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Belgium 2-2 Norway - March 25, 1998 / Friendlies 1998

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Friendlies 1998 - Europe

Stade du Roi Baudouin - Bruxelles - Belgium

March 25, 1998

13 371

Belgium

2 - 2

Norway

Franky Van der Elst

Marc Wilmots

65'

11'

Vidar Riseth

70'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

logo Belgium BEL

8' - Goal Franky Van der Elst8

11' - Goal Vidar Riseth

logo Belgium BEL

46' - Substitution Eric Deflandreis substituted by Tjorven De Brul46

46' - Substitution Haavard Flois substituted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

65' - Goal Marc Wilmots65

68' - Substitution Roar Strandis substituted by Alf-Inge Haaland photo Trond-Egil Soltvedt

68' - Substitution Erik Myklandis substituted by Trond-Egil Soltvedt

70' - Goal Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

77' - Substitution Danny Boffinis substituted by Philippe Léonard photo Mbo Mpenza

77' - Substitution Luis Oliveirais substituted by Mbo Mpenza77

81' - Substitution Glen De Boeckis substituted by Philippe Clément81

81' - Substitution Vidar Risethis substituted by Egil Ostenstad

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

2 - 2

Norway

Belgium Norway

Team line-ups

Belgium

Verlinden

Dany Verlinden

Belgium

B.date15/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

De Boeck81

Glen De Boeck

Belgium

B.date22/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Staelens

Lorenzo Staelens

Belgium

B.date30/04/1964

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Van Meir

Eric Van Meir

Belgium

B.date28/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Deflandre46

Eric Deflandre

Belgium

B.date02/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Van Kerckhoven

Nico Van Kerckhoven

Belgium

B.date14/12/1970

Age27 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Van der Elst8

Franky Van der Elst

Belgium

B.date30/04/1961

Age36 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

Boffin77

Danny Boffin

Belgium

B.date10/07/1965

Age32 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Wilmots65

Marc Wilmots

Belgium

B.date22/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Oliveira77

Luis Oliveira

Belgium

B.date24/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

Verheyen

Gert Verheyen

Belgium

B.date20/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m88

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dany Verlinden		34	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen De Boeck	81	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lorenzo Staelens		33	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Van Meir		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Deflandre	46	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nico Van Kerckhoven		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Franky Van der Elst	8	36	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Boffin	77	32	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Wilmots	65	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luis Oliveira	77	29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gert Verheyen		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Norway

Gill

Thomas Gill

Norway

B.date16/05/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Riseth1181

Vidar Riseth

Norway

B.date21/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Hoftun

Erik Hoftun

Norway

B.date03/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Strand68

Roar Strand

Norway

B.date02/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Halle

Gunnar Halle

Norway

B.date11/08/1965

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Skammelsrud

Bent André Skammelsrud

Norway

B.date18/05/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mykland68

Erik Mykland

Norway

B.date21/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight Midfielder

Haavard Flo46

Haavard Flo

Norway

B.date04/04/1970

Age27 years

H1m87

positionMidfield

Leonhardsen

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Norway

B.date17/08/1970

Age27 years

positionMidfield

T. A. Flo

Tore André Flo

Norway

B.date15/06/1973

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thomas Gill		32	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vidar Riseth	1181	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Erik Hoftun		29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roar Strand	68	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gunnar Halle		32	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bent André Skammelsrud		31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Erik Mykland	68	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Haavard Flo	46	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Öyvind Leonhardsen		27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tjorven De Brul	46	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Clément	81	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Léonard	77	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mbo Mpenza	77	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Alf-Inge Haaland	68	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trond-Egil Soltvedt	68	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	7046	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Egil Ostenstad	81	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luis Oliveira

Emile Mpenza

OUT

Dany Verlinden

Filip De Wilde

OUT

Gert Verheyen

Luc Nilis

OUT

Glen De Boeck

Gordan Vidovic

OUT

Eric Van Meir

Philippe Léonard

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Vidar Riseth

Claus Lundekvam

OUT

Haavard Flo

Petter Rudi

OUT

Thomas Gill

Frode Grodas

OUT

Öyvind Leonhardsen

Lars Bohinen

OUT

Roar Strand

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

OUT

Erik Hoftun

Alf-Inge Haaland

OUT

Gunnar Halle

Frank Strandli

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Georges Leekens

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Leekens vs Norway

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 1998

Leekens vs Olsen

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Egil Olsen

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Olsen vs Belgium

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 1998

Olsen vs Leekens

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 1998

Referee

Hans-Jürgen Weber

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	General total	Norway2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	Norway1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 25, 1998					Latest figure on March 25, 1998

Videos

March 27, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Belgium keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Norway running (since 04/10/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Franky Van der Elst scores 1 goal in his professional career with Belgium

Norway keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win running (since 08/10/1997). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 22/07/1995-07/02/1996 time period (8 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgium 2-1 Turkey31/08/1996

LBelgium 0-3 Netherlands14/12/1996

VBelgium 6-0 San Marino07/06/1997

VBelgium 3-2 Wales11/10/1997

VBelgium 2-1 Ireland15/11/1997

VBelgium 2-0 United States25/02/1998

Overall

VBelgium 6-0 San Marino07/06/1997

LNetherlands 3-1 Belgium06/09/1997

VBelgium 3-2 Wales11/10/1997

DIreland 1-1 Belgium29/10/1997

VBelgium 2-1 Ireland15/11/1997

VBelgium 2-0 United States25/02/1998

Current form

Away

VUnited Arab Emirates 1-4 Norway29/03/1997

DHungary 1-1 Norway08/06/1997

VIceland 0-1 Norway20/07/1997

VFinland 0-4 Norway20/08/1997

VAzerbaijan 0-1 Norway06/09/1997

DFrance 3-3 Norway25/02/1998

Overall

VIceland 0-1 Norway20/07/1997

VFinland 0-4 Norway20/08/1997

VAzerbaijan 0-1 Norway06/09/1997

VNorway 5-0 Switzerland10/09/1997

DNorway 0-0 Colombia08/10/1997

DFrance 3-3 Norway25/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	4
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	4	8
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	6	10
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

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)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
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)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-3 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Nico Van Kerckhoven	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Tore André Flo
Nico Van Kerckhoven	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Tore André Flo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Frank Strandli
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Frank Strandli
Nico Van Kerckhoven	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Tore André Flo

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 31, 1973
Home	2 - 0	October 31, 1973

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 12, 1979 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

Norway

1 - 2

Belgium

September 20, 1978 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

Belgium

1 - 1

Norway

October 31, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Belgium

2 - 0

Norway

October 04, 1972 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Norway

0 - 2

Belgium

Best historical scorers against Norway

Léon Dolmans	2 goals	1972 - 1973
Raoul Lambert	2 goals	1972 - 1973
François Van der Elst	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Julien Cools	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Jean Janssens	1 goal	1979 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

	Paal Jacobsen	1 goal	1979 - 1979
	Arne Okland	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Norway

François Van der Elst	3 matches	1973 - 1979
Jan Verheyen	2 matches	1972 - 1973
Walter Meeuws	2 matches	1978 - 1979
René Vandereycken	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Raoul Lambert	2 matches	1972 - 1973
Paul van Himst	2 matches	1972 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Tor Egil Johansen	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Hallvar Thoresen	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Einar Jan Aas	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Svein Mathisen	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Roger Albertsen	2 matches	1978 - 1979
Paal Jacobsen	2 matches	1978 - 1979