1979 MATCHES
EUROPE.
Authors: Barrie Courtney and Neil Morrison.
16/01/1979, Larnaka, Stadio Antonis Papadopoulos, 2000
Friendly International
CYPRUS 0
BULGARIA OLYMPIC 1 (Rusi Gochev 60')
Cyprus: Fanos Stylianou (Andreas Constantinou II), Nicos Patikkis
(Andreas Papacostas), Filippos Kalotheou (Vasos Violaris),
Nicos Pantziaras, Gregory Savva, Stefanos Lysandrou, Yiannos Gouras,
Herodotos Timotheou, Sotiris Kaiafas, Demetris Koudas, Fivos Vrachimis
(Kokos Antoniou).
Bulgaria Olympic: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Petar Stankov, Roman Karakolev,
Georgi Dimitrov II, Krassimir Chavdarov, Rusi Gochev, Georgi Slavkov,
Petko Petkov [c] (Kancho Kasherov 75'), Stoicho Mladenov
(Boicho Velichkov 46'), Emil Spasov (Georgi Madjarov 55').
Referee: George Hrissanthou (Cyprus).
Coaches: Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Bulgaria Olympic: Tsvetan Ilchev.
Note: This match is on Bulgaria's official list, but is unofficial for Cyprus.
07/02/1979, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 91244
European Championship Qualifying
ENGLAND 4 (Kevin Keegan 24', Bob Latchford 46', 63', Dave V. Watson 49')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Tony Currie, Dave V. Watson,
Emlyn Hughes [c], Kevin Keegan, Steve Coppell, Bob Latchford,
Trevor Brooking, Peter Barnes.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings [c], Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Jimmy Nicholl, Chris Nicholl,
David McCreery, Martin O'Neill, Sammy McIlroy, Gerry Armstrong,
Billy Caskey (Derek Spence 81'), Terry Cochrane (Chris McGrath 82').
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
Cards: None.
07/02/1979, Stanke Dimitrov, Stadion Bonchuk, 27000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 1 (Tsonio Vasilev 57')
ROMANIA LEAGUE XI 1 (Dudu Georgescu 26')
Bulgaria: Stoian Stoianov, Tsonio Vasilev, Petar Stankov, Georgi Bonev, Ivan Iliev,
Aleksandar Rainov, Radoslav Zdravkov (Angel Stankov 73'),
Ventzeslav Petrov, Ivan Petrov, Pavel Panov [c], Tsvetan Ionchev
(Rudji Kerimov 62').
Romania League XI: Silviu Lung, Nicolae Tilihoi, Ştefan Sameş, Cornel Dinu [c], Iosif Vigu,
Mihai Romilă, Ladislau Bölöni, Aurel Rădulescu (Florea Voicilă 60'),
Zoltan Crişan, Dudu Georgescu, Ilie Balaci.
Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Tsvetan Ilchev.
Romania League XI: Ştefan Kovacs.
Notes: The match is unofficial for Romania, but it is on Bulgaria's official list.
The Romania League XI was effectively the national A team, because none of
the national team players played for foreign clubs.
14/02/1979, Blagoevgrad, Stadion Hristo Botev, 10000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 2 (Stoicho Mladenov 27', Rudji Kerimov 61')
ROMANIA LEAGUE XI 1 (Zoltan Crişan 34')
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Georgi Dimitrov II, Roman Karakolev,
Bojil Kolev [c], Borislav Sredkov, Krassimir Goranov (Kancho Kasherov 69'),
Georgi Slavkov, Petko Petkov (Aleksandar Ivanov 46'), Stoicho Mladenov,
Rudji Kerimov (Kostadin Kostadinov 80').
Romania League XI: Silviu Lung, Nicolae Tilihoi, Ştefan Sameş, Cornel Dinu [c], Iosif Vigu,
Mihai Romilă (Florea Voicilă 84'), Ladislau Bölöni, Ilie Balaci,
Zoltan Crişan, Dudu Georgescu, Aurel Rădulescu (?. Cernescu 75').
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Tsvetan Ilchev.
Romania League XI: Ştefan Kovacs.
Notes: The match is unofficial for Romania, but it is on Bulgaria's official list.
The Romania League XI was effectively the national A team, because none of
the national team players played for foreign clubs.
24/02/1979, Milano, Stadio San Siro, 55280
Friendly International
ITALY 3 (Roberto Bettega 9', Paolo Rossi 19' pen, Marco Tardelli 44')
NETHERLANDS 0
Italy: Dino Zoff [c] (Paolo Conti 46'), Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini
(Aldo Maldera 70'), Gabriele Oriali, Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea,
Franco Causio, Marco Tardelli (Renato Zaccarelli 74'), Paolo Rossi,
Giancarlo Antognoni, Roberto Bettega.
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Jan Poortvliet, Piet Wildschut, Wim Jansen [c],
Ernie Brandts (Huub Stevens 46'), Adri van Kraay, Johnny Rep, Jan Peters,
Kees Kist, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof (John Metgod 70').
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Cards: Italy: Claudio Gentile [Y].
Netherlands: Piet Wildschut [Y].
25/02/1979, Paris, Parc des Princes, 46988
European Championship Qualifying
FRANCE 3 (Jean Petit 38', Albert Emon 60', Jean-François Larios 78')
LUXEMBOURG 0
France: Dominique Dropsy, Patrick Battiston, Léonard Specht, Marius Trésor [c],
Maxime Bossis, Jean Petit, Henri Michel, Francis Piasecki
(Jean-François Larios 61'), Dominique Rocheteau, Marc Berdoll
(Eric Pécout 66'), Albert Emon.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Hubert Meunier, Fernand Raths, Nico Rohmann,
Jean-Louis Margue, Carlo Weis (Jeannot Reiter 46'), Paul Philipp [c],
Nico Wagner, Gilbert Dresch, Romain Michaux, André Zwally
(Camille Neumann 73').
Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales).
Coaches: France: Michel Hidalgo.
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Cards: France: none.
Luxembourg: Nicolas Wagner [Y], Carlo Weis [Y].
25/02/1979, Gzira, Empire Stadium, 8450
European Championship Qualifying
MALTA 0
WEST GERMANY 0
Malta: Charles Sciberras, David Buckingham, John Holland, Edwin Farrugia,
Norman Buttigieg, George Xuereb, Raymond Xuereb, Emanuel Farrugia,
Vincent Magro, Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi (Carlo Seychell 85'), Guzi Xuereb.
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Manfred Kaltz, Bernard Dietz, Rainer Bonhof, Gerd Zewe
(Klaus Toppmöller 68'), Karlheinz Förster, Rüdiger Abramczik,
Bernhard Cullmann, Klaus Fischer, Hans Müller, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
(Klaus Allofs 68').
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Malta: Victor Scerri.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: None.
28/02/1979, Burgas, Deveti Septemvri, 15000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 1 (Rusi Gochev 52')
EAST GERMANY 0
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Georgi Dimitrov II, Roman Karakolev,
Bojil Kolev [c], Borislav Sredkov, Rusi Gochev, Georgi Slavkov,
Petko Petkov (Krassimir Goranov 72'), Krassimir Chavdarov
(Ivan Pazachev 80'), Stoicho Mladenov.
East Germany: Bodo Rudwaleit, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Konrad Weise, Wilfried Gröbner,
Frank Baum, Gerd Weber, Lutz Lindemann (Reinhard Häfner 59'),
Rüdiger Schnuphase (Werner Peter 59'), Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Dieter Kühn,
Martin Hoffmann (Joachim Streich 72').
Referee: Francisc Kolossi (Romania).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Tsvetan Ilchev.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
14/03/1979, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 40000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Marián Masný 87')
SPAIN 0
Czechoslovakia: Jaroslav Netolička (Dušan Kéketi 46'), Jozef Barmoš, Anton Ondruš [c],
Rostislav Vojáček (Ladislav Jurkemik 46'), Koloman Gögh, Oldřich Rott
(Antonín Panenka 46'), František Štambachr, Ján Kozák, Marián Masný,
Zdeněk Nehoda, Miroslav Gajdůšek (Ladislav Vízek 62').
Spain: Arconada (Urruticoechea 46'), Marcelino Pérez, Migueli (Felipe 50'),
Alexanco, San José, Villar, Del Bosque (López Ufarte 46'),
Juan Manuel Asensi [c], Cundi, Dani Ruiz (Morán 46'), Santillana
(Pichi Alonso 46').
Referee: László Pádár (Hungary).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
18/03/1979, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 34154
European Championship Qualifying
TURKEY 2 (Sedat Özden 34', Fatih Terim 56')
MALTA 1 (Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi 53')
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Turgay Semercioğlu, Necati Özçağlayan, Fatih Terim [c],
Cem Pamiroğlu (Erdoğan Arıca 90'), Erhan Önal, Sedat Özden, Tuna Güneysu,
Necdet Ergün, Bahtiyar Yorulmaz (İsa Ertürk 90'), Mustafa Denizli.
Malta: Charles Sciberras, George Ciantar, Edwin Farrugia (David Buckingham 67'),
John Holland, Guzi Xuereb, Norman Buttigieg, Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi,
Vincent Magro, George Xuereb, Emanuel Farrugia, Raymond Xuereb.
Referee: Toma Manojlovski (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Turkey: Sabri Kiraz.
Malta: Victor Scerri.
Cards: Turkey: Fatih Terim [Y 89'].
Malta: Edwin Farrugia [Y 1'], George Ciantar [Y 89'].
21/03/1979, Bucureşti, Steaua, 17259
Friendly International
ROMANIA 3 (Ion Dumitru 5', Ilie Balaci 45', Dudu Georgescu 83')
GREECE 0
Romania: Silviu Lung, Nicolae Tilihoi (Bruno Grigore 46'), Cornel Dinu [c],
Ştefan Sameş, Iosif Vigu, Ion Dumitru, Ladislau Bölöni, Ilie Balaci
(Mihai Romilă 75'), Mircea Lucescu, Dudu Georgescu, Dumitru Marcu.
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou, Ioannis Gounaris, Kostas Iosifidis, Petros Ravousis,
Georgios Firos [c], Vaggelis Kousoulakis, Ioannis Damanakis
(Nikos Anastopoulos 71'), Ntinos Kouis, Takis Nikoloudis
(Ntinos Ballis 77'), Spyros Livathinos (Bambis Xanthopoulos 67'),
Maik Galakos (Georgios Kostikos 75').
Referee: Spas Lukov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Romania: Ştefan Kovacs.
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
28/03/1979, Anderlecht, Stade Émile Versé, 6264
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 1 (René Vandereycken 21' pen)
AUSTRIA 1 (Johann Krankl 61')
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Eric Gerets, Hugo Broos, Walter Meeuws, Michel Renquin,
Julien Cools (Wilhelm Geurts 70'), René Vandereycken, Frank Vercauteren,
Albert Cluytens, François Van der Elst, Jean Janssens.
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Erich Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Heribert Weber, Roland Hattenberger, Ernst Baumeister,
Walter Schachner, Wilhelm Kreuz, Johann Krankl.
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain).
Coaches: Belgium: Guy Thys.
Austria: Karl Stotz.
Cards: None.
28/03/1979, Eindhoven, Philips Stadion, 27000
European Championship Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 3 (Kees Kist 55', John Metgod 84', Jan Peters 89')
SWITZERLAND 0
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Jan Poortvliet, Wim Jansen [c], Ernie Brandts,
Piet Wildschut (Huub Stevens 83'), Johan Neeskens, Jan Peters,
Willy van de Kerkhof (John Metgod 53'), René van de Kerkhof, Kees Kist,
Rob Rensenbrink.
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Jakob Brechbühl
(Raymondo Ponte 65'), Francis Montandon, Luciano Bizzini
(Roger Wehrli 58'), Marc Schnyder, Heinz Hermann, Umberto Barberis,
René Botteron, Claudio Sulser, Rudi Elsener.
Referee: John Hunting (England).
Coaches: Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Switzerland: Roger Vonlanthen.
Cards: Netherlands: Wim Jansen [Y 34'].
Switzerland: none.
28/03/1979, Pleven, Stadion Slavi Aleksiev, 20000
Friendly International
BULGARIA OLYMPIC 0
USSR OLYMPIC 0
Bulgaria Olympic: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Georgi Dimitrov II, Roman Karakolev,
Bojil Kolev [c], Krassimir Chavdarov (Tenio Minchev 62'), Rusi Gochev,
Georgi Slavkov, Petko Petkov, Stoicho Mladenov (Anton Milkov 46'),
Krassimir Goranov.
USSR Olympic: Yuri Romenski (?. Ratayev 46'), Oleg Rodin, Sergei Shvetsov,
Aleksandr Chivadze, ?. Grigoryev, Mikhail An, Aleksandr Tarkhanov
(Sergei Shavlo 46'), ?. Ustrinchik, Sergei Andreyev, ?. Latishev
(Vladimir Klementyev 75'), ?. Vasilev.
Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Bulgaria Olympic: Tsvetan Ilchev.
USSR Olympic: Konstantin Beskov.
Note: The match is on Bulgaria's official list, but it is unofficial for USSR.
28/03/1979, Budapest, Népstadion, 10479
Friendly International
HUNGARY 3 (András Törőcsik 16', László Tieber 50', György Tatár 73')
EAST GERMANY 0
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Péter Török, István Kocsis, Antal Nagy (Tibor Rab 80'),
László Kutasi, Károly Csapó (József Pásztor 60'), Tibor Nyilasi,
Sándor Zombori, László Szokolai (László Fazekas 54'), András Törőcsik,
Lázsló Tiber (György Tatár 60').
East Germany: Bodo Rudwaleit (Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin 46'), Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c],
Gerd Kische (Gerd Weber 60'), Konrad Weise, Frank Baum, Reinhard Häfner,
Hartmut Schade, Lutz Lindemann, Werner Peter (Peter Kotte 46'),
Joachim Streich, Martin Hoffmann.
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria).
Coaches: Hungary: Ferenc Kovács.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Note: The second goal is also reported at 59'.
