1973 MATCHES
EUROPE.
Author: Barrie Courtney.
13/01/1973, Napoli, Stadio San Paolo, 60800
World Cup Qualifying
ITALY 0
TURKEY 0
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Gianpietro Marchetti, Aldo Agroppi,
Mauro Bellugi, Tarcisio Burgnich, Franco Causio, Fabio Capello,
Giorgio Chinaglia (Pietro Anastasi 56'), Gianni Rivera, Luigi Riva.
Turkey: Sabri Dino, Mehmet Aktan, Özer Yurteri, Muzaffer Sipahi, Zekeriya Alp,
Ziya Şengül [c], Fuat Saner (Köksal Mesçi 87'), Bülent Ünder, Mehmet Oğuz,
Cemil Turan (Osman Arpacıoğlu 82'), Metin Kurt.
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (USSR).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Cards: Italy: none.
Turkey: Bülent Ünder [Y].
17/01/1973, Athinai, Stadio Leoforos Alaxandras, 16579
World Cup Qualifying
GREECE 2 (Georgios Koudas 59', Mimis Domazos 82')
SPAIN 3 (Valdez 40', 85', Claramunt 71')
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou, Dimitris Dimitriou, Thanasis Aggelis,
Vassilis Siokos, Lakis Glezos, Kostas Eleftherakis, Stavros Sarafis,
Georgios Delikaris (Mimis Domazos 46'), Georgios Koudas,
Antonis Antoniadis, Dimitris Papaioannou [c] (Achilleas Aslanidis 66').
Spain: Iribar, Macías (Claramunt 57'), Francisco Gallego, Violeta, Benito,
José Luis, Pirri, Juan Manuel Asensi, Amancio [c], Gárate (Quini 57'),
Valdez.
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Cards: None.
24/01/1973, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 62273
World Cup Qualifying
ENGLAND 1 (Norman Hunter 42')
WALES 1 (John Toshack 23')
England: Ray Clemence, Peter Storey, Emlyn Hughes, Norman Hunter, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Kevin Keegan, Colin Bell, Martin Chivers, Rodney Marsh,
Alan Ball.
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues (Malcolm Page 80'), Rod Thomas, Trevor Hockey,
Mike England [c], John Roberts, Brian Evans, John Mahoney, John Toshack,
Terry Yorath, Leighton James.
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Wales: Dave Bowen.
Cards: England: none.
Wales: Terry Yorath [Y 68'].
24/01/1973, Nicosia
Friendly International
CYPRUS 0
SPAIN AMATEUR 0
Cyprus: Makis Alkiviadis, Yiannis Mertakas, Michalakis Michael, Stefanis Michael,
Odysseas Athanatos, Lakis Theodorou, Panicos Efthimiadis, Demetris Koudas,
Markos Markou, Melis Asprou, Andreas Stylianou.
Spain Amateur:
Referee:
Coaches: Cyprus: Pambos Avraamides.
Spain Amateur:
28/01/1973, Limassol, Tsirion, 10000
Friendly International
CYPRUS 0
BULGARIA 3 (Georgi Denev 36', 88', Atanas Mihailov 46')
Cyprus: Makis Alkiviadis (Fanos Stylianou 46'), Nicolis Stylianou
(Yiannis Mertakas 65'), Odysseas Athanatos, Lakis Theodorou
(Michalakis Michael 46'), Stefanis Michael, Stavros Stylianou,
Kallis Constantinou, Panicos Efthimiadis (Markos Markou),
Michalis Tartaros, Demetris Koudas, Andreas Stylianou.
Bulgaria: Stefan Staikov, Stefan Velichkov, Kiril Stankov, Viktor Ionov, Bojil Kolev,
Dimitar Penev, Boris Kirov (Mladen Vasilev 46'), Hristo Bonev [c],
Petko Petkov (Dimitar Dimitrov 73'), Ivan Stoianov (Atanas Mihailov 46'),
Georgi Denev.
Referee: ?. Tanasoulis (Cyprus).
Coaches: Cyprus: Pambos Avraamides.
Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
31/01/1973, Athinai, Nea Filadelfia Stadio, 28000
Friendly International
GREECE 2 (Stavros Sarafis 13', Kostas Eleftherakis 17')
BULGARIA 2 (Petko Petkov 30', Hristo Bonev 36')
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou, Theodoros Pallas, Vassilis Siokos, Thanasis Aggelis,
Apostolos Toskas (Anthimos Kapsis 46'), Kostas Eleftherakis [c]
(Achilleas Aslanidis 74'), Stavros Sarafis, Takis Synetopoulos
(Christos Terzanidis 46'), Georgios Koudas (Georgios Dedes 46'),
Antonis Antoniadis, Thomas Mavros.
Bulgaria: Stefan Staikov, Stefan Velichkov, Kiril Stankov, Viktor Ionov, Bojil Kolev,
Dimitar Penev, Mladen Vasilev (Boris Kirov 59'), Hristo Bonev [c],
Petko Petkov (Dimitar Dimitrov 69'), Ivan Stoianov, Georgi Denev.
Referee: Fulvio Pieroni (Italy).
Coaches: Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Note: The first Bulgarian goal-scorer is also reported as Georgi Denev.
14/02/1973, Nicosia, GSP, 5328
World Cup Qualifying
CYPRUS 1 (Kokos Antoniou 88')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Cyprus: Fanos Stylianou, Nicolis Stylianou, Lakis Theodorou, Stavros Stylianou,
Kyriakos Koureas, Stefanis Michael, Panicos Efthimiadis
(Panicos Yiolitis 88'), Nicos Charalambous, Pamboulis Papadopoulos,
Kokos Antoniou, Andreas Stylianou (Michalis Tartaros 85').
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, David Craig, Sammy Nelson, Terry Neill [c],
Allan Hunter, Daniel Hegan, Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton, Desmond Dickson,
Derek Dougan.
Referee: Aurel Bentu (Romania).
Coaches: Cyprus: Pambos Avraamides.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Cards: None.
14/02/1973, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 48470
Friendly International (Scottish FA Centenary Match)
SCOTLAND 0
ENGLAND 5 (Peter Lorimer 6' OG, Allan Clarke 12', 85', Mick Channon 15',
Martin Chivers 76')
Scotland: Bobby Clark, Alex Forsyth, Willie Donachie, Billy Bremner [c],
Eddie Colquhoun, Martin Buchan, Peter Lorimer, Kenny Dalglish, Lou Macari,
George Graham, Willie Morgan (Colin Stein 19').
England: Peter Shilton, Peter Storey, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Paul Madeley,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters.
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France).
Coaches: Scotland: Willie Ormond.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
21/02/1973, Málaga, Estadio La Rosaleda, 20569
World Cup Qualifying
SPAIN 3 (Claramunt 29', Sol 39', Roberto Martínez 78')
GREECE 1 (Antonis Antoniadis 37')
Spain: Reina, Sol, Francisco Gallego, Benito, Violeta, Claramunt, Amancio [c]
(Roberto Martínez 65'), Juan Manuel Asensi, Gárate, José Francisco Rojo
(Migueli 78'), Valdez.
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou, Theodoros Pallas, Kostas Athanasopoulos,
Vassilis Siokos, Anthimos Kapsis, Christos Terzanidis
(Kostas Nikolaidis 69'), Stavros Sarafis, Kostas Eleftherakis [c],
Dimitris Dimitriou, Andreas Michalopoulos (Kostas Papaioannou 82'),
Antonis Antoniadis.
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France).
Coaches: Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Greece: Billy Bingham (Northern Ireland).
Cards: Spain: none.
Greece: Antonis Antoniadis [Y], Vassilis Siokos [Y].
25/02/1973, İstanbul, Mithatpaşa Stadı, 22990
World Cup Qualifying
TURKEY 0
ITALY 1 (Pietro Anastasi 32')
Turkey: Sabri Dino, Mehmet Aktan, Özer Yurteri, Muzaffer Sipahi, Zekeriya Alp,
Ziya Şengül [c], Fuat Saner (Köksal Mesçi 85'), Bülent Ünder, Metin Kurt,
Cemil Turan, Mehmet Oğuz (Osman Arpacıoğlu 65').
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Giuseppe Furino,
Francesco Morini, Tarcisio Burgnich, Franco Causio, Sandro Mazzola,
Pietro Anastasi, Fabio Capello, Luigi Riva.
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria).
Coaches: Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Cards: Turkey: none.
Italy: Giuseppe Furino [Y].
28/02/1973, Mulhouse, Stade de L'Ill
Friendly International
FRANCE AMATEUR 3 ()
LUXEMBOURG 1 (Jean-Pierre Hoffmann)
France Amateur:
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Johny Kirsch, Joé Hansen, Fernand Jeitz [c], Robert da Grava,
Roger Fandel, Louis Trierweiler, François Müller, Gilbert Dussier
(Jean-Paul Martin 46'), Jean-Pierre Hoffmann, Pierrot Langers.
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany).
Coaches: France Amateur:
Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
03/03/1973, Paris, Parc des Princes, 45267
Friendly International
FRANCE 1 (Marc Molitor 36')
PORTUGAL 2 (Eusébio 38' pen, 87')
France: Georges Carnus, José Broissart, Jean-Pierre Adams, Marius Trésor,
Jean-Paul Rostagni, Georges Lech, Henri Michel [c], Michel Mézy
(Jean-Noël Huck 85'), Georges Bereta, Hervé Revelli, Marc Molitor
(Louis Floch 75').
Portugal: José Henrique, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho (António Simões 10'),
Fernando Freitas, Adolfo Calisto, Alfredo Quaresma, Toni, Fernando Neves,
Nené (Joaquim Dinis 81'), Abel Miglietti (Artur Jorge 65'), Eusébio [c].
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium).
Coaches: France: Georges Boulogne.
Portugal: José Augusto.
28/03/1973, Cardiff, Ninian Park, 12753
World Cup Qualifying
WALES 2 (Leighton James 46', Trevor Hockey 85')
POLAND 0
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues, Rod Thomas, David Roberts, John Roberts [c],
Trevor Hockey, Leighton James, Terry Yorath, John Toshack, John Mahoney,
Brian Evans.
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Zbigniew Gut, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Zygmunt Anczok, Henryk Kasperczak (Włodzimierz Wojciechowski 70'),
Kazimierz Deyna, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Jerzy Kraska, Włodzimierz Lubański [c],
Robert Gadocha.
Referee: Antonio Rigo-Suerda (Spain).
Coaches: Wales: David Bowen.
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Cards: Wales: none.
Poland: Lesław Ćmikiewicz [Y].
28/03/1973, Coventry (England), Highfield Road, 11238
World Cup Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Martin O'Neill 18')
PORTUGAL 1 (Eusébio 84' pen)
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Liam O'Kane, Sammy Nelson, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton, Martin O'Neill, Samuel Morgan,
Desmond Dickson, Robert Coyle.
Portugal: José Henrique, Artur Correia, Carlos Alhinho, Fernando Freitas,
Adolfo Calisto, Fernando Neves (Joaquim Dinis 67'), Augusto Matine,
António Simões, Nené, Abel Miglietti, Eusébio [c].
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Portugal: José Augusto.
Cards: Northern Ireland: Robert Coyle [Y], Samuel Morgan [Y].
Portugal: none.
28/03/1973, Wien, Praterstadion, 40000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 1 (Helmut Kögelberger 44')
NETHERLANDS 0
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Johann Schmidradner, Gerhard Sturmberger,
Heinz Schilcher (Peter Pumm 46'), Eduard Krieger (Robert Sara 57'),
Roland Hattenberger, Franz Hasil, August Starek, Josef Hickersberger
(Geza Gallos 66'), Thomas Parits, Helmut Kögelberger.
