).

At this point Pfaff was at his lowest ebb, not only physically but emotionally as well. The trauma of the accident was weighing heavily on him. Once again he would acknowledge the role of his wife Carmen who helped through this difficult period. Raimond Aumann and Jacques Munaron stepped in to cover for him at club and International Level.

He also had to contend with the rumor of Bayern signing Harald Schumacher. To which Pfaff replied that Bayern would be spending more money and have controversy every week.

The disappointed Pfaff at first asked for a transfer but Bayern’s General Manager Uli Hoeness refused his request. Pfaff trained hard and made his way back in the squad in November. He was on hand when Bayern Munich won the League title (and also reached the Final of the West German Cup). In all he played fourteen league matches that season.

The following season (1985//86) he started well and was on hand as Belgium qualified for the World Cup at the expense of neighbors Holland.

He was injured in November and had a lengthy time off and only returned to action in March.

In his absence Aumann and especially Munaron at the National Team had once again ably covered for him. His position for the World Cup was in doubt as Munaron was pushing him hard for his spot.

In the end Pfaff once again reclaimed his spot (playing 24 matches in the League) with excellent performances with Bayern and helped the West German club to a second successive Bundesliga Title (in fact as double as Bayern also triumphed in the West German Cup).

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2146, May 26, 1987  (Jean-Marie Pfaff with the 1986 DfB Pokal, May 3, 1986, Bayern Munich 5-Stuttgart 2)

The World Cup in Mexico would be a memorable one for Pfaff and Belgium.

They came out from the first round without impressing much (Losing to hosts Mexico (1-2), defeating Iraq (2-1) and tying Paraguay (2-2)). Pfaff had already conceded five goals.

It was in the second Round that the Belgians came alive to be one of the surprises of the Tournament. On June 15^th, 1986, they faced the much-favored Soviet Union. They fell behind twice in the match but forced a tie. The match went into extra time and the Belgians took the initiative and defeated the Soviets (4-3).

They were paired with Spain in the quarterfinals on June 22^nd. Once again the match ended in a tie (1-1) in regulation time and had to go to extra time. The score remained the same after overtime and the match went into a penalty kick shoot-out. Pfaff came to the rescue by saving Eloy’s attempt (Spain’s second attempt) and help Belgium advance to the semifinals.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 76, July 1986 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with East German Referee Siegfied Kirschen, June 22, 1986, World Cup, Belgium 1-Spain 1)

It was said that when Belgian King Baudouin received the squad upon their return, Pfaff had jokingly asked the King whether the Queen Fabiola (of Spanish Origin) had held it against him for saving Eloy’s penalty kick.

The semifinals were against Diego Maradona and Argentina on June 25^th. This time Belgium had no answer to stop Maradona at the top of his game in scoring twice for a (2-0) win. Pfaff would later express regret that the Team felt defeated before even taking the field vs. Argentina much like the attitude shown before the 1980 Euro Final vs. West Germany.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 76, July 1986 (Jean-Marie Pfaff unable to stop Maradona, June 25, 1986, World Cup, Argentina 2-Belgium 0)

All that was left was the third place match vs. France on June 28^th(that also went to overtime after a 2-2 tie in regulation time). The more tired Belgians were resigned and were defeated (2-4). Nevertheless, this was Belgium’s best ever showing at a World Cup in no small part thanks to Pfaff.

His performances in Mexico earned him the nickname ‘El Simpatico’.

That same year (1986) his wax figure was unveiled at Brussels’ ‘L’Historium’ Museum.

Photo From: Le Dictionnaire Des Diables Rouges

The new season (1986/87) did not start well as far as the National Team. Belgium were involved in the 1988 Euro qualifiers. On September 10^th, 1986 at home, Belgium tied with the Republic of Ireland (2-2). Pfaff criticized teammate Frank van der Elst’s ability as Libero in the match. Thys promptly dropped him for Belgium’s next qualifier vs. Luxembourg on October 14, 1986. Jacques Munaron stood in for Pfaff in the (6-0) win. He regained his place afterwards for the rest of the season.

He would have a better season in the daily grind of the Bundesliga. He clinched a third straight title with Bayern Munich at the end of that season (1986/87).

In the Champions Cup, he had his best run with Bayern Munich that ultimately ended in disappointment as the much-favored Bavarians were defeated by Portugal’s Porto (1-2) in the Final.

However, in the Semifinal Round, his performance vs. Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in April 2^nd, 1987, is the stuff of legends as he kept at bay the rampant Real Madrid onslaught and limited them to a single goal (1-0 Real win) and elimination (after 4-1 win at Munich). It must be remembered that in those days, overturning deficits in European matches at Bernabeu was also part of the Football folklore. He performed his heroics that day despite being bombarded with projectiles from Real fans. He would praise the French Referee Michel Vautrot for keeping control of the match. Part of the Real supporters hostility was due to the fact that the day before the match Pfaff had indicated they would break the Bernabeu curse.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, Issue 640 (Number 18), April 29-May 5, 1987 (Jean-Marie Pfaff with Andreas Brehme, April 22, 1987, Champions Cup, Real Madrid 1-Bayern Munich 0)

Towards the end of that season, his rival Harald Schumacher at Koln released his controversial autobiography in which he accused many of his teammates of dope taking, etc.

Pfaff called the book an absolute scandal and false. He remarked that after the ‘Battiston incident’ in 1982, Schumacher had been very lucky that his teammates had defended him. Instead he had written a book denouncing them as dope takers.

At the end of that season, he re-signed for two more seasons and indicated his career was far from over and would like to continue until he was past the age 40.

For his excellent performances that year, The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) elected Pfaff as the World Goalkeeper of the year 1987.

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2188, March 15, 1988  (Jean-Marie Pfaff with the IFFHS goalkeeper of the year award)

Pfaff started his sixth and Final season with Bayern Munich for the (1987/88) season. It would be a difficult season for Pfaff for club and country.

He would play his last match for the National Team in this season. This was in Belgium’s Euro qualifier at Sofia vs. Bulgaria on September 23^rd, 1987. The loss (0-2) would be detrimental for Belgium who would eventually miss out on qualification. This was Pfaff’s Final and 64^th cap after more than eleven years. All of his caps had been earned under Guy Thys.

Michel Preud’homme would be installed as the new Number One. Pfaff believed that he was removed as Belgium’s starting goalkeeper due to commercial reasons. He felt the new Sponsors had forced the Management to remove him. He believed without this intervention he could have become the recordman of Belgian caps.

Photo From: Rode Duivels & Oranje Leeuwen., 100 jaar Derby der Lage Landen, Authors Ralf Willems, Matty Verkamman (1) (Jean-Marie Pfaff in his penultimate match for Belgium, September 9, 1987, Holland 0-Belgium 0)

The club season was also disappointing as Werder Bremen broke Bayern’s three-season stranglehold on the Bundesliga. This was the first season under the Management Jupp Heynckes following the departure of Udo Latteck.

The writing was on the wall that this would be his last season as he was open to receiving offers. Manchester United had approached Bayern, but the fee was set too high. This was done without Pfaff’s knowledge and dismay.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 136, April 1987  (Jean-Marie Pfaff and family)

He believed all initial contact should go through his wife Carmen. He urged other clubs not to make the same mistake as Manchester United and contact him first.

During the season Pfaff once more fuelled controversy by requesting his club to postpone his trainings on Sundays so that he devout Catholic could attend Mass.

His Sister also passed away in the spring of 1988 to further compound on a negative season.

Bayern Management decided to give Raimond Aumann his long awaited chance as the Number One for the upcoming season.

They wanted to start a new cycle with new younger players and Pfaff was on his way out.

Now in the declining stage of his career he decided to return home and joined modest side SK Lierse for the (1988/89) season to wind down his career.

The Team finished in mid-table and at the end of the season Pfaff packed his bags once more to leave the country.

Photo From: World Soccer, December 1987

He followed the example of his nemesis Harald Schumacher and joined the Turkish League by signing for Trabzonspor for the (1989/90) season.

The fact that his former mentor Urbain Braems was the Manager there certainly helped his decision.

He tried to instill some of the traits he had learned in West Germany to help the team be more Professional and modern.

This would turn out to be his final season as a Professional. He managed to reach the Turkish Cup Final with his club but they lost in the Final to Besiktas (0-2).

Pfaff retired at the end of that season after nearly two decades as a Professional.

He organized his Farewell Match at Beerschot in 1991. It was a match-up of the Belgium squad of the 1980s vs. a World XI Selection that included the likes of Franz Beckenbauer, Alain Giresse, Ruud Krol, Michel Platini, Soren Lerby and Roger Milla among others.

After his career he had stints as a Goalkeeping Coach at KFC Herentals and VfB Stuttgart. His only Head Managerial post was a solitary season at KV Osstende during the (1998/99) season that ended in disappointment. Clearly he was not made for Management.

The ever entertainer he reveled in the new interest in Reality Television and starred in a Reality Show featuring his entire family (wife, three daughters and their respective families). The show called ‘De Pfaffs’ was successful and ran for eleven seasons from 2002 to 2011 and also made celebrities out of his three daughters: Debby, Kelly and Lyndsey.

Jean-Marie Pfaff always remained amiable and loved by the public but not always with the critics, players and Management.

He always remembered his difficult childhood and knew the value of hard work after having worked in a milk factory, the Post Office and even a Bank.

He felt one should remain a friendly person even after they have achieved success.

Those who knew him believed he would help anyone in need.

His spell at Bayern had made him even more ‘Professional’ according to him. It had changed his attitude off the field in not only in matters concerning training but also Contracts, Sponsorships, etc.

Of course it was this aspect that was largely viewed with skepticism by the media who only saw him as a publicity hound. Pfaff believed he was largely misunderstood especially from the Flemish Press.

This was exemplified when he was elected as IFFHS’s World Goalkeeper of the year in 1987; he only received two votes from fellow Belgians.

He had boasted that ‘there was Eddy Merckx in Bicycling, now there is Pfaff in Football’.

While the critics found him arrogant, he felt his charisma had been vital in making Belgian goalkeepers noticeable in the International Arena and others such as Michel Preud’homme had benefited from his hard work.

He was a ferocious trainer and his work ethic could never be questioned. He was a perfectionist whose ambition guided him to heights he never could have imagined.

The indelible image that defines Pfaff was in a Bayern match that was played under pouring rain. At one point he went over to the stands and grabbed an umbrella from one of the fans and sat on a chair behind the goal.

Pfaff believed that the Public paid a lot of money and his role is to entertain yet remain Professional.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 136, April 1987

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Mondial, old series, Hors-Serie, Issue 7, 1979

Mirroir du Football, January 24, 1979

Onze, Issue 40, April 1979

World Soccer, April 1981

Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 13, 1982

EL GRAFICO Nº 3273 (1982)

Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1983

Foot Magazine, Issue 22, March 1983

Fussball Magazin, January february 1984

Mondial, new series, issue 49, April 1984

Foot Magazine, Issue 36, June 1984

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Mondial, Hors Serie 3, 1986

World Soccer, February 1986

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Onze-Mondial, Issue 93, October 1996

Rode Duivels & Oranje Leeuwen, 100 jaar Derby der Lage Landen, Authors Ralf Willems, Matty Verkamman

Le Dictionnaire Des Diables Rouges

Soccer Memories-Part 34 (The Russian National Team Mutiny (1993/94)-The Refuseniks vs. Pavel Sadyrin)

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In the summer of 1992, the Soviet Union (as a Football entity) took its last breath during the 1992 UEFA European Championships in Sweden.

The team managed by Anatoli Byshovets would be referred as CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) for its last few months of existence.

Ever since the Failed Political Coup in the Summer of 1991, the former Soviet Union had imploded into its separate Nations.

When the 1994 World Cup qualifiers started in the Fall of 1992. The place of the former USSR was now occupied by Russia (the largest confederation).

There were some complaints that perhaps since the backbone of the Soviet Teams of the recent era were Ukrainian (mostly from Dinamo Kiev) perhaps Ukraine (and not Russia) should have been the Representative.

However, as far as FIFA were concerned Russia were the recognized replacement of the old Soviet Union.

The new Manager appointed to lead Russia’s World Cup qualifying campaign was Pavel Fyodorovich Sadyrin. As a player he had lined up for Zenit Leningrad in the 60s and 70s. He had later been a Manager for the same club and had led them to the 1984 Soviet League Title. Afterwards he had managed CSKA Moscow and led them to the Domestic Double (League and Cup) for 1991.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993 (Pavel Sadyrin)

This last title certainly helped his appointment as Russia’s Manager. Unlike his predecessor Anatoli Byshovets, the last USSR Manager, Sadyrin was now constrained to a smaller player pool of Russian players only, now that the Soviet Union had broken up.

FIFA had left it up to the individual players to choose their new International destination.

The possibility of perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity to play in a World Cup, enticed many non-Russian former Soviet Internationals to opt for Russian citizenship to participate in the 1994 World Cup to be held in the United States.

These included Manchester United’s Winger Andrei Kanchelskis (Lithuanian Father and Ukrainian Mother) and Estonian born Valeri Karpin.

Other Ukrainians such as defender Viktor Onopko, as well as Yuri Nikiforov and Oleg Salenko (who had actually played in Friendlies for Ukraine) and Sergei Yuran also opted for Russian Nationality.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994 (Andrei Kanchelskis)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993 (New Russian Internationals: Victor Onopko, Andrei Kanchelskis, Sergei Yuran and Sergei Kiriakov)

Sadyrin could still call upon a core of Russian players (mostly based abroad) such as Igor Shalimov, Karlsruhe Sergei Kiriakov and Vassili Kulkov as a well as a large contingent from the Russian Team of the Moment Spartak Moscow.

Their Qualification Group included Greece, Hungary, Iceland, and Luxembourg.

Russia were seen as the Group favorites and their path appeared even easier since former Group member Yugoslavia had been banned from participating in the qualifiers as punishment for the escalation of their Civil War.

This new look Team played its first match in a friendly vs. Mexico on August 17, 1992 (2-0 win). The last match from a Russian National Team had been before the First World War.

The qualification Campaign started with two matches in the month of October against the Group’s weaker sides: Iceland on Luxembourg.

A victory on October 14^th at Moscow vs. Iceland (1-0) was followed by a (2-0) win vs. Luxembourg two weeks later at the same venue.

Russia continued with two new victories in the new year (April 1993) at Luxembourg (4-0 win, April 14^th) and an important win at Moscow vs. Hungary (3-0, April 28^th).

By now it was a clear that it would be a race between the Russians and Greece for the leadership of the Group.

The Russians hosted the Greeks in Moscow on May 23^rd, 1993. The result was a diplomatic tie (1-1) for the teams that seemed headed to qualify without much difficulty. By now, the only question was which one would finish first in the Group.

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1994 (Russia squad, May 23, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Russia 1-Greece 1)

Just weeks later (June 2^nd) Russians sealed qualification with another tie (1-1) at Reykjavik vs. Iceland.

The final matches in the Group were a formality. A comfortable win (3-1) over Hungary at Budapest on September 8^th set the stage for the somewhat inconsequential final qualifier vs. Greece at Athens on November 17^th, 1993.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993 (Russia squad, June 2, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Iceland 1-Russia 1)

In a disappointing match for the Russians, they would lose (0-1) and qualify as the second best in the Group (in addition, Onopko was sent off near then end).

The qualification process had been comfortable in a not too difficult Group, but the Russians had generally not impressed.

