1972 MATCHES
EUROPE.
Author: Barrie Courtney.
12/01/1972, Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, 30000
Friendly International
SPAIN 1 (Antonio Arieta 83')
HUNGARY 0
Spain: Iribar, Sol, Francisco Gallego, Tonono, Touriño, Lora, Lico, Luis Aragonés
(Churruca 46'), Amancio [c] (Quini 60'), Quino, Rexach
(Antonio Arieta 60').
Hungary: István Géczi, Tibor Fábián, József Kovács, Csaba Vidáts, Péter Juhász,
István Juhász (Miklós Szalai 60'), Lajos Szűcs, László Fazekas,
Ferenc Bene, Antal Dunai II (István Szőke 60'), Sándor Zámbó.
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
20/01/1972, Nicosia
Friendly International
CYPRUS 1
GREECE MILITARY 2
Coaches: Greece Military:
Cyprus: Sima Milovanov (Yugoslavia).
09/02/1972, Aachen, Tivoli Stadion
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY AMAT. 2 (Rudi Seliger, Bernd Nickel)
LUXEMBOURG 2 (Jean-Paul Martin, Gilbert Dussier)
West Germany Amat.:
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Jean-Pierre Hoffmann, René Flenghi, René Kollwelter,
Johny Hoffmann, Nicolas Hoffmann, Léon Schmit (Guy Weis 46'),
Gilbert Dussier, Jean-Paul Martin, Nico Braun [c], Josy Kirchens.
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands).
Coaches: West Germany Amat.: Jupp Derwall.
Luxembourg: Ernst Melchior (Austria).
Note: Date also reported as 11/02/1972.
16/02/1972, Hull (England), Boothferry Park, 19925
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Samuel Morgan 72')
SPAIN 1 (José Francisco Rojo 41')
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton (Martin O'Neill 46'), Eric McMordie,
Samuel Morgan, Sammy McIlroy, George Best.
Spain: Iribar, Sol, Francisco Gallego [c], Costas, Tonono, Benito, Aguilar, Lora
(Migueli 55'), Quino, Quini (Manolete 27'), José Francisco Rojo.
Referee: Jack Taylor (England).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Cards: Northern Ireland: none.
Spain: Sol [Y].
16/02/1972, Piraeus, Stadio Karaiskaiki, 8654
Friendly International
GREECE 0
NETHERLANDS 5 (Barry Hulshoff 4', 42', Johan Cruijff 56', 82', Johan Neeskens 60')
Greece: Nikos Christidis, Theodoros Pallas, Apostolos Toskas, Anthimos Kapsis,
Thanasis Aggelis, Stavros Sarafis, Mimis Domazos [c], Takis Synetopoulos,
Georgios Dedes (Kostas Eleftherakis 60'), Koulis Apostolidis
(Kostas Davourlis 46'), Thomas Mavros.
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Hans Venneker, Rinus Israël, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol,
Johan Neeskens, Theo de Jong, Wim van Hanegem, Henk Wery,
Johan Cruijff [c], Piet Keizer.
Referee: Josip Strmecki (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
04/03/1972, Piraeus, Stadio Karaiskaiki, 20000
Friendly International
GREECE 2 (Antonis Antoniadis 12', Spyros Pomonis 55')
ITALY 1 (Roberto Boninsegna 19')
Greece: Nikos Christidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Takis Synetopoulos, Apostolos Toskas,
Thanasis Aggelis, Stavros Sarafis (Kostas Eleftherakis 70'),
Georgios Koudas, Mimis Domazos [c], Antonis Antoniadis,
Dimitris Papaioannou (Dimitris Paridis 67'), Spyros Pomonis
(Kostas Papaioannou 79').
Italy: Dino Zoff, Tarcisio Burgnich, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Giancarlo de Sisti,
Roberto Rosato (Gianfranco Bedin 66'), Pierluigi Cera, Sandro Mazzola,
Romeo Benetti (Mario Bertini 46'), Roberto Boninsegna, Claudio Sala,
Luigi Riva.
Referee: Luben Radunchev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
07/03/1972, Den Haag, 1500
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS AMAT. 2 ()
FINLAND 1 (Juhani Tapola)
Netherlands Amat.:
Finland: Paavo Heinonen, Jouko Suomalainen, Vilho Rajantie, Ari Mäkynen, Esko Ranta,
Pekka Heikkilä, Matti Mäkelä [c], Miikka Toivola, Juhani Tapola,
Henry Bergström, Jarmo Flink.
Referee: Th. Booij (Netherlands).
Coaches: Netherlands Amat.:
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
29/03/1972, Lisboa, Estádio da Luz, 5801
World Cup Qualifying
PORTUGAL 4 (Humberto Coelho 7', Nené 17', Artur Jorge 46', Jordão 81')
CYPRUS 0
Portugal: José Henrique, Francisco Rebelo, Humberto Coelho, Rolando Gonçalves,
Manuel Santos, Jaime Graça, Eusébio [c] (Fernando Peres 58'),
Toni, Nené (Joaquim Dinis 58'), Artur Jorge, Jordão.
Cyprus: Varnavas Christofi, Kyriakos Koureas, Michalakis Michael, Stefanis Michael,
Pambos Partasides (Angelos Angelides 24'), Lakis Theodorou,
Pavlos Vasiliou, Tasos Constantinou (Melis Asprou 63'),
Pamboulis Papadopoulos, Nicos Charalambous, Andreas Stylianou [c].
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium).
Coaches: Portugal: José Augusto.
Cyprus: Sima Milovanov (Yugoslavia).
29/03/1972, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 30000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 1 (Hristo Bonev 78')
USSR 1 (Viktor Kolotov 80')
Bulgaria: Stoian Iordanov, Stefan Velichkov, Dimitar Penev [c], Stefan Aladjov,
Dobromir Jechev, Bojil Kolev (Petko Petkov 46'), Mladen Vasilev,
Hristo Bonev, Petar Jekov, Dinko Dermendjiev (Pavel Panov 85'),
Vasil Mitkov.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Yuri Istomin (Viktor Matvienko 77'), Viktor Kolotov,
Oleg Dolmatov, Vladimir Gutsayev, Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Vladimir Fedotov,
Levon Ishtoyan (Vladimir Muntyan 67').
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Vasil Spasov.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
29/03/1972, Budapest, Népstadion, 55000
Friendly International
HUNGARY 0
WEST GERMANY 2 (Paul Breitner 70', Uli Hoeneß 88')
Hungary: Ádám Rothermel, Miklós Páncsics, József Kovács, László Bálint,
Péter Juhász, Csaba Vidáts, Lajos Szűcs, László Fazekas, László Branikovits
(Ferenc Bene 73'), Antal Dunai II, Sándor Zámbó.
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c],
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Herbert Wimmer, Günter Netzer, Heinz Flohe,
Uli Hoeneß, Gerd Müller, Josef Heynckes (Siegfried Held 60').
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
West Germany: Helmut Schön.
08/04/1972, Łódź, ŁKS Stadium, 30000
Friendly International
POLAND 2 (Włodzimierz Lubański 13', 58')
EAST GERMANY XI 1 (Eberhard Vogel 66' pen)
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Antoni Szymanowski, Marian Ostafiński, Jerzy Wyrobek
(Jan Wraży 40'), Zygmunt Anczok, Jerzy Kraska, Zygfryd Szołtysik,
Zygmunt Maszczyk, Jan Banaś (Joachim Marx 59'), Włodzimierz Lubański [c],
Robert Gadocha.
East Germany XI: Jürgen Croy, Gerhard Kische (Lothar Kurbjuweit 70'), Manfred Zapf,
Bernd Bransch, Klaus Sammer, Harald Irmscher, Wolfgang Seguin
(Reinhard Häfner 79'), Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Jürgen Sparwasser,
Joachim Streich (Peter Ducke 79'), Eberhard Vogel.
Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
East Germany XI: Georg Buschner.
Note: Unofficial for East Germany.
08/04/1972, Brno, Za Lužánkami, 30000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 (Ladislav Petráš 18', Vladimír Ternény 42')
AUSTRIA 0
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor, Karol Dobiaš, Vladimír Hrivnák, Vladimír Hagara,
Vladimír Taborský, Jaroslav Pollák, Ladislav Kuna [c], Ondrej Daňko
(Štefan Tománek 66'), Vladimír Ternény, Ladislav Petráš, Ján Čapkovič
(Jiří Klement 62').
Austria: Herbert Rettensteiner, Robert Sara (Robert Fendler 62'),
Gerhard Sturmberger, Johann Eigenstiller, Peter Pumm, Johann Schmidradner,
Josef Hickersberger, Rudolf Horvath, Johann Ettmayer, Wilhelm Kreuz,
Kurt Jara.
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Novák.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
08/04/1972, Bucureşti, 23 August, 25000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 2 (Anghel Iordănescu 16', Cornel Dinu 56')
FRANCE 0
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Nicolae Lupescu, Cornel Dinu,
Augustin Deleanu (Nicolae Ionescu 46'), Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller,
Mircea Lucescu [c], Emerich Dembrovschi, Mircea Sandu (Flavius Domide 46'),
Anghel Iordănescu.
France: Georges Carnus, Marius Trésor, Jacques Novi, Bernard Bosquier [c],
Jean-Paul Rostagni, Georges Lech, Henri Michel, Michel Mézy
(Claude Quittet 46'), Georges Bereta (Jean-Michel Larqué 70'),
Bernard Blanchet, Louis Floch (Marc Molitor 70').
Referee: Josip Strmecki (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
France: Georges Boulogne.
12/04/1972, Thessaloniki, Stadio Kaftatzoglio, 25000
Friendly International
GREECE 0
SPAIN 0
Greece: Nikos Christidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Apostolos Toskas, Takis Synetopoulos,
Christos Nalbantis, Kostas Eleftherakis, Kostas Nikolaidis
(Dimitris Paridis 72'), Georgios Koudas, Dimitris Papaioannou [c],
Antonis Antoniadis, Spyros Pomonis (Michalis Kritikopoulos 60').
Spain: Iribar, Sol, Francisco Gallego, De la Cruz, Tonono, Manolete (Hita 46'),
Ufarte, Marcial, Quino (Lora 70'), Luis Suárez [c], José Francisco Rojo
(Gárate 46').
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
12/04/1972, Sofiya, Vasil Levski
Friendly International
BULGARIA U23 4 (Atanas Mihailov 5', 22', 41', Kiril Stankov 89')
TURKEY 2 (Ziya Şengül 61', Cemil Turan 67')
Bulgaria U23: Stefan Staikov, Ivan Zafirov, ?. Todorov (?. Staikov), Kiril Stankov,
Veselin Evgeniev, Dimitar Mumdjiev (Plamen Yankov), Georgi Denev,
Pavel Panov, Boris Angelov, Atanas Mihailov, Dimitar Dimitrov.
Turkey: Yasin Özdenak, Ekrem Günalp, Tuncay Temeller, Muzaffer Sipahi,
Zekeriya Alp (Aydın Güleş), Mehmet Oğuz, Ziya Şengül [c], Metin Kurt,
Mesut Şen (Köksal Mesçi), Osman Arpacıoğlu (Şevki Şenlen), Cemil Turan.
Referee: Mircea Rotaru (Romania).
Coaches: Bulgaria U23:
Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Note: Unofficial for Bulgaria, official for Turkey.
Date also repored as 18/04/1972.
16/04/1972, Stara Zagora, Beroe, 20000
Olympics Qualifying
BULGARIA 3 (Hristo Bonev 68' pen, 87', Dinko Dermendjiev 80')
POLAND 1 (Włodzimierz Lubański 38')
Bulgaria: Stoian Iordanov, Stefan Velichkov, Dobromir Jechev, Dimitar Penev [c],
Stefan Aladjov, Petko Petkov, Hristo Bonev [c], Mladen Vasilev,
Dinko Dermendjiev, Petar Jekov, Vasil Mitkov (Pavel Panov 59').