28/03/1979, Simferopol, Lokomotiv, 25000
Friendly International
USSR 3 (Oleg Blokhin 5', Ramaz Shengeliya 7', Yuri Gavrilov 83')
BULGARIA 1 (Pavel Panov 29')
USSR: Nikolai Gontar, Sergei Prigoda, Yuri Adzhem, Aleksandr Makhovikov,
Aleksandr Bubnov, Vitali Daraseliya, Vladimir Bessonov (Yuri Gavrilov 34'),
Vakhtang Koridze, Vladimir Gutsayev, Ramaz Shengeliya, Oleg Blokhin [c].
Bulgaria: Stefan Staikov, Tsonio Vasilev, Lyuben Kolev, Georgi Bonev, Yordan Stoikov
(Aleksandar Ivanov 15'), Georgi Denev, Radoslav Zdravkov,
Aleksandar Rainov, Spas Djevizov, Pavel Panov [c], Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland).
Coaches: USSR: Nikita Simonyan.
Bulgaria: Yanko Dinkov.
Cards: USSR: Sergei Prigoda [Y].
Bulgaria: Tsonio Vasilev [Y], Georgi Denev [Y].
01/04/1979, Nicosia, Makarion, 4500
European Championship Qualifying
CYPRUS 0
YUGOSLAVIA 3 (Zlatko Vujović 40', 49', Ivica Šurjak 87' pen)
Cyprus: Fanos Stylianou, Filippos Kalotheou, Vasos Violaris, Stefanos Lysandrou,
Nicos Pantziaras (Andreas Papacostas 46'), Gregory Savva,
Andreas Miamiliotis, Antonis Kalimeras, Andreas Kissonergis,
Demetris Koudas, Andreas Kanaris.
Yugoslavia: Ratko Svilar, Luka Peruzović, Nenad Starovlah, Ismet Hadžić,
Nenad Stojković, Dražen Mužinić, Zlatko Vujović, Nikica Cukrov,
Dušan Savić (Mišo Krstičević 83'), Ante Miročević (Nikola Jovanović 83'),
Ivica Šurjak.
Referee: László Pádár (Hungary).
Coaches: Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Cards: None.
01/04/1979, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 70000
European Championship Qualifying
TURKEY 0
WEST GERMANY 0
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Turgay Semercioğlu, Fatih Terim, Necati Özçağlayan,
Cem Pamiroğlu, Engin Verel, Sedat Özden, Mustafa Denizli, Necdet Ergün
(Tuna Güneysu 70'), Cemil Turan [c], Erhan Önal.
West Germany: Dieter Burdenski, Manfred Kaltz, Bernard Dietz, Rainer Bonhof,
Uli Stielike, Herbert Zimmermann (Karlheinz Förster 73'),
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Walter Kelsch 69'), Bernhard Cullmann,
Klaus Toppmöller, Hans Müller, Ronald Borchers.
Referee: Miroslav Stupar (USSR).
Coaches: Turkey: Sabri Kiraz.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: None.
04/04/1979, Craiova, Central, 40000
European Championship Qualifying
ROMANIA 2 (Dudu Georgescu 56' pen, 64')
SPAIN 2 (Dani Ruiz 58', 70')
Romania: Silviu Lung, Mihai Zamfir, Cornel Dinu [c], Ştefan Sameş, Teodor Lucuţă,
Ion Dumitru (Costică Ştefănescu 80'), Mihai Romilă, Ladislau Bölöni,
Mircea Lucescu (Zoltan Crişan 51'), Dudu Georgescu, Dumitru Marcu.
Spain: Arconada, Marcelino Pérez, Felipe, Alexanco, San José, Villar, Del Bosque
(Cundi 61'), Juan Manuel Asensi [c], Dani Ruiz, Rubén Cano, Quini
(Carrasco 88').
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium).
Coaches: Romania: Ştefan Kovacs.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Cards: Romania: Zoltan Crişan [R 60'].
Spain:
04/04/1979, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 48138
European Championship Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 (Antonín Panenka 67' pen, František Štambachr 72')
FRANCE 0
Czechoslovakia: Jaroslav Netolička, Jozef Barmoš, Anton Ondruš [c], Rostislav Vojáček,
Koloman Gögh, Antonín Panenka, František Štambachr, Ján Kozák,
Marián Masný, Zdeněk Nehoda (Ladislav Vízek 56'), Miroslav Gajdůšek.
France: Dominique Dropsy, Raymond Domenech, Léonard Specht, Christian Lopez [c],
Maxime Bossis, Jean Petit, Michel Platini, Jean-François Larios,
Albert Emon, Marc Berdoll, Loïc Amisse.
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
France: Michel Hidalgo.
Cards: None.
04/04/1979, Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, 80000
Friendly International
POLAND 1 (Grzegorz Lato 58')
HUNGARY 1 (György Tatár 71')
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba, Antoni Szymanowski [c], Paweł Janas,
Zbigniew Płaszewski, Stefan Majewski, Zbigniew Boniek, Adam Nawałka,
Grzegorz Lato, Roman Ogaza, Michał Wróbel (Tomasz Korynt 74').
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Péter Török, István Kocsis, László Bálint [c],
László Kutasi, György Tatár (Tibor Rab 81'), Tibor Nyilasi, Károly Csapó,
Sándor Zombori, András Törőcsik, László Fekete (László Fazekas 71').
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany).
Coaches: Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Hungary: Ferenc Kovács.
18/04/1979, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, 55000
European Championship Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 2 (Joachim Streich 50', Lutz Lindemann 63')
POLAND 1 (Zbigniew Boniek 8')
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Konrad Weise, Gerd Kische,
Gerd Weber, Reinhard Häfner, Hartmut Schade (Jürgen Pommerenke 46'),
Lutz Lindemann, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich, Martin Hoffmann.
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba (Wojciech Rudy 64'), Paweł Janas,
Władysław Żmuda, Antoni Szymanowski [c], Stefan Majewski
(Michał Wróbel 76'), Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Zbigniew Boniek, Adam Nawałka,
Grzegorz Lato, Roman Ogaza.
Referee: Eldar Asim-Zade (USSR).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Cards: East Germany: none.
Poland: Zbigniew Boniek [Y 1'].
18/04/1979, Burgas, Deveti Septemvri, 20000
Olympic Games Qualifying
BULGARIA OLYMPIC 1 (Rusi Gochev 50')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA OL. 0
Bulgaria Olympic: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Georgi Dimitrov II, Roman Karakolev,
Bojil Kolev [c], Plamen Markov, Rusi Gochev, Georgi Slavkov, Petko Petkov,
Stoicho Mladenov (Atanas Mihailov 70'), Krassimir Goranov
(Tenio Minchev 60').
Czechoslovakia Ol.: Stanislav Seman, Josef Mazura, Libor Radimec, Luděk Macela, Zdeněk Rygel,
Oldřich Rott, Jan Berger, František Štambachr, Ladislav Vízek
(Viliam Martinák), Petr Janečka, Werner Lička (Rostislav Václavíček).
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece).
Coaches: Bulgaria Olympic: Tsvetan Ilchev.
Czechoslovakia Ol.:
Note: This match is on Bulgaria's official list, but it is unofficial for
Czechoslovakia.
19/04/1979, Tbilisi, Dinamo, 15000
Friendly International
USSR 2 (Ramaz Shengeliya 48', Vagiz Khidiatullin 54')
SWEDEN 0
USSR: Yuri Degtyarev (Nikolai Gontar 46'), Sergei Prigoda, Yuri Adzhem,
Aleksandr Makhovikov, Aleksandr Bubnov, Vitali Daraseliya,
Vagiz Khidiatullin (Vakhtang Koridze 70'), Vladimir Bessonov
(Yuri Gavrilov 75'), Vladimir Gutsayev, Valeri Gazzayev
(Ramaz Shengeliya 46'), Oleg Blokhin [c].
Sweden: Jan Möller, Stig Fredriksson, Håkan Arvidsson, Sven Dalkvist,
Ingemar Erlandsson, Olle Nordin, Peter Nilsson, Mats Nordgren,
Benno Magnusson, Sanny Åslund, Anders Grönhagen.
Referee: Antonín Vencl (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: USSR: Nikita Simonyan.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: None.
01/05/1979, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal, 4030
European Championship Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 0
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3 (Marián Masný 21', Miroslav Gajdůšek 67', František Štambachr 68')
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes [c], Hubert Meunier (Roger Fandel 81'), Léon Mond,
Nico Rohmann, Jean-Louis Margue, Nico Wagner, Carlo Weis, Gilbert Dresch,
Romain Michaux, Marcel Di Domenico, André Zwally (Camille Neumann 21').
Czechoslovakia: Jaroslav Netolička, Jozef Barmoš, Anton Ondruš [c], Rostislav Vojáček,
Koloman Gögh, Antonín Panenka, František Štambachr (Karol Dobiaš 80'),
Ján Kozák, Marián Masný, Karel Kroupa (Ladislav Vízek 46'),
Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
02/05/1979, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 35000
European Championship Qualifying
IRELAND 2 (Gerry Daly 45', Don Givens 66')
DENMARK 0
Ireland: Gerry Peyton, Éamonn Gregg, Mick Martin, Paddy Mulligan, Gerry Daly,
Johnny Giles [c], Liam Brady, Austin Hayes (Mickey Walsh 61'),
Frank Stapleton, Jimmy Holmes, Don Givens (Paul McGee 72').
Denmark: Ole Kjær, Flemming Nielsen, Per Røntved [c], Lars Larsen, Søren Lerby,
Frank Arnesen, Morten Olsen, Flemming Lund, Allan Simonsen, Benny Nielsen
(Henrik Agerbeck 75'), Preben Elkjær.
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches: Ireland: Johnny Giles.
Denmark: Kurt Nielsen.
Cards: Ireland: none.
Denmark: Flemming Nielsen [Y], Søren Lerby [Y], Benny Nielsen [Y].
02/05/1979, Belfast, Windsor Park, 18700
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 2 (Chris Nicholl 16', Gerry Armstrong 33')
BULGARIA 0
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Bryan Hamilton, Sammy Nelson, Chris Nicholl
(Vic Moreland 64'), Jimmy Nicholl, David McCreery, Martin O'Neill,
Gerry Armstrong, Sammy McIlroy, Billy Caskey (Derek Spence 77'),
Terry Cochrane.
Bulgaria: Stoian Stoianov, Tsonio Vasilev, Kiril Ivkov [c], Georgi Bonev,
Lyuben Kolev, Aleksandar Rainov, Radoslav Zdravkov (Georgi Iliev I 64'),
Borislav Sredkov, Spas Djevizov, Pavel Panov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
Bulgaria: Yanko Dinkov.
Cards: None.
Note: The Nicholl / Moreland substitution is also reported at 75'.
02/05/1979, Wien, Praterstadion, 42903
European Championship Qualifying
AUSTRIA 0
BELGIUM 0
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Erich Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Herbert Prohaska (Felix Gasselich 75'),
Roland Hattenberger, Ernst Baumeister, Walter Schachner, Wilhelm Kreuz
(Reinhold Hintermaier 81'), Johann Krankl.
Belgium: Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets, Walter Meeuws, Hugo Broos, Michel Renquin,
Julien Cools, François Van der Elst, René Vandereycken, Frank Vercauteren,
Charles Jacobs (Guy Dardenne 86'), Jean Janssens.
Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: Austria: none.
Belgium: René Vandereycken [Y], François Van der Elst [Y].
02/05/1979, Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, 85000
European Championship Qualifying
POLAND 2 (Zbigniew Boniek 19', Włodzimierz Mazur 64' pen)
NETHERLANDS 0
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba, Antoni Szymanowski [c], Władysław Żmuda,
Zbigniew Płaszewski, Leszek Lipka, Zbigniew Boniek, Adam Nawałka,
Grzegorz Lato, Roman Ogaza, Stanisław Terlecki (Włodzimierz Mazur 46').
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Huub Stevens, Ruud Krol [c], Ernie Brandts,
Hugo Hovenkamp, Wim Jansen, Jan Peters, Willy van de Kerkhof,
René van de Kerkhof (Ruud Geels 46'), Kees Kist, Rob Rensenbrink
(John Metgod 73').
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France).
Coaches: Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Cards: None.
02/05/1979, Budapest, Népstadion, 23000
European Championship Qualifying
HUNGARY 0
GREECE 0
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Péter Török, István Kocsis, László Bálint, László Kutasi,
Béla Kovács, Károly Csapó (István Magyar 31'), Sándor Zombori,
László Fazekas, András Törőcsik, László Fekete (László Kuti 75').
Greece: Panagiotis Kelesidis, Ioannis Gounaris, Kostas Iosifidis, Georgios Firos,
Anthimos Kapsis, Spyros Livathinos, Takis Nikoloudis [c],
Ioannis Damanakis (Vaggelis Kousoulakis 65'), Christos Ardizoglou
(Kostas Orfanos 77'), Georgios Kostikos, Thomas Mavros.
Referee: John Homewood (England).
Coaches: Hungary: Ferenc Kovács.
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Cards: Hungary: none.
Greece: Spyros Livathinos [Y 67'].
02/05/1979, Wrexham, Racecourse Ground, 26900
European Championship Qualifying
WALES 0
WEST GERMANY 2 (Herbert Zimmermann 29', Klaus Fischer 52')
Wales: Dai Davies, Malcolm Page, George Berry, Leighton Phillips, Joey Jones,
John Mahoney, Terry Yorath [c] (Robbie James 73'), Mickey Thomas,
Carl Harris, Rod Edwards (John Toshack 59'), Alan Curtis.
West Germany: Sepp Maier, Manfred Kaltz, Bernard Dietz, Rainer Bonhof, Uli Stielike
(Bernd Martin 88'), Karlheinz Förster, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge,
Bernhard Cullmann, Klaus Fischer, Herbert Zimmermann, Klaus Allofs.
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy).
Coaches: Wales: Mike Smith (England).
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: Wales: Terry Yorath [Y 54'].
West Germany: Manfred Kaltz [Y 16'].
05/05/1979, St. Gallen, Espenmoos Stadion, 9000
European Championship Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 0
EAST GERMANY 2 (Lutz Lindemann 45', Joachim Streich 90')
Switzerland: Roger Berbig, Heinz Lüdi, Heinz Hermann, Luciano Bizzini, Roger Wehrli,
Markus Tanner, Erni Maissen, Umberto Barberis, Raymondo Ponte,
Jean-Paul Brigger (René Botteron 46'), Thomas Zwahlen
(Herbert Hermann 74').