It was the events following this final qualifier vs. Greece that would lead to a rebellion of the senior players against the Manager Pavel Sadyrin.

Sadyrin had not helped matters by blaming the result on foreign-based players such as Shalimov, Yuran and Kiriakov.

Tensions were already high, as the Referee from Gabon, Jean Fidele Diramba, had ruled out a last minute equalizer from Igor Dobrovolsky.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994 (Igor Dobrovolsky)

At the conclusion of the match, the Russian Federation President Vyacheslav Koloskov stormed into the dressing rooms and criticized the players for their performance. This act sent the players over the boiling point, already disappointed with the events in the last minute of the match.

The players defended themselves and argued with Koloskov. During these arguments, Koloskov also disclosed that the Russian Federation had signed a contract with ‘Reebok’ for the World Cup (on the players behalf) and all the players were to adhere to the contract and play with their boots. This further enraged some of the players who already had personal contracts with other sponsors for their boots.

Apparently National Team Manager Sadyrin had been aware and on board with this deal and this further widened the rift with the rest of the squad.

Igor Shalimov later disclosed it was at this moment that he knew Sadyrin was not on their side and on the side of the Federation.

Back at their Hotel, the Hilton in Athens, the players convened in one of the rooms to discuss a course of action.

The coaching staff were informed of this gathering. Assistant Manager Yuri Semin spoke with the players in the hope to diffuse the situation and mend fences but the players were inconsolable and it was to no avail.

Shalimov would later admit that in their team discussion he had proposed the idea of writing to someone with authority to air their grievances.

He thought of his friend Tamil Tarpischev, the Presidential Sports Advisor, since he had access to President Boris Yeltsin.

Upon their return to Moscow the next day, fourteen players signed an open letter that was published in Newspapers and directed to Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

The players in question were: Igor Shalimov, Igor Dobrovolsky, Sergei Kiriakov, Andrei Kanchelskis, Yuri Nikiforov, Valeri Karpin, Andrei Ivanov, Sergei Yuran, Igor Kolivanov, Viktor Onopko, Dmitri Khlestov, Oleg Salenko, Vassili Kulkov and Alex Mostovoi.

The original letter was signed by eleven players. Andrei Kanchelskis had not been present since he was suspended for the match vs. Greece; however, he faxed his signature over after a phone call from Shalimov.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993 (Andrei Ivanov)

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1994 (Vassili Kulkov, May 23, 1993, World Cup Qualifier, Russia 1-Greece 1)

Spartak Moscow pair of Valeri Karpin and Andrei Ivanov (also not present in Greece) signed the letter once in Moscow.

Others present in Athens who did not sign the letter were Dmitri Galyamin , Dimitri Kharin, Stanislav Cherchesov, Dmitri Popov and Dmitri Radchenko.

After all the signatures were collected the letter was officially submitted to Tamil Tarpischev.

In this letter, the rebels also addressed three areas of concern:

1-The return of Anatoli Byshovets as Head Coach to lead the team in the World Cup.

2-The Modifications of the financial bonuses for qualification and also for the Finals.

3-Immediate improvement in Organization and Logistics related to the Team.

The players believed to improve the team’s performance especially in the World Cup, these issues needed to be addressed and resolved.

The Federation was blamed for its Mismanagement and Organizational Errors, Financial Manipulation and general poor logistics and training conditions.

They also questioned the competence of Head Coach Pavel Sadyrin. They dismissed him as just ‘a good club coach’ but who was out of depth in the International Arena and still reliant on out-dated methods of training.

They even credited their qualification on the previous USSR Manager Anatoli Byshovets. They felt that Byshovets had laid the groundwork for this current team during the 1992 Euro qualifiers and not Sadyrin.

Photo From: Calciatori 1991-92, Campionato Italiano Serie A, Panini (Igor Shalimov with Foggia, 1991/92)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994 (Sergei Kiriakov)

There are multiple reasons why this extreme step was taken at a time when one would have thought the players and Federation would have been basking in the glory of qualification and let bygones be bygones.

There were similarities to the situation with the Dutch National Team from just a few years prior. Upon their qualification for the 1990 World Cup, the Dutch led by stars such as Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten had led a rebellion to oust the Manager Thijs Ligbrets. They succeeded in doing so and this precedent perhaps emboldened the so-called Russian ‘Refuseniks’.

There were many players who felt Sadyrin’s methods were too dictatorial.

Many of the players also were antagonistic towards Sadyrin for his tendency to always side with the Federation for various matters, in contrast to Byshovets who apparently sided with the players.

Sadyrin’s problems with the players was not limited to the foreign-based contingent, the Spartak Moscow players were also seemingly opposed to him.

As far as their hostility towards the Federation officials, it also came to light that in their Training Camp at Novogorsk for days (before their final qualifier vs. Greece) the heat had been switched off. The extreme cold had forced the players to sleep with their coats on.

It was also reported around this time, former USSR Manager Anatoli Byshovets had delayed his departure to South Korea (on his way for a coaching position) as he felt he might be appointed in time for the World Cup.

It later transpired that Shalimov had contacted him about their plans and their preference for him to manage them.

Upon the onset of this act of defiance (or insolence depending who you ask), the Russian Federation and its President Vyacheslav Koloskov, along with the Sports Ministry, backed Sadyrin and denied these charges.

Sadyrin famously remarked "In the whole civilized world, the coach picks players, not the other way around."

On December 6^th, 1993, Sadyrin accused Byshovets of having masterminded the letter to oust him. Sadyrin believed that most players signed the letters without realizing its full contents. He believed the players thought the letter contained financial and bonus related details (and not his removal).

By the new year (1994), it was appearing unlikely that Byshovets would be appointed. In January, Byshovets contacted Shalimov, informing him of his offer in South Korea. He told him he would not take the offer without the consent of the rest of the squad. In the end he would go to Korea since iit seemed unlikely that Sadyrin would be removed.

On January 21^st, Nikita Simonyan, The Deputy Federation President, declared that the 14 rebels would be expelled and denied from participating in the World Cup unless they dropped their demand for the dismissal of Sadyrin.

Sadyrin started preparations by calling up 45 players for a meeting in Moscow to discuss the World Cup preparations. Of those summoned, only 26 showed up at the meeting on January 25^th.

The core contingent of the rebels still held out. Igor Shalimov, along with Dobrovolsky, Mostovoi, Kiriakov, Ivanov, Kulkov and Yuran made their position clear at a Media Conference at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow.  They were accompanied by Tamil Tarpischev and Vitali Smirnov, the Russia Olympic committee President.

Russian Federation President Vyacheslav Koloskov continued his unwavering support for Sadyrin and blamed ‘Shalimov and his friends’ for being greedy.

Koloskov felt the coaching dispute was just an excuse and smokescreen to seek more money.

He also warned that FIFA might replace Russia with Australia if this matter was not resolved (difficult to say if he was honest or bluffing).

Sadyrin took a weakened and mostly experimental squad on this tour of North America in late January.

They tied USA on January 30^th (1-1) and defeated Mexico (4-1) on February 2^nd.

Oleg Salenko, who was one of the 14 rebels, was included on the tour and became the first of the rebels to make peace. Many would view this as an act of betrayal and disloyalty.

After the win over Mexico, Sadyrin said: "This is the group of players to whom I'll put my faith. There are enough first-class players in Russia."

In an Interview on February 19^th, Sergei Yuran became the second rebel to come back to the fold.

The rebellion seemed to be subsided after the Byshovets possibility appeared to be a dead issue.

As far as financial incentives, a bonus fee of £70,000 was negotiated (for winning).

In the meantime, Russia played a preparation friendly vs. the Republic of Ireland on March 23^rd at Dublin that ended scoreless.

On April 4^th, the Federation declared an ultimatum that by April 8^th; the remaining rebels must accept Sadyrin as Manager.

There were rumors that Spartak Moscow Manager Oleg Romantsev might replace Sadyrin in the last minute. Despite having large support from his club contingent this course of action did not materialize.

Romantsev was credited for convincing some of the Spartak Moscow ‘Refuseniks’ to rejoin the National Team. He told them that everyone must decide on their own if they would like to rejoin.

Photo From: World Soccer, April 1994 (Viktor Onopko)

Spartak duo of Yuri Nikiforov and Viktor Onopko would be the next rebels to return to the National Team. The duo along with Yuran lined up in Russia’s friendly win (1-0) over Turkey at Istanbul on April 20^th.

Afterwards, Alex Mostovoi and Spartak Moscow’s Dmitri Khlestov also rejoined the squad.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 69, October 1994 (Alex Mostovoi with Strasbourg)

The seventh and last ‘Refusenik’ to rejoin the squad was Spartak Moscow’s Valeri Karpin on May 20^th.

The Russians along with some of the returnees played their final friendly on May 29^thvs. Slovakia (2-1 win) prior to departure for America.

From the original 14, Salenko, Nikiforov, Karpin, Yuran, Onopko, Khlestov and Mostovoi were back.

There were seven remaining players who still would not compromise.

Shalimov and Dobrovolsky (the ringleaders), as well as Kanchelskis, Kiriakov, Ivanov, Kulkov and Kolivanov.

Photo From: Calciatori 1991-92, Campionato Italiano Serie A, Panini (Igor Kolivanov with Foggia, 1991/92)

Sadyrin now with a stronger hand expressed that a compromise might still be reached with Kanchelskis and Kiriakov but no relationship could be established with Shalimov and Dobrovolsky.

In the end the remaining seven maintained their position and missed out on the World Cup.

The World Cup was a disappointing one for the weakened Russian side.

A defeat against eventual World Cup winners Brazil on June 20^th (0-2) was followed by another disappointing loss vs. Sweden (1-3) on June 24^thand they were eliminated.

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1994 (Sergei Gorlukovich and Leonardo, June 20, 1994, World Cup, Brazil 2-Russia 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 66, July 1994 (June 20, 1994, World Cup, Brazil 2-Russia 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1994 (June 24, 1994, World Cup, Sweden 3-Russia 1)

There was another instance of indiscipline with one of the former rebels when Sergei Yuran fell out with Sadyrin once again and missed a training session.

He was sent home by the Russian Federation.

The only bright spot for Russia in this World Cup would be in their final inconsequential group match vs. Cameroon on June 28^th.

Former Rebel and the first returnee Oleg Salenko entered the history books by scoring five goals in Russia’s win (6-1). Along with the goal he had scored vs. Sweden, he became the joint top goalscorer of the World Cup with six goals.

He may not have even played had Yuran not been axed from the squad.

Photo From: The Game, Issue 8, November 1995 (Oleg Salenko)

This World Cup ended a sad chapter for Russian Football and immediately afterwards Pavel Sadyrin resigned form his post.

Russian Federation President Koloskov who had supported him throughout praised Sadyrin for his courage and patriotism.

There were many reasons as to events reached to such a point where a rebellion was deemed necessary by the players.

The mismanagement and lack of organization on the part of the Federation appears to be theme that most would agree on.

Igor Shalimov would further highlight these problems by recounting stories on how some of the foreign-based players were stranded at airports and/or left on their own devices to meet up the squad during away matches.

Koloskov’s excuse for such instances was that due to growing pains of a then-new Nation they still had to learn and adapt.

A Nation steeped in communism for over seventy years now had to suddenly compete in a new Capitalist World where they had to survive on their own.

The players were also suddenly in this world of the West and were suddenly faced with dealing with money and sponsorships.

These players also witnessed freer forms of expressions displayed by their Western colleagues and were encouraged to speak out.

It is also possible that Sadyrin, brought up in the rigid system of the old Soviet Union, was not accustomed to an era of player power and openness.

In hindsight, many also believed that perhaps Koloskov had been too hasty in attacking his own players following the match vs. Greece. He had made an already volatile atmosphere worse with his tirade.

Perhaps, all the parties involved should have waited a few days and then discussed the problems in calmer circumstances.

In addition, the Federation should have been more transparent in their agreement with Reebok and not deal behind the players’ backs.

This clearly rubbed the players the wrong way and the perceived complicity of Sadyrin also irrevocably damaged his relationship with the squad.

Koloskov would later defend the decision to sign with Reebok (for the boots) by pointing out that they were the only sponsors who paid the National Team money and provided outfits. They were also bound by a contact via the Russian Olympic Committee, as Reebok supplied the kit for all the sports.

If accurate that appears to be a reasonable line of action, however, the squad should have been informed and in the loop.

Dmitri Galyamin was one of the players present in Greece on that fateful day that did not sign the letter. He would later disclose that he agreed with the players’ demands as far as the organizational (or therelackof) but did not agree with the replacement of Sadyrin. Perhaps had the players limited their demands to the organization/bonuses and not the coaching change, the Officials would have met the players halfway.

What is surprising is the course of action by players, for whom, this might have been the only opportunity to play in a World Cup. Even more surprising, the fact that some players involved (ex. Kanchelskis, Onopko, etc) had obtained Russian Citizenship solely for that purpose.

The Dutch precedence in 1990 perhaps encouraged them, however, the lesson of the Dutch was not completely learned. Because even after they succeeded in their Coup, the Dutch were a shadow of their former selves and a demoralized squad performed poorly on the World Stage.

It must also be remembered that the Dutch Mutineers had more clout, as they contained two ‘Ballon d’Or’ winners (Gullit/van Basten) as well as a host of Internationals that had won the Champions Cup and more importantly the 1988 UEFA European Championships.

Koloskov would later express regret that they had negotiated and convinced a number of the rebels to come back. He felt this backfired as more tensions were sawn between the rebels and players who had stayed loyal to Sadyrin.

It was reported  that there was disunity and friction within the squad that when Salenko scored against Sweden in the World Cup, only one of the Russian Substitutes celebrated because the substitutes were envious of the starters.

After the World Cup, Oleg Romantsev of Spartak Moscow was appointed as the new Russian Manager. He was the popular choice as he had managed many of the players at the club level and had the respect of the playing staff.

He combined the jobs of managing his club along with the National Team.

The remaining rebels would slowly return to the fold, except surprisingly top goalscorer Salenko (whom many viewed as a traitor).

Pavel Sadyrin would return to club Football and manage his old clubs Zenit (St. Petersburg) and CSKA Moscow (in two separate spells). He also had a stint at Rubin Kazan.

He passed away due to cancer on December 1^st, 2001 aged 59.

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1994 (Pavel Sadyrin)

Note:

In Press Reports the rebels were sometimes referred as ‘Refuseniks.’

A ‘Refusenik’ was actually a term used to describe Soviet Citizens during the Communist era who were denied permission to emigrate by Soviet Authorities.

References:

Onze-Mondial, Issue 54, July 1993

Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994

Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 16, May 1994

World Soccer, January 1994

World soccer, February 1994

World Soccer, March 1994

World Soccer, April 1994

World Soccer, May 1994

World Soccer, July 1994

World Soccer, August 1994

World Soccer, September 1994

World Soccer, October 1994

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Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (poster of the World Cup by Gino Boccasile)

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Jules Rimet Trophy)

-The Success of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay had convinced any remaining skeptics about the future of the Tournament.

As a result more Nations were willing to participate for the second edition to be held in 1934. This was a complete contrast to the lukewarm reception for participating in the 1930 World Cup, where many European Nations had to be cajoled into participating.

-By now FIFA membership was at 46. In all 32 Nations wanted to play in the World Cup (Though some sources point out to 29 entrants).

In the FIFA Congress of May 22, 1931, it was decided to have a World Cup Finals with 16 teams.