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Antoni Szymanowski, Marian Ostafiński, Jan Wraży,
Zygmunt Anczok, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Kraska,
Jan Banaś (Robert Gadocha 84'), Włodzimierz Lubański, Andrzej Jarosik
(Joachim Marx 23').
Referee: Victor Pădureanu (Romania).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Vasil Spasov.
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Cards: Bulgaria:
Poland: Antoni Szymanowski [Y], Włodzimierz Lubański [R 67'].
Note: The third Bulgarian goal-scorer is also reported as Mladen Vasilev.
18/04/1972, København, Idrætsparken, 10900
Friendly International
DENMARK 0
WEST GERMANY AMAT. 1 (Klaus Wunder 68')
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Torben Nielsen, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved,
Jørgen Rasmussen (Flemming Ahlberg 46'), Birger Pedersen,
Hans Ewald Hansen, Kristen Nygaard [c], Morten Olsen, Peter Johansson,
Jørgen Markussen (Kaj Wagener 75').
West Germany Amat.:
Referee: Rolf Arnshed (Sweden).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
West Germany Amat.: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: Denmark: Kaj Wagener [Y].
26/04/1972, Szczecin, Pogoń Stadium, 25000
Olympics Qualifying
POLAND 2 (Zygmunt Maszczyk 21', 84')
SPAIN OLYMPIC 0
Poland: Hubert Kostka [c], Antoni Szymanowski, Marian Ostafiński, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Zygmunt Anczok, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Kazimierz Deyna, Zygmunt Maszczyk,
Jan Banaś (Grzegorz Lato 37'), Joachim Marx, Robert Gadocha
(Józef Kowalczyk 82').
Spain Olympic: Jesús Castro González, José Luis Capón, Josep Fernando Ferrer Selma,
Miguel Rodríguez Alfonso 'Manolo', Fabián Muñoz Fernández,
José Díaz Macías [c], Miguel Rodríguez Perellón 'Marciano',
José Francisco Oyarzábal Erro, José María Lasa Ibarguren
(Alfredo Megido Sánchez 71'), José Álvarez Huerta,
Manuel De la Cuesta Martínez 'Manolin Cuesta'.
Referee: Kestutis Andzhulis (USSR).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Spain Olympic: Héctor Rial Laguna.
26/04/1972, Prilep, Goce Delčev Stadion, 15000
Olympics Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA OLYM. 0
EAST GERMANY 0
Yugoslavia Olym.:
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Gerhard Kische, Konrad Weise, Klaus Sammer,
Bernd Bransch, Harald Irmscher, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Jürgen Sparwasser,
Peter Ducke, Eberhard Vogel.
Referee: Valentin Lipatov (USSR).
Coaches: Yugoslavia Olym.:
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Note: The match is unofficial for East Germany, because Yugoslavia did not use
their 'A' team.
26/04/1972, Plzeň, Štruncovy sady, 5000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6 (Karol Jokl 8', Jan Čapkovič 25', 58', Ladislav Kuna 52', 85',
Karol Dobiaš 68' pen)
LUXEMBOURG 0
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor (Jaroslav Červeňan 75'), Karol Dobiaš, Jan Mareš, Ján Luža,
Ján Pivarník, František Plass, Ladislav Kuna [c], Karol Jokl
(Jozef Móder 65'), Vladimir Ternény, Ladislav Petráš, Jan Čapkovič.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Jean-Pierre Hoffmann, René Flenghi, René Kollwelter,
Johny Hoffmann, Paul Philipp, Nicolas Hoffmann [c], Gilbert Dussier,
Jean-Paul Martin (Louis Trierweiler 46'), Nico Braun (Léon Schmit 89'),
Josy Kirchens.
Referee: Jan Łazowski (Poland).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Novák.
Luxembourg: Ernst Melchior (Austria).
26/04/1972, Genève, Stade des Charmilles, 15000
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND 1 (Rolf Blättler)
SWEDEN 1 (Christer Hult 75')
Switzerland: René Deck, Paul Ramseier, Jean-Pierre Boffi, Walter Mundschin,
Pirmin Stierli, Karl Odermatt, Jakob Kuhn, Rolf Blättler
(Otto Demarmels 46'), Walter Balmer, Fritz Künzli, Daniel Jeandupeux.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Christer Hult, Björn Nordqvist, Krister Kristensson,
Roland Grip, Ingvar Flink, Bo Larsson, Ove Grahn, Ove Kindvall
(Ján Sjoström 46'), Ove Eklund, Örjan Persson.
Referee: Leo van der Kroft (Netherlands).
Coaches: Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
29/04/1972, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 100000
European Championship Qualifying
ENGLAND 1 (Francis Lee 77')
WEST GERMANY 3 (Uli Hoeneß 26', Günter Netzer 85' pen, Gerd Müller 88')
England: Gordon Banks, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Bobby Moore [c],
Norman Hunter, Francis Lee, Alan Ball, Martin Chivers, Geoff Hurst
(Rodney Marsh 60'), Martin Peters.
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c],
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Herbert Wimmer, Uli Hoeneß, Günter Netzer,
Jürgen Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Siegfried Held.
Referee: Robert Héliès (France).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Cards: None.
29/04/1972, Milano, Stadio San Siro, 63549
European Championship Qualifying
ITALY 0
BELGIUM 0
Italy: Enrico Albertosi, Tarcisio Burgnich, Giacinto Facchetti [c],
Gianfranco Bedin, Roberto Rosato, Pierluigi Cera, Angelo Domenghini
(Franco Causio 46'), Sandro Mazzola, Pietro Anastasi, Giancarlo De Sisti,
Luigi Riva.
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen,
Maurice Martens (Léon Dolmans 49'), Jean Dockx, Jan Verheyen,
Wilfried Van Moer, Léon Semmeling, Paul Van Himst, Raoul Lambert.
Referee: Peter Nikolov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Cards: Italy: none.
Belgium: Wilfried Van Moer [Y 64'].
Note: Belgian coach Raymond Goethals was 'sent off' at 72'.
29/04/1972, Budapest, Népstadion, 75000
European Championship Qualifying
HUNGARY 1 (László Branikovits 11')
ROMANIA 1 (Lajos Sătmăreanu 56')
Hungary: István Géczi, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics, László Bálint, Péter Vépi,
Lajos Kocsis (Ferenc Bene 59'), Lajos Szűcs, László Fazekas,
László Branikovits, Antal Dunai II, Sándor Zámbó.
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Nicolae Lupescu, Cornel Dinu,
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller, Mircea Lucescu [c],
Emerich Dembrovschi, Flavius Domide, Anghel Iordănescu.
Referee: David Smith (England).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Cards: Hungary: Lajos Szűcs [Y 59'].
Romania: Ion Dumitru [Y 17'], Cornel Dinu [Y 45'], Radu Nunweiller [Y 74'].
30/04/1972, Wien, Praterstadion, 16081
World Cup Qualifying
AUSTRIA 4 (Josef Hickersberger 30', 33', 36', Norbert Hof 85')
MALTA 0
Austria: Herbert Stachowicz, Johann Schmidradner, Gerhard Sturmberger,
Rudolf Horvath, Johann Eigenstiller, Karl Daxbacher, Wilhelm Kreuz,
Norbert Hof, Josef Hickersberger, Thomas Parits, Kurt Jara.
Malta: Vincent Borg-Bonaci, Lewis Pace (James Briffa 42'), Charles Scerri,
Edward Darmanin, Anton Camilleri, Willie Vassallo, Joe Cini, Louis Arpa,
Ronnie Cocks, Edward Theobald (Charles Micallef 65'), Charles Spiteri.
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (USSR).
Coaches: Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Malta: Tony Formosa.
Cards: Austria: none.
Malta: Willie Vassallo [Y].
30/04/1972, Beograd, Crvena Zvezda, 58312
European Championship Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 0
USSR 0
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Mladen Ramljak, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Blagoje Paunovic, Dragan Holcer, Bosko Jankovic, Brane Oblak, Josip Bukal
(Dusan Bajevic 85'), Jovan Acimovic, Dragan Dzajic.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Yuri Istomin, Aleksandr Makhovikov
(Vladimir Troshkin 62'), Oleg Dolmatov, Anatoli Baidachnyi,
Anatoli Banishevski, Anatoli Konkov, Eduard Kozinkevich
(Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin 75').
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
USSR: Nikolai Gulyayev.
Cards: Yugoslavia: none.
USSR: Aleksandr Makhovikov [Y].
03/05/1972, København, Idrætsparken, 9400
Friendly International
DENMARK 1 (Per Røntved 89')
ENGLAND AMATEUR 2 (John Butterfield 60', Rod Haider 87')
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Torben Nielsen [c], Svend Andresen, Per Røntved,
Jørgen Rasmussen, Birger Pedersen, Hans Ewald Hansen, Sten Ziegler,
Morten Olsen, Peter Johansson, Henning Jensen (Claus Johansen 70').
England Amateur: John Swannell, Derek Gamblin, Ted Powell [c], John Delaney, Ray Eaton,
Peter Deadman, Rod Haider, Larry Pritchard, Joe Adams, John Butterfield,
Tony Bass.
Referee: Karl Riegg (West Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
England Amateur:
Note: Another source states Hans Ewald Hansen scored for Denmark.
06/05/1972, Budapest, Népstadion, 5646
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 3 (Lajos Kocsis 35', Ferenc Bene 60', István Juhász 75')
MALTA 0
Hungary: István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Csaba Vidáts
(László Bálint 55'), Péter Juhász, István Juhász, Lajos Szűcs,
István Szőke, Ferenc Bene, Antal Dunai II (Lajos Kocsis 29'),
Sándor Zámbó.
Malta: Alfred Mizzi, Charles Spiteri, Charles Scerri (Charles Micallef 58'),
Anton Camilleri, Joe Cini, James Briffa, Ronnie Cocks (Lewis Pace 72'),
Willie Vassallo, Louis Arpa, Edward Darmanin, Ronald Schembri.
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Malta: Tony Formosa.
Cards: None.
07/05/1972, Warszawa, Dziesięciolecia, 60000
Olympics Qualifying
POLAND 3 (Jan Banaś 20', 75', Joachim Marx 85')
BULGARIA 0
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Jan Wraży, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zygmunt Anczok,
Zygfryd Szołtysik, Kazimierz Deyna, Zygmunt Maszczyk (Tadeusz Polak 70'),
Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Jan Banaś, Robert Gadocha (Joachim Marx 83').
Bulgaria: Stoian Iordanov, Ivan Zafirov, Dobromir Jechev, Dimitar Penev [c],
Stefan Aladjov (Stefan Velichkov 80'), Bojil Kolev, Hristo Bonev,
Georgi Denev, Dinko Dermendjiev (Mladen Vasilev 58'), Peter Jekov,
Vasil Mitkov.
Referee: Alois Kessler (Austria).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Bulgaria: Vasil Spasov.
Cards: Poland:
Bulgaria: Ivan Zafirov [Y].
10/05/1972, Nicosia, GSP, 7643
World Cup Qualifying
CYPRUS 0
PORTUGAL 1 (Chico Faria 81')
Cyprus: Varnavas Christofi, Kyriakos Koureas, Pambos Partasides, Lakis Theodorou,
Nicos Charalambous, Stefanis Michael, Pavlos Vasiliou,
Pamboulis Papadopoulos, Melis Asprou (Tasos Constantinou 68'),
Kokos Antoniou, Andreas Stylianou [c].
Portugal: José Henrique, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho, Fernando Freitas, Toni,
Jaime Graça, Augusto Matine, Chico Faria, Fernando Peres [c],
Artur Jorge (Joaquim Dinis 33'), Vítor Baptista.
