1956 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES Matches are sorted by continent, and then chronologically; if both teams were from the same continent, the match is listed in the section for that continent. If the teams were from different continents, the match is listed in the 'Intercontinental' section. Also, there is a section of unofficial international matches, named 'Other Matches'. Tournaments (with link to relevant RSSSF page): Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Akwei Cup 1956 (Gold Coast, ??/??/1956) Asian Cup 1956 Qualifying (25/02/1956 - 02/09/1956) Asian Cup 1956 (Hong Kong, 01/09/1956 - 15/09/1956) British Championship 1955-1956 (08/10/1955 - 14/04/1956) British Championship 1956-1957 (06/10/1956 - 10/04/1957) Copa Chevallier Boutell 1956 (Paraguay, 15/08/1956) Copa del Atlántico 1956 (24/06/1956 - 08/07/1956) Copa Oswaldo Cruz 1956 (Paraguay, 12/06/1956 - 17/06/1956) Copa Raúl Colombo 1956 (Brazil, 05/12/1956) Coupe Président Paul Magloire 1956 (Haiti, 08/03/1956 - 16/03/1956) Dr. Gerő Cup 1955-1960 (27/03/1955 - 06/01/1960) Gossage Cup 1956 (Uganda, 27/11/1956 - 01/12/1956) Jalco Cup 1956 (Nigeria, 27/10/1956) Leeward Islands Tournament 1956 () Mediterranean Cup 1953-1958 (18/10/1953 - 16/10/1958) Nordic Championship 1956-1959 (10/06/1956 - 18/10/1959) Olympic Games 1956 Qualifying (23/10/1955 - 31/07/1956) Olympic Games 1956 (Australia, 24/11/1956 - 08/12/1956) Panamerican Championship 1956 (Mexico, 26/02/1956 - 18/03/1956) South American Championship 1956 (Uruguay, 21/01/1956 - 15/02/1956) South East Asian Games 1956 (Philippines, ??/??/1956 - ??/??/1956) Sportsman's Trophy 1956 (Singapore, 01/04/1956) Three Nations Tournament 1956 (China, 04/10/1956 - 10/10/1956) Triangular Tournament 1956 (Haiti, 14/12/1956 - ??/12/1956) Triangulaire 1956 (Madagascar, 30/06/1956 - 08/07/1956) World Cup 1958 Qualifying (30/09/1956 - 05/02/1958)
INTERCONTINENTAL Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 03/01/1956 Rangoon Burma 0-9 Yugoslavia B 15/01/1956 Jakarta Indonesia 2-7 Yugoslavia B 26/01/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 0-5 Yugoslavia B All-Hong Kong 29/02/1956 Beirut Lebanon 1-4 Hungary 04/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 0-2 Peru Panamerican C 06/03/1956 Ciudad de México Argentina 4-3 Costa Rica Panamerican C 08/03/1956 Ciudad de México Costa Rica 2-1 Chile Panamerican C 08/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-2 Brazil Panamerican C 09/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Venezuela 1-0 Panama Prés. Magloire 10/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-1 Venezuela Prés. Magloire 13/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 7-1 Costa Rica Panamerican C 13/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 0-0 Argentina Panamerican C 14/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Venezuela 4-2 Panama Prés. Magloire 16/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 3-0 Venezuela Prés. Magloire 17/03/1956 Ciudad de México Costa Rica 4-2 Peru Panamerican C 17/03/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 2-1 Chile Panamerican C or 18/03 ? 