August
In its traditional season curtain raiser to the season, France defeated Belgian club Anderlecht (1-0).
Austria started its 1980 Euro qualifiers at the end of the month by defeating Norway at Oslo (2-0).
It was Austrina Manager Karl Stotz’s first match in charge.
Franz Beckenbauer and Johann Cruyff lined up together in a charity match for New York Cosmos vs. a World Selection.
Date: August 4, 1978
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Varna-Yuri Gagarin
Attendance: 12,000
Bulgaria 2-Romania 0 (Aleksandar Ivanov 8, Plamen Markov 16)
Note: For Romania this is considered an unofficial match
Date: August 9, 1978
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Helsinki -Olympiastadion
Attendance: 7,481
Finland 1-Norway 1 (Atik Ismail 79 / Tor Egil Johansen 61)
Date: August 12, 1978
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Paris
Attendance:
France 1-RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) 0 (Didier Six 57)
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Photo From: Mondial, old series, Hors-Serie, Issue 4, Le Livre d'or 1978 (August 12, 1978, France 1-Anderlecht 0) |
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Photo From: Onze (France squad, August 12, 1978, France 1-Anderlecht 0) |
Date: August 16, 1978
Competition: Nordic Cup
Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken
Attendance:28,100
Denmark 2-Sweden 1 (Benny Nielsen 10, Per Røntved17 pen / Tommy Berggren 73)
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Photo From: Landsholdet-I medgang og modgang, Author: Palle "Banks" Jorgensen (Denmark squad, August 16, 1978, Nordic Cup, Denmark 2-Sweden 1) |
Date: August 30, 1978
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 2
Venue: Oslo- Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance:16,000
Norway 0-Austria 2 (Bruno Pezzey 25, Hans Krankl 43)
Date: August 30, 1978
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Erfurt, Georgi-Dimitroff-Stadion
Attendance:9,000
East Germany 2-Bulgaria 2 (Lutz Eigendorf 15, 62 / Pavel Panov 21, Angel Stankov42)
Date: August 30, 1978
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Helsinki -Olympiastadion
Attendance:3,000
Finland 0-Poland 1 (Stefan Majewski 81)
Date: August 30, 1978
Competition: Unicef Charity Match
Venue: East Rutherford,New Jersey- Meadowlands Arena, Giants Stadium
Attendance:50,757
New York Cosmos (USA) 2-World XI 2 (Giorgio Chinaglia 60, Seninho 88 / Roberto Rivelino 9, Cueller 70)
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Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 23, October 1978 (August 30, 1978, Unicef Charity Match, New York Cosmos (USA) 2-World XI 2) |
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Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 23, October 1978 (Franz Beckenbauer and Johann Cruyff, August 30, 1978, Unicef Charity Match, New York Cosmos (USA) 2-World XI 2) |
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Photo From: Mondial, old series, issue 23, October 1978 (New York Cosmos squad, August 30, 1978, Unicef Charity Match, New York Cosmos (USA) 2-World XI 2) |