(Abel Miglietti 31').
Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania).
Coaches: Cyprus: Sima Milovanov (Yugoslavia).
Portugal: José Augusto.
Cards: Cyprus: Pavlos Vasiliou [Y].
Portugal: Augusto Matine [Y], Artur Correia [Y].
10/05/1972, Poznań, Warta, 25000
Friendly International
POLAND 0
SWITZERLAND 0
Poland: Hubert Kostka (Marian Szeja 46'), Antoni Szymanowski, Stanisław Paździor,
Jerzy Gorgoń (Zygmunt Maszczyk 60'), Adam Musiał, Tadeusz Polak,
Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Kraska, Joachim Marx (Tadeusz Nowak 62'),
Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Robert Gadocha.
Switzerland: René Deck, Jean-Pierre Boffi, Peter Ramseier, Walter Mundschin,
Pirmin Stierli, Karl Odermatt [c], Jakob Kuhn, Rolf Blättler
(André Meier 46'), Walter Balmer, Otto Demarmels, Daniel Jeandupeux.
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
13/05/1972, West-Berlin, Olympiastadion, 76122
European Championship Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 0
ENGLAND 0
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c],
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Herbert Wimmer, Heinz Flohe, Uli Hoeneß
(Jupp Heynckes 70'), Günter Netzer, Gerd Müller, Siegfried Held.
England: Gordon Banks, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Colin Bell, Martin Chivers, Rodney Marsh
(Mike Summerbee 72'), Norman Hunter (Martin Peters 72').
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Cards: None.
13/05/1972, Anderlecht, Stade Émile Versé, 26561
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 2 (Wilfried Van Moer 24', Paul Van Himst 71')
ITALY 1 (Luigi Riva 86' pen)
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen,
Léon Dolmans, Jean Dockx, Jan Verheyen, Wilfried Van Moer
(Odilon Polleunis 46'), Léon Semmeling, Paul Van Himst, Raoul Lambert.
Italy: Enrico Albertosi, Tarcisio Burgnich, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Mario Bertini
(Fabio Capello 46'), Luciano Spinosi, Pierluigi Cera, Sandro Mazzola,
Romeo Benetti, Roberto Boninsegna, Giancarlo De Sisti, Luigi Riva.
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Cards: Belgium: Christian Piot [Y 71'].
Italy: Roberto Boninsegna [Y 71'].
13/05/1972, Moskva, Lenin, 82500
European Championship Qualifying
USSR 3 (Viktor Kolotov 53', Anatoli Banishevski 74', Eduard Kozinkevich 90')
YUGOSLAVIA 0
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Nikolai Abramov, Yuri Istomin, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Troshkin,
Anatoli Baidachnyi (Boris Kopeikin 66'), Anatoli Banishevski,
Anatoli Konkov, Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin (Eduard Kozinkevich 46').
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Mladen Ramljak, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Blagoje Paunovic, Dragan Holcer (Ilija Petkovic 56'), Zoran Antonijevic,
Brane Oblak (Jure Jerkovic 73'), Bosko Jankovic, Jovan Acimovic,
Dragan Dzajic.
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy).
Coaches: USSR: Nikolay Gulyayev.
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
Cards: None.
14/05/1972, Bucureşti, 23 August, 80000
European Championship Qualifying
ROMANIA 2 (Nicolae Dobrin 14', Alexandru Neagu 81')
HUNGARY 2 (István Szőke 4', Lajos Kocsis 36')
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Nicolae Lupescu, Cornel Dinu [c],
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller, Flavius Domide,
Emerich Dembrovschi (Mircea Lucescu 74'), Nicolae Dobrin, Anghel Iordănescu
(Alexandru Neagu 61').
Hungary: István Géczi, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics, László Bálint, Péter Juhász,
István Juhász, Lajos Kocsis (Lajos Kű 66'), Lajos Szűcs, István Szőke
(Antal Dunai II 66'), Ferenc Bene, Sándor Zámbó.
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Cards: Romania: Răducanu Necula [Y], Augustin Deleanu [Y].
Hungary: István Szőke [Y 7'], Tibor Fábián [Y 81'], Lajos Szűcs [Y].
Note: Răducanu Necula saved a penalty from Lajos Kocsis at 45'.
14/05/1972, Göteborg, Ullevi Stadion, 18644
Friendly International
SWEDEN 1 (Christer Hult 30')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 (Karol Jokl 50', 84')
Sweden: Sven Gunnar Larsson, Christer Hult, Krister Kristensson, Björn Nordqvist,
Claes Cronqvist, Anders Linderoth, Ján Sjöström (Sten Pålsson 70'),
Bo Larsseon, Inge Ejderstedt, Roland Sandberg, Örjan Persson.
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor [c], Karol Dobiaš (Vladimír Táborský 75', Jan Mareš,
Ján Luža, Ján Pivarník, Jaroslav Pollák, František Plass,
Karol Jokl, Vladimír Ternény, Ladislav Petráš, Pavel Stratil.
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Novák.
17/05/1972, Beograd (Yugoslavia), JNA, 50000
European Championship Qualifying
HUNGARY 2 (Lajos Kocsis 26', István Szőke 89')
ROMANIA 1 (Alexandru Neagu 32')
Hungary: Ádám Rothermel, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics, László Bálint, Péter Juhász,
István Juhász, Lajos Kocsis, Sándor Zámbó, István Szőke, Ferenc Bene,
Lajos Kű.
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Nicolae Lupescu, Cornel Dinu,
Augustin Deleanu (Bujor Hălmăgeanu 52'), Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller,
Mircea Lucescu, Nicolae Dobrin, Alexandru Neagu, Flavius Domide.
Referee: Hristos Mihas (Greece).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Cards: Hungary: Miklós Páncsics [Y].
Romania: Nicolae Dobrin [Y].
18/05/1972, Liège, Stade de Sclessin, 6257
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 4 (Paul Van Himst 13', Odilon Polleunis 33', 58', Einar Gunnarsson 90' OG)
ICELAND 0
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen,
Léon Dolmans, Jean Dockx, Jan Verheyen, Odilon Polleunis, Léon Semmeling,
Paul Van Himst [c], Raoul Lambert (Jacques Teugels 46').
Iceland: Sigurður Dagsson, Jóhannes Atlason [c], Ólafur Sigurvinsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson, Marteinn Geirsson, Ólafur Júlíusson,
Ásgeir Elíasson, Guðgeir Leifsson (Óskar Valtýsson 76'), Hermann Gunnarsson
(Ingi Björn Albertsson 46'), Elmar Geirsson.
Referee: Kaj Rasmussen (Denmark).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Iceland: Duncan McDowell (Scotland).
Cards: Belgium: none.
Iceland: Jóhannes Atlason [Y].
Note: Belgium's fourth goal also given to Odilon Polleunis in some sources.
20/05/1972, Cardiff, Ninian Park, 34000
British Championship
WALES 0
ENGLAND 3 (Emlyn Hughes 25', Rodney Marsh 69', Colin Bell 70')
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues, Rod Thomas, Terry Hennessey [c],
Mike England, John Roberts (Gilbert Reece 46'), Terry Yorath, Ron Davies,
Wyn Davies, John Toshack, Alan Durban.
England: Gordon Banks, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell, Malcolm MacDonald,
Rodney Marsh, Norman Hunter.
Referee: Bill Mullan (Scotland).
Coaches: Wales: David Bowen.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
20/05/1972, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 39710
British Championship
SCOTLAND 2 (Denis Law 86', Peter Lorimer 89')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Scotland: Bobby Clark, John Brownlie, Willie Donachie, Bobby Moncur, Billy McNeill,
Jimmy Johnstone (Peter Lorimer 61'), Billy Bremner [c], George Graham,
Archie Gemmill, John O'Hare, Denis Law.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements (David Craig 83'), Daniel Hegan, Eric McMordie
(Sammy McIlroy 68'), Derek Dougan, William Irvine, Tommy Jackson.
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
21/05/1972, Bucureşti, 23 August, 8000
Olympics Qualifying
ROMANIA 2 (Csaba Györffy 79', Ion Dumitru 90')
DENMARK 3 (Per Røntved 30', Peter Johansson 60', Henning Jensen 63')
Romania: Aristică Ghiţă, Ion Pop, Constantin Olteanu, Remus Vlad, Ion Codrea,
Ion Dumitru, Vasile Simionaş (Ladislau Broşovschi 46'), Csaba Györffy,
Gheorghe Tătaru (Flavius Domide 46'), Alexandru Neagu, Dumitru Marcu.
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved,
Jørgen Rasmussen, Hans Ewald Hansen [c] (Keld Bak 74'), Jack Hansen,
Kristen Nygaard, Morten Olsen, Peter Johansson, Henning Jensen.
Referee: Giorgios Katsoras (Greece).
Coaches: Romania: Gheorghe Ola.
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Cards: Romania:
Denmark: Kristen Nygaard [Y].
22/05/1972, Brugge, Stade Klokke, 10508
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 4 (Frans Janssens 28', Raoul Lambert 32' pen, 52' pen, Jean Dockx 59')
ICELAND 0
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen,
Jean Dockx, Jan Verheyen, Odilon Polleunis, Frans Janssens, Raoul Lambert,
Paul Van Himst, Johnny Thio.
Iceland: Sigurður Dagsson, Jóhannes Atlason [c], Ólafur Sigurvinsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson, Marteinn Geirsson, Ólafur Júlíusson
(Hermann Gunnarsson 55'), Guðgeir Leifsson, Ásgeir Elíasson,
Elmar Geirsson, Tómas Pálsson.
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Iceland: Duncan McDowell (Scotland).
23/05/1972, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 64000
British Championship
ENGLAND 0
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Terry Neill 33')
England: Peter Shilton, Colin Todd, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Larry Lloyd,
Norman Hunter, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell [c], Malcolm MacDonald
(Martin Chivers 69'), Rodney Marsh, Tony Currie (Martin Peters 58').
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Danny Hegan, Eric McMordie, Derek Dougan, Willie Irvine,
Tommy Jackson.
Referee: John Gow (Wales).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
24/05/1972, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 21332
British Championship
SCOTLAND 1 (Peter Lorimer 72')
WALES 0
Scotland: Bobby Clark, Pat Stanton, Martin Buchan, Bobby Moncur, Billy McNeill,
Peter Lorimer, Billy Bremner [c], Anthony Green, Archie Gemmill
(Asa Hartford 35'), John O'Hare (Lou Macari 56'), Denis Law.
Wales: Gary Sprake, Malcolm Page, Rod Thomas, Terry Hennessey [c]
(Leighton James 74'), Mike England, Terry Yorath, Alan Durban, Wyn Davies,
Gilbert Reece, Ron Davies, Leighton Phillips.
Referee: James Lawther (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
Wales: David Bowen.
25/05/1972, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 28598
World Cup Qualifying
SWEDEN 0
HUNGARY 0
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Claes Cronqvist, Krister Kristensson, Björn Nordqvist,
Roland Grip, Tommy Svensson, Bo Larsson, Ove Grahn, Ove Kindvall
(Ingvar Flink 84'), Ove Eklund (Roland Sandberg 72'), Örjan Persson.
Hungary: István Géczi, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics, László Bálint, Péter Juhász,
Lajos Szűcs, Lajos Kű, István Szőke (Antal Dunai II 74'), Lajos Kocsis,
Ferenc Bene, Sándor Zámbó.
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Cards: None.
Note: Attendance also quoted as 27136.
26/05/1972, München, Olympiastadion, 77000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 4 (Gerd Müller 49', 52', 58', 65')
USSR 1 (Viktor Kolotov 73')
West Germany: Sepp Maier (Wolfgang Kleff 69'), Horst-Dieter Höttges (Rainer Bonhof 46'),
Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c], Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck,
Herbert Wimmer, Günter Netzer, Uli Hoeneß, Josef Heynckes, Gerd Müller,
Erwin Kremers.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c], Yuri Istomin
(Viktor Matvienko 67'), Nikolai Abramov, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Troshkin,
Boris Kopeikin, Anatoli Banishevski, Anatoli Konkov (Vladimir Muntyan 59'),
Eduard Kozinkevich.