Therefore, qualifiers were needed to eliminate half the teams.

-During the FIFA Congress of May 13 and 14, 1932, in Stockholm, Sweden, Italy presented its candidacy to host the 1934 World Cup.

FIFA wanted to have the World Cup staged in many cities and the Italians were capable of this. Mussolini and his Fascist party (Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF)) had given their Federation carte blanche for the World Cup.

The Italian Federation (F.I.G.C.) Vice President Giovanni Mauro lobbied the 60 delegates from 29 Nations with promises of Financial success for a World Cup in Italy.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Giovanni Mauro, Chief of the World Cup Organizing committee )

-Italy were selected as the World Cup hosts in the FIFA Congress of October 8, 1932 in Zurich, Switzerland. Sweden, the only other candidate, withdrew their candidacy.

It had taken Italy, eight FIFA Congresses before they were chosen. They were selected mostly because they promised to run the World Cup even at a loss.

This was the first ever World Cup on European soil.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (1932 FIFA Congress)

-On February 28, 1933, the World Cup registeration was closed with 27 countries. The applications of Argentina, Bulgaria, Greece, Palestine and Peru arrived past the deadline, but on March 22^nd, 1933, in Paris, the FIFA Executive Committee allowed their registeration. The number of Nations registered rose to 32.

21 out of the 28 Nations in Europe wanted to participate.  The remaining participants included 8 Nations from the Americas, 2 from Asia and one from Africa.

-This would be the only World Cup where the host had to particpate in the Qualification. Italy had to eliminate Greece to qualify to their own World Cup.

-Italy had spared no expense in preparations of their bid. Eight stadiums were presented (four of which were new) with adequate capacities.

The venues were located at Turin, Naples, Genova, Rome, Bologna,Florence, Milan and Trieste.

In contrast, during the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, all the matches were confined to Motevideo.

-Italy had been under the Fascist Dictatorship of Benito Mussolini since 1922 when his Black Shirts had seized control.

It was said that until then, Mussolini had seen only one football match in his life, but he sensed that Football and the World Cup would be beneficial for him.

Mussolini saw Football (or Calcio as it was called in Italy) as an ideal propaganda tool for Fascism and winning was paramount to achieve this goal.

He put the full support of the Italian Government to lobby for the right to stage the World Cup in Italy.

Mussolini removed the F.I.G.C. President, Leandro Arpinati, and appointed General Giorgio Vaccaro (October 12, 1892-September 25, 1983).

Vaccaro became the right-hand of Mussolini as far as the World Cup and Calcio were concerned.

The new Italian Federation (F.I.G.C.) President General Giorgio Vaccaro bluntly had stated that  ‘the ultimate goal of the World Cup will be to show the universe what is the true fascist ideal of the sport’

The Official Poster showing a player making a fascist salute confimed the intents of the Italian hosts.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Giorgio Vaccaro, Preisdent of the Italian Federation, FIGC)

-The Italian Press was under Fascist control and only positive news about the National Team was permitted.

Mussolini ordered the construction of two new stadiums in Florence and Turin.

The others in Naples, Bologna, Milan, Genova and Rome were renovated.

To raise the necessary funds, the Fascist Party promoted a national lottery and increased taxes on various products – such as cigarettes, which came to bring the World Cup emblem on the packaging.

Railways were modernized at enormous expense to accommodate the transport of the increasing number of fans that were expected.

In contrast to the 1930 World Cup, there was great anticipation and hype for this World Cup.

General Vaccaro was confident that there would be no financial loss as the stadiums would be filled.

-A total of 158 Artists applied to create the Official Poster of the World Cup.

The first prize was won by the Roman Artist Luigi Martinati, whose picture showed a ball in the top corner of the net. The second-placed artist was Marco Gros from Turin. This one showed an Italian player giving the fascist salute.

However the poster that met the approval of the Organizing Committee was by Gino Boccasile. This showed an Italian Footballer kicking a ball, with other Nations’ flags in the background. 

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Poster by Luigi Martinati)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (poster by Marco Gros, notice the Italian player has his hand raised in a fascist salute)

Photo From: La Seleccion Nacional, Part I-Con el orgullo a media cancha (1923-1970), By Carlos Calderon Cardoso (The same poster by Marco Gros without signatures)

- The FIFA Executive Committee set up an organizing committee for the World Cup. FIGC Vice-President Giovanni Mauro took over the role of the President of the Organizing Committee, along with the Germans Dr. Schricker, Dr. Peco Bauwens and the Hungarian Maurice Fischer.

Ivo Schricker took upon the task of coordinating FIFA and F.I.G.C. through his connections with F.I.G.C. General Secretary Ottorino Barassi.

General Giorgio Vaccaro took part in almost all-important meetings of the Organizing Committee and formed the liaison between FIFA and the Fascist party (PNF).

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Organizing Committee of the World Cup)

-Italy Manager Vittorio Pozzo (March 12, 1886-December 21, 1968) was hired by Pirelli at the age of 21. He had studied languages and had studies in Manchester, England. Due to his knowledge of English his Milanese managers sent him to England for Business trips. It was in Manchester that he took to the game. Upon his return to Italy he entered the Italian Federation with its headqarters in Turin. He also help found Torino FC.

He took charge of the National Team for the first time for the 1912 Olympics.

But his greatest impact to the Italian game would be when he returned as head coach in 1929. He would remain as Commissario Tecnico until 1948.

Photo From: Il Libro Azzuro, Author Walter Perosino, 1998 (Italy Manager Vittorio Pozzo)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzuro, Author Walter Perosino, 1998 (Italy Manager Vittorio Pozzo)

-The Italians spared no effort in winning the World Cup. They drafted the so-called Oriundis (an Oriundo in particular refers to South Americans with Spanish or Italian ancestry).

Argentinean-born stars such as Luisito Monti (Juventus), Raimundo Orsi (Juventus), Attilio Demaria (Ambrosiana-Inter) and Enrique Guaita (AS Roma) were selected by Pozzo.

Atilio Demaria (March 19, 1909-November 11, 1990) had joined Italy’s Ambrosiana-Inter (aka Internazionale Milano) in 1931.

The Brazilian born Anfilogino “Filho” Guarisi of Lazio was also selected.

He was born to an Italian mother.

Pozzo is known to have justified his selection of Oriundis by saying ‘If they can die for Italy, they can play for Italy.’ (making a reference to the fact that oriundis were subjected to the military draft).

Per strict FIFA regulations Monti, Demaria and Guaita should not have been allowed to play in the World Cup, since to change Nationality a player should have worked at least three years in his new country and this did not apply to the trio nor Guarisi.

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (Italy’s Enrico Guaita)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974 (Italy’s Luisito Monti)

-Italy’s Raimundo Orsi (December 2, 1901-April 16, 1986) was a former Argentina International who had shot to fame during the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam where Argentina had reached the Final (losing to Uruguay).

His displays at Amsterdam earned him the nickname ‘El Cometa de Amsterdam’ (comet of Amsterdam).

He did not even return home form the Olympics. Juventus’ Edoardo Agnelli signed him there. His price was 100,000 Lire, 8,000 Lire monthly salary and a Fiat 509.

He became the first South American to leave for Europe.

He also had spells at Penarol Montevideo, as well as Flamengo. In addition he was a skilled violinist.

He was eligible as an Oriundi since he was father was a Genovese.

In this World Cup, he became at the age of 32, the oldest goalscorer.

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (Italy’s Raimundo Orsi)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (A cartoon of Italy’s Raimundo Orsi)

-Italy’s match vs. Austria (as part of the Dr. Gerö Cup) on February 11, 1934 in Turin would have profound effects on Italy’s preparations.

The home defeat (2-4) vs. Hugo Meisl’s side, forced Vittorio Pozzo to face certain realities in player personnel.

The disappointing display convinced Pozzo that the historic defensive Juventus trio of Combi-Rosetta and Caligaris were ageing and were a weakness.

The hardest decision was to demote the long-serving veteran left back and Team Captain Umberto Caligaris (July 26, 1901-October 19, 1940) from the starting lineup. Caligaris had been capped 59 times (in the squad since 1922), but that would be his last. He would essentially be a non-playing Captain on the World Cup Team. Caligaris passed away on October 19 1940, aged just 39 after collapsing during a veterans’ match.

Pozzo held reservations for Virginio Rosetta as well, for the time being he was to stay and became Captain.

Goalkeeper Giampiero Combi was also dropped as a starter in favor of Carlo Ceresoli (for the time being).

Italy’s only satisfaction in this match vs. Austria had been the new Oriundi Enrique Guaita, who scored two goals in his debut.

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (A cartoon of Italy’s Virginio Rosetta)

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974 (Italy’s Umberto Caligaris)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (A cartoon showing Vittorio Pozzo notifying Umberto Caligaris that he would not start in the World Cup)

-Just as European participation had been minimal for the 1930 edition in South America, the same would hold for the South Americans for this time in Europe.

It must be remembered that in those days, lengthy sea voyages were required for Inter-continental travel.

But there were other reasons as well.

Uruguay chose to boycott in protest against the many European refusals (including the Italians) for their World Cup in 1930.

Some also believed that they felt many of their stars were ageing now and believed they could not adequately compete (but most believe in the former reason).

Other reasons given were the loss of revenue if players were away for two months and the League would suffer. There was also a players’ strike that they had to contend with.

Uruguay did not register on closing date of February 28, 1933.

This was the only World Cup where the defending champion did not participate.

-The British Nations were still out of FIFA and would miss out on all the World Cups of the 1930s.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Other poster of the World Cup)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Other poster of the World Cup)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Other poster of the World Cup)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Other poster of the World Cup)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Other poster of the World Cup)

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World Cup Qualifiers

Group 1

The Qualifiers for the North American Zone required three phases and actually concluded just three days before the actual World Cup on Italian Soil.

In late January and February 1934, Cuba defeated Haiti three times to advance to the next round and face Mexico.

Mexico Manager Aurelio Perez Melendez was forced to resign after pressure the media, who blamed him for selecting foreign players at the expense of the locals.

Rafael Garza Gutierrez "Record" was appointed to manage the squad.

In three matches in March, Mexico defeated Cuba three times as well.

The Final qualifier to determine the Continent representative was between Mexico and the USA.

Strangely, the two teams agreed to play the deciding qualifier on May 24, 1934 at Rome, just three days before the World Cup inauguration.

Many are baffled by the decision from the Nations to accept such conditions. Many feel Mexico accepted because they felt overly confident of victory.

The Americans traveled on May 5^th and arrived in Naples on May 14^th.

They had ten full days to prepare for the match.

The Mexican squad selected by Rafael Garza Gutierrez "Record" for the trip was the following: Goalkeepers Alfonso Riestra and Rafael Navarro; Antonio Azpiri, Lorenzo Camarena, Manuel Rosas and Alfredo Garz6n; Guillermo Ortega, Ignacio "Calavera" Avila, Felipe "Diente" Rosas, Carlos Laviada, Marcial Ortiz and Jose "The Pelon" Rosas; Vicente Garcia, Manuel Alonso Prla, Dionisio "Nicho" Melia, "Trompito" Carrell, Jose Ruvalcaba, Fernando Marcos, Felix Gomez, Jorge Mafalda.

The Mexicans boarded the German ship ‘Orinoco’ under rapturous applause from fans from the port of Veracruz on April 19^th. The Return journey was scheduled on June 12^th.

They arrived at Vigo, Spain, twenty days later. After further stops at Santander, San Sebastian and Southampton, they arrived at Boulogne-sur-Mer in the north of France.

From there the squad took train to Paris and then to Rome. 

The players had not had a chance to train during all this time, they therefore arrived somewhat overweight.

They had an audience with the Pope as well as Mussolini. On the match day, Fascist Dignitary General Achille Starace and Italian National Team Manager Vittorio Pozzo visited the Mexican camp.

On 24th May 1934, the qualifier took place in Rome with ‘Il Duce’ Benito Mussolini in the stands.

Rafael Garza Gutierrez "Record" chose to start with Rafael Navarro in the net. Until then, Alfonso Riestra had been the starting goalkeeper. The Mexican Press refer to this as "The Mystery of Rome". Most players disapproved of the decision as Navarro had been inactive for some time and many believed Navarro owed his selection due to favoritism from Rafael Garza Gutierrez "Record". A group of players actually asked Navarro to recuse himself, but the Manager stood firm in his decision. The players on the field were annoyed and gave little support to Navarro and his performance suffered.

Manuel Alonso gave Mexico the lead, but USA’s Aldo Donelli was the hero of the match and scored four goals for the Americans for a 4-2 win and American qualification.

Mexico were not helped by the sending off of Antonio Azpiri in the 52^ndminute and losing Vicente García to injury in the 57^th minute (after a collision with George Moorehouse.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (USA’s Aldo Doneli ) (July 22, 1907-August 9, 1994)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 24, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, USA 4-Mexico 2)

USA stayed on to face the Italian hosts three days later for the World Cup inauguration at the same venue.

The Mexican selection were stranded with their finances drained. They decided to line up friendly matches to earn money for the return trip.

They had difficulty finding opponents but nevertheless Matches were played in Berne, Rotterdam, Konigsberg and Gijon.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 24, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, USA 4-Mexico 2)

The Mexicans were still short of money, as a result, they were forced to accept offers from Spanish clubs for some of their players.

Manolo Alonso and Luis de la Fuente joined Racing Santander and Carlos Laviada joined Real Oviedo.

The Mexican squad returned on the steamboat ‘Sierra Ventura’. 

This was the only World Cup qualifier that was played in the host Nation just days before the main event.

 Group 2

This Group featured Egypt, Palestine and Turkey. Turkey withdrew so it was left to Egypt and Palestine to contest.

Palestine squad was made of Jewish settlers that had never played before.

In fact the first qualifier on March 16^th, 1934 at Cairo was their first ever match. Egypt comfortably defeated them (7-1).

Egypt also won the return leg on April 6^th(4-1) to qualify for the World Cup.

They became the first ever qualifiers from the continent of Africa. 

Group 3

Brazil and Peru had to face off for one of the South American spots.

Alvaro Monteiro de Barro, the FIFA commissioner for South America, had suggested qualifiers in Rio first two weeks of April. The date of April 15, 1934, was chosen.

Six days before matchday Brazil considered itself qualified since no word had come from Peru. Peru would have had to take a long sea journey to reach Rio and there was not enough time to reach the scheduled matchday.

Peru withdrew because their National Sports Commission and the Peruvian Football Association had broken off and it was impossible to get Governmental funding for their expenses.

Brazil qualified without kicking a ball.

Group 4

In the other South American Group, Argentina had to face Chile.

On March 14, 1934, FIFA agreed on a match date of April 14^th, 1934, in Buenos Aires (Some sources state that matchdays were agreed upon for March 29^thand 31^st).

At the time the Argentinean Football had two entities, the Professionals and the Amateurs (affiliated with FIFA).

Due to this split Argentina waived its registration and notified the World Cup Organizers.

On April 5^th, Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship informed the Argentinean League that General Vaccaro (Italian Federation) had spoken to the Argentinean Ambassador at Rome and insisted on Argentinean presence at the World Cup.

(Another source states that General Vaccaro had traveled to Argentina to insist on the Professionals to send a squad).

Apparently the Italians feared a loss of revenue if Argentina presented itself with unknown amateurs instead of its professionals.

As a result, on April 11^th, the Argentinean Association revoked its previous decision by a vote of 7-4. They decided to stage the qualifier vs. Chile in Italy.

