1956 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. Asian Cup 1956 Qualifying (25/02/1956 - 02/09/1956) Asian Cup 1956 (Hong Kong, 01/09/1956 - 15/09/1956) British Championship 1955-1956 (08/10/1955 - 14/04/1956) British Championship 1956-1957 (06/10/1956 - 10/04/1957) Copa Chevallier Boutell 1956 (Paraguay, 15/08/1956) Copa del Atlántico 1956 (24/06/1956 - 08/07/1956) Copa Oswaldo Cruz 1956 (Paraguay, 12/06/1956 - 17/06/1956) Copa Raúl Colombo 1956 (Brazil, 05/12/1956) Coupe Président Paul Magloire 1956 (Haiti, 08/03/1956 - 16/03/1956) Dr. Gerő Cup 1955-1960 (27/03/1955 - 06/01/1960) Gossage Cup 1956 (Tanganyika, ??/??/1956 - ??/??/1956) Jalco Cup 1956 (Nigeria, 27/10/1956) Leeward Islands Tournament 1956 () Mediterranean Cup 1953-1958 (18/10/1953 - 16/10/1958) Nordic Championship 1956-1959 (10/06/1956 - 18/10/1959) Olympic Games 1956 Qualifying (23/10/1955 - 31/07/1956) Olympic Games 1956 (Australia, 24/11/1956 - 08/12/1956) Panamerican Championship 1956 (Mexico, 26/02/1956 - 18/03/1956) South American Championship 1956 (Uruguay, 21/01/1956 - 15/02/1956) South East Asian Games 1956 (Philippines, ??/??/1956 - ??/??/1956) Three Nations Tournament 1956 (China, 04/10/1956 - 10/10/1956) Triangulaire 1956 (Madagascar, 30/06/1956 - 08/07/1956) World Cup 1958 Qualifying (30/09/1956 - 05/02/1958)
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 03/01/1956 Rangoon Burma 0-9 Yugoslavia B 15/01/1956 Jakarta Indonesia 2-7 Yugoslavia B 29/02/1956 Beirut Lebanon 1-4 Hungary 04/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 0-2 Peru Panamerican C 06/03/1956 Ciudad de México Argentina 4-3 Costa Rica Panamerican C 08/03/1956 Ciudad de México Costa Rica 2-1 Chile Panamerican C 08/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-2 Brazil Panamerican C 09/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Venezuela 1-0 Panama Prés. Magloire 10/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-1 Venezuela Prés. Magloire 13/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 7-1 Costa Rica Panamerican C 13/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 0-0 Argentina Panamerican C 14/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Venezuela 4-2 Panama Prés. Magloire 16/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 3-0 Venezuela Prés. Magloire 17/03/1956 Ciudad de México Costa Rica 4-2 Peru Panamerican C 17/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 2-1 Chile Panamerican C or 18/03 ? 08/04/1956 Oeiras Portugal 0-1 Brazil 11/04/1956 Zürich Switzerland 1-1 Brazil 15/04/1956 Wien Austria 2-3 Brazil 21/04/1956 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-0 Brazil 25/04/1956 Milano Italy 3-0 Brazil 01/05/1956 İstanbul Turkey 0-1 Brazil 09/05/1956 London England 4-2 Brazil 14/06/1956 Bamako French Sudan 0-8 France Amateur 17/06/1956 Dakar Senegal 2-9 France Amateur 24/06/1956 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Italy 01/07/1956 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-0 Italy 11/07/1956 Moskva USSR 5-0 Israel Olympics Qual 31/07/1956 Ramat-Gan Israel 1-2 USSR Olympics Qual 05/08/1956 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-1 Czechoslovakia 06/08/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia XI 4-0 China Or 09/08 ? 