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
USSR: Nikolai Gulyayev.
27/05/1972, Wrexham, Racecourse Ground, 15647
British Championship
WALES 0
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Wales: Gary Sprake, Malcolm Page, Rod Thomas, Terry Yorath (Peter Rodrigues),
Mike England, John Roberts, Alan Durban, Wyn Davies, Gilbert Reece,
Ron Davies, Leighton Phillips.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Daniel Hegan, Eric McMordie, Derek Dougan (Martin O'Neill),
William Irvine, Tommy Jackson.
Referee:
Coaches: Wales: David Bowen.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
27/05/1972, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 119325
British Championship
SCOTLAND 0
ENGLAND 1 (Alan Ball 28')
Scotland: Bobby Clark, John Brownlie, Willie Donachie (Anthony Green 74'),
Billy Bremner [c], Billy McNeill, Bobby Moncur, Archie Gemmill
(Jimmy Johnstone 49'), Asa Hartford, Peter Lorimer, Lou Macari, Denis Law.
England: Gordon Banks, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Colin Bell, Martin Chivers, Rodney Marsh
(Malcolm MacDonald 84'), Norman Hunter.
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy).
Coaches: Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Cards: Scotland: Billy McNeill [Y], Asa Hartford [Y].
England:
28/05/1972, Turku, Kupitaa, 4828
Nordic Championship
FINLAND 0
NORWAY 0
Finland: Paavo Heinonen, Pekka Kosonen, Henry Forssell (Vesa Kallio 46'),
Vilho Rajantie, Esko Ranta, Jouko Suomalainen [c], Jarmo Flink,
Miikka Toivola, Arto Tolsa (Pekka Heikkilä 76'), Matti Paatelainen,
Juhani Tapola.
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Erling Meirik, Per Pettersen, Thor Spydevold,
Sigbjørn Slinning, Sven Otto Birkeland, Tor Egil Johansen, Harald Berg,
Harry Hestad, Tor Fuglset, Ján Fuglset.
Referee: Curt Nystrand (Sweden).
Coaches: Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
Norway: George Curtis (England).
31/05/1972, Burgos, Estadio El Plantío, 16000
Olympics Qualifying
SPAIN OLYMPIC 3 (Enrique 'Quini' Castro González 4', 13', 79')
BULGARIA 3 (Hristo Bonev 11', Georgi Tsvetkov 17', Atanas Mihailov 76')
Spain Olympic: Jesús Castro González, José Luis Capón, José Díaz Macías,
Miguel Rodríguez Alfonso 'Manolo' (José Manuel Fernández García 46'),
Juan Verdugo Pérez, Enrique 'Quini' Castro González,
Ángel María Villar Llona, Rufino Requejo Martín, José María Lasa Ibarguren,
Carlos Alonso González 'Santillana', José Macanás Pérez
(José Francisco Oyarzábal Erro 60').
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Ivan Zafirov, Dimitar Penev, Viktor Ionov,
Dobromir Jechev [c], Bojil Kolev, Mladen Vasilev (Atanas Mihailov 46'),
Hristo Bonev, Petko Petkov (Atanas Aleksandrov 62'), Georgi Tsvetkov,
Georgi Denev.
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy).
Coaches: Spain Olympic: Héctor Rial Laguna.
Bulgaria: G. Berkov.
07/06/1972, København, Idrætsparken, 23301
Nordic Championship
DENMARK 3 (Jørgen Kristensen 47', 80', Kresten Bjerre 88' pen)
FINLAND 0
Denmark: Jørgen Henriksen, Henning Munk Jensen, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved,
Jørgen Rasmussen, Finn Laudrup, Ole Bjørnmose, Kresten Bjerre [c],
Morten Olsen, Keld Bak (Keld Pedersen 70'), Jørgen Kristensen.
Finland: Paavo Heinonen, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Jouko Suomalainen [c],
Esko Ranta, Jarmo Flink, Hannu Asikainen (Pekka Heikkilä), Olavi Litmanen
(Heikki Suhonen 65'), Miikka Toivola, Matti Paatelainen, Semi Nuoranen.
Referee: Rolf Andersen (Norway).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
07/06/1972, Moskva, Lenin, 40000
Friendly International
USSR 1 (Vladimir Muntyan 65' pen)
BULGARIA 0
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Yuri Istomin 46'),
Murtaz Khurtsilava [c], Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Matvienko,
Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Troshkin, Anatoli Baidachnyi
(Vladimir Onishchenko 46'), Anatoli Banishevski, Vladimir Muntyan,
Eduard Kozinkevich.
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Blagoi Dalev, Dimitar Penev, Viktor Ionov, Kiril Ivkov,
Shamsi Siuleimanov, Stoian Marinov, Hristo Bonev [c], Petko Petkov,
Atanas Mihailov (Bogomil Simov 46'), Stefan Pavlov (Georgi Tsvetkov 86').
Referee: Karl Hopel (Switzerland).
Coaches: USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Bulgaria: G. Berkov.
10/06/1972, Wien, Praterstadion, 40578
World Cup Qualifying
AUSTRIA 2 (Thomas Parits 65', Peter Pumm 83')
SWEDEN 0
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Peter Pumm, Gerhard Sturmberger, Rudolf Horvath,
Johann Eigenstiller, Franz Hasil, Norbert Hof (Roland Hattenberger 65'),
Johann Ettmayer (August Starek 27'), Josef Hickersberger, Thomas Parits,
Kurt Jara.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Claes Cronqvist, Krister Kristensson, Björn Nordqvist,
Roland Grip, Tommy Svensson (Staffan Tapper 70'), Bo Larsson,
Örjan Persson, Leif Eriksson, Ove Kindvall (Inge Ejderstedt 55'),
Ove Eklund.
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland).
Coaches: Austria: Leopold Statsny.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: Austria: Thomas Parits [Y].
Sweden: Bo Larsson [Y].
14/06/1972, Antwerpen, Stade Bosuil, 55669
European Championship
BELGIUM 1 (Odilon Polleunis 83')
WEST GERMANY 2 (Gerd Müller 24', 71')
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Léon Dolmans, Jean Thissen,
Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Dockx, Léon Semmeling, Maurice Martens
(Odilon Polleunis 65'), Raoul Lambert, Paul Van Himst [c], Jan Verheyen.
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck,
Franz Beckenbauer [c], Herbert Wimmer, Uli Hoeneß (Jürgen Grabowski 58'),
Josef Heynckes, Günter Netzer, Erwin Kremmers, Gerd Müller.
Referee: William Mullan (Scotland).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Cards: Belgium: Erwin Vandendaele [Y 17'].
West Germany:
14/06/1972, Anderlecht (Belgium), Stade Émile Versé, 16590
European Championship
USSR 1 (Anatoli Konkov 53')
HUNGARY 0
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Yuri Istomin, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Troshkin,
Anatoli Baidachnyi, Anatoli Banishevski (Givi Nodiya 65'), Anatoli Konkov,
Vladimir Onishchenko.
Hungary: István Géczi, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics, Péter Juhász, László Bálint,
István Szőke, Lajos Kocsis (Flórián Albert 60'), Ferenc Bene
(Antal Dunai II 60'), Lajos Kű, Sándor Zámbó, István Juhász.
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany).
Coaches: USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Cards: USSR: Murtaz Khurtsilava [Y].
Hungary: László Bálint [Y].
Note: Yevgeni Rudakov saved a penalty from Sándor Zámbó at 84'.
17/06/1972, Liège, Stade Sclessin, 6184
European Championship
BELGIUM 2 (Raoul Lambert 24', Paul Van Himst 29')
HUNGARY 1 (Lajos Kű 53' pen)
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen,
Léon Dolmans, Jean Dockx, Jan Verheyen, Odilon Polleunis, Léon Semmeling,
Paul Van Himst [c], Raoul Lambert.
Hungary: István Géczi, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics, Péter Juhász, László Bálint,
Lajos Kű, Mihály Kozma, Flórián Albert, Antal Dunai II, István Juhász,
Sándor Zámbó (Lajos Szűcs 46').
Referee: Einar Boström (Sweden).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Cards: Belgium: Léon Dolmans [Y].
Hungary: Péter Juhász [Y].
17/06/1972, Bucureşti, 23 August, 25516
Friendly International
ROMANIA 3 (Luciano Spinosi 16' OG, Flavius Domide 59', Iuliu Hajnal 89')
ITALY 3 (Piero Prati 33', 34', Franco Causio 75')
Romania: Stere Adamache, Lajos Sătmăreanu (Nicolae Ionescu 85'), Nicolae Lupescu,
Cornel Dinu, Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller,
Mircea Lucescu [c], Flavius Domide (Iuliu Hajnal 75'), Nicolae Dobrin,
Attila Kun (Anghel Iordănescu 46').
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Gian Pietro Marchetti, Aldo Agroppi
(Gianfranco Bedin 65'), Roberto Rosato, Tarcisio Burgnich, Franco Causio,
Sandro Mazzola [c], Roberto Boninsegna (Pietro Anastasi 71'),
Fabio Capello, Piero Prati.
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
18/06/1972, Bruxelles-Ville (Belgium), Stade du Heysel, 43437
European Championship
WEST GERMANY 3 (Gerd Müller 27', 58', Herbert Wimmer 52')
USSR 0
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck,
Franz Beckenbauer [c], Herbert Wimmer, Josef Heynckes, Uli Hoeneß,
Gerd Müller, Günter Netzer, Erwin Kremers.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Yuri Istomin, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Troshkin,
Anatoli Baidachnyi, Anatoli Banishevski (Eduard Kozinkevich 63'),
Anatoli Konkov (Oleg Dolmatov 46'), Vladimir Onishchenko.
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Cards: West Germany: none.
USSR: Murtaz Khurtsilava [Y], Vladimir Kaplichnyi [Y].
21/06/1972, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 1431
World Cup Qualifying
FINLAND 1 (Miikka Toivola 13')
ALBANIA 0
Finland: Timo Nevanperä, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Ari Mäkynen, Esko Ranta,
Jouko Suomalainen [c], Pekka Heikkilä, Olavi Litmanen, Miikka Toivola,
Heikki Suhonen, Semi Nuoranen.
Albania: Bashkim Muhedini, Mihal Gjika, Safet Berisha, Astrit Ziu, Bujar Cani,
Faruk Sejdini, Ilir Përnaska, Ramazan Rragami, Sabah Bizi, Panajot Pano,
Gani Xhafa (Vladimir Balluku 62').
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden).
Coaches: Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
Albania: Loro Boriçi.
21/06/1972, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 16500
Friendly International
BULGARIA 1 (Hristo Bonev 42')
ITALY 1 (Giorgio Chinaglia 50')
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Ivan Zafirov, Viktor Ionov, Dobromir Jechev [c],
Bojil Kolev, Dimitar Penev, Dimitar Dimitrov (Georgi Denev 46'),
Hristo Bonev, Atanas Mihailov (Petko Petkov 63'), Ivan Stoianov,
Pavel Panov.
Italy: Enrico Albertosi, Luciano Spinosi, Gian Pierto Marchetti, Gianfranco Bedin
(Romeo Benetti 59'), Roberto Rosato, Tarcisio Burgnich, Franco Causio,
Sandro Mazzola, Pietro Anastasi (Giorgio Chinaglia 46'), Fabio Capello,
Piero Prati.
Referee: Giorgios Katsoras (Greece).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Stoian Ormandjiev.
