1981 MATCHES
EUROPE.
Author: Barrie Courtney.
06/01/1981, Montevideo (Uruguay), Estadio Centenario, 20000
Mundialito
ITALY 1 (Carlo Ancelotti 7')
NETHERLANDS 1 (Jan Peters 15')
Italy: Ivano Bordon, Pietro Vierchowod, Giuseppe Baresi, Giampiero Marini,
Claudio Gentile, Gaetano Scirea, Bruno Conti (Salvatore Bagni 46'),
Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Pruzzo, Giancarlo Antognoni [c],
Francesco Graziani.
Netherlands: Pim Doesburg, Ben Wijnstekers, Willy van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts,
Hugo Hovenkamp, Martin Jol, Jan Peters [c], Peter Arntz (John Metgod 46'),
Michel Valke, René van de Kerkhof (Kees 'Pier' Tol 46'), Pierre Vermeulen.
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Netherlands: Jan Zwartkruis.
Cards: Italy: Gaetano Scirea [Y], Giampiero Marini [Y].
Netherlands: Peter Arntz [Y].
Note: Dutch sources indicate the substitutions at the times given. However,
other sources suggest Metgod came on after 57', and Tol after 75'.
28/01/1981, Thessaloniki, Stadio Charilaou, 14000
World Cup Qualifying
GREECE 2 (Ntinos Kouis 8', Georgios Kostikos 38')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Greece: Nikos Sarganis, Ioannis Kyrastas, Kostas Iosifidis, Anthimos Kapsis [c],
Petros Ravousis, Ioannis Damanakis, Vaggelis Kousoulakis
(Georgios Delikaris 46'), Ntinos Kouis, Nikos Anastopoulos
(Grigoris Charalambidis 71'), Georgios Kostikos, Maik Galakos.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Erny Dax (Marcel Bossi 68'), Paul Philipp [c],
Nico Rohmann, Nico Wagner, Jean-Paul Girres, Gilbert Dresch,
Marcel Di Domenico, Jean Zuang, Robert Langers, Jeannot Reiter
(Pierre Hoscheid 57').
Referee: Nikolai Dudin (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Cards: Greece: none.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Reiter [Y 12'], Marcel Di Domenico [Y 40'],
Jean Zuang [Y].
18/02/1981, Bruxelles-Ville, Stade du Heysel, 17445
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 3 (Gérard Plessers 12', Erwin Vandenbergh 17', Jan Ceulemans 67')
CYPRUS 2 (Stefanos Lysandrou 42', Fivos Vrachimis 60')
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Eric Gerets [c], Michel Renquin, Albert Cluytens
(Edouard Voordeckers 72'), Gérard Plessers (Frank Vercauteren 72'),
Raymond Mommens, René Vandereycken, Williy Wellens, Erwin Vandenbergh,
Ludo Coeck, Jan Ceulemans.
Cyprus: Andreas Constantinou II, Loukis Louka, Toumazos Toumazou,
Stefanos Lysandrou, Klitos Erotokritou, Nicos Pantziaras,
Andros Miamiliotis (Marios Tsingis 88'), Filippos Dimitriou,
Fivos Vrachimis, Yiannakis Yiangoudakis, Fanis Theofanous
(Chrysanthos Lagos 87').
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland).
Coaches: Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Cards: None.
18/02/1981, Madrid, Estadio Vincente Calderón, 18000
Friendly International
SPAIN 1 (Juanito 86' pen)
FRANCE 0
Spain: Arconada, Tendillo, Camacho, Alexanco, Gordillo, Joaquín Alonso
(Quique Ramos 46'), Solsona, Jesús María Zamora, Juanito, Santillana,
Juan José Rubio.
France: Jean Castaneda, Gérard Janvion, Léonard Specht, Christian Lopez,
Maxime Bossis, Didier Christophe (Jean Tigana 70'), Jean-François Larios,
Michel Platini [c], Alain Moizan, Bruno Baronchelli (Daniel Xuereb 46'),
Didier Six.
Referee: Carol Jurja (Romania).
Coaches: Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
France: Michel Hidalgo.
22/02/1981, Groningen, Oosterpark, 17500
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 3 (Hugo Hovenkamp 15', Kees Schapendonk 48', Dick Nanninga 58')
CYPRUS 0
Netherlands: Pim Doesburg, Romeo Zondervan, John Metgod, Ronald Spelbos, Hugo Hovenkamp,
Peter Arntz (Dick Nanninga 46'), Frans Thijssen, Jan Peters [c],
Jos Jonker, Kees Schapendonk, Kees 'Pier' Tol (Pierre Vermeulen 57').
Cyprus: Andreas Constantinou II, Loukis Louka, Toumazos Toumazou,
Stefanos Lysandrou, Klitos Erotokritou, Nicos Pantziaras,
Andros Miamiliotis (Marios Tsingis 90'), Filippos Dimitriou,
Fivos Vrachimis (Chrysanthos Lagos 48'), Yiannakis Yiangoudakis,
Fanis Theofanous.
Referee: Howard King (Wales).
Coaches: Netherlands: Rob Baan.
Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Cards: Netherlands: None.
Cyprus: Filippos Dimitriou [Y], Nicos Pantziaras [Y], Fanis Theofanous [Y].
Note: Another source states that Yiangoudakis received the yellow card listed
for Theofanous.
24/02/1981, Dublin, Tolka Park, 15000
Friendly International
IRELAND 1 (Tony Grealish)
WALES 3 (Paul Price, Terrence Boyle, Terry Yorath)
Ireland: Séamus McDonagh, David Langan, Brendan O'Callaghan, Jimmy Holmes,
Chris Hughton, Gerry Daly, Tony Grealish [c], Gary Waddock, Steve Heighway,
Don Givens (Kevin Moran 46'), Éamonn O'Keeffe.
Wales: Dai Davies, Peter Nicholas, Joey Jones, Kevin Ratcliffe, Paul Price,
Terrence Boyle, Carl Harris, Terry Yorath [c], Ian Walsh, Brian Flynn,
Leighton James.
Referee: Peter Reeves (England)
Coaches: Ireland: Éoin Hand.
Wales: Mike England.
28/02/1981, Lahti (Finland), Suurhalli, 4000
Lahti Tournament
SWEDEN 4 (Torbjörn Nilsson, Mikael Rönnberg, Lennart Larsson, Thomas Nilsson)
NORWAY XI 2 (Åge Hareide, Vidar Davidsen)
Sweden: Thomas Wernersson, Bo Börjesson, Stig Fredriksson, Andreas Ravelli,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Mikael Rönnberg, Lennart Larsson, Robert Prytz,
Jonnie Efraimsson (Peter Nilsson 60'), Torbjörn Nilsson
(Tord Holmgren 75'), Johny Erlandsson (Thomas Nilsson).
Norway XI: Jon Abrahamsen, Bjarne Berntsen, Morten Vinje, Tore Kordahl,
Svein Grøndalen (Trond Pedersen 57'), Åge Hareide (Svein Fjælberg 70'),
Gabriel Høyland, Vidar Davidsen, Svein Mathisen, Arne Dokken
(Stein Kollshaugen 63'), Pål Jacobsen.
Referee:
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Norway XI: Tor Røste Fossen.
Note: Match was played indoors. Unofficial for Norway, but official for Sweden.
01/03/1981, Lahti, Suurhalli, 4000
Lahti Tournament
FINLAND 2 (Hannu Rajaniemi, Jukka Ikäläinen)
SWEDEN 1 (Torbjörn Nilsson)
Finland: Olli Isoaho, Arto Tolsa, Aki Lahtinen, Reijo Vaittinen, Esa Pekonen
(Kari Bergqvist 74'), Jukka Ikäläinen, Juha Dahllund (Reima Kokko 74'),
Kari Virtanen (Leo Houtsonen 65'), Pasi Jaakonsaari (Antti Ronkainen 46'),
Hannu Rajaniemi, Jyrki Nieminen.
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Göran Arnberg (Bo Börjesson 59'), Stig Fredriksson,
Andreas Ravelli, Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Mikael Rönnberg, Robert Prytz
(Tord Holmgren 59'), Thomas Nilsson, Torbjörn Nilsson, Lennart Larsson,
Peter Nilsson.
Referee: Mauri Laakso (Finland).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Note: Match played indoors.
11/03/1981, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal, 8590
World Cup Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 0
GREECE 2 (Ntinos Kouis 31', Thomas Mavros 55'pen)
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Erny Dax, Paul Philipp [c], Nico Rohmann, Nico Wagner
(Hubert Meunier 69'), Jean-Paul Girres, Gilbert Dresch, Carlo Weis,
Jeannot Reiter, Robert Langers, Marcel Di Domenico.
Greece: Nikos Sarganis, Ioannis Kyrastas, Kostas Iosifidis, Georgios Firos,
Anthimos Kapsis [c], Spyros Livathinos, Vaggelis Kousoulakis
(Nikos Anastopoulos 68'), Ntinos Kouis, Georgios Kostikos, Maik Galakos
(Nikos Vamvakoulas 80'), Thomas Mavros.
Referee: Peter Scherz (Switzerland).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Cards: Luxembourg: Jeannot Reiter [Y].
Greece: none.
11/03/1981, Brăila, 30000
Friendly International
ROMANIA LEAGUE 2 (Ilie Balaci 34', Aurel Beldeanu 87' pen)
EAST GERMANY 1 (Rüdiger Schnuphase 54' pen)
Romania League: Vasile Iordache, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş (Nicolae Alexandru 68'),
Costică Ştefănescu [c], Ion Munteanu, Tudorel Stoica, Aurel Beldeanu,
Ilie Balaci (Aurel Ţicleanu 71'), Cornel Ţălnar (Mircea Sandu 71'),
Rodion Cămătaru, Marcel Răducanu.
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Gert Brauer, Rainer Troppa, Norbert Trieloff,
Artur Ullrich, Rüdiger Schnuphase, Matthias Liebers, Reinhard Häfner.
Wolfgang Steinbach, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Joachim Streich
(Martin Hoffmann 46').
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania).
Coaches: Romania League: Valentin Stănescu.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Note: The match is unofficial for both Romania and East Germany.
24/03/1981, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 16439
Friendly International
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0
SWITZERLAND 1 (René Botteron 66' pen)
Czechoslovakia: Zdeněk Hruška, František Jakubec I, Ladislav Jurkemik, Luděk Macela,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Přemysl Bičovský, Zdeněk Nehoda [c], Marián Masný,
Petr Janečka (Petr Němec 46'), Ladislav Vízek.
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Gian Pietro Zappa, Heinz Hermann, André Egli,
Herbert Hermann, Roger Wehrli (Erni Maissen 63'), René Botteron [c],
Umberto Barberis, Alfred Scheiwiler, Rudi Elsener (Hans-Peter Zwicker 61'),
Claudio Sulser (Hans-Jürgen Pfister 75').
Referee: László Körös (Hungary).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
25/03/1981, Rotterdam, Feyenoord 'De Kuip' Stadion, 58000
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 1 (Arnold Mühren 47')
FRANCE 0
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Edo Ophof, Ruud Krol [c], Jan Poortvliet, Hugo Hovenkamp
(Tscheu-la Ling 46'), Willy van de Kerkhof, Arnold Mühren, Frans Thijssen,
Jan Peters (Huub Stevens 65'), René van de Kerkhof, Johnny Rep.
France: Dominique Dropsy, Gérard Janvion, Léonard Specht, Christian Lopez [c],
Maxime Bossis, Jean-François Larios, Alain Giresse, Alain Moizan
(Didier Christophe 77'), Dominique Rocheteau, Bernard Lacombe
(Jacques Atre 'Zimako' 63'), Didier Six.
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy).
Coaches: Netherlands: Kees Rijvers.
France: Michel Hidalgo.
Cards: Netherlands: Jan Peters [Y], Tscheu-la Ling [Y].
France: Gérard Janvion [Y].
Note: The goal-scorer is also reported as Dominique Dropsy OG.
25/03/1981, Bruxelles-Ville, Stade du Heysel, 37978
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 1 (Jan Ceulemans 88')
IRELAND 0
Belgium: Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets [c], Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws,
Michel Renquin, Raymond Mommens (Frank Vercauteren 85'), René Vandereycken,
Albert Cluytens, Erwin Vandenbergh, Ludo Coeck (Williy Wellens 76'),
Jan Ceulemans.
Ireland: Séamus McDonagh, David Langan, Mick Martin, Kevin Moran, Chris Hughton,
Gerry Daly, Tony Grealish, Liam Brady [c], Steve Heighway, Frank Stapleton
(Mickey Walsh 74'), Michael Robinson.
Referee: Raúl Joaquim Fernandes Nazare (Portugal).
Coaches: Belgium: Guy Thys.
Ireland: Éoin Hand.
Cards: Belgium: none.
Ireland: Gerry Daly [Y], Liam Brady [Y].
Note: Another source reports that Tony Grealish received a yellow card instead
of Liam Brady.
25/03/1981, Ankara, 19 Mayıs Stadı, 35000
World Cup Qualifying
TURKEY 0
WALES 1 (Carl Harris 67')
Turkey: Şenol Güneş [c], Onur Kayador, Muammer Birdal (Sedat Karaoğlu),
Necati Özçağlayan, Hüsnü Özkara, Sedat Özden, Güngör Şahinkaya,
Volkan Yayım (Şevket Kesler), Necdet Ergün, Tuncay Mesçi;,
Halil İbrahim Eren.
Wales: Dai Davies, Peter Nicolas, Joey Jones, Kevin Ratcliffe, Leighton Phillips,
Paul Price, Carl Harris (David Giles 75'), Ian Walsh (Jeremy Charles 58'),
Leighton James, Brian Flynn, Terry Yorath [c].
Referee: Sándor Kúti (Hungary).
Coaches: Turkey: Özkan Sümer.
Wales: Mike England.
Cards: None.
