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West Germany 3-1 Netherlands - December 20, 1978 / Friendlies 1978
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This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

West Germany 3-1 Netherlands - December 20, 1978 / Friendlies 1978

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

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photo Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 32' - Goal Karl-Heinz Rummenigge32
HT

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photo Gerd Zimmermannphoto Bernd Cullmann 52' - Substitution Bernd Cullmannis substituted by Gerd Zimmermann52
55photo Pierre Vermeulenphoto Adrie Koster 55' - Substitution Adrie Kosteris substituted by Pierre Vermeulen
photo Klaus Fischer 57' - Goal Klaus Fischer57
62photo John Metgodphoto Ruud Krol 62' - Substitution Ruud Krolis substituted by John Metgod
69photo Tscheu La Ling 69' - Goal Tscheu La Ling
photo Ronald Borchersphoto Rüdiger Abramczik 79' - Substitution Rüdiger Abramczikis substituted by Ronald Borchers79
photo Rainer Bonhof 85' - Goal Rainer Bonhof85
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Team line-ups

West Germany

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
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Burdenski
photo Dieter Burdenski
Dieter Burdenski
Germany
B.date26/11/1950
Age28 years
H1m81  
positionGoalkeeper
Kaltz
photo Manfred Kaltz
Manfred Kaltz
Germany
B.date06/01/1953
Age25 years
H1m84  
positionSweeper
Cullmann52
photo Bernd Cullmann
Bernd Cullmann
Germany
B.date01/11/1949
Age29 years
H1m86  
positionDefender
Dietz
photo Bernard Dietz
Bernard Dietz
Germany
B.date22/03/1948
Age30 years
H1m78  
positionDefender
Bonhof85
photo Rainer Bonhof
Rainer Bonhof
Germany
B.date29/03/1952
Age26 years
H1m80  
positionDefensive Midfielder
Zewe
photo Gerd Zewe
Gerd Zewe
Germany
B.date13/06/1950
Age28 years
H1m78  
positionMidfield
Stielike
photo Uli Stielike
Uli Stielike
Germany
B.date15/11/1954
Age24 years
H1m78  
positionCentre Midfield
Abramczik79
photo Rüdiger Abramczik
Rüdiger Abramczik
Germany
B.date18/02/1956
Age22 years
H1m82  
positionForward
Allofs
photo Klaus Allofs
Klaus Allofs
Germany
B.date05/12/1956
Age22 years
H1m75  
positionStriker
Fischer57
photo Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer
Germany
B.date27/12/1949
Age28 years
H1m78  
positionStriker
Rummenigge32
photo Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Germany
B.date25/09/1955
Age23 years
H1m82  
positionStriker

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Dieter Burdenski 28 3 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Manfred Kaltz 25 24 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Bernd Cullmann 52 29 25 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Bernard Dietz 30 32 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Rainer Bonhof 85 26 43 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Gerd Zewe 28 3 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Uli Stielike 24 7 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Rüdiger Abramczik 79 22 18 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Klaus Allofs 22 3 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Klaus Fischer 57 28 20 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 32 23 20 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

18

Netherlands

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forward
offensive midfielder
midfielder
defensive midfielder
defender
sweeper
goalkeeper
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Schrijvers
photo Piet Schrijvers
Piet Schrijvers
Netherlands
B.date15/12/1946
Age32 years
H1m86  
positionGoalkeeper
Poortvliet
photo Jan Poortvliet
Jan Poortvliet
Netherlands
B.date21/09/1955
Age23 years
H1m80  
positionDefender
Brandts
photo Ernie Brandts
Ernie Brandts
Netherlands
B.date03/02/1956
Age22 years
H1m87  
positionCentral defender
Krol62
photo Ruud Krol
Ruud Krol
Netherlands
B.date24/03/1949
Age29 years
H1m80  
positionLeft full-back
Hovenkamp
photo Hugo Hovenkamp
Hugo Hovenkamp
Netherlands
B.date05/10/1950
Age28 years
H1m83  
positionLeft full-back
van de Kerkhof
photo Willy van de Kerkhof
Willy van de Kerkhof
Netherlands
B.date16/09/1951
Age27 years
H1m82  
positionDefensive Midfielder
Jansen
photo Wim Jansen
Wim Jansen
Netherlands
B.date28/10/1946
Age32 years
H1m66  
positionRight central midfielder
Neeskens
photo Johan Neeskens
Johan Neeskens
Netherlands
B.date15/09/1951
Age27 years
H1m78  
positionBox-to-box midfielder
Koster55
photo Adrie Koster
Adrie Koster
Netherlands
B.date18/11/1954
Age24 years
positionRight Winger
Rep
photo Johnny Rep
Johnny Rep
Netherlands
B.date25/11/1951
Age27 years
H1m80  
positionRight Winger
La Ling69
photo Tscheu La Ling
Tscheu La Ling
Netherlands
B.date06/01/1956
Age22 years
H1m86  
positionRight Winger