08/08/1956 São Paulo Brazil 4-1 Czechoslovakia 12/08/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Czechoslovakia 19/08/1956 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Czechoslovakia 26/08/1956 Santiago Chile 3-0 Czechoslovakia 09/09/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-2 Indonesia 20/09/1956 Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 3-1 Indonesia 25/10/1956 Tokyo Japan 3-5 USA Olympic 27/10/1956 Seoul South Korea 1-0 USA Olympic 06/11/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-1 USA Olympic 10/11/1956 Manila Philippines 0-4 USA Olympic 12/11/1956 Singapore Singapore 1-2 USA Olympic 15/11/1956 Melbourne Australia XI 2-16 USSR 16/11/1956 Jakarta Indonesia 7-5 USA Olympic 26/11/1956 Melbourne Great Britain Ol. 9-0 Thailand Olympics 27/11/1956 Melbourne Australia 2-0 Japan Olympics 28/11/1956 Melbourne Yugoslavia 9-1 USA Olympic Olympics 29/11/1956 Melbourne USSR 0-0 Indonesia Olympics AET 01/12/1956 Melbourne Australia 2-4 India Olympics 01/12/1956 Melbourne USSR 4-0 Indonesia Olympics 04/12/1956 Melbourne Yugoslavia 4-1 India Olympics 07/12/1956 Melbourne Bulgaria 3-0 India Olympics 12/12/1956 Sydney Australia 1-7 India 23/12/1956 Jakarta Indonesia 1-5 Yugoslavia
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 ??/??/1956 Northern Rhodesia 4-0 South Africa XI ??/??/1956 Dar es Salaam Tanganyika 0-9 Kenya Gossage ??/??/1956 Dar es Salaam Uganda ?-? Kenya Gossage Uganda won 30/06/1956 Mauritius 8-3 Reunion Triangulaire 05/07/1956 Madagascar 4-2 Reunion Triangulaire 08/07/1956 Madagascar 3-3 Mauritius Triangulaire 11/07/1956 Ethiopia 1-4 Egypt Olympics Qual 31/07/1956 Egypt 5-2 Ethiopia Olympics Qual or 5-1 ? 13/10/1956 French Togoland 1-1 Gold Coast 20/10/1956 Nigeria 1-1 French Togoland 27/10/1956 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Gold Coast Jalco 10/11/1956 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 Gambia 16/11/1956 Ethiopia 2-1 Sudan
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 ??/??/1956 Manila Philippines 0-2 Japan XI SEA Games ??/??/1956 Manila Philippines 0-3 Japan XI SEA Games ??/??/1956 South Vietnam 3-1 Thailand ??/??/1956 South Vietnam 2-1 Thailand 25/02/1956 Manila Philippines 0-2 South Korea Asia Qual 27/02/1956 Philippines XI 1-2 South Korea 12/03/1956 Singapore Singapore 1-1 Pakistan 17/03/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malaya 9-2 Cambodia Asia Qual 21/04/1956 Seoul South Korea 3-0 Philippines Asia Qual 24/04/1956 Phnom Penh Cambodia 3-2 Malaya Asia Qual 03/05/1956 Saigon South Vietnam 4-0 Malaya Asia Qual 24/05/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malaya 3-3 South Vietnam Asia Qual 03/06/1956 South Vietnam 5-2 Cambodia Olympics Qual or 11/07 ? 03/06/1956 Tokyo Japan 2-0 South Korea Olympics Qual 10/06/1956 Tokyo Japan 0-2 South Korea Olympics Qual Japan on lots 10/06/1956 Cambodia 3-4 South Vietnam Olympics Qual or 31/07 ? 17/06/1956 New Delhi India 0-1 China 25/06/1956 Rangoon Burma 2-3 China 26/08/1956 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Taiwan Asia Qual 01/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-3 Israel Asia 02/09/1956 Taipei Taiwan 1-2 South Korea Asia Qual 06/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-2 South Korea Asia 08/09/1956 Hong Kong South Korea 2-1 Israel Asia 09/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-2 South Vietnam Asia 12/09/1956 Hong Kong Israel 2-1 South Vietnam Asia 15/09/1956 Hong Kong South Korea 5-3 South Vietnam Asia 04/10/1956 Beijing China 5-3 North Vietnam Three Nations 07/10/1956 Beijing China 0-1 North Korea Three Nations 10/10/1956 Beijing North Korea 3-0 North Vietnam Three Nations