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
25/06/1972, Recife (Brazil), Estádio Isle Retiro
Brazil Independence Cup
PORTUGAL 2 (Fernando Peres, Nené)
IRELAND 1 (Mick Leech)
Portugal: José Henrique (Félix Mourinho), Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho,
Messias Timula, Adolfo Calisto, Toni, Augusto Matine, Fernando Peres,
Nené (Jaime Graça), Artur Jorge, Eusébio [c].
Ireland: Alan Kelly, Joe Kinnear, John Dempsey, Paddy Mulligan [c], Tommy Carroll,
Noel Campbell, Mick Martin, Éamonn Rogers, Ray Treacy (Turlough O'Connor),
Mick Leech, Don Givens.
Referee: Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina).
Coaches: Portugal: José Augusto.
Ireland: Liam Tuohy.
29/06/1972, Malmö, Malmö Stadion, 27263
Nordic Championship
SWEDEN 2 (Bo Larsson 2', Roland Sandberg 33')
DENMARK 0
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Björn Andersson (Conny Gustavsson 87'),
Krister Kristersson, Björn Nordqvist, Claes Cronqvist, Ingvar Flink
(Staffan Tapper 73'), Örjan Persson, Bo Larsson, Ove Kindvall,
Roland Sandberg, Ralf Edström.
Denmark: Jørgen Henriksen, Flemming Ahlberg, Henning Munk Jensen, Per Røntved,
Jørgen Rasmussen (Flemming Pedersen 55'), Morten Olsen, Finn Laudrup,
Kresten Bjerre [c], Peter Dahl, Henning Jensen (Flemming Lund 63'),
Jørgen Kristensen.
Referee: Anders Mattson (Finland).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
29/06/1972, Belo Horizonte, Estádio Mineiro, 4000
Brazil Independence Cup
SCOTLAND 2 (Lou Macari 40', 64')
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Dusan Bajevic 61', Jure Jerkovic 86')
Scotland: Ally Hunter, Alex Forsyth (John Hansen 46'), Willie Donachie,
Martin Buchan, Eddie Colquhoun, Willie Morgan, Billy Bremner [c],
George Graham, Asa Hartford, Lou Macari, Denis Law (Jimmy Bone 76').
Yugoslavia: Rizah Meskovic, Petar Krivokuca, Miroslav Boskovic (Slobodan Santrac 38'),
Miroslav Pavlovic, Josip Katalinski, Blagoje Paunovic (Jure Jerkovic 46'),
Danilo Popivoda, Brane Oblak, Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic, Dragan Dzajic.
Referee: Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina).
Coaches: Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
02/07/1972, Porto Alegre, Estádio Beira Rio, 15000
Brazil Independence Cup
SCOTLAND 0
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0
Scotland: Bobby Clark, Alex Forsyth, Willie Donachie, Martin Buchan,
Eddie Colquhoun, Willie Morgan, Billy Bremner [c], George Graham,
Asa Hartford, Lou Macari, Denis Law (Colin Stein 78').
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor [c], Karol Dobiaš, Ludovít Zlocha, Vladimír Hagara,
Ján Pivarník, Ján Medviď, Ladislav Kuna, Jaroslav Pollák, Vladimír Ternény
(Anton Hrušecký 70'), Jozef Adamec, Dušan Kabát (Ján Čapkovič 60').
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil).
Coaches: Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Kovák.
03/07/1972, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 7570
Friendly International
ICELAND 2 (Guðgeir Leifsson 25', Eyleifur Hafsteinsson 33')
DENMARK 5 (Jack Hansen 14', Allan Simonsen 35', 58', Keld Bak 51',
Heino Hansen 84')
Iceland: Sigurður Dagsson [c], Jóhannes Atlason, Ólafur Sigurvinsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson, Marteinn Geirsson, Guðgeir Leifsson,
Eyleifur Hafsteinsson, Teitur Þórðarson, Hermann Gunnarsson
(Tómas Pálsson 23'), Elmar Geirsson (Ásgeir Sigurvinsson 41').
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved [c],
Jørgen Rasmussen, Hans Ewald Hansen (Max Rasmussen 15'), Jack Hansen,
Sten Ziegler, Allan Simonsen, Heino Hansen, Keld Bak
(Carsten Brandenborg 70').
Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland).
Coaches: Iceland: Duncan McDowell (Scotland).
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
06/07/1972, São Paulo (Brazil), Estádio do Pacaeambu, 2500
Brazil Independence Cup
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Dusan Bajevic 19', Dragan Dzajic 77')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Anton Hrušecký 87')
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Miroslav Boskovic, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Josip Katalinski, Blagoje Paunovic, Ilija Petkovic, Brane Oblak,
Dusan Bajevic (Josip Bukal 46'), Jovan Acimovic, Dragan Dzajic.
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor [c], Karol Dobiaš, Ludovít Zlocha, Vladimír Hagara
(Ladislav Kuna 19'), Ján Pivarník, Ján Medviď (Vladimír Ternény 24'),
Jaroslav Pollák, Anton Hrušecký, Pavel Stratil, Jozef Adamec, Dušan Kabát.
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Novák.
06/07/1972, Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Estadio Mineiro, 12000
Brazil Independence Cup
PORTUGAL 1 (Jordão 46')
USSR 0
Portugal: José Henrique, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho, Messias Timula,
Adolfo Calisto, Jaime Graça, Toni, Fernando Peres, Jordão, Eusébio [c]
(Artur Jorge 66'), Joaquim Dinis (Nené 75').
USSR: Aleksandr Tkachenko (Mikhail Forkas 89'), Sergei Kuznetsov,
Vladimir Malygin, Yevgeni Lovchev, Yuri Vasenin, Aleksandr Zhuravlyov [c],
Viktor Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav Semyonov, Anatoli Byshovets, Anatoli Kuksov,
Vladimir Onishchenko (Yuri Yeliseyev 23').
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Portugal: José Augusto.
USSR: Herman Zolin.
12/07/1972, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 1373
Friendly International
ICELAND 3 (? OG 9', Tómas Pálsson 31', Eyleifur Hafsteinsson 43')
FAROE ISLANDS 0
Iceland: Sigurður Dagsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson,
Einar Gunnarsson [c], Guðni Kjartansson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Guðgeir Leifsson (Ásgeir Elíasson 55'), Eyleifur Hafsteinsson
(Kristinn Jörundsson 55'), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Teitur Þórðarson,
Tómas Pálsson.
Faroe Islands: Olavur Olsen, H. Dahl, DJ. Thomsen, J. Thomsen, H. Baldvinsson,
Ragnar Hansen, Sam Jacobsen (S. Mortensen 46'), E. Rasmussen
(V. Joensen 66'), J. Weyhe (J. Eysturoy 82'), P. Michelsen, H. Nolsøe.
Referee: Magnús Pétursson (Iceland).
Coaches: Iceland: Duncan McDowell (Scotland).
Faroe Islands:
16/07/1972, Vaasa, Hietalahti, 6040
Friendly International
FINLAND 1 (Olavi Rissanen 76')
USSR 1 (Oleg Blokhin 16')
Finland: Timo Nevanperä, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa, Esko Ranta,
Jouko Suomalainen [c], Pekka Heikkilä, Olavi Litmanen (Olavi Rissanen 30'),
Miikka Toivola, Matti Paatelainen, Semi Nuoranen.
USSR: Viktor Bannikov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Mikhail Fomenko, Viktor Matvienko, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Gutsayev,
Oleg Dolmatov, Givi Nodiya, Vladimir Muntyan, Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway).
Coaches: Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
30/07/1972, Lübeck, 5643
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY AMAT. 1 ()
FINLAND 2 (Jouko Suomalainen, Olavi Rissanen)
West Germany Amat.:
Finland: Timo Nevanperä, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa, Esko Ranta,
Jouko Suomalainen [c] (Martti Kuusela 54'), Pekka Heikkilä, Miikka Toivola,
Olavi Rissanen, Matti Paatelainen, Semi Nuoranen.
Referee: Kaj Sørensen (Denmark).
Coaches: West Germany Amat.: Jupp Derwall.
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
03/08/1972, Stavanger, Stavanger Stadion, 11000
World Cup Qualifying
NORWAY 4 (Ján Fuglset 55' pen. Tom Lund 57', Harry Hestad 83',
Tor Egil Johansen 87')
ICELAND 1 (Örn Óskarsson 90')
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Erling Meirik, Per Pettersen, Thor Spydevold,
Sigbjørn Slinning, Jan Christiansen, Harald Berg, Tor Egil Johansen,
Tom Lund, Ján Fuglset, Harry Hestad.
Iceland: Þorbergur Atlason, Einar Gunnarsson [c], Ólafur Sigurvinsson,
Marteinn Geirsson, Guðni Kjartansson, Guðgeir Leifsson, Ásgeir Elíasson,
Eyleifur Hafsteinsson (Þórir Jónsson 65'), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson,
Örn Óskarsson, Teitur Þórðarson.
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany).
Coaches: Norway: George Curtis (England).
Iceland: Eggert Jóhannesson.
Cards: Norway: none.
Iceland: Örn Óskarsson [Y].
06/08/1972, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 14327
Friendly International
SWEDEN 4 (Ralf Edström 17', 49', 79', Sten Pålsson 72')
USSR 4 (Yuri Yeliseyev 32', Arkadi Andreasyan 42', Vyacheslav Semyonov 44',
Oleg Blokhin 77')
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Christer Hult, Krister Kristensson (Leif Malberg 46'),
Claes Cronqvist, Roland Grip, Ingvar Flink, Bo Larsson, Örjan Persson,
Ove Kindvall (Sten Pålsson 46'), Anders Ahlström (Roland Sandberg 72'),
Ralf Edström.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov (Viktor Bannikov 46'), Revaz Dzodzuashvili,
Sergei Olshanski, Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi [c],
Arkadi Andreasyan, Alexei Yeskov (Oleg Dolmatov 46'), Vyacheslav Semyonov,
Yuri Yeliseyev, Anatoli Kuksov, Vladimir Onishchenko (Oleg Blokhin 67').
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (Norway).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
30/08/1972, Praha, Letná Stadion, 38000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Vladimír Hagara 61')
NETHERLANDS 2 (Johan Cruijff 21', Johan Neeskens 47')
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor [c], Karol Dobiaš, Ludovít Zlocha, Karel Dvořák,
Vladimír Hagara, Přemysl Bičovský (Igor Novák 46'), Jaroslav Pollák,
Ján Medviď (Karol Jokl 46'), František Veselý, Pavel Stratil, Dušan Herda.
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Dick Schneider, Aad Mansveld, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol,
Johan Neeskens, Wim van Hanegem (Arie Haan 46'), Theo de Jong, Sjaak Swart,
Johan Cruijff [c], Theo Pahlplatz.
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
31/08/1972, Augsburg (West Germany), Rosenaustadion, 8500
Olympic Games
HUNGARY 2 (Ede Dunai III 16', 87')
DENMARK 0
Hungary: István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Lajos Szűcs, Péter Juhász,
László Bálint, László Kocsis (Lajos Kű 46'), Ede Dunai III, Mihály Kozma
(Kálmán Tóth 77'), Antal Dunai II, Béla Várady.
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen (Heinz Hildebrandt 46'), Flemming Ahlberg,
Svend Andresen, Per Røntved [c], Jørgen Rasmussen, Hans Ewald Hansen,
Jack Hansen, Kristen Nygaard, Allan Simonsen, Heino Hansen, Keld Bak.
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Cards: Hungary:
Denmark: Per Røntved [Y], Allan Simonsen [Y].
01/09/1972, Nürnberg (West Germany), Sportpark Zabo, 5000
Olympic Games
POLAND 2 (Jerzy Gorgoń 6', 64')
EAST GERMANY 1 (Joachim Streich 44')
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Antoni Szymanowski, Marian Ostafiński
(Ryszard Szymczak 82'), Jerzy Gorgoń, Zygmunt Anczok, Zbigniew Gut,
Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Kraska, Włodzimierz Lubański [c],
Robert Gadocha.