First 11

Age Match num Note
G
Piet Schrijvers 32 23 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Jan Poortvliet 23 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Ernie Brandts 22 9 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Ruud Krol 62 29 63 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D
Hugo Hovenkamp 28 10 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Willy van de Kerkhof 27 28 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Wim Jansen 32 59 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Johan Neeskens 27 45 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Adrie Koster 55 24 3 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Johnny Rep 27 31 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Tscheu La Ling 69 22 3 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

26

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
D
Gerd Zimmermann 52 29 7 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M
Ronald Borchers 79 21 1 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes

Age Match num Note
D
John Metgod 62 20 2 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F
Pierre Vermeulen 55 22 2 You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dieter Burdenski

IN

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Sepp Maier

OUT

Uli Stielike

IN

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Rolf Rüssmann

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adrie Koster

IN

change player

Robby Rensenbrink

OUT

Johnny Rep

IN

change player

René van de Kerkhof

OUT

Wim Jansen

IN

change player

Jan Peters

OUT

Tscheu La Ling

IN

change player

Ruud Geels

OUT

Jan Poortvliet

IN

change player

Piet Wildschut

OUT

Willy van de Kerkhof

IN

change player

Adrie van Kraay

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Derwall vs Netherlands

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1978

Derwall vs Zwartkruis

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

75 %

Zwartkruis vs West Germany

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1978

Zwartkruis vs Derwall

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 1978

Referee

Karoly Palotai

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

West Germany6 matchesGeneral total Netherlands3 matches

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

West Germany2 matchesSeason total Netherlands1 match

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 16, 1983Latest figure on December 20, 1978

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Key figures

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Netherlands keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in Friendlies running (since 30/10/1960). It's a record streak. The first of history

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Netherlands keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 21/06/1978).

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West Germany keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Friendlies running (since 01/02/1942). It's a record streak. The first of history

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Germany 4-1 Switzerland16/11/1977

DWest Germany 1-1 Wales14/12/1977

VWest Germany 2-1 England22/02/1978

VWest Germany 1-0 Soviet Union08/03/1978

LWest Germany 0-1 Brazil05/04/1978

DWest Germany 0-0 Hungary15/11/1978

Overall

DTunisia 0-0 West Germany10/06/1978

DItaly 0-0 West Germany14/06/1978

DWest Germany 2-2 Netherlands18/06/1978

LAustria 3-2 West Germany21/06/1978

VCzechoslovakia 3-4 West Germany11/10/1978

DWest Germany 0-0 Hungary15/11/1978

Current form

Away

VNorthern Ireland 0-1 Netherlands12/10/1977

VIsrael 1-2 Netherlands22/02/1978

VTunisia 0-4 Netherlands05/04/1978

VAustria 0-1 Netherlands20/05/1978

LArgentina 3-1 Netherlands25/06/1978

VSwitzerland 1-3 Netherlands11/10/1978

Overall

DGermany 2-2 Netherlands18/06/1978

VNetherlands 2-1 Italy21/06/1978

LArgentina 3-1 Netherlands25/06/1978

VNetherlands 3-0 Iceland20/09/1978

VSwitzerland 1-3 Netherlands11/10/1978

VNetherlands 3-0 East Germany15/11/1978

Running streaks

Home Total
Drawing streak 1 1
Unbeaten streak 1 2
Winless streak 2 1
Goalless streak 2 1
Invincibility streak 1 1

Running streaks

Away Total
Winning streak 1 3
Unbeaten streak 1 3
Drawless streak 14 5
Scoring streak 11 8
Conceding streak 2 0
Invincibility streak 0 1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

6

Number of games (Competition total)

3

4

Number of games (Home / Away)

3

3

Victories (Competition total)

3

2

Victories (Home / Away)

3

1

Draws (Competition total)

0

1

Draws (Home / Away)

0

2

Losses (Competition total)

0

1

Losses (Home / Away)

0

Goals

8

Goals scored (Competition total)

7

3

Goals scored (Home / Away)

7

8

Goals conceded (Competition total)

1

2

Goals conceded (Home / Away)

1

1.33

Goals scored per match average (Competition total)

2.33

0.75

Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)

2.33

1.33

Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)

0.33

0.5

Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)

0.33

Betting aid

3

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)

2

1

Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)

2

2

Clean sheets (Competition total)

2

2

Clean sheets (Home / Away)

2

2

Matches without scoring (Competition total)

0

2

Matches without scoring (Home / Away)

0

3

The 2 teams score (Competition total)