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 15/02/1956 Bologna Italy 2-0 France 19/02/1956 İstanbul Turkey 3-1 Hungary 11/03/1956 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 1-3 Switzerland 14/03/1956 Düsseldorf West Germany 1-2 Netherlands 25/03/1956 Paris France 3-1 Austria 25/03/1956 Oeiras Portugal 3-1 Turkey 25/03/1956 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 0-2 France B 08/04/1956 Antwerpen Belgium 0-1 Netherlands 11/04/1956 Cardiff Wales 1-1 Northern Ireland British 55-56 14/04/1956 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 England British 55-56 18/04/1956 Den Bosch South Netherlands 3-1 Luxembourg 22/04/1956 Napoli Italy B 7-1 Greece Med. Cup 22/04/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 Romania 29/04/1956 Budapest Hungary 2-2 Yugoslavia Dr. Gerő 01/05/1956 Saarbrücken Saar 1-1 Switzerland 02/05/1956 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 Austria 10/05/1956 Genève Switzerland 1-6 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 10/05/1956 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-4 Ireland 12/05/1956 London Great Britain Ol. 3-3 Bulgaria Olympics Qual 16/05/1956 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 England 20/05/1956 Budapest Hungary 2-4 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 20/05/1956 Helsinki Finland 1-5 England 23/05/1956 Moskva USSR 5-1 Denmark 25/05/1956 West-Berlin West Germany 1-3 England 30/05/1956 Oslo Norway 0-0 Poland 03/06/1956 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 5-4 Hungary 03/06/1956 Oeiras Portugal 3-1 Spain 03/06/1956 Saar 0-0 Portugal B 06/06/1956 Amsterdam Netherlands 3-2 Saar 09/06/1956 Oeiras Portugal 2-2 Hungary 10/06/1956 Helsinki Finland 1-3 Sweden Nordic 13/06/1956 Oslo Norway 1-3 West Germany 17/06/1956 Zagreb Yugoslavia 1-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 17/06/1956 Bucureşti Romania 0-2 Sweden 24/06/1956 København Denmark 2-3 Norway Nordic 28/06/1956 Bucureşti Romania 2-0 Norway 29/06/1956 Helsinki Finland 2-1 Iceland 30/06/1956 Stockholm Sweden 2-2 West Germany 01/07/1956 København Denmark 2-5 USSR 15/07/1956 Budapest Hungary 4-1 Poland 22/07/1956 Chorzów Poland 0-2 East Germany 07/08/1956 Reykjavík Iceland 2-3 England Amateur 26/08/1956 Oslo Norway 1-1 Finland Nordic 26/08/1956 Wrocław Poland 1-2 Bulgaria 10/09/1956 Sofiya Bulgaria 2-0 Romania 15/09/1956 Lausanne Switzerland 2-3 Netherlands 15/09/1956 Hannover West Germany 1-2 USSR 16/09/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-3 Hungary Dr. Gerő 16/09/1956 Helsinki Finland 0-4 Denmark Nordic 16/09/1956 Oslo Norway 3-1 Sweden Nordic 23/09/1956 Moskva USSR 0-1 Hungary 30/09/1956 Wien Austria 7-0 Luxembourg World Cup Qual 30/09/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-2 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 03/10/1956 Dublin Ireland 2-1 Denmark World Cup Qual 06/10/1956 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-1 England British 56-57 07/10/1956 Paris France 1-2 