On the following day, the Chilean Federation asked FIFA to stage the match at Santiago on April 28^th.

Jorge Ferri, the FIFA Commissioner South America notified Chile on April 19^ththat they might have travel to Rome for the qualifier (tickets would be reimbursed).

Plans changed once more and on April 24^th, FIFA ordered Chile to play Argentina in Buenos Aires on April 28^th.

It was impossible to travel at such short notice as the Chileans had to cross the mountain ranges to reach Argentina.

Chile were forced to withdraw and demanded their Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek compensation from FIFA (money spent on training the selected National Team since March 29^th)

Just like Brazil, Argentina qualified without kicking a ball.

Group 5

Sweden qualified comfortably by defeating Estonia at Stockholm on June 11, 1933 (6-2 win) and following up with a win on June 29^th, 1933 at Kaunas vs. Lithuania (2-0).

No more matches and the return legs of these matches were not played and (2-0) wins were awarded for Sweden.

While Estonia and Lithuania matches did not take place.

Photo From: IFFHS-Norge  (1908-1940), Suomi (1911-1940)-Essti (1920-1940) (June 11, 1933, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 6-Estonia 2)

Photo From: IFFHS-Russia (1912-1920), Soviet Union (1923-1940), Polska(1921-1940), Lietuva(1923-1940) (June 29, 1933, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 2-Lithaunia 0)

Group 6

Spain easily qualified by defeating its Portuguese neighbors on March 11, 1934 by a score of (9-0).

The Portuguese changed their goalkeeper after 15 minutes as they were already losing (0-3).  In a rare move, Portugal made two more substitutions before halftime. This was not authorized but the Referee and the Spanish Captain Zamora accepted it.

The return leg, the next week on March 18^th was a formality and Spain once again won (2-1).

Portugal’s poor performance became a point of debate in Portugal and led to the formation of the National League the following season.

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad, March 11, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 9-Portugal 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (March 11, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 9-Portugal 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (March 11, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Spain 9-Portugal 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (March 18, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Portugal 1- Spain 2)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (March 18, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Portugal 1- Spain 2)

Group 7

In the only time in the History of the World Cup the host had to qualify, Italy were to take on Greece.

The match took place on March 25, 1934 in Milan and was predictably won by the Italians (4-0).

The match featured the only National Team appearance of future Coaching Great Nereo Rocco (May 20 1912-February 20, 1979), who played in the first half before being substituted.

The match also featured Italian Oriundis Monti, Guaita and the Brazilian Guarisi (who scored the first goal) who per regulations should not have been qualified to play for Italy.

After the debacle of their last friendly vs. Austria, Italy Manager Vittorio Pozzo had made changes.

Carlo Ceresoli started in goal in place of Giampiero Combi and his Juventus teammates in defense: Umberto Caligaris and Virginio Rosetta also did not start.

The return leg that seemed like a formality was scheduled for April/May of 1934 and Pozzo did not want to send his team to Athens.

A contact with the Greek Federation had shown that they open to negotiations to that end. It was alleged that the Greek goalkeeper Achilleas Grammatikopoulos was also contacted for the renunciation of Greece for the return leg. Later, after Greece announced their withdrawal, a further 300,000 drachmas were sent.

Everyone came out satisfied, Italy could prepare for the World Cup in peace, while the Greeks with the money bought a house in Athens that became the Federation’s Offices until 1980.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1933-1934 (Italy squad, March 25, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 4-Greece 0) artoon of Italy’s Raimundo Orsi)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (March 25, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 4-Greece 0)

Group 8

This Group contained Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria. The Austrian ‘Wunderteam’ were favorites to qualify from the onset.

The first match in the Group was on March 25^th, 1934, at Sofia.

Upon setting foot on the field the Hungarians had been shocked to see such a hard surface. The Hungarian Delegation leader declared, "On such a terrain you can never learn to play football, you can only break your legs,"

They had demanded the cancellation of the match, but the match Referee, the Romanian Denis Xifando decided to go ahead with the match.

Hungary won comprehensively (4-1) as the away team.

The second match was one month later on April 25^th, as Austria defeated Bulgaria (6-1).

In the 70^th minute match, Austria’s Walter Nausch (February 5, 1907-July 11, 1957) was severely injured by Borislav Gabrovski. Nausch went off the field injured and that was the end of his World Cup dreams, while Borislav Gabrovski was sent off.

Photo From: Miroir du Football, Issue 130, April-May 1970  (Austria’s Walter Nausch) (February 5, 1907-July 11, 1957)

Four days later at Budapest, Hungary once again defeated Bulgaria (4-1).

In fact it was Hungary’s B-Team that played in this match, while its full National Team were facing Czechoslovakia at Prague at the same time.

The rest of the matches in the Group were cancelled as Bulgaria were out and Austria and Hungary had qualified.

Group 9

This Group contained Czechoslovakia and Poland.

The only match turned out to be the first leg on October 15^th, 1933 at Warsaw that Czechoslovakia won (2-1).

The return leg at Prague scheduled for April 15^th, 1934 was cancelled after the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs banned the Polish National Team from traveling to Prague just four days before the match.

There had been tensions because of the 'anti-Polish' politics of Czechoslovakia.

The two Nations disputed areas in the border regions of the Nations (Cieszyn Silesia, Orava Territory and Spiš).

There had been accusations of persecution of Poles in the border regions of Czechoslovakia.

In the end, FIFA ordered Poland to pay Czechoslovakia 30,000 polish zlotys as compensation. The Polish authorities at short notice made the cancellation, therefore tickets had been sold.

(Special thanks to @rightbankwarsaw for the information)

Group 10

This Group contained Switzerland, Romania and Yugoslavia.

The first match in the Group was on September 24, 1933 at Belgrade between Yugoslavia and Switzerland. The match ended in a (2-2) tie that was advantageous to the Swiss as the away team.

On October 29^th, 1933, the Swiss hosted Romania at Berne. The match ended as another (2-2) tie. However, the Swiss protested since Romania player Iuliu Baratky should have been ineligible. He was a former Hungarian International and had played for the Hungarians just few months prior. He should have waited at least three years per FIFA guidelines.

The result was overturned and awarded (2-0) for the Swiss.

The last match in the Group was on April 29^th, 1934 at Bucharest between Romania and Yugoslavia. Romania won (2-1) to qualify for the World Cup along with Switzerland.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Romania’s Iuliu Baratky) (May 14, 1910-April 14, 1962)

Photo From: IFFHS, Schweiz,Suisse, Svizzera (1905-1940) (October 29, 1933, World Cup Qualifier, Switzerland 2-Romania 2)

Group 11

This Group contained neighbors Belgium and Holland along with the Republic of Ireland.

On September 1933, it was alleged that both Belgium and Holland had objected in being grouped with Ireland.

The Dutch had offered the Irish FA, £1,250 to play their qualifier at Amsterdam. The Belgians had also offered the Irish FA, £500 to play their qualifier at Brussels. However, the Irish refused since they wanted to stage at least one qualifier on home soil.

On January 7^th, 1934, at a Conference in London the terms of the qualifiers were agreed. The Irish FA paid Belgium £500 to play them in Dublin and Holland paid the Irish £650 to play in Amsterdam.

It was agreed beforehand that before halftime, the goalkeeper and two players could be substituted in the event of injury, and after halftime only the goalkeeper could be replaced.

The first match in the Group was on February 25, 1934 at Dublin between the Republic of Ireland and Belgium.

This was Ireland’s first ever competitive International. This match was played on a Sunday, which restricted the Irish in calling up some of the English and Scottish based players since they had League matches that weekend.

Others such as Ireland’s Patrick Gaskins presented themselves despite having had played a League match the day before.

Aberdeen Manager Paddy Travers took Ireland’s Patrick Moore (who would be the Irish hero of this match) personally for the all night journey to Dublin following Aberdeen’s League match on that Saturday.

Belgium’s King Albert I had recently been killed in a Mountain climbing accident (February 17^th, 1934), therefore the Belgians wore black armbands.

Belgium took a (2-0) lead early on. In the 33^rd minute, Belgium’s second goalscorer Stanley Vanden Eynde was severely injured (double fracture of the leg) from a foul by Jeremiah Lynch and was replaced by his brother François.

Stanley Vanden Eynde would be forced to spend several weeks in a Dublin Hospital and would be out of the game for three years.

His brother François Vanden Eynde went on to score twice more for Belgium.

But it was Patrick Moore who grabbed the headlines by scoring all four of Ireland’s goals in a (4-4) tie. This was the first time ever that a player had scored four goals in a World Cup qualifier.

Photo From: IFFHS, England (1872-1940), Eire (1924-1940), England/Amateurs (1906-1940) (Republic of Ireland squad, February 25, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Republic of Ireland 4-Belgium 4)

Afterwards it was discovered that Jan Hamers, one of Belgium’s reserves that day was actually Dutch.

In addition, Ireland’s James Kelly and Patrick Moore may have been ineligible since they had played for Northern Ireland (in case of Kelly, just few months prior on November 4, 1933).

Patrick Moore also faced Holland just few weeks later.

But the biggest event was at the post match banquet.  Republic of Ireland International Timothy O’Keeffe stole a Belgian goalkeeper Andrè Vandeweyer’s wallet. Belgium’s Louis Verysp caught him.

Timothy O’Keeffe was banned from the National team until 1938.

On April 8^th, 1934, Holland hosted the Irish at Amsterdam. The Irish took two ships to travel to Amsterdam.

The Dutch defeated the Irish (5-2) to get the upper hand in the Group.

In the 40^th minute of them match, Ireland’s William Jordan left the field injured and was substituted by Alfred Horlacher.

This was the first ever substitution in the history of the Republic of Ireland National Team.

Photo From: IFFHS, England (1872-1940), Eire (1924-1940), England/Amateurs (1906-1940) (April 8, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Holland 5-Republic of Ireland 2)

In the last qualifier on April 29^th, Belgium hosted the Dutch at Antwerp. The two teams had faced one another in their annual meeting just a month prior on March 11^th, where the Dutch had won (9-3).

This World Cup qualifier was refereed by future FIFA President, the Englishman Stanley Rous.

Just the day before he had refereed the English FA Cup Final (Manchester City 2-Portsmouth 1). He had taken a plane, thus becoming the first ever Football personality to use this method of travel as related to the game.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Team captains, April 29, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 2-Holland 4)

Belgium Captain Jules Pappaert was injured in the 25^thminute and replaced by Frans Van Dessel.

The Dutch won (4-2) to qualify as the leader of the Group with Belgium just behind.

Belgium qualified without winning a single match and giving up 8 goals in 2 matches. They qualified with a single goal differential compared to Republic of Ireland in their Group.

Photo From: Rode Duivels & Oranje Leeuwen., 100 jaar Derby der Lage Landen, Authors Ralf Willems, Matty Verkamman, 2001 (April 29, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 2-Holland 4)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, 1911-1955, Jan Mulder (April 29, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Belgium 2-Holland 4)

Group 12

The last Group included Germany, France and Luxembourg. The first match was at Luxembourg on March 11^th, 1934, when Luxembourg hosted the Germans. German Manager Otto Nerz selected his strongest squad and the Germans comfortably won (9-1) with Josef Rasselnberg scoring four goals and Hohmann scoring a hat trick. Nerz brought back Fritz Szepan to the National Team after the Press had reproached his previous National Team performances.

Many credited the Luxembourg goalkeeper Theodore Loesch from saving Luxembourg from even further goals.

A month later on April 15^th, Luxembourg hosted France and were once again heavily defeated (1-6) with four goals coming from Jean Nicolas.

In the match Luxembourg sent on a substitute in the second half, which was against FIFA regulations.

The third match, which was to be between Germany and France, was therefore cancelled since both Nations had already qualified.

Photo From: 90 Joer Letzebuerger Footballfederatioun / 90 ans Federation Luxembourgeoise de Football (A cartoon concerning the match, March 11, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Germany 9-Luxembourg 1)

Photo From: Capitaines des bleus depuis 1904, Author Vincent Duluc (Jean Nicolas, April 15, 1934, World Cup Qualifier, Luxembourg 1-France 6)

-Portugal, Luxembourg and the Republic of Ireland are the only nations to have taken part in every World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Pre-World Cup

-Italy Manager Vittorio Pozzo selected up to seventy players to be whittled down.

The Preparation was divided in two phases. At first the squad stayed at Mottarone Mountains in the Western Alps overlooking Lake Maggiore in a town called Stresa.

This first phase was to detoxify the players from the effects of the Serie A.

It was to physically heal the players and create harmony.

The players were subjected to thorough medical examinations and benefited from massages, baths, etc.

Then the squad moved to Roveta, near Florence for the second phase.

This phase was more intense and physically grueling. The tactical work and organization groundwork was also part of this phase.

Pozzo pushed his players physically and mentally to prepare them for the World Cup. It was three weeks of intense work with Juventus Manager Carlo Carcano helping out Pozzo.

He pushed them hard to forge his squad into a strong unit.

He had such control over the players that it was said that Pozzo even read the players’ letters to make sure they did not have mistresses, etc…Things that he had to learn “for the good of the team.”

It was during this intense training regimen that Carlo Ceresoli broke his arm. This ruled him out of the World Cup and earned Giampiero Combi a recall as a starter as goalkeeper.

This type of training camp was unprecedented in the history of the Italian National Team (Though it must be said the National Team had only started 24 years prior).

The players were in a bubble completely cut off from the public for all this time.

Pozzo selected 70, then down to 50 then 38, then 29, ultimately 22

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1933-1934 (Italy’s Giampiero Combi)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy’s Angelo Schiavio and Giuseppe Meazza)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (Italy squad just before the start of the World Cup)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (Italy squad in casual wear)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (A cartoon of Italy manager Vittorio Pozzo)

-Italy defender Luigi Allemandi (November 8, 1903-September 25, 1978) had been embroiled in a bribery scandal in 1927 while a Juventus player.

The Torino and Juventus match-up on June 5, 1927 was the title decider for the Italian League season.

Torino officials had offered Juventus defender Luigi Allemandi a bribe of 50,000 Lira (25,000 before the match and 25,000 after the match).

Torino won the match 2-1 and clinched the title. Afterwards Allemandi went to collect the rest of the money but was refused. A journalist from the ‘Tifone’ newspaper overheard the exchange and disclosed the event.

Torino’s title win was revoked and Allemandi was banned for life.

Prince Umberto II of Savoia pardoned Allemandi and he joined Internazionale Milano (Ambrosiana-Inter).

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Italy’s Luigi Allemandi) (November 8, 1903-September 25, 1978)

-The Italian hosts covered most of the expenses of the teams. Travel, lodgings were taken care by the Italian Authorities. The agreement stipulated that the Italians were responsible from five days before the first to two days after the last match of the team in question.

-Each Nation was required to name a squad of 22 players by May 12^th, 1934.

However, each Nation was to take 17 players with 5 players on standby.

-Despite pleas from the Italians, in the end Argentina sent a team without Professionals (that was outside of FIFA Jurisdiction). All the players were from the Amateur Association that was affiliated with FIFA.

It was thought that the Professional clubs did not want to release their players for two months since their clubs’ finances would suffer.

But the largely held view was that the clubs did not want to release their best players because they were afraid that they would be poached by the Italian clubs. (Just like Orsi, Monti, Guaita, etc..)

Just two weeks before leaving, Italian Manager Felipe Pascucci who lived in Argentina joined the squad.