25/03/1981, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 78444
World Cup Qualifying
SCOTLAND 1 (John Wark 76')
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Billy Hamilton 70')
Scotland: Alan Rough (Billy Thomson 84'), Danny McGrain, Frank Gray, Kenny Burns
(Asa Hartford 78'), Alex McLeish, Willie Miller, John Wark,
Steve Archibald, Andy Gray I, Archie Gemmill [c], John Neilson Robertson.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl, Sammy Nelson, John O'Neill, Chris Nicholl,
Terry Cochrane, John McClelland, David McCreery, Sammy McIlroy,
Billy Hamilton (Derek Spence 78'), Gerry Armstrong.
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (West Germany).
Coaches: Scotland: Jock Stein.
Northern Ireland: Billy Bingham.
Cards: Scotland: Willie Miller [Y].
Northern Ireland: Sammy Nelson [Y].
25/03/1981, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 71840
Friendly International
ENGLAND 1 (Glenn Hoddle 26')
SPAIN 2 (Satrústegui 6', Jesús María Zamora 32')
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Kenny Sansom, Russell Osman, Terry Butcher,
Bryan Robson, Kevin Keegan [c], Trevor Francis (Peter Barnes 81'),
Paul Mariner, Trevor Brooking (Ray Wilkins 70'), Glenn Hoddle.
Spain: Arconada [c], Camacho, Gordillo, Joaquín Alonso, Tendillo, Maceda,
Marcos, Víctor Muñoz (Montero 68'), Satrústegui, Jesús María Zamora,
Juanito (Dani Ruiz 84').
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
25/03/1981, Bucureşti, Republicii, 35000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 2 (Rodion Cămătaru 8', Anghel Iordănescu 30')
POLAND 0
Romania: Vasile Iordache, Nicolae Negrilă, Costică Ştefănescu [c], Ştefan Sameş,
Ion Munteanu, Tudorel Stoica, Aurel Beldeanu, Anghel Iordănescu
(Ilie Balaci 60'), Zoltan Crişan (Cornel Ţălnar 70'), Rodion Cămătaru
(Mircea Sandu 80'), Marcel Răducanu.
Poland: Jacek Kazimierski, Marek Dziuba [c], Józef Adamiec, Paweł Janas,
Wojciech Rudy (Ryszard Milewski 46'), Mirosław Tłokiński (Marek Kusto 46'),
Piotr Skrobowski, Włodzimierz Ciołek (Leszek Lipka 63'), Andrzej Buncol,
Andrzej Iwan, Włodzimierz Smolarek (Krzysztof Adamczyk 72').
Referee: Ahmed Yasharov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
25/03/1981, Subotica, Stadion Gradski, 20000
Friendly International
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Vahid Halilhodžić, Blaž Slišković)
BULGARIA 1 (Georgi Slavkov 26')
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Zlatko Krmpotić, Miloš Hrstić, Velimir Zajec,
Nenad Stojković, Ivan Buljan, Vladimir Petrović (Ive Jerolimov),
Blaž Slišković (Miloš Šestić), Vahid Halilhodžić, Edhem Šljivo,
Predrag Pašić.
Bulgaria: Hristo Hristov (Georgi Velinov 46'), Vencho Sabotinov, Veselin Balevski,
Tsonio Vasilev, Valentin Maldjanski, Plamen Tsvetkov, Kostadin Kostadinov
(Tsvetan Yonchev 46'), Georgi Slavkov, Grigor Grigorov, Plamen Markov
(Radoslav Zdravkov 46'), Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Róbert Jaczina (Hungary).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
01/04/1981, Tiranë, Qemal Stafa, 19203
World Cup Qualifying
ALBANIA 0
WEST GERMANY 2 (Bernd Schuster 9', 71')
Albania: Jani Kaçi, Muhedin Targaj, Safet Berisha, Kastriot Hysi,
Kujtim Çoçoli, Uran Xhafa (Millan Baçi 75'), Ilir Lame,
Shyqyri Ballgjini, Ilir Përnaska, Arben Minga, Ferdinand Lleshi.
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz, Uli Stielike, Karlheinz Förster
(Wilfried Hannes 74'), Bernard Dietz [c], Bernd Schuster, Felix Magath,
Hansi Müller, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Horst Hrubesch, Klaus Allofs.
Referee: Antonín Vencl (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Albania: Loro Boriçi.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: Albania: Kastriot Hysi [Y].
West Germany: none.
04/04/1981, Gzira, Empire Stadium, 3873
World Cup Qualifying
MALTA 1 (Emmanuel Fabri 11')
EAST GERMANY 2 (Rüdiger Schnuphase 20' pen, Reinhard Häfner 44')
Malta: John Bonello, Norman Buttigieg, Edwin Farrugia, John Holland,
Albert Mizzi (Raymond Xuereb 46'), Emmanuel Fabri, Joseph 'Guzi' Xuereb,
Emmanuel Farrugi, Michael Degiorgio, George Xuereb, Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi.
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c], Artur Ullrich
(Dieter Strozniak 46'), Rüdiger Schnuphase, Michael Noack, Reinhard Häfner,
Wolfgang Steinbach, Matthias Liebers, Wolf-Rüdiger Netz, Joachim Streich,
Martin Hoffmann.
Referee: Peter Reeves (England).
Coaches: Malta: Victor Scerri.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: Malta: none.
East Germany: Joachim Streich [Y 65'].
15/04/1981, İstanbul, Ali Sami Yen Stadı, 40000
World Cup Qualifying
TURKEY 0
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3 (Petr Janečka 58', Ján Kozák 70', Ladislav Vízek 81')
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Onur Kayador, Zafer Bilgitay, Fatih Terim [c],
Muammer Birdal, Erhan Önal, Sedat Özden, İlyas Tüfekçi,
Halil İbrahim Eren (Necdet Ergün 77'), Tuncay Soyak (Mehmet Ekşi 35'),
Bahtiyar Yorulmaz.
Czechoslovakia: Stanislav Seman, František Jakubec I, Libor Radimec, Luděk Macela,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Jan Berger, Petr Němec (Marián Masný 84'),
Petr Janečka, Zdeněk Nehoda [c], Ladislav Vízek.
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium).
Coaches: Turkey: Fethi Demircan.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Cards: Turkey: Zafer Bilgitay [Y].
Czechoslovakia: Luděk Macela [Y].
15/04/1981, Nicosia, Makarion, 10000
Friendly International
CYPRUS 0
GREECE 1 (Kostas Iosifidis 33')
Cyprus: Andreas Constantinou II (Georghios Pantziaras 46'), Loukis Louka,
Nicos Patikkis, Stavros Papadopoulos, Klitos Erotokritou, Nicos Pantziaras,
Andros Miamiliotis, Yiannakis Yiangoudakis (Filippos Dimitriou 70'),
Fivos Vrachimis, Loizos Mavroudes (Panayiotis Marangos 41'),
Fanis Theofanous (Pavlos Kounnas 46').
Greece: Nikos Sarganis (Lefteris Poupakis 46'), Ioannis Kyrastas
(Ioannis Gounaris 46'), Anthimos Kapsis, Georgios Firos
(Bambis Xanthopoulos 46'), Kostas Iosifidis (Nikos Vamvakoulas 46'),
Georgios Koudas [c], Ntinos Kouis (Ioannis Damanakis 46'),
Spyros Livathinos (Ntinos Ballis 46'), Kostas Orfanos, Georgios Kostikos,
Thomas Mavros.
Referee: Georgios Chrysanthou (Cyprus).
Coaches: Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
15/04/1981, København, Idrætsparken, 11500
Friendly International
DENMARK 2 (Allan Simonsen 49' pen, Lars Bastrup 80')
ROMANIA 1 (Rodion Cămătaru 46')
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Søren Busk, Henrik Eigenbrod, Ole Madsen,
Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Morten Olsen [c], Allan Simonsen, John Eriksen
(Jens Kolding 70'), Lars Bastrup, Preben Elkjær.
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş, Cornel Dinu [c],
Nicolae Ungureanu, Aurel Beldeanu, Anghel Iordănescu, Zoltan Crişan,
Rodion Cămătaru, Marcel Răducanu, Ilie Balaci.
Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Note: Other sources report the attendance at 25000.
15/04/1981, Porto, Estádio das Antas, 6000
Friendly International
PORTUGAL 1 (António R. Oliveira 65')
BULGARIA 1 (Chavdar Tsvetkov 62')
Portugal: Bento, Gabriel Mendes, Humberto Coelho [c] (Eurico Gomes 65'),
Carlos Simões, Pietra (Lima Pereira 46'), Shéu (Eliseu Ramalho 46'),
Carlos Manuel (Nené 46'), João Alves (Rui Palhares 79'), António Sousa,
António R. Oliveira (Fernando Folha 79'), Jordão.
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Vencho Sabotinov, Veselin Balevski, Tsonio Vasilev,
Valentin Maldjanski, Georgi Dimitrov II, Kostadin Kostadinov
(Tsvetan Ionchev 77'), Plamen Markov (Rudji Kerimov 46'), Grigor Grigorov,
Radoslav Zdravkov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain).
Coaches: Portugal: Juca.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Cards: Portugal: Gabriel Mendes [Y 72'].
Bulgaria: none.
Note: Jordão missed a penalty for Portugal.
15/04/1981, Valencia, Estadio Luis Casanova, 25000
Friendly International
SPAIN 0
HUNGARY 3 (László Kiss 31', Béla Bodonyi 84', Tibor Nyilasi 90')
Spain: Arconada, Camacho, Maceda, Tendillo, Gordillo, Joaquín Alonso, Víctor Muñoz
(Saura 61'), Solsona, Juanito, Satrústegui (Santillana 46'), López Ufarte
(Marcos 61').
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller, Tibor Nyilasi, József Mucha (József Varga 70'),
László Fazekas (Béla Bodonyi 76'), László Kiss, Ignác Izsó.
Referee: Daniel Lambert (France).
Coaches: Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
19/04/1981, Udine, Stadio Friuli, 20149
Friendly International
ITALY 0
EAST GERMANY 0
Italy: Dino Zoff [c], Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini, Marco Tardelli,
Pietro Vierchowod (Giuseppe Baresi 80'), Gaetano Scirea, Salvatore Bagni,
Giuseppe Dossena, Francesco Graziani, Giancarlo Antognoni, Franco Selvaggi.
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Dieter Strozniak, Lothar Kurbjuweit,
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Udo Schmuck, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c],
Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Reinhard Häfner, Andreas Bielau (Jürgen Heun 67'),
Wolfgang Steinbach, Martin Hoffman.
Referee: John Hunting (England).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
28/04/1981, Luzern, Allmend Stadion, 17000
World Cup Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 2 (Claudio Sulser 31', 47')
HUNGARY 2 (László Bálint 45', Sándor Müller 64' pen)
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Gian Pietro Zappa, Herbert Hermann, André Egli,
Heinz Hermann, Roger Wehrli, Umberto Barberis, René Botteron [c],
Alfred Scheiwiler (Hans-Peter Zwicker 77'), Rudi Elsener, Claudio Sulser.
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller (József Varga 81'), Károly Csapó (Gábor Szántó 75'),
József Mucha, László Fazekas, László Kiss, András Törőcsik.
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland).
Coaches: Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
Cards: Switzerland: Heinz Hermann [R 85'].
Hungary: József Tóth [Y], József Varga [Y 83'].
29/04/1981, Hamburg, Volksparkstadion, 62000
World Cup Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 2 (Bernd Krauss 30' OG, Klaus Fischer 36')
AUSTRIA 0
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz, Uli Stielike, Karlheinz Förster,
Hans-Peter Briegel, Bernd Schuster, Paul Breitner, Felix Magath,
Hansi Müller, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c], Klaus Fischer (Karl Allgöwer 78').
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Bernd Krauss, Erich Obermayer, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Herbert Prohaska, Roland Hattenberger
(Heribert Weber 69'), Kurt Jara, Reinhold Hintermaier
(Ernst Baumeister 69'), Kurt Welzl, Johann Krankl.
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands).
Coaches: West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Austria: Karl Stotz.
Cards: West Germany: none.
Austria: Reinhold Hintermaier [Y].
29/04/1981, Paris, Parc des Princes, 44954
World Cup Qualifying
FRANCE 3 (Gérard Soler 14', 31', Didier Six 26')
BELGIUM 2 (Erwin Vandenbergh 5', Jan Ceulemans 52')
France: Dominique Dropsy, Gérard Janvion, Christian Lopez [c], Marius Trésor,
Maxime Bossis, Jean Tigana, Alain Giresse, Bernard Genghini,
Gérard Soler (Jacques Atre 'Zimako' 71'), Dominique Rocheteau,
Didier Six.
Belgium: Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets, Luc Millecamps (Michel De Wolf 17'),
Walter Meeuws, Michel Renquin, Frank Vercauteren (René Verheyen 65'),
René Vandereycken, Wilfried Van Moer [c], Albert Cluytens,
Erwin Vandenbergh, Jan Ceulemans.
Referee: Victorino Arminio Sánchez (Spain).
Coaches: France: Michel Hidalgo.
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: France: none.
Belgium: Michel De Wolf [Y].
Note: Attendance also given as 46194.
29/04/1981, Nicosia, Makario, 7500
World Cup Qualifying
CYPRUS 0
NETHERLANDS 1 (Kees van Kooten 29')
Cyprus: Georghios Pantziaras, Loukis Louka, Filippos Kalotheou,
Stavros Papadopoulos, Klitos Erotokritou, Nicos Pantziaras, Pavlos Kounnas
(Fanis Theofanous 46' (Chrysanthos Lagos 86')), Filippos Dimitriou,
Fivos Vrachimis, Yiannakis Yiangoudakis, Loizos Mavroudes.
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Ben Wijnstekers, Ruud Krol [c], Huub Stevens,
Hugo Hovenkamp, John Metgod, Willy van de Kerkhof, Arnold Mühren,
Tscheu-la Ling, Kees van Kooten, Johnny Rep (Simon Tahamata 62').
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Netherlands: Rob Baan.
Cards: None.
29/04/1981, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 62500
World Cup Qualifying
ENGLAND 0
ROMANIA 0
England: Peter Shilton, Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom, Ray Wilkins, Dave V. Watson [c],
Russell Osman, Bryan Robson, Steve Coppell, Trevor Francis, Trevor Brooking
(Terry McDermott 70'), Tony Woodcock.