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Gerd Kische, Konrad Weise,
Gerd Weber, Reinhard Häfner, Jürgen Pommerenke, Lutz Lindemann,
Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich, Martin Hoffmann.
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain).
Coaches: Switzerland: Léon Walker.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: None.
05/05/1979, Praha, Ďolíček Stadion, 4000
Olympic Games Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA OL. 4 (Werner Lička 39', 86', Oldřich Rott 64', Petr Janečka 84')
BULGARIA OLYMPIC 0
Czechoslovakia Ol.: Stanislav Seman, Josef Mazura, Luděk Macela (Rostislav Václavíček),
Libor Radimec, Zdeněk Rygel, Jan Berger, Igor Novák (Oldřich Rott),
František Štambachr, Ladislav Vízek, Werner Lička, Petr Janečka.
Bulgaria Olympic: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Georgi Dimitrov II, Roman Karakolev,
Bojil Kolev [c], Ivan Iliev, Rusi Gochev (Stoicho Mladenov 41'),
Georgi Slavkov (Tenio Minchev 20'), Petko Petkov, Branimir Kochev,
Plamen Markov.
Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia Ol.:
Bulgaria Olympic: Tsvetan Ilchev.
Note: This match is on Bulgaria's official list.
05/05/1979, Moskva, Lokomotiv, 24000
Friendly International
USSR 3 (Vakhtang Koridze 17', Ramaz Shengeliya 20', Vagiz Khidiatullin 89')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0
USSR: Nikolai Gontar, Aleksandr Berezhnoi, Yuri Adzhem, Aleksandr Makhovikov,
Aleksandr Bubnov, Vitali Daraseliya (Sergei Prigoda 80'),
Vagiz Khidiatullin, Vakhtang Koridze, Yuri Chesnokov, Ramaz Shengeliya
(Valeri Gazzayev 69'), Oleg Blokhin [c].
Czechoslovakia: Jaroslav Netolička (Dušan Kéketi 46'), Karol Dobiaš, Rostislav Vojáček
(Ladislav Jurkemik 26'), Anton Ondruš [c], Koloman Gögh (Jozef Barmoš 46'),
Ján Kozák, Jaroslav Pollák (Ján Švehlík 46'), Antonín Panenka,
Marián Masný (Karel Kroupa 81'), Zdeněk Nehoda, Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: USSR: Nikita Simonyan.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
09/05/1979, Oslo, Ullevaal, 9875
European Championship Qualifying
NORWAY 0
PORTUGAL 1 (João Alves 35')
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Trond Pedersen, Tore Kordahl, Einar Aas, Svein Grøndalen,
Jan Hansen, Roger Albertsen, Tor Egil Johansen [c] (Stein Thunberg 70'),
Tom Lund, Svein Mathisen (Isak Arne Refvik 55'), Arne Larsen Økland.
Portugal: Bento, Humberto Coelho [c], Artur Correia, Carlos Alhinho, Eurico Gomes,
Alberto Júnior, Pietra, João Alves, Nené (Fernando Gomes 82'),
José Alberto Costa (António Bastos Lopes 89'), António Oliveira.
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (West Germany).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Portugal: Mário Wilson.
Cards: None.
09/05/1979, København, Idrætsparken, 30900
Friendly International
DENMARK 2 (Benny Nielsen 44', Søren Lerby 76')
SWEDEN 2 (Ingemar Erlandsson 33', Billy Ohlsson 56')
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Søren Busk, Per Røntved [c], Sten Ziegler (Lars Larsen 46'),
John Andersen, Morten Olsen, Frank Arnesen (Jan Sørensen 76'), Søren Lerby,
Flemming Lund, Benny Nielsen, Preben Elkjær.
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Reine Almqvist (Stig Fredriksson), Hans Borg,
Håkan Arvidsson, Ingemar Erlandsson, Olle Nordin, Peter Nilsson,
Mats Nordgren, Anders Grönhagen, Tore Cervin (Pär-Olof Ohlsson),
Billy Ohlsson (Benno Magnusson).
Referee: Walter Horstmann (West Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Kurt Nielsen.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: Denmark: John Andersen [Y].
Sweden: none.
10/05/1979, Ålborg, Ålborg Stadion, 2700
Olympic Games Qualifying
DENMARK OLYMPIC 1 (Jan Andersen 85')
FINLAND OLYMPIC 1 (Harri Lindholm 50')
Denmark Olympic: Harbo Larsen, Jens Bangsbo, Ronald Stelmer, John Pedersen, Peter Knudsen,
Ejner Rahbek, Carsten Jørgensen (Jan Andersen 55'), Jens Sass Hansen,
John Lauridsen, Flemming Christensen, Thorsten Kirchhoff
(Gunnar Weber 67').
Finland Olympic: Olli Isoaho, Teuvo Vilen, Risto Salonen, Kari Virtanen, Mikko Lampi,
Juha Dahllund, Arto Uimonen, Kalle Nieminen, Harri Lindholm,
Pasi Rautiainen, Hannu Rajaniemi.
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium).
Coaches: Denmark Olympic: Poul Erik Bech.
Finland Olympic: Jiří Pešek (Czechoslovakia).
Cards: Denmark Olympic:
Finland Olympic: Teuvo Vilen [R 86'].
Note: The match is unofficial for Denmark, but it is on Finland's official list.
13/05/1979, Limassol, Tsirion, 8000
European Championship Qualifying
CYPRUS 1 (Sotiris Kaiafas 33')
ROMANIA 1 (Ionel Augustin 30')
Cyprus: Georghios Pantziaras, Filippos Kalotheou, Stefanos Lysandrou,
Nicos Pantziaras, Nicos Patikkis, Stavros Papadopoulos, Loizos Mavroudes
(Georghios Aristidou 79'), Gregory Savva, Sotiris Kaiafas, Marios Tsingis,
Andreas Kissonergis (Fivos Vrachimis 46').
Romania: Andrei Speriatu, Mihai Zamfir, Constantin Cîrstea, Costică Ştefănescu [c],
Petre Ivan, Ilie Bărbulescu, Ionel Augustin, Sevastian Iovănescu,
Constantin Stan (Marcel Răducanu 65'), Marin Radu (Rodion Cămătaru 46'),
Doru Nicolae.
Referee: Dimitar Parmakov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Romania: Florin Halagian.
Cards: None.
16/05/1979, Dublin, 81
Olympic Games Qualifying
IRELAND OLYMPIC 0
NORWAY OLYMPIC 0
Ireland Olympic: Jim Finnerty, Brian Daly, Tim Sheridan, Cormac Breslin, Richie Williams,
Dan Heffernan, Ronnie Whelan, Gino Lawless (John Cervi 77'), Paddy Joyce,
Steven Craig, Gary Barrett.
Norway Olympic: Roy Amundsen, Georg Hammer, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Tor Brevik,
Bjarne Berntsen, Arne Erlandsen, Arild Olsen, Torbjørn Svendsen
(Geir Henæs 72'), Trygve Johannessen, Arne Larsen Økland.
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands).
Coaches: Ireland Olympic:
Norway Olympic: Tor Røste Fossen.
Note: This match is unofficial for Ireland, but it is on Norway's official list.
19/05/1979, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 25000
European Championship Qualifying
BULGARIA 1 (Chavdar Tsvetkov 81')
IRELAND 0
Bulgaria: Yordan Filipov, Nikolai Grancharov, Kiril Ivkov [c], Ivan Iliev,
Tsonio Vasilev, Radoslav Zdravkov, Krassimir Borisov, Pavel Panov,
Voin Voinov, Andrei Jeliazkov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Ireland: Gerry Peyton, Éamonn Gregg, David O'Leary, Mick Martin, Jimmy Holmes
(Paddy Mulligan 61'), Gerry Daly, Johnny Giles [c], Liam Brady,
Steve Heighway, Mickey Walsh (Paul McGee 75'), Don Givens.
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Tsvetan Ilchev.
Ireland: Johnny Giles.
Cards: None.
19/05/1979, Tbilisi, Dinamo, 75000
European Championship Qualifying
USSR 2 (Yuri Chesnokov 23', Ramaz Shengeliya 75')
HUNGARY 2 (György Tatár 33', László Pusztai 63')
USSR: Nikolai Gontar, Aleksandr Berezhnoi, Yuri Adzhem, Aleksandr Makhovikov,
Aleksandr Bubnov, Vitali Daraseliya, Manuchar Machaidze, Vakhtang Koridze
(David Kipiani 70'), Yuri Chesnokov (Vasili Zhupikov 87'),
Ramaz Shengeliya, Oleg Blokhin [c].
Hungary: Zoltán Tóth, Péter Török (Győző Martos 23'), István Kocsis, László Bálint,
József Tóth, Béla Kovács (Tibor Rab 55'), László Pusztai, Tibor Nyilasi,
András Törőcsik, György Tatár, István Magyar.
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland).
Coaches: USSR: Nikita Simonyan.
Hungary: Ferenc Kovács.
Cards: USSR: Aleksandr Bubnov [Y 45' YR 80'].
Hungary: Péter Török [Y 18'].
19/05/1979, Belfast, Windsor Park, 35000
British Championship
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
ENGLAND 2 (Dave V. Watson 9', Steve Coppell 16')
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Jimmy Nicholl, Chris Nicholl,
Vic Moreland (Chris McGrath 57'), Bryan Hamilton, Sammy McIlroy,
Gerry Armstrong, Billy Caskey, Terry Cochrane (Derek Spence 68').
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills [c], Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Ray Wilkins, Steve Coppell, Terry McDermott, Bob Latchford, Tony Currie,
Peter Barnes.
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
England: Ron Greenwood.
19/05/1979, Cardiff, Ninian Park, 20371
British Championship
WALES 3 (John Toshack 28', 35', 75')
SCOTLAND 0
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Joey Jones, Leighton Phillips, Phil Dwyer,
Robbie James, John Mahoney, Terry Yorath [c] (Peter Nicholas 89'),
Brian Flynn, Alan Curtis, John Toshack.
Scotland: Alan Rough, George Burley, Frank Gray, Alan Hansen, Paul Hegarty,
John Wark, Asa Hartford, Graeme Souness, Arthur Graham, Kenny Dalglish [c],
Ian Wallace (Joe Jordan 55').
Referee: Pat Partridge (England).
Coaches: Wales: Mike Smith (England).
Scotland: Jock Stein.
22/05/1979, Bern, Wankdorf Stadium, 20234
European Championship Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 2 (Herbert Hermann 27', Gian Pietro Zappa 53')
ICELAND 0
Switzerland: Walter Eichenberger, Heinz Lüdi, Jakob Brechbühl, Gian Pietro Zappa,
Heinz Hermann, Erni Maissen, Roger Wehrli (Markus Tanner 46'),
Umberto Barberis, Herbert Hermann, René Botteron, Raymondo Ponte
(Marc Schnyder 60').
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Jón Pétursson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [c] (Ottó Guðmundsson 79'), Árni Sveinsson,
Janus Guðlaugsson, Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson,
Atli Eðvaldsson, Arnór Guðjohnsen, Pétur Pétursson (Karl Þórðarson 61').
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg).
Coaches: Switzerland: Léon Walker.
Iceland: Yuri Ilichev (USSR).
Cards: None.
22/05/1979, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 28524
British Championship
SCOTLAND 1 (Arthur Graham 76')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Scotland: George Wood, George Burley, Frank Gray, Paul Hegarty, Gordon McQueen,
John Wark (Dave Narey 46'), Graeme Souness, Asa Hartford, Arthur Graham
(Frank McGarvey 89'), Kenny Dalglish [c], Joe Jordan.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Jimmy Nicholl, Allan Hunter,
Vic Moreland (Peter Scott 62'), Bryan Hamilton [c], Sammy McIlroy,
Tommy Sloan, Derek Spence (Billy Caskey 77'), Gerry Armstrong.
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales).
Coaches: Scotland: Jock Stein.
Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
22/05/1979, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 25000
Friendly International
IRELAND 1 (Gerry Ryan 26')
WEST GERMANY 3 (Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 29', Walter Kelsch 81', Dieter Hoeneß 90')
Ireland: Gerry Peyton, Éamonn Gregg, David O'Leary, Mick Martin, Paddy Mulligan,
Tony Grealish, Johnny Giles [c], Liam Brady, Gerry Ryan, Don Givens
(Brendan O'Callaghan 15'), Frank Stapleton (Mickey Walsh 67').
West Germany: Sepp Maier (Dieter Burdenski 46'), Manfred Kaltz, Bernd Förster,
Herbert Zimmermann (William Hartwig 70'), Bernhard Cullmann,
Karlheinz Förster, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Caspar Memering 70'),
Bernd Schuster, Dieter Hoeneß, Hans Müller (Walter Kelsch 46'),
Klaus Allofs.
Referee: George Courtney (England).
Coaches: Ireland: Johnny Giles.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
23/05/1979, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 70220
British Championship
ENGLAND 0
WALES 0
England: Joe Corrigan, Trevor Cherry, Kenny Sansom, Ray Wilkins
(Trevor Brooking 75'), Dave V. Watson, Emlyn Hughes [c], Kevin Keegan
(Steve Coppell 68'), Tony Currie, Bob Latchford, Terry McDermott,
Laurie Cunningham.
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Joey Jones, Leighton Phillips, Phil Dwyer,
John Mahoney, Terry Yorath [c], Brian Flynn, Robbie James, John Toshack
(Carl Harris 80'), Alan Curtis.
Referee: Malcolm Moffatt (Northern Ireland)
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Wales: Mike Smith (England).
25/05/1979, Belfast, Windsor Park, 6500
British Championship
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Derek Spence)
WALES 1 (Robbie James)
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Allan Hunter, Chris Nicholl,
Jimmy Nicholl, David McCreery, Sammy McIlroy, Gerry Armstrong,
Derek Spence (Tommy Sloan 46'), Bryan Hamilton [c].
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Joey Jones, Leighton Phillips, Phil Dwyer,
John Mahoney, Terry Yorath [c], Brian Flynn, Robbie James, John Toshack,
Alan Curtis (Peter Nicholas 76').
Referee:
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
Wales: Mike Smith (England).
26/05/1979, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 98000
British Championship
ENGLAND 3 (Peter Barnes 45', Steve Coppell 63', Kevin Keegan 70')
SCOTLAND 1 (John Wark 21')
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Ray Wilkins, Kevin Keegan [c], Steve Coppell, Bob Latchford,
Trevor Brooking, Peter Barnes.