Argentina set sail on the Italian steamboat ‘Neptunia’. They returned on June 16^thaboard the Italian Ship ‘Ocenia’.

Both ‘Neptunia’ and ‘Oceania’ were sunk on September 18, 1941 by the British submarine ‘Upholder’. The two ships had been under the control of the Italian Navy at the start of World War II and were being used for Military purposes.

Photo From: Historias Sudamericanas en la Copa del Mundo 1930-2006 (Argentina squad on the way to and arriving to Italy) zo)

Photo From: Historias Sudamericanas en la Copa del Mundo 1930-2006 (Argentina squad)

-The Italian Manager Felipe Pascucci is the only foreign Manager of Argentina in a World Cup.

-In Germany and Switzerland, the national championship would be interrupted for the duration of the World Cup and was to be completed after the World Cup.

-This was Germany’s first ever particpation in the World Cup. The Nation had been under the control of Hitler and the Nazis since the previous year.

-German Manager Otto Nerz selected an original squad of 38 players before narrowing down the squad for the Finals.

The original Germany selection of 38 players:

Goalkeepers:

Hans Jakob(Sportbund Jahn Regensburg)

Willibald Kress(Dresdner Sport Club)

Fritz Buchloh(VfB (Verein für Bewegungsspiele)Speldorf- Mülheim)

Defenders:

Eduard Hundt (ETB (Essener Turnerbund) Schwarz-Weill Essen e.V.)

Sigmund Haringer(Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Erwin Stuhrk (Eimsbütteler Turnverband e. V.-Hamburg) (Killed on the Eastern Front on November 3, 1942)

Franz Dienert(VfB (Verein für Bewegungsspiele)Mühlburg)

Wilhelm Busch(Turn- und Sport-Verein Duisburg 1899)

Hans Schwartz(Sport-Club Victoria 1895 e.V. Hamburg)

Max Schäfer (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e. V.)

Midfielders:

Paul Janes, Jakob Bender(both Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V.)

Paul Zielinski(Sport-Verein Union 02 Hamborn)

Rudolf Gramlich (Sportgemeinschaft Eintracht Frankfurt 1899)

Walter Gloede (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Richard Oehm (1.FC Nurnberg)

Josef Streb(Fußball-Club Wacke München)

Ludwig Goldbrunner (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)

Fritz Szepan(Fußball Club Schalke von 1904 e.V.- Gelsenkirchen)

Reinhold Munzenberg(Aachener Turn- und Sport-Verein Alemannia von 1900 e.V.-Aachen)

Josef Rodzinski (Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 Fußballabteilung e. V.)

Strikers:

Matthias Billen (Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 Fußballabteilung e. V.)

Ernst Albrecht, Willi Wigold, Stanislaus Kobierski(all three with Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V.)   

Ernst Lehner(Turn- und Sport-Verein 1847 Schwaben Augsburg e.V.)

Ludwig Lachner (Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860 e. V.)

Franz Krumm (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.)(Killed on the Eastern Front on March 9, 1943)

Edmund Conen (Fußball Verein Saarbrücken)

Kurt Langenbein (Verein für RasenspieleMannheim 1896 e. V.)

Karl Hohmann(Verein fur Leibesubungen Benrath 06 e.V.)

Otto Rohwedder (Eimsbütteler Turnverband e. V.-Hamburg)

Otto Siffling (Sportverein Waldhof Mannheim)

Rudolf Noack, Karl Politz (both Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

Richard Malik (BeuthenenerSpiel- und Sport-Verein 1909) (Killed on the Eastern Front on January 20, 1945)

Ernst Kuzorra (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904 e.V.- Gelsenkirchen)

Matthias Heidemann(Sport Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V.)

Hans Appel (Berliner Sport-Verein 1892 e.V.)

Note: In bold, are the players that made the final cut.

-After selecting its initial 38 players, Germany played four friendlies vs. English Club Derby County to whittle down its squad. The matches were played in Frankfurt (5-2 win), Koln (5-0 win), Dusseldorf (0-1 loss) and Dortmund (1-1 tie).

-Josef Rasselnberg who had scored four goals in Germany’s qualifier vs. Luxembourg missed out on the World Cup due to injury.

-Germany traveled with 17 players and their Senior Staff/officials: Otto Nerz, Sepp Glaser, Tute Lehmann and Dr. Haggenmuller.

Reinhold Mumzenberg, Ernst Albrecht, Fritz Buchloh, Franz Dienert and Josef Streb were on stand-by.

-In Brazil, the amateur Association (CBD (Confederación Brasileña de Deportes)) based in Rio was recognized by FIFA.

The Professional Federação Brasileira de Football (FBF) based in São Paulo was the other entity opposed to CBD.

Just like Argentina, the inclusion of only CBD Amateurs would have presented a weaker team in the World Cup.

An agreement was made whereby Professional players from the FBF would be freed from their contracts and would sign temporary contracts for the Amateur Association (CBD) for the duration of World Cup.

The Rio and Sao Paulo newspapers joined forces in a campaign to try to pacify the sour relations between CBD and FBF. The proposal called for a six-month truce, which would begin in February 1934 and end after for the World Cup.

The chosen Chief of the Brazil delegation was Carlito Rocha of Botafogo, the biggest club in CBD. He was also the CBD representative for the FIFA Congress.

He was also a Referee (he did not officiate in the World Cup) and acted as part of the technical staff in the World Cup.

The CBD empowered its representative in Sao Paulo, Jose Carlos de Silva Freire to put the Rocha’s plan in practice. Freire publicly announced to the press how much he would pay each person to accept the proposal and also divulged the names of the players who were most interested.

Carlito Rocha set out in building the team for the World Cup. He chose Luiz Augusto Vinhaes as the Manager (winner of two editions of the Rio Branco Cup).

From São Paulo da Floresta, Sylvio Hofmann, Luizinho, Armandinho and Waldemar de Brito joined the cause.

From Vasco Da Gama, Tinico and Leonidas joined. From Gremio, he convinced Luiz Luz (Some sources show Luiz Luz registered with Rio’s Americano FC).

Players from Palestra Italia avoided the offers.

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 21, July 1999 (Leonidas)

There was a rumor that CBD had offered 30 Contos (30 Million Reis / Brazilian currency) to each player.  Some newspapers questioned the players’ attitude by headlines such as "Patriotism for 30 contos" on the newspaper "Sports Journal".

Some also believed each player’s offer was different; apparently Leonidas (who would become the 1938 World Cup top goalscorer) was made a generous offer that also included a car.

The CBD attempted to enroll defender Domingos da Guia. But he had joined Uruguay’s National of Montevideo in February of 1933 and needed authorization from his new employers to join the National Team.

Nacional Montevideo knowing that CBD were throwing money around to raise a team asked a hefty sum for Domingos. The amount demanded was deemed ‘an absurdity’ by CBD and they lost interest. They were successful in obtaining the release of Patesko from Nacional Montevideo, for whom they demeaned a reasonable sum.

Patesko was the only foreign-based player. Patesko became the first ever Brazilian player in a World Cup to be ‘registered’ to a foreign club.

Brazil started its training camp on April 24^th, 1934.

On May 3^rd, the ocean liner ‘Neptunia’ (carrying the Argentina delegation) made a stop at Rio. The Argentines were apparently astonished to learn that Brazil were to travel a week later, since it seemed insufficient time to acclimatize and get back to form after such a long journey.

According to the CBD, they had to do this to save costs. On May 9^th, the CBD made a last ditch effort to gather Professionals by publishing in newspapers final offers to Domingos da Guia (who was about to join Vasco da Gama), Mario and Ladislau (both Bangu), Jaguare (Corinthians), Tunga (Palestra) and Amado (Flamengo).

None of the players accepted the offers and Brazil sent seventeen players to the World Cup.

On May 11^th, Brazil President Getulio Vargas received the squad.

On Saturday May 12^th, at noon, the Brazil delegation boarded the Italian Ocean liner ‘SS Conte Biancamano’.

The trip would take 11 days with a stop at Dakar. The players on board exercised daily (jumps and short runs) and swam in the pool for two hours each day.

The SS Conte Biancamano also made a stop in Barcelona. ​​The players were taken to a field near the port for a quick game of 40 minutes.

Their adversaries in the World Cup, the Spanish delegation, boarded the ship at Barcelona.

On May 23^rd, 1934, on a Wednesday, the SS Conte Biancamano arrived in Genova, four days before the match. The squad was lodged at Genova’s Astoria Hotel.

The following morning, the Brazilian players trained in the Sampdoria‘s stadium.

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, May 24, 1934 (Spain squad embarking on ‘SS Conte Biancamanao’ along with and Brazil squad)

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, May 26, 1934 (Brazil’s Botafogo trio: Canali, Martim and Ariel)

-This was Brazil’s smallest contingent for a World Cup. Only 17 players made the trip (nine were from Botafogo).

To save costs, Brazil did not travel with a physio nor a doctor. Caribe da Rocha was a trained physician and Carvalho Leite was in the process of studying medicine. It was believed the pair could handle any physical problems faced by Brazil in the World Cup.

-Brazil’s Carlos Antônio Dobbert deCarvalho Leite(June 25, 1912- July 19, 2004) was also present at the 1930 World Cup, where he was youngest player. 

In fact he was the only Brazilian player from the 1930 squad present for this one.

When he passed away in 2004, he was the last surviving member of the 1930 Brazil squad.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Brazil’s Carvalho Leite)

-To raise funds for the costs of the return trip, the Brazilian National Team played Friendly matches against:

June 3, 1934 (Belgrade, Yugoslavia 8-Brazil 4)

June 8, 1934 (Zagreb, Gradjanski (Yugoslavia) 0-Brazil 0)

June 17, 1934 (Barcelona, Catalan XI 2-Brazil 1)

June 24, 1934 (Barcelona, Catalan XI 2-Brazil 2)

July 1, 1934 (Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain) 4-Brazil 4)

Matches were also played in Portugal vs. a combined Benfica/Belenenses (4-2 for Brazil), a win over Sporting Lisbon (6-1) and a scoreless draw with Porto.

-France squad gathered for a week at Compiegne.

The man in charge was the Englishman George Kimpton (August 12, 1887-February 15, 1968).

15 players were conserved from May 22-26 to prepare for the Finals.

Amazingly France had seven players with Second Division clubs.

Lucien Laurent (December 10, 1907-April 11, 2005), the first ever goalsocrer in the History of the World Cup (1930) was part of the French squad in this World Cup as well, though he did not play.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (France players in casual wear)

-In Switzerland, their preparations were hampered by the refusal of Servette Geneva to release players. The 1934 Swiss Cup Final pitted Grasshoppers Zurich vs. Servette Geneva.

Servette questioned the eligibility of Grashoppers’ German player Oskar Rohr (Grand uncle of future 80s Bordeaux defender and 90s Manager Gernot Rohr).

For some time Servette refused to release their players due to this dispute with the Federation.

In the end, Servette backed off under threat of sanctions.

It is also worthy to note that Fernand Jaccard (October 8, 1907-April 15, 2008) was playing for a Third Divison side (FC La Tour-de-Peilz). He lived to the age of 100.

This World Cup was the first where the Swiss had a training camp. They stayed at Ticino at the South of Switzerland near the Italian border.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Switzerland’s Fernand Jaccard) (October 8, 1907-April 15, 2008) dFragment--> zo)

-Belgium’s Raymond Braine had been refused the right to participate in the 1930 World Cup due to his professional activities (Opening a Restaurant and joining Czechoslovakian side Sparta Prague as a Professional).

He had an offer to play for Czechoslovakia for this World Cup but he refused.

-The Dutch had high expectations for the World Cup after their successful qualifying campaign.

Dutch fans in the thousands (5-6) were expected to make the trip to Italy.

The goalkeeping position appeared to be a weakness with Adri van Male being seen as a liability after his poor match vs. Republic of Ireland in the qualifiers.

The Dutch Management therefore decided to recall Gejus van der Meulen.

He had ended his football career in December 1933 to devote himself to his practice as a pediatrician. Appeals were made to include him and he accepted.

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers (Holland’s Adri van Male) (October 7, 1910-October 11, 1990)

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers (Holland’s Gejus van der Meulen) (January 23, 1903-July 10, 1972)

There was confidence within the Dutch camp that even a song was made "We're going to Rome". This was an allusion to the venue for the Final Match.

The newspapers were full of optimism and even predicted an Austria-Holland Final.

On May 21^st, the players gathered at Arnhem to travel to Italy by train the following day.

When their train passed through Switzerland it went past where the Swiss had their training camp.

The entire Swiss team had lined up as a show greeting. The Dutch Federation thanked their Swiss counterparts in a telegram. The Dutch arrived near Como, not far from Milan.

The Dutch training camp was in Cernobbio in Como. Reportedly the squad grew bored there in isolation. There was also some complaints that the returning Gejus van der Meulen had been authorized to travel with his wife while the rest of the squad were not given such a privilege.

While there, it was also discovered that Kees Mijnders had a groin injury and he would be out of the World Cup.

Joop van Nellen joined the squad late, as his father was ill. Only when doctors considered his father’s life out of danger, did van Nellen travel to Italy

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers (Holland’s Kees Mijnders) (September 28, 1912-April 1, 2002)

Photo From: de Internationals, de Historie van Oranje, Authors Matty Verkamman, Henri van der Steen, John Volkers (Holland’s Joop van Nellen) (March 15, 1910-November 14, 1992)

-Austria were one of the favorites for the Tournament. This was the great Austrian ‘Wunderteam’ side that had marked history.

Legendary Manager Hugo Meisl (November 16, 1881-February 17, 1937) had created one of the most talked about sides in the History of the game.

He started out as a banker before being captivated by the game.

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger (Austria Manager Hugo Meisl)

Meisl was also a former International referee. He had taken full control of the Austrian National Team in 1919 and became one of the greatest Managers of the game along with his contemporaries Vittorio Pozzo and the Englishman Herbert Chapman.

Meisl guided Austria to a 14-match unbeaten run in the early 30s.

The Austrians had defeated Italy just months prior to the World Cup, but were somewhat fading by 1934 despite still being one of the best in Europe.

At the age of 52, he was the oldest Manager at this World Cup.

Meisl died of a heart attack less then three years after the World Cup on February 17, 1937. He did not live to see the Anschluss the following year. He most likely would have had left Austria since he was Jewish.

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger (Austria players in Bologna)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger (Austria squad 1934 World Cup in casual wear)

-The star of Meisl’s squad was Matthias Sindelar, nicknamed ‘the man of paper’.

Matthias Sindelar was found dead on February 23, 1939. Presumably he had committed suicide along with his girlfriend Camilla Castagnola in their Vienna Apartment by carbon monoxide poisoning

However, there have been many theories over the years, such as his death may have been accidental due to a defective chimney and/or the Nazis had murdered him for his opposition to the Anschluss and refusal to play for the new Germany National Team which included former Austrians.

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger (Austria’s Matthias Sindelar) (February 10, 1903-January 23, 1939) dFragment--> zo)

-Austria’s Josef Bican (September 25, 1913-December 12, 2001) would also go on and represent Czechoslovakia (1938-1949) and Bohemia/Moravia (1939) Internationally.

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author Anton Egger (Austria’s Josef Bican) (September 25, 1913-December 12, 2001)

-Egypt were the very first ever African qualifiers to the World Cup. It would be another 36 years until 1970 when another African Nation (Morocco) would qualify for the World Cup.

