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Belgique 0-2 Pays-Bas - March 26, 1977 / Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

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Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978 - Journée 3 - Groupe 4

Bosuil - Anvers - Belgium

March 26, 1977

48 343

Belgique

Belgium

0 - 2

Pays-Bas

Netherlands

19'

Johnny Rep

65'

Johan Cruijff

logo Belgique BEL

19' - Goal Johnny Rep

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46' - Substitution Roger Van Goolis substituted by Jan Ceulemans46

65' - Goal Johan Cruijff photo Willy van der Kuijlen

65' - Substitution Kees Kistis substituted by Willy van der Kuijlen

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgique

0 - 2

Pays-Bas

Belgique Pays-Bas

Team line-ups

Belgique

Piot

Christian Piot

Belgium

B.date04/10/1947

Age29 years

H1m76

positionGoalkeeper

Bastijns

Alfons Bastijns

Belgium

B.date28/01/1947

Age30 years

positionDefender

Wellens

Willy Wellens

Belgium

B.date29/03/1954

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Broos

Hugo Broos

Belgium

B.date10/04/1952

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Volders

Jos Volders

Belgium

B.date30/12/1949

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Coeck

Ludo Coeck

Belgium

B.date25/09/1955

Age21 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

Verheyen

René Verheyen

Belgium

B.date20/03/1952

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Courant

Paul Courant

Belgium

B.date01/11/1949

Age27 years

positionMidfield

Van Gool46

Roger Van Gool

Belgium

B.date01/06/1950

Age26 years

positionForward

Van der Elst

François Van der Elst

Belgium

B.date01/12/1954

Age22 years

H1m72

positionRight Winger

Cools

Julien Cools

Belgium

B.date13/02/1947

Age30 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Christian Piot		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alfons Bastijns		30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willy Wellens		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugo Broos		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jos Volders		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ludo Coeck		21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	René Verheyen		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Courant		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Van Gool	46	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	François Van der Elst		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julien Cools		30	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Pays-Bas

Schrijvers

Piet Schrijvers

Netherlands

B.date15/12/1946

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Rijsbergen

Wim Rijsbergen

Netherlands

B.date18/01/1952

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Suurbier

Wim Suurbier

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1945

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Krol

Ruud Krol

Netherlands

B.date24/03/1949

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Hovenkamp

Hugo Hovenkamp

Netherlands

B.date05/10/1950

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

van de Kerkhof

Willy van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Neeskens

Johan Neeskens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1951

Age25 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Kist65

Kees Kist

Netherlands

B.date07/08/1952

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Rep19

Johnny Rep

Netherlands

B.date25/11/1951

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

Cruijff65

Johan Cruijff

Netherlands

B.date25/04/1947

Age29 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

Rensenbrink

Robby Rensenbrink

Netherlands

B.date03/07/1947

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Piet Schrijvers		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Rijsbergen		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Suurbier		32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ruud Krol		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugo Hovenkamp		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willy van de Kerkhof		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johan Neeskens		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kees Kist	65	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johnny Rep	19	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johan Cruijff	65	29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robby Rensenbrink		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Jan Ceulemans	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Willy van der Kuijlen	65	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jos Volders

Eric Gerets

OUT

Alfons Bastijns

Erwin Van Den Daele

OUT

Roger Van Gool

Dirk Beheydt

OUT

René Verheyen

Michel Renquin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kees Kist

Jan Peters

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Guy Thys

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Thys vs Pays-Bas

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 26, 1977

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Referee

Sergio Gonella

0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Belgique2 matches	General total	Pays-Bas2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgique1 match	Season total	Pays-Bas1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 26, 1977					Latest figure on June 25, 1978

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Key figures

Belgique keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win vs Pays-Bas at home in Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe running (since 29/04/1934). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Johnny Rep scores 1 goal in Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe

End of streak for Belgique after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Pays-Bas in Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe (since 03/04/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Pays-Bas	5 pts	3 rd
-1	2	Belgique	4 pts	3 rd
	3	Irlande du Nord	1 pt	2 rd
	4	Islande	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Pays-Bas	5 pts	3 rd
-1	2	Belgique	4 pts	3 rd
	3	Irlande du Nord	1 pt	2 rd
	4	Islande	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgique 2-1 France12/10/1974