Scotland: George Wood, George Burley, Frank Gray, John Wark, Gordon McQueen,
Paul Hegarty, Graeme Souness, Asa Hartford, Arthur Graham,
Kenny Dalglish [c], Joe Jordan.
Referee: António José da Silva Garrido (Portugal).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
26/05/1979, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 8240
Friendly International
ICELAND 1 (Atli Eðvaldsson 83')
WEST GERMANY 3 (Walter Kelsch 32', Dieter Hoeneß 33', 67')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Jón Pétursson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [c], Trausti Haraldsson, Janus Guðlaugsson,
Pétur Ormslev (Viðar Halldórsson 59' (Ottó Guðmundsson 74')),
Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson, Árni Sveinsson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Ingi Björn Albertsson (Jón Oddsson 59').
West Germany: Sepp Maier (Harald Schumacher 46'), Harald Konopka, Bernd Förster,
Karlheinz Förster (Manfred Kaltz 60'), Bernhard Cullmann, Bernd Schuster,
Walter Kelsch, Herbert Zimmermann (William Hartwig 46'), Dieter Hoeneß,
Jürgen Groh, Caspar Memering.
Referee: Donald Hope (Scotland).
Coaches: Iceland: Yuri Ilichev (USSR).
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
31/05/1979, Bergen, Brann Stadion, 7334
Olympic Games Qualifying
NORWAY OLYMPIC 2 (Georg Hammer 71', Arne Larsen Økland 84')
IRELAND OLYMPIC 1 (Paddy Joyce 70')
Norway Olympic: Roy Amundsen, Georg Hammer, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Tor Brevik,
Arne Erlandsen, Bjarne Berntsen, Steinar Nilssen, Torbjørn Svendsen
(Geir Henæs 72'), Trygve Johannessen, Arne Larsen Økland.
Ireland Olympic: Jim Finnerty, Brian Daly (Con McLaughlin 70'), Richie Williams,
Cormac Breslin, Tim Sheridan, Dan Heffernan, Ronnie Whelan, Gino Lawless,
Paddy Joyce, Steven Craig, Gary Barrett (John Cervi 85').
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland).
Coaches: Norway Olympic: Tor Røste Fossen.
Ireland Olympic:
Note: This match is unofficial for Ireland, but it is on Norway's official list.
01/06/1979, Ost-Berlin, Stadion der Weltjugend, 50000
Friendly International
EAST GERMANY 1 (Joachim Streich 64')
ROMANIA 0
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Michael Noack,
Konrad Weise, Gerd Weber, Reinhard Häfner, Jürgen Pommerenke
(Dieter Kühn 75'), Lutz Lindemann (Wolfgang Steinbach 69'),
Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich (Hartmut Schade 83'),
Martin Hoffmann.
Romania: Constantin Ştefan, Nicolae Tilihoi, Dan Păltinişan, Ştefan Sameş,
Alexandru Koller, Mihai Romilă (Cornel Ţălnar 74'), Cornel Dinu [c],
Ladislau Bölöni, Florin Grigore, Dudu Georgescu (Alexandru Terheş 74'),
Romulus Chihaia.
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Romania: Ştefan Kovacs.
02/06/1979, Gzira, Empire Stadium, 8358
European Championship Qualifying
MALTA 0
WALES 2 (Peter Nicholas 15', Brian Flynn 51')
Malta: Charles Sciberras, David Buckingham, Edwin Farrugia, John Holland,
Norman Buttigieg, Emanuel Farrugia, Vincent Magro, Guzi Xuereb
(John Aquilina 78'), Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi (Leli Fabri 46'),
Raymond Xuereb, George Xuereb.
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Joey Jones, Leighton Phillips, John Mahoney,
Carl Harris (Mickey Thomas 65'), Brian Flynn (Phil Dwyer 89'),
Robbie James, John Toshack, Alan Curtis, Peter Nicholas.
Referee: Nikolaos Lagoyiannis (Greece).
Coaches: Malta: Victor Scerri.
Wales: Mike Smith (England).
Cards: None.
06/06/1979, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 31322
European Championship Qualifying
BULGARIA 0
ENGLAND 3 (Kevin Keegan 33', Dave V. Watson 53', Peter Barnes 54')
Bulgaria: Yordan Filipov, Nikolai Grancharov, Kiril Ivkov [c], Georgi Bonev,
Ivan Iliev, Radoslav Zdravkov (Rusi Gochev 46'), Voin Voinov
(Todor Barzov 61'), Krassimir Borisov, Andrei Jeliazkov, Pavel Panov,
Chavdar Tsvetkov.
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Ray Wilkins, Kevin Keegan, Steve Coppell, Bob Latchford
(Trevor Francis 65'), Trevor Brooking, Peter Barnes (Tony Woodcock 79').
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Tsvetan Ilchev.
England: Ron Greenwood.
Cards: None.
06/06/1979, København, Idrætsparken, 16500
European Championship Qualifying
DENMARK 4 (Preben Elkjær 31', 33', 82', Allan Simonsen 63')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Denmark: Ole Kjær, Ole Højgaard (Peter Poulsen 75'), Søren Busk, Sten Ziegler,
John Andersen, Frank Arnesen, Morten Olsen, Klaus Nørregaard
(Per Røntved 59'), Søren Lerby, Allan Simonsen [c], Preben Elkjær.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Jimmy Nicholl, Allan Hunter,
David McCreery, Martin O'Neill (Tommy Sloan 65'), Sammy McIlroy,
Gerry Armstrong (Billy Caskey 68'), Derek Spence, Bryan Hamilton [c].
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (West Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Kurt Nielsen.
Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
Cards: None.
07/06/1979, Oslo, Ullevaal, 17269
European Championship Qualifying
NORWAY 0
SCOTLAND 4 (Joe Jordan 32', Kenny Dalglish 39', John Neilson Robertson 43',
Gordon McQueen 55')
Norway: Tom Rüsz Jacobsen, Trond Pedersen (Jan Hansen 67'), Helge Karlsen,
Svein Grøndalen, Einar Aas, Tore Kordahl, Roger Albertsen, Stein Thunberg
(Torbjørn Svendsen 75'), Svein Mathisen, Arne Larsen Økland,
Hallvar Thoresen.
Scotland: Alan Rough, George Burley (Paul Hegarty 46' (John Wark 70')),
Iain Munro, Kenny Burns, Gordon McQueen, Arthur Graham,
Archie Gemmill [c], Asa Hartford, John Neilson Robertson, Kenny Dalglish,
Joe Jordan.
Referee: Ib Nielsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
Cards: None.
07/06/1979, Malmö, Malmö Stadion, 7298
European Championship Qualifying
SWEDEN 3 (Anders Grönhagen 15', Tore Cervin 29', Hans Borg 54' pen)
LUXEMBOURG 0
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Hans Borg, Håkan Arvidsson (Klas Johansson 70'),
Ronald Åman, Stig Fredriksson, Olle Nordin, Anders Linderoth,
Mats Nordgren, Anders Grönhagen, Tore Cervin, Pär-Olof Ohlsson.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Hubert Meunier, Francis Kremer, Nico Rohmann,
Jean-Louis Margue, Carlo Weis, Paul Philipp [c], Gilbert Dresch
(William Bianchini 78'), Romain Michaux, Marcel Di Domenico, André Zwally.
Referee: Aleksander Suchanek (Poland).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Cards: Sweden: none.
Luxembourg: Paul Philipp [Y 70'].
07/06/1979, Kotka, Urheilukeskus, 3581
Olympic Games Qualifying
FINLAND OLYMPIC 4 (Juha Helin 12', Risto Rosenberg 21', Hannu Rajaniemi 61',
Kalle Nieminen 70')
DENMARK OLYMPIC 1 (Jens Sass Hansen 82')
Finland Olympic: Stefan Lindström, Mikko Lampi, Juha Dahllund, Juha Helin, Juha Rissanen,
Risto Rosenberg (Pasi Rautiainen 46'), Harri Lindholm, Kalle Nieminen,
Arto Uimonen, Petteri Kupiainen, Hannu Rajaniemi.
Denmark Olympic: Harbo Larsen, Jens Bangsbo, Ronald Stelmer, Torben Knudsen, Peter Knudsen,
Ejner Rahbek, Carsten Jörgensen, Jan Andersen, John Lauridsen,
Jan Bank Olesen (Torben Nielsen 30'), Thorsten Kirchhoff
(Jens Sass Hansen 46').
Referee: Anatoli Milchenko (USSR).
Coaches: Finland Olympic: Jiří Pešek (Czechoslovakia).
Denmark Olympic: Poul Erik Bech.
Note: The match is unofficial for Denmark, but it is on Finland's official list.
09/06/1979, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 10469
European Championship Qualifying
ICELAND 1 (Janus Guðlaugsson 50')
SWITZERLAND 2 (Raymondo Ponte 59', Heinz Hermann 61')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Ólafsson, Janus Guðlaugsson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [c], Trausti Haraldsson, Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson
(Árni Sveinsson 65'), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Arnór Guðjohnsen, Teitur Þórðarson (Karl Þórðarson 77'),
Pétur Pétursson.
Switzerland: Roger Berbig, Heinz Lüdi, Roger Wehrli, Gian Pietro Zappa,
Jakob Brechbühl, Claude Andrey, Umberto Barberis, Heinz Hermann,
René Botteron (Markus Tanner 75'), Herbert Hermann (Andy Egli 71'),
Raymondo Ponte.
Referee: Éamonn Farrell (Ireland).
Coaches: Iceland: Yuri Ilichev (USSR).
Switzerland: Léon Walker.
Cards: None.
10/06/1979, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 35691
Friendly International
SWEDEN 0
ENGLAND 0
Sweden: Jan Möller, Håkan Arvidsson, Ronald Åman, Ingemar Erlandsson
(Klas Johansson 46'), Hans Borg, Mats Nordgren, Conny Torstensson,
Anders Linderoth, Anders Grönhagen, Tore Cervin, Sigvard Johansson
(Peter Nilsson 75').
England: Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Trevor Cherry, Terry McDermott
(Ray Wilkins 46'), Dave V. Watson (Phil Thompson 46'), Emlyn Hughes,
Kevin Keegan [c], Tony Currie (Trevor Brooking 67'), Trevor Francis,
Tony Woodcock, Laurie Cunningham.
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
England: Ron Greenwood.
13/06/1979, Wien, Praterstadion, 60000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 4 (Bruno Pezzey 19', 70', Kurt Welzl 26', 41')
ENGLAND 3 (Kevin Keegan 27', Steve Coppell 47', Ray Wilkins 64')
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Erich Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey,
Ernst Baumeister, Roland Hattenberger, Wilhelm Kreuz, Kurt Jara,
Kurt Welzl (Walter Schachner 55'), Herbert Prohaska, Gernot Jurtin.
England: Peter Shilton (Ray Clemence 46'), Phil Neal, Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Mick Mills, Ray Wilkins, Kevin Keegan [c], Trevor Brooking, Steve Coppell,
Bob Latchford (Trevor Francis 46'), Peter Barnes (Laurie Cunningham 70').
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
England: Ron Greenwood.
Cards: Austria: Roland Hattenberger [Y].
England: Phil Thompson [Y], Kevin Keegan [Y].
13/06/1979, Zagreb, Maksimir Stadion, 25000
Friendly International
YUGOSLAVIA 4 (Safet Sušić 28', 36', 66', Velimir Zajec 86')
ITALY 1 (Paolo Rossi 25')
Yugoslavia: Aleksandr Stojanović, Nikola Jovanović, Dražen Mužinić, Velimir Zajec,
Nenad Stojković, Mišo Krstičević, Vladimir Petrović (Zoran Vujović 68'),
Nikica Cukrov (Ante Miročević 78'), Blaž Slišković, Rajko Janjanin
(Luka Peruzović 68'), Safet Sušić.
Italy: Paolo Conti, Claudio Gentile, Aldo Maldera, Gabriele Oriali,
Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea, Paolo Rossi, Renato Zaccarelli,
Francesco Graziani, Romeo Benetti [c], Bruno Giordano.
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
27/06/1979, København, Idrætsparken, 11500
Friendly International
DENMARK 1 (Torsten Andersen 39')
USSR 2 (Vitali Daraseliya 52', Ole Højgaard 78' OG)
Denmark: Ole Kjær, Ole Højgaard, Søren Busk, Sten Ziegler, John Andersen [c],
Ole Rasmussen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Klaus Nørregaard, Finn Laudrup
(Jan Sørensen 81'), Torsten Andersen, Henrik Agerbeck.
USSR: Nikolai Gontar (Yuri Romenski 46'), Aleksandr Berezhnoi
(Aleksandr Minayev 73'), Shota Khinchagashvili, Aleksandr Makhovikov,
Aleksandr Bubnov, Vitali Daraseliya, Vagiz Khidiatullin, Vladimir Bessonov,
Yuri Chesnokov (Sergei Prigoda 46'), David Kipiani, Oleg Blokhin [c].
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Kurt Nielsen.
USSR: Nikita Simonyan.
28/06/1979, Göteborg, Nya Ullevi, 11432
Nordic Championship
SWEDEN 2 (Hans Borg pen, Olle Nordin)
NORWAY 0
Sweden: Jan Möller, Stig Fredriksson, Håkan Arvidsson, Reine Almqvist, Hans Borg,
Olle Nordin, Peter Nilsson, Mats Nordgren, Anders Grönhagen,
Pär-Olof Ohlsson (Billy Ohlsson 81'), Sigvard Johansson.
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Trond Pedersen, Einar Aas, Svein Grøndalen, Bjarne Berntsen,
Roger Albertsen (Morten Vinje 75'), Tor Egil Johansen, Jan Hansen,
Svein Mathisen (Svein Gunnar Rein 75'), Torbjørn Svendsen,
Isak Arne Refvik.
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
04/07/1979, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 13119
European Championship Qualifying
FINLAND 1 (Atik Ismail 55')
USSR 1 (Aleksandr Khapsalis 28')
Finland: Pertti Alaja, Mikko Lampi, Leo Houtsonen, Arto Tolsa, Esko Ranta,
Seppo Pyykkö (Risto Salonen 77'), Miikka Toivola (Reima Kokko 28'),
Petteri Kupiainen, Jyrki Nieminen, Atik Ismail, Pasi Rautiainen.