-Spain made its preparations by playing matches against English side Sunderland.

Pedro Regueiro was cut while his brother Luis Regueiro made the team.

For the first time a cook joined the team on its journey.

Spain’s legendary goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora (January 21, 1901-September 8, 1978) had been a household name for over a decade after his breakthrough at the age of 19 at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. By now he was the oldest goalkeeper (as well as the oldest captain) at this World Cup aged 33.

Photo From: Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 14, 1982, La Glorieuse Epopee De la Coupe Du Monde (Spain goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora)

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006 (Spain squad)

-It was decided by the Organizing Committee to do away with around robin format for the World Cup. Instead direct elimination process was used.

They made a seeding system and placed eight teams as top seeds to be drawn against the un-seeded teams.

In case of ties, the matches would go into overtime. There would be a 5-minute rest between full time and overtime.

On May 3, 1934, the World Cup draw took place at a Roman Hotel. The Diplomatic representatives of 13 of the 16 Nations attended.

Eight balls were put in two baskets. The Grandson of General Giorgio Vaccaro participated in the draw.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (World Cup Draw)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (World Cup Draw)

The Organizing Committee announced the top seeds: The hosts Italy, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Holland.

Spain and Switzerland protested at the decision. Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora vocally expressed his displeasure. Ironically, both Spain and Switzerland defeated the seeded teams they were drawn with (Brazil and Holland).

Apparently upon learning of their draw vs. Switzerland, Holland’s Puck van Heel had said, “That we can do.”  (Words that he would regret).

Photo From: History of the World Cup, Author Michael Archer  (Spain goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora)

-On May 24, 1934, Italy's Party General Secretary Achille Starace in Campidoglio opened the FIFA Congress, which discussed the development of international football. It was there that it was decided that Football would once again appear in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Germany (The 1932 Edition in Los Angeles had not taken place).

-This was the first World Cup to be broadcast by Radio. The European Nations had direct Transmission of their matches by radio. In fact 12 of the 16 teams broadcast matches live on Radio.

France took two announcers to broadcast simultaneous matches.

Brazil still received the news by telegraph, from newspaper reports, which passed on the results to the public gathered in front of its buildings by means of posters exposed in the windows.

USA relayed the matches by telephone via (Wireless Telegraphy (Morse Code)) above the Atlantic and then by Telephone again on USA mainland.

Belgium, Austria, Egypt and Holland refused live transmission.

It was believed Holland refused to pay Italian Radio the right to transmission because they were certain to qualify in the First Round (however, they lost to Switzerland).

16 radio stations from ten countries were accredited, 270 press agencies or newspapers sent reporters to Italy, even from Nations that did not participate.

Famous Argentinean Actor and Journalist Luis Elias Sojit (May 7, 1910-July 20, 1982), broadcasted Argentina’s match vs. Sweden for Argentinean Radio. This was the first live match from Europe for the Argentinean radio.

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I.  First Round:  May 27^th, 1934

-All the First Round matches took place on May 27^th, 1934.

Italy 7-USA 1

-The hosts Italy took on USA at Rome’s Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F. ( Partito Nazionale Fascista). Just three days prior at the same venue, the Americans had earned their qualification vs. Mexico.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1933-1934 (Italian players taking the field, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Italy 7-USA 1)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (USA squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Italy 7-USA 1)

Pozzo, having already benched Caligaris, decided to give Virginio Rosetta (February 25, 1902-March 29, 1975) one last chance as starter. In fact Rosetta would be the Team captain and carried the Italian banner into the field.

Despite the comprehensive Italian win, it would be Rosetta’s last match for Azzuri as Pozzo was convinced that he would not last the Tournament. Rosetta had made his debut as far back as the 1920 Olympics.

The Brazilian-Born Guarisi also started for Italy, as did the other Oriundi: Monti and Orsi.

The match was watched by Mussolini in the stands.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Italy 7-USA 1)

The Italians scored seven with a hat trick from Angelo Schiavio along with a double from Orsi.

Giovanni Ferrari and Giuseppe Meazza rounded out the scoring.

The Italian-American Aldo Donelli, who had scored four goals vs. Mexico three days prior, scored USA’s Lone consolation goal.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Italy 7-USA 1)

-USA’s Thomas Florie (September 6, 1897-April 26, 1966) was at the age of 37, the oldest player at this World Cup.

He was a veteran of the 1930 World Cup as well.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (USA’s Thomas Florie) (September 6, 1897-April 26, 1966)

-USA’s George Moorehouse (April 4, 1901-October 12, 1943) was also a veteran of the 1930 World Cup. In these 1930 series, he became the First English-born player to appear in the World Cup Finals.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (USA’s George Moorehouse) (April 4, 1901-October 12, 1943)

-It took Italy 18 minutes to open the scoring through Schiavio. Italy were attacking constantly and had already been awarded three corners up to that point.

The move was started by Luisito Monti who served Ferrari. Ferrari gave it to Schiavio, who after a one-two with Meazza scored.

Just two minutes later, Guarisi, Meazza and Schiavio combined to assist Orsi in the second goal.

Afterwards Guarisi struck the cross bar.

In the 29^th minute, Schiavio scored Italy’s Third. Monti disposed Donelli and served Ferrari, who launched Schiavio to score.

In the 57^th minute, Aldo Donelli pulled a goal back for the Americans.

In the 63^rd minute Italy scored the fourth. Ferrari scored from a corner taken by Guarisi. Schiavio scored again a minute later.

Orsi scored in the 69^th minute, exploiting a fisted clearance by the US goalkeeper to score in a melee of players.

Meazza rounded out the scoring in the last minute.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Italy 7-USA 1)

-The Fascist Party had a private journalist and it was his duty to issue an official report of the match for the international and local press. Naturally, the bulletin began with "Electrified by the presence of Benito Mussolini in the stadium…. “

-Italy’s Fifth goal (and Schiavio’s third) was officially the one hundredth goal in the History of the World Cup.

-It was reported that USA defender Adolph C. ‘Ed’ Czerkiewicz had left the field injured when Orsi scored Italy’s sixth.

-Italy’s Luisito Monti became the first ever player to play for two different nations in a World Cup. He had represented Argentina in 1930 World Cup.

Teammate Attilio Demaria was his teammate on the Argentina 1930 squad as well as the 1934 Italian one.

-Allegedly Mussolini had threatened the Italian players that they should win. He had said “"And you know: if you do not win the Cup,  ‘Crash’", He said while motioning his finger on his neck.

Upon hearing this Monti had remarked the paradox from 1930, where he was threatened if Argentina won.

He said "'Clue, my misfortune! Four years ago, they would kill me if I won and here I am. Kill me if we lose ... "

-The Takeaway from this match was the Italians were too strong for the Americans. This was the only real mismatch of the Tournament.

In addition, this turned out to be the only match involving Italy that did not involve any refereeing controversy.

Spain 3-Brazil 1

-Spain and Brazil faced one another at Genova’s Stadio Comunale ‘Luigi Ferraris’ (Marassi).

-When Brazil lined up against Spain, they had not played any matches in the entire year of 1933 and in fact this was their very first match of 1934.

-This was Brazil’s first ever match on the European Continent.

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, May 30, 1934 (Brazilian players taking the field, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

Photo From: Historias Sudamericanas en la Copa del Mundo 1930-2006 (Brazil squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

-The Brazilians had been on sea for thirteen days. They arrived on a Friday and played on that Sunday.

The Match was played under very host conditions (31 degrees Celsius).

-Spanish Captain Zamora and Brazil Captain Martim Silveira were respectively the oldest and youngest Captains at this World Cup.

Note: According to some sources Sylvio Hoffmann may have been the Brazil Captain.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

-Brazilians attacked but could not break through the Spanish defense. They won corners but could not exploit their chances.

-Spain scored all its goals in the first half. For the Spanish Lecue made his International debut in this match.

Iraragorri scored from a penalty kick in the 18^thminute. This was the first penalty kick of the Tournament.

Langara scored in the 25^th minute form a cross by Gorostiza. A few minutes later in the 29^th minute Spain scored the third. Gorostiza pressured Luiz Luz who due to a lack of communication with the goalkeeper was disposed by Langara who scored his second and Spain’s third.

Brazil tried to get back into the game in the second half as Spain relaxed.

Leonidas scored in the 55^th minute to galvanize Brazil.

In the 61st minute, Luizinho scored a goal, of a pass from Waldemar de Brito that was annulled due to an infraction.

Brazil were awarded a penalty kick in the 70^thminute after a foul by Ciriaco on Waldemar de Brito. However, Zamora saved Waldemar de Brito’s attempt (on the left corner).

This demoralized Brazil who appeared to be getting into the match.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

-Brazil, along with Holland, were the only seeded teams that did not qualify to the next round.

-The CBD blamed the match Referee, the German Alfred Birlem, for bias against them.

They claimed that he had not called a penalty kick in Brazil’s favor in the 21^st minute. Apparently following a corner, Patesko’s goal bound shot had been blocked by Quincoces’ arm. There was a photograph published in a Newspaper that showed Birlem with clear view of the action.

The Spanish also had a penalty kick claim that was not called by Birlem. Late in the game, Langara was fouled by Brazilian goalkeeper Pedrosa and Luiz Luz. However, Birelm waved pay to go on.

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, May 30, 1934 (Another view of controversial photo, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

Photo From: Seleccao Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto Assaf  (The photograph in question showing Birlem, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Match Referee Alfred Birlem)

-The takeaway from the match was that Brazil had talented individuals but could not play collectively, while Spain functioned as a unit and were better organized tactically.

For the Spanish press Leonidas and Waldemar de Brito had stood out.

Waldemar de Brito (May 17, 1913-February 21, 1979) would be credited to have discovered Pele.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Spain squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Spain 3-Brazil 1)

Czechoslovakia 2-Romania 1

-Czechoslovakia and Romania faced one another at Trieste’s Stadio Littorio.

-Czechoslovakia’s Josef Silný (January 23, 1902-May 18, 1981) was the only foreign-based player on the Czechoslovakian squad. He played for French club Sporting Club Nîmois. In this match, he became the first ever Czech player in the Finals of a Tournament while playing for a foreign based club.

-Romania played well in the first half and took the lead in the 10^th minute by Stefan Dobay (after a one-two with Kovaci).

Czech captain and goalkeeper Frantisek Planicka saved his squad with many saves in this first half.

The Romanians also created many corners in this half.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Romania 1)

-In the second half, in the 50^th minute, Antonin Puč tied the match from a cross by Josef Koštálek.

Oldrich Nejedlý scored Czechoslovakia’s second in the 67^th minute from a pass by Jiri Sobotka.

The Romanians protested as they claimed Sobotka had committed a foul prior to the action.

-The Romanians pressured in the end, but Planicka made impressive saves in the last minutes.

Iuliu Bodola hit the cross bar with two minutes to go.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Romania 1)

-The takeaway from this match was that the Czechs had been overconfident and that was why they gave away an early goal before getting back in the match.

Many observers believed Romanians over exerted themselves in the first half and were tired by the second half.

The best player for the Czechs had in fact been goalkeeper and Captain Frantisek Planicka.

Match Referee John Langenus expressed "In the first half, the Romanians had several times the chance to decide the game for themselves,”.

Frantisek Planicka was glad that Romania had "no second Stefan Dobay".

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Romania’s Stefan Dobay) (September 26, 1909-April 7, 1994)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 2-Romania 1)

Sweden 3-Argentina 2

-Sweden and Argentina faced one another at Bologna’s Stadio Littoriale.

-Argentina’s Robert Luis Iraneta (March 21, 1915-November 30, 1992) was at the age of 18, the youngest player at this World Cup.

-Argentina fielded 9 debutants; Arcadio Lopez and Alfredo Ciriaco De Vincenzi were only non-debutants.

Photo From: IFFHS-Argentina (1902-1940)-Uruguay (1902-1940) (Argentina’s Alfedo Ciriaco Devincenzi) (June 9, 1907-umknown)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Argentina squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Sweden 3-Argentina 2)

-The Swedes had arrived just 36 hours before the match. They arrived on May 26^th. Their League Programme had only ended shortly before the Finals.

-Argentina took the lead in the 3^rdminute when Ernesto Belis scored from a free kick.

Sven Jonasson tied up the match just minutes later (8^th minute).

Argentina took the lead once more in the 47^th minute through Alberto Galateo.

Sven Jonasson tied the score once more for the Swedes in the 67^th minute.

Knut Kroon scored Sweden’s winner in the 79^th minute. The Swedes hung on despite a late Argentina pressure.

-It later transpired that Constantino Urbieta Sosa was actually Paraguayan. He had in fact played for Paraguay against Argentina before.

He had concealed this fact from the Argentina Authorities.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Sweden 3-Argentina 2)

-Argentina’s Alberto Galateo (May 22, 1911- February 26, 1961) was gunned down by his own son on February 26, 1961 in a domestic dispute when threatening his wife. He had fallen into alcoholism by then.

Note: Some sources show a birth date of March 4, 1912

-The takeaway from this match was that Amateur Argentinean players were ill prepared to compete at this level despite showing enthusiasm.

They showed promise in attack, but weak defensively. The lack of preparation was evident.

Argentina goalkeeper Hector Luis Freschi had a poor match and did not inspire confidence.

It was said that this Amateur team traveled 13,000 kilometers, spending more time on the high seas than on Italian soil just to play a single match.

The more experienced Swedes exploited the wings as Argentina took the central route. The Argentines appeared to have handled the weather conditions better than the Swedes (more used to colder climates).

Astonishingly, Argentina with its impressive Football pedigree would not qualify to another World Cup until 1958.

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, May 30, 1934 (cartoon showing ships carrying Brazil, Argentina, USA leaving the boot shaped Italy)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Sweden 3-Argentina 2)

Austria 3-France 2

-Austria and France faced one another at Turin’s Stadio Municipale ‘Benito Mussolini’.

-This was the first match that France had played where a Manager (George Kimpton) had given clear tactical instructions to his players such as individual marking.

Georges Verriest was assigned to man-mark Matthias Sindelar. Kimpton told Verriest to follow Sindelar everywhere even into the Dressing Rooms.

Edmond Delfour and Noël Liétaer were assigned to cover the flanks.

Jacques Mairesse and Etienne Mattler were assigned to guard the center of defense.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire  (France squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Austria 3-France 2)

-As early as the 5^th minute, France suffered a setback after Jean Nicolas was injured in a clash of heads with Josef Smistik.

He was confined to the right wing (in those days injured players would be shifted to the wings as it was perceived the damage there would be limited).

He was out of the game for several minutes before returning.

Fritz Keller was now moved to be the French Center Forward.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (France’s Jean Nicolas) (June 9, 1913-September 8, 1978)

-Despite his injury, Nicolas actually gave France the lead in the 18^thminute.

Keller’s cross was deflected back by Franz Cisar in the path of Nicolas who scored.

The Austrians managed to tie the match through Sindelar (taking a pass from Bican) in the 45^th minute.

-For the first time a World Cup match went into overtime as the match was tied (1-1) in regulation time.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire  (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Austria 3-France 2)

-Just three minutes into overtime Austria took the lead through a clearly offside goal by Anton Schall.

French goalkeeper Alexis Thépot in fact did not move assuming the call would be made.

Years later Schall himself would admit that it was offside.

Dutch Referee Johannes Van Moorsel consulted with his linesman before validating the goal.