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Dick Schneider, Aad Mansveld, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol,
Theo de Jong, Arie Haan, Wim van Hanegem (Wim Suurbier 46'),
René van de Kerkhof, Jan Jeuring, Piet Keizer.
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany).
Coaches: Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: Austria: none.
Netherlands: Wim van Hanegem [Y], Aad Mansveld [Y].
28/03/1973, Plovdiv, Deveti Septemvri, 18000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 1 (Dinko Dermendjiev 69')
USSR 0
Bulgaria: Stoian Iordanov, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Ivkov, Stefan Aladjov, Bojil Kolev,
Dimitar Penev, Boris Kirov (Dinko Dermendjiev 46'), Hristo Bonev [c],
Atanas Mihailov, Ivan Stoianov, Georgi Denev.
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Muntyan,
Yuri Vasenin (Vladimir Veremeyev 58'), Vladimir Fedotov
(Anatoli Zinchenko 46'), Vadim Nikonov (Vladimir Onishchenko 68'),
Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Constantin Petrea (Romania).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
28/03/1973, Piraeus
Friendly International
GREECE U21 0
CYPRUS 0
28/03/1973, Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion, 70000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 3 (Gerd Müller 28', 63' pen, Erwin Kremers 85')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0
West Germany: Bernd Franke, Berti Vogts, Paul Breitner, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck,
Franz Beckenbauer [c], Heinz Flohe, Wolfgang Overath, Uli Hoeneß
(Bernhard Cullmann 86'), Josef Heynckes, Gerd Müller, Erwin Kremers.
Czechoslovakia: Dušan Kéketi, Karol Dobiaš, Ludovít Zlocha, Václav Samek, Vladimír Hagara,
Přemysl Bičovský, Ladislav Kuna [c], Jozef Adamec (Štefan Tománek 88'),
Bohumil Veselý, Jan Jarkovský, Miroslav Gajdůšek (Dušan Kabát 63').
Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
31/03/1973, Genova, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, 40430
World Cup Qualifying
ITALY 5 (Luigi Riva 18', 45', 70', 80', Gianni Rivera 63')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Italy: Dino Zoff, Giuseppe Sabadini, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Romeo Bonetti,
Luciano Spinosi, Tarcisio Burgnich, Sandro Mazzola, Fabio Capello,
Pietro Anastasi (Paolino Pulici 44'), Giovanni Rivera (Claudio Sala 83'),
Luigi Riva.
Luxembourg: Raymond Zender, Johny Kirsch, Joé Hansen, Fernand Jeitz [c],
Robert da Grava, Roger Fandel, Paul Philipp, Louis Trierweiler
(Guy Weis 75'), Gilbert Dussier, Nico Braun, Pierrot Langers.
Referee: Hedi Seoudi (Tunisia).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Cards: None.
04/04/1973, Plymouth, Home Park, 1472
Friendly International
ENGLAND AMATEUR 3
FINLAND 0
England Amateur: John Swannell, Peter Deadman, John Delaney, Ted Powell, Ray Eaton,
Larry Pritchard, Roger Day, Rod Haider, B. Friend, John Butterfield,
D. Rutherford.
Finland: Timo Nevanperä, Pekka Kosonen, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa
(Ari Mäkynen), Esko Ranta, Jouko Suomalainen [c], Henry Forssell
(Heikki Suhonen), Pekka Heikkilä, Olavi Rissanen, Matti Paatelainen,
Miikka Toivola.
Referee: C.H. Nicholls (England).
Coaches: England Amateur:
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
08/04/1973, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal, 8405
World Cup Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 0
SWITZERLAND 1 (Karl Odermatt 20')
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Johny Kirsch, Fernand Jeitz, Joé Hansen, Robert da Grava,
Louis Pilot [c], Paul Philipp, Louis Trierweiler, Gilbert Dussier
(Jean-Pierre Hoffmann 71'), Nico Braun, Pierrot Langers.
Switzerland: Mario Prosperi, Jean-Pierre Boffi, René Hasler, Peter Ramseier,
Pierre Chapuisat, Jakob Kuhn, Walter Balmer, Karl Odermatt, Kurt Muller,
René Quentin, Daniel Jeandupeux (Otto Dermarmels 46').
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
Cards: Luxembourg: Fernand Jeitz [Y].
Switzerland: none.
08/04/1973, Magdeburg, Ernst-Grube-Stadion, 17140
World Cup Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 2 (Joachim Streich 62', Jürgen Sparwasser 69')
ALBANIA 0
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Gerd Kische, Bernd Bransch [c],
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Wolfgang Seguin, Hans-Jürgen Kreische,
Jürgen Sparwasser, Joachim Streich, Peter Ducke (Wolfram Löwe 78'),
Eberhard Vogel.
Albania: Jani Rama, Safet Berisha, Mihal Gjika, Rifat Ibërshimi, Gani Xhafa,
Faruk Sejdini, Ramazan Rragami, Milto Gurma, Ilir Përnaska, Panajot Pano,
Uran Xhafa.
Referee: Robert Héliès (France).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Albania: Myslym Alla.
Cards: None.
18/04/1973, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 65000
Balkan Cup
TURKEY 5 (Mehmet Oğuz 5', Cemil Turan 47', 66', 86', Metin Kurt 49')
BULGARIA 2 (Pavel Panov 40', Kiril Milanov 56')
Turkey: Yasin Özdenak, Mehmet Aktan, Özer Yurteri, İsmail Arca, Zekeriya Alp,
Ziya Şengül [c], Bülent Ünder, Zafer Göncüler (Köksal Mesçi 60'),
Metin Kurt, Cemil Turan, Mehmet Oğuz.
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Ilia Chalev (Tsonio Vasilev 55'),
Aleksandar Shalamanov [c], Iordan Stoikov, Veselin Evgeniev, Jeko Jelev,
Pavel Panov, Atanas Aleksandrov, Kiril Milanov, Dimitar Dimitrov,
Bogomil Simov (Voin Voinov 65').
Referee: Nikolaos Zlatanos (Greece).
Coaches: Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Bulgaria: Ioncho Arsov.
18/04/1973, Antwerpen, Stade Olympique, 4671
Friendly International
BELGIUM 3 (Raoul Lambert 15', 82', Jean Dockx 75')
EAST GERMANY 0
Belgium: Christian Piot, Georges Heylens, Erwin Vandendaele, Nicolas Dewalque,
Maurice Martens, Jean Thissen, Wilfried Van Moer, Jos Heyligen,
Léon Semmeling (Jean Dockx 63'), Raoul Lambert, Paul Van Himst [c]
(Jacques Teugels 46').
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Manfred Zapf, Gerd Kische, Bernd Bransch [c], Klaus Sammer
(Konrad Weise 25'), Lothar Kurbjuweit, Wolfgang Seguin,
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Joachim Streich, Peter Ducke, Wolfram Löwe.
Referee: Achille Verbeke (France).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
18/04/1973, Kiev, Central, 70000
Friendly International
USSR 2 (Vladimir Onishchenko 18', Vladimir Muntyan 64')
ROMANIA 0
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov (Vladimir Pilgui 80'), Revaz Dzodzuashvili,
Sergei Olshanski, Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi [c], Viktor Kolotov,
Vladimir Muntyan, Yuri Vasenin (Mikhail Fomenko 46'), Arkadi Andreasyan
(Vadim Nikonov 46'), Vladimir Onishchenko, Oleg Blokhin
(Vladimir Fedotov 72').
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Nicolae Pescaru (Remus Vlad 46'),
Ştefan Sameş, Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru (Aurel Beldeanu 82'),
Dan Sabin Anca, Radu Nunweiller, Radu Troi (Dumitru Marcu 66'),
Florea Dumitrache (Viorel Mureşan 46'), Mircea Lucescu.
Referee: István Silvási (Hungary).
Coaches: USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
26/04/1973, København, Idrætsparken, 39500
Friendly International
DENMARK 1 (Peter Dahl 11')
SWEDEN 2 (Roland Sandberg 77', Ove Kindvall 84')
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen, Kresten Bjerre [c],
Jørgen Rasmussen, John Steen Olsen, Per Røntved, Kristen Nygaard,
Flemming Lund, Peter Dahl, Ulrik le Fevre.
Sweden: Sven Gunnar Larsson, Christer Hult, Leif Målberg, Björn Nordqvist,
Björn Andersson, Tommy Svensson (Conny Torstensson 73'), Bo Larsson,
Ove Grahn, Ove Kindvall, Ralf Edström, Ove Eklund (Roland Sandberg 55').
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
29/04/1973, Budapest, Népstadion, 72068
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 2 (Sándor Zámbó 12', László Bálint 69')
AUSTRIA 2 (August Starek 14', Kurt Jara 29')
Hungary: István Géczi, Miklós Páncsics (Tibor Fábián 46'), József Kovács,
László Bálint, Péter Juhász, Lajos Kocsis, Lajos Szűcs, László Fazekas,
Ferenc Bene, Antal Dunai II, Sándor Zámbó (Béla Várady 46').
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Johann Schmidradner, Gerhard Sturmberger,
Johann Eigenstiller, Franz Hasil, August Starek, Eduard Krieger,
Thomas Parits (Roland Hattenberger 71'), Wilhelm Kreuz, Kurt Jara.
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: Hungary: László Bálint [Y], Lajos Szűcs [Y], Lajos Kocsis [Y].
Austria: August Starek [Y], Gernard Sturmberger [Y].
02/05/1973, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 49300
World Cup Qualifying
BULGARIA 2 (Georgi Denev 38', Hristo Bonev 60')
PORTUGAL 1 (Nené 74')
Bulgaria: Stoian Iordanov, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Ivkov, Dimitar Penev, Stefan Aladjov,
Bojil Kolev, Hristo Bonev [c], Ivan Stoianov, Mladen Vasilev
(Dinko Dermendjiev 61'), Atanas Mihailov (Petar Jekov 76'), Georgi Denev.
Portugal: José Henrique, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho, José Mendes, Adolfo Calisto,
Toni, Alfredo Quaresma (Fernando Neves 66'), António Simões, Artur Jorge,
Eusébio [c], Jacinto João (Nené 54').
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Portugal: José Augusto.
Cards: Bulgaria: none.
Portugal: Humberto Coelho [Y].
02/05/1973, København, Idrætsparken, 19942
World Cup Qualifying
DENMARK 1 (Ole Bjørnmose 15')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Ladislav Petráš 37')
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen (Valdemar Hansen 46'), Flemming Ahlberg, Svend Andresen
(Arne Rastad 46'), Kresten Bjerre [c], Viggo Jensen, John Steen Olsen,
Ole Bjørnmose, Kristen Nygaard, Flemming Lund, Niels-Christian Holmstrøm,
Peter Dahl.
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor, Karol Dobiaš, Václav Samek, Ludovít Zlocha, Vladimír Hagara,
Přemysl Bičovský, Jozef Štafura, Ladislav Kuna [c] (Jozef Adamec 46'),
Bohumil Veselý, Ladislav Petráš, Ján Čapkovič.
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
Cards: Denmark: none.
Czechoslovakia: Vladimír Hagara [Y].