USSR: Yuri Romenski, Sergei Prigoda, Shota Khinchagashvili,
Aleksandr Makhovikov [c], Aleksandr Bubnov, Vitali Daraseliya,
Vagiz Khidiatullin, Vladimir Bessonov, Yuri Chesnokov, David Kipiani
(Ramaz Shengeliya 70'), Aleksandr Khapsalis.
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
USSR: Nikita Simonyan.
Cards: Finland: none.
USSR: Aleksandr Makhovikov [Y 69'].
09/08/1979, Kuopio, Väinölänniemi, 6129
Olympic Games Qualifying
FINLAND OLYMPIC 0
NORWAY OLYMPIC 1 (Vidar Davidsen 84')
Finland Olympic: Olli Isoaho, Mikko Lampi, Leo Houtsonen, Juha Helin, Juha Rissanen,
Kari Virtanen, Harri Lindholm (Arto Uimonen 62'), Kalle Nieminen
(Hannu Turunen 46'), Heikki Lampi, Petteri Kupiainen, Hannu Rajaniemi.
Norway Olympic: Roy Amundsen, Georg Hammer, Einar Aas, Morten Vinje, Tor Brevik,
Bjarne Berntsen, Arne Erlandsen (Vidar Davidsen 78'), Stein Gran
(Svein Gunnar Rein 60'), Geir Henæs, Arne Larsen Økland, Torbjørn Svendsen.
Referee: Ole Amundsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Finland Olympic: Jiří Pešek (Czechoslovakia).
Norway Olympic: Tor Røste Fossen.
Note: This match is on the official lists of both Finland and Norway.
15/08/1979, Oslo, Ullevaal, 16495
Nordic Championship
NORWAY 2 (Arne Larsen Økland, Svein Mathisen)
SWEDEN 0
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Trond Pedersen, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Svein Grøndalen,
Roger Albertsen, Tor Egil Johansen, Stein Thunberg (Bjarne Berntsen 79'),
Svein Mathisen, Arne Larsen Økland, Hallvar Thoresen.
Sweden: Jan Möller, Leif Gustavsson, Thom Åhlund, Hans Borg, Ingemar Erlandsson,
Olle Nordin, Peter Nilsson, Mats Nordgren (Eine Fredriksson),
Anders Grönhagen, Rutger Backe, Sigvard Johansson (Mats Werner).
Referee: Henk Weerink (Netherlands).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
29/08/1979, Wien, Praterstadion, 30991
European Championship Qualifying
AUSTRIA 4 (Kurt Jara 42', Herbert Prohaska 46' pen, Wilhelm Kreuz 75',
Johann Krankl 85')
NORWAY 0
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Erich Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey,
Günther Pospischil, Roland Hattenberger, Wilhelm Kreuz, Kurt Jara,
Walter Schachner, Herbert Prohaska (Heribert Weber 76'), Johann Krankl.
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Trond Pedersen, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Svein Grøndalen,
Bjarne Berntsen, Tor Egil Johansen, Stein Thunberg (Rune Ottesen 32'),
Svein Mathisen (Torbjørn Svendsen 74'), Arne Larsen Økland, Pål Jacobsen.
Referee: Jaromír Fausek (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Cards: None.
29/08/1979, Mikkeli, Urheilupuisto, 4433
Nordic Championship
FINLAND 0
DENMARK 0
Finland: Pertti Alaja, Mikko Lampi, Arto Tolsa, Leo Houtsonen, Esko Ranta,
Pasi Rautiainen, Seppo Pyykkö, Miikka Toivola, Petteri Kupiainen
(Reima Kokko 78'), Atik Ismail (Heikki Suhonen 61'), Jyrki Nieminen.
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Højgaard, Poul Andersen, Sten Ziegler [c], Frank Olsen,
Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Klaus Nørregaard, Ove Flindt Bjerg,
Poul Erik Østergaard, Finn Trikker (Henrik Skouboe 50'), Klaus Berggreen.
Referee: Ingemar Johansson (Sweden).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
29/08/1979, Warszawa, Stadion Dziesięciolecia, 20000
Friendly International
POLAND 3 (Grzegorz Lato 30', Stanisław Terlecki 77', Zbigniew Boniek 84')
ROMANIA 0
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba, Paweł Janas, Henryk Wieczorek,
Wojciech Rudy (Henryk Szymanowski 89'), Stefan Majewski (Janusz Baran 73'),
Zbigniew Boniek, Roman Wójcicki, Grzegorz Lato [c], Kazimierz Kmiecik
(Tadeusz Pawłowski 86'), Stanisław Terlecki (Janusz Sybis 79').
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Teodor Anghelini, Bruno Grigore, Ştefan Sameş,
Alexandru Koller (Mihai Zamfir 83'), Ionel Augustin, Aurel Ţicleanu,
Anghel Iordănescu [c], Zoltan Crişan, Marcel Răducanu, Doru Nicolae
(Marin Radu 46').
Referee: Anders Mattson (Finland).
Coaches: Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Romania: Ştefan Kovacs.
05/09/1979, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 10300
European Championship Qualifying
ICELAND 0
NETHERLANDS 4 (John Metgod 48', Willy van de Kerkhof 71', Dick Nanninga 73', 87')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Bjarnason, Dýri Guðmundsson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [c], Trausti Haraldsson, Karl Þórðarson,
Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson, Atli Eðvaldsson, Árni Sveinsson,
Sigurlás Þorleifsson (Tómas Pálsson 70'), Pétur Pétursson.
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Ernie Brandts, Ruud Krol [c], Huub Stevens,
Hugo Hovenkamp, Jan Poortvliet, Willy van de Kerkhof, Simon Tahamata,
Tscheu-la Ling (John Metgod 46'), Dick Nanninga, René van de Kerkhof.
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales).
Coaches: Iceland: Yuri Ilichev (USSR).
Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Cards: Iceland: none.
Netherlands: Ernie Brandts [Y 58'].
Note: Another source quotes the yellow card given to Jan Poortvliet.
05/09/1979, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 14395
European Championship Qualifying
SWEDEN 1 (Rutger Backe 24')
FRANCE 3 (Bernard Lacombe 14', Michel Platini 54', Patrick Battiston 71')
Sweden: Ronnie Hellström, Mikael Rönnberg, Kent Jönsson, Hans Borg,
Ingemar Erlandsson, Olle Nordin, Anders Linderoth, Mats Nordgren,
Anders Grönhagen (Jan Svensson 75'), Rutger Backe, Sigvard Johansson.
France: Dominique Dropsy, Patrick Battiston, Léonard Specht, Christian Lopez,
Maxime Bossis, Alain Moizan, Michel Platini [c], Dominique Bathenay,
Dominique Rocheteau (Jacques Atre 'Zimako' 55'), Bernard Lacombe,
Loïc Amisse.
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain).
Coaches: Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
France: Michel Hidalgo.
Cards: None.
05/09/1979, Moskva, Lenin, 45000
Friendly International
USSR 1 (Yuri Gavrilov 69')
EAST GERMANY 0
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Sergei Prigoda, Aleksandr Bubnov, Aleksandr Makhovikov [c],
Vagiz Khidiatullin, Vitali Daraseliya (Sergei Shavlo 46'), Georgi Yartsev
(Stepan Yurchishin 46'), David Kipiani, Yuri Gavrilov,
Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Ramaz Shengeliya (Edgar Gess 46').
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Gerd Kische, Konrad Weise,
Frank Baum (Rüdiger Schnuphase 46'), Reinhard Häfner, Jürgen Pommerenke
(Lutz Lindemann 46'), Gerd Weber, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich
(Hartmut Schade 77'), Dieter Kühn (Martin Hoffmann 58').
Referee: László Kőrös (Hungary).
Coaches: USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
11/09/1979, Swansea, Vetch Field, 6825
Friendly International
WALES 2 (Ian Walsh, Alan Curtis)
IRELAND 1 (Joey Jones OG)
Wales: Dai Davies, Peter Nicholas, Joey Jones, George Berry, Leighton Phillips,
John Mahoney, Terry Yorath, Brian Flynn, Ian Walsh, Alan Curtis,
Mickey Thomas.
Ireland: Gerry Peyton, Éamonn Gregg, David O'Leary, Mick Martin, Paddy Mulligan [c],
Tony Grealish, Liam Brady, Jerry Murphy, Gerry Ryan, Brendan O'Callaghan,
Frank Stapleton.
Referee: ?. Stevens (England).
Coaches: Wales: Mike Smith (England).
Ireland: Johnny Giles.
12/09/1979, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 88660
European Championship Qualifying
ENGLAND 1 (Kevin Keegan 17')
DENMARK 0
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Ray Wilkins, Kevin Keegan [c], Steve Coppell, Terry McDermott,
Trevor Brooking, Peter Barnes.
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Ole Højgaard, Søren Busk, Sten Ziegler [c], Morten Olsen,
Søren Lerby, Frank Arnesen, Benny Nielsen (Jens Jørn Bertelsen 60'),
Henning Jensen, Allan Simonsen, Preben Elkjær (Ove Flindt Bjerg 80').
Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (Portugal).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Cards: England: none.
Denmark: Preben Elkjær [Y].
12/09/1979, Oslo, Ullevaal, 11255
European Championship Qualifying
NORWAY 1 (Pål Jacobsen 7')
BELGIUM 2 (Jean Janssens 31', François Van der Elst 62')
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Trond Pedersen, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Svein Grøndalen,
Roger Albertsen, Tor Egil Jacobsen, Jan Hansen (Rune Ottesen 75'),
Pål Jacobsen, Odd Iversen (Svein Mathisen 83'), Hallvar Thoresen.
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Eric Gerets, Walter Meeuws, Luc Millecamps,
Michel Renquin, Julien Cools, René Vandereycken, Frank Vercauteren
(René Verheyen 76'), Albert Cluytens, François Van der Elst, Jean Janssens
(Jan Ceulemans 76').
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: None.
12/09/1979, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 9162
European Championship Qualifying
ICELAND 0
EAST GERMANY 3 (Gerd Weber 66' pen, 73', Joachim Streich 80')
Iceland: Þorsteinn Bjarnason, Örn Óskarsson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [c], Árni Sveinsson, Hörður Hilmarsson,
Guðgeir Leifsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson, Sigurlás Þorleifsson.
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Gerd Kische, Konrad Weise,
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Gerd Weber, Reinhard Häfner, Lutz Lindemann,
Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich, Martin Hoffmann.
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (Norway).
Coaches: Iceland: Yuri Ilichev (USSR).
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: Iceland: Guðgeir Leifsson [Y 68'].
East Germany: none.
12/09/1979, Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, 20000
European Championship Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 0
POLAND 2 (Stanisław Terlecki 34', 63')
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Heinz Lüdi, Luciano Bizzini [c], Gian Pietro Zappa,
Jakob Brechbühl, Claude Andrey, Umberto Barberis, Marc Schnyder,
Raymondo Ponte, Hans-Jörg Pfister, Claudio Sulser (Andy Egli 70').
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba, Paweł Janas, Henryk Wieczorek,
Wojciech Rudy, Adam Nawałka, Stefan Majewski (Antoni Szymanowski 88'),
Zbigniew Boniek, Grzegorz Lato [c], Kazimierz Kmiecik
(Włodzimierz Mazur 85'), Stanisław Terlecki.
Referee: Otto Anderco (Romania).
Coaches: Switzerland: Léon Walker.
Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Cards: None.
12/09/1979, Athinai, Stadio Leoforos Alexandras, 25537
European Championship Qualifying
GREECE 1 (Takis Nikoloudis 25')
USSR 0
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou, Ioannis Gounaris (Ioannis Kyrastas 74'),
Kostas Iosifidis, Georgios Firos, Anthimos Kapsis, Ioannis Damanakis,
Spyros Livathinos, Christos Ardizoglou (Kostas Orfanos 64'),
Takis Nikoloudis, Georgios Delikaris, Maik Galakos.
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Sergei Prigoda (Sergei Shavlo 35'), Aleksandr Bubnov,
Aleksandr Makhovikov [c], Vagiz Khidiatullin, Sergei Nikulin,
Fyodor Cherenkov, David Kipiani (Stepan Yurchishin 46'), Yuri Gavrilov,
Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Ramaz Shengeliya.
Referee: António José da Silva Garrido (Portugal).
Coaches: Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Cards: Greece: Takis Nikoloudis [Y 43'].
USSR: Aleksandr Bubnov [Y 53'], Sergei Nikulin [Y 61'].
12/09/1979, Nyíregyháza, Városi Stadion, 26000
Friendly International
HUNGARY 2 (György Tatár 11' pen, László Kuti 38')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Antonín Panenka 82')
Hungary: Sándor Gujdár, Gábor Szántó, József Salamon, László Kutasi, Zoltán Ebedli
(Károly Csapó 78'), György Tatár, András Tóth (Győző Burcsa 65'),
Mihály Borostyán, László Kiss, Ferenc Bene (László Fekete 11'),
László Kuti.
Czechoslovakia: Dušan Kéketi, Jozef Barmoš, Rostislav Vojáček, Anton Ondruš [c],
Koloman Gögh, Ján Hlavatý (Andrej Babčan 78'), Karel Jarůšek
(Antonín Panenka 46'), Ladislav Jurkemik, Ján Kozák, Zdeněk Nehoda,
Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Referee: Adolf Mathias (Austria).
Coaches: Hungary: Károly Lakat.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
13/09/1979, Oberhausen, Niederrhein Stadion
Olympic Games Qualifying
WEST GERMANY OLYM. 2 (Jürgen Halbe 16', Arno Wolf 81')
FINLAND OLYMPIC 0
West Germany Olym.: Valentin Herr, Hans-Jörg Stiller, Roland Dickgiesser, Dieter Kohnle,
Walter Kubanczyk, Karl Richter, Herbert Reiß, Hans-Peter Stark,
Jürgen Halbe, Ralf Obermüller, Arno Wolf.
Finland Olympic: Olli Isoaho, Mikko Lampi, Kari Virtanen, Juha Helin, Juha Rissanen,
Risto Rosenberg (Jarmo Kaivonurmi 85'), Tuomo Hakala (Harri Lindholm 70'),
Matti Ahonen, Juhani Himanka, Petteri Kupiainen, Hannu Rajaniemi.