Hungary 14/10/1956 Wien Austria 0-2 Hungary 14/10/1956 Antwerpen Belgium 2-3 Netherlands 14/10/1956 Sofiya Bulgaria 3-1 East Germany 14/10/1956 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-4 Belgium B 20/10/1956 Cardiff Wales 2-2 Scotland British 56-57 21/10/1956 Stockholm Sweden 1-1 Denmark Nordic 21/10/1956 Paris France 2-1 USSR 28/10/1956 Warszawa Poland 5-3 Norway 04/11/1956 København Denmark 2-2 Netherlands 04/11/1956 Kraków Poland 5-0 Finland 07/11/1956 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Northern Ireland British 56-57 11/11/1956 Paris France 6-3 Belgium World Cup Qual 11/11/1956 Bern Switzerland 1-1 Italy Dr. Gerő 11/11/1956 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 4-1 Switzerland B 14/11/1956 London England 3-1 Wales British 56-57 16/11/1956 İstanbul Turkey 1-1 Poland 21/11/1956 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Yugoslavia 21/11/1956 Frankfurt/Main West Germany 1-3 Switzerland 24/11/1956 Melbourne USSR 2-1 United Germany Ol. Olympics 25/11/1956 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-1 Turkey 25/11/1956 Dublin Ireland 3-0 West Germany 28/11/1956 London England 3-0 Yugoslavia 30/11/1956 Melbourne Bulgaria 6-1 Great Britain Ol. Olympics 05/12/1956 Wolverhampton England 5-2 Denmark World Cup Qual 05/12/1956 Melbourne USSR 2-1 Bulgaria Olympics 08/12/1956 Melbourne USSR 1-0 Yugoslavia Olympics 09/12/1956 Genova Italy 2-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 23/12/1956 Köln West Germany 4-1 Belgium 23/12/1956 Courtrai Belgium B 1-0 Luxembourg
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 26/02/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-1 Costa Rica Panamerican C ??/03/1956 Netherlands Antil. 3-1 Martinique ??/03/1956 Netherlands Antil. 3-1 Martinique 08/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 3-2 Panama Prés. Magloire 13/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-1 Panama Prés. Magloire 10/04/1956 Martinique 0-1 Netherlands Antil. 24/04/1956 Martinique 3-0 Guadeloupe 20/05/1956 Guadeloupe 2-2 Martinique
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 21/01/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 4-2 Paraguay South American 22/01/1956 Montevideo Argentina 2-1 Peru South American 24/01/1956 Montevideo Chile 4-1 Brazil South American 28/01/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Peru South American 29/01/1956 Montevideo Brazil 0-0 Paraguay South American 29/01/1956 Montevideo Argentina 2-0 Chile South American 01/02/1956 Montevideo Brazil 2-1 Peru South American 01/02/1956 Montevideo Argentina 1-0 Paraguay South American 05/02/1956 Montevideo Paraguay 1-1 Peru South American 05/02/1956 Montevideo Brazil 1-0 Argentina South American 06/02/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Chile South American 09/02/1956 Montevideo Chile 4-3 Peru South American 10/02/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0 Brazil South American 12/02/1956 Montevideo Chile 2-0 Paraguay South American 15/02/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Argentina South American 28/02/1956 Ciudad de México Argentina 0-0 Peru Panamerican C 01/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 2-1 Chile Panamerican C 06/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 1-0 Peru Panamerican C 