Romania: Vasile Iordache, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş, Costică Ştefănescu [c],
Ion Munteanu, Tudorel Stoica, Aurel Beldeanu, Anghel Iordănescu,
Zoltan Crişan, Rodion Cămătaru, Ilie Balaci.
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Cards: England: none.
Romania: Ştefan Sameş [Y].
29/04/1981, Split, Stadion Poljud, 45000
World Cup Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 5 (Edhem Šljivo 6', Vahid Halilhodžić 23', Dragan Pantelić 43' pen,
Zlatko Vujović 50', 75')
GREECE 1 (Georgios Kostikos 76'pen)
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Zlatko Krmpotić, Miloš Hrstić (Ive Jerolimov 86'),
Velimir Zajec, Nenad Stojković, Ivan Buljan, Zlatko Vujović,
Blaž Slišković (Miloš Šestić 72'), Vahid Halilhodžić, Edhem Šljivo,
Predrag Pašić.
Greece: Nikos Sarganis, Ioannis Gounaris, Kostas Iosifidis, Georgios Firos,
Anthimos Kapsis [c], Ntinos Kouis, Vaggelis Kousoulakis, Spyros Livathinos
(Georgios Koudas 46'), Ntinos Ballis, Christos Ardizoglou,
Georgios Kostikos.
Referee: Valeri Butenko (USSR).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Cards: Yugoslavia: none.
Greece: Georgios Firos [Y], Spyros Livathinos [Y].
29/04/1981, Belfast, Windsor Park, 18000
World Cup Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 (Gerry Armstrong 74')
PORTUGAL 0
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl, Chris Nicholl, John O'Neill, Sammy Nelson,
Terry Cochrane, Martin O'Neill [c], David McCreery, Sammy McIlroy,
Gerry Armstrong, Bryan Hamilton.
Portugal: Bento, Gabriel Mendes, Humberto Coelho [c], Carlos Simões, Pietra,
Carlos Manuel, Shéu, João Alves, José Alberto Costa, António R. Oliveira
(Nené 61'), Jordão.
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (Norway).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Billy Bingham.
Portugal: Juca.
Cards: Northern Ireland: none.
Portugal: Pietra [Y].
29/04/1981, Pleven, Slavi Aleksiev, 9000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 1 (Plamen Tsvetkov 8')
NORWAY 0
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Vencho Sabotinov (Georgi Bonev 46'), Veselin Balevski,
Tsonio Vasilev, Valentin Maldjanski, Grigor Grigorov, Kostadin Kostadinov
(Radoslav Zdravkov 46'), Georgi Slavkov, Andrei Jeliazkov
(Rudji Kerimov 77'), Plamen Tsvetkov (Plamen Markov 77'), Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Norway: Jon Abrahamsen, Bjarne Bentsen, Tore Kordahl (Svein Grøndalen 56'),
Einar Aas, Trond Pedersen, Vidar Davidsen, Anders Giske, Åge Hareide,
Svein Mathisen, Arne Dokken, Hallvar Thoresen (Gabriel Høyland 46').
Referee: Milorad Vlajić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
29/04/1981, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 8000
Friendly International
IRELAND 3 (Kevin Moran 18', 69', Frank Stapleton 75')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Marián Masný 55')
Ireland: Séamus McDonagh, David Langan, David O'Leary [c], Kevin Moran, John Devine,
Gerry Daly (Ronnie Whelan 63'), Mick Martin, Ashley Grimes,
Kevin O'Callaghan, Frank Stapleton, Mickey Walsh.
Czechoslovakia: Stanislav Seman, František Jakubec I, Libor Radimec, Luděk Macela
(Ladislav Jurkemik 46'), Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Jan Berger, Petr Němec
(Přemysl Bičovský 46'), Marián Masný, Zdeněk Nehoda [c], Werner Lička.
Referee: Alf Grey (England).
Coaches: Ireland: Éoin Hand.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
01/05/1981, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal, 2844
World Cup Qualifying
LUXEMBOURG 1 (Alain Nurenberg 33')
DENMARK 2 (Preben Elkjær 46', Frank Arnesen 62')
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Hubert Meunier (Romain Schreiner 88'), Nico Wagner,
Erny Dax, Paul Philipp [c], Robert Langers, Alain Nurenberg, Carlo Weis,
Jean-Paul Girres, Marcel Di Domenico, Manou Scheitler (Guy Back 87').
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Søren Busk, Per Røntved [c], Henrik Eigenbrod
(Allan Simonsen 60'), Frank Arnesen, Morten Olsen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen,
Søren Lerby, John Eriksen, Preben Elkjær.
Referee: Louis Delsemme (Belgium).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Cards: None.
02/05/1981, Chorzów, Śląski, 74000
World Cup Qualifying
POLAND 1 (Andrzej Buncol 56')
EAST GERMANY 0
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski, Paweł Janas, Władysław Żmuda, Marek Dziuba [c],
Jan Jałocha, Janusz Kupcewicz, Andrzej Buncol, Grzegorz Lato,
Andrzej Iwan (Piotr Skrobowski 80'), Andrzej Szarmach,
Włodzimierz Smolarek.
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Dieter Strozniak, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c],
Udo Schmuck, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Reinhard Häfner,
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Wolfgang Steinbach, Joachim Streich
(Matthias Liebers 70'), Martin Hoffmann (Andreas Bielau 63').
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Cards: Poland: Paweł Janas [Y], Władysław Żmuda [Y].
East Germany: Dieter Strozniak [Y].
13/05/1981, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 10000
World Cup Qualifying
BULGARIA 4 (Georgi Slavkov 10', 53', Kostadin Kostadinov 55', Chavdar Tsvetkov 90')
FINLAND 0
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Tsonio Vasilev, Veselin Balevski, Georgi Bonev,
Georgi Dimitrov II, Grigor Grigorov, Plamen Tsvetkov
(Radoslav Zdravkov 46'), Georgi Slavkov, Kostadin Kostadinov,
Andrei Jeliazkov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Finland: Olli Isoaho, Aki Lahtinen, Arto Tolsa, Reijo Vaittinen, Esa Pekonen
(Kari Bergqvist 80'), Jukka Ikäläinen, Juha Dahllund
(Pasi Jaakonsaari 63'), Seppo Pyykkö, Leo Houtsonen, Atik Ismail,
Ari Valvee.
Referee: Egon Šoštarić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Finland: Esko Malm.
Cards: Bulgaria: none.
Finland: Arto Tolsa [Y].
13/05/1981, Budapest, Népstadion, 60000
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 1 (László Fazekas 18')
ROMANIA 0
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller (Gábor Szántó 78'), Tibor Nyilasi, József Varga,
László Fazekas [c], László Kiss (Béla Bodonyi 73'), András Törőcsik.
Romania: Vasile Iordache, Nicolae Negrilă, Nicolae Tilihoi, Costică Ştefănescu [c],
Ion Munteanu, Tudorel Stoica, Aurel Beldeanu, Anghel Iordănescu
(Marcel Răducanu 69'), Zoltan Crişan, Rodion Cămătaru, Ilie Balaci.
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium).
Coaches: Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Cards: Hungary: Győző Martos [Y], László Bálint [Y].
Romania: Ion Munteanu [Y], Costică Ştefănescu [Y].
14/05/1981, Malmö, Malmö Stadion, 12807
Nordic Championship
SWEDEN 1 (Bo Börjesson 75')
DENMARK 2 (Lars Bastrup 63', Preben Elkjær 72')
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Stig Fredriksson, Glenn Hysén, Bo Börjesson,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Peter Nilsson, Hans Borg, Kalle Björklund,
Thomas Nilsson, Torbjörn Nilsson, Jan Svensson.
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Søren Busk, Per Røntved [c], Ole Madsen
(Henrik Eigenbrod 33'), Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Morten Olsen, Frank Arnesen,
Lars Bastrup, Kenneth Brylle (Lars Lundkvist 61'), Preben Elkjær.
Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
16/05/1981, Swansea, Vetch Field, 18935
British Championship
WALES 2 (Ian Walsh 17', 20')
SCOTLAND 0
Wales: Dai Davies, Peter Nicholas, Joey Jones (Terrence Boyle 71'),
Kevin Ratcliffe, Paul Price, Leighton Phillips, Carl Harris,
Brian Flynn [c], Ian Walsh (Jeremy Charles 76'), Leighton James,
Mickey Thomas.
Scotland: Alan Rough, Ray Stewart, Frank Gray (Danny McGrain 46'), Dave Narey,
Gordon McQueen, Willie Miller, David Provan II, Kenny Burns,
Asa Hartford [c], Arthur Graham (Paul Sturrock 84'), Joe Jordan.
Referee: Thomas Donnelly (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: Wales: Mike England.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
Cards: Wales:
Scotland: Ray Stewart [Y], Joe Jordan [Y R].
19/05/1981, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 22448
British Championship
SCOTLAND 2 (Ray Stewart 5', Steve Archibald 49')
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Scotland: Billy Thomson, Danny McGrain [c], Frank Gray, Willie Miller,
Alex McLeish, Ray Stewart, Tommy Burns, Asa Hartford,
John Neilson Robertson, Paul Sturrock, Steve Archibald.
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl, Sammy Nelson, John O'Neill, Chris Nicholl,
Terry Cochrane, John McClelland, Martin O'Neill [c], Sammy McIlroy,
Billy Hamilton, Gerry Armstrong.
Referee: Pat Partridge (England).
Coaches: Scotland: Jock Stein.
Northern Ireland: Billy Bingham.
20/05/1981, Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion, 28000
World Cup Qualifying
NORWAY 1 (Hallvar Thoresen 55')
HUNGARY 2 (László Kiss 78', 79')
Norway: Jon Abrahamsen, Bjarne Berntsen (Svein Mathisen 84'), Einar Aas,
Tore Kordahl, Trond Pedersen, Åge Hareide (Vidar Davidsen 81'),
Anders Giske, Tom Lund, Pål Jacobsen, Arne Larsen Økland, Hallvar Thoresen.
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Győző Martos, Attila Kerekes, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller, Tibor Nyilasi, József Varga, László Fazekas, László Kiss,
András Törőcsik (Béla Bodonyi 65').
Referee: Malcolm Moffat (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
Cards: Norway: Hallvar Thoresen [Y].
Hungary: József Tóth [Y 5'], Attila Kerekes [Y], Tibor Nyilasi [Y],
András Törőcsik [Y].
20/05/1981, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 34280
British Championship
ENGLAND 0
WALES 0
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom, Bryan Robson, Dave V. Watson [c],
Glenn Hoddle, Ray Wilkins, Steve Coppell, Peter Withe (Tony Woodcock 82'),
Peter Barnes, Graham Rix.
Wales: Dai Davies, Peter Nicholas, Joey Jones, Kevin Ratcliffe, Leighton Phillips,
Paul Price, Carl Harris (David Giles 60'), Brian Flynn [c], Ian Walsh,
Mickey Thomas, Leighton James (Ian Rush 65').
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Wales: Mike England.
21/05/1981, Bremen, Weserstadion, 4000
Friendly International
WEST GERMANY B 3 (Karl Del'Haye, Friedhelm Funkel, Helmut Schröder)
IRELAND 0
West Germany B: Norbert Nigbur (Walter Junghans 46'), Karl-Heinz Geils, Meinolf Koch,
Paul Steiner, Jürgen Fleer, Ulrich Bittcher, Friedhelm Funkel
(Christian Gross 71'), Helmut Schröder, Karl Del'Haye, Manfred Müller
(Martin Wiesner 84'), Holger Willmer (Kurt Pinkall 64').
Ireland: Séamus McDonagh, David Langan, David O'Leary, Kevin Moran, John Devine,
Gerry Daly, Mick Martin (Ashley Grimes 77'), Tony Grealish [c],
Kevin O'Callaghan (Gerry Ryan 57'), Frank Stapleton, Michael Robinson
(Terry Donovan 72').
Referee: Peer Frickmann (Denmark).
Coaches: West Germany B:
Ireland: Éoin Hand.
23/05/1981, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 90000
British Championship
ENGLAND 0
SCOTLAND 1 (John Neilson Robertson 64' pen)
England: Joe Corrigan, Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom, Ray Wilkins, Dave V. Watson [c]
(Alvin Martin 46'), Bryan Robson, Steve Coppell, Glenn Hoddle, Peter Withe,
Tony Woodcock (Trevor Francis 46'), Graham Rix.
Scotland: Alan Rough, Ray Stewart, Frank Gray, Danny McGrain [c], Alex McLeish,
Willie Miller, David Provan II (Paul Sturrock 80'), Steve Archibald,
Joe Jordan, Asa Hartford (Dave Narey 27'), John Neilson Robertson.
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
Cards: England:
Scotland: Danny McGrain [Y].
24/05/1981, Lahti, Keskusurheilukenttä, 10030
World Cup Qualifying
FINLAND 0
WEST GERMANY 4 (Hans-Peter Briegel 26', Klaus Fischer 37', 80', Manfred Kaltz 40')
Finland: Olli Isoaho, Aki Lahtinen, Arto Tolsa (Juha Helin 46'), Reijo Vaittinen,
Leo Houtsonen, Jukka Ikäläinen, Kari Virtanen, Seppo Pyykkö,
Petteri Kupiainen, Keijo Kousa, Ari Valvee (Atik Ismail 64').
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz, Wilfried Hannes, Karlheinz Förster,
Hans-Peter Briegel, Wolfgang Dremmler, Paul Breitner, Felix Magath
(Karl Allgöwer 76'), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c], Klaus Fischer, Hansi Müller
(Ronald Borchers 76').
Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: None.
24/05/1981, Bydgoszcz, Zawisza, 15000
Friendly International
POLAND 3 (Andrzej Iwan 2', David O'Leary 38' OG, Roman Ogaza 66')
IRELAND 0
Poland: Piotr Mowlik (Zdzisław Kostrzewa 65'), Marek Dziuba [c]
(Ryszard Milewski 77'), Władysław Żmuda, Paweł Janas
(Piotr Skrobowski 46'), Jan Jałocha, Kazimierz Buda (Zdzisław Kapka 46'),
Janusz Kupcewicz, Andrzej Buncol, Andrzej Iwan, Roman Ogaza,
Włodzimierz Smolarek (Mirosław Okoński 68').