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Lothar Kurbjuweit (Jürgen Pommerenko 77'), Manfred Zapf,
Konrad Weise, Siegmar Wätzlich (Eberhardt Vogel 72'), Marald Irmscher,
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Bernd Bransch [c], Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke,
Joachim Streich.
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Note: Robert Gadocha missed a penalty for Poland after 85'.
02/09/1972, Piraeus, Stadio Karaiskaki, 20000
Friendly International
GREECE 1 (Stavros Sarafis 85')
FRANCE 3 (Henri Michel 67', Hervé Revelli 86', Jean-Michel Larqué 90')
Greece: Nikos Christidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Takis Synetopoulos, Apostolos Toskas,
Thanasis Aggelis, Kostas Eleftherakis, Mimis Domazos, Stavros Sarafis,
Bambis Stavropoulos (Spyros Pomonis 78'), Antonis Antoniadis
(Koulis Apostolidis 65'), Dimitris Papaioannou [c].
France: Georges Carnus, Jean Djorkaeff [c] (José Broissart 46'), Jacques Novi,
Claude Quittet, Jean-Pierre Adams, Marius Trésor, Georges Lech
(Charly Loubet 46'), Henri Michel, Jean-Michel Larqué, Hervé Revelli,
Georges Bereta.
Referee: Fulvio Pieroni (Italy).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
France: Georges Boulogne.
03/09/1972, Passau (West Germany), Dreiflüssestadion, 8000
Olympic Games
HUNGARY 2 (Antal Dunai II 61', Kálmán Tóth 67')
EAST GERMANY 0
Hungary: István Géczi, Miklós Páncsics, László Bálint, Péter Juhász, Lajos Szűcs,
Béla Várady (László Branikovits 61'), Kálmán Tóth, Antal Dunai II,
Ede Dunai III, Lajos Kocsis (Lajos Kű 72'), Péter Vépi.
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Frank Ganzera, Konrad Weise, Bernd Bransch [c],
Wolfgang Seguin, Jürgen Pommerenke (Harald Irmscher 72'),
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke (Eberhard Vogel 71'),
Joachim Streich.
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
03/09/1972, Regensburg (West Germany), Jahnstadion, 5000
Olympic Games
DENMARK 1 (Heino Hansen 29')
POLAND 1 (Kazimierz Deyna 36')
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved [c],
Jørgen Rasmussen, Max Rasmussen, Jack Hansen, Kristen Nygaard,
Allan Simonsen, Heino Hansen, Keld Bak.
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Antoni Szymanowski, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Zygmunt Anczok, Zygfryd Szołtysik (Zbigniew Gut 68'), Kazimierz Deyna
Zygmunt Maszczyk, Joachim Marx (Grzegorz Lato 46'),
Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Robert Gadocha.
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
03/09/1972, Craiova, Central, 40000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 1 (Emerich Dembrovschi 44')
AUSTRIA 1 (Josef Hickersberger 42')
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Nicolae Ionescu, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Cornel Dinu,
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru (Iuliu Hajnal 65'), Radu Nunweiller,
Mircea Lucescu, Emerich Dembrovschi, Nicolae Dobrin (Flavius Domide 65'),
Dumitru Marcu.
Austria: Gerald Fuchbichler, Robert Sara, Eduard Krieger, Johann Schmidradner,
Peter Pumm, August Starek, Rudolf Horvath, Roland Hattenberger,
Josef Hickersberger, Helmut Joglberger, Kurt Jara.
Referee: Nikolo Mladenović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
05/09/1972, Augsburg (West Germany), Rosenaustadion, 5000
Olympic Games
POLAND 2 (Kazimierz Deyna 76' pen, Zygfryd Szołtysik 87')
USSR 1 (Oleg Blokhin 28')
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Antoni Szymanowski, Marian Ostafiński, Jerzy Gorgoń
(Jerzy Kraska 32'), Zygmunt Anczok, Zbigniew Gut (Zygfryd Szołtysik 69'),
Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Zygmunt Maszczyk,
Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Robert Gadocha.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Kolotov, Vyacheslav Semyonov
(Vladimir Onishchenko 73'), Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin, Oganes Zanazanyan
(Anatoli Kuksov 87'), Jozsef Szabo, Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Henry Öberg (Norway).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Cards: Poland: Lesław Ćmikiewicz [Y].
USSR: Viktor Kolotov [Y].
06/09/1972, München, Olympiastadion, 70000
Olympic Games
WEST GERMANY OLYM. 1 (Ottmar Hitzfeld)
HUNGARY 4 (Antal Dunai II, Lajos Kű 2, Ede Dunai III)
West Germany Olym.: Günter Wienhold, Heiner Baltes, Reiner Hollmann, Egon Schmitt [c],
Friedhelm Haebermann, Hermann Bitz (Rudi Seliger), Uli Hoenß,
Jürgen Kalb, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bernd Nickel, Klaus Wunder (Ronald Worm).
Hungary: István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Lajos Szűcs, Péter Juhász,
László Bálint, Lajos Kű, Ede Dunai III, Kálmán Tóth, Antal Dunai II,
László Branikovits.
Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina).
Coaches: West Germany Olym.: Jupp Derwall.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Note: The match is unofficial for Hungary, because West Germany did not use their
'A' team.
08/09/1972, München, Olympiastadion, 80000
Olympic Games
WEST GERMANY OLYM. 2 (Uli Hoeneß 31', Ottmar Hitzfeld 68')
EAST GERMANY 3 (Jürgen Pommerenke 12', Joachim Streich 53', Eberhard Vogel 82')
West Germany Olym.: Hans-Jürgen Bradler, Heiner Baltes, Reiner Hollmann (Rudi Seliger 75'),
Egon Schmitt [c], Friedhelm Haebermann, Hermann Bitz, Uli Hoeneß,
Jürgen Kalb, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Bernd Nickel, Klaus Wunder (Ronald Worm 59').
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Bernd Bransch [c], Konrad Weise, Frank Ganzera,
Jürgen Pommerenke, Wolfgang Seguin, Hans-Jürgen Kreische,
Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich (Eberhard Vogel 71').
Referee: William Mullen (Scotland).
Coaches: West Germany Olym.: Jupp Derwall.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: West Germany Olym.: Hermann Bitz [Y 52'].
East Germany: Manfred Zapf [Y 40'].
Note: The match is unofficial for East Germany, because West Germany did not use
their 'A' team.
08/09/1972, Augsburg (West Germany), Rosenaustadion, 4000
Olympic Games
USSR 4 (Viktor Kolotov 19', Vyacheslav Semyonov 27', Oleg Blokhin 55',
Jozsef Szabo 87')
DENMARK 0
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Yuri Istomin, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c], Vladimir Kaplichnyi,
Yevgeni Lovchev, Anatoli Kuksov, Jozsef Szabo, Viktor Kolotov,
Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin, Vyacheslav Semyonov (Arkadi Andreasyan 65'),
Oleg Blokhin (Sergei Olshanski 73').
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved [c],
Jørgen Rasmussen, Max Rasmussen, Jack Hansen, Kristen Nygaard
(Hans Ewald Hansen 68'), Allan Simonsen (Leif Printzlau 46'), Heino Hansen,
Keld Bak.
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey).
Coaches: USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Cards: USSR: Viktor Kolotov [Y].
Denmark: Hans Ewald Hansen [Y].
10/09/1972, München (West Germany), Olympiastadion, 80000
Olympic Games
EAST GERMANY 2 (Hans-Jürgen Kreische 35' pen, Eberhard Vogel 78')
USSR 2 (Oleg Blokhin 10', Murtaz Khurtsilava 31')
After Extra Time.
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Frank Ganzera (Lothar Kurbjuweit 20'),
Konrad Weise, Bernd Bransch [c], Jürgen Pommerenke, Wolfgang Seguin
(Eberhard Vogel 76'), Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke,
Joachim Streich.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Yuri Istomin, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c], Vladimir Kaplichnyi,
Yevgeni Lovchev, Viktor Kolotov, Sergei Olshanski, Oganes Zanazanyan,
Vyacheslav Semyonov (Arkadi Andreasyan 68'), Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin
(Andrei Yakubik 41'), Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Cards: East Germany: Peter Ducke [Y], Hans-Jürgen Kreische [Y].
USSR: Arkadi Andreasyan [Y], Murtaz Khurtsilava [Y].
Note: The bronze medals were shared.
10/09/1972, München (West Germany), Olimpiastadion, 60000
Olympic Games
POLAND 2 (Kazimierz Deyna 47', 66')
HUNGARY 1 (Béla Várady 42')
Poland: Hubert Kostka, Zbigniew Gut, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Zygmunt Anczok, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Kazimierz Deyna (Ryszard Szymczak 77'),
Zygmunt Maszczyk, Jerzy Kraska, Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Robert Gadocha.
Hungary: István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsis, Lajos Szűcs, Péter Juhász,
Béla Várady, Lajos Kű (Lajos Kocsis 73'), Ede Dunai III, László Bálint,
Antal Dunai II (Kálmán Tóth 80'), Mihály Kozma.
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
17/09/1972, Oslo, Ullevaal, 11694
Nordic Championship
NORWAY 1 (Ján Fuglset pen)
SWEDEN 3 (Ralf Edström 2, Bo Larsson)
Norway: Tore Antonsen, Erling Meirik, Per Pettersen, Thor Spydevold,
Sigbjørn Slinning, Jan Chistiansen (Jan Aas 46'), Harald Sunde
(Tor Alsaker-Nøstdal 78'), Tor Egil Johansen, Tom Lund, Ján Fuglset,
Harry Hestad.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Björn Andersson, Krister Kristensson, Claes Cronqvist,
Roland Grip, Ingvar Flink, Bo Larsson, Sten Pålsson, Roland Sandberg,
Ralf Edström, Benny Wendt (Örjan Persson 59').
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany).
Coaches: Norway: George Curtis (England).
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
20/09/1972, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 5519
World Cup Qualifying
FINLAND 1 (Olavi Rissanen 87')
ROMANIA 1 (Radu Nunweiller 52')
Finland: Timo Nevanperä, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa, Esko Ranta,
Pekka Heikkilä, Henry Forssell (Heikki Suhonen 77'), Miikka Toivola,
Olavi Rissanen, Matti Paatelainen, Semi Nuoranen [c] (Jarmo Flink 75').
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Vasile Dobrău, Cornel Dinu,
Nicolae Ionescu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller, Mircea Lucescu,
Flavius Domide, Alexandru Neagu, Florian Dumitrescu
(Anghel Iordănescu 46').
Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland).
Coaches: Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Cards: Finland: none.
Romania: Cornel Dinu [Y].
20/09/1972, Torino, Stadio delle Alpi, 59000
Friendly International
ITALY 3 (Luigi Riva 54', Giorgio Chinaglia 71', Pietro Anastasi 83')
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Momcilo Vukotic 73')
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Gianpietro Marchetti, Aldo Agroppi,
Roberto Rosato, Tarcisio Burgnich, Franco Causio, Sandro Mazzola
(Gianni Rivera 46'), Giorgio Chinaglia (Pietro Anastasi 74'), Fabio Capello
(Romeo Benetti 72'), Luigi Riva.
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Petar Krivokuca (Vladislav Bogicevic 79'),
Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic, Josip Katalinski,
Blagoje Paunovic, Ilija Petkovic (Danilo Popivoda 57'), Petar Nikezic
(Momcilo Vukotic 57'), Slobodan Santrac (Nenad Bjekovic 46'),
Jovan Acimovic, Dragan Dzajic.
