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Belgium 2-1 Poland - April 02, 1980 / Friendlies 1980

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Friendlies 1980 - Europe

Stade du Heysel - Bruxelles - Belgium

April 02, 1980

6 800

2 - 1

Poland

Ludo Coeck

38'

Erwin Vandenbergh

58'

65'

Grzegorz Lato

logo Belgium BEL

38' - Goal Ludo Coeck38

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46' - Substitution Luc Millecampsis substituted by Maurice Martens46

52' - Substitution Andrzej Iwanis substituted by Janusz Sybis

58' - Goal Erwin Vandenbergh58

65' - Goal Grzegorz Lato

66' - Substitution Wilfried Van Moeris substituted by Gérard Plessers66

75' - Substitution Roman Wojcickiis substituted by Stefan Majewski

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

2 - 1

Poland

Belgium Poland

Team line-ups

Belgium

Custers

Theo Custers

Belgium

B.date10/08/1950

Age29 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Millecamps46

Luc Millecamps

Belgium

B.date10/09/1951

Age28 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Renquin

Michel Renquin

Belgium

B.date03/11/1955

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Meeuws

Walter Meeuws

Belgium

B.date11/07/1951

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Gerets

Eric Gerets

Belgium

B.date18/05/1954

Age25 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Van Moer66

Wilfried Van Moer

Belgium

B.date01/03/1945

Age35 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

Coeck38

Ludo Coeck

Belgium

B.date25/09/1955

Age24 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

Vandereycken

René Vandereycken

Belgium

B.date22/07/1953

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Ceulemans

Jan Ceulemans

Belgium

B.date28/02/1957

Age23 years

H1m88

positionOffensive Midfielder

Van der Elst

François Van der Elst

Belgium

B.date01/12/1954

Age25 years

H1m72

positionRight Winger

Vandenbergh58

Erwin Vandenbergh

Belgium

B.date26/01/1959

Age21 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Theo Custers		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luc Millecamps	46	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michel Renquin		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Walter Meeuws		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Gerets		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfried Van Moer	66	35	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ludo Coeck	38	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	René Vandereycken		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Ceulemans		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	François Van der Elst		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erwin Vandenbergh	58	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Poland

Mowlik

Piotr Mowlik

Poland

B.date21/04/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Wojcicki75

Roman Wojcicki

Poland

B.date08/01/1958

Age22 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Janas

Pawel Janas

Poland

B.date04/03/1953

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Rudy

Wojciech Rudy

Poland

B.date24/10/1952

Age27 years

H1m75

positionDefender

Motyka

Marek Motyka

Poland

B.date17/04/1958

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Dziuba

Marek Dziuba

Poland

B.date19/12/1955

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Lipka

Leszek Lipka

Poland

B.date04/06/1958

Age21 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Miloszewicz

Henryk Miloszewicz

Poland

B.date27/01/1956

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Palasz

Andrzej Palasz

Poland

B.date22/07/1960

Age19 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Iwan52

Andrzej Iwan

Poland

B.date10/11/1959

Age20 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Lato65

Grzegorz Lato

Poland

B.date08/04/1950

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Piotr Mowlik		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roman Wojcicki	75	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pawel Janas		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wojciech Rudy		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marek Motyka		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marek Dziuba		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leszek Lipka		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Henryk Miloszewicz		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrzej Palasz		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrzej Iwan	52	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Grzegorz Lato	65	29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Maurice Martens	46	32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D		Gérard Plessers	66	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Stefan Majewski	75	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Janusz Sybis	52	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michel Renquin

Maurice Martens

OUT

Wilfried Van Moer

René Verheyen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Piotr Mowlik

Jozef Mlynarczyk

OUT

Wojciech Rudy

Wladyslaw Zmuda

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Guy Thys

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Thys vs Poland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 02, 1980

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Referee

Heinz Aldinger

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Belgium3 matches	General total	Poland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	Poland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 12, 1980					Latest figure on April 02, 1980

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Key figures

End of streak for Belgium after 7 consecutive matches without a win vs Poland (since 16/02/1936). It's a record streak. The first of history

Belgium keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Poland in Friendlies running (since 07/04/1965). It's a record streak. The first of history

Poland keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 06/06/1978). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 06/09/1972-07/09/1977 time period (12 matches).