08/04/1956 Oeiras Portugal 0-1 Brazil 11/04/1956 Zürich Switzerland 1-1 Brazil 15/04/1956 Wien Austria 2-3 Brazil 21/04/1956 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-0 Brazil 25/04/1956 Milano Italy 3-0 Brazil 01/05/1956 İstanbul Turkey 0-1 Brazil 09/05/1956 Wembley England 4-2 Brazil 09/06/1956 Kitwe Northern Rhodesia 0-4 England FA XI 13/06/1956 Salisbury Southern Rhodesia 0-3 England FA XI 14/06/1956 Bamako French Sudan 0-8 France Amateur 17/06/1956 Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia 1-3 England FA XI 17/06/1956 Dakar Senegal 2-9 France Amateur 23/06/1956 Johannesburg South Africa 3-4 England FA XI 24/06/1956 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Italy 30/06/1956 Durban South Africa 2-4 England FA XI 01/07/1956 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-0 Italy 09/07/1956 Cape Town South Africa 0-0 England FA XI 11/07/1956 Moskva USSR 5-0 Israel Olympics Qual 14/07/1956 Salisbury South Africa 1-4 England FA XI 31/07/1956 Ramat-Gan Israel 1-2 USSR Olympics Qual 05/08/1956 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-1 Czechoslovakia 08/08/1956 São Paulo Brazil 4-1 Czechoslovakia 09/08/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-0 China unofficial for Yugoslavia 12/08/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Czechoslovakia 19/08/1956 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-0 Czechoslovakia 26/08/1956 Santiago Chile 3-0 Czechoslovakia 09/09/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-2 Indonesia 20/09/1956 Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany 3-1 Indonesia 26/09/1956 Plzeň Czechoslovakia B 5-1 Indonesia 26/09/1956 Ilford United Kingdom Ol. 1-2 Uganda 25/10/1956 Tokyo Japan 3-5 USA Olympic 31/10/1956 Seoul South Korea 1-0 USA Olympic 06/11/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-1 USA Olympic All-Hong Kong 10/11/1956 Manila Philippines 0-4 USA Olympic 12/11/1956 Singapore Singapore 1-2 USA Olympic 15/11/1956 Melbourne Australia 1-15 USSR unofficial 16/11/1956 Jakarta Indonesia 7-5 USA Olympic 19/11/1956 Coburg Australia 1-3 United Kingdom Ol. 20/11/1956 Coburg Australia 3-1 India unofficial 20/11/1956 Melbourne Yugoslavia 7-2 Japan unofficial 23/11/1956 Coburg Australia 1-5 Yugoslavia unofficial 25/11/1956 Heidelberg Australia 3-4 India unofficial 26/11/1956 Melbourne United Kingdom Ol. 9-0 Thailand Olympics 27/11/1956 Melbourne Australia 2-0 Japan Olympics 28/11/1956 Melbourne Yugoslavia 9-1 USA Olympic Olympics 28/11/1956 Heidelberg Australia 3-3 United Germany Ol. unofficial 29/11/1956 Heidelberg Australia - United Germany Ol. unofficial 29/11/1956 Melbourne USSR 0-0 Indonesia Olympics AET 01/12/1956 Melbourne Australia 2-4 India Olympics 01/12/1956 Melbourne USSR 4-0 Indonesia Olympics 04/12/1956 Melbourne Yugoslavia 4-1 India Olympics 07/12/1956 Melbourne Bulgaria 3-0 India Olympics 11/12/1956 Singapore Singapore 0-4 United Kingdom Ol. 12/12/1956 Sydney Australia 1-7 India 13/12/1956 Singapore Singapore 2-10 Bulgaria unofficial 13/12/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malaya 2-6 United Kingdom Ol. 16/12/1956 Rangoon Burma 0-2 United Kingdom Ol. 23/12/1956 Jakarta Indonesia 1-5 Yugoslavia 29/12/1956 Calcutta India 0-3 Yugoslavia unofficial
AFRICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1956 Gold Coast 4-2 Sierra Leone Akwei or 4-3 ? ??/??/1956 Northern Rhodesia 4-0 South Africa XI 29/01/1956 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 1-4 Egypt Olympics Qual 27/04/1956 Cairo Egypt 5-2 Ethiopia Olympics Qual 13/05/1956 Khartoum Sudan 5-1 Ethiopia 30/06/1956 Mauritius 8-3 Reunion Triangulaire 05/07/1956 Madagascar 4-2 Reunion Triangulaire 08/07/1956 Madagascar 3-3 Mauritius Triangulaire 13/10/1956 French Togoland 1-1 Gold Coast 20/10/1956 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 French Togoland or 06/10 ? 27/10/1956 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Gold Coast Jalco 10/11/1956 Freetown Sierra Leone 1-0 Gambia 27/11/1956 Kampala Kenya 9-0 Tanganyika Gossage 28/11/1956 Kampala Uganda 5-2 Zanzibar Gossage 30/11/1956 Kampala Zanzibar 3-2 Tanganyika Gossage 01/12/1956 Kampala Uganda 3-2 Kenya Gossage 16/12/1956 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2-1 Sudan or 18/12 ?
ASIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1956 South Vietnam 3-1 Thailand ??/??/1956 South Vietnam 2-1 Thailand 25/02/1956 Manila Philippines 0-2 South Korea Asia Qual 12/03/1956 Singapore Singapore 1-1 Pakistan 17/03/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malaya 9-2 Cambodia Asia Qual 01/04/1956 Singapore Singapore 2-4 Malaya Sportsman's 21/04/1956 Seoul South Korea 3-0 Philippines Asia Qual 22/04/1956 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 5-2 Cambodia Olympics Qual 29/04/1956 Phnom Penh Cambodia 3-2 Malaya Asia Qual 03/05/1956 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 4-0 Malaya Asia Qual 06/05/1956 Phnom Penh Cambodia 3-4 South Vietnam Olympics Qual 06/05/1956 Sài Gòn South Vietnam B 1-2 Malaya 24/05/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malaya 3-3 South Vietnam Asia Qual 28/05/1956 Singapore Singapore 2-1 South Vietnam 03/06/1956 Tokyo Japan 2-0 South Korea Olympics Qual 10/06/1956 Tokyo Japan 0-2 South Korea Olympics Qual AET, Japan on lots 17/06/1956 New Delhi India 0-1 China 25/06/1956 Rangoon Burma 2-3 China 26/08/1956 Seoul South Korea 2-0 Taiwan Asia Qual 01/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-3 Israel Asia 02/09/1956 Taipei Taiwan 1-2 South Korea Asia Qual 06/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-2 South Korea Asia 08/09/1956 Hong Kong South Korea 2-1 Israel Asia 09/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-2 South Vietnam Asia 12/09/1956 Hong Kong Israel 2-1 South Vietnam Asia 15/09/1956 Hong Kong South Korea 5-3 South Vietnam Asia 18/09/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong FA XI 2-4 South Korea 04/10/1956 Beijing China 5-3 North Vietnam Three Nations 07/10/1956 Beijing China 0-1 North Korea Three Nations 10/10/1956 Beijing North Korea 3-0 North Vietnam Three Nations
EUROPE Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 15/02/1956 Bologna Italy 2-0 France 19/02/1956 İstanbul Turkey 3-1 Hungary 11/03/1956 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 1-3 Switzerland 14/03/1956 Düsseldorf West Germany 1-2 Netherlands 25/03/1956 Paris France 3-1 Austria 25/03/1956 Oeiras Portugal 3-1 Turkey 25/03/1956 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 0-2 France B 08/04/1956 Antwerpen Belgium 0-1 Netherlands 11/04/1956 Cardiff Wales 1-1 Northern Ireland British 55-56 14/04/1956 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 England British 55-56 18/04/1956 Den Bosch South Netherlands 3-1 Luxembourg 22/04/1956 Napoli Italy B 7-1 Greece Med. Cup 22/04/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 Romania 29/04/1956 Budapest Hungary 2-2 Yugoslavia Dr. Gerő 01/05/1956 Saarbrücken Saar 1-1 Switzerland 02/05/1956 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 Austria 10/05/1956 Genève Switzerland 1-6 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 10/05/1956 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-4 Ireland 12/05/1956 Wembley United Kingdom Ol. 3-3 Bulgaria Olympics Qual 16/05/1956 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 England 20/05/1956 Budapest Hungary 2-4 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 20/05/1956 Helsinki Finland 1-5 England 23/05/1956 Moskva USSR 5-1 Denmark 25/05/1956 West-Berlin West Germany 1-3 England 30/05/1956 Oslo Norway 0-0 Poland 03/06/1956 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 5-4 Hungary 03/06/1956 Oeiras Portugal 3-1 Spain 03/06/1956 Saarbrücken Saar 0-0 Portugal B 06/06/1956 Amsterdam Netherlands 3-2 Saar 09/06/1956 Oeiras Portugal 2-2 Hungary 10/06/1956 Helsinki Finland 1-3 Sweden Nordic 13/06/1956 Oslo Norway 1-3 West Germany 17/06/1956 Zagreb