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy).
Coaches: West Germany Olym.: Erich Ribbeck.
Finland Olympic: Jiří Pešek (Czechoslovakia).
Note: This match is unofficial for West Germany, but it is on Finland's
official list.
26/09/1979, Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, 70000
European Championship Qualifying
POLAND 1 (Henryk Wieczorek 77')
EAST GERMANY 1 (Reinhard Häfner 62')
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba (Włodzimierz Mazur 70'),
Antoni Szymanowski [c], Paweł Janas, Wojciech Rudy, Leszek Lipka,
Zbigniew Boniek, Adam Nawałka (Henryk Wieczorek 74'), Grzegorz Lato,
Roman Ogaza, Stanisław Terlecki.
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Gerd Brauer, Konrad Weise,
Gerd Kische, Reinhard Häfner, Lutz Lindemann, Gerd Weber,
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Martin Hoffmann.
Referee: Pat Partridge (England).
Coaches: Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: Poland: Zbigniew Boniek [Y 27'].
East Germany: Konrad Weise [Y 36'], Gerd Brauer [Y 69'].
26/09/1979, København, Idrætsparken, 24400
Nordic Championship
DENMARK 1 (Preben Elkjær 53')
FINLAND 0
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Ole Højgaard, Søren Busk, Sten Ziegler [c], Morten Olsen,
Frank Arnesen, Søren Lerby (Tommy Kristiansen 46'), Henning Jensen,
Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Kristen Nygaard, Preben Elkjær.
Finland: Stefan Lindström (Seppo Sairanen 47'), Mikko Lampi, Arto Tolsa
(Juha Helin 52'), Erkki Vihtilä, Esko Ranta, Pasi Rautiainen, Seppo Pyykkö,
Miikka Toivola, Olavi Rissanen (Heikki Suhonen 75'), Ossi Loikkanen,
Jyrki Nieminen.
Referee: Kaare Lindboe (Norway).
Coaches: Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Finland: Esko Malm.
Note: Kristen Nygaard missed a penalty after 87'.
26/09/1979, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 2000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 2 (Plamen Markov 31', Andrei Jeliazkov 83')
HUNGARY OLYMPIC 0
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov [c], Tsonio Vasilev, Todor Marev, Georgi Bonev,
Georgi Dimitrov II, Todor Barzov, Rusi Gochev (Kostadin Kostadinov 46'),
Plamen Markov (Vanio Kostov 57'), Andrei Jeliazkov, Boicho Velichkov,
Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Hungary Olympic: Béla Katzirz, László Kiss, ?. Judin, Zoltán Péter, ?. Kovács, ?. Nagy,
?. Bodin, ?. Oláh, István Weimper, József Pál (László Gyimesi 25'),
Gábor Pölöskei.
Referee: Velichko Yonchev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Dobromir Tashkov.
Hungary Olympic:
Note: This match is on Bulgaria's official list, but it is unofficial
for Hungary. The Hungarian lineup has been transliterated from a Cyrillic
lineup with family names only, so it is not confirmed.
26/09/1979, Wien, Praterstadion, 52000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 3 (Herbert Prohaska 17', 58' pen, Gerhard Steinkogler 76')
HUNGARY 1 (László Fekete 74')
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Heribert Weber, Bruno Pezzey,
Günther Pospischil, Roland Hattenberger (Josef Sara 46'), Wilhelm Kreuz,
Kurt Jara (Ernst Baumeister 75'), Walter Schachner, Herbert Prohaska,
Gerhard Steinkogler.
Hungary: Sándor Gujdár, Gábor Szántó, József Salamon, László Kutasi
(Ignác Tepszics 63'), Tibor Nyilasi (Károly Csapó 81'), György Tatár
(András Tóth 77'), Zoltán Ebedli, László Kuti, Mihály Borostyán,
László Kiss, László Fekete.
Referee: Avraham Klein (Israel).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
Hungary: Károly Lakat.
26/09/1979, Praha, Stadion Evžena Rošického Strahov, 10000
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 (Anton Ondruš 5', Zdeněk Nehoda 35', Karel Kroupa 72', Marián Masný 90')
IRELAND 1 (Paul McGee 89')
Czechoslovakia: Zdeněk Hruška, Jozef Barmoš, Anton Ondruš [c], Rostislav Vojáček,
Koloman Gögh, Ján Kozák, František Štambachr (Karel Kroupa 62'),
Antonín Panenka (Jaroslav Pollák 62'), Marián Masný, Zdeněk Nehoda,
Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Ireland: Gerry Peyton, Éamonn Gregg, Paddy Mulligan [c], Pierce O'Leary,
John Devine (John Anderson 70'), Mick Martin, Tony Grealish, Fran O'Brien,
Damien Richardson (Jeff Chandler 83'), Paul McGee, Terry Donovan
(Ray Treacy 83').
Referee: Anatoli Milchenko (USSR).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Ireland: Johnny Giles.
Note: It is also reported that the Devine / Anderson substitution was at 88',
and that Ray Treacy did not play
26/09/1979, Firenze, Stadio Comunale, 35783
Friendly International
ITALY 1 (Gabriele Oriali 15')
SWEDEN 0
Italy: Dino Zoff [c] (Paolo Conti 46'), Claudio Gentile (Giuseppe Baresi 46'),
Antonio Cabrini, Gabriele Oriali, Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea,
Franco Causio (Francesco Graziani 46'), Marco Tardelli, Paolo Rossi
(Bruno Giordano 71'), Giancarlo Antognoni, Roberto Bettega.
Sweden: Jan Möller, Magnus Andersson, Ingemar Erlandsson, Anders Linderoth,
Kent Jönsson, Hans Borg, Anders Grönhagen, Peter Nilsson
(Mats Rönnberg 72'), Rutger Backe, Mats Nordgren, Jan Svensson
(Sigvard Johansson 46').
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
26/09/1979, Rotterdam, Feyenoord 'De Kuip' Stadion, 21000
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS 1 (Jan Poortvliet 75')
BELGIUM 0
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Ben Wijnstekers, Ruud Krol [c], Huub Stevens
(Ernie Brandts 62'), Hugo Hovenkamp (Michel van de Korput 46'),
Jan Poortvliet, Willem van Hanegem (Michel Valke 44'),
Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Dick Nanninga, Simon Tahamata.
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff (Theo Custers 77'), Eric Gerets, Philippe Garot,
Luc Millecamps, Michel Renquin, Julien Cools, René Vandereycken,
Frank Vercauteren (Guy Dardenne 46'), François Van der Elst, Jan Ceulemans,
Albert Cluytens.
Referee: Clive White (England).
Coaches: Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: Netherlands: none.
Belgium: Eric Gerets [Y].
26/09/1979, Vigo, Estadio Balaidos, 35000
Friendly International
SPAIN 1 (Dani Ruiz 27' pen)
PORTUGAL 1 (Nené 51' pen)
Spain: Arconada, San José, Migueli, Uría (Camacho 46'), Alexanco, Arias
(Villar 46'), Jesús María Zamora, Juan Manuel Asensi, Dani Ruiz, Quini,
Rubén Cano (López Ufarte 46').
Portugal: Bento, Humberto Coelho [c], António Bastos Lopes, Carlos Alhinho,
Alberto Júnior, Eurico Gomes, Joaquim Marques 'Nelinho'
(Manuel Fernandes 74'), António Oliveira (Shéu 89'), Chalana, Jordão,
Nené (Maurício Reinaldo 81').
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy).
Coaches: Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Portugal: Mário Wilson.
26/09/1979, Trondheim, Lerkendal Stadion, 11781
Olympic Games Qualifying
NORWAY OLYMPIC 2 (Einar Aas, Georg Hammer)
WEST GERMANY OLYM. 0
Norway Olympic: Roy Amundsen, Georg Hammer (Øystein Wormdal 53'), Morten Vinje, Einar Aas,
Tor Brevik, Arne Erlandsen, Bjarne Berntsen, Svein Fjælberg,
Torbjørn Svendsen (Kurt Tunheim 80'), Arne Larsen Økland,
Trygve Johannessen.
West Germany Olym.: Valentin Heer, Hans-Jürgen Stiller, Karl Richter, Walter Kubanczyk,
Rüdiger Menges, Dieter Kohnle, Peter Stark, Herbert Reiß
(Gilbert Paus 80'), Jürgen Halbe, Ralf Obermüller, Arno Wolf.
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland).
Coaches: Norway Olympic: Tor Røste Fossen.
West Germany Olym.:
Note: This match is unofficial for West Germany, but it is on Norway's
official list.
10/10/1979, Valencia, Estadio Luis Casanova, 40000
European Championship Qualifying
SPAIN 0
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Ivica Šurjak 5')
Spain: Arconada, San José, Migueli, Alexanco, Uría, Del Bosque, Villar,
Juan Manuel Asensi [c], Dani Ruiz, Quini (Santillana 46'), Heredia.
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Zoran Vujović, Mišo Krstičević, Velimir Zajec,
Boro Primorac, Vedran Rožić, Zlatko Vujović, Miloš Šestić
(Dražen Mužinić 75'), Blaž Slišković, Safet Sušić, Ivica Šurjak.
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland).
Coaches: Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Cards: Spain: none.
Yugoslavia: Mišo Krstičević [R].
10/10/1979, Kraków, Stadion Wisła, 13352
European Championship Qualifying
POLAND 2 (Roman Ogaza 55', 74' pen)
ICELAND 0
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Paweł Janas, Antoni Szymanowski [c], Wojciech Rudy,
Leszek Lipka, Henryk Wieczorek, Adam Nawałka, Zbigniew Boniek,
Grzegorz Lato, Roman Ogaza, Stanisław Terlecki (Janusz Sybis 54').
Iceland: Þorsteinn Bjarnason, Örn Óskarsson, Dýri Guðmundsson, Marteinn Geirsson,
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [c], Trausti Haraldsson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Árni Sveinsson, Teitur Þórðarson, Pétur Pétursson.
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark).
Coaches: Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Iceland: Yuri Ilichev (USSR).
Cards: Poland: none.
Iceland: Jóhannes Eðvaldsson [Y 71'], Pétur Pétursson [Y 74'].
10/10/1979, Praha, Stadion Evžena Rošického Strahov, 35000
European Championship Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 (Zdeněk Nehoda 19', Ján Kozák 35', Ladislav Vízek 41', 80')
SWEDEN 1 (Jan Svensson 61')
Czechoslovakia: Zdeněk Hruška, Jozef Barmoš, Anton Ondruš [c], Rostislav Vojáček
(Ladislav Jurkemik 8'), Koloman Gögh, Ján Kozák, Antonín Panenka,
František Štambachr, Ladislav Vízek, Zdeněk Nehoda (Karel Kroupa 52'),
Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Sweden: Jan Möller, Magnus Andersson, Kent Jönsson, Hans Borg, Ingemar Erlandsson,
Anders Linderoth, Peter Nilsson, Mats Nordgren, Jan Svensson,
Pär-Olof Ohlsson (Anders Grönhagen 73'), Sigvard Johansson
(Eine Fredriksson 56').
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: Czechoslovakia: none.
Sweden: Peter Nilsson [Y 75'].
10/10/1979, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 2602
Olympic Games Qualifying
FINLAND OLYMPIC 0
WEST GERMANY OLYM. 0
Finland Olympic: Seppo Sairanen, Mikko Lampi (Aki Lahtinen 79'), Kari Virtanen, Juha Helin,
Juha Rissanen, Leo Houtsonen, Tuomo Hakala, Pasi Rautiainen,
Juhani Himanka, Petteri Kupiainen, Jarmo Kaivonurmi (Harri Lindholm 66').
West Germany Olym.: Valentin Herr, Dieter Bernhardt, Roland Dickgiesser, Uwe Eplinius,
Hans-Jörg Stiller, Karl Richter, Jürgen Halbe, Hans-Peter Stark,
Gisbert Paus (Michael Grünewald 46'), Ralf Obermüller, Arno Wolf.
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium).
Coaches: Finland Olympic: Jiří Pešek (Czechoslovakia).
West Germany Olym.: Erich Ribbeck.
Note: This match is unofficial for West Germany, but it is on Finland's
official list.
13/10/1979, Ost-Berlin, Stadion der Weltjugend, 44000
European Championship Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 5 (Gerd Weber 1', Martin Hoffmann 10', 75', 80', Rüdiger Schnuphase 26')
SWITZERLAND 2 (Umberto Barberis 18', Hans-Jörg Pfister 71')
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Gert Brauer,
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Gerd Kische, Reinhard Häfner, Lutz Lindemann,
Gerd Weber, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich (Peter Kotte 67'),
Martin Hoffmann.
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Heinz Lüdi, Luciano Bizzini, Gian Pietro Zappa,
Jakob Brechbühl, Heinz Hermann, Umberto Barberis, Marc Schnyder,
Markus Tanner (Raymondo Ponte 46'), Claudio Sulser (Andy Egli 57'),
Hans-Jörg Pfister.
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Switzerland: Léon Walker.
Cards: None.
14/10/1979, Moskva, Lenin, 27000
Friendly International
USSR 3 (Vagiz Khidiatullin 16', Leonid Buryak 18' pen, Stepan Yurchishin 84')
ROMANIA 1 (Alexandru Nicolae 24')
USSR: Nikolai Gontar, Vladimir Lozinski, Sergei Nikulin,
Aleksandr Makhovikov [c], Vagiz Khidiatullin, Sergei Shavlo,
Georgi Yartsev (Aleksandr Khapsalis 65'), Aleksandr Bubnov,
Yuri Gavrilov (Khoren Oganesyan 48'), Leonid Buryak, Stepan Yurchishin.
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Tilihoi, Alexandru Nicolae, Dan Păltinişan
(Costică Ştefănescu 46'), Ion Munteanu, Cornel Dinu [c], Ilie Balaci
(Tudorel Stoica 61'), Ladislau Bölöni, Sorin Cîrţu (Alexandru Koller 33'),
Rodion Cămătaru, Marcel Răducanu.
Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: USSR: Oleg Bazilevich.
Romania: Constantin Cernăianu.