Ireland: Pat Bonner, David Langan, David O'Leary, Mark Lawrenson, Chris Hughton,
Tony Grealish [c], Kevin Moran (Gary Waddock 58'), Ashley Grimes
(Gerry Daly 80'), Kevin O'Callaghan (Gerry Ryan 62'), Frank Stapleton,
Michael Robinson.
Referee: Vasile Tătar (Romania).
Coaches: Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
Ireland: Éoin Hand.
27/05/1981, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 21756
World Cup Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6 (Ladislav Vízek 35', Antonín Panenka 44' pen, Zdeněk Nehoda 72',
Atli Eðvaldsson 78' OG, Ján Kozák 79', Petr Janečka 87')
ICELAND 1 (Magnús Bergs 60')
Czechoslovakia: Stanislav Seman, František Jakubec I, Luděk Macela, Libor Radimec,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Jan Berger, Antonín Panenka, Marián Masný,
Zdeněk Nehoda [c] (Petr Janečka 75'), Ladislav Vízek.
Iceland: Þorsteinn Bjarnason, Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Sigurður Halldórsson,
Magnús Bergs, Trausti Haraldsson, Janus Guðlaugsson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson [c], Árni Sveinsson, Arnór Guðjohnsen, Pétur Pétursson.
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Greece).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Iceland: Guðni Kjartansson.
Cards: Czechoslovakia: Libor Radimec [Y].
Iceland: Þorgrímur Þráinsson [Y], Pétur Pétursson [Y].
Note: Other sources credit Czechoslovakia's fourth goal to Ján Kozák.
28/05/1981, Wien, Praterstadion, 55000
World Cup Qualifying
AUSTRIA 2 (Johann Krankl 30' pen, Kurt Jara 88')
BULGARIA 0
Austria: Herbert Feurer, Johann Dihanich, Heribert Weber, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Herbert Prohaska, Roland Hattenberger, Kurt Jara,
Kurt Welzl, Johann Krankl, Christian Keglevits (Walter Schachner 56').
Bulgaria: Hristo Hristov, Vencho Sabotinov, Veselin Balevski, Valentin Maldjanski,
Tsonio Vasilev, Radoslav Zdravkov (Kostadin Kostadinov 74'),
Georgi Dimitrov II, Andrei Jeliazkov, Grigor Grigorov (Plamen Markov 74'),
Georgi Slavkov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Pat Partridge (England).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Cards: None.
30/05/1981, Wrexham, Racecourse Ground, 29366
World Cup Qualifying
WALES 0
USSR 0
Wales: Dai Davies, Peter Nicholas, Joey Jones, Kevin Ratcliffe, Paul Price,
Brian Flynn [c], Leighton Phillips, Terry Yorath, Ian Walsh
(Jeremy Charles 70'), Mickey Thomas, Carl Harris (David Giles 75').
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Tengiz Sulakvelidze, Aleksandr Chivadze [c],
Sergei Borovski, Sergei Baltacha, Leonid Buryak, Sergei Andreyev,
Vladimir Bessonov, David Kipiani (Yuri Gavrilov 83'), Khoren Oganesyan,
Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland).
Coaches: Wales: Mike England.
USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Cards: None.
30/05/1981, Basel, St. Jakob Park, 40000
World Cup Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 2 (Alfred Scheiwiler 28', Claudio Sulser 30')
ENGLAND 1 (Terry McDermott 54')
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Gian Pietro Zappa, Heinz Lüdi, André Egli, Herbert Hermann
(Martin Weber 88'), Roger Wehrli, René Botteron [c], Alfred Scheiwiler,
Rudi Elsener (Erni Maissen 85'), Claudio Sulser, Umberto Barberis.
England: Ray Clemence, Mick Mills, Kenny Sansom, Ray Wilkins, Dave V. Watson
(Peter Barnes 80'), Russell Osman, Kevin Keegan [c], Bryan Robson,
Paul Mariner, Trevor Francis (Terry McDermott 36'), Steve Coppell.
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany).
Coaches: Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
England: Ron Greenwood.
Cards: None.
03/06/1981, Bucureşti, 23 August, 65000
World Cup Qualifying
ROMANIA 1 (Aurel Ţicleanu 67')
NORWAY 0
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş, Costică Ştefănescu [c],
Ion Munteanu, Aurel Ţicleanu, Aurel Beldeanu, Ilie Balaci
(Cornel Ţălnar 63'), Zoltan Crişan, Rodion Cămătaru (Mircea Sandu 89'),
Marcel Răducanu.
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Trond Pedersen, Einar Aas [c], Tore Kordahl, Svein Grøndalen,
Jan Hansen, Bjarne Berntsen, Anders Giske (Sverre Brandhaug 75'),
Svein Mathisen, Arne Larsen Økland (Vidar Davidsen 44'), Arne Dokken.
Referee: Erkan Göksel (Turkey).
Coaches: Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Cards: Romania: none.
Norway: Einar Aas [Y], Arne Dokken [Y].
03/06/1981, København, Idrætsparken, 36300
World Cup Qualifying
DENMARK 3 (Per Røntved 59', Frank Arnesen 61', Lars Bastrup 87')
ITALY 1 (Francesco Graziani 69')
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Per Røntved [c], Søren Busk, Søren Lerby,
Morten Olsen (Henrik Eigenbrod 75'), Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Frank Arnesen,
Allan Simonsen, Lars Bastrup, Preben Elkjær.
Italy: Dino Zoff [c], Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini, Giampiero Marini
(Giuseppe Dossena 67'), Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea, Bruno Conti,
Marco Tardelli, Francesco Graziani, Giancarlo Antognoni, Roberto Bettega
(Carlo Ancelotti 67').
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria).
Coaches: Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Cards: Denmark: none.
Italy: Bruno Conti [Y 14'].
03/06/1981, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 21431
World Cup Qualifying
SWEDEN 1 (Hans Borg 51' pen)
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Stig Fredriksson, Glenn Hysén, Bo Börjesson,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Anthony Persson, Hans Borg, Peter Nilsson,
Thomas Nilsson (Torbjörn Nilsson 69'), Thomas Sjöberg, Jan Svensson
(Andreas Ravelli 83').
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl (John McClelland 62'), Sammy Nelson,
Chris Nicholl, John O'Neill, David McCreery, Terry Cochrane,
Martin O'Neill [c], Billy Hamilton (Derek Spence 70'), Gerry Armstrong,
Sammy McIlroy.
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Northern Ireland: Billy Bingham.
Cards: Sweden: Hans Borg [Y R 58'], Bo Börjesson [Y 60'].
Northern Ireland: Terry Cochrane [Y R 58'], Jimmy Nicholl [Y 61'].
06/06/1981, Budapest, Népstadion, 68000
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 1 (Imre Garaba 44')
ENGLAND 3 (Trevor Brooking 19', 60', Kevin Keegan 73' pen)
Hungary: Béla Katzirz, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Varga,
Sándor Müller (András Komjáti 54'), Tibor Nyilasi, József Mucha,
László Fazekas (Béla Bodonyi 62'), László Kiss, András Törőcsik.
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Dave V. Watson,
Kevin Keegan [c], Bryan Robson, Terry McDermott, Paul Mariner,
Trevor Brooking (Ray Wilkins 73'), Steve Coppell.
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Coaches: Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
England: Ron Greenwood.
Cards: Hungary: József Varga [Y].
England: Bryan Robson [Y].
14/06/1981, Jeonju (South Korea), Jeonju Stadium, 2000
Presidents Cup
LIECHTENSTEIN 1 (L. Skiarski)
MALTA 1 (Norman Buttigieg)
Liechtenstein: H. Marxer, E. Burzle, D. Meier, W. Buchel, M. Haas, M. Buchel, E. Buchel,
M. Moser, L. Skiarski, D. Marxer, M. Frick.
Malta: John Bonello, Emmanuel Farrugia, Edwin Farrugia, Norman Buttigieg,
John Holland, Mario Farrugia (Costantino Consiglio), Emmanuel Fabri,
Joseph 'Guzi' Xuereb (Paul Xuereb), Michael Degiorgio, Raymond Xuereb,
George Xuereb.
Referee: Haji Daud Hassan (Malaysia).
Coaches: Liechtenstein:
Malta: Victor Scerri.
17/06/1981, Linz, Linzer Stadion, 27500
World Cup Qualifying
AUSTRIA 5 (Herbert Prohaska 16', 18', Johann Krankl 49', Kurt Welzl 56',
Gernot Jurtin 65')
FINLAND 1 (Ari Valvee 71')
Austria: Herbert Feurer, Johann Dihanich, Bruno Pezzey, Heribert Weber,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Roland Hattenberger, Herbert Prohaska (Wilhelm Kreuz 80'),
Kurt Jara, Kurt Welzl (Walter Schachner 78'), Johann Krankl, Gernot Jurtin.
Finland: Olli Huttunen, Aki Lahtinen, Juha Helin, Reijo Vaittinen, Leo Houtsonen,
Jukka Ikäläinen, Juha Dahllund, Kari Virtanen, Hannu Turunen, Keijo Kousa
(Hannu Rajaniemi 58'), Ari Valvee.
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
Finland: Esko Malm.
Cards: Austria: none.
Finland: Juha Dahllund [Y].
17/06/1981, Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion, 18022
World Cup Qualifying
NORWAY 1 (Vidar Davidsen 83')
SWITZERLAND 1 (Umberto Barberis 65')
Norway: Roy Amundsen, Tore Kordahl, Trond Pedersen, Einar Aas [c], Svein Grøndalen,
Åge Hareide (Svein Mathisen 73'), Anders Giske, Jan Hansen
(Vidar Davidsen 83'), Pål Jacobsen, Arne Larsen Økland, Tom Lund.
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Gian Pietro Zappa, Herbert Hermann, André Egli,
Heinz Lüdi, Roger Wehrli, René Botteron, Alfred Scheiwiler, Claudio Sulser,
Umberto Barberis (Erni Maissen 87'), Rudi Elsener (Hans-Peter Zwicker 61').
Referee: Eduard Shklovski (USSR).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
Cards: None.
20/06/1981, Porto, Estádio das Antas, 5000
Friendly International
PORTUGAL 2 (Nené 85', António Nogueira 88')
SPAIN 0
Portugal: Bento (António Meireles 'Tibi' 46'), Gabriel Mendes, Carlos Simões,
Eurico Gomes (Amílcar Fonseca 80'), Pietra (Lima Pereira 46'),
Carlos Manuel (António Nogueira 46'), Shéu, João Alves (António Sousa 46'),
José Alberto Costa, Manuel Fernandes (Chalana 67'), Nené [c].
Spain: Arconada [c], Camacho, Tendillo, Gerardo, Gordillo, Perico Alonso
(Quique Ramos 69'), Víctor Muñoz, Jesús María Zamora, Marcos, Juanito
(Santillana 46'), Satrústegui (Morán 46').
Referee: Marcel Bacou (France).
Coaches: Portugal: Juca.
Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
Cards: None.
24/06/1981, Stockholm, Råsunda Stadion, 34531
World Cup Qualifying
SWEDEN 3 (Bo Börjesson 39', Gabriel Mendes 55' OG, Jan Svensson 67')
PORTUGAL 0
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Stig Fredriksson, Glenn Hysén, Bo Börjesson,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Andreas Ravelli (Greber Hallén 81'), Peter Nilsson,
Karl-Gunnar Björklund, Anthony Persson (Thomas Nilsson 78'),
Thomas Sjöberg, Jan Svensson.
Portugal: Bento, Gabriel Mendes, Carlos Simões, Eurico Gomes, Pietra, Shéu,
Carlos Manuel, João Alves (António Sousa 65'), José Alberto Costa,
Nené [c], Manuel Fernandes (Chalana 58').
Referee: Anatoli Milchenko (USSR).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Portugal: Juca.
Cards: None.
Note: The second goal is also attributed to Glenn Hysén.
02/07/1981, Helsinki, Olympiastadion, 9941
Nordic Championship
FINLAND 3 (Keijo Kousa, Hannu Rajaniemi, Hannu Turunen)
NORWAY 1 (Vidar Davidsen 47')
Finland: Olli Huttunen, Esa Pekonen (Kari Bergqvist 81'), Aki Lahtinen,
Reijo Vaittinen, Jyrki Nieminen, Hannu Turunen, Juha Dahllund
(Kari Virtanen 72'), Jukka Ikäläinen, Peter Utriainen, Keijo Kousa,
Hannu Rajaniemi.
Norway: John Abrahamsen, Trond Pedersen (Rune Ottesen 79'), Bjarne Berntsen,
Tore Kordahl (Åge Hareide 46'), Svein Grøndalen, Jan Hansen, Anders Giske,
Vidar Davidsen, Svein Mathisen, Pål Jacobsen, Gabriel Høyland
(Ole Jonny Henriksen 46').
Referee: Peer Frickmann (Denmark).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
29/07/1981, Halmstad, Örjans Vall, 9595
Nordic Championship
SWEDEN 1 (Karl-Gunnar Björklund)
FINLAND 0
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Bo Börjesson, Stig Fredriksson, Glenn Hysén,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Hans Borg (Andreas Ravelli), Peter Nilsson,
(Greger Hallén), Karl-Gunnar Björklund, Tony Persson, Roger Hansson
(Glenn Martindahl), Thomas Larsson.
Finland: Olli Huttunen, Leo Houtsonen, Juha Dahllund, Reijo Vaittinen, Aki Lahtinen,
Hannu Turunen, Jukka Ikäläinen, Seppo Pyykkö, Peter Utriainen, Keijo Kousa,
Hannu Rajaniemi (Ari Valvee 46').
Referee:
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Finland: Esko Malm.
12/08/1981, Tampere, Tammelan Stadion, 4444
Nordic Championship
FINLAND 1 (Ari Valvee 17')
DENMARK 2 (John Lauridsen 27', Henrik Eigenbrod 84')
Finland: Olli Huttunen, Aki Lahtinen, Juha Dahllund, Reijo Vaittinen,
Jyrki Nieminen, Leo Houtsonen, Jukka Ikäläinen, Seppo Pyykkö
(Hannu Turunen 46'), Peter Utriainen (Kari Virtanen 63'), Keijo Kousa,
Ari Valvee (Pasi Jaakonsaari 68').