Yugoslavia 1-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 17/06/1956 Bucureşti Romania 0-2 Sweden 24/06/1956 København Denmark 2-3 Norway Nordic 28/06/1956 Bucureşti Romania 2-0 Norway 29/06/1956 Helsinki Finland 2-1 Iceland 30/06/1956 Stockholm Sweden 2-2 West Germany 01/07/1956 København Denmark 2-5 USSR 15/07/1956 Budapest Hungary 4-1 Poland 22/07/1956 Chorzów Poland 0-2 East Germany 07/08/1956 Reykjavík Iceland 2-3 England Amateur 26/08/1956 Oslo Norway 1-1 Finland Nordic 26/08/1956 Wrocław Poland 1-2 Bulgaria 10/09/1956 Sofiya Bulgaria 2-0 Romania 15/09/1956 Lausanne Switzerland 2-3 Netherlands 15/09/1956 Hannover West Germany 1-2 USSR 16/09/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-3 Hungary Dr. Gerő 16/09/1956 Helsinki Finland 0-4 Denmark Nordic 16/09/1956 Oslo Norway 3-1 Sweden Nordic 23/09/1956 Moskva USSR 0-1 Hungary 30/09/1956 Wien Austria 7-0 Luxembourg World Cup Qual 30/09/1956 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-2 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 03/10/1956 Dublin Ireland 2-1 Denmark World Cup Qual 06/10/1956 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-1 England British 56-57 07/10/1956 Paris France 1-2 Hungary 14/10/1956 Wien Austria 0-2 Hungary 14/10/1956 Antwerpen Belgium 2-3 Netherlands 14/10/1956 Sofiya Bulgaria 3-1 East Germany 14/10/1956 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-4 Belgium B 20/10/1956 Cardiff Wales 2-2 Scotland British 56-57 21/10/1956 Stockholm Sweden 1-1 Denmark Nordic 21/10/1956 Paris France 2-1 USSR 28/10/1956 Warszawa Poland 5-3 Norway 04/11/1956 København Denmark 2-2 Netherlands 04/11/1956 Kraków Poland 5-0 Finland 07/11/1956 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 Northern Ireland British 56-57 11/11/1956 Paris France 6-3 Belgium World Cup Qual 11/11/1956 Bern Switzerland 1-1 Italy Dr. Gerő 11/11/1956 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 4-1 Switzerland B 14/11/1956 Wembley England 3-1 Wales British 56-57 16/11/1956 İstanbul Turkey 1-1 Poland 21/11/1956 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Yugoslavia 21/11/1956 Frankfurt/Main West Germany 1-3 Switzerland 24/11/1956 Melbourne USSR 2-1 United Germany Ol. Olympics 25/11/1956 Praha Czechoslovakia 1-1 Turkey 25/11/1956 Dublin Ireland 3-0 West Germany 28/11/1956 Wembley England 3-0 Yugoslavia 30/11/1956 Melbourne Bulgaria 6-1 United Kingdom Ol. Olympics 05/12/1956 Wolverhampton England 5-2 Denmark World Cup Qual 05/12/1956 Melbourne USSR 2-1 Bulgaria Olympics 08/12/1956 Melbourne USSR 1-0 Yugoslavia Olympics 09/12/1956 Genova Italy 2-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 23/12/1956 Köln West Germany 4-1 Belgium 23/12/1956 Courtrai Belgium B 1-0 Luxembourg
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 13/01/1956 Willemstad Curacao 3-1 Martinique 15/01/1956 Willemstad Curacao B 3-1 Martinique 26/02/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-1 Costa Rica Panamerican C 08/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 3-2 Panama Prés. Magloire 13/03/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-1 Panama Prés. Magloire 31/03/1956 (Martinique) Curacao 2-1 Guadeloupe 01/04/1956 Martinique 0-1 Curacao 24/04/1956 Martinique 3-0 Guadeloupe 20/05/1956 Guadeloupe 2-2 Martinique 25/09/1956 Georgetown British Guiana 1-1 Surinam 28/09/1956 Georgetown British Guiana 2-1 Surinam possibly wrong score, since Surinam won the series overall 01/10/1956 Georgetown British Guiana 1-2 Surinam 14/12/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-1 Curacao Triangular
OCEANIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes None