16/10/1979, Koblenz
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY B 9
LUXEMBOURG 0
West Germany B:
Luxembourg: Lucien Thill, Romain Michaux, Jean-Louis Margue, Francis Kremer
(Jean Zuang 46'), Nico Rohmann, Nico Wagner, Paul Philipp [c],
Gilbert Dresch (Camille Neumann 83'), Jeannot Reiter, Marcel Di Domenico
(Manou Scheitler 46'), Nico Braun.
Referee: Alain Delmer (France).
Coaches: West Germany B:
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
17/10/1979, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 22000
European Championship Qualifying
IRELAND 3 (Mick Martin 39', Tony Grealish 46', Frank Stapleton 83')
BULGARIA 0
Ireland: Gerry Peyton, Paddy Mulligan [c], David O'Leary, Pierce O'Leary,
Ashley Grimes, Mick Martin, Liam Brady, Tony Grealish, Steve Heighway,
Paul McGee, Frank Stapleton.
Bulgaria: Rumiancho Goranov [c], Tsonio Vasilev, Georgi Dimitrov II, Georgi Bonev,
Ivan Iliev, Vanio Kostov (Kostadin Kostadinov 46'), Todor Barzov,
Plamen Markov, Andrei Jeliazkov, Boicho Velichkov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Germany).
Coaches: Ireland: Johnny Giles.
Bulgaria: Dobromir Tashkov.
Cards: None.
17/10/1979, Belfast, Windsor Park, 17755
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Vic Moreland 50' pen)
ENGLAND 5 (Trevor Francis 18', 62', Tony Woodcock 34', 57', Jimmy Nicholl 74' OG)
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Pat Rice, Sammy Nelson, Jimmy Nicholl, Allan Hunter
(Paul Rafferty 46'), David McCreery, Sammy McIlroy, Tommy Cassidy,
Gerry Armstrong, Tom Finney (Billy Caskey 68'), Vic Moreland.
England: Peter Shilton, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Ray Wilkins, Kevin Keegan [c], Steve Coppell, Trevor Francis,
Trevor Brooking (Terry McDermott 83'), Tony Woodcock.
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
England: Ron Greenwood.
Cards: None.
17/10/1979, Bruxelles-Ville, Stade du Heysel, 8799
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 2 (Wilfried Van Moer 46', François Van der Elst 56')
PORTUGAL 0
Belgium: Theo Custers, Eric Gerets, Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws, Michel Renquin
(Philippe Garot 75'), Julien Cools, René Vandereycken, Wilfried Van Moer
(René Verheyen 75'), François Van der Elst, Jan Ceulemans,
Edouard Voordeckers.
Portugal: Bento, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho [c], Carlos Alhinho, Alberto Júnior,
Eurico Gomes (Frasco 52'), Pietra (Jordão 61'), António Oliveira, Nené,
Fernando Gomes, Romeu Silva.
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Belgium: Guy Thys.
Portugal: Mário Wilson.
Cards: None.
17/10/1979, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 67895
European Championship Qualifying
SCOTLAND 1 (Archie Gemmill 75')
AUSTRIA 1 (Johann Krankl 40')
Scotland: Alan Rough, Sandy Jardine, Gordon McQueen, Kenny Burns, Iain Munro,
John Wark, Graeme Souness, Archie Gemmill [c], Kenny Dalglish,
Arthur Graham (Davie Cooper 61'), John Neilson Robertson.
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Heribert Weber, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Wilhelm Kreuz, Herbert Prohaska, Roland Hattenberger,
Kurt Jara, Walter Schachner (Gerhard Steinkogler 80'), Johann Krankl
(Reinhold Hintermaier 89').
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary).
Coaches: Scotland: Jock Stein.
Austria: Karl Stotz.
Cards: Scotland: Archie Gemmill [Y].
Austria: none.
17/10/1979, Amsterdam, Olympisch Stadion, 54000
European Championship Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 1 (Huub Stevens 64')
POLAND 1 (Wojciech Rudy 38')
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Ben Wijnstekers, Ruud Krol [c], Ernie Brandts
(Tscheu-la Ling 46'), Hugo Hovenkamp, Huub Stevens, Willy van de Kerkhof,
Wim Jansen, Johnny Rep, Kees Kist, Simon Tahamata.
Poland: Zygmunt Kukla, Marek Dziuba, Antoni Szymanowski [c], Paweł Janas,
Wojciech Rudy, Leszek Lipka, Zbigniew Boniek, Adam Nawałka, Grzegorz Lato,
Janusz Sybis (Włodzimierz Mazur 71'), Stanisław Terlecki.
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy).
Coaches: Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Poland: Ryszard Kulesza.
Cards: Netherlands: none.
Poland: Paweł Janas [Y 50'].
17/10/1979, Debrecen, Oláh Gábor Stadion, 18000
European Championship Qualifying
HUNGARY 3 (László Fekete 23', 43', György Tatár 49')
FINLAND 1 (Miikka Toivola 47')
Hungary: Gábor Zsiborás, Gábor Szántó, József Salamon, László Kutasi
(János Kiss 71'), György Tatár, József Póczik, László Kuti,
Mihály Borostyán (Béla Bodonyi 46'), László Kiss, István Weimper,
László Fekete.
Finland: Seppo Sairanen, Mikko Lampi, Arto Tolsa, Leo Houtsonen, Esko Ranta,
Seppo Pyykkö, Miikka Toivola, Pasi Rautiainen, Kai Haaskivi, Atik Ismail
(Petteri Kupiainen 68'), Heikki Suhonen (Juhani Himanka 58').
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands).
Coaches: Hungary: Károly Lakat.
Finland: Esko Malm.
Cards: Hungary: none.
Finland: Kai Haaskivi [Y 80'].
Note: The third Hungarian goal is also reported at 57'.
17/10/1979, Köln, Müngersdorfer Stadion, 61000
European Championship Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 5 (Klaus Fischer 22', 39', Manfred Kaltz 33', Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 42',
Karlheinz Förster 83')
WALES 1 (Alan Curtis 84')
West Germany: Dieter Burdenski, Manfred Kaltz, Bernard Dietz, Karlheinz Förster,
Bernhard Cullmann, Bernd Schuster (Herbert Zimmermann 64'),
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Hans-Peter Briegel 75'), Rainer Bonhof,
Klaus Fischer, Hans Müller, Klaus Allofs.
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Leighton Phillips, Phil Dwyer, Joey Jones
(George Berry 15'), John Mahoney, Robbie James, Brian Flynn,
Peter Nicholas, Alan Curtis, John Toshack (Mickey Thomas 64').
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands).
Coaches: West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Wales: Mike Smith (England).
Cards: West Germany: none.
Wales: John Mahoney [Y 50'].
23/10/1979, Esch-sur-Alzette, Stade de la Frontière, 1120
European Championship Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 1 (Nico Braun 5' pen)
SWEDEN 1 (Anders Grönhagen 63')
Luxembourg: Lucien Thill, Romain Michaux, Jean-Louis Margue, Jean Zuang,
Nico Rohmann, Carlo Weis, Paul Philipp [c], Gilbert Dresch
(Nico Wagner 74'), Jeannot Reiter, Nico Braun, Marcel Di Domenico
(Camille Neumann 60').
Sweden: Thomas Wernerson, Hans Borg, Ulf Lundberg, Thom Åhlund (Leif Lindén 70'),
Eine Fredriksson, Klas Johansson, Peter Nilsson, Mats Nordgren,
Rutger Backe, Sigvard Johansson, Jan Svensson (Anders Grönhagen 46').
Referee: Walter Horstmann (West Germany).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Sweden: Georg Ericsson.
Cards: Luxembourg: Romain Michaux [Y 19'].
Sweden: none.
26/10/1979, Stavanger, Stavanger Stadion, 9400
Olympic Games Qualifying
NORWAY OLYMPIC 1 (Svein Gunnar Rein 43')
FINLAND OLYMPIC 1 (Pasi Rautiainen 44')
Norway Olympic: Roy Amundsen, Georg Hammer, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Tor Brevik,
Bjarne Berntsen, Arne Erlandsen, Svein Fjælberg, Arne Larsen Økland,
Trygve Johannessen (Vidar Hansen 46'), Svein Gunnar Rein
(Stein Kollshaugen 87').
Finland Olympic: Pekka Hieta, Aki Lahtinen, Kari Virtanen (Ari Heikkinen 53'), Juha Helin,
Juha Rissanen, Antti Ronkainen, Juhani Himanka, Hannu Turunen,
Raimo Kuuluvainen, Pasi Rautiainen, Harri Lindholm.
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Norway Olympic: Tor Røste Fossen.
Finland Olympic: Jiří Pešek (Czechoslovakia).
Note: This match is on the official lists of both Norway and Finland.
28/10/1979, Gzira, Empire Stadium, 2615
European Championship Qualifying
MALTA 1 (Emanuel Farrugia 71')
TURKEY 2 (Sedat Özden 20', Mustafa Denizli 29')
Malta: John Bonello, David Buckingham, Edwin Farrugia, John Holland,
Norman Buttigieg, Emanuel Farrugia, Vincent Magro, Guzi Xuereb,
George Xuereb, Raymond Xuereb (Leli Fabri 90'), Dennis Fenech.
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Turgay Semercioğlu, Erol Togay, Fatih Terim [c],
Cem Pamiroğlu, Serdar Bali (Sabahattin Erboğa 56'), Mehmet Ekşi,
Sedat Özden, İsa Ertürk, Necdet Ergün, Mustafa Denizli.
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy).
Coaches: Malta: Victor Scerri.
Turkey: Sabri Kiraz.
Cards: None.
31/10/1979, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 6500
European Championship Qualifying
BULGARIA 3 (Andrei Jeliazkov 21', Chavdar Tsvetkov 51', 87')
DENMARK 0
Bulgaria: Hristo Hristov, Tsonio Vasilev, Borislav Dimitrov, Georgi Bonev,
Ivan Iliev, Todor Barzov, Kostadin Kostadinov (Rusi Gochev 70'),
Plamen Markov, Boicho Velichkov, Andrei Jeliazkov [c], Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Jens Steffensen, Søren Busk, Sten Ziegler [c], Frank Olsen,
Frank Arnesen, Søren Lerby, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Kristen Nygaard
(Carsten Nielsen 64'), Henning Jensen, Allan Simonsen.
Referee: Sotos Afxentiou (Cyprus).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Dobromir Tashkov.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Cards: Bulgaria: none.
Denmark: Søren Lerby [Y].
31/10/1979, Titova Mitrovica, Stadion Trepče, 35000
European Championship Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Zlatko Vujović 48', Blaž Slišković 50')
ROMANIA 1 (Marcel Răducanu 79')
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Ismet Hadžić, Nenad Starovlah, Velimir Zajec,
Boro Primorac, Miloš Šestić, Vladimir Petrović, Zlatko Vujović,
Blaž Slišković (Nenad Stojković 88'), Safet Sušić, Ivan Šurjak
(Nikica Cukrov 84').
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Tilihoi, Costică Ştefănescu, Ştefan Sameş
(Alexandru Nicolae 72'), Ion Munteanu, Cornel Dinu [c], Ladislau Bölöni,
Gheorghe Mulţescu, Zoltan Crişan, Marcel Răducanu, Ilie Balaci
(Ionel Augustin 77').
Referee: Jan Redelfs (East Germany).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Romania: Constantin Cernăianu.
Cards: None.
31/10/1979, Moskva, Lenin, 1500
European Championship Qualifying
USSR 2 (Sergei Andreyev 50', Yuri Gavrilov 67')
FINLAND 2 (Kai Haaskivi 76', Tuomo Hakala 82')
USSR: Nikolai Gontar, Aleksandr Berezhnoi, Aleksandr Bubnov,
Aleksandr Makhovikov [c], Vagiz Khidiatullin, Sergei Shavlo,
Sergei Andreyev, Vladimir Veremeyev, Yuri Gavrilov, Vladimir Bessonov
(Khoren Oganesyan 65'), Stepan Yurchishin (Vladimir Kazachenok 72').
Finland: Seppo Sairanen, Mikko Lampi, Arto Tolsa, Erkki Vihtilä, Esko Ranta,
Leo Houtsonen, Seppo Pyykkö (Hannu Turunen 44'), Kai Haaskivi,
Juhani Himanka (Tuomo Hakala 72'), Atik Ismail, Jyrki Nieminen.
Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Finland: Esko Malm.
Cards: USSR: Khoren Oganesyan [Y 79'].
Finland: Arto Tolsa [Y 65'], Kai Haaskivi [Y 72'], Esko Ranta [Y 79'].
Note: It is also reported that Juhani Himanka received a yellow card, and that
Arto Tolsa and Kai Haaskivi did not.
01/11/1979, Oeiras, Estádio Nacional, 45000
European Championship Qualifying
PORTUGAL 3 (Artur Correia 37', Nené 59', 71')
NORWAY 1 (Georg Hammer 10')
Portugal: Bento, Artur Correia, Humberto Coelho [c], Carlos Simões, Frasco,
Alfredo Murça, Rodolfo Reis, José Alberto Costa, Nené, Fernando Gomes,
Maurício Reinaldo.
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Georg Hammer, Einar Aas, Morten Vinje, Svein Grøndalen,
Roger Albertsen, Bjarne Berntsen (Jan Hansen 71'), Tor Egil Johansen [c],
Hallvar Thoresen (Svein Mathisen 81'), Arne Larsen Økland, Pål Jacobsen.
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy).
Coaches: Portugal: Mário Wilson.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Cards: None.
14/11/1979, Novi Sad, Stadion Gradski, 22500
European Championship Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 5 (Zlatko Kranjčar 32', 50', Zlatko Vujović 60', Vladimir Petrović 75',
Dušan Savić 87')
CYPRUS 0
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Nikica Cukrov, Vedran Rožić, Velimir Zajec,
Nenad Stojković, Ivica Šurjak, Zlatko Vujović (Dušan Savić 80'),
Vladimir Petrović, Blaž Slišković (Zlatko Kranjčar 10'), Safet Sušić,
Miloš Šestić.
Cyprus: Georghios Pantziaras, Filippos Kalotheou, Fytos Neofytou,
Costas Constantinou, Stefanos Lysandrou, Nicos Pantziaras,
Loizos Mavroudes, Marios Tsingis, Sotiris Kaiafas, Andreas Kissonergis
(Petros Theofanous 68'), Andreas Kanaris.