Denmark: Ole Kjær, Ole Madsen, Per Røntved [c], Henrik Eigenbrod, Frank Olsen,
Ole Rasmussen (Michael Schäfer 80'), Jens Jørn Bertelsen, John Lauridsen
(Steen Hansen 88'), Allan Hansen (Michael Manniche 60'), Lars Lundkvist,
Vilhelm Munk Nielsen (Ulrich Thychosen 70').
Referee: Rolf Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Note: The referee is also reported as Ulf Eriksson.
12/08/1981, Uddevalla, Rimnersvallen Stadion, 7561
Friendly International
SWEDEN 1 (Thomas Sjöberg)
BULGARIA 0
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Bo Börjesson (Andreas Ravelli), Stig Fredriksson
(Greger Hallén), Glenn Hysén, Ingemar Erlandsson, Hans Borg,
Peter Nilsson (Benno Magnusson), Karl-Gunnar Björklund, Thomas Larsson,
Thomas Sjöberg, Tommy Holmgren.
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Vencho Sabotinov, Veselin Balevski, Georgi Bonev,
Georgi Dimitrov II, Kiril Lyubomirov, Kostadin Kostadinov, Radoslav Zdravkov,
Mihail Valchev, Plamen Markov, Stoicho Mladenov (Tsvetan Yonchev 46').
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
26/08/1981, København, Idrætsparken, 11000
Friendly International
DENMARK 3 (Lars Lundkvist 12', Allan Simonsen 35', 39')
ICELAND 0
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Madsen, Per Røntved [c], Henrik Eigenbrod, Frank Olsen
(Steen Hansen 66'), Ole Rasmussen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Allan Hansen
(John Lauridsen 76'), Allan Simonsen, Lars Lundkvist, Michael Manniche
(Ulrich Thychosen 66').
Iceland: Þorsteinn Bjarnason, Örn Óskarsson, Sævar Jónsson, Marteinn Geirsson [c],
Viðar Halldórsson (Ólafur Björnsson 28'), Magnús Bergs, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Sigurður Lárusson, Árni Sveinsson (Ómar Torfason 78'), Pétur Ormslev
(Sigurlás Þorleifsson 86'), Lárus Guðmundsson (Ragnar Margeirsson 46').
Referee: Kaare Lindboe (Norway).
Coaches: Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Iceland: Guðni Kjartansson.
01/09/1981, Zürich, Hardturm Stadion, 7200
Friendly International
SWITZERLAND 2 (Lucien Favre 60', Angelo Elia 70')
NETHERLANDS 1 (John Metgod 77')
Switzerland: Karl Engel, Gian Pietro Zappa, Heinz Lüdi, André Egli (Martin Weber 74'),
Herbert Hermann, Roger Wehrli (Heinz Hermann 59'), Lucien Favre,
René Botteron [c], Alfred Scheiwiler, Angelo Elia, Rudi Elsener
(Marcel Tanner 83').
Netherlands: Hans van Breukelen [c], Huub Stevens, John Metgod, Willy Janssen,
Ben Wijnstekers, Keje Molenaar, Frank Rijkaard (Ruud Gullit 46'),
Willy van de Kerkhof, Tscheu-la Ling, Wim Kieft (Kees van Kooten 46'),
Michel Valke (René van de Kerkhof 57').
Referee: Gerd Hennig (West Germany).
Coaches: Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
Netherlands: Kees Rijvers.
Cards: Switzerland: none.
Netherlands: John Metgod [Y].
02/09/1981, Kotka, Kotkan Urheilukeskus, 6830
World Cup Qualifying
FINLAND 2 (Leo Houtsonen 61', Keijo Kousa 85')
ALBANIA 1 (Muhedin Targaj 47' pen)
Finland: Olli Isoaho, Aki Lahtinen, Juha Dahllund, Reijo Vaittinen, Esa Pekonen,
Hannu Turunen, Leo Houtsonen, Seppo Pyykkö (Antti Ronkainen 79'),
Peter Utriainen, Keijo Kousa, Pasi Jaakonsaari.
Albania: Perlat Musta, Muhedin Targaj, Kastriot Hysi, Kujtim Çoçoli, Safet Berisha,
Ferdinand Lleshi, Ilir Përnaska (Arben Minga 13'), Ilir Lame, Roland Luçi
(Ferid Rragami 74'), Haxhi Ballgjini, Shyqyri Ballgjini.
Referee: Ib Nielsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Finland: Esko Malm.
Albania: Loro Boriçi.
Cards: Finland: none.
Albania: Kastriot Hysi [Y].
02/09/1981, Chorzów, Śląski, 70000
Friendly International
POLAND 0
WEST GERMANY 2 (Klaus Fischer 60', Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 71')
Poland: Józef Młynarczyk, Marek Dziuba [c], Paweł Janas (Tadeusz Dolny 46'),
Władysław Żmuda, Jan Jałocha, Zbigniew Boniek, Janusz Kupcewicz
(Andrzej Iwan 35'), Piotr Skrobowski, Andrzej Buncol (Zdzisław Kapka 71'),
Roman Ogaza, Włodzimierz Smolarek.
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz (Holger Hieronymus 85'), Wilfried Hannes,
Bernd Förster, Hans-Peter Briegel (Wolfgang Dremmler 83'), Felix Magath,
Paul Breitner, Hansi Müller, Ronald Borchers, Klaus Fischer,
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c].
Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden).
Coaches: Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
09/09/1981, Rotterdam, Feyenoord 'De Kuip' Stadion, 48000
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 2 (Frans Thijssen 11', Arnold Mühren 64' pen)
IRELAND 2 (Michael Robinson 40', Frank Stapleton 71')
Netherlands: Piet Schrijvers, Ruud Krol [c], Ben Wijnstekers, Ernie Brandts,
Michel van de Korput, Frans Thijssen, Arnold Mühren, Johnny Rep,
Ruud Geels (Jan Peters 46'), Kees van Kooten, Tscheu-la Ling
(René van de Kerkhof 59').
Ireland: Séamus McDonagh, David Langan, David O'Leary, Mark Lawrenson, John Devine,
Michael Robinson, Mick Martin (Ronnie Whelan 74'), Tony Grealish,
Steve Heighway (Gerry Ryan 60'), Liam Brady [c], Frank Stapleton.
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Netherlands: Kees Rijvers.
Ireland: Éoin Hand.
Cards: Netherlands: none.
Ireland: Mick Martin [Y 72'].
09/09/1981, Bruxelles-Ville, Stade du Heysel, 52525
World Cup Qualifying
BELGIUM 2 (Alexandre Czerniatynski 24', Erwin Vandenbergh 83')
FRANCE 0
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Michel Renquin, Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws,
Marc Baecke, Frank Vercauteren, Alexandre Czerniatynski,
Wilfried Van Moer [c] (Marc Millecamps 51'), Erwin Vandenbergh, Ludo Coeck,
Jan Ceulemans.
France: Pierrick Hiard, Gérard Janvion, Philippe Mahut, Christian Lopez,
Maxime Bossis, Alain Moizan (Yannick Stopyra 60'), Alan Giresse,
Jean-François Larios, Jacques Atre 'Zimako', Michel Platini [c],
Didier Six.
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary).
Coaches: Belgium: Guy Thys.
France: Michel Hidalgo.
Cards: Belgium: Marc Baecke [Y], Ludo Coeck [Y].
France: none.
09/09/1981, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 4292
World Cup Qualifying
ICELAND 2 (Lárus Guðmundsson 21', Atli Eðvaldsson 65')
TURKEY 0
Iceland: Guðmundur Baldursson, Örn Óskarsson, Sævar Jónsson, Marteinn Geirsson [c],
Viðar Halldórsson, Magnús Bergs, Sigurður Lárusson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Pétur Ormslev (Ómar Torfason 81), Lárus Guðmundsson, Pétur Pétursson.
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Onur Kayador, Fatih Terim [c], Zafer Bilgitay, Turgay Poyraz,
Engin Verel (Rıza Çalımbay 67'), Sedat Özden, Ceyhun Güray,
Halil İbrahim Eren (Hüsnü Özkara 46'), Bahtiyar Yorulmaz, İlyas Tüfekçi.
Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan (Ireland).
Coaches: Iceland: Guðni Kjartansson.
Turkey: Fethi Demircan.
Cards: Iceland: none.
Turkey: Zafer Bilgitay [Y].
09/09/1981, Praha, Stadion Evžena Rošického Strahov, 38000
World Cup Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 (Dai Davies 24' OG, Werner Lička 67')
WALES 0
Czechoslovakia: Stanislav Seman, Přemysl Bičovský, Libor Radimec, Rostislav Vojáček,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Ladislav Jurkemik, Jan Berger, Antonín Panenka
(Werner Lička 62'), Ladislav Vízek, Zdeněk Nehoda [c].
Wales: Dai Davies, Byron Stevenson, Joey Jones, Leighton Phillips (Ian Walsh 73'),
Kevin Ratcliffe, Brian Flynn [c], Peter Nicholas, Mickey Thomas
(Robbie James 62'), Leighton James, Carl Harris, Alan Curtis.
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Wales: Mike England.
Cards: Czechoslovakia: Ladislav Jurkemik [Y 42'].
Wales: Kevin Ratcliffe [Y 31'], Brian Flynn [Y 76'].
Note: Other sources credit the first goal to a Byron Stevenson own-goal, or
to Antonín Panenka. The goal was scored from a free-kick by Panenka,
which hit Stevenson, then hit the post, ran along the goal-line, hit
Davies, and then went over the line.
09/09/1981, Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion, 28500
World Cup Qualifying
NORWAY 2 (Roger Albertsen 36', Hallvar Thoresen 41')
ENGLAND 1 (Bryan Robson 15')
Norway: Tore Antonsen, Bjarne Berntsen, Einar Aas, Åge Hareide,
Svein Grøndalen, Hallvar Thoresen [c], Roger Albertsen, Anders Giske,
Tom Lund (Arne Dokken 75'), Arne Larsen Økland (Trond Pedersen 87'),
Pål Jacobsen.
England: Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Russell Osman,
Bryan Robson, Kevin Keegan [c], Terry McDermott, Paul Mariner
(Peter Withe 75'), Trevor Francis, Glenn Hoddle (Peter Barnes 65').
Referee: Jerzy Kacprzak (Poland).
Coaches: Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
England: Ron Greenwood.
Cards: Norway: Svein Grøndalen [Y].
England: none.
09/09/1981, København, Idrætsparken, 48400
World Cup Qualifying
DENMARK 1 (Preben Elkjær 61')
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Zlatko Vujović 48', Vladimir Petrović 62')
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Per Røntved [c], Sten Ziegler, Ole Madsen,
Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Søren Lerby, Frank Arnesen, Allan Simonsen,
Lars Bastrup, Preben Elkjær.
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Zlatko Krmpotić, Nenad Stojković, Velimir Zajec,
Miloš Hrstić, Vladimir Petrović, Edhem Šljivo, Ivan Gudelj, Zlatko Vujović,
Vahid Halilhodžić, Ivica Šurjak.
Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Cards: Denmark: Sten Ziegler [Y].
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić [Y], Nenad Stojković [Y], Ivica Šurjak [Y].
09/09/1981, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 81511
World Cup Qualifying
SCOTLAND 2 (Joe Jordan 21', John Neilson Robertson 80' pen)
SWEDEN 0
Scotland: Alan Rough, Danny McGrain [c], Frank Gray, Alan Hansen, Alex McLeish,
David Provan II, John Wark, Asa Hartford, John Neilson Robertson,
Kenny Dalglish (Andy Gray I 70'), Joe Jordan.
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Andreas Ravelli, Hans Borg, Stig Fredriksson,
(Gregar Hallén 46'), Glenn Hysén, Ingemar Erlandsson,
Karl-Gunnar Björklund, Bo Börjesson, Jan Svensson (Peter Nilsson 78'),
Thomas Larsson, Thomas Sjöberg.
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland).
Coaches: Scotland: Jock Stein.
Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Cards: Scotland: Joe Jordan [Y].
Sweden: Gregar Hallén [Y].
09/09/1981, Bucureşti, 23 August, 50000
Friendly International
ROMANIA 1 (Ilie Balaci 45' pen)
BULGARIA 2 (Tsvetan Yonchev 58', Kostadin Kostadinov 73')
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş, Costică Ştefănescu [c]
(Costel Solomon 46'), Ion Munteanu (Nicolae Ungureanu 71'),
Aurel Ţicleanu, Alexandru Nicolae, Aurică Beldeanu (Michael Klein 46'),
Zoltan Crişan (Vasile Şoiman 58'), Septimiu Cîmpeanu, Ilie Balaci.
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Georgi Bonev, Georgi Dimitrov II, Veselin Balevski,
Plamen Nikolov, Plamen Tsvetkov, Kiril Lyubomirov, Kostadin Kostadinov,
Georgi Slavkov (Emil Spasov 17'), Grigor Grigorov, Tsvetan Yonchev.
Referee: Vasilis Vourakis (Greece).
Coaches: Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
22/09/1981, Luxembourg, Stade Municipal
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 0
WEST GERMANY B 1 (Ronald Worm)
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Erny Dax, Marcel Bossi, Paul Philipp [c], Hubert Meunier,
Nico Wagner, Romain Schreiner (Johny Clemens 84'), Carlo Weis,
Gilbert Dresch, Jean-Paul Girres, Manou Scheitler (Alain Nurenberg 71').
West Germany B:
Referee: Jean-Marie Macheret (Switzerland).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
West Germany B:
23/09/1981, Bochum, Ruhrstadion, 46000
World Cup Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 7 (Klaus Fischer 11', Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 42', 60', 72',
Paul Breitner 54', 67', Wolfgang Dremmler 83')
FINLAND 1 (Hannu Turunen 41')
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz, Uli Stielike, Bernd Förster,
Hans-Peter Briegel, Wolfgang Dremmler, Paul Breitner, Felix Magath,
Ronald Borchers, Klaus Fischer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c].