Josef Bican would score Austria’s third in the 109^thminute.

Georges Verriest pulled a goal back for France with a penalty kick in the 115^th minute. The spot kick was awarded after a handball infraction by Karl Szestak ‘Sesta’.

The French had another penalty claim as Sesta appeared to have fouled Keller but it was not called.

-Many were shocked to see Austrian Manager Hugo Meisl give the fascist salute to the crowd.

Former French International and now a noted Journalist Gabriel Hanot recounted how during the match Meisl was very abusive to his players.

He made threats such as sending them back to Vienna and/or face the Austrian Authorities, etc.

According to Hanot, such behavior would have been unacceptable by a French Manager.

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire  (France goalkeeper Alex Thepot, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Austria 3-France 2)

Photo From: Les Bleus, Le livre officiel de l'equipe de France, Author: Dominique Grimault, 1997 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Austria 3-France 2)

-The Takeaway from this match was that France had been unlucky and perhaps deserved to win as much as the Austrians. The French had played well despite the loss.

The Austrians had been overconfident and had taken the French lightly.

Had Jean Nicolas not been injured early on perhaps the French would have done better.

France were greeted as heroes upon their return on home soil at Paris‘ Gare-de -Lyon train station.

This match also proved that perhaps the Austrian ‘Wunderteam’ were fading and no longer the force they were just a few years back. The rest of the World Cup would confirm that.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Austria 3-France 2)

Switzerland 3-Holland 2

-Switzerland and Holland faced one another at Milan’s Stadio Calcistico San Siro.

-The Dutch wore dark jerseys (instead of traditional Orange) to avoid a color clash with the Swiss red jerseys.

-The Dutch were favored and had a false sense of security after impressing in the qualifiers.

-The Swiss took the lead in the 7^th minute through Leopold Kielholz after he had been set up by Bossi and Abegglen.

In the 19^th minute the Dutch tied up the match. A foul by Minelli set up a free kick and Puck van Heel set up Kick Smit to head in the equalizer.

Just before halftime, Leopold Kielholz scored his second goal. Raymond Passello crossed for Leopold Kielholz whose shot from a distance deflected on a bump, which deceived the Dutch keeper.

In the 69^th minute, the Swiss scored their third goal. Andre Abegglen scored from a pass by Willy von Känel on a counter attack.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Switzerland 3-Holland 2)

Afterwards the Dutch went on the offensive and scored through Leen Vente in the 84^th minute.

The match ended in controversial fashion. Match Referee, the Swedish Ivan Eklind whistled for a foul in favor of the Dutch near the Swiss goal. However, he whistled for full time just as Kick Smit took a shot (that went in the goal). The Dutch protested but the decision stood and the Swiss had won.

This would not be the first piece of controversy as related to Ivan Eklind.

Photo From: We Caan Naar Rome, Authirs:  Marco van der Laan, Rob Kemper (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Switzerland 3-Holland 2)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Switzerland 3-Holland 2)

-Incidentally, the two teams faced one another later in that year in November 4, 1934, in Berne and the Dutch won 4-2.

-The Takeaway from this match was the Dutch had been overconfident and had celebrated too soon. 

The Swiss had scored the Tournament’s first upset.

The Swiss were praised for their fighting spirit and a solid defense.

It was also believed the Dutch were unable to play their normal game in the heat.

The Italian Newspaper ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ was praiseworthy of the Swiss game and physical conditions, but also believed that the Dutch could have done better.

There was naturally criticism back home in Holland. Some questioned the inclusion of Gejus van der Meulen. Some felt van Nellen had been a poor replacement in attack for the injured Mijnders. The time spent at the training camp at Cernobbio (for three days) had seemed excessive to some (according to van Nellen the preparations at the camp were overdone).

Photo From: Die Nati, Die Geschichte der Schweizer Fussball-Nationalmanschaft, author Beat Jung, 2006 (Switzerland squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Switzerland 3-Holland 2)

Germany 5-Belgium 2

-Germany and Belgium faced one another at Florence’s Stadio Giovanni Berta.

-For Belgium, the players from Union Saint-Gilloise arrived directly from Algiers where the club was on tour.

-Belgium Manager Hector Goetinck (March 5, 1886-June 26, 1943) had also managed Belgium during the 1930 World Cup.

He was the only Manager to have been present from that World Cup in this one.

His contract had run out on May 7^th but the players asked him to remain in charge for the World Cup.

Hector Goetinck was killed on June 26^th, 1943 when a bomb struck his home during World War II.

Photo From: Le Dictioonaire Des Diables Rouges (Belgium Manager Hector Goetinck in his playing days)

-Belgian reserve August Hellemans had personal business and arrived on day of match.

-The match was played in very hot conditions (36 Degrees Celsius).

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Landerspiele, Eine Dokumentation von 1908-1989 (Germany squad, May 27, 1934, World Cup, Germany 5-Belgium 2)

-The Germans took the lead in the 25^th minute through Stanislaus Kobierski.

Just a few minutes, Bernard Voorhhof, a veteran of the 1930 World Cup tied the match for Belgium.

Bernard Voorhhof gave Belgium the lead just before halftime.

It was in the second half that the Germans came alive and took control of the proceedings.

In the 49^th minute, Otto Siffling tied the match for the Germans through an assist by Ernst Lehner.

Photo From: 1974 - Libro Album Fussball - Report Linda (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Germany 5-Belgium 2)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Germany 5-Belgium 2)

Afterwards Edmund Conen scored a hat trick for the Germans (66^th, 70^th, 87^th) to give the Germans a comprehensive (5-2) win.

Conen’s goals were assisted by Stanislaus Kobierski, Paul Zielinski and Karl Hohmann respectively.

At the age of 19, Conen became the youngest goalscorer at this World Cup.

He became the first German player to ever score a hat trick in the World Cup.

The Germans were helped by the fact that Belgium’s Jean Claessens was injured and had left the field temporarily. In those few minutes (66^th, 70^th) Conen scored two of Germany’s goals.

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Landerspiele, Eine Dokumentation von 1908-1989 (Germany’s Edmund Conen)

-The Takeaway from this match was that the Germans were a force to be reckoned with Internationally.

They had improved as the match had wore on and tactically seemed sound.

Many felt that had the Belgians Jean Claessens and Frans Peeraer been in better form, Belgium might have limited the damage. The pair were severely bruised in this encounter.

Hungary 4-Egypt 2

-Hungary and Egypt faced one another at Naples’ Stadio Ascarelli.

-It was the first ever match by an African Nation at the World Cup and the first ever European vs. African encounter in a World Cup.

-The Egyptian goalkeeper Mustafa Kamel Mansour was at 20, the youngest goalkeeper of the World Cup.

-The Hungarian Manager Odon Nadas was at 33, the youngest Manager of the World Cup.

-Hungary were missing Gyorgy Sarosi who had been injured in a League match and was not fully fit. Pal Teleki took his place in the squad.

Istvan Avar, Gyula Lázár and Tibor Kemeny were also carrying injuries.

-Hungary had very little time to prepare for the World Cup as the local clubs had released their players late. They could only prepare after the very last league match of the Hungarian League season.

-Hungary took the lead in the 11^th minute through Pal Teleki.

Abdelrahman Fawzi tied the match in the 27^thminute. He became the first ever African player to score in a World Cup.

Hungary took the lead again in the 31^stminute through Geza Toldi.

Abdelrahman Fawzi scored his second goal in the 39^thminute to tie up the match.

Hungary took control in the second half. Jeno Vincze scored Hungary’s third in the 53^rd minute.

Geza Toldi scored his second and Hungary’s fourth in the 61^st minute.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Hungary 4-Egypt 2)

-Italian Referee Rinaldo Barlassina ruled out a seemingly valid goal by Mahmoud Mokhtar Rafai ‘El Tetch’, when the score was still (3-2) for Hungary.

He ruled out the goal because Latif had been standing in a (passive) offside position.

-Egyptian goalkeeper Mustafa Kamel Mansour broke his nose in a collision.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 27, 1934, World Cup, Hungary 4-Egypt 2)

-The Takeaway was that even though Hungary had been favored, Egypt gave them a fight and the final score did not really reflect the difference between the teams.

Perhaps it was another case of the seeded team taking the unseeded team lightly.

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II. Quarterfinals: May 31^st, 1934

Germany 2-Sweden 1

-Germany and Sweden faced one another at Milan’s Stadio Calcistico San Siro.

-The match was played under heavy rain.

-From the previous match vs. Belgium, German Manager decided to take out Hans Schwartz and Paul Janes and field Wilhelm Busch and Rudolf Gramlich in their place.

Sweden were unchanged from the side that defeated Argentina.

Photo From: Kicker Sportsmagazin Edition, 100 Jahre Deutsche Landerspiele (Team captains, May 31, 1934, World Cup, Germany 2-Sweden 1)

-The Swedes had been in confident mood. The goalkeeper Anders Rydberg had even announced that he had never conceded a goal vs. Germany in previous Internationals.

Photo From: IFFHS, Danmark (1908-1940), Sverige (1908-10940) (Sweden goalkeeper Anders Rydberg) (March 3, 1903-October 26, 1989)

-There were few chances in the first half as both sides were cautious.

-Sweden’s Ernst Andersson had to leave the field in the 57^th minute after colliding with teammate Nils Rosén.

The Germans took advantage of this and Karl Hohmann scored two goals for the Germans just minutes later (60^th, 63^rd).

For the first one, Rudolf Gramlich’s free kick had led to a scramble in the box and Hohmann had scored in the melee.

For the second, Gramlich released Conen who set up Hohmann.

- Karl Hohmann himself was later injured and had to leave the field.

-Gösta Dunker scored a consolation goal for the Swedes in the 82^nd minute from a pass by Sven Jonasson.

Sweden tried in the last few minutes to get an equalizer but the Germans held firm.

-The takeaway from this match was the Germans were growing in confidence and were an outside bet now that there were in the Final Four.

German Fritz Szepan’s performance was praised. Critics remarked that Szepan had often been uninspiring for the National Team in the past, but seemed a perfect fit in Nerz’s ‘WM’ Formation.

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Nationalspieler, Das Lexicon, Author Jurgen Bitter (Germany’s Fritz Szepan) (September 2, 1907-December 14, 1974)

The new additions Gramlich and Busch were also praised for their contribution.

Nerz called the win a "just victory” that his team had "delivered a great game" and, above all, "championed with conviction and conviction."

Photo From: Die Geschichte der Fussball Nationalmanschaft, Author: Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling (Hrsg) (German players, May 31, 1934, World Cup, Germany 2-Sweden 1)

Czechoslovakia 3-Switzerland 2

-Czechoslovakia and Switzerland faced one another at Turin’s Stadio Municipale ‘Benito Mussolini’.

-It was reported that Dutch fans traveled from Milan to support, their victors, the Swiss. They had apparently booked their tickets in advance since they were confident that they would have defeated the Swiss in the First Round. In fact they outnumbered the Swiss fans in the stadium.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Switzerland 2)

-For the Czechs, Frantisek Svoboda came into the side replacing Josef Silný from the Romania match.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Czechoslovakia’s Frantisek Svoboda) (August 5, 1906-July 6, 1948)

-For the Swiss Wilhelm Jaggi and Alfred Jaeck came into the side replacing Raymond Passello and Giuseppe Bossi from the previous encounter with the Dutch.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Switzerland 2)

-The Swiss took the lead in the 18^th minute through Leopold Kielholz from a pass by Willy Jäggi.

Frantisek Svoboda leveled the score in the 24^th minute from a Jiri Sobotka cross.

The Czechs took the initiative in the second half and continued to attack.

They scored just four minutes into the second half through Jiri Sobotka from a pass by Frantisek Svoboda.

The Swiss went into attack, but Planicka saved the Czechs with many important saves.

The Czechs also had a goal scored by Svoboda disallowed for offside in the 53^rdminute.

Willy Jäggi tied the match for the Swiss in the 78^thminute.

But the Czechs went back into attack and a few minutes later in the 82^nd minute, Puč and Sobotka combined to let Oldrich Nejedlý score Czechoslovakia’s winner.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Switzerland 2)

-The takeaway from this match was that both teams had impressed by trying to win and provided a spectacle for the fans.

Planicka’s importance to the Czech cause was once again evident with his many saves.

The introduction of Frantisek Svoboda was a success and he would remain in the squad until the end.

Some even thought this was the best match of the World Cup.

Antonin Puč stated, "We won 3-2, but we were able to lose as well"

Photo From: IFFHS, Schweiz,Suisse, Svizzera (1905-1940) (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Switzerland 2)

Austria 2-Hungary 1

-Austria and Hungary faced one another at Bologna’s Stadio Littoriale.

-The only change for Austria from the previous match was the inclusion of Johann Horvath at the expense of Anton Schall.

Hungary made as much as five changes from their match vs. Egypt.

Jozsef Vago, Antal Szalay, Istvan Avar, Gyorgy Sarosi and Tibor Kemeny were selected in place of Gyula Futo, Gyula Lázár, Jeno Vincze, Pal Teleki and Gabor Peter Szabo.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Austria 2-Hungary 1)

- Austria Manager Hugo Meisl, as part of a member of the Organizing committee, had traveled to Florence and made sure that the Belgian Louis Baert (the original referee for this match) was removed and replaced by the Italian Francesco Mattea.

-Johann Horvath justified his inclusion by scoring Austria’s first goal in the 8^thminute.

The move was started by Sindelar and helped along by Bican and Zischek.

Karl Zischek doubled Austria’s lead in the 51^stminute from a Bican pass.

Gyorgy Sarosi pulled one goal back for Hungary in the 61^st minute from a penalty kick after a foul on Kemeny.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Austria 2-Hungary 1)

-Hungary’s Imre Markos was sent off in the 80^th minute after a foul on Johann Urbanek. According to observers more players deserved to be sent off, such was the violence on the field.

In the 80^th, Bican fouled Geza Toldi so hard that the Hungarian player was knocked unconscious.

-The takeaway from this match was that it had been a foul ridden match. Austria Manager Hugo Meisl described as  ‘a brawl, not a football match’.

The Hungarians blamed the Italian Referee Francesco Mattea’s handling of the match. At the final whistle, many of the Hungarian contingent confronted him in anger.

Photo From: Schulze-Marmeling D. - Die Geschichte der Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Austria 2-Hungary 1)

Italy 1-Spain 1

-Italy and Spain faced one another at Florence’s Stadio Giovanni Berta.

-Vittorio Pozzo having decided Virginio Rosetta as no longer a first choice, the captaincy was assigned to goalkeeper Giampiero Combi.

Eraldo Monzeglio was drafted in as Rosetta’s replacement and would stay to the end.

Armando Castellazzi came into the squad to replace Luigi Bertolini from the USA match.

Enrique Guaita also came into the squad replacing Anfilogino “Filho” Guarisi.

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974 (Italy’s Eraldo Monzeglio)

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, May 31, 1934 (cartoon previewing the Italy-Spain matchup)

-For Spain, Luis Regueiro and Fede (On the right wing) came into the squad replacing Lecue and Marculeta respectively.

-At one point a collision between Allemandi and lrarogorri forced the referee to temporarily stop the play.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Spain squad, May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Italy squad, May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Team captains Giampiero Combi and Zamora, May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

-Luis Regueiro gave Spain the lead in the 31^st minute from a free kick. The kick had been awarded after Allemandi had fouled Iraragorri outside of the box.