Referee: Yordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Cards: None.
14/11/1979, Baunatal, 4667
Olympic Games Qualifying
WEST GERMANY OLYM. 0
NORWAY OLYMPIC 1 (Arne Larsen Økland 78')
West Germany Olym.: Valentin Herr, Hans-Jürgen Stiller, Karl Richter, Dieter Bernhardt
(Günter Franusch 67'), Roland Dickgiesser, Uwe Eplinius, Dieter Kohnle
Michael Grünewald, Klaus Gahr, Ralf Obermüller, Arno Wolf
(Hermann Sixt 46').
Norway Olympic: Roy Amundsen, Øystein Wormdal, Morten Vinje, Einar Aas, Georg Hammer
(Bjarne Berntsen 46'), Svein Fjælberg, Anders Giske, Vidar Davidsen,
Arne Erlandsen, Arne Larsen Økland, Stein Kollshaugen (Stein Gran 74').
Referee: Antonio Palanques (Spain).
Coaches: West Germany Olym.:
Norway Olympic: Tor Røste Fossen.
Note: This match is unofficial for West Germany, but it is on Norway's
official list.
14/11/1979, Cádiz, Estadio Ramón de Carranza, 18000
Friendly International
SPAIN 1 (Mesa 56')
DENMARK 3 (Preben Elkjær 38', 76', Jens Jørn Bertelsen 55')
Spain: Arconada (Urruticoechea 46'), San José, García Navajas, Migueli, Cundi,
Joaquín Alonso, Del Bosque, Mesa, Dani Ruiz, Santillana, López Ufarte
(Carrasco 46').
Denmark: Birger Jensen, Palle Hansen (Klaus Nørregaard 58'), Søren Busk,
Sten Ziegler [c], Frank Olsen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Morten Olsen,
Kristen Nygaard, Benny Nielsen, Jan Sørensen, Preben Elkjær.
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium).
Coaches: Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
17/11/1979, Paris, Parc des Princes, 39973
European Championship Qualifying
FRANCE 2 (Eric Pécout 67', Gilles Rampillon 76')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Ján Kozák 80')
France: Dominique Dropsy, Patrick Battiston, Léonard Specht, Christian Lopez [c],
Maxime Bossis, Jean Petit, Alain Moizan, Gilles Rampillon,
Jacques Atre 'Zimako', Bernard Lacombe (Eric Pécout 46'), Loïc Amisse.
Czechoslovakia: Zdeněk Hruška, Jozef Barmoš, Ladislav Jurkemik, Anton Ondruš [c],
Koloman Gögh, Ján Kozák, František Štambachr, Antonín Panenka,
Ladislav Vízek, Karel Kroupa (Marián Masný 70'), Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria).
Coaches: France: Michel Hidalgo.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Cards: France: none.
Czechoslovakia: Anton Ondruš [Y 55'].
17/11/1979, Udine, Stadio Friuli, 33000
Friendly International
ITALY 2 (Francesco Graziani 25', Marco Tardelli 40')
SWITZERLAND 0
Italy: Dino Zoff [c] (Ivano Bordon 46'), Claudio Gentile, Aldo Maldera,
Gabriele Oriali, Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea (Mauro Bellugi 82'),
Franco Causio (Bruno Giordano 70'), Marco Tardelli, Paolo Rossi,
Giancarlo Antognoni, Francesco Graziani.
Switzerland: Roger Berbig, Gian Pietro Zappa, Heinz Hermann, Luciano Bizzini,
Marc Schnyder, Claude Andrey, Andy Egli, Umberto Barberis, Raymondo Ponte,
Claudio Sulser (Jean-Paul Brigger 46'), Hans-Jörg Pfister.
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Switzerland: Léon Walker.
18/11/1979, Bucureşti, Dinamo, 10000
European Championship Qualifying
ROMANIA 2 (Gheorghe Mulţescu 42', Marcel Răducanu 75')
CYPRUS 0
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Tilihoi, Alexandru Nicolae, Ştefan Sameş [c],
Ion Munteanu, Ladislau Bölöni, Aurică Beldeanu (Ilie Balaci 65'),
Gheorghe Mulţescu, Zoltan Crişan (Sorin Cîrţu 46'), Rodion Cămătaru,
Marcel Răducanu.
Cyprus: Fanos Stylianou, Filippos Kalotheou, Fytos Neofytou, Costas Constantinou,
Stefanos Lysandrou, Marios Tsingis (Demetris Koudas 46'), Loizos Mavroudes
(Fivos Vrachimis 86'), Nicos Pantziaras, Sotiris Kaiafas,
Pamboulis Papadopoulos, Andreas Kanaris.
Referee: Dušan Krchňák (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Romania: Constantin Cernăianu.
Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Cards: None.
21/11/1979, Belfast, Windsor Park, 15000
European Championship Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Gerry Armstrong 54')
IRELAND 0
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl, Sammy Nelson, Allan Hunter, Chris Nicholl,
David McCreery, Martin O'Neill (Tommy Cassidy 66'), Vic Moreland,
Sammy McIlroy, Gerry Armstrong, Derek Spence.
Ireland: Mick Kearns, John Devine, David O'Leary, Pierce O'Leary, Ashley Grimes,
Gerry Daly (Joe Waters 54'), Mick Martin [c], Tony Grealish,
Steve Heighway, Paul McGee (Don Givens 76'), Frank Stapleton.
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Danny Blanchflower.
Ireland: Johnny Giles.
Cards: None.
21/11/1979, Bruxelles-Ville, Stade du Heysel, 14289
European Championship Qualifying
BELGIUM 2 (François Van der Elst 7', Edouard Voordeckers 46')
SCOTLAND 0
Belgium: Theo Custers, Eric Gerets, Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws, Michel Renquin,
Julien Cools, Wilfried Van Moer (René Verheyen 66'), René Vandereycken,
François Van der Elst, Jan Ceulemans, Edouard Voordeckers.
Scotland: Alan Rough, Sandy Jardine [c], Iain Munro (Frank Gray 61'),
Alan Hansen, Willie Miller, John Wark, Graeme Souness, Asa Hartford,
John Neilson Robertson, Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan (David Provan II 61').
Referee: Eldar Azim Zade (USSR).
Coaches: Belgium: Guy Thys.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
Cards: None.
21/11/1979, Lisboa, Estádio da Luz, 52815
European Championship Qualifying
PORTUGAL 1 (Maurício Reinaldo 42')
AUSTRIA 2 (Kurt Welzl 36', Walter Schachner 51')
Portugal: Bento, Artur Correia (Shéu 75'), Humberto Coelho [c], Carlos Simões,
Alberto Júnior, Frasco (Jordão 64'), Rodolfo Reis, José Alberto Costa,
Nené, Maurício Reinaldo, Fernando Gomes.
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Robert Sara, Erich Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Wilhelm Kreuz, Roland Hattenberger, Kurt Jara,
Kurt Welzl (Johann Krankl 81'), Herbert Prohaska, Walter Schachner.
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands).
Coaches: Portugal: Mário Wilson.
Austria: Karl Stotz.
Cards: None.
21/11/1979, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, 92000
European Championship Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 2 (Rüdiger Schnuphase 17', Joachim Streich 33' pen)
NETHERLANDS 3 (Frans Thijssen 45', Kees Kist 50', René van de Kerkhof 67')
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Gert Brauer, Konrad Weise,
Gerd Kische, Reinhard Häfner, Gerd Weber (Jürgen Pommerenke 73'),
Rüdiger Schnuphase (Hartmut Schade 60'), Peter Kotte, Joachim Streich,
Martin Hoffmann.
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Ben Wijnstekers, Ruud Krol [c], Michel van de Korput,
Hugo Hovenkamp (Kees Kist 46'), Huub Stevens (Ernie Brandts 67'),
Dick Schoenaker, Frans Thijssen, Tscheu-la Ling, René van de Kerkhof,
Simon Tahamata.
Referee: António José da Silva Garrido (Portugal).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Cards: East Germany: Konrad Weise [Y 34' YR 40'].
Netherlands: Hugo Hovenkamp [Y 6'], Kees Kist [Y 67'],
Tscheu-la Ling [R 40'].
21/11/1979, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 70000
European Championship Qualifying
TURKEY 1 (Erhan Önal 76')
WALES 0
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Turgay Semercioğlu, Fatih Terim [c], Erol Togay,
Cem Pamiroğlu, Erhan Önal, Mehmet Ekşi, İsa Ertürk (Sadullah Acele 46'),
Arif Güney, Sedat Özden, Mustafa Denizli (Mustafa Turgut 70').
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Joey Jones, George Berry, Leighton Phillips,
Gordon Davies (John Mahoney 71'), Terry Yorath [c], Peter Nicholas,
Alan Curtis, Ian Walsh (Rob Edwards 65'), Mickey Thomas.
Referee: Constantin Ghiţă (Romania).
Coaches: Turkey: Sabri Kiraz.
Wales: Mike Smith (England).
Cards: None.
21/11/1979, Tbilisi, Dinamo, 40000
Friendly International
USSR 1 (Aleksandr Makhovikov 83')
WEST GERMANY 3 (Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 35', 62', Klaus Fischer 66')
USSR: Otari Gabeliya, Oleg Rodin, Aleksandr Mirzoyan, Aleksandr Makhovikov [c],
Vagiz Khidiatullin (Sergei Shavlo 68'), Vitali Daraseliya,
Vladimir Gutsayev, Khoren Oganesyan, Yuri Gavrilov, Viktor Samokhin,
Sergei Andreyev.
West Germany: Norbert Nigbur, Manfred Kaltz (Herbert Zimmermann 74'), Hans-Peter Briegel,
Karlheinz Förster, Bernhard Cullmann, Bernard Dietz (Mirko Votava 74'),
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bernd Schuster (Bernd Förster 46'), Klaus Fischer,
Hans Müller, Harald Nickel.
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland).
Coaches: USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
22/11/1979, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 71491
European Championship Qualifying
ENGLAND 2 (Dave V. Watson 9', Glenn Hoddle 68')
BULGARIA 0
England: Ray Clemence, Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom, Phil Thompson [c],
Dave V. Watson, Ray Wilkins, Kevin Reeves, Glenn Hoddle, Trevor Francis,
Ray Kennedy, Tony Woodcock.
Bulgaria: Hristo Hristov, Roman Karakolev, Borislav Dimitrov, Georgi Bonev,
Ivan Iliev, Georgi Dimitrov II, Todor Barzov, Plamen Markov,
Boicho Velichkov (Krassimir Manolov 87'), Andrei Jeliazkov [c],
Chavdar Tsvetkov (Kostadin Kostadinov 29').
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Bulgaria: Dobromir Tashkov.
Cards: None.
24/11/1979, Praha, Stadion Evžena Rošického Strahov, 17000
European Championship Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 (Antonín Panenka 36', Marián Masný 39', 45', Ladislav Vízek 61')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Czechoslovakia: Zdeněk Hruška, Jozef Barmoš, Anton Ondruš [c], Ladislav Jurkemik
(Rostislav Vojáček 62'), Koloman Gögh, Ján Kozák, Antonín Panenka,
František Štambachr, Marián Masný, Ladislav Vízek, Miroslav Gajdůšek.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Romain Michaux, Jean Zuang, Nico Rohmann, Jean-Louis Margue,
Nico Wagner, Carlo Weis, Paul Philipp [c], Jeannot Reiter,
Marcel Di Domenico (Gilbert Dresch 70'), Nico Braun.
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Cards: Czechoslovakia: none.
Luxembourg: Paul Philipp [Y 42'].
09/12/1979, Limassol, Tsirion, 15000
European Championship Qualifying
CYPRUS 1 (Fivos Vrachimis 69')
SPAIN 3 (Villar 5', Santillana 41', Saura 89')
Cyprus: Herodotos Koupanos, Nicos Pantziaras, Filippos Kalotheou,
Stefanos Lysandrou, Demetris Kizas, Loizos Mavroudes,
Pamboulis Papadopoulos (Fivos Vrachimis 67'), Stavros Papadopoulos,
Petros Theofanous (Andreas Papacostas 46'), Marios Tsingis,
Andreas Kanaris.
Spain: Arconada, Uría, Migueli, Cundi, Villar (Jesús María Zamora 72'),
Del Bosque (Carrasco 72'), Quini [c], Dani Ruiz, Santillana, Saura,
Olmo.
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria).
Coaches: Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Spain: Ladislao Kubala (Hungary/Spain).
Cards: None.
Note: The Cypriot substitutions are also reported at 46' and 75' respectively.
19/12/1979, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 25389
European Championship Qualifying
SCOTLAND 1 (John Neilson Robertson 55')
BELGIUM 3 (Erwin Vandenbergh 18', François Van der Elst 23', 30')
Scotland: Alan Rough, Sandy Jardine [c], Danny McGrain, Kenny Burns, Gordon McQueen,
Eamonn Bannon (David Provan II 46'), Roy Aitken, John Wark,
John Neilson Robertson, Kenny Dalglish, Derek Johnstone.
Belgium: Theo Custers, Eric Gerets, Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws, Maurice Martens,
Julien Cools, Wilfried Van Moer (Gérard Plessers 49'), René Vandereycken,
François Van der Elst, Erwin Vandenbergh (Guy Dardenne 73'), Jan Ceulemans.
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany).
Coaches: Scotland: Jock Stein.
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: Scotland: Kenny Burns [Y], Kenny Dalglish [Y].
Belgium: none.
22/12/1979, Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion, 70000
European Championship Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 2 (Klaus Fischer 15', Herbert Zimmermann 89')
TURKEY 0
West Germany: Norbert Nigbur, Manfred Kaltz, Bernard Dietz, Rainer Bonhof,
Bernhard Cullmann, Bernd Förster, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Uli Stielike
(Herbert Zimmermann 84'), Klaus Fischer, Hans Müller, Harald Nickel.
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Turgay Semercioğlu, Fatih Terim [c], Güngör Tekin,
Cem Pamiroğlu, Mehmet Ekşi, Erhan Önal, Sedat Özden, Reşit Kaynak
(Arif Güney 62'), Sadullah Acele (Mustafa Turgat 46'), Engin Verel.
Referee: Rudolf Renggli (Switzerland).
Coaches: West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Turkey: Sabri Kiraz.
Cards: None.