François Van der Elst

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Anderlecht	Beker van België	5	2	225	4	2	450	100%	100%	60%	20%	20%
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	32	11	262	34	14	2880	100%	94%	47%	22%	31%
Anderlecht	(C3) UEFA Cup	2			1	1	180	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Belgium	Euro Qualifying	4	5	72	2	2	360	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Belgium	Friendlies	1			1		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Belgium	Friendlies	3	3	90	1	2	270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%

1978/1979

Anderlecht

278

158

230

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Anderlecht	Beker van België	7	4	158	8	2	630	100%		100%		86%	0%	14%
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	34	11	278	41	11	3060	100%		100%	2	62%	9%	29%
Anderlecht	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	2	2	105	3	1	210	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Anderlecht	Super Cup	2	2	90	3		180	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Belgium	Euro Qualifying	4			2	1	249	50%	2	100%		0%	100%	0%
Belgium	Friendlies	1					34	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%

1977/1978

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	33	12	238	20	16	2861	97%	1	97%	64%	18%	18%
Anderlecht	Beker van België	4	4	113	7	1	450	100%		100%	50%	50%	0%
Anderlecht	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	9	6	132	4	5	789	100%		100%	78%	11%	11%
Belgium	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2				1	119	50%	1	67%	50%	0%	50%
Belgium	Friendlies	2				2	180	100%		100%	50%	50%	0%

1976/1977

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Anderlecht	Super Cup	2	1	180	3		180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	34	21	146	37	10	3060	100%	100%	62%	18%	21%
Anderlecht	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	9	4	203	10	2	810	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
Anderlecht	Beker van België	5	3	160	6	3	480	100%	83%	80%	0%	20%
Belgium	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3	1	270	2	2	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
Belgium	Friendlies	1			2		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1975/1976

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	32	4	676	28	13	2703	97%	1	89%	53%	28%	19%
Anderlecht	Beker van België	6	4	135	3	3	540	100%		100%	100%	0%	0%
Anderlecht	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	8	5	144	4	5	720	100%		89%	75%	13%	13%
Belgium	Euro Qualifying	2			5		135	50%	1	40%	0%	0%	100%

1974/1975

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	38	16	207	22	19	3314	100%		100%	50%	37%	13%
Anderlecht	Beker van België	5	3	140	1	4	419	80%	1	83%	100%	0%	0%
Anderlecht	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	6	1	524	13		524	100%		100%	33%	0%	67%
Belgium	Euro Qualifying	3	1	256	1	2	256	67%	1	100%	67%	33%	0%
Belgium	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%		100%	100%	0%	0%

1973/1974

Anderlecht

368

452

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Anderlecht	Beker van België	3			4	1	300	100%		75%		67%	33%	0%
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	29	7	368	32	5	2574	100%		97%	1	59%	21%	21%
Anderlecht	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	2			3		180	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Belgium	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1				1	19	0%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%
Belgium	Friendlies	1			1		90	100%		25%		0%	0%	100%

1972/1973

Anderlecht

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	14	9	5	1085	79%	3	47%	29%	36%	36%
Anderlecht	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	1	1		18	0%	1	25%	0%	0%	100%
Anderlecht	Beker van België	2	1		178	50%	1	33%	100%	0%	0%

1971/1972

Anderlecht

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Anderlecht	Eerste klasse	1							23	0	0%	1	3%			100%	0%	0%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Jupiler Pro League	2	19721974
Belgian Cup	3	197319751976
North American Soccer League (1968-1984)	1	1980
Cup Winners' Cup	2	19761978
Super Cup	2	19761978

Runner-ups

Jupiler Pro League	4	1976197719781979
Belgian Cup	1	1977
North American Soccer League (1968-1984)	1	1981
Euro	1	1980
Cup Winners' Cup	1	1977

Transfers

01/07/86 > 11/01/17		Retired
01/07/83 > 01/07/86		Lokeren
01/10/81 > 01/07/83		West Ham
01/06/80 > 01/10/81		New York
01/07/71 > 01/07/80		Anderlecht

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 08/05/2024 at 10:52

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Anderlecht	328	123	235	28888	3	97%319	59%192	22%72
Belgium	44	14	243	3406	3	77%34	50%22	27%12
Lokeren	36	6	518	3105		97%35	39%14	42%15
New York	49	14	315	4410		100%49	73%36	16%8
West Ham	62	15	360	5400		98%61	44%27	42%26