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
04/10/1972, Oslo, Ullevaal, 10141
World Cup Qualifying
NORWAY 0
BELGIUM 2 (Léon Dolmans 58' pen, Raoul Lambert 60')
Norway: Tore Antonsen, Erling Meirik, Per Pettersen, Thor Spydevold,
Tor Alsaler Nøstdal, Trygve Bornø, Harald Berg, Jan Aas
(Tor Egil Johansen 46'), Harry Hestad (Sven Otto Birkelund 82'),
Tor Fuglset, Ján Fuglset.
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen,
Léon Dolmans (Maurice Martens 86'), Jean Dockx, Jan Verheyen,
Odilon Polleunis, Léon Semmeling, Paul Van Himst [c], Raoul Lambert
(Jacques Teugels 75').
Referee: William Mullan (Scotland).
Coaches: Norway: George Curtis (England).
Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Note: Attendance also quoted as 9496.
04/10/1972, København, Idrætsparken, 10800
Friendly International
DENMARK 1 (John Steen Olsen 20')
SWITZERLAND 1 (Walter Balmer 18')
Denmark: Jørgen Henriksen, Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen, Per Røntved,
Jørgen Rasmussen, John Steen Olsen, Hans Ewald Hansen (Finn Laudrup 46'),
Kresten Bjerre [c], Allan Simonsen, Eigil Nielsen (Kristen Nygaard 67'),
Keld Bak.
Switzerland: René Deck, Peter Ramseier (Gilbert Guyot), Walter Mundschin, Anton Weibel,
Karl Odermatt, Otto Demarmels (André Meyer), René Hasler, Walter Balmer,
Kurt Müller, Daniel Jeandupeux, Fritz Künzli.
Referee: Gerhard Schulenberg (West Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
07/10/1972, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal, 9378
World Cup Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 0
ITALY 4 (Giorgio Chinaglia 3', Luigi Riva 6', 36', Fabio Capello 62')
Luxembourg: Raymond Zender, Robert da Grava, Fernand Jeitz, René Flenghi [c],
Johny Hoffmann, Henri Roemer, Guy Weis, Paul Philipp, Gilbert Dussier,
Jean-Paul Martin, Carlo Bamberg (Jean-Pierre Hoffmann 46').
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Mauro Bellugi, Aldo Agroppi, Roberto Rosato,
Tarcisio Burgnich, Sandro Mazzola, Fabio Capello, Giorgio Chinaglia,
Giovanni Rivera, Luigi Riva.
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
07/10/1972, Dresden, Dynamostadion, 20915
World Cup Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 5 (Hans-Jürgen Kreische 46', Jürgen Sparwasser 68', 86',
Joachim Streich 70', 76')
FINLAND 0
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Bernd Bransch [c], Konrad Weise (Frank Ganzera 64'),
Klaus Sammer, Siegmar Wätzlich, Wolfgang Seguin, Jürgen Pommerenke,
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich.
Finland: Timo Nevanperä, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa [c],
Esko Ranta, Henry Forssell, Pekka Heikkilä, Miikka Toivola, Olavi Rissanen,
Heikki Suhonen (Matti Paatelainen 65'), Jarmo Flink (Semi Nuoranen 53').
Referee: Luben Radunchev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
11/10/1972, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 6000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 2 (Mladen Vasilev 34', Georgi Denev 85')
YUGOSLAVIA B 1 ()
Bulgaria: Iordan Filipov (Stoian Iordanov 60'), Ivan Zafirov, Dimitar Penev,
Viktor Ionov, Bojil Kolev, Ivan Stoianov, Boris Kirov (Stefan Pavlov 46'),
Hristo Bonev [c], Dimitar Dimitrov, Georgi Denev, Mladen Vasilev.
Yugoslavia B:
Referee:
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Yugoslavia B:
11/10/1972, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 50000
Friendly International
ENGLAND 1 (Joe Royle 40')
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Franjo Vladic 50')
England: Peter Shilton, Mick Mills, Frank R.G. Lampard, Peter Storey, Jeff Blockley,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Joe Royle, Colin Bell,
Rodney Marsh.
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Petar Krivokuca, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic
(Ljubisa Rajkovic 60'), Josip Katalinski (Dragan Holcer), Blagoje Paunovic,
Ilija Petkovic, Franjo Vladic, Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic,
Dragan Dzajic.
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
13/10/1972, Paris, Parc des Princes, 29746
World Cup Qualifying
FRANCE 1 (Georges Bereta 60')
USSR 0
France: Georges Carnus, José Broissart, Claude Quittet [c], Marius Trésor,
Jean-Paul Rostagni, Serge Chiesa (Charly Loubet 85'), Henri Michel,
Jean-Pierre Adams, Jean-Michel Larqué, Hervé Revelli, Georges Bereta.
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Kolotov, Levon Ishtoyan
(Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin 57'), Vyacheslav Semyonov, Vladimir Fedotov,
Sergei Olshanski, Oleg Blokhin (Anatoli Puzach 67').
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland).
Coaches: France: Georges Boulonge.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Cards: France: none.
USSR: Vladimir Kaplichnyi [Y], Vyacheslav Semyonov [Y].
15/10/1972, Wien, Praterstadion, 67392
World Cup Qualifying
AUSTRIA 2 (Franz Hasil 58' pen, Kurt Jara 71')
HUNGARY 2 (Antal Dunai II 16', Lajos Kocsis 20')
Austria: Herbert Stachowicz, Peter Pumm [c], Johann Schmidradner, Rudolf Horvath,
Johann Eigenstiller, Josef Hickersberger, Franz Hasil, August Starek,
Helmut Koglberger, Thomas Parits, Kurt Jara.
Hungary: István Géczi, Miklós Páncsics, József Kovács, László Balint, Péter Juhász,
István Juhász, Lajos Kocsis, Lajos Szűcs, István Szőke
(László Fazekas 72'), Antal Dunai II, Sándor Zámbó.
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany).
Coaches: Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Cards: Austria: none.
Hungary: István Juhász [Y].
15/10/1972, Göteborg, Nya Ullevi, 24277
World Cup Qualifying
SWEDEN 7 (Ralf Edström 2', 32', 64', Bo Larsson 18', 35' pen, Roland Sandberg 44',
Dag Szepanski 57' pen)
MALTA 0
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Claes Cronqvist, Björn Nordqvist, Leif Malberg,
Roland Grip, Conrad Torstensson, Dag Szepanski, Bo Larsson,
Roland Sandberg, Ralf Edström, Yngve Leback.
Malta: Alfred Mizzi, Alfred Debono, Charles Scerri (Emm Micallef 46'),
James Briffa, Charles Spiteri, Edward Darmanin, Ronnie Cocks,
Willie Vassallo, Raymond Xuereb, Louis Arpa, Carlu Seychell
(Charles Micallef 75').
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Malta: Tony Formosa.
Cards: Sweden: none.
Malta: Charles Spiteri [Y].
Note: Attendance also quoted as 22979.
15/10/1972, Bydgoszcz, Zawisza, 40000
Friendly International
POLAND 3 (Kazimierz Deyna 28', 43', Robert Gadocha 63')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0
Poland: Hubert Kostka [c], Zbigniew Gut, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Adam Musiał, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Kraska,
Zygmunt Maszczyk, Włodzimierz Wojciechowski, Robert Gadocha.
Czechoslovakia: Jaroslav Červeňan, František Plass, Karol Dobiaš, Milan Staškovan,
Vladimír Hagara (Josef Jurkanin 16'), Vladimír Táborský, Jaroslav Pollák,
Ladislav Kuna [c], Dušan Herda (Mikuláš Komanický 56'), Dušan Kabát,
Igor Novák.
Referee: Ratko Čanak (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Czechoslovakia: Vaclav Ježek.
18/10/1972, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 40000
World Cup Qualifying
BULGARIA 3 (Hristo Bonev 18' pen, 82' pen, Bojil Kolev 59')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Bulgaria: Iordan Filipov, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Stankov, Viktor Ionov, Bojil Kolev,
Dimitar Penev, Mladen Vasilev, Hristo Bonev [c], Georgi Denev,
Ivan Stoianov, Bogomil Simov (Georgi Tsvetkov 69').
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Allan Hunter, Terry Neill [c],
Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton (Samuel Morgan 62'), Daniel Hegan,
Eric McMordie, Derek Dougan, George Best.
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Cards: Bulgaria: Hristo Bonev [Y], Ivan Stoianov [Y], Bogomil Simov [Y].
Northern Ireland: Allan Hunter [Y], Sammy Nelson [Y], Pat Rice [Y],
George Best [Y R 82'].
18/10/1972, København, Idrætsparken, 31200
World Cup Qualifying
DENMARK 1 (Finn Laudrup 28')
SCOTLAND 4 (Lou Macari 17', Jimmy Bone 19', Joe Harper 80', Willie Morgan 82')
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Torben Nielsen, Henning Munk Jensen, Per Røntved [c],
Flemming Ahlberg, John Steen Olsen, Jack Hansen (Bent Jensen 68'),
Ole Bjørnmose, Finn Laudrup, Eigil Nielsen, Henning Jensen.
Scotland: Bobby Clark, John Brownlie, Alex Forsyth, Martin Buchan, Eddie Colquhoun,
Peter Lorimer, Billy Bremner [c], George Graham, Willie Morgan, Lou Macari
(Kenny Dalglish 88'), Jimmy Bone (Joe Harper 65').
Referee: Tofik Bahramov (USSR).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
Cards: Denmark: none.
Scotland: Martin Buchan [Y 20'], Willie Morgan [Y].
18/10/1972, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 27656
World Cup Qualifying
IRELAND 1 (Terry Conroy 83')
USSR 2 (Vladimir Fedotov 55', Viktor Kolotov 65')
Ireland: Alan Kelly [c], Joe Kinnear, Tommy McConville, Éoin Hand, Tommy Carroll,
Noel Campbell, Mick Martin, Éamonn Rogers (Mick Leech 62'), Steve Heighway,
Ray Treacy, Terry Conroy.
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Muntyan,
Vyacheslav Semyonov, Vladimir Fedotov, Anatoli Puzach,
Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin.
Referee: Henry Öberg (Norway).
Coaches: Ireland: Liam Tuohy.
USSR: Aleksandr Ponomaryov.
Cards: Ireland: none.
USSR: Vladimir Kaplichnyi [Y].
19/10/1972, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Estadio Insular, 14161
World Cup Qualifying
SPAIN 2 (Amancio 30', Juan Manuel Asensi 89')
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Dusan Bajevic 52', 60')
Spain: Iribar, Sol (Lora 46' (Ufarte 70')), Francisco Gallego, De la Cruz,
Tonono [c], José Luis, Amancio, Pirri, Marcial, Juan Manuel Asensi,
Valdez.
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Petar Krivokuca, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Blagoje Paunovic, Dragan Holcer, Ilija Petkovic, Franjo Vladic,
Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic, Dragan Dzajic.
Referee: Keith Walker (England).
Coaches: Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
Cards: Spain: Juan Manuel Asensi [Y], Francisco Gallego [Y], Marcial [Y].
Yugoslavia: Jovan Acimovic [Y], Petar Krivokuca [Y],
Dragoslav Stepanovic [Y].
21/10/1972, Bern, Wankdorf Stadion, 53070
World Cup Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 0
ITALY 0
Switzerland: Mario Prosperi, Peter Ramseier, René Hasler, Jakob Kuhn
(Otto Demarmels 63'), Jean-Pierre Boffi, Walter Mundschin, Walter Balmer,
Karl Odermatt, Kurt Müller, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Daniel Jeandupeux.
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Mauro Bellugi, Aldo Agroppi, Roberto Rosato,
Tarciscio Burgnich, Sandro Mazzola, Fabio Capello, Giorgio Chinaglia,
Giovanni Rivera, Luigi Riva.
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Cards: Switzerland: none.
Italy: Roberto Rosato [Y].