Read the next 29 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBelgium 1-1 Norway20/09/1978

DBelgium 1-1 Austria28/03/1979

VBelgium 2-0 Portugal17/10/1979

VBelgium 2-0 Scotland21/11/1979

VBelgium 5-0 Luxembourg27/02/1980

VBelgium 2-0 Uruguay18/03/1980

Overall

LNetherlands 1-0 Belgium26/09/1979

VBelgium 2-0 Portugal17/10/1979

VBelgium 2-0 Scotland21/11/1979

VScotland 1-3 Belgium19/12/1979

VBelgium 5-0 Luxembourg27/02/1980

VBelgium 2-0 Uruguay18/03/1980

Current form

Away

VSwitzerland 0-2 Poland12/09/1979

DNetherlands 1-1 Poland17/10/1979

LMorocco 1-0 Poland17/02/1980

DIraq 1-1 Poland27/02/1980

LIraq 1-0 Poland29/02/1980

LHungary 2-1 Poland26/03/1980

Overall

VPoland 2-0 Iceland10/10/1979

DNetherlands 1-1 Poland17/10/1979

LMorocco 1-0 Poland17/02/1980

DIraq 1-1 Poland27/02/1980

LIraq 1-0 Poland29/02/1980

LHungary 2-1 Poland26/03/1980

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	5
Unbeaten streak	7	5
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	7	5
Invincibility streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	5	5
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	5	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
2	Victories (Competition total)	0
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

François Van der Elst	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Grzegorz Lato
François Van der Elst	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Grzegorz Lato
René Verheyen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
René Verheyen	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
François Van der Elst	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Grzegorz Lato

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Total

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

10 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

8 gf

5 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

8 gf

5 ga

Total

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

16 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 04, 1933
Home	2 - 1	October 11, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	October 08, 1967
Away	4 - 2	October 08, 1967

Latest head to head

April 17, 1974 - Rencontres amicales 1974

Belgium

1 - 1

Poland

October 08, 1967 - Eliminatoires Euro 1968

Belgium

2 - 4

Poland

May 21, 1967 - Eliminatoires Euro 1968

Poland

3 - 1

Belgium

April 07, 1965 - Rencontres amicales 1965

Belgium

0 - 0

Poland

May 23, 1962 - Rencontres amicales 1962

Poland

2 - 0

Belgium

Best historical scorers against Poland

Johan Devrindt	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Raymond Braine	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Wilfried Van Moer	1 goal	1974 - 1974
Augustinus Hellemans	1 goal	1931 - 1931
Jean Brichaut	1 goal	1933 - 1933
Henrik Isemborghs	1 goal	1939 - 1939

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/10/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Janusz Zmijewski	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Wlodzimierz Lubanski	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Ernest Wilimowski	2 goals	1939 - 1939
Lucjan Brychczy	2 goals	1962 - 1967
Hubert Gad	1 goal	1936 - 1936
Zygfryd Szoltysik	1 goal	1967 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/10/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Poland

Paul van Himst	5 matches	1962 - 1974
Jean Nicolay	4 matches	1962 - 1967
Wilfried Puis	4 matches	1962 - 1967
Bernard Voorhoof	3 matches	1931 - 1936
Jef Jurion	3 matches	1962 - 1967
Robert Braet	3 matches	1931 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/10/1931. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Wladyslaw Szczepaniak	4 matches	1931 - 1939
Gerard Wodarz	3 matches	1933 - 1939
Jozef Kotlarczyk	3 matches	1931 - 1936
Jacek Gmoch	3 matches	1965 - 1967
Stanislaw Oslizlo	3 matches	1962 - 1967
Michal Matyas	2 matches	1933 - 1936