1949 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES Matches are sorted by continent, and then chronologically; if both teams were from the same continent, the match is listed in the section for that continent. If the teams were from different continents, the match is listed in the 'Intercontinental' section. Also, there is a section of unofficial international matches, named 'Other Matches'. Tournaments (with link to relevant RSSSF page): Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. British Championship 1948-1949 (09/10/1948 - 09/04/1949) British Championship 1949-1950 (01/10/1949 - 15/04/1950) Dr. Gerő Cup 1948-1953 (21/04/1948 - 13/12/1953) Esso and Standard Oil Cup 1949 (Guadeloupe, ??/??/1949) Gossage Cup 1949 (Zanzibar, ??/??/1949 - ??/??/1949) Leeward Islands Tournament 1949 () Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 (Greece, 12/05/1949 - 25/05/1949) Nordic Championship 1948-1951 (12/06/1948 - 21/10/1951) North American Championship 1949 (Mexico, 04/09/1949 - 25/09/1949) Southamerican Championship 1949 (Brazil, 03/04/1949 - 11/05/1949) Triangulaire 1949 (Reunion, ??/??/1949 - ??/??/1949) World Cup 1950 Qualifying (02/06/1949 - 15/04/1950)
INTERCONTINENTAL Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 13/05/1949 Athinai Turkey 3-2 Egypt Med. Cup 18/05/1949 Athinai Greece 1-3 Egypt Med. Cup 22/05/1949 Athinai Italy B 2-1 Egypt Med. Cup 19/06/1949 New York USA 0-4 Scotland XI 30/07/1949 Tel Aviv Israel 3-1 Cyprus 21/08/1949 Beograd Yugoslavia 6-0 Israel World Cup Qual 18/09/1949 Tel Aviv Israel 2-5 Yugoslavia World Cup Qual 20/11/1949 Ankara Turkey 7-0 Syria World Cup Qual 25/11/1949 Athinai Greece 8-0 Syria
AFRICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1949 South Africa XI 3-2 Northern Rhodesia ??/??/1949 Kenya 3-2 Zanzibar Gossage ??/??/1949 Tanganyika 2-0 Kenya Gossage 02/03/1949 Mauritius 3-1 Madagascar Triangulaire 03/03/1949 Reunion 1-3 Madagascar Triangulaire 04/03/1949 Reunion 0-6 Mauritius Triangulaire 01/05/1949 Ethiopia 6-0 French Somaliland 10/08/1949 Sierra Leone 0-2 Nigeria
ASIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 01/01/1949 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-5 South Korea 02/01/1949 Hong Kong Taiwan 3-2 South Korea 04/01/1949 Hong Kong Hong Kong XI 3-2 South Korea 09/01/1949 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-4 South Korea 15/01/1949 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 2-4 South Korea 16/01/1949 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 3-3 South Korea 25/01/1949 Macao Macao 1-5 South Korea
EUROPE Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 02/01/1949 Barcelona Spain 1-1 Belgium 27/02/1949 Genova Italy 4-1 Portugal 09/03/1949 Belfast Northern Ireland 0-2 Wales British 48-49 13/03/1949 Amsterdam Netherlands 3-3 Belgium 13/03/1949 Charleroi Belgium B 6-0 Luxembourg 20/03/1949 Linz Austria B 3-0 Luxembourg 20/03/1949 Wien Austria 1-0 Turkey 20/03/1949 Oeiras Portugal 1-1 Spain 23/03/1949 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 2-2 Luxembourg 27/03/1949 Madrid Spain 1-3 Italy 03/04/1949 Lausanne Switzerland 1-2 Austria Dr. Gerő 09/04/1949 London England 1-3 Scotland British 48-49 10/04/1949 Praha Czechoslovakia 5-2 Hungary Dr. Gerő 23/04/1949 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-1 France 24/04/1949 Dublin Ireland 0-2 Belgium 27/04/1949 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 France 08/05/1949 Budapest Hungary 6-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 08/05/1949 Bucureşti Romania 2-1 Poland 13/05/1949 Stockholm Sweden 3-1 England 15/05/1949 Athinai Greece 1-2 Turkey Med. Cup 15/05/1949 Oeiras Portugal 3-2 Wales 15/05/1949 Helsinki Finland 0-4 England B 18/05/1949 Oslo Norway 1-4 England 18/05/1949 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-4 England B 20/05/1949 Athinai Italy B 3-2 Turkey Med. Cup 22/05/1949 Firenze Italy 3-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 22/05/1949 