02/05/1973, Amsterdam, Olympisch Stadion, 26000
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS 3 (Johnny Rep 13', Miguel Reina 43' OG, Johan Cruijff 90')
SPAIN 2 (Valdez 20', 49')
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Wim Suurbier, Rinus Israël, Barry Hulshoff
(Dick Schneider 57'), Ruud Krol, Johan Neeskens, Arie Haan,
Wim van Hanegem, Johnny Rep, Johan Cruijff [c], Piet Keizer.
Spain: Reina (García Remón), Sol [c], Benito, Violeta, Claramunt, Macías, Pirri,
Irureta (Planelles), Aguilar, Gárate (Galán), Valdez.
Referee: Günther Männig (East Germany).
Coaches: Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
06/05/1973, Tiranë, Qemal Stafa, 18049
World Cup Qualifying
ALBANIA 1 (Sabah Bizi 87')
ROMANIA 4 (Ion Dumitru 12', Florea Dumitrache 25', 57' pen, Teodor Tarălungă 72')
Albania: Jani Rama (Bashkim Muhedini 30'), Mihal Gjika, Rifat Ibërshimi,
Faruk Sejdini, Safet Berisha, Ramazan Rragami, Gani Xhafa, Sefedin Braho,
Ilir Përnaska (Uran Xhafa 10'), Panajot Pano, Sabah Bizi.
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Dumitru Antonescu, Cornel Dinu [c],
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller, Radu Troi,
Florea Dumitrache, Anghel Iordănescu, Dumitru Marcu (Teodor Tarălungă 72').
Referee: Marjan Rauš (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Albania: Myslym Alla.
Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Cards: None.
08/05/1973, London (England), Craven Cottage, 6090
World Cup Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 3 (Samuel Morgan 4', Trevor Andersen 32', 44')
CYPRUS 0
Northern Ireland: William McFaul, Liam O'Kane, David Craig, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter
(Robert Coyle 46'), Bryan Hamilton (Robert Lutton 46'), Tommy Jackson,
Martin O'Neill, Dave Clements, Samuel Morgan, Trevor Anderson.
Cyprus: Varnavas Christofi, Nicolis Stylianou (Yiannis Mertakas 46'),
Stefanis Michael, Stavros Stylianou, Kallis Constantinou,
Panicos Efthimiadis, Demetris Koudas, Pamboulis Papadopoulos,
Lakis Theodorou, Kyriakos Koureas, Andreas Stylianou (Savvas Rotsides 46').
Referee: Iorwerth Price-Jones (Wales).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Cyprus: Pambos Avraamides.
Cards: None.
09/05/1973, Basel, St. Jakob Park, 50868
World Cup Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 0
TURKEY 0
Switzerland: Mario Prosperi, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Max Heer, Jean-Pierre Boffi,
René Hasler, Karl Odermatt, Jakob Kuhn (Peter Ramseier 80'),
Otto Dermarmels, Walter Balmer, Fritz Künzli (René-Pierre Quentin 43'),
Kurt Müller.
Turkey: Sabri Dino, Mehmet Aktan, Özer Yurteri, İsmail Arca, Zekeriya Alp,
Ziya Şengül [c], Bülent Ünder (Mehmet Özgül 82'), Köksal Mesçi,
Metin Kurt, Cemil Turan, Mehmet Oğuz (Tuncay Temeller 83').
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary).
Coaches: Switzerland: Bruno Michaud.
Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Cards: Switzerland: Pierre-Albert Chapuisat [Y], Max Heer [Y].
Turkey: Bülent Ünder [Y], Mehmet Özgül [Y].
09/05/1973, München, Olympiastadion, 55000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 0
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Dusan Bajevic 76' pen)
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c],
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Heinz Flohe, Uli Hoeneß, Wolfgang Overath,
Jürgen Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Siegfried Held (Erwin Kremers 77').
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Dragoslav Stepanovic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Josip Katalinski, Dragan Holcer, Ilija Petkovic, Stanislav Karasi
(Franjo Vladic (Nenad Bjekovic)), Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic,
Brane Oblak.
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
12/05/1973, Liverpool, Goodison Park, 29865
British Championship
ENGLAND 2 (Martin Chivers 9', 82')
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Dave Clements 22' pen)
England: Peter Shilton, Peter Storey, David Nish, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, John Richards,
Martin Peters.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, David Craig, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton, Tommy Jackson, Sammy Morgan,
Martin O'Neill, Trevor Anderson.
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
12/05/1973, Wrexham, Racecourse Ground, 18682
British Championship
WALES 0
SCOTLAND 2 (George Graham 18', 80')
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues, Rod Thomas, Trevor Hockey, Mike England [c],
John Roberts, Leighton James, John Mahoney, John Toshack, Terry Yorath
(Wyn Davies 69'), Brian Evans (Peter O'Sullivan 78').
Scotland: Peter McCloy, Danny McGrain, Willie Donachie, Jim Holton, Derek Johnstone,
Pat Stanton [c], George Graham, David Hay, Willie Morgan, Kenny Dalglish
(Lou Macari 84'), Derek Parlane (Colin Stein 80').
Referee: James Lawther (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: Wales: David Bowen.
Scotland: Willie Ormond.
Cards: Wales:
Scotland: Jim Holton [Y].
Note: The goals are also reported at 60' and 70'.
12/05/1973, Hamburg, Volksparkstadion, 45000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 3 (Franz Beckenbauer 18', Bernhard Cullman 22', Stoyan Iordanov 31' OG)
BULGARIA 0
West Germany: Bernd Franke, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Bernhard Cullmann,
Franz Beckenbauer [c], Hans-Josef Kapellmann, Wolfgang Overath, Heinz Flohe
(Horst Köppel 64'), Jürgen Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Erwin Kremers.
Bulgaria: Stoian Iordanov (Rumiancho Goranov 46'), Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Ivkov,
Dimitar Penev, Stefan Aladjov, Ivan Stoianov, Bojil Kolev,
Hristo Bonev [c], Mladen Vasilev, Atanas Mihailov, Georgi Denev
(Dinko Dermendjiev 46').
Referee: Sven Jonsson (Sweden).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
13/05/1973, Moskva, Lenin, 65527
World Cup Qualifying
USSR 1 (Vladimir Onishchenko 58')
IRELAND 0
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c],
Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Muntyan
(Sergei Olshanski 78'), Viktor Kuznetsov, Arkadi Andreasyan
(Vladimir Fedotov 65'), Vladimir Onishchenko, Oleg Blokhin.
Ireland: Alan Kelly, Tommy Carroll, Paddy Mulligan, Tommy McConville, Jimmy Holmes,
Éoin Hand, Johnny Giles [c] (Tony Byrne 46'), Mick Martin, Terry Conroy
(Miah Dennehy 46'), Ray Treacy, Don Givens.
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden).
Coaches: USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
Ireland: Liam Tuohy.
Cards: None.
13/05/1973, Warszawa, Dziesięciolecia, 35000
Friendly International
POLAND 2 (Włodzimierz Lubański 1', Bogdan Masztaler 86')
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Miroslav Pavlovic 15', Nenad Bjekovic 59')
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Antoni Szymanowski, Mirosław Bulzacki, Henryk Wieczorek,
Adam Musiał, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Kraska, Jan Banaś
(Bogdan Masztaler 46'), Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Robert Gadocha.
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric (Ognjen Petrovic 46'), Dragoslav Stepanovic,
Vladislav Bogicevic, Miroslav Pavlovic, Josip Katalinski, Dragan Holcer
(Stanislav Karasi 46'), Ilija Petkovic, Franjo Vladic (Nenad Bjekovic 46'),
Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic (Jure Jerkovic 58'), Brane Oblak.
Referee: Henry Öberg (Norway).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
15/05/1973, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 38000
British Championship
ENGLAND 3 (Martin Chivers 24', Mick Channon 32', Martin Peters 75')
WALES 0
England: Peter Shilton, Peter Storey, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters.
Wales: John Phillips, Peter Rodrigues, Rod Thomas, Trevor Hockey,
Mike England [c] (Dave Roberts), John Roberts, Leighton James,
John Mahoney, John Toshack, Malcolm Page (John Emanuel), Brian Evans.
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Wales: David Bowen.
16/05/1973, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 39018
British Championship
SCOTLAND 1 (Kenny Dalglish 89')
NORTHERN IRELAND 2 (Martin O'Neill 3', Trevor Anderson 17')
Scotland: Peter McCloy, Danny McGrain, Willie Donachie, Jim Holton, Derek Johnstone,
Pat Stanton [c] (Billy Bremner 48'), George Graham (Lou Macari 77'),
David Hay, Willie Morgan, Kenny Dalglish, Colin Stein.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, David Craig, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton, Tommy Jackson, Martin O'Neill,
Samuel Morgan, Trevor Anderson (Robert Lutton 65').
Referee: Ken Burns (England).
Coaches: Scotland: Willie Ormond.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
16/05/1973, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion, 30000
Friendly International
EAST GERMANY 2 (Joachim Streich 36', 54')
HUNGARY 1 (Csaba Vidáts 7')
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Bernd Bransch [c], Frank Ganzera, Klaus Sammer,
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Wolfgang Seguin, Reinhard Lauck, Hans-Jürgen Kreische,
Wolfram Löwe, Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich (Eberhard Vogel 76').
Hungary: István Géczi, József Kovács, Tibor Fábián (Péter Török 65'), Csaba Vidáts,
Peter Juhász, László Balint, Lajos Szűcs, Lajos Kocsis, László Fazekas
(Antal Dunai II 64'), Ferenc Bene, Béla Várady (Mihály Kozma 65').
Referee: Karol Sarka (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
16/05/1973, Wrocław, Olimpijski, 35000
Friendly International
POLAND 2 (Włodzimierz Lubański 44', 83')
IRELAND 0
Poland: Marian Szeja, Antoni Szymanowski, Mirosław Bulzacki, Henryk Wieczorek,
Adam Musiał, Zenon Kasztelan (Henryk Kasperczak 70'), Lesław Ćmikiewicz,
Jerzy Kraska, Bogdan Masztaler (Jan Banaś 30' (Kazimierz Kmiecik 75')),
Włodzimierz Lubański [c], Robert Gadocha.
Ireland: Allan Kelly, Tommy Carroll, Paddy Mulligan [c], Tommy McConville,
Jimmy Holmes, Éoin Hand, Mick Martin, Mick Lawlor (Gerry Daly 46'),
Miah Dennehy (Turlough O'Connor 67'), Ray Treacy, Don Givens.
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Ireland: Liam Tuohy.
19/05/1973, Paris, Parc des Princes, 28405
World Cup Qualifying
FRANCE 1 (Serge Chiesa 78')
IRELAND 1 (Mick Martin 83')
France: Georges Carnus, Raymond Domenech, Claude Quittet [c], Marius Trésor,
Jean-Paul Rostagni, Henri Michel, Jean-Michel Larqué (Serge Chiesa 61'),
Jean-Pierre Adams, Georges Bereta, Louis Floch, Hervé Revelli.
Ireland: Alan Kelly, Tommy Carroll (John Herrick 25'), Paddy Mulligan [c],
Tommy McConville, Jimmy Holmes, Mick Martin, Éoin Hand, Tony Byrne,
Miah Dennehy, Ray Treacy, Don Givens.
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania).
Coaches: France: Georges Boulogne.
Ireland: Liam Tuohy.
Cards: France: Serge Chiesa [Y 26'].
Ireland: Don Givens [Y], Ray Treacy [Y].
Note: Attendance also quoted as 40405.