Finland: Olli Isoaho, Esa Pekonen, Juha Dahllund, Leo Houtsonen, Aki Lahtinen,
Hannu Turunen, Jukka Ikäläinen (Antti Ronkainen 70'), Seppo Pyykkö,
Peter Utriainen, Keijo Kousa, Pasi Jaakonsaari (Jyrki Nieminen 70').
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
Coaches: West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Finland: Esko Malm.
Cards: None.
23/09/1981, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 7343
World Cup Qualifying
ICELAND 1 (Pétur Ormslev 6')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Ján Kozák 77')
Iceland: Guðmundur Baldursson, Örn Óskarsson, Sævar Jónsson, Marteinn Geirsson [c],
Viðar Halldórsson, Magnús Bergs (Sigurður Lárusson 73'), Janus Guðlaugsson,
Atli Eðvaldsson, Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Pétur Ormslev
(Ragnar Margeirsson 76'), Arnór Guðjohnsen.
Czechoslovakia: Stanislav Seman, Přemysl Bičovský, Rostislav Vojáček, Libor Radimec,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Jan Berger, Antonín Panenka (Petr Němec 64'),
Ladislav Vízek, Zdeněk Nehoda [c], Werner Lička (Marián Masný 46').
Referee: Kenneth Hope (Scotland).
Coaches: Iceland: Guðni Kjartansson.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Cards: None.
23/09/1981, Moskva, Lenin, 41500
World Cup Qualifying
USSR 4 (Aleksandr Chivadze 4', Anatoli Demyanenko 20', Oleg Blokhin 26',
Ramaz Shengeliya 49')
TURKEY 0
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Vladimir Lozinski, Aleksandr Chivadze [c],
Anatoli Demyanenko, Sergei Baltacha, Vitali Daraseliya, Ramaz Shengeliya,
Vladimir Bessonov, Yuri Gavrilov, Leonid Buryak (Khoren Oganesyan 46'),
Oleg Blokhin (Sergei Andreyev 63').
Turkey: Şenol Güneş, Turgay Semercioğlu, Hüsnü Özkara, Fatih Terim [c],
Turgay Poyraz (Sadık Aksöz 46'), Necati Özçağlayan, Sedat Özden,
Ceyhun Güray, Mustafa Gedik, Bahtiyar Yorulmaz, Şenol Çorlu.
Referee: Damir Matovinović (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Turkey: Fethi Demircan.
Cards: USSR: none.
Turkey: Ceyhun Güray [Y].
23/09/1981, Bucureşti, 23 August, 70000
World Cup Qualifying
ROMANIA 0
HUNGARY 0
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş, Costică Ştefănescu [c],
Ion Munteanu, Tudorel Stoica, Aurică Beldeanu (Aurel Ţicleanu 75'),
Anghel Iordănescu, Zoltan Crişan (Septimiu Cîmpeanu 53'), Rodion Cămătaru,
Ilie Balaci.
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Sallai, Tibor Nyilasi [c], Tibor Rab, László Fazekas,
András Törőcsik (Károly Csapó 61'), László Kiss (Sándor Müller 51').
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria).
Coaches: Romania: Valentin Stănescu.
Hungary: Kálmán Meszöly.
Cards: Romania: Tudorel Stoica [Y].
Hungary: Győző Martos [Y], László Bálint [Y].
23/09/1981, København, Idrætsparken, 16200
Nordic Championship
DENMARK 2 (Preben Elkjær 19', Frank Arnesen 68' pen)
NORWAY 1 (Terje Kojedal 62')
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Sten Ziegler (Henrik Eigenbrod 28'),
Per Røntved [c], Ole Madsen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Søren Lerby,
Frank Arnesen, Allan Simonsen (Michael Manniche 83'), Lars Bastrup,
Preben Elkjær.
Norway: Tore Antonsen, Bjarne Berntsen, Terje Kojedal (Tore Kordahl 81'),
Åge Hareide, Svein Grøndalen, Roger Albertsen, Hallvar Thoresen,
Anders Giske, Vidar Davidsen, Tom Lund, Pål Jacobsen.
Referee: Günter Linn (West Germany).
Coaches: Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Note: Norwegian goal-scorer also reported as Tom Lund.
23/09/1981, Wien, Praterstadion, 15000
Friendly International
AUSTRIA 0
SPAIN 0
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Bernd Krauss, Heribert Weber, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Roland Hattenberger, Felix Gasselich,
Reinhold Hintermaier, Kurt Welzl (Christian Keglevits 60'), Johann Krankl,
Maximilian Hagmayr.
Spain: Arconada, Camacho, Tendillo, Alexanco, Gordillo, Víctor Muñoz,
Perico Alonso, Jesús María Zamora (Saura 46'), Esteban, Juanito
(Dani Ruiz 46'), Satrústegui (Santillana 46').
Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
23/09/1981, Thessaloniki, Stadio Charilaou, 14000
Friendly International
GREECE 2 (Nikos Anastopoulos 7', Ntinos Kouis 72')
SWEDEN 1 (Thomas Larsson 78')
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou (Takis Pantelis 65'), Ioannis Gounaris,
Kostas Iosifidis (Georgios Orfanidis 46'), Georgios Firos,
Thanasis Papazoglou, Spyros Livathinos (Georgios Kostikos 73'),
Ntinos Kouis, Tasos Mitropoulos, Georgios Koudas [c]
(Lakis Papaioannou 65'), Georgios Semertzidis (Ioannis Damanakis 65'),
Nikos Anastopoulos.
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Greger Hallén, Andreas Ravelli, Sven Dahlkvist,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Tony Persson, Peter Nilsson
(Michael Andersson 78'), Karl-Gunnar Björklund, Thomas Larsson,
Sören Börjesson, Jan Svensson (Robert Prytz 50').
Referee: ?. Stoica (Romania).
Coaches: Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
23/09/1981, Bologna, Stadio Comunale, 28534
Friendly International
ITALY 3 (Francesco Graziani 39', 58', Giuseppe Dossena 75')
BULGARIA 2 (Stoicho Mladenov 84', Giuseppe Dossena 89' OG)
Italy: Dino Zoff [c] (Ivano Bordon 46'), Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini,
Giampiero Marini (Giuseppe Dossena 12'), Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea,
Bruno Conti, Marco Tardelli, (Carlo Ancelotti 79'), Francesco Graziani,
Giancarlo Antognoni, Franco Selvaggi.
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Georgi Bonev (Blagoi Blangev 20'),
Vencho Sabotinov, Georgi Dimitrov II [c], Veselin Balevski,
Kostadin Kostadinov, Plamen Tsvetkov (Petar Zehtinski 77'), Georgi Slavkov,
Emil Spasov (Stoicho Mladenov 77'), Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Note: Bulgaria's second goal is also attributed to Blagoi Blangev.
23/09/1981, Lisboa, Estádio José Alvalade, 20000
Friendly International
PORTUGAL 2 (Nené 48', Shéu 52')
POLAND 0
Portugal: Bento, Gabriel Mendes, Humberto Coelho [c], Eurico Gomes, Pietra,
Carlos Manuel (Eliseu Ramalho 70'), Shéu, Romeu Silva (Augusto Inácio 85'),
Chalana (João Lopes 'Djão' 70'), Jordão, José Alberto Costa (Nené 46').
Poland: Józef Młynarczyk, Krystian Walot (Marek Dziuba 83'), Władysław Żmuda [c],
Tadeusz Dolny, Jan Jałocha, Zbigniew Boniek, Piotr Skrobowski,
Janusz Kupcewicz (Zdzisław Kapka 61'), Waldemar Matysik, Roman Ogaza,
Włodzimierz Smolarek.
Referee: Victorino Arminio Sánchez (Spain).
Coaches: Portugal: Juca.
Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
Cards: None.
07/10/1981, İzmir, Atatürk Stadı, 62125
World Cup Qualifying
TURKEY 0
USSR 3 (Ramaz Shengeliya 17', Oleg Blokhin 38', 54')
Turkey: Şenol Güneş (Yaşar Duran 39'), Erhan Altın, Necati Özçağlayan,
Hüsnü Özkara, Süleyman Oktay, Mehmet Cüneyt Tanman, Fatih Terim [c],
Sedat Özden, Selçuk Yula, Bora Öztürk, Sadık Aksöz (İsa Ertürk 58').
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Vladimir Lozinski, Aleksandr Chivadze [c],
Anatoli Demyanenko, Sergei Baltacha (Yuri Susloparov 75'),
Vitali Daraseliya, Ramaz Shengeliya (Sergei Andreyev 46'),
Vladimir Bessonov, Yuri Gavrilov, Leonid Buryak, Oleg Blokhin.
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany).
Coaches: Turkey: Fethi Demircan.
USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Cards: None.
10/10/1981, Bucureşti, 23 August, 55000
World Cup Qualifying
ROMANIA 1 (Ilie Balaci 56')
SWITZERLAND 2 (Gian Pietro Zappa 68', Robert Lüthi 75')
Romania: Cristian Gheorghe, Nicolae Negrilă, Ştefan Sameş, Costică Ştefănescu [c],
Ion Munteanu, Aurel Ţicleanu (Ionel Augustin 53'), Tudorel Stoica,
Anghel Iordănescu, Cornel Ţălnar, Dudu Georgescu, Ilie Balaci.
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Gian Pietro Zappa, Heinz Lüdi, André Egli, Herbert Hermann,
Roger Wehrli (Angelo Elia 64'), René Botteron [c], Umberto Barberis,
Heinz Hermann, Claudio Sulser, Rudolf Elsener (Robert Lüthi 64').
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy).
Coaches: Romania: Ştefan Kovacs.
Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
Cards: Romania: Nicolae Negrilă [Y], Ion Munteanu [Y].
Switzerland: Erich Burgener [Y].
10/10/1981, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, 85000
World Cup Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 2 (Rüdiger Schnuphase 53' pen, Joachim Streich 67')
POLAND 3 (Andrzej Szarmach 2', Włodzimierz Smolarek 5', 62')
East Germany: Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Konrad Weise, Hans-Jürgen Dörner [c],
Rüdiger Schnuphase, Frank Baum, Lothar Kurbjuweit, Jürgen Pommerenke
(Wolfgang Steinbach 46'), Matthias Liebers, Hans-Jürgen Riediger,
Joachim Streich, Martin Trocha.
Poland: Józef Młynarczyk, Marek Dziuba [c] (Roman Wójcicki 65'), Władysław Żmuda,
Paweł Janas, Jan Jałocha, Stefan Majewski, Waldemar Matysik,
Zbigniew Boniek, Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach (Andrzej Iwan 9'),
Włodzimierz Smolarek.
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain).
Coaches: East Germany: Georg Buschner.
Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
Cards: East Germany: Frank Baum [Y], Wolfgang Steinbach [Y].
Poland: Marek Dziuba [Y], Jan Jałocha [Y].
14/10/1981, Wien, Praterstadion, 72000
World Cup Qualifying
AUSTRIA 1 (Walter Schachner 15')
WEST GERMANY 3 (Pierre Littbarski 17', 77', Felix Magath 20')
Austria: Friedrich Koncilia, Johann Dihanich, Heribert Weber, Bruno Pezzey,
Dietmar Mirnegg, Roland Hattenberger, Herbert Prohaska, Kurt Jara,
Reinhold Hintermaier (Maximilian Hagmayr 71'), Walter Schachner,
Johann Krankl.
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz, Uli Stielike, Karlheinz Förster,
Hans-Peter Briegel, Wolfgang Dremmler, Paul Breitner, Felix Magath,
Pierre Littbarski, Klaus Fischer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c].
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium).
Coaches: Austria: Karl Stotz.
West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Cards: Austria: Johann Dihanich [Y].
West Germany: Karlheinz Förster [Y].
14/10/1981, Tiranë, Qemal Stafa, 19213
World Cup Qualifying
ALBANIA 0
BULGARIA 2 (Georgi Slavkov 49', Stoicho Mladenov 84')
Albania: Perlat Musta, Millan Baçi, Kujtim Çoçoli, Muhedin Targaj,
Safet Berisha, Ilir Lame, Arben Minga, Ferid Rragami, Vasillaq Zëri
(Luan Seiti 75'), Haxhi Ballgjini, Agustin Kola.
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Veselin Balevski, Georgi Dimitrov II,
Blagoi Blangev, Kiril Lyubomirov, Kostadin Kostadinov, Georgi Slavkov,
Plamen Tsvetkov (Plamen Markov 46'), Andrei Jeliazkov
(Vencho Sabotinov 83'), Stoicho Mladenov.
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany).
Coaches: Albania: Loro Boriçi.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Cards: Albania: none.
Bulgaria: Plamen Nikolov [Y], Stoicho Mladenov [Y].
14/10/1981, Rotterdam, Feyenoord 'De Kuip' Stadion, 56000
World Cup Qualifying
NETHERLANDS 3 (John Metgod 6', Kees van Kooten 26', Ruud Geels 54')
BELGIUM 0
Netherlands: Hans van Breukelen, Michel van de Korput, Ruud Krol [c], John Metgod,
Hugo Hovenkamp, Frans Thijssen, Johan Neeskens, Arnold Mühren,
Tscheu-la Ling, Kees van Kooten (Ruud Geels 46'), Johnny Rep.
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Eric Gerets [c], Luc Millecamps, Walter Meeuws,
Michel Renquin, Frank Vercauteren, René Vandereycken, Marc Millecamps,
Eduard Snelders (Gérard Plessers 62'), Alexandre Czerniatynski,
Edouard Voordeckers (Albert Cluytens 46').
Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland).
Coaches: Netherlands: Kees Rijvers.
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: Netherlands: none.
Belgium: Walter Meeuws [Y R 37']
14/10/1981, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 55000
World Cup Qualifying
IRELAND 3 (Philipp Mahut 3' OG, Frank Stapleton 23', Michael Robinson 39')
FRANCE 2 (Bruno Bellone 9', Michel Platini 83')
Ireland: Séamus McDonagh, David Langan, David O'Leary, Kevin Moran, Chris Hughton,
Ronnie Whelan, Mick Martin, Mark Lawrenson, Liam Brady [c], Frank Stapleton
(Don Givens 87'), Michael Robinson.