SOUTH AMERICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 21/01/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 4-2 Paraguay South American 22/01/1956 Montevideo Argentina 2-1 Peru South American 24/01/1956 Montevideo Chile 4-1 Brazil South American 28/01/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 2-0 Peru South American 29/01/1956 Montevideo Brazil 0-0 Paraguay South American 29/01/1956 Montevideo Argentina 2-0 Chile South American 01/02/1956 Montevideo Brazil 2-1 Peru South American 01/02/1956 Montevideo Argentina 1-0 Paraguay South American 05/02/1956 Montevideo Paraguay 1-1 Peru South American 05/02/1956 Montevideo Brazil 1-0 Argentina South American 06/02/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Chile South American 09/02/1956 Montevideo Chile 4-3 Peru South American 10/02/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 0-0 Brazil South American 12/02/1956 Montevideo Chile 2-0 Paraguay South American 15/02/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 1-0 Argentina South American 28/02/1956 Ciudad de México Argentina 0-0 Peru Panamerican C 01/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 2-1 Chile Panamerican C 06/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 1-0 Peru Panamerican C 11/03/1956 Ciudad de México Argentina 3-0 Chile Panamerican C 15/03/1956 Ciudad de México Peru 2-2 Chile Panamerican C 18/03/1956 Ciudad de México Brazil 2-2 Argentina Panamerican C 12/06/1956 Asunción Paraguay 0-2 Brazil Oswaldo Cruz 17/06/1956 Asunción Paraguay 2-5 Brazil Oswaldo Cruz 24/06/1956 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-0 Uruguay Atlántico 01/07/1956 Montevideo Uruguay 1-2 Argentina Atlántico 08/07/1956 Avellaneda Argentina 0-0 Brazil Atlántico 15/07/1956 Paraguay 2-2 Uruguay 15/08/1956 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 Argentina Chevallier 10/10/1956 Uruguay 1-2 Argentina 14/11/1956 Argentina 2-2 Uruguay
OTHER MATCHES Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1956 La Banda CA Central Arg. 1-3 Argentina 20/01/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1-6 Wiener SC All-Hong Kong 03/02/1956 Kingston Jamaica 2-1 Duke/Cornwall LI 04/02/1956 Israel 3-3 FK Sarajevo ??/02/1956 Willemstad Curacao 4-3 CA Tigre 07/02/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 2-4 CA Tigre 09/02/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-2 CA Tigre 09/02/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 4-0 FK Austria Wien 11/02/1956 Kingston Jamaica 1-5 CA Tigre 13/02/1956 Kingston Jamaica 1-6 CA Tigre 15/02/1956 Kingston Jamaica 1-7 CA Tigre 16/02/1956 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-1 CA Lanús 16/02/1956 Israel 2-1 Kapfenberger SV ??/02/1956 Oranjestad Aruba 3-3 CA Tigre ??/02/1956 Willemstad Curacao 0-2 CA Tigre 26/02/1956 Manila Manila Chinese 1-2 South Korea 28/02/1956 Manila Philippines Univ. 0-6 South Korea ??/03/1956 Beirut Beirut XI 0-6 Hungary ??/03/1956 Damascus Al-Jaish 0-4 Hungary 17/03/1956 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-6 Mohun Bagan AC All-Hong Kong 18/03/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malayan Chinese 3-1 Cambodia 20/03/1956 George Town Penang 7-4 Cambodia 21/03/1956 George Town Penang Indo-Malays 2-1 Cambodia 21/03/1956 Preston British Army 4-3 Northern Ireland 01/04/1956 Recife Brazil 2-0 Pernambucana XI 29/04/1956 New York ASL All-Stars 1-2 Israel 30/04/1956 Phnom Penh Phnom Penh XI 1-2 Malaya 01/05/1956 Phnom Penh Défense nationale 2-2 Malaya 05/05/1956 Sài Gòn S.V. Military 3-1 Malaya 07/05/1956 Dublin All-Ireland 3-5 England XI 07/05/1956 Israel 1-1 Sunderland AFC 10/05/1956 Israel 0-2 Rampla Juniors FC 14/05/1956 Dublin Ireland + Wales 