19/05/1973, Liverpool (England), Goodison Park, 4946
British Championship
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Bryan Hamilton )
WALES 0
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, David Craig, Terry Neill [c], Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements, Bryan Hamilton (Robert Lutton), Tommy Jackson,
Samuel Morgan, Martin O'Neill, Trevor Anderson (Robert Coyle).
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues, Rod Thomas, Trevor Hockey (William Emanuel),
David Roberts, John Roberts, Leighton James, Gilbert Reece, Malcolm Page,
Wyn Davies, John Mahoney.
Referee:
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Wales: David Bowen.
19/05/1973, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 95950
British Championship
ENGLAND 1 (Martin Peters 54')
SCOTLAND 0
England: Peter Shilton, Peter Storey, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters.
Scotland: Ally Hunter, Sandy Jardine, Danny McGrain, Billy Bremner [c], Jim Holton,
Derek Johnstone, Willie Morgan, Peter Lorimer (Colin Stein 80'),
Kenny Dalglish, David Hay, Lou Macari (Joe Jordan 74').
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Scotland: Willie Ormond.
23/05/1973, Göteborg, Nya Ullevi, 56225
World Cup Qualifying
SWEDEN 3 (Roland Sandberg 24', 78', Ove Grahn 52')
AUSTRIA 2 (Kurt Jara 50', August Starek 89')
Sweden: Sven Gunnar Larsson, Jan Olsson, Björn Nordqvist, Roland Grip,
Jonas Olsson, Ove Grahn, Bo Larsson, Benno Magnusson (Sten Pålsson 73'),
Ove Kindvall, Roland Sandberg, Ralf Edström.
Austria: Herbert Stachowicz, Robert Sara, Johann Schmidradner, Gerhard Sturmberger,
Eduard Krieger, Josef Hickersberger, Franz Hasil (Johann Ettmayer 69'),
August Starek, Thomas Parits, Wilhelm Kreuz, Kurt Jara.
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: Sweden: none.
Austria: Eduard Krieger [Y], Kurt Jara [Y].
Note: Attendence also quoted as 48462.
24/05/1973, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 6416
Friendly International
FINLAND 1 (Matti Paatelainen)
NETHERLANDS AMAT. 0
Finland: Göran Enckelman, Henry Forssell, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa,
Esko Ranta, Jouko Suomalainen [c], Antero Nikkanen, Eero Virkkunen,
Olavi Köykkä (Matti Paatelainen 27'), Heikki Suhonen, Miikka Toivola.
Netherlands Amat.:
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland).
Coaches: Netherlands Amat.:
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
26/05/1973, Moskva, Lenin, 76604
World Cup Qualifying
USSR 2 (Oleg Blokhin 81', Vladimir Onishchenko 84')
FRANCE 0
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c]
(Vladimir Fedotov 75'), Yevgeni Lovchev, Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Yuri Vasenin,
Vladimir Muntyan, Viktor Kuznetsov (Sergei Olshanski 60'),
Arkadi Andreasyan, Vladimir Onishchenko, Oleg Blokhin.
France: Dominique Baratelli, José Broissart, Bernard Gardon, Marius Trésor,
Claude Quittet [c], Jean-Paul Rostagni, Serge Chiesa, Henri Michel,
Georges Bereta, Louis Floch (Michel Mézy 46'), Hervé Revelli.
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany).
Coaches: USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
France: Georges Boulogne.
Cards: USSR: none.
France: Claude Quittet [Y].
27/05/1973, Bucureşti, 23 August, 45685
World Cup Qualifying
ROMANIA 1 (Florea Dumitrache 57')
EAST GERMANY 0
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Dumitru Antonescu, Cornel Dinu [c],
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller, Radu Troi, Nicolae Dobrin,
Florea Dumitrache, Dumitru Marcu (Teodor Tarălungă 78').
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Frank Ganzera (Jürgen Pommerenke 68'),
Bernd Bransch [c], Klaus Sammer, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Reinhard Lauck,
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Wolfgang Seguin, Wolfram Löwe, Peter Ducke
(Eberhard Vogel 64'), Joachim Streich.
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria).
Coaches: Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: Romania: none.
East Germany: Peter Ducke [Y], Wolfgang Seguin [Y].
27/05/1973, Praha, Letná Stadion, 22000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Igor Novák 55')
ENGLAND 1 (Allan Clarke 89')
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor, Ján Pivarník, Ludovít Zlocha, Václav Samek, Vladimír Hagara,
Přemysl Bičovský, Ladislav Kuna [c], Igor Novák, Bohumil Veselý,
Zdeněk Nehoda, Pavel Stratil.
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Peter Storey, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters.
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
06/06/1973, Tampere, Ratina Stadion, 6099
World Cup Qualifying
FINLAND 1 (Jarmo Manninen 89')
EAST GERMANY 5 (Joachim Streich 7', 30', Wolfram Löwe 44', Peter Ducke 75',
Hans-Jürgen Kreische 83')
Finland: Göran Enckelman, Henry Forssell, Vilho Rajantie, Raimo Saviomaa,
Esko Ranta, Jouko Suomalainen [c], Antero Nikkanen, Eero Virkkunen
(Heikki Suhonen 46'), Jarmo Manninen, Matti Paatelainen, Miikka Toivola.
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Bernd Bransch [c], Konrad Weise, Klaus Sammer,
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Jürgen Pommerenke (Reinhard Häfner 22'), Reinhard Lauck,
Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Wolfram Löwe, Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich.
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR).
Coaches: Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: None.
06/06/1973, Chorzów, Śląski, 73714
World Cup Qualifying
POLAND 2 (Bobby Moore 7' OG, Włodzimierz Lubański 47')
ENGLAND 0
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Krzysztof Rześny, Mirosław Bulzacki, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Adam Musiał, Jerzy Kraska, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jan Banaś,
Włodzimierz Lubański [c] (Jan Domarski 54'), Robert Gadocha.
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Alan Ball, Colin Bell, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters.
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Cards: Poland:
England: Alan Ball [R 79'].
Note: The first goal is also attributed to Robert Gadocha.
06/06/1973, Praha, Letná Stadion, 17432
World Cup Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6 (Zdenek Nehoda 46', Bohumil Veselý 57', 67', 81', Přemysl Bičovský 58',
Vladimír Hagara 60')
DENMARK 0
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor, Ján Pivarník, Ludovít Zlocha, Václav Samek (Karol Dobiaš 70'),
Vladimír Hagara, Přemysl Bičovský, Ladislav Kuna, Igor Novák
(Jozef Adamec 46'), Bohumil Veselý, Zdenek Nehoda, Pavel Stratil.
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Viggo Jensen, Kresten Bjerre [c],
Hans Ewald Hansen (Helge Vonsyld 46'), Per Røntved, Heino Hansen,
Kristen Nygaard, Flemming Lund (Ole Fritsen 66'), Eigil Nielsen,
Peter Dahl.
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Cards: None.
06/06/1973, Oslo, Ullevaal, 12000
Friendly International
NORWAY 1 (Hans Edgar Paulsen)
IRELAND 1 (Miah Dennehy)
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Erling Meirik, Jan Birkelund, Per Pettersen,
Sigbjørn Slinning, Jan Christiansen, Johannes Vold, Tor Egil Johansen,
Harald Sunde, Hans Edgar Paulsen, Tom Lund.
Ireland: Alan Kelly, Tommy Carroll, Mick Martin, Paddy Mulligan [c], Jimmy Holmes,
Gerry Daly, Miah Dennehy, Tony Byrne (Damien Richardson 46'), Terry Conroy,
Ray Treacy (Éamonn Fagan 79'), Don Givens.
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland).
Coaches: Norway: George Curtis (England).
Ireland: Seán Thomas.
08/06/1973, Klaksvík
Friendly International
ICELAND 4 (Marteinn Geirsson 53', 64', Matthías Hallgrímsson 15',
Steinar Jóhannsson 50')
FAROE ISLANDS 0
Iceland: Diðrik Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Gísli Torfason, Guðgeir Leifsson
(Grétar Magnússon 46'), Marteinn Geirsson, Matthías Hallgrímsson,
Steinar Jóhannsson, Ólafur Júlíusson (Örn Óskarsson 44').
Faroe Islands: Olavur Olsen, S. Nolsøe, DJ. Thomsen, Sverri Jacobsen, Olvheoin Jacobsen,
E. Rasmussen, Ragnar Hansen, P. Augustinussen, JC. Mortensen
(J. Johannesen 46'), H. Nolsøe, Joannes Jacobsen (Jogvan Jensen 75').
Referee: Kári Þorsteinsson (Faroe Islands).
Coaches: Iceland: Örn Steinssen.
Faroe Islands:
10/06/1973, Moskva, Lenin, 85000
Friendly International
USSR 1 (Vladimir Muntyan 66' pen)
ENGLAND 2 (Martin Chivers 10', Murtaz Khurtsilava 55' OG)
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Sergei Olshanski, Murtaz Khurtsilava [c], Yevgeni Lovchev,
Vladimir Kaplichnyi, Viktor Kuznetsov (Vladimir Fedotov 46'),
Vladimir Muntyan, Viktor Papayev (Yuri Vasenin 58'), Arkadi Andreasyan
(Vladimir Kozlov 46'), Vladimir Onishchenko, Oleg Blokhin.
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Tony Currie, Mick Channon (Mike Summerbee 70'),
Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke (Malcolm MacDonald 58'), Martin Peters
(Norman Hunter 58').
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany).
Coaches: USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
13/06/1973, Budapest, Népstadion, 73070
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 3 (Mihály Kozma 9', Csaba Vidáts 59', Sándor Zámbó 71')
SWEDEN 3 (Ove Kindvall 38', Roland Sandberg 57', Ralf Edström 77')
Hungary: Bertalan Bicskei, Péter Török, József Kovács, Csaba Vidáts, Lajos Szűcs,
István Juhász, László Bálint, András Tóth (Lajos Kocsis 46'), Ferenc Bene,
Mihály Kozma (István Szőke 46'), Sándor Zámbó.
Sweden: Sven Gunnar Larsson, Jan Olsson I, Jan Olsson II, Björn Nordqvist,
Roland Grip, Ove Grahn, Ove Kindvall, Staffan Tapper, Benno Magnusson
(Conny Torstensson 46'), Ralf Edström (Christer Andersson 81'),
Roland Sandberg.
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: Hungary: none.
Sweden: Ove Kindvall [Y], Ove Grahn [Y].
14/06/1973, Torino, Stadio Comunale, 44941
Friendly International
ITALY 2 (Pietro Anastasi 38', Fabio Capello 52')
ENGLAND 0
Italy: Dino Zoff, Giuseppe Sabadini, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Romeo Benetti,
Francesco Morini (Mauro Bellugi 46'), Tarcisio Burgnich, Sandro Mazzola,
Fabio Capello, Pietro Anastasi, Gianni Rivera, Paolo Pulici
(Franco Causio 71').
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Peter Storey, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Tony Currie, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters.
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
21/06/1973, København, Idrætsparken, 22300
Nordic Championship
DENMARK 1 (Peter Dahl 9')
NORWAY 0
Denmark: Mogens Therkildsen, Flemming Ahlberg, Helge Vonsyld, Kresten Bjerre [c],
Johnny Hansen, Per Røntved (John Frandsen 65'), Kristen Nygaard,
Ole Bjørnmose, Heino Hansen (Keld Pedersen 80'), Flemming Lund,
Peter Dahl.
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Helge Karlsen, Jan Birkelund, Per Pettersen
(Frank Olafsen 18'), Sigbjørn Slinning, Jan Christiansen,
Tor Egil Johansen, Johannes Vold (Harry Hestad 72'), Hans Edgar Paulsen,
Tom Lund, Harald Sunde.