11/03/1956 Ciudad de México Argentina 3-0 Chile Panamerican C 15/03/1956 Ciudad de México Peru 2-2 Chile Panamerican C 18/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 2-2 Argentina Panamerican C 12/06/1956 Asunción Paraguay 0-2 Brazil Oswaldo Cruz 17/06/1956 Asunción Paraguay 2-5 Brazil Oswaldo Cruz 24/06/1956 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-0 Uruguay Atlántico 01/07/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 1-2 Argentina Atlántico 08/07/1956 Avellaneda Argentina 0-0 Brazil Atlántico 15/07/1956 Paraguay 2-2 Uruguay 15/08/1956 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 Argentina Chevallier 10/10/1956 Uruguay 1-2 Argentina 14/11/1956 Argentina 2-2 Uruguay
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 ??/??/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-1 CA Lanús ??/??/1956 Willemstad Netherlands Antil. 1-1 CA Tigre ??/??/1956 Willemstad Netherlands Antil. 0-2 CA Tigre ??/??/1956 Oranjestad Aruba 3-3 CA Tigre ??/??/1956 Willemstad Netherlands Antil. 4-3 CA Tigre ??/??/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-4 CA Tigre ??/??/1956 Kingston Jamaica 1-6 CA Tigre ??/??/1956 La Banda CA Central Arg. 1-3 Argentina 04/02/1956 Israel 3-3 FK Sarajevo 16/02/1956 Israel 2-1 Kapfenberger SV 28/02/1956 Philippines Univ. 0-6 South Korea ??/03/1956 Beirut Beirut XI 0-6 Hungary ??/03/1956 Damascus Al-Jaish 0-4 Hungary 01/04/1956 Recife Brazil 2-0 Pernambucana XI 29/04/1956 New York ASL All-Stars 1-2 Israel 07/05/1956 Israel 1-1 Sunderland AFC 10/05/1956 Israel 0-2 Rampla Juniors FC 13/06/1956 Israel 0-0 São Cristóvão FR 20/06/1956 Israel 1-1 First Vienna FC 14/07/1956 Perth Western Australia 1-4 Australia 18/07/1956 Adelaide Australia 3-2 South Australia 21/07/1956 Hobart Tasmania ?-? Australia 22/07/1956 Melbourne Australia 3-0 Victoria 23/07/1956 Vilnius Lithuania 0-1 China 26/07/1956 Minsk Belarus 0-1 China 04/08/1956 Brisbane Australia 2-5 Queensland 05/08/1956 Moskva Russia 1-0 China 05/08/1956 Sydney Australia 3-4 New South Wales 12/08/1956 Sarajevo Bosnia/Herzegovina 6-1 China 18/08/1956 Sydney Australia 1-3 New South Wales 18/08/1956 Toronto Canada 1-2 Lokomotiv Moskva 19/08/1956 Wallsend Australia 1-0 New South Wales 19/08/1956 Baku Neftyanik Baku 3-1 Indonesia 12/09/1956 Zagreb Croatia 5-2 Indonesia 19/09/1956 Guangzhou Guangzhou 1-1 Pakistan 24/09/1956 Shanghai Shanghai 2-2 Pakistan 28/09/1956 Beijing August 1st 1-0 Pakistan 30/09/1956 Beijing Beijing Youth 5-0 Pakistan 02/10/1956 Nanning Guangxi 1-3 North Vietnam 07/10/1956 Philadelphia Uhrik Truckers 3-3 Iceland 11/10/1956 Baltimore Maryland All-Stars 0-5 Iceland 14/10/1956 New York Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-0 Iceland 16/10/1956 Wuhan Wuhan 1-2 North Vietnam 16/10/1956 Changchun Changchun 0-0 North Korea 21/10/1956 Shenyang Shenyang Youth 0-3 North Korea 24/10/1956 Nanning Guangdong 3-0 North Vietnam 24/10/1956 Shenyang 1st Ministry M.B. 0-0 North Korea 31/10/1956 Freetown S. Leone Rural XI 0-1 Gambia 02/11/1956 Tiranë Albania XI 5-1 China 03/11/1956 Bo S. Leone SE XI 0-2 Gambia 05/11/1956 USSR 11-1 Pakhtakor 07/11/1956 Makeni S. Leone North XI 1-4 Gambia 02/12/1956 Cambodia 3-2 Shanghai 05/12/1956 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro XI 1-2 Argentina Raúl Colombo 09/12/1956 Cambodia 0-1 Shanghai