France: Jean Castaneda, Maxime Bossis, Philippe Mahut (François Bracci 69'),
Christian Lopez, Gérard Janvion, René Girard, Didier Christophe,
Michel Platini [c], Jean-François Larios, Alain Couriol, Bruno Bellone
(Didier Six 63').
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden).
Coaches: Ireland: Éoin Hand.
France: Michel Hidalgo.
Cards: Ireland: Liam Brady [Y].
France: none.
14/10/1981, Swansea, Vetch Field, 19783
World Cup Qualifying
WALES 2 (Robbie James 25', Alan Curtis 54')
ICELAND 2 (Ásgeir Sigurvinsson 47', 61')
Wales: Dai Davies, Kevin Ratcliffe, Joey Jones, Peter Nicholas, John Mahoney,
Alan Curtis, Robbie James, Ian Walsh, Jeremy Charles, Carl Harris
(Ian Rush 67'), Leighton James.
Iceland: Guðmundur Baldursson, Örn Óskarsson, Sævar Jónsson, Marteinn Geirsson [c],
Viðar Halldórsson, Magnús Bergs, Janus Guðlaugsson, Atli Eðvaldsson,
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Pétur Ormslev, Arnór Guðjohnsen.
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland).
Coaches: Wales: Mike England.
Iceland: Guðni Kjartansson.
Cards: Wales: none.
Iceland: Pétur Ormslev [Y].
14/10/1981, Budapest, Népstadion, 75000
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 3 (Tibor Nyilasi 17', 49', László Fazekas 59')
SWITZERLAND 0
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Gábor Szántó, Attila Kerekes, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller, Tibor Nyilasi, Sándor Sallai, László Fazekas,
András Törőcsik, László Kiss (György Kerekes 65').
Switzerland: Erich Burgener, Gian Pietro Zappa, Heinz Lüdi, André Egli, Herbert Hermann,
Roger Wehrli, Umberto Barberis (Robert Lüthi 70'), René Botteron [c],
Heinz Hermann, Rudi Elsener (Angelo Elia 36'), Claudio Sulser.
Referee: Talat Tokat (Turkey).
Coaches: Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
Cards: Hungary: none.
Switzerland: Heinz Lüdi [Y], Gian Pietro Zappa [Y], Umberto Barberis [Y].
14/10/1981, Thessaloniki, Stadio Charilaou, 18000
World Cup Qualifying
GREECE 2 (Nikos Anastopoulos 59', Ntinos Kouis 85')
DENMARK 3 (Søren Lerby 6', Frank Arnesen 28', Preben Elkjær 63')
Greece: Vassilis Konstantinou, Ioannis Gounaris (Nikos Karoulias 46'),
Kostas Iosifidis, Georgios Firos, Thanasis Papazoglou, Spyros Livathinos,
Nikos Anastopoulos, Ntinos Kouis, Tasos Mitropoulos, Georgios Koudas [c],
Georgios Delikaris (Georgios Kostikos 27').
Denmark: Ole Qvist, Ole Rasmussen, Ivan Nielsen, Per Røntved [c], Søren Lerby,
Morten Olsen, Jens Jørn Bertelsen, Frank Arnesen (Sten Ziegler 80'),
Allan Simonsen, Lars Bastrup, Preben Elkjær.
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria).
Coaches: Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Denmark: Josef 'Sepp' Piontek (West Germany).
Cards: Greece: Spyros Livathinos [Y].
Denmark: Preben Elkjær [Y].
14/10/1981, Lisboa, Estádio da Luz, 75000
World Cup Qualifying
PORTUGAL 1 (Pietra 64')
SWEDEN 2 (Thomas Larsson 39', Anthony Persson 89')
Portugal: Bento (António Amaral 46'), Gabriel Mendes, Humberto Coelho [c],
Eurico Gomes, Pietra, Carlos Manuel, Shéu, Romeu Silva, Chalana
(José Alberto Costa 17'), Nené, Jordão.
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Greger Hallén, Glenn Hysén, Bo Börjesson,
Ingemar Erlandsson [c], Andreas Ravelli (Tony Persson 84'), Hans Borg,
Soren Börjesson (Peter Nilsson 76'), Karl-Gunnar Björklund, Thomas Larsson,
Tommy Holmgren.
Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales).
Coaches: Portugal: Juca.
Sweden: Lars Arnesson.
Cards: Portugal: Pietra [Y 51'].
Sweden: Tommy Holmgren [Y 13'], Ingemar Erlandsson [Y 22'],
Thomas Larsson [Y 54'], Andreas Ravelli [Y 72'].
Note: It is also reported that Peter Nilsson replaced Björklund, not Börjesson.
14/10/1981, Belfast, Windsor Park, 22248
World Cup Qualifying
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
SCOTLAND 0
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings, Jimmy Nicholl, Mal Donaghy, John O'Neill, Chris Nicholl,
David McCreery, Noel Brotherston, Martin O'Neill [c], Sammy McIlroy,
Billy Hamilton, Gerry Armstrong.
Scotland: Alan Rough, Ray Stewart, Frank Gray, Willie Miller, Alan Hansen,
Gordon Strachan (Andy Gray I 80'), Graeme Souness, Asa Hartford [c],
John Neilson Robertson, Kenny Dalglish, Steve Archibald.
Referee: Valeri Butenko (USSR).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Billy Bingham.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
Cards: None.
14/10/1981, Valencia, Estadio Luis Casanova, 15000
Friendly International
SPAIN 3 (López Ufarte 2, Saura)
LUXEMBOURG 0
Spain: Arconada, Camacho, Tendillo (Maceda 83'), Alexanco, Gordillo,
Perico Alonso, Jesús María Zamora (Saura 46'), Víctor Muñoz,
Esteban (Marcos 46'), Satrústegui (Santillana 46'), López Ufarte.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes, Erny Dax, Paul Philipp [c], Nico Rohmann, Hubert Meunier,
Nico Wagner (Johny Clemens 80'), Robert Langers, Gilbert Dresch,
Jean-Paul Girres (Alain Nurenberg 80'), Jeannot Reiter
(Romain Schreiner 62'), Manou Scheitler.
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy).
Coaches: Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
17/10/1981, Beograd, Stadion Crvene Zvezde, 70000
World Cup Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 1 (Zlatko Vujović 9')
ITALY 1 (Roberto Bettega 33')
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Ivan Buljan, Ivan Gudelj, Ivica Šurjak, Nenad Stojković,
Velimir Zajec, Zlatko Vujović (Zoran Vujović 81'), Vladimir Petrović,
Vahid Halilhodžić, Edhem Šljivo, Predrag Pašić.
Italy: Dino Zoff [c], Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini, Giuseppe Dossena,
Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea, Bruno Conti, Marco Tardelli,
Alessandro Altobelli, Giancarlo Antognoni (Gabriele Oriali 62'),
Roberto Bettega.
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Cards: Yugoslavia: none.
Italy: Gaetano Scirea [Y], Gabriele Oriali [Y].
28/10/1981, Tbilisi, Dinamo, 75000
World Cup Qualifying
USSR 2 (Ramaz Shengeliya 28', 46')
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Tengiz Sulakvelidze, Aleksandr Chivadze [c]
(Yuri Susloparov 55'), Sergei Borovski, Sergei Baltacha, Vitali Daraseliya
(Sergei Shavlo 80'), Ramaz Shengeliya, Vladimir Bessonov, Yuri Gavrilov,
Leonid Buryak, Oleg Blokhin.
Czechoslovakia: Stanislav Seman, Přemysl Bičovský, Rostislav Vojáček, Libor Radimec,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Jan Berger, Ladislav Jurkemik, Ladislav Vízek
(Werner Lička 70'), Zdeněk Nehoda [c], Tomáš Kříž.
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches: USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
Cards: USSR: Vladimir Bessonov [Y 34'], Sergei Baltacha [Y 81'].
Czechoslovakia: Tomáš Kříž [Y 42'].
31/10/1981, Budapest, Népstadion, 68000
World Cup Qualifying
HUNGARY 4 (László Bálint 12', László Kiss 60', 85', László Fazekas 79')
NORWAY 1 (Tom Lund 35')
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller (Károly Csapó 69'), Tibor Nyilasi, Sándor Sallai,
László Fazekas, András Törőcsik, László Kiss.
Norway: Tore Antonsen, Trond Pedersen, Bjarne Berntsen, Frank Grønlund,
Svein Grøndalen, Vidar Davidsen, Tom Jacobsen, Anders Giske
(Svein Mathisen 71'), Tom Lund, Pål Jacobsen, Isak Arne Refvik.
Referee: Egon Šoštarić (Yugoslavia).
Coaches: Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
Norway: Tor Røste Fossen.
Cards: Hungary: Imre Garaba [Y 6'].
Norway: none.
11/11/1981, Sofiya, Vasil Levski, 55000
World Cup Qualifying
BULGARIA 0
AUSTRIA 0
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Veselin Balevski, Blagoi Blangev,
Georgi Dimitrov II, Kiril Lyubomirov, Kostadin Kostadinov, Georgi Slavkov
(Tsvetan Yonchev 61'), Andrei Jeliazkov (Plamen Markov 46'),
Stoicho Mladenov, Chavdar Tsvetkov.
Austria: Herbert Feurer, Bernd Krauss, Bruno Pezzey, Heribert Weber,
Dietmar Mirnegg (Johann Dihanich 56'), Roland Hattenberger,
Herbert Prohaska, Kurt Jara, Reinhold Hintermaier, Walter Schachner,
Johann Krankl (Maximilian Hagmayr 73').
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Austria: Karl Stotz.
Cards: Bulgaria: Andrei Jeliazkov [Y].
Austria: Dietmar Mirnegg [Y], Herbert Prohaska [Y], Johann Krankl [Y].
11/11/1981, Bern, Wankdorf Stadion, 16000
World Cup Qualifying
SWITZERLAND 0
ROMANIA 0
Switzerland: Erich Burgener (Karl Engel 46'), Gian Pietro Zappa, Herbert Hermann
(Angelo Elia 67'), André Egli, Heinz Lüdi, Roger Wehrli,
René Botteron [c], Umberto Barberis, Lucien Favre, Claudio Sulser,
Rudi Elsener.
Romania: Dumitru Moraru, Mircea Rednic, Costică Ştefănescu [c], Gino Iorgulescu,
Nelu Stănescu, Aurel Ţicleanu (Ioan Andonie 82'), Ionel Augustin,
Michael Klein, Ilie Balaci, Romulus Gabor, Mircea Sandu
(Ladislau Bölöni 90').
Referee: César da Luiz Dias Correia (Portugal).
Coaches: Switzerland: Paul Wolfisberg.
Romania: Mircea Lucescu.
Cards: Switzerland: Gian Pietro Zappa [Y 57'].
Romania: Costică Ştefănescu [Y 31'], Aurel Ţicleanu [Y 57'].
11/11/1981, Jena, Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, 1908
World Cup Qualifying
EAST GERMANY 5 (Andreas Krause 11', Joachim Streich 35', 75', Jürgen Heun 71',
John Holland 90' OG)
MALTA 1 (Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi 41')
East Germany: Bodo Rudwaleit, Rüdiger Schnuphase [c], Artur Ullrich, Rainer Troppa,
Frank Baum, Matthias Liebers, Andreas Krause, Wolfgang Steinbach
(Rainer Ernst 79'), Andreas Bielau (Jürgen Heun 59'), Joachim Streich,
Martin Trocha.
Malta: John Bonello, Norman Buttigieg, Constantino Consiglio (Mario Farrugia 49'),
John Holland, Emmanuel Farrugia, Emmanuel Fabri, Edwin Farrugia,
Joseph 'Guzi' Xuereb, Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi, Daniel Fenech
(Michael Degiorgio 81'), Raymond Xuereb.
Referee: Fred McKnight (Northern Ireland).
Coaches: East Germany: Bernd Stange.
Malta: Victor Scerri.
Cards: None.
14/11/1981, Torino, Stadio Comunale, 39670
World Cup Qualifying
ITALY 1 (Bruno Conti 61')
GREECE 1 (Ntinos Kouis 87')
Italy: Dino Zoff [c], Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini, Giampiero Marini,
Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea, Bruno Conti (Roberto Pruzzo 85'),
Giuseppe Dossena, Francesco Graziani, Giancarlo Antognoni
(Gabriele Oriali 66'), Franco Selvaggi.
Greece: Takis Pantelis, Nikos Karoulias, Anthimos Kapsis [c], Georgios Firos,
Kostas Iosifidis, Ioannis Damanakis, Christos Ardizoglou
(Georgios Zindros 46'), Ntinos Kouis, Nikos Vamvakoulas, Tasos Mitropoulos
(Georgios Kostikos 69'), Nikos Anastopoulos.
Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Cards: Italy: Bruno Conti [Y].
Greece: Georgios Firos [Y].
15/11/1981, Wrocław, Stadion Olimpijski, 25618
World Cup Qualifying
POLAND 6 (Andrzej Buncol 6', Włodzimierz Smolarek 47', 64', Stefan Majewski 48',
Dariusz Dziekanowski 80', Zbigniew Boniek 88')
MALTA 0
Poland: Piotr Mowlik, Stefan Majewski, Władysław Żmuda [c], Jan Jałocha,
Tadeusz Dolny, Waldemar Matysik (Andrzej Pałasz 68'), Zbigniew Boniek,
Andrzej Buncol, Włodzimierz Smolarek (Dariusz Dziekanowski 68'),
Andrzej Iwan, Mirosław Okoński.
Malta: Charles Sciberras, Emmanuel Farrugia, John Holland [c], Norman Buttigieg,
Edwin Farrugia, Mario Farrugia, Joseph 'Guzi' Xuereb, Emmanuel Fabri,
Daniel Fenech, Raymond Xuereb, Ernst Spiteri-Gonzi.
Referee: Bo Helén (Sweden).
Coaches: Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
Malta: Victor Scerri.
Cards: None.