Referee: Rolf Arnshed (Sweden).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Norway: George Curtis (England).
22/06/1973, Bern, Wankdorf Stadion, 10000
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND 1 (Walter Mundschin 62')
SCOTLAND 0
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Walter Mundschin, Jean-Yves Valentini, Peter Ramseier
(Üli Wegmann 46'), René Hasler, Karl Odermatt, Jakob Kuhn, Rolf Blättler
(René-Pierre Quentin 25'), Walter Balmer, Fernand Luisier, Otto Dermarmels.
Scotland: Peter McCloy, Sandy Jardine, Danny McGrain, Jim Holton, Derek Johnstone,
John Connolly (Joe Jordan 46'), Billy Bremner [c], David Hay,
Willie Morgan, Kenny Dalglish, Derek Parlane.
Referee: Achille Verbeke (France).
Coaches: Switzerland: René Hüssy.
Scotland: Willie Ormond.
08/07/1973, Halmstad, Örjans Vall, 16547
Nordic Championship
SWEDEN 1 (Yngve Leback)
FINLAND 1 (Jouko Suomalainen)
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Jan Olsson II, Kent Karlsson, Staffan Tapper,
Roland Grip, Anders Linderoth, Bo Larsson, Ove Kindvall (Ján Sjoström 73'),
Christer Andersson, Yngve Leback (Conny Torstensson 60'), Ralf Edström.
Finland: Pertti Alaja, Eero Virkkunen, Arto Tolsa, Raimo Saviomaa, Esko Ranta,
Jouko Suomalainen [c], Antero Nikkanen (Martti Kuusela 34'), Timo Rahja,
Miikka Toivola, Matti Paatelainen, Heikki Suhonen.
Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
11/07/1973, Uddevalla, Rimnersvallen, 12066
Friendly International
SWEDEN 1 (Staffan Tapper)
ICELAND 0
Sweden: Göran Hagberg, Christer Hult, Kent Karlsson, Staffan Tapper, Roland Grip,
Anders Linderoth, Bo Larsson, Ove Kindvall (Ján Sjoström 73'),
Christer Andersson (Conny Torstensson 60'), Ralf Edström, Yngve Leback
(Ove Kindvall 60').
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Marteinn Geirsson, Gísli Torfason
(Ásgeir Elíasson 67'), Guðgeir Leifsson, Ólafur Júlíusson,
Matthías Hallgrímsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson.
Referee: Preben Christophersen (Denmark).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Iceland: Henning Enoksen (Denmark).
17/07/1973, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 5280
Friendly International
ICELAND 1 (Ólafur Júlíusson 21')
EAST GERMANY 2 (Hans-Jürgen Kreische 35', 39')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Marteinn Geirsson
(Ásgeir Elíasson), Gísli Torfason, Guðgeir Leifsson, Ólafur Júlíusson
(Teitur Þórðarson), Matthías Hallgrímsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson.
East Germany: Dieter Schneider, Bernd Bransch [c], Konrad Weise, Klaus Sammer,
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Rüdiger Schnuphase, Reinhard Lauck
(Jürgen Pommerenke 46'), Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Wolfram Löwe
(Eberhard Vogel 61'), Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich (Jürgen Sparwasser 85').
Referee: John Robertson Gordon (Scotland).
Coaches: Iceland: Henning Enoksen (Denmark).
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Note: Another source states Ásgeir Sigurvinsson scored for Iceland.
19/07/1973, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 5156
Friendly International
ICELAND 0
EAST GERMANY 2 (Hans-Jürgen Kreische 19', Eberhard Vogel 49')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Marteinn Geirsson,
Gísli Torfason, Guðgeir Leifsson (Ásgeir Elíasson 43'), Ólafur Júlíusson
(Teitur Þórðarson 60'), Matthías Hallgrímsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
(Örn Óskarsson 65').
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz (Jürgen Croy 75'), Bernd Bransch [c], Reinhard Lauck,
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Wolfgang Seguin, Reinhard Häfner,
Hans-Jürgen Kreische (Jürgen Pommerenke 60'), Jürgen Sparwasser
(Wolfram Löwe 65'), Peter Ducke (Joachim Streich 51'), Eberhard Vogel.
Referee: John Robertson Gordon (Scotland).
Coaches: Iceland: Henning Enoksen (Denmark).
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
02/08/1973, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 4283
World Cup Qualifying
ICELAND 0
NORWAY 4 (Harald Sunde 40', Tor Egil Johansen 55', 87', Per Pettersen 80')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Marteinn Geirsson, Gísli Torfason,
Guðgeir Leifsson (Ásgeir Elíasson 65'), Ólafur Júlíusson
(Elmar Geirsson 46'), Matthías Hallgrímsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson.
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Helge Karlsen, Jan Birkelund, Frank Olafsen [c],
Jan Anders Hovdan, Tor Egil Johansen, Svein Kvia, Per Pettersen,
Harald Sunde, Odd Iversen (Harry Hestad 15'), Tom Lund.
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden).
Coaches: Iceland: Henning Enoksen (Denmark).
Norway: George Curtis.
Cards: None.
Note: Attendance also given as 5249.
05/08/1973, Moskva, Lenin, 70000
Friendly International
USSR 0
SWEDEN 0
USSR: Yevgeni Rudakov, Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Aleksandr Deryomov 81'),
Murtaz Khurtsilava [c] (Sergei Olshanski 17'), Yevgeni Lovchev,
Mikhail Fomenko, Viktor Kuznetsov, Vladimir Muntyan, Anatoli Konkov,
Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Vadim Nikonov (Vladimir Gutsayev 55'), Oleg Blokhin.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Jan Olsson, Kent Karlsson, Leif Målberg, Roland Grip,
Staffan Tapper, Bo Larsson, Conny Torstensson (Leif Andersson 65'),
Benno Magnusson (Christer Andersson 73'), Ove Kindvall (Ján Sjoström 60'),
Ján Mattsson.
Referee: J. Yegel (Austria).
Coaches: USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
19/08/1973, Varna, Yuri Gagarin, 30000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 0
POLAND 2 (Grzegorz Lato 44', 70')
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Ivkov, Bojil Kolev, Stefan Aladjov,
Iordan Stoikov, Hristo Bonev [c], Ivan Stoianov, Dinko Dermendjiev
(Dimitar Dimitrov 60'), Petko Petkov (Nikolai Hristov 70'), Georgi Denev.
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Antoni Szymanowski, Henryk Wieczorek, Jerzy Gorgoń
(Mirosław Bulzacki 37'), Adam Musiał, Lesław Ćmikiewicz,
Kazimierz Deyna [c], Henryk Kasperczak, Grzegorz Lato, Jan Domarski,
Robert Gadocha (Andrzej Szarmach 80').
Referee: Hristos Kouias (Greece).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
22/08/1973, Amsterdam, De Meer Stadion, 17213
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 5 (Wim van Hanegem 6', Johan Cruijff 8', 57', Arie Haan 17',
Willy Brokamp 29')
ICELAND 0
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Wim Suurbier, Johan Neeskens, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol
(Dick Schneider 32'), Arie Haan, Willy Brokamp (Gerrit Mühren 60'),
Wim van Hanegem, Johnny Rep, Johan Cruijff [c], Piet Keizer.
Iceland: Diðrik Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Guðgeir Leifsson, Ólafur Júlíusson, Hermann Gunnarsson
(Matthías Hallgrímsson 65'), Elmar Geirsson.
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg).
Coaches: Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Iceland: Henning Enoksen (Denmark).
Cards: Netherlands: Wim Suurbier [Y].
Iceland: none.
29/08/1973, Deventer, De Adelaarshorst, 23000
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 8 (Willy Brokamp 15', 75', Johan Cruijff 21', 28', Johan Neeskens 24',
René van der Kerkhof 46', Dick Schneider 48' pen, Wim van Hanegem 71')
ICELAND 1 (Elmer Geirsson 45')
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Wim Suurbier, Dick Schneider, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol,
Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens, Wim van Hanegem, René van der Kerkhof,
Johan Cruijff, Willy Brokamp.
Iceland: Diðrik Ólafsson, Ólafur Sigurvinsson, Ástráður Gunnarsson,
Einar Gunnarsson, Guðni Kjartansson [c], Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Guðgeir Leifsson, Ólafur Júlíusson
(Örn Óskarsson 46'), Matthías Hallgrímsson (Hermann Gunnarsson 65'),
Elmar Geirsson.
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland).
Coaches: Iceland: Henning Enoksen (Denmark).
Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: None.
29/08/1973, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 18552
Nordic Championship
FINLAND 1 (Heikki Suhonen)
SWEDEN 2 (Conny Torstensson , Harry Svensson)
Finland: Pertti Alaja, Eero Virkkunen, Raimo Saviomaa, Vilho Rajantie, Esko Ranta,
Jouko Suomalainen [c], Antero Nikkanen, Miikka Toivola, Heikki Suhonen,
Tuomo Haapa, Hannu Lamberg.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Christer Hult, Kent Karlsson, Staffan Tapper,
Björn Andersson, Leif Andersson, Bo Larsson, Conny Torstensson,
Sten Pålsson, Harry Svensson, Ján Mattsson (Ján Sjoström 5').
Referee: Edgar Petersen (Denmark).
Coaches: Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
05/09/1973, Moskva, Lenin, 82000
Friendly International
USSR 0
WEST GERMANY 1 (Gerd Müller 62')
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Mikhail Fomenko, Yevgeni Lovchev,
Vladimir Kaplichnyi [c], Viktor Kolotov (Arkadi Andreasyan 70'),
Vladimir Muntyan, Anatoli Konkov (Yuri Vasenin 64'), Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin,
Vladimir Onishchenko, Oleg Blokhin.
West Germany: Wolfgang Kleff, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Paul Breitner, Franz Beckenbauer [c],
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Dietmar Danner, Horst Köppel (Uli Hoeneß 46'),
Heinz Flohe, Jürgen Grabowski (Klaus Wunder 64'), Gerd Müller,
Josef Heynckes (Erwin Kremers 58').
Referee: Nikola Mladenović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
West Germany: Helmut Schön.
08/09/1973, Paris, Parc des Princes, 30237
Friendly International
FRANCE 3 (Roger Jouve 9', Marc Berdoll 59', Serge Chiesa 72')
GREECE 1 (Kostas Aidiniou 67')
France: Dominique Baratelli, Jean-Claude Osman, Jean-Pierre Adams, Marius Trésor,
Pierre Repellini, Roger Jouve, Serge Chiesa, Georges Bereta [c],
Marc Molitor, Bernard Lacombe (Marc Berdoll 57'), Christian Sarramagna
(Daniel Ravier 77').
Greece: Panagiotis Kelesidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Thanasis Aggelis,
Anthimos Kapsis, Takis Synetopoulos, Stavros Sarafis
(Christos Terzanidis 46'), Georgios Koudas, Kostas Eleftherakis,
Antonis Antoniadis, Mimis Domazos [c], Kostas Aidiniou
(Lakis Nikolaou 77').
Referee: Paolo Toselli (Italy).
Coaches: France: Ştefan Kovacs (Romania).
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
12/09/1973, Oslo, Ullevaal, 19241
World Cup Qualifying
NORWAY 1 (Harry Hestad 77')
NETHERLANDS 2 (Johan Cruijff 7', Barry Hulshoff 87')
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Helge Karlsen, Jan Birkelund, Svein Grøndalen,
Jan Anders Hovdan, Jan Christiansen, Per Pettersen, Svein Kvia,
Harald Sunde (Tor Egil Johansen 15'), Tom Lund, Harry Hestad.