VBelgique 1-0 Netherlands30/04/1975

VBelgique 1-0 Iceland06/09/1975

LBelgique 1-2 East Germany27/09/1975

LBelgique 1-2 Netherlands22/05/1976

VBelgique 2-0 Northern Ireland10/11/1976

Overall

DFrance 0-0 Belgique15/11/1975

LNetherlands 5-0 Belgique25/04/1976

LBelgique 1-2 Netherlands22/05/1976

VIceland 0-1 Belgique05/09/1976

VBelgique 2-0 Northern Ireland10/11/1976

LItaly 2-1 Belgique26/01/1977

Current form

Away

LPoland 4-1 Pays-Bas10/09/1975

LItaly 1-0 Pays-Bas22/11/1975

VBelgium 1-2 Pays-Bas22/05/1976

VPays-Bas 3-2 Yugoslavia19/06/1976

VIceland 0-1 Pays-Bas08/09/1976

VEngland 0-2 Pays-Bas09/02/1977

Overall

VBelgium 1-2 Pays-Bas22/05/1976

LCzechoslovakia 3-1 Pays-Bas16/06/1976

VPays-Bas 3-2 Yugoslavia19/06/1976

VIceland 0-1 Pays-Bas08/09/1976

DPays-Bas 2-2 Northern Ireland13/10/1976

VEngland 0-2 Pays-Bas09/02/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	5
Scoring streak	10	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	4	7
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Raoul Lambert	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Johan Cruijff
Raoul Lambert	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ruud Geels
Raoul Lambert	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Johan Cruijff

Historical head to head

Home

54 matches

24 v

11 d

19 l

108 gf

96 ga

Away

53 matches

12 v

12 d

29 l

91 gf

156 ga

Total

107 matches

36 v

23 d

48 l

199 gf

252 ga

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

29 v

12 d

12 l

156 gf

91 ga

Away

54 matches

19 v

11 d

24 l

96 gf

108 ga

Total

107 matches

48 v

23 d

36 l

252 gf

199 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 17, 1940
Home	7 - 1	March 17, 1940

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	October 04, 1959
Away	7 - 2	April 13, 1958

Latest head to head

May 22, 1976 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Belgique

1 - 2

Pays-Bas

April 25, 1976 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Pays-Bas

5 - 0

Belgique

April 30, 1975 - Rencontres amicales 1975

Belgique

1 - 0

Pays-Bas

November 18, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Pays-Bas

0 - 0

Belgique

November 19, 1972 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Belgique

0 - 0

Pays-Bas

Best historical scorers against Pays-Bas

Raymond Braine	10 goals	1926 - 1939
Bernard Voorhoof	10 goals	1930 - 1940
Joseph Mermans	9 goals	1948 - 1954
Rik Coppens	9 goals	1952 - 1958
Léopold Anoul	8 goals	1947 - 1952
Robert De Veen	7 goals	1906 - 1913

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgique

Eberhard Bakhuys	13 goals	1929 - 1936
Leen Vente	13 goals	1934 - 1940
Hendrick Francken	12 goals	1910 - 1913
Faas Wilkes	12 goals	1946 - 1959
Kieck Smit	12 goals	1934 - 1946
Abe Lenstra	12 goals	1948 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Pays-Bas

Bernard Voorhoof	22 matches	1928 - 1940
Vicky Mees	21 matches	1949 - 1960
Raymond Braine	19 matches	1925 - 1939
Jef Jurion	17 matches	1956 - 1967
Armand Swartenbroeks	16 matches	1913 - 1928
Louis Carré	15 matches	1948 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgique

Puck van Heel	24 matches	1925 - 1938
Henri Denis	18 matches	1920 - 1930
Wim Anderiesen	18 matches	1931 - 1939
Gejus van der Meulen	17 matches	1924 - 1933
Joop de Korver	16 matches	1905 - 1913
Roelof Wiersma	16 matches	1954 - 1962