1

1

The 2 teams score (Home / Away)

1

2-1
(1 times)

Most frequent score (Home / Away)

2-1
(1 times)

Bookings

0

Yellow cards (Competition total)

1

0

Yellow cards (Home / Away)

1

0

Red cards (Competition total)

0

0

Red cards (Home / Away)

0

Key players

photo Rainer BonhofRainer Bonhof4 goalsTeam's best scorer (Competition total)2 goalsDick Nanningaphoto Dick Nanninga
photo Rainer BonhofRainer Bonhof1 goalTeam's best scorer (Home / Away)2 goalsDick Nanningaphoto Dick Nanninga
photo Rainer BonhofRainer Bonhof1 penaltyTeam's penalty best scorer (Competition total)1 penaltyRobby Rensenbrinkphoto Robby Rensenbrink
-Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)1 penaltyRobby Rensenbrinkphoto Robby Rensenbrink
photo Rainer BonhofRainer Bonhof4 goals during the last 6 matchesThe fittest player2 goals during the last 2 matchesDick Nanningaphoto Dick Nanninga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches
3 v
4 d
4 l

22 gf

17 ga

Away

10 matches
5 v
3 d
2 l

26 gf

23 ga

Neutral ground

1 match
0 v
1 d
0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

22 matches
8 v
8 d
6 l

50 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches
2 v
3 d
5 l

23 gf

26 ga

Away

11 matches
4 v
4 d
3 l

17 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

1 match
0 v
1 d
0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

22 matches
6 v
8 d
8 l

42 gf

50 ga

Largest victory

Overall
7 - 0
October 21, 1959
Home
7 - 0
October 21, 1959

Largest victory

Overall
2 - 0
December 04, 1932
Away
2 - 0
December 04, 1932

Latest head to head

June 18, 1978 - Coupe du Monde 1978

May 17, 1975 - Rencontres amicales 1975

July 07, 1974 - Coupe du Monde 1974

March 23, 1966 - Rencontres amicales 1966

October 21, 1959 - Rencontres amicales 1959

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

photo Josef Pöttinger Josef Pöttinger 5 goals 1926 - 1927
photo Uwe Seeler Uwe Seeler 4 goals 1959 - 1966
photo Otto Harder Otto Harder 4 goals 1914 - 1926
photo Julius Hirsch Julius Hirsch 4 goals 1912 - 1912
photo Aki Schmidt Aki Schmidt 3 goals 1957 - 1959
photo Adolf Jäger Adolf Jäger 3 goals 1912 - 1914
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1910. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Germany

photo Jan Thomée Jan Thomée 5 goals 1910 - 1912
photo Wim Tap Wim Tap 4 goals 1926 - 1931
photo Hendrick Francken Hendrick Francken 4 goals 1912 - 1912
photo Lawrence Adam Lawrence Adam 2 goals 1932 - 1932
photo Wouter Buitenweg Wouter Buitenweg 2 goals 1914 - 1914
photo Abe Lenstra Abe Lenstra 2 goals 1956 - 1956
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1910. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

photo Karl Wegele Karl Wegele 4 matches 1910 - 1914
photo Josef Müller Josef Müller 4 matches 1924 - 1926
photo Otto Harder Otto Harder 4 matches 1914 - 1926
photo Richard Hofmann Richard Hofmann 3 matches 1927 - 1932
photo Erich Juskowiak Erich Juskowiak 3 matches 1956 - 1959
photo Franz Beckenbauer Franz Beckenbauer 3 matches 1966 - 1975
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1910. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Germany

photo Puck van Heel Puck van Heel 6 matches 1926 - 1937
photo Gejus van der Meulen Gejus van der Meulen 5 matches 1925 - 1932
photo Henri Denis Henri Denis 5 matches 1923 - 1927
photo Wim Tap Wim Tap 4 matches 1926 - 1931
photo Wim Anderiesen Wim Anderiesen 4 matches 1931 - 1937
photo Joop de Korver Joop de Korver 4 matches 1910 - 1912
First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/04/1910. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 11, 1978

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January 25, 1978

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February 08, 1978

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February 15, 1978

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February 22, 1978

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March 08, 1978

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March 22, 1978

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March 29, 1978

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April 04, 1978

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April 05, 1978

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April 12, 1978

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April 15, 1978

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April 19, 1978

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April 23, 1978

April 26, 1978

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May 14, 1978

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May 18, 1978

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May 20, 1978

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May 21, 1978

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May 24, 1978

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June 28, 1978

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August 30, 1978

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September 06, 1978

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September 20, 1978

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September 23, 1978

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October 05, 1978

October 11, 1978

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November 08, 1978

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November 15, 1978

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November 29, 1978

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December 13, 1978

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December 21, 1978

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