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren, Dick Schneider, Epi Drost, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol,
Wim Jansen, Wim van Hanegem (Arie Haan 81'), Gerrit Mühren,
René van der Kerkhof, Johan Cruijff, Willy Brokamp.
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: Norway: George Curtis (England).
Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: Norway: Harry Hestad [Y].
Netherlands: Johan Cruijff [Y], Wim van Hanegem [Y].
23/09/1973, Trondheim, Lerkendal Stadion, 15100
Nordic Championship
NORWAY 0
DENMARK 1 (Hans Ewald Hansen 32')
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Helge Karlsen, Jan Birkelund, Svein Grøndalen,
Jan Anders Hovdan, Jan Christiansen, Per Pettersen, Svein Kvia,
Harald Sunde (Odd Iversen), Harry Hestad, Tom Lund.
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Karsten Jensen, Helge Vonsyld, Arne Rastad, Viggo Jensen,
Hans Ewald Hansen [c] (Tommy Hansen 46'), Ole Skouboe, Jens Kolding
(Børge Bach 78'), Heino Hansen, Torben Hansen, Jørgen Jørgensen.
Referee: George Krutelev (Finland).
Coaches: Norway: George Curtis (England).
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
26/09/1973, Luzern, Allmend Stadion, 17741
World Cup Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 1 (Rolf Blättler 2')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Switzerland: René Deck, Jean-Yves Valentini, René Hasler, Üli Wegmann, Walter Mundschin,
Jakob Kuhn, Marcel Cornioley (Walter Balmer 67'), Karl Odermatt,
Kurt Müller, Rolf Blättler, Otto Dermarmels.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Johny Kirsch, Louis Pilot [c], Joé Hansen, Robert da Grava,
René Flenghi, Guy Weis (Jeannot Krecke 12'), Paul Philipp, Gilbert Dussier,
Jean-Pierre Hoffmann (Johny Grettnich 76'), Nico Braun.
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany).
Coaches: Switzerland: René Hüssy.
Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Cards: Switzerland: Rolf Blättler [Y].
Luxembourg: none.
26/09/1973, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, 77764
World Cup Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 2 (Bernd Bransch 42', 64')
ROMANIA 0
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Bernd Bransch [c], Klaus Sammer,
Joachim Fritsche, Reinhard Lauck, Wolfgang Seguin, Hans-Jürgen Kreische
(Jürgen Sparwasser 61'), Wolfram Löwe, Peter Ducke, Joachim Streich.
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Dumitru Antonescu, Cornel Dinu [c],
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Radu Nunweiller, Teodor Tarălungă
(Emerich Dembrovschi 46'), Nicolae Dobrin (Dumitru Marcu 83'),
Florea Dumitrache, Anghel Iordănescu.
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Cards: East Germany: Joachim Streich [Y].
Romania: Nicolae Dobrin [Y].
26/09/1973, Chorzów, Silesian, 70181
World Cup Qualifying
POLAND 3 (Robert Gadocha 29', Grzegorz Lato 34', Jan Domarski 53')
WALES 0
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Antoni Szymanowski, Mirosław Bulzacki, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Adam Musiał, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna [c], Henryk Kasperczak,
Grzegorz Lato, Jan Domarski, Robert Gadocha.
Wales: Gary Sprake, Peter Rodrigues, Rod Thomas, John Mahoney
(Leighton Phillips 84'), Mike England [c], John Roberts, Brian Evans
(Gilbert Reece 78'), Terry Yorath, Wyn Davies, Trevor Hockey,
Leighton James.
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden).
Coaches: Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Wales: David Bowen.
Cards: Poland: Adam Musiał [Y 48'].
Wales: John Roberts [Y 7'], Trevor Hockey [R 39'].
Note: Attendance also quoted as 120000.
26/09/1973, Sheffield (England), Hillsborough, 6206
World Cup Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
BULGARIA 0
Northern Ireland: William McFaul, Pat Rice, David Craig, Liam O'Kane, Allan Hunter,
Dave Clements [c], Bryan Hamilton, Tommy Jackson (Robert Coyle 46'),
Samuel Morgan, Trevor Anderson, Martin O'Neill (Tommy Cassidy 46').
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Ivan Zafirov, Stefan Aladjov, Dobromir Jechev,
Kiril Ivkov, Hristo Bonev [c], Bojil Kolev, Ivan Stoianov,
Atanas Aleksandrov (Krassimir Borisov 55'), Kiril Milanov, Georgi Denev.
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Cards: Northern Ireland: Robert Coyle [Y], Allan Hunter [Y].
Bulgaria: Kiril Milanov [Y].
26/09/1973, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 95786
World Cup Qualifying
SCOTLAND 2 (Jim Holton 41', Joe Jordan 72')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Zdenek Nehoda 33')
Scotland: Ally Hunter, Sandy Jardine, Danny McGrain, David Hay, Jim Holton,
Tommy Hutchinson, Billy Bremner [c], George Connelly, Willie Morgan,
Kenny Dalglish (Joe Jordan 63'), Denis Law.
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor, Ján Pivarník, Václav Samek, Ludovít Zlocha, Jaroslav Bendl,
Přemysl Bičovský, Antonín Panenka (Jan Čapkovič 78'), Ladislav Kuna
(Karol Dobiaš 21'), Jozef Adamec, Zdenek Nehoda, Pavel Stratil.
Referee: Henry Öberg (Norway).
Coaches: Scotland: Willie Ormond.
Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
Cards: Scotland: none.
Czechoslovakia: Antonín Panenka [Y], Václav Samek [Y 9'], Ján Pivarník [Y].
26/09/1973, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 48000
Friendly International
ENGLAND 7 (Mick Channon 9', 47', Allan Clarke 28', 43', Martin Chivers 61',
Tony Currie 64', Colin Bell 87')
AUSTRIA 0
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Norman Hunter, Tony Currie, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers, Allan Clarke,
Martin Peters [c].
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Johann Schmidradner, Eduard Krieger,
Johann Eigenstiller (Werner Kriess 67'), Roland Hattenberger,
(Manfred Gombasch 46'), August Starek, Johann Ettmayer, Wilhelm Kreuz,
Johann Krankl, Kurt Jara.
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
26/09/1973, Beograd, JNA, 25000
Friendly International
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Nenad Bjekovic 17')
HUNGARY 1 (Ferenc Bene 47')
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Ivan Buljan, Vladislav Bogicevic, Brane Oblak,
Josip Katalinski, Jure Jerkovic, Vladimir Petrovic
(Franjo Vladic 63' (Radomir Antic 82')), Nenad Bjekovic, Dusan Bajevic,
Jovan Acimovic, Drago Vabec.
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Tibor Fábián, Miklós Páncsics (József Kovács 46'),
József Horváth, László Balint, István Juhász, Lajos Kocsis, Csaba Vidáts,
Lajos Szőke, Ferenc Bene, Sándor Zámbó.
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
29/09/1973, Milano, Stadio San Siro, 65454
Friendly International
ITALY 2 (Pietro Anastasi 60', Luigi Riva 66')
SWEDEN 0
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Romeo Benetti,
Francesco Morini (Mauro Bellugi 85'), Tarcisio Burgnich, Sandro Mazzola,
Fabio Capello, Pietro Anastasi, Gianni Rivera, Luigi Riva.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Ján Olsson, Björn Andersson, Staffan Tapper,
Kent Karlsson, Björn Nordqvist, Harry Svensson, Conny Torstensson
(Leif Andersson 77'), Ralf Edström (Ove Kindvall 63'), Bo Larsson,
Roland Sandberg.
Referee: Jack Taylor (England).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
10/10/1973, Tiranë, Qemal Stafa, 16581
World Cup Qualifying
ALBANIA 1 (Ramazan Rragami 25' pen)
FINLAND 0
Albania: Koço Dinella, Millan Vaso, Rifat Ibërshimi, Safet Berisha, Faruk Sejdini,
Naim Allaj (Milto Gurma 46'), Ramazan Rragami [c], Sefedin Braho,
Ilir Përnaska (Agim Murati 46'), Ismet Hoxha, Dhori Kalluçi.
Finland: Pertti Alaja, Eero Virkkunen, Raimo Saviomaa, Ari Mäkynen
(Vesa Kallio 76'), Esko Ranta, Jouko Suomalainen [c], Miikka Toivola,
Olavi Paavolainen, Jarmo Manninen, Henry Bergström, Heikki Suhonen
(Matti Paatelainen 66').
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy).
Coaches: Albania: Ilia Shuke.
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
Cards: Albania: Faruk Sejdini [Y].
Finland: none.
10/10/1973, Rotterdam, Feyenoord 'De Kuip' Stadion, 16500
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS 1 (Theo de Jong 32')
POLAND 1 (Kazimierz Deyna 45')
Netherlands: Jan van Beveren (Piet Schrijvers 46'), Wim Suurbier, Aad Mansveld,
Dick Schneider, Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens
(Cees van Ierssel 78'), Theo de Jong, René van der Kerkhof,
Johan Cruijff [c] (Heny Wery 56'), Piet Keizer (Rob Rensenbrink 46').
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski (Zygmunt Kalinowski 46'), Antoni Szymanowski,
Mirosław Bulzacki, Jerzy Gorgoń, Adam Musiał (Zbigniew Gut 46'),
Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna [c], Henryk Kasperczak, Grzegorz Lato,
Jan Domarski, Robert Gadocha.
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria).
Coaches: Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
10/10/1973, Hannover, Niedersachsenstadion, 50000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 4 (Gerd Müller 29', 50', Wolfgang Weber 45', Erwin Kremers 79')
AUSTRIA 0
West Germany: Wolfgang Kleff, Hans-Josef Kapellmann (Helmut Kremers 11'),
Horst-Dieter Höttges, Wolfgang Weber (Bernd Hölzenbein 69'),
Franz Beckenbauer (Bernhard Cullmann 46'), Uli Hoeneß, Wolfgang Overath,
Heinz Flohe, Gerd Müller, Jürgen Grabowski, Erwin Kremers.
Austria: Herbert Rettensteiner, Eduard Krieger (Robert Sara 69'),
Johann Schmidradner, Rudolf Horvath, Werner Kriess, Wilhelm Kreuz,
Norbert Hof, Franz Hasil, Thomas Parits, Johann Krankl, Josef Stering
(Hans Pirkner 86').
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: West Germany: none.
Austria: Eduard Krieger [Y], Norbert Hof [Y].
13/10/1973, Lisboa, Estádio da Luz, 13000
World Cup Qualifying
PORTUGAL 2 (António Simões 48', Alfredo Quaresma 89')
BULGARIA 2 (Hristo Bonev 56', 65')
Portugal: José Henrique, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho, Carlos Alhinho, Toni,
Augusto Matine, António Simões (Alfredo Quaresma 67'), Nené, Eusébio
(Jordão 28'), José Torres, Joaquim Dinis.
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Kiril Ivkov, Ivan Zafirov, Dobromir Jechev,
Ivan Stoianov, Stefan Aladjov, Bojil Kolev, Hristo Bonev [c], Georgi Denev,
Voin Voinov, Kiril Milanov (Dimitar Dimitrov 62').
Referee: Jack Taylor (England).
Coaches: Portugal: José Augusto.
Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Cards: Portugal: Artur Correia [Y].
Bulgaria: none.