22/10/1972, Esch-sur-Alzette, Stade de la Frontière, 3960
World Cup Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 2 (Gilbert Dussier 14', Nico Braun 16')
TURKEY 0
Luxembourg: Raymond Zender, Johny Kirsch, Fernand Jeitz, René Flenghi, Robert da Grava,
Louis Pilot [c], Guy Weis, Louis Trierweiler, Jean-Paul Martin, Nico Braun
(Lucien Welscher 70'), Gilbert Dussier.
Turkey: Yasin Özdenak, Ekrem Günalp, Özer Yurteri (Ahmet Börtecene 37'),
Tuncay Temeller, Zekeriya Alp, Ziya Şengül [c], Mehmet Oğuz, Köksal Mesçi,
Osman Arpacıoğlu, Gökmen Özdenak, Ender Konca (Metin Kurt).
Referee: Karl Riegg (West Germany).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Cards: Luxembourg: Robert da Grava [Y], Raymond Zender [Y].
Turkey: Osman Arpacıoğlu [Y].
29/10/1972, Bucureşti, 23 August, 21109
World Cup Qualifying
ROMANIA 2 (Nicolae Dobrin 38', Emerich Dembrovschi 41')
ALBANIA 0
Romania: Stere Adamache, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Vasile Dobrău, Dumitru Antonescu,
Augustin Deleanu, Dan Sabin Anca, Radu Nunweiller, Emerich Dembrovschi
(Anghel Iordănescu 67'), Nicolae Dobrin, Florea Dumitrache,
Mircea Lucescu [c].
Albania: Bashkim Muhedini, Mihal Gjika, Rifat Ibërshimi, Safet Berisha,
Faruk Sejdini, Gani Xhafa, Ramazan Rragami, Sabah Bizi, Ilir Përnaska,
Milto Gurma, Panajot Pano [c].
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece).
Coaches: Romania: Angelo Niculescu.
Albania: Myslym Alla.
01/11/1972, Rotterdam, Feyenoord 'De Kuip' Stadion, 49417
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 9 (Johan Neeskens 31', 51', 63', Johan Cruijff 55', 82', Theo de Jong 70',
Willy Brokamp 76', 87', Piet Keizer 80' pen)
NORWAY 0
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Dick Schneider, Barry Hulshoff, Aad Mansveld, Ruud Krol,
Theo de Jong, Johan Neeskens, Wim van Hanegem, Theo Pahlplatz
(Willy Brokamp 66'), Johan Cruijff [c], Piet Keizer.
Norway: Per Haftorsen, Erling Meirik, Per Pettersen, Thor Spydevold,
Sigbjørn Slinning (Tor Alsaker-Nøstal 60'), Trygve Bornø, Svein Hammerø
(Sven Otto Birkelund 80'), Tor Egil Johansen, Harry Hestad, Ton Fuglset,
Ján Fuglset.
Referee: Stanisław Eksztain (Poland).
Coaches: Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Norway: George Curtis (England).
Cards: Netherlands: none.
Norway: Per Haftorsen [Y].
01/11/1972, Bratislava, Tehelné Pole, 20000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Ivan Pekárik 77')
EAST GERMANY 3 (Hans-Jürgen Kreische 15', 61', Peter Ducke 72')
Czechoslovakia: Anton Flešár, Karol Dobiaš, Ludovít Zlocha, Karel Dvořák
(František Chovanec 56'), Zdenek Koubek (Albert Rusnák 72'),
Jaroslav Pollák, Ladislav Kuna, Karol Jokl (Igor Novák 60'),
Bohumil Veselý, Ivan Pekárik, Ján Čapkovič.
East Germany: Werner Lihsa, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Gerhard Kische, Bernd Bransch [c],
Siegmar Wätzlich, Jürgen Pommerenke, Wolfgang Seguin, Hans-Jürgen Kreische,
Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich.
Referee: Constantin Petrea (Romania).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
15/11/1972, Cardiff, Ninian Park, 36384
World Cup Qualifying
WALES 0
ENGLAND 1 (Colin Bell 35')
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues (Gilbert Reece 60'), Rod Thomas,
Terry Hennessey [c], Mike England, Trevor Hockey, Leighton Phillips,
John Mahoney, Wyn Davies, John Toshack, Leighton James.
England: Ray Clemence, Peter Storey, Emlyn Hughes, Norman Hunter, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Kevin Keegan, Martin Chivers, Rodney Marsh, Colin Bell,
Alan Ball.
Referee: Bill Mullan (Scotland).
Coaches: Wales: Dave Bowen.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
15/11/1972, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 47109
World Cup Qualifying
SCOTLAND 2 (Kenny Dalglish 2', Peter Lorimer 48')
DENMARK 0
Scotland: David Harvey, John Brownlie, Willie Donachie, Martin Buchan,
Eddie Colquhoun, Peter Lorimer, Billy Bremner [c], George Graham,
Willie Morgan, Kenny Dalglish (Willie Carr 75'), Joe Harper.
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen (Heinz Hildebrandt 46'), Flemming Ahlberg,
Henning Munk Jensen, Per Røntved, Johnny Hansen, John Steen Olsen,
Allan Michaelsen, Kresten Bjerre [c], Bent Jensen, Jørgen Kristensen
(Finn Laudrup 75'), Ulrikle Fevre.
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands).
Coaches: Scotland: Tommy Docherty.
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Cards: Scotland: Joe Harper [Y 67'], Peter Lorimer [R 84'].
Denmark: Finn Laudrup [Y], Henning Munk Jensen [Y 77'],
Per Røntved [R 84'].
Note: Willie Morgan missed a penalty after 85'.
15/11/1972, Dublin, Dalymount Park, 26511
World Cup Qualifying
IRELAND 2 (Gerald Conroy 27', Ray Treacy 76')
FRANCE 1 (Jean-Michel Larqué 66')
Ireland: Alan Kelly, Joe Kinnear, Thommy McConville, Paddy Mulligan, Jimmy Holmes,
Éoin Hand, Johnny Giles [c], Tony Byrne (Noel Campbell 63'), Terry Conroy,
Ray Treacy (Turlough O'Connor 88'), Don Givens.
France: Georges Carnus, José Broissart, Claude Quittet [c], Marius Trésor,
Jean-Paul Rostagni, Jean-Noël Huck, Jean-Pierre Adams, Jean-Michel Larqué,
Georges Bereta, Charly Loubet (Marc Molitor 63'), Hervé Revelli.
Referee: Kaj Rasmussen (Denmark).
Coaches: Ireland: Liam Tuohy.
France: Georges Boulogne.
15/11/1972, Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion, 70387
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 5 (Gerd Müller 22', 30', 47', 67', Günter Netzer 67')
SWITZERLAND 1 (Fritz Künzli 83')
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c],
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Herbert Wimmer (Berti Vogts 46'), Günter Netzer,
Uli Hoeneß, Josef Heynckes, Gerd Müller, Erwin Kremers (Rainer Geye 68').
Switzerland: Mario Prosperi, Peter Ramseier, Walter Mundschin, Gilbert Guyot,
Pirmin Stierli (Otto Demarmels 46'), Jakob Kuhn, Karl Odermatt,
René Hasler, Walter Balmer, Kurt Müller, Daniel Jeandupeux
(Fritz Künzli 46').
Referee: Leo van der Kroft (Netherlands).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
19/11/1972, Beograd, Crvena Zvezda, 60104
World Cup Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Jovan Acimovic 13')
GREECE 0
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Petar Krivokuca, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Blagoje Paunovic, Dragan Holcer, Ilija Petkovic, Franjo Vladic,
Dusan Bajevic (Nenad Bjekovic 75'), Jovan Acimovic, Dragan Dzajic.
Greece: Nikos Christidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Vassilis Siokos, Lakis Glezos,
Thanasis Aggelis, Kostas Eleftherakis, Stavros Sarafis, Georgios Delikaris,
Georgios Koudas, Michalis Kritikopoulos (Antonios Antoniadis 46'),
Dimitris Papaioannou [c] (Kostas Davourlis 73').
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
Cards: Yugoslavia: Jovan Acimovic [Y], Miroslav Pavlovic [Y].
Greece: Georgios Delikaris [Y], Lakis Glezos [Y].
Note: Date also reported as 18/11/1972.
19/11/1972, Antwerpen, Stade Bosuil, 54293
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 0
NETHERLANDS 0
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Nicolas Dewalque, Erwin Vandendaele,
Jean Thissen, Maurice Martens, Jean Dockx, Wilfried Van Moer
(Jan Verheyen 70'), Léon Semmeling, Paul Van Himst [c], Johan Devrindt.
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Wim Suurbier, Barry Hulshoff, Aad Mansveld, Ruud Krol,
Theo de Jong, Johan Neeskens, Wim van Hanegem, Willy Brokamp,
Johan Cruijff, Piet Keizer.
Referee: Keith Walker (England).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: Belgium: Paul Van Himst [Y], Jean Thissen [Y].
Netherlands: Wim van Hanegem [Y], Johan Neeskens [Y 88'].
19/11/1972, Limassol, Tsirion, 5731
World Cup Qualifying
CYPRUS 0
BULGARIA 4 (Atanas Mihailov 2', Georgi Denev 16', Hristo Bonev 18', 77')
Cyprus: Makis Alkiviadis, Costas Christou 'Kattos', Lakis Theodorou,
Stavros Stylianou, Kallis Constantinou, Stefanis Michael,
Nicos Charalambous, Demetris Koudas (Leonidas Leonidou 46'), Melis Asprou
(Panicos Efthimiadis 60'), Sotitis Kaiafas, Andreas Stylianou.
Bulgaria: Iordan Filipov, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Stankov, Viktor Ionov, Bojil Kolev,
Evlogi Banchev, Boris Kirov (Mladen Vasilev 77'), Hristo Bonev [c],
Atanas Mihailov (Dimitar Dimitrov 68'), Ivan Stoianov, Georgi Denev.
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy).
Coaches: Cyprus: Pambos Avraamides.
Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
25/11/1972, Gzira, Empire Stadium, 4382
World Cup Qualifying
MALTA 0
AUSTRIA 2 (Helmut Koglberger 51', Charles Spiteri 77' OG)
Malta: Alfred Debono I, George Ciantar, Charles Spiteri, Edward Darmanin,
Frank Micallef, Ronnie Cocks (Charles Micallef 75'), Willie Vassallo,
Alfred Debono, Tony Camilleri, Louis Arpa, Raymond Xuereb.
Austria: Herbert Stachowicz, Robert Sara, Johann Schmidradner, Johann Eigenstiller
(Norbert Hof 83'), Peter Pumm, Josef Hickersberger, August Starek,
Geza Gallos, Helmut Koglberger, Thomas Parits, Kurt Jara.
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy).
Coaches: Malta: Tony Formosa.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: None.
10/12/1972, İstanbul, Mithatpaşa Stadı, 36805
World Cup Qualifying
TURKEY 3 (Osman Arpacıoğlu 6', 39', Köksal Mesçi 76' pen)
LUXEMBOURG 0
Turkey: Sabri Dino, Ahmet Börteçene, İsmail Arca, Özer Yurteri, Zekeriya Alp,
Fuat Saner, Köksal Mesçi, Ziya Şengül [c], Mehmet Oğuz (Mesut Şen 67'),
Osman Arpacıoğlu, Metin Kurt.
Luxembourg: Raymond Zender (René Hoffmann 46'), Johny Kirsch, Fernand Jeitz,
René Flenghi, Robert da Grava, Roger Fandel, Paul Philipp,
Louis Trierweiler [c], Gilbert Dussier, Jean-Pierre Hoffmann
(Jean-Paul Martin 76'), Dominique Di Genova.
Referee: Tofik Bahramov (USSR).
Coaches: Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Cards: Turkey: Fuat Saner [Y].
Luxembourg: René Flenghi [Y].