3-3 England + Scotland 26/05/1956 Kuala Lumpur Selangor 3-7 South Vietnam 27/05/1956 Kuala Lumpur Malayan Chinese 1-5 South Vietnam 13/06/1956 Israel 0-0 São Cristóvão FR 20/06/1956 Israel 1-1 First Vienna FC 23/06/1956 Rangoon Burma Railways 1-5 China 14/07/1956 Perth Western Australia 1-4 Australia 18/07/1956 Adelaide Australia 3-2 South Australia 19/07/1956 Melbourne Australia 3-0 Victoria 21/07/1956 Hobart Tasmania 1-15 Australia 22/07/1956 Melbourne Australia 3-0 Victoria 23/07/1956 Vilnius Lithuania 0-1 China 27/07/1956 Minsk Belarus 1-1 China 04/08/1956 Brisbane Australia 5-2 Queensland 05/08/1956 Sydney Australia 3-4 New South Wales 05/08/1956 Moskva Russia 1-0 China 12/08/1956 Sarajevo Bosnia/Herzegovina 6-1 China 18/08/1956 Sydney Australia 1-3 New South Wales 18/08/1956 Toronto Canada 1-2 Lokomotiv Moskva 18/08/1956 Hong Kong HK Chinese FF 3-4 Taiwan 19/08/1956 Ljubljana Slovenia 5-2 China 19/08/1956 Wallsend Australia 1-0 New South Wales 19/08/1956 Baku Neftyanik Baku 3-1 Indonesia 21/08/1956 Hong Kong HK Chinese FF 2-4 Taiwan 23/08/1956 Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi 5-2 Indonesia 26/08/1956 Stalino Shakhtyor Stalino 2-1 Indonesia 28/08/1956 Seoul Seoul XI 2-2 Taiwan 29/08/1956 Kharkov Avangard Kharkov 2-1 Indonesia 29/08/1956 High Wycombe Wycombe Wanderers 10-1 Uganda 01/09/1956 Southall Southall FC 1-2 Uganda 01/09/1956 Leningrad Trudoviye Rezervy 5-2 Indonesia 04/09/1956 Ivanovo Krasnoye Znamya 0-2 Indonesia 05/09/1956 Wealdstone Athenian League 10-1 Uganda 08/09/1956 Peterborough Peterborough Utd 7-3 Uganda 12/09/1956 Zagreb Croatia 5-2 Indonesia 12/09/1956 Boston Boston United FC 6-1 Uganda 15/09/1956 Leeds Leeds and Dist. FA 1-2 Uganda 19/09/1956 Guangzhou Guangzhou 1-1 Pakistan 19/09/1956 Liverpool South Liverpool FC 4-2 Uganda 22/09/1956 Solihull Jack Mould's Ath. 2-1 Uganda 22/09/1956 Dresden SC Einheit Dresden 4-1 Indonesia 23/09/1956 Georgetown Police 0-1 Surinam 23/09/1956 Shanghai Shanghai 2-2 Pakistan 27/09/1956 Georgetown YMCA 1-3 Surinam 28/09/1956 Beijing August 1st 1-0 Pakistan 29/09/1956 London Isthmian League 2-2 Uganda 30/09/1956 Beijing Beijing Youth 5-0 Pakistan 02/10/1956 Nanning Guangxi 1-3 North Vietnam 03/10/1956 Reading Reading FC 2-0 Uganda 07/10/1956 Philadelphia Uhrik Truckers 3-3 Iceland 11/10/1956 Baltimore Maryland All-Stars 0-5 Iceland 14/10/1956 New York Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-0 Iceland 16/10/1956 Wuhan Wuhan 1-2 North Vietnam 16/10/1956 Changchun Changchun 0-0 North Korea 21/10/1956 Shenyang Shenyang Youth 0-3 North Korea 24/10/1956 Nanning Guangdong 3-0 North Vietnam 24/10/1956 Shenyang 1st Ministry M.B. 0-0 North Korea 24/10/1956 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-2 British Army 31/10/1956 Freetown S. Leone Rural XI 0-1 Gambia 02/11/1956 Tiranë Albania XI 5-1 China 03/11/1956 Bo S. Leone SE XI 0-2 Gambia 05/11/1956 USSR 11-1 Pakhtakor 07/11/1956 Makeni S. Leone North XI 1-4 Gambia 17/11/1956 Melbourne Hakoah St Kilda 0-3 Japan 20/11/1956 Melbourne Wilhelmina 0-16 Bulgaria 02/12/1956 Cambodia 3-2 Shanghai 05/12/1956 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro XI 1-2 Argentina Raúl Colombo 06/12/1956 Coburg Australia 6-2 HMS Newcastle 06/12/1956 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-3 N.Ireland League 09/12/1956 Cambodia 0-1 Shanghai 13/12/1956 Padang PSP (Padang) 0-3 Yugoslavia 16/12/1956 Surabaja Persibaja 0-8 Yugoslavia 17/12/1956 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-0 CS La Libertad Triangular ??/12/1956 Port-au-Prince CS La Libertad - Curacao Triangular 21/12/1956 Bandung Persib 0-6 Yugoslavia 25/12/1956 Djakarta Persidja 2-4 Yugoslavia