Note: Another source states Viktor Ionov played instead of Voin Voinov and
Toni was replaced by Alfredo Quaresma.
13/10/1973, København, Idrætsparken, 20000
Friendly International
DENMARK 2 (Henning Jensen 22', Kurt Stendahl 85')
HUNGARY 2 (László Fazekas 5', 35')
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Johnny Hansen, Per Røntved, Helge Vonsyld, Viggo Jensen,
Karsten Jensen, Hans Ewald Hansen [c] (Kurt Stendal 55'), Ole Bjørnmose,
Ole Skouboe, Hans Aabech, Henning Jensen.
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Péter Török, József Kovács, József Horváth, László Bálint
(Mihály Kozma 62'), István Juhász, Lajos Kocsis, Sándor Zámbó,
László Fazekas, Ferenc Bene, László Nagy.
Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway).
Coaches: Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
13/10/1973, Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion, 70400
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 2 (Gerd Müller 56', 59' pen)
FRANCE 1 (Marius Trésor 82')
West Germany: Wolfgang Kleff, Horst-Dieter Höttges (Bernhard Cullmann 46'),
Wolfgang Weber, Franz Beckenbauer, Helmut Kremers, Uli Hoeneß, Heinz Flohe,
Wolfgang Overath, Jürgen Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Erwin Kremers.
France: Dominique Baratelli, Dario Grava, Jean-Pierre Adams, Marius Trésor,
Pierre Repellini, Henri Michel, Serge Chiesa, Roger Jouve,
Georges Bereta [c], Charly Loubet, Marc Molitor (Marc Berdoll 65').
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland).
Coaches: France: Ştefan Kovacs (Romania).
West Germany: Helmut Schön.
14/10/1973, Bucureşti, 23 August, 13525
World Cup Qualifying
ROMANIA 9 (Ion Dumitru 6', Dumitru Marcu 8', 43', Mircea Sandu 25', 65',
Florea Dumitrache 45', 63', Nicolae Pantu 55', Dudu Georgescu 81')
FINLAND 0
Romania: Răducanu Necula, Lajos Sătmăreanu, Dumitru Antonescu, Ştefan Sameş,
Augustin Deleanu, Ion Dumitru, Cornel Dinu [c], Nicolae Pantea,
Mircea Sandu, Florea Dumitrache (Dudu Georgescu 75'), Dumitru Marcu.
Finland: Pertti Alaja, Eero Virkkunen, Raimo Saviomaa, Vilho Rajantie
(Henry Forssell 75'), Esko Ranta, Jouko Suomalainen [c], Vesa Kallio,
Olavi Paavolainen, Jarmo Manninen, Matti Paatelainen (Henry Bergström 69'),
Miikka Toivola.
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary).
Coaches: Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Finland: Olavi Laaksonen.
Cards: Romania: Florea Dumitrache [Y].
Finland: none.
17/10/1973, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 90587
World Cup Qualifying
ENGLAND 1 (Allan Clarke 63' pen)
POLAND 1 (Jan Domarski 55')
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Norman Hunter, Tony Currie, Mick Channon, Martin Chivers
(Kevin Hector 88'), Allan Clarke, Martin Peters [c].
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Antoni Szymanowski, Mirosław Bulzacki, Jerzy Gorgoń,
Adam Musiał, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna [c], Henryk Kasperczak,
Grzegorz Lato, Jan Domarski, Robert Gadocha.
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
Cards: England: Roy McFarland [Y 82'].
Poland: Mirosław Bulzacki [Y].
Note: Another source states Adam Musiał was booked.
17/10/1973, Bratislava, Tehelné Pole, 13668
World Cup Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Zdenek Nehoda 15' pen)
SCOTLAND 0
Czechoslovakia: Ivo Viktor [c], Ján Pivarník, Václav Samek, Karel Dvořák, Vladimír Hagara,
Přemysl Bičovský, Jaroslav Pollák, Miroslav Gajdůšek, František Veselý
(Jiří Klement 61'), Zdenek Nehoda, Ján Čapkovič (Antonín Panenka 78').
Scotland: David Harvey, Sandy Jardine, Danny McGrain, Tom Forsyth, John Blackley,
Tommy Hutchinson, David Hay [c], Willie Morgan, Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan,
Denis Law (Donald Ford 58').
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Václav Ježek.
Scotland: Willie Ormond.
Cards: Czechoslovakia: Zdenek Nehoda [Y].
Scotland: none.
17/10/1973, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, 40000
Friendly International
EAST GERMANY 1 (Joachim Streich 18')
USSR 0
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Bernd Bransch [c], Joachim Fritsche, Konrad Weise,
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Reinhard Lauck, Wolfgang Seguin (Helmut Stein 71'),
Henning Frenzel, Wolfram Löwe, Jürgen Sparwasser, Joachim Streich
(Eberhard Vogel 75').
USSR: Vladimir Pilgui, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Mikhail Fomenko, Yevgeni Lovchev,
Vladimir Kaplichnyi [c] (Oleg Dolmatov 46'), Viktor Kolotov
(Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin 46'), Vladimir Muntyan (Givi Nodiya 68'),
Sergei Olshanski, Vladimir Fedotov, Vladimir Onishchenko, Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Zsolt Petry (Hungary).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
USSR: Yevgeni Goryanski.
17/10/1973, İstanbul, Mithatpaşa Stadı
Friendly International (Turkish FF 50th Anniversary)
TURKEY 0
SPAIN 0
Turkey: Yasin Özdenak, Mehmet Aktan, Özer Yurteri, Tuncay Temeller, Zekeriya Alp,
Bülent Ünder (Köksal Mesçi), Ziya Şengül [c], Alpaslan Eratlı,
Mehmet Oğuz, Cemil Turan, Selahattin Karasu (Ender Konca).
Spain: García Remón, José Luis, De Felipe, Costas, Ochoa, Villar, Planelles
(Solsona 67'), José Francisco Rojo [c], Becerra, Clares (Marianín 67'),
José Ángel Rojo.
Referee: Nikola Dudin (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
20/10/1973, Roma, Stadio Olimpico, 62881
World Cup Qualifying
ITALY 2 (Gianni Rivera 39' pen, Luigi Riva 79')
SWITZERLAND 0
Italy: Dino Zoff, Luciano Spinosi, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Romeo Benetti,
Francesco Morini, Tarcisio Burgnich, Sandro Mazzola, Fabio Capello,
Pietro Anastasi, Gianni Rivera (Franco Causio 44'), Luigi Riva.
Switzerland: René Deck, Üli Wegmann (Pirmin Stierli 46'), René Hasler,
Hans-Peter Schild, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat (Fernand Luisier 75'),
Jakob Kuhn, Georges Vuilleumier, Karl Odermatt [c], Kurt Müller,
Rolf Blättler, Daniel Jeandupeux.
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain).
Coaches: Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
Switzerland: René Hüssy.
Cards: Italy: Pietro Anastasi [Y].
Switzerland: Pierre-Albert Chapuisat [Y], Kurt Müller [Y].
21/10/1973, Zagreb, Maksimir, 61010
World Cup Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 0
SPAIN 0
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Petar Krivokuca (Ivica Surjak 61'), Vladislav Bogicevic,
Brane Oblak, Josip Katalinski, Miroslav Pavlovic, Drago Vabec,
Jure Jerkovic, Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic, Nenad Bjekovic
(Stanislav Karasi 72').
Spain: Iribar, Sol, Benito, Uría, Jesús Martínez (Irureta 31'), Costas,
Roberto Martínez, Claramunt [c], Gárate, Juan Manuel Asensi, Valdez.
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Vujadin Boškov.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Cards: Yugoslavia: none.
Spain: Uría [Y].
21/10/1973, Dublin, Dalymount Park, 25000
Friendly International
IRELAND 1 (Miah Dennehy 32')
POLAND 0
Ireland: Peter Thomas (Mick Kearns 46'), Joe Kinnear, Terry Mancini,
Paddy Mulligan [c], Jimmy Holmes, Mick Martin, Éoin Hand, Tony Byrne,
Terry Conroy (Miah Dennehy 10'), Ray Treacy, Don Givens (Alfred Hale 84').
Poland: Zygmunt Kalinowski, Zbigniew Gut, Mirosław Bulzacki, Władysław Żmuda,
Antoni Szymanowski, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna [c],
Henryk Kasperczak, Grzegorz Lato (Kazimierz Kmiecik 73'), Zdzisław Kapka
(Jan Domarski 46'), Robert Gadocha.
Referee: Robert Matthewson (England).
Coaches: Ireland: Johnny Giles.
Poland: Kazimierz Górski.
28/10/1973, Libramont
Friendly International
BELGIUM B 6
LUXEMBOURG 0
Belgium B:
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes (Lucien Thill 46'), Johny Kirsch, Joé Hansen, Louis Pilot [c],
Robert da Grava, René Flenghi, Louis Trierweiler, Vinicio Monacelli,
Gilbert Dussier, Paul Philipp (Guy Weis 70'), Marcel Di Domenico
(Pierrot Langers 60').
Referee: Roger Machin (France).
Coaches: Belgium B:
Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
31/10/1973, Anderlecht, Stade Émile Versé, 14303
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 2 (Léon Dolmans 32' pen, Raoul Lambert 85' pen)
NORWAY 0
Belgium: Luc Sanders, Alfonso Bastijns, Gilbert Van Binst
(François Van der Elst 72'), Nicolas Dewalque, Léon Dolmans, Jan Verheyen,
Paul Van Himst [c], Jean Dockx, François Janssens, Ivo Van Herp
(Raoul Lambert 46'), Jean Janssens.
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Helge Karlsen, Jan Birkelund, Svein Grøndalen,
Jan Anders Hovdan, Jan Christiansen (Tor Egil Johansen 69'), Per Pettersen,
Svein Kvia (Stein Karlsen 79'), Harald Sunde, Harry Hestad, Tom Lund.
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Norway: George Curtis (England).
Cards: Belgium: none.
Norway: Jan Birkelund [Y].
03/11/1973, Tiranë, Qemal Stafa, 16157
World Cup Qualifying
ALBANIA 1 (Mihal Gjika 26')
EAST GERMANY 4 (Joachin Streich 5', 35', Wolfram Löwe 62', Jürgen Sparwasser 77')
Albania: Bashkim Muhedini (Fatmir Ismaili 67'), Mihal Gjika, Safet Berisha,
Millan Vaso, Rifat Ibërshimi, Faruk Sejdini, Sefedin Braho,
Ramazan Rragami, Ilir Përnaska, Panajot Pano, Spiko Çuri
(Ismet Hoxha 46').
East Germany: Jürgen Croy, Bernd Bransch [c], Lothar Kurbjuweit, Konrad Weise
(Eberhard Vogel 81'), Joachim Fritsche, Henning Frentzel
(Helmut Stein 67'), Reinhard Lauck, Jürgen Sparwasser, Joachim Streich,
Peter Ducke, Wolfram Löwe.
Referee: Paul Bonnet (Malta).
Coaches: Albania: Ilia Shuke.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: Albania: Millan Vaso [Y].
East Germany: Lothar Kurbjuweit [Y].
Note: Another source states Milto Gurma played instead of Ismet Hoxha.
04/11/1973, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 2 (Vinicio Monacelli, Pierrot Langers)
NORWAY 1 (Harald Sunde)
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Johny Kirsch, René Flenghi, Joé Hansen, Roger Fandel,
Vinicio Monacelli, Paul Philipp, Louis Trierweiler, Gilbert Dussier
(Pierrot Langers 77'), Nico Braun [c], Marcel Di Domenico.