18/11/1981, Dortmund, Westfalenstadion, 40000
World Cup Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 8 (Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 5', 19', 43', Klaus Fischer 32', 72',
Manfred Kaltz 36', Pierre Littbarski 52', Paul Breitner 68' pen)
ALBANIA 0
West Germany: Eike Immel, Manfred Kaltz (Lothar Matthäus 60'), Uli Stielike,
Karlheinz Förster, Hans-Peter Briegel, Wolfgang Dremmler, Paul Breitner,
Felix Magath, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c] (Jürgen Milewski 51'),
Klaus Fischer, Pierre Littbarski.
Albania: Perlat Musta (Ilir Luarasi 58'), Muhedin Targaj, Safet Berisha,
Kastriot Hysi, Agustin Kola, Ferdinand Lleshi, Ferid Rragami,
Haxhi Ballgjini, Sefedin Braho, Ardan Popa, Roland Luçi.
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad (Norway).
Coaches: West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Albania: Loro Boriçi.
Cards: None.
18/11/1981, Paris, Parc des Princes, 44884
World Cup Qualifying
FRANCE 2 (Michel Platini 52', Didier Six 82')
NETHERLANDS 0
France: Jean Castaneda, Gérard Janvion, Christian Lopez, Marius Trésor [c],
Maxime Bossis, Alain Giresse, Michel Platini [c] (Jean Tigana 75'),
Bernard Genghini, Dominique Rocheteau, Bernard Lacombe
(Jacques Atre 'Zimako' 69'), Didier Six.
Netherlands: Hans van Breukelen, Ben Wijnstekers, Ruud Krol [c], Michel van de Korput
(Tscheu-la Ling 72'), Jan Poortvliet, Jan Peters, Johan Neeskens,
John Metgod (Simon Tahamata 46'), Arnold Mühren, Johnny Rep,
Kees van Kooten.
Referee: António José da Silva Garrido (Portugal).
Coaches: France: Michel Hidalgo.
Netherlands: Kees Rijvers.
Cards: France: Dominique Rocheteau [Y].
Netherlands: Jan Poortvliet [Y], Michel van de Korput [Y].
18/11/1981, Tbilisi, Dinamo, 80000
World Cup Qualifying
USSR 3 (Vitali Daraseliya 13', Oleg Blokhin 18', Yuri Gavrilov 64')
WALES 0
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Sergei Borovski, Yuri Susloparov, Anatoli Demyanenko,
Sergei Baltacha, Vitali Daraseliya, Ramaz Shengeliya, Tengiz Sulakvelidze,
Yuri Gavrilov (Vladimir Gutsayev 69'), Leonid Buryak, Oleg Blokhin [c].
Wales: Dai Davies, Kevin Ratcliffe, Joey Jones (Steve Lovell 85'), Peter Nicholas,
Leighton Phillips, Paul Price, Alan Curtis, Brian Flynn [c], Ian Rush,
John Mahoney (Mickey Thomas 46'), Leighton James.
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands).
Coaches: USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Wales: Mike England.
Cards: USSR: Yuri Gavrilov [Y 69'].
Wales: none.
18/11/1981, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, 92000
World Cup Qualifying
ENGLAND 1 (Paul Mariner 14')
HUNGARY 0
England: Peter Shilton, Phil Neal, Mick Mills, Phil Thompson, Alvin Martin,
Bryan Robson, Kevin Keegan [c], Steve Coppell (Tony Morley 64'),
Paul Mariner, Terry McDermott, Trevor Brooking.
Hungary: Ferenc Mészáros, Győző Martos, László Bálint, Imre Garaba, József Tóth,
Sándor Müller, Károly Csapó (Gábor Szántó 79'), Sándor Sallai,
László Fazekas (György Kerekes 46'), András Törőcsik, László Kiss.
Referee: Georges Konrath (France).
Coaches: England: Ron Greenwood.
Hungary: Kálmán Mészöly.
Cards: England: none.
Hungary: Sándor Sallai [Y 50'], Imre Garaba [Y 70'].
18/11/1981, Lisboa, Estádio da Luz, 25000
World Cup Qualifying
PORTUGAL 2 (Manuel Fernandes 33', 56')
SCOTLAND 1 (Paul Sturrock 9')
Portugal: Bento [c], Gregório Freixo (António Veloso 51'), Carlos Simões,
Eurico Gomes, Adelino Teixeira, Eduardo Dito, Romeu Silva,
José Alberto Costa, Jaime Magalhães (Diamantino Miranda 46'),
Manuel Fernandes, António R. Oliveira.
Scotland: Billy Thomson, Willie Miller, Ray Stewart, Alan Hansen, Frank Gray
(Stuart Kennedy 40'), Graeme Souness, David Provan II, Gordon Strachan,
Asa Hartford [c], Steve Archibald (Kenny Dalglish 70'), Paul Sturrock.
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands).
Coaches: Portugal: Juca.
Scotland: Jock Stein.
Cards: Portugal: José Alberto Costa [Y 48'].
Scotland: none.
18/11/1981, Łódź, Stadion ŁKS, 18000
Friendly International
POLAND 2 (Andrzej Pałasz 56', Zbigniew Boniek 74')
SPAIN 3 (López Ufarte 10', Alexanco 80', Perico Alonso 88')
Poland: Jan Tomaszewski [c] (Piotr Mowlik 46'), Marek Dziuba, Piotr Skrobowski,
Tadeusz Dolny, Jan Jałocha (Waldemar Matysik 55'), Stefan Majewski,
Zbigniew Boniek, Andrzej Buncol (Andrzej Pałasz 55'), Grzegorz Lato,
Andrzej Iwan, Włodzimierz Smolarek (Mirosław Okoński 73').
Spain: Arconada [c], Camacho, Alexanco, Jiménez Abalo, Gordillo, Víctor Muñoz
(Esteban 67'), Perico Alonso, Jesús María Zamora, Marcos (Saura 67'),
Satrústegui, López Ufarte.
Referee: Róbert Jaczina (Hungary).
Coaches: Poland: Antoni Piechniczek.
Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
21/11/1981, Novi Sad, Stadion Gradski, 20000
World Cup Qualifying
YUGOSLAVIA 5 (Vahid Halilhodžić 1', 45', Ivica Šurjak 67', Predrag Pašić 72',
Zlatko Vujović 76')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Zlatko Krmpotić, Nenad Stojković, Ivan Gudelj,
Velimir Zajec, Ivan Buljan, Zlatko Vujović, Vladimir Petrović,
Vahid Halilhodžić (Predrag Pašić 69'), Ivica Šurjak (Ive Jerolimov 53'),
Safet Sušić.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes [c], Erny Dax, Marcel Bossi (Alain Nurenberg 77'),
Nico Rohmann, Johny Clemens, Jean-Paul Girres, Carlo Weis, Gilbert Dresch,
Robert Langers, Jeannot Reiter, Marcel Di Domenico (Romain Schreiner 69').
Referee: Charles Scerri (Malta).
Coaches: Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Cards: Yugoslavia: Vladimir Petrović [Y].
Luxembourg: Robert Langers [Y].
22/11/1981, Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion, 55000
World Cup Qualifying
WEST GERMANY 4 (Klaus Fischer 4', Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 49', 83', Manfred Kaltz 62' pen)
BULGARIA 0
West Germany: Harald Schumacher, Manfred Kaltz, Wilfried Hannes, Karlheinz Förster,
Hans-Peter Briegel, Wolfgang Dremmler, Paul Breitner, Felix Magath
(Klaus Allofs 56'), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge [c], Horst Hrubesch,
Klaus Fischer.
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov, Plamen Nikolov, Veselin Balevski, Georgi Dimitrov II [c],
Georgi Bonev, Ivan Iliev, Kostadin Kostadinov, Plamen Markov
(Kiril Lyubomirov 46'), Radoslav Zdravkov, Tsvetan Yonchev,
Stoicho Mladenov.
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Coaches: West Germany: Jupp Derwall.
Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Cards: West Germany: none.
Bulgaria: Plamen Nikolov [Y], Kiril Lyubomirov [Y].
29/11/1981, Bratislava, Tehelné pole, 47000
World Cup Qualifying
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 (Rostislav Vojáček 34')
USSR 1 (Oleg Blokhin 14')
Czechoslovakia: Zdeněk Hruška, František Jakubec I, Jan Fiala, Rostislav Vojáček,
Jozef Barmoš, Ján Kozák, Přemysl Bičovský, Antonín Panenka, Marián Masný,
Zdeněk Nehoda [c], Tomáš Kříž (Ladislav Vízek 59').
USSR: Rinat Dasayev, Sergei Borovski, Yuri Susloparov, Anatoli Demyanenko,
Tengiz Sulakvelidze, Vitali Daraseliya, Ramaz Shengeliya
(Sergei Andreyev 76'), Andrei Bal, Yuri Gavrilov, Leonid Buryak,
Oleg Blokhin [c].
Referee: Clive White (England).
Coaches: Czechoslovakia: Jozef Vengloš.
USSR: Konstantin Beskov.
Cards: None.
29/11/1981, Piraeus, Stadio Karaiskaki, 11595
World Cup Qualifying
GREECE 1 (Thomas Mavros 6')
YUGOSLAVIA 2 (Ivica Šurjak 23', Jure Jerković 39')
Greece: Takis Pantelis (Georgios Dafkos 46'), Nikos Karoulias, Kostas Iosifidis
(Georgios Kostikos 46'), Anthimos Kapsis [c], Petros Ravousis,
Spyros Livathinos, Ntinos Kouis, Nikos Vamvakoulas, Nikos Anastopoulos,
Tasos Mitropoulos, Thomas Mavros.
Yugoslavia: Dragan Pantelić, Zoran Vujović (Miloš Hrstić 84'), Nenad Stojković,
Ivan Gudelj, Velimir Zajec, Ivan Buljan, Zlatko Vujović
(Predrag Pašić 76'), Vladimir Petrović, Safet Sušić, Jure Jerković,
Ivica Šurjak.
Referee: George Courtney (England).
Coaches: Greece: Alketas Panagoulias.
Yugoslavia: Miljan Miljanić.
Cards: Greece: Tasos Mitropoulos [Y 15'].
Yugoslavia: none.
05/12/1981, Paris, Parc des Princes, 43437
World Cup Qualifying
FRANCE 4 (Dominique Rocheteau 25', Bernhard Lacombe 29', 82',
Bernard Genghini 86')
CYPRUS 0
France: Jean Castaneda, Gérard Janvion, Christian Lopez, Marius Trésor [c],
Maxime Bossis, Alain Giresse, Jean Tigana, Bernard Genghini,
Dominique Rocheteau, Bernard Lacombe, Didier Six (Bruno Bellone 63').
Cyprus: Fanos Stylianou, Georghios Kezos, Kostas Miamiliotis, Klitos Erotokritou,
Stefanos Lysandrou, Nicos Pantziaras, Fanis Theofanous, Filippos Dimitriou,
Fivos Vrachimis, Yiannakis Yiangoudakis, Loizos Mavroudes.
Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta).
Coaches: France: Michel Hidalgo.
Cyprus: Costas Talianos.
Cards: France: none.
Cyprus: Georghios Kezos [Y], Filippos Dimitriou [Y].
Note: Other sources state Demetris Kizas played instead of Georghios Kezos.
05/12/1981, Napoli, Stadio San Paolo, 49247
World Cup Qualifying
ITALY 1 (Fulvio Collovati 7')
LUXEMBOURG 0
Italy: Dino Zoff [c], Claudio Gentile, Antonio Cabrini, Gabriele Oriali,
Fulvio Collovati, Gaetano Scirea, Domenico Marocchino, Marco Tardelli,
Roberto Pruzzo, Giuseppe Dossena, Francesco Graziani.
Luxembourg: Jeannot Moes [c], Hubert Meunier, Nico Rohmann, Marcel Bossi,
Johny Clemens, Gilbert Dresch, Carlo Weis, Nico Wagner
(Romain Schreiner 88'), Robert Langers, Jeannot Reiter
(Jean-Paul Girres 73'), Marcel Di Domenico.
Referee: Velichko Tsonchev (Bulgaria).
Coaches: Italy: Enzo Bearzot.
Luxembourg: Louis Pilot.
Cards: Italy: none.
Luxembourg: Carlo Weis [Y], Robert Langers [Y].
16/12/1981, Haskovo, Dimitar Kanev, 15000
Friendly International
BULGARIA 5 (Radoslav Zdravkov 15' pen, 20', 73', Tsvetan Yonchev 23', 48')
PORTUGAL 2 (António R. Oliveira 11', 89')
Bulgaria: Georgi Velinov (Nikolai Donev 81'), Plamen Nikolov [c]
(Valeri Tsvetanov 81'), Ivan Iliev, Veselin Balevski, Blagoi Blangev,
Tsvetan Yonchev (Minko Topuzakov 60'), Plamen Markov (Anio Sadkov 37'),
Radoslav Zdravkov, Emil Spasov (Vencho Sabotinov 54'), Mihail Valchev,
Stoicho Mladenov.
Portugal: Bento [c], Gabriel Mendes, Carlos Simões (Carlos Xavier 46'),
Eduardo Dito, Lima Pereira (Álvaro Magalhães 74'), Ademar Marques, Shéu
(Nené 46'), Romeu Silva, Manuel Fernandes (Jacques Pereira 80'),
António R. Oliveira, José Alberto Costa.
Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia).
Coaches: Bulgaria: Atanas Parjelov.
Portugal: Juca.
Note: Bulgaria's second goal is also attributed to Bento OG.
16/12/1981, Valencia, Estadio Luis Casanova, 28000
Friendly International
SPAIN 2 (Satrústegui 7', 87')
BELGIUM 0
Spain: Arconada, Camacho, Tendillo, Alexanco, Gordillo, Víctor Muñoz,
Perico Alonso, Jesús María Zamora, Saura, Satrústegui, Quini.
Belgium: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Walter Meeuws, Eric Gerets (Frank Mariman 42'),
Luc Millecamps, Marc Baecke, Wilfried Van Moer [c] (Marc Millecamps 64'),
René Vandereycken, Frank Vercauteren, Alexandre Czerniatynski
(Wilhelm Geurts 63'), Erwin Vandenbergh, Jan Ceulemans.
Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany).
Coaches: Spain: José Emilio Santamaría (Uruguay/Spain).
Belgium: Guy Thys.
Cards: Spain: none.
Belgium: Luc Millecamps [Y].