Liège Belgium 3-1 Wales 22/05/1949 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-4 France B 22/05/1949 Praha Czechoslovakia 3-2 Romania 22/05/1949 Paris France 1-3 England 22/05/1949 Dublin Ireland 1-0 Portugal 25/05/1949 Athinai Greece 2-3 Italy B Med. Cup 26/05/1949 Bern Switzerland 4-0 Wales 02/06/1949 Stockholm Sweden 3-1 Ireland World Cup Qual 04/06/1949 Paris France 4-2 Switzerland 12/06/1949 Budapest Hungary 1-1 Italy Dr. Gerő 12/06/1949 København Denmark 1-2 Netherlands 12/06/1949 Dublin Ireland 1-4 Spain 16/06/1949 Helsinki Finland 1-4 Netherlands 19/06/1949 Paris France 1-5 Spain 19/06/1949 Oslo Norway 1-3 Yugoslavia 19/06/1949 Warszawa Poland 1-2 Denmark 19/06/1949 Stockholm Sweden 2-2 Hungary 26/06/1949 Zürich Switzerland 5-2 Luxembourg World Cup Qual 08/07/1949 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Norway Nordic 10/07/1949 Debrecen Hungary 8-2 Poland 07/08/1949 Århus Denmark 5-1 Iceland 04/09/1949 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-3 Bulgaria 08/09/1949 Dublin Ireland 3-0 Finland World Cup Qual 11/09/1949 København Denmark 0-2 Finland Nordic 11/09/1949 Oslo Norway 0-2 Denmark Nordic 18/09/1949 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-3 Switzerland World Cup Qual 21/09/1949 Liverpool England 0-2 Ireland 25/09/1949 Wien Austria 3-1 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 01/10/1949 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-8 Scotland WCQ / Br. 49-50 02/10/1949 Malmö Sweden 8-1 Finland Nordic 02/10/1949 Stockholm Sweden 3-3 Norway Nordic 02/10/1949 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 3-0 Switzerland 02/10/1949 Warszawa Poland 3-2 Bulgaria 09/10/1949 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-1 France World Cup Qual 09/10/1949 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Ireland World Cup Qual 09/10/1949 Lille France B 3-1 Luxembourg 15/10/1949 Cardiff Wales 1-4 England WCQ / Br. 49-50 16/10/1949 Wien Austria 3-4 Hungary 23/10/1949 København Denmark 3-2 Sweden Nordic 23/10/1949 Bucureşti Romania 1-1 Albania 30/10/1949 Paris France 1-1 Yugoslavia World Cup Qual 30/10/1949 Ostrava Czechoslovakia 2-0 Poland 30/10/1949 Budapest Hungary 5-0 Bulgaria 06/11/1949 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-1 Belgium 06/11/1949 Charleroi Belgium B 3-2 Luxembourg 06/11/1949 Warszawa Poland 2-1 Albania 09/11/1949 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Wales WCQ / Br. 49-50 13/11/1949 Dublin Ireland 1-3 Sweden World Cup Qual 13/11/1949 Paris France 1-0 Czechoslovakia 13/11/1949 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-5 Austria 16/11/1949 London England 9-2 Northern Ireland WCQ / Br. 49-50 17/11/1949 Sofiya Bulgaria 0-0 Albania 20/11/1949 Budapest Hungary 5-0 Sweden 23/11/1949 Cardiff Wales 5-1 Belgium 29/11/1949 Tiranë Albania 1-4 Romania 30/11/1949 London England 2-0 Italy 11/12/1949 Firenze Yugoslavia 3-2 France World Cup Qual 11/12/1949 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1949 Guadeloupe ?-? Trinidad/Tobago ESSO/Standard Trinidad/Tobago won ??/04/1949 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-2 Trinidad/Tobago ??/04/1949 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-3 Trinidad/Tobago ??/04/1949 Port-au-Prince Haiti 5-0 Trinidad/Tobago 02/05/1949 Kingston Jamaica 3-1 Trinidad/Tobago 04/05/1949 Kingston Jamaica 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago 07/05/1949 Kingston Jamaica 1-2 Trinidad/Tobago 09/05/1949 (Dutch Guiana) Cuba 0-0 Martinique ??/05/1949 San Juan Puerto Rico 0-7 Trinidad/Tobago 12/05/1949 Paramaribo Dutch Guiana 0-1 Cuba 01/07/1949 Martinique 2-0 Trinidad/Tobago 03/08/1949 El Salvador 3-1 Panama 04/08/1949 El Salvador 2-3 Panama 04/09/1949 Ciudad de México Mexico 6-0 USA WCQ / NA Champ 11/09/1949 Ciudad de México Mexico 2-0 Cuba WCQ / NA Champ 14/09/1949 Ciudad de México Cuba 1-1 USA WCQ / NA Champ 18/09/1949 Ciudad de México Mexico 6-2 USA WCQ / NA Champ 21/09/1949 Ciudad de México USA 5-2 Cuba WCQ / NA Champ 25/09/1949 Ciudad de México Mexico 3-0 Cuba WCQ / NA Champ 05/11/1949 Trinidad/Tobago ?-? British Guiana 19/12/1949 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-0 Jamaica
OCEANIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes None
SOUTH AMERICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 03/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 9-1 Ecuador Southamerican 06/04/1949 São Paulo Bolivia 3-2 Chile Southamerican 06/04/1949 São Paulo Paraguay 3-0 Colombia Southamerican 10/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Peru 4-0 Colombia Southamerican 10/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 1-0 Ecuador Southamerican 10/04/1949 São Paulo Brazil 10-1 Bolivia Southamerican 13/04/1949 São Paulo Brazil 2-1 Chile Southamerican 13/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 3-2 Ecuador Southamerican 13/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 3-1 Peru Southamerican 17/04/1949 São Paulo Brazil 5-0 Colombia Southamerican 17/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Chile 1-0 Ecuador Southamerican 17/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Bolivia 3-2 Uruguay Southamerican 20/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Peru 4-0 Ecuador Southamerican 20/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Chile 1-1 Colombia Southamerican 20/04/1949 São Paulo Uruguay 2-1 Paraguay Southamerican 24/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 7-1 Peru Southamerican 25/04/1949 São Paulo Bolivia 2-0 Ecuador Southamerican 25/04/1949 São Paulo Uruguay 2-2 Colombia Southamerican 27/04/1949 Santos Peru 3-0 Bolivia Southamerican 27/04/1949 São Paulo Paraguay 4-2 Chile Southamerican 30/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 7-0 Bolivia Southamerican 30/04/1949 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 5-1 Uruguay Southamerican 30/04/1949 São Paulo Peru 3-0 Chile Southamerican 03/05/1949 Rio de Janeiro Ecuador 4-1 Colombia Southamerican 04/05/1949 Rio de Janeiro Peru 4-3 Uruguay Southamerican 06/05/1949 Rio de Janeiro Bolivia 4-0 Colombia Southamerican 08/05/1949 Belo Horizonte Chile 3-1 Uruguay Southamerican 08/05/1949 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 2-1 Brazil Southamerican 11/05/1949 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 7-0 Paraguay Southamerican
OTHER MATCHES Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1949 Torino Italy 2-2 CA River Plate ??/??/1949 Madrid Spain 1-4 Newell's Old Boys ??/??/1949 CS Herediano 3-0 Guatemala 18/01/1949 (Vietnam) France Army XI 0-5 South Korea 27/01/1949 (Mexico) Spain / Asturias 0-2 Vasco da Gama 13/02/1949 (Mexico) Spain / Asturias 2-0 Vasco da Gama 25/03/1949 Flamengo 1-2 Ecuador ??/05/1949 San Juan Puerto Rican Club 2-8 Trinidad/Tobago 25/05/1949 St. Louis St. Louis Stars 0-6 Scotland 29/05/1949 Randalls Island Belfast Celtic 2-0 Scotland 30/05/1949 Randalls Island American League XI 1-4 Scotland 06/06/1949 Kearny New Jersey Stars 1-3 Scotland 08/06/1949 Toronto Toronto Stars 0-2 Scotland 09/06/1949 Montréal Canada Eastern XI 2-5 Scotland 12/06/1949 Philadelphia Philadelphia Stars 1-8 Scotland 15/06/1949 Fall River New England Stars 1-3 Scotland 23/07/1949 Tel Aviv Tel-Aviv XI 3-3 Cyprus 27/07/1949 Haifa Tel-Aviv XI 2-2 Cyprus 30/07/1949 Sydney Australia 2-3 Hajduk Split 06/08/1949 Melbourne Australia 0-3 Hajduk Split 07/08/1949 América 3-2 El Salvador 27/08/1949 Brisbane Australia 3-6 Hajduk Split 03/09/1949 Newcastle Australia 2-1 Hajduk Split 10/09/1949 Sydney Australia 2-3 Hajduk Split 11/09/1949 León 2-2 El Salvador 25/09/1949 León 0-3 El Salvador 16/10/1949 Juv. Asturiana 3-2 El Salvador 23/10/1949 Geleen Zuid Nederland 2-1 Luxembourg 25/10/1949 Gibraltar Gibraltar 2-2 Real Madrid 27/11/1949 Madrid Real Madrid 7-1 Mexico 04/12/1949 Alajuela 4-1 El Salvador 14/12/1949 Porto Alegre 4-1 El Salvador 17/12/1949 Port-au-Prince Jamaica 5-2 La Ceiba XI 25/12/1949 San José Costa Rica 0-5 Grêmio FBPA