Norway: Geir Karlsen, Helge Karlsen (Harry Hestad), Jan Birkelund,
Svein Grøndalen, Jan Anders Hovdan, Tor Egil Johansen, Per Pettersen,
Svein Kvia, Harald Sunde, Tom Lund (Egil Solberg), Helge Skuseth.
Referee: Jean Bancourt (France).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Gilbert Legrand (France).
Norway: George Curtis (England).
11/11/1973, Gzira, Empire Stadium, 15459
World Cup Qualifying
MALTA 1 (Toninu Camilleri 20')
SWEDEN 2 (Ove Kindvall 21', Bo Larsson 33' pen)
Malta: Alfred Debono, George Ciantar, Edwin Farrugia, Charles Spiteri,
Anton Camilleri, Edward Darmanin (Raymond Xuereb 80'), Ronnie Cocks,
Willie Vassallo, Toninu Camilleri, Louis Arpa, Edward Aquilina.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Jan Olsson II, Björn Nordqvist, Staffan Tapper,
Björn Andersson, Bo Larsson, Ove Grahn, Thomas Ahlstrom, Ove Kindvall
(Conny Torstensson 53'), Roland Sandberg (Kent Karlsson 73'),
Ralf Edström.
Referee: Georgios Katsoras (Greece).
Coaches: Malta: Victor Scerri.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: Malta: Alfred Debono [Y 80'].
Sweden: none.
14/11/1973, Lisboa, Estádio José Alvalade, 6713
World Cup Qualifying
PORTUGAL 1 (Jordão 34')
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Liam O'Kane 68')
Portugal: Vítor Damas, Pietra, Humberto Coelho [c], Carlos Alhinho, Artur Correia,
Octávio Machado, Toni (Abel Miglietti 77'), Samuel Fraguito, Nené, Jordão
(Vítor Baptista 77'), Joaquim Dinis.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, David Craig, Robert Lutton, Liam O'Kane,
Dave Clements [c], Tommy Jackson (Robert Coyle 53'), Martin O'Neill,
Samuel Morgan, Trevor Anderson, George Best.
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain).
Coaches: Portugal: José Augusto.
Northern Ireland: Terry Neill.
Cards: None.
14/11/1973, Wembley, Empire Stadium, 88000
Friendly International
ENGLAND 0
ITALY 1 (Fabio Capello 86')
England: Peter Shilton, Paul Madeley, Emlyn Hughes, Colin Bell, Roy McFarland,
Bobby Moore [c], Tony Currie, Mick Channon, Peter Osgood, Allan Clarke
(Kevin Hector 74'), Martin Peters.
Italy: Dino Zoff, Giuseppe Sabadini, Giacinto Facchetti [c], Romeo Benetti,
Mauro Bellugi, Tarcisio Burgnich, Franco Causio, Fabio Capello,
Giorgio Chinaglia, Gianni Rivera, Luigi Riva.
Referee: Francisco Marques Lobo (Portugal).
Coaches: England: Sir Alf Ramsey.
Italy: Ferruccio Valcareggi.
14/11/1973, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 58235
Friendly International
SCOTLAND 1 (Jim Holton 7')
WEST GERMANY 1 (Uli Hoeneß 80')
Scotland: David Harvey, Sandy Jardine, Danny McGrain, George Connelly, Jim Holton,
Tommy Hutchinson, Billy Bremner [c], Jimmy Smith III (Peter Lorimer 81'),
Willie Morgan, Kenny Dalglish, Denis Law (Joe Jordan 87').
West Germany: Wolfgang Kleff (Sepp Maier 46'), Berti Vogts, Horst-Dieter Höttges,
Franz Beckenbauer [c], Wolfgang Weber, Uli Hoeneß, Günter Netzer,
Herbert Wimmer (Bernhard Cullmann 75'), Jürgen Grabowski, Siegfried Held
(Heinz Flohe 75'), Erwin Kremers (Josef Heynckes 46').
Referee: Jack Taylor (England).
Coaches: Scotland: Willie Ormond.
West Germany: Helmut Schön.
18/11/1973, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 67126
World Cup Qualifying
TURKEY 2 (Mehmet Türkkan 51', Melih Atacan 53')
SWITZERLAND 0
Turkey: Yasin Özdenak, Alpaslan Eratlı (Timuçin Çuğ 75'), Özer Yurteri,
Tuncay Temeller, Zekeriya Alp, Mehmet Aktan (Melih Atacan 46'),
Ziya Şengül [c], Bülent Ünder, Cemil Turan, Mehmet Oğuz,
Mehmet Türkkan.
Switzerland: René Deck, Georges Vuilleumier, Jean-Yves Valentini, Üli Wegmann,
René Hasler, Karl Odermatt (André Meyer 71'), Jakob Kuhn,
Pierre-Albert Chapuisat (Otto Dermarmels 71'), Hans-Jörg Pfister,
Rolf Blättler, Daniel Jeandupeux.
Referee: Robert Davidson (Scotland).
Coaches: Turkey: Coşkun Özarı.
Switzerland: René Hüssy.
Cards: Turkey: Mehmet Aktan [Y].
Switzerland: Pierre-Albert Chapuisat [Y].
18/11/1973, Amsterdam, Olympisch Stadion, 62847
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 0
BELGIUM 0
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Wim Suurbier, Barry Hulshoff, Aad Mansveld, Ruud Krol,
Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens, Gerrit Mühren, Johnny Rep, Johan Cruijff [c],
Rob Rensenbrink.
Belgium: Christian Piot, Gilbert Van Binst (Gérard De Sanghere 76'),
Nicolas Delwaque, Erwin Vandendaele, Jean Thissen, Maurice Martins,
Jan Verheyen, Léon Semmeling, Jean Dockx, Paul Van Himst [c],
Raoul Lambert.
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR).
Coaches: Netherlands: František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Belgium: Raymond Goethals.
Cards: Netherlands: none.
Belgium: Raoul Lambert [Y 80'].
18/11/1973, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 17400
World Cup Qualifying
BULGARIA 2 (Bojil Kolev 2', Georgi Denev 65')
CYPRUS 0
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov, Ivan Zafirov, Kiril Ivkov, Stefan Aladjov, Bojil Kolev,
Dobromir Jechev (Pavel Panov 77'), Voin Voinov, Hristo Bonev [c],
Kiril Milanov (Petko Petkov 46'), Ivan Stoianov, Georgi Denev.
Cyprus: Andreas Constantinou II, Stavros Stylianou, Michalakis Michael,
Kallis Constantinou, Kyriakos Koureas, Kokos Antoniou
(Chrysos Neofytou 70'), Panicos Efthimiadis, Takis Papettas
(Andreas Constantinou I 65'), Sotitis Kaiafas, Nicos Charalambous,
Andreas Kanaris.
Referee: Ivan Plaček (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Hristo Mladenov.
Cyprus: Pambos Avraamides.
Cards: None.
21/11/1973, Paris, Parc des Princes, 14534
Friendly International
FRANCE 3 (Georges Bereta 57', Søren Larsen 78' OG, Hervé Revelli 89')
DENMARK 0
France: Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, Pierre Repellini, Alain Merchandier,
Jean-Pierre Adams, François Bracci, Serge Chiesa (Patrick Revelli 75'),
Henri Michel, Georges Bereta [c], Daniel Ravier (Claude Papi 80'),
Hervé Revelli, Christian Sarramagna.
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Johnny Hansen, Leo Vonsyld-Helge, Kresten Bjerre [c],
Viggo Jensen (Søren Larsen 70'), John Steen Olsen, Morten Olsen,
Ole Bjørnmose (Ole Skouboe 70'), Flemming Lund, Hans Aabech,
Henning Jensen.
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany).
Coaches: France: Ştefan Kovacs (Romania).
Denmark: Rudi Strittich (Austria).
21/11/1973, Budapest, Népstadion, 6000
Friendly International
HUNGARY 0
EAST GERMANY 1 (Reinhard Laucke 35')
Hungary: Imre Rapp, László Harsányi, Endre Kolár, László Balint, István Megyesi,
István Juhász, Lajos Kocsis, József Somogyi, László Fazekas
(István Szőke 65'), Ferenc Bene, Mihály Kozma (László Nagy 65').
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Bernd Bransch [c], Joachim Fritsche, Konrad Weise,
Lothar Kurbjuweit, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Reinhard Lauck, Axel Tyll,
Jürgen Sparwasser, Peter Ducke, Martin Hoffmann.
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria).
Coaches: Hungary: Rudolf Illovszky.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
24/11/1973, Stuttgart, Neckarstadion, 70000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY 2 (Josef Heynckes 14', 38')
SPAIN 1 (Claramunt 53')
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Berti Vogts, Horst-Dieter Höttges (Rainer Bonhof 69'),
Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Weber (Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck 84'),
Berhard Cullmann, Wolfgang Overath, Uli Hoeneß (Bernd Hölzenbein 68'),
Jürgen Grabowski, Gerd Müller, Josef Heynckes.
Spain: Deusto, Sol (Capón), Benito, Costas (Juan Carlos), Uría, Marcial
(José Francisco Rojo), Pirri, Claramunt [c], Juan Manuel Asensi,
Gárate, Váldez.
Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland).
Coaches: West Germany: Helmut Schön.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
27/11/1973, Gelsenkirchen (West Germany), Parkstadion, 69974
World Cup Qualifying
SWEDEN 2 (Roland Sandberg 11', Bo Larsson 28' pen)
AUSTRIA 1 (Roland Hattenberger 39')
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Ján Olsson II, Kent Karlsson, Björn Nordqvist,
Björn Andersson, Ove Grahn, Conny Torstensson (Staffan Tapper 56'),
Bo Larsson, Ove Kindvall, Roland Sandberg, Ralf Edström.
Austria: Herbert Rettensteiner (Friedrich Koncilia 46'), Johann Eigenstiller,
Johann Schmidradber, Rudolf Horvath, Werner Kriess, Roland Hattenberger,
Norbert Hof, Franz Hasil (Josef Stering 62'), Wilhelm Kreuz,
Johann Krankl, Kurt Jara.
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Austria: Leopold Šťastný (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: None.
19/12/1973, Piraeus, Stadio Karaiskaki, 7768
World Cup Qualifying
GREECE 2 (Kostas Eleftherakis 29', Josip Katalinski 44' OG)
YUGOSLAVIA 4 (Dusan Bajevic 12', Stanislav Karasi 15', 90+', Ivica Surjak 62')
Greece: Panagiotis Kelesidis, Dimitris Dimitriou, Vassilis Siokos, Lakis Glezos,
Thanasis Aggelis, Mimis Domazos [c], Kostas Eleftherakis,
Christos Terzanidis, Dimitris Paridis (Georgios Koudas 62'),
Michalis Kritikopoulos, Georgios Delikaris (Achilleas Aslanidis 76').
Yugoslavia: Enver Maric, Ivan Buljan, Enver Hadziabdic, Miroslav Pavlovic,
Josip Katalinski, Jure Jerkovic (Ivica Surjak 46'), Ilija Petkovic,
Stanislav Karasi, Dusan Bajevic, Jovan Acimovic, Dragen Dzajic
(Vladimir Petrovic 60').
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany).
Coaches: Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić, Milan Ribar, Sulejman Rebac, Tomislav Ivić
and Milovan Ćirić.
Cards: Greece: Dimtris Dimtriou [Y], Kostas Eleftherakis [Y].
Yugoslavia: Dusan Bajevic [R 32'].
Note: Attendance also quoted as 8143.