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

Photo From: El Grafico, LA Historiade Argentina en Los Mundiales, de Uruguay 30 a Corea-Japon 2002, April 2006 (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

The Italians had been attacking relentlessly prior to their equalizer and had forced seven corner kicks.

Italy scored the equalizer at the stroke of halftime. A free kick by Pizzioli was parried by Zamora, but in the action apparently Ricardo Zamora had been impeded by Angelo Schiavio when Giovanni Ferrari shot the equalizer.

-Spain’s Lafuente scored a goal that was unjustly ruled out in the 79^thminute.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

-This was the second match to go into overtime after the Austria-France match.

In overtime, Spain’s Lafuente and Luis Regueiro hit the bar.

-Pozzo tried a tactical switch by switching the positions of Schiavio and Guaita.

-In the end the corner kick count was 16 to 2 in favor of the Italians.

-At the final whistle, the players from both sides collapsed on the field, as they were so exhausted.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

-FIFA Vice President, the Hungarian Maurice Fischer and match Referee Louis Baert decided to replay the match the following day instead of playing until a goal was scored.

This was the first ever replay in World Cup History.

-The Takeaway from this match that it was another foul ridden match. The weak refereeing also came into question, most notably the bias towards Italians.

Louis Baert was blamed for validating Italy’s equalizer despite a clear infraction and also ruling out Lafuente’s seemingly valid goal.

He also ignored some of the violent play of the Italians, many believe because he was intimidated by Mussolini’s presence in the stands.

To many Baert was carrying the directives set out for all the referees of Italy’s matches.

Spanish Captain Zamora had been outstanding in this match, as had Spanish defender Quincoces. Zamora was injured in this match and he along with many others (In total 7 Spanish players and 4 Italian players) would be unable to play the replay the following day.

Pozzo was full of praise of the Spanish; he said  "We have come across the huge surprise of a team in top form, like that of Spain, and with a game of great class, noble, manly and energetic, that has not been delivered at some time. Quincoces and Zamora, who are two extraordinary players. "

Pozzo continued,  "This is the most emotional encounter I've seen since I was Italy's only national coach. It's been a relentless fight from the first minute to the last, and there's a winner, Austria, because Spain and Italy have been destroyed."

Former Italian International, Adolfo Baloncieri was full of praise for his old adversary Zamora. He said, "As always, on the road to a victory in Italy, this extraordinary man has intervened, who, despite his years, is still young and is called Zamora, the best goalkeeper in the world."

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (May 31, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 1)

June 1^st, 1934

Italy 1-Spain 0

-Italy and Spain faced one another for their replay at Florence’s Stadio Giovanni Berta.

-The Swiss Rene Mercet assigned to be in charge of this match would be just as controversial as Louis Baert from the day before.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

-The bruising encounter the previous day had left a heavy toll, especially for the Spanish that were forced to make seven changes in personnel.

Their inspirational goalkeeper Captain Zamora was injured and in his place Nogues started.

In addition, Ciriaco, Fede, Lafuente, Iraragorri, Lanagara and Gorostiza were also out. Only Quincoces, Cilaurren, Mugureza and Luis Regueiro maintained their spots.

In addition to Nogues, Zabalo, Lecue, Ventolra, Campanal, Chacho and Bosch came into the squad.

Nogues and Campanal were making their International debuts.

Quincoces was promoted as Captain in Zamora’s absence.

Zamora was in the stands with a swollen eye.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Spain’s Jacinto Fernandez de Quincoces I Lopez) (July 17, 1905-May 10, 1997)

-For the Italians, Mario Pizziolo was out injured and would miss the rest of the Tournament. Attilio Ferraris IV would cover his spot for the rest of the Tournament.

Luigi Bertolini was back in replacing Armando Castellazzi. Bertolini, noticeable with his headband, would remain in the squad for the rest of the World Cup.

Schiavio and Ferrari also missed this match through injuries. Felice Borel (the youngest member of the Italian squad) and Attilio Demaria replaced them.

Demaria like his compatriot Monti was now playing in his second World Cup with a different Nation.

Photo From: Il Libro Azzurro del Calcio Italiano, Authors Pericle Pratelli, Pasquale Scardillo, 1974 (Italy’s Luigi Bertolini)

-Pozzo had selected Attilio Ferraris IV (March 26, 1904-May 18, 1947)  as back-up for Mario Pizzioli in defense. Attilio Ferraris IV was notorious as a heavy drinker, smoker and gambler.

It was said he smoked up to 40 cigarettes per day. Pozzo had to persuade to cut down on his activities.

Pizzioli’s injury after the first match vs. Spain forced Pozzo to include Ferraris IV in the squad and he remained until the end.

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (A cartoon showing Vittorio Pozzo convincing Attilio Ferraris IV (a nototiosu drinker and smoker) to make sacrifices to get back into the squad)

-Spain’s Bosch was badly fouled as early as the 5^th minute by Monzeglio (some state Monti) and had to leave the field. He came back on 20 minutes later but was virtually ineffective for the rest of the match.

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell) (June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

-Italy scored in the 12^th minute through a header from Giuseppe Meazza from a corner taken by Orsi.

Italy had already forced three corners before scoring on the fourth.

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

-Campanal scored a goal that was ruled out after an infraction by Regueiro.

-Luis Regueiro scored a goal in the 59^th minute that was ruled out.

-Quincoces had to leave the field for some minutes as he was being treated.

-The Takeaway from this match was that both teams had been drastically changed due to injuries and therefore it was not the strongest of either team.

The match was not as violent as the first match.

Italy scored early and held on to advance.

Pozzo said afterwards  "This afternoon the meeting was too violent, and yesterday, too exciting and exhausting, Austria, calm and rested, should feel satisfied."

The Refereeing by Rene Mercet was even worse and roundly criticized for favoring the Italians.

In the action that had led to Italy’s goal he had ignored Quincoces’ complaints showing a spot on his shirt blood (given to him by Borel in the action) and instead immediately showed the centerline validating the goal.

In the 37^th minute, Monzeglio fouled Campanal in the box, but Monzeglio clearly play acted and Mercet bought it.

He later waved off another Spanish claim for a penalty.

Even Swiss Newspaper  "Basler Nationalzeitung" criticized Mercet by printing "Mercet has preferred the Italians in the most shameless way”.

The FIFA Managers Dr. Peco Bauwens and Professor Pelikan from Czechoslovakia, who had attended the game, attested to Mercet that he was "not in good shape", but could not recognize that he was "intentionally the one or other party, or has taken decisions in an illogical manner. "

Belgian Referee John Langenus criticized Mercet in the German newspaper Kicker.

The Swiss Federation suspended Mercet afterwards.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Swiss Referee Rene Mercet)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983  (Italian players relaxing and playing Pool after defeating Spain)

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, June 2, 1934 (A cartoon, June 1, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Spain 0)

World Cup Stories-Part 2 (The Second World Cup 1934)-part f

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III. Semifinals: June 3^rd, 1934

Italy 1-Austria 0

-Italy and Austria faced one another at Milan’s Stadio Calcistico San Siro.

-Italy was back to its strongest formation with Schiavio and Ferrari back at the front.

Ferraris IV and Bertolini were now firmly in the starting lineup.

-For Austria, Anton Schall was back in the lineup replacing Johann Horvath.

-It had been raining therefore the field was muddy. The match kick off time was 15:00.

-Up to 10,000 Austrian fans had traveled to Italy for this match.

-Once again, Austrian Manager Hugo Meisl had used his influence as a member of the Organizing Committee, not to accept any referee that Italy had wanted to appoint.

He accepted Ivan Eklind of Sweden for his supposed non-bias.

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978 (Italy squad, June 3, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Austria 0)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Austria 0)

-Austria had a penalty kick claim as early as the 5^thminute after Monti fouled Sindelar in the box.

-In the 19^th minute Italy scored their winner through Enrique Guaita in controversial fashion. Orsi crossed from the left side, Austria goalkeeper Peter Platzer caught the ball but Meazza and Schiavio run into him.

The ball was dropped and Guaita pushed the loose ball in.

The Austrians protested for the foul on Platzer. Josef Smistik, Franz Cisar and Anton Schall all converged upon Eklind to renege on his decision to no avail.

The Austrians also claimed that at the beginning of the action, Orsi had been in an offside position.

Photo From: History of the World Cup Author Michael Archer (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Austria 0)

-It was said Karl Zischek had a poor match due to a stomach disorder.

-In the 40^th minute, Bican hit the post.

-There were few clear-cut chances on either side.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Austria squad, June 3, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Austria 0)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Austria 0)

-The takeaway from this match was once again the suspect officiating in favor of Italy. This time the Swedish Ivan Eklind, who was ‘rewarded’ with the chance to officiate the Final match.

Eklind’s case of bias was a step further than the previous referees of Italy’s matches.

It was alleged that Benito Mussolini had dined with Eklind the day before the match.

Austria’s Josef Bican claimed until his death that Eklind had been bribed.

Many questioned the validity of Italy’s Enrique Guiata’s winner for Italy. Many observers noted the Austrian goalkeeper Peter Platzer had been pushed before the goal but of course Eklind validated the goal. 

There was also another story that after the World Cup, the Italian Federation had booked Eklind into a nice hotel at Capri with all expenses paid.

Eklind was also the youngest referee at this World Cup (aged 28).

It was said that Meisl broke his friendship with Pozzo over this incident.

Otherwise, the match was the most financially profitable of the Tournament. A record of 811,526 lire in ticket sales.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Austria’s Peter Platzer) (May 29, 1910-December 3, 1959)

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Swedish Referee Ivan Eklind) (October 15, 1905-July 23, 1981)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Italy 1-Austria 0)

Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1

-Czechoslovakia and Germany faced one another at Rome’s Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F.( Partito Nazionale Fascista).

-Benito Mussolini was in the stands watching this encounter.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1)

-For the Czechs, the only change from the previous match was the inclusion of Jaroslav Burgr in place of Ladislav Ženišek in defense.

-For the Germans, Jakob Bender came in for Rudolf Gramlich and Rudolf Noack replaced the injured two-goal hero from the previous match, Karl Hohmann.

Gramlich had actually been called back home by his employers.

Reinhold Munzenberg was initially thought to be Hohmann’s replacement, but the DfB President Felix Linnemann intervened to have Rudolf Noack start instead.

Paul Zielinski switched his position to the right side.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Germany’s Rudolf Gramlich) (June 6, 1908-March 14, 1988)

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Landerspiele, Eine Dokumentation von 1908-1989 (Germany’s Rudolf Noack)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (Czechsolovakia squad, June 3, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1)

-Oldrich Nejedly scored Czechoslovakia’s first goal in the 19^th minute, picking up a rebound after Kress could not hold onto Junek’s shot dropped the ball in front of Nejedly.

Rudolf Noack tied up the score in the 62^nd minute from a pass by Otto Siffling in a counterattack started by Conen.

Čtyřoký almost scored an own goal.

Oldrich Nejedly scored Czechoslovakia’s second goal in the 71^st minute.

Antonin Puč’s free kick was deflected by Kress and struck the post and Nejedly scored from the rebound. For more than 70 years, Rudolf Krcil was credited as the goalscorer. FIFA only corrected the record on November 10^th, 2016.

Photo From: Гольдес И.- История чемпионатов мира 1930-1962+ (Czechoslovakia’s Rudolf Krcil) (March 5, 1906-April 3, 1981)

Photo From: El Grafico, Libro De Seleccion-La Historia De Argentina En Los Mundiales-De Uruguay 30 A Corea-Japon 2002  (Czechoslovakia’s Oldrich Nejedly)

Afterwards Nerz ordered Szepan to move upfront.

Nejedly completed his Hat Trick in the 80^th minute from a Cambal pass. Kress who had come out to collect the ball instead unwittingly directed it into his own net.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1)

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1)

-The Takeaway from this match was not only the Czechs’ impressive performance, but also the German goalkeeper Willibald Kress’ poor performance.

He was at fault for the three goals and would be the scapegoat for this loss and did not play the third place match vs. Austria.

His performance was in sharp contrast to the ever-impressive display by Planicka in the Czech goal.

The Kicker Magazine’s headline was: "Germany lost to Planicka”.

Antonin Puc declared that the Czechs had been galvanized (“like a red cloth to a bull”) because the Germans’ Nazi Swastika on their jerseys had offended them.

Photo From: El Mundo Deportivo, June 8, 1934 (cartoon of Czechsolovakia goalkeeper Frantisek Planicka)

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 3, 1934, World Cup, Czechoslovakia 3-Germany 1)

IV. Third Place: June 7^th, 1934

Germany 3-Austria 2

-Austria and Germany faced one another for the Third place match at Naples’ Stadio Ascarelli.

-The match was played on a Thursday and the organizers had feared low turnout. As a result they reduced ticket prices and kick off time was set at 17:30.

-The Italian Crown Prince Umberto, and the President of the Italian FIGC, General Giorgio Vaccaro were in the stands.

Photo From: Kicker Sportsmagazin Edition, 100 Jahre Deutsche Landerspiele (Team captains, June 7, 1934, World Cup, Germany 3-Austria 2)

-The Germans made four changes from the previous match.  Willibald Kress was replaced in goal after his poor performance vs. Czechoslovakia. He would not play again for Germany. Hans Jakob took his place in the net.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (Germany’s Willibald Kress) (November 13, 1906-January 27, 1989)

Sigmund Haringer, Rudolf Noack and Stanislaus Kobierski were also out replaced by Paul Janes, Reinhold Munzenberg and Matthias Heidemann.

Reinhold Munzenberg was employed as stopper, which allowed Szepan to move up in midfield.

Reinhold Munzenberg had been on stand-by in Germany and had to postpone his wedding plans due to his call-up.

Photo From: Deutschlands Fussball Nationalspieler, Das Lexicon, Author Jurgen Bitter (Germany’s Reinhold Munzenberg) (March 7, 1908-June 26, 1986)

-For the Austrians, Matthias Sindelar and Anton Schall were out, replaced by Georg Braun and Johann Horvath.

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005 (June 7, 1934, World Cup, Germany 3-Austria 2)

-Since both teams were wearing White jerseys, the Italian referee Albino Carraro decided to ask for one of the teams to change its colors.

The fans in the stands were making their displeasure clear, so Carraro had to act.

The Austrians borrowed Napoli’s light blue jerseys for this match.

-The Germans scored after just 24 seconds. Szepan found Matthias Heidemann, whose shot was parried by Platzer and Ernst Lehner picked up the rebound. (Some sources claim Conen took the shot not Heidemann).

The Germans doubled the lead in the 29^thminute. Matthias Heidemann’s cross was struck home by Conen, for his fourth goal of the World Cup.

However, almost immediately, Johann Horvath pulled a goal back for Austria from a cross by Zischek.

Minutes before halftime, in the 42^ndminute, Ernst Lehner scored Germany’s third after an exchange with Conen.

Sesta pulled another goal back for Austria in the 55^thminute. The Germans held on to finish third.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo I Mondiali del 1934 (June 7, 1934, World Cup, Germany 3-Austria 2)

-The takeaway from this match was that Austria’s ‘Wunderteam’ was clearly fading while Germany were improving as a Football Nation.

The Germans’ use of the ‘WM’ formation was praised.

Nerz’s decision to move Szepan in the middle had paid off as that was his favorite position and he was able to dictate the play.

Photo From: Fussballweltmeisterschaft 1934 Italien, Author Hardy Grune (June 7, 1934, World Cup, Germany 3-Austria 2)