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Lierse SK	18	9	5
Beerschot VAV	22	15	4
Standard	20	9	4
Beringen FC	18	12	8
RFC Liège	19	6	6
Anvers	18	8	2
KSV Waregem	13	7	7
Lokeren	12	8	3
Club Brugge	18	8	6
Cercle Brugge	14	8	4
Berchem	11	9	4
Kortrijk	10	8	3
Oostende	9	8	9
KSK Beveren	14	7	5
Winterslag	10	7	3
Charleroi	14	6	9
Mechelen	12	5	3
Waterschei	6	3	1
Iceland	3	3	1
Molenbeek	15	4	3

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Club Brugge	18	9	27
RFC Liège	19	7	23
Netherlands	6	5	11
Standard	20	5	17
Beringen FC	18	5	18
Lokeren	12	4	11
KSK Beveren	14	4	14
Anvers	18	4	15
Molenbeek	15	4	19
Cercle Brugge	14	3	14
Gent	4	3	7
Charleroi	14	3	24
Beerschot VAV	22	3	25
Southampton	5	3	8
Nottingham	3	3	4
Anderlecht	2	2	5
La Louvière	5	2	5
Winterslag	10	2	10
Lierse SK	18	2	11
Mechelen	12	2	14

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1985/1986	Lokeren	0%	0%	0	26%	51%	35	-
1984/1985	Lokeren	0%	0%	0	29%	43%	35	-
1983/1984	Lokeren	39%	42%	36	33%	67%	3	-
1982/1983	West Ham	48%	45%	40	40%	20%	10	Slightly positive
1981/1982	West Ham	36%	36%	22	25%	30%	20	Positive
1981	New York	67%	20%	30	75%	25%	8	Slightly negative
1980	New York	84%	11%	19	64%	36%	11	Slightly positive
1979/1980	Anderlecht	48%	28%	40	100%	0%	1	-
1978/1979	Anderlecht	64%	29%	45	0%	0%	0	-
1977/1978	Anderlecht	65%	15%	46	100%	0%	1	-
1976/1977	Anderlecht	64%	24%	50	100%	0%	1	-
1975/1976	Anderlecht	63%	15%	46	40%	40%	5	-
1974/1975	Anderlecht	53%	18%	49	100%	0%	1	-
1973/1974	Anderlecht	59%	21%	34	0%	50%	2	-
1972/1973	Anderlecht	35%	35%	17	61%	17%	23	Negative
1971/1972	Anderlecht	100%	0%	1	65%	14%	37	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Anderlecht
28/11/1971	E	Anderlecht - Diest	8 - 1	First match with the club, first victory
22/10/1972	E	RFC Liège - Anderlecht	1 - 0	First loss
28/01/1973	E	Anderlecht - Lierse SK	0 - 0	First start
16/09/1973	E	Diest - Anderlecht	2 - 3	First goal
23/08/1974	BB	Anderlecht - La Louvière	6 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals
06/10/1974	E	Anderlecht - Oostende	6 - 2	First time scoring 3 goals, first time scoring 4 goals, first time scoring 5 goals
New York Cosmos 1971-1984
29/06/1980		The Caps - New York	0 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first goal
17/08/1980		New York - Diplomats	1 - 2	First loss
20/08/1980		Dallas Tornado - New York	1 - 4	First time scoring 2 goals
West Ham
16/01/1982	D1	Brighton - West Ham	1 - 0	First match with the club, first loss
27/01/1982	D1	Man United - West Ham	1 - 0	First start
30/01/1982	D1	West Ham - WBA	3 - 1	First victory
06/02/1982	D1	Stoke City - West Ham	2 - 1	First goal
Lokeren
21/08/1983	E	Lokeren - Beringen FC	4 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first goal
07/09/1983	E	KSK Beveren - Lokeren	1 - 0	First loss
12/02/1984	E	Lokeren - Gent	2 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 08/05/2024 at 10:52

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Jupiler Pro League	Jupiler Pro League	279	86	283	24305	97%272	53%148	23%63	24%68
Belgian Cup	Belgian Cup	42	22	177	3897	95%40	79%33	10%4	12%5
Premier League	Premier League	62	15	360	5400	98%61	44%27	15%9	42%26
NASL19681984	North American Soccer League (1968-1984)	49	14	315	4410	100%49	73%36	10%5	16%8
Friendlies	Friendlies	14	4	286	1143	86%12	50%7	14%2	36%5
World Cup	World Cup	2			90		50%1		50%1
Euro	Euro	4			360	100%4	25%1	50%2	25%1
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	6	1	408	408	67%4	67%4		33%2
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	18	9	156	1405	78%14	50%9	33%6	17%3
Champions League	Champions League	7	1	542	542	86%6	29%2		71%5
Super Cup	Super Cup	4	3	120	360	100%4	50%2		50%2
Cup Winners' Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	30	17	159	2709	100%30	70%21	7%2	23%7
Europa League	Europa League	2			180	100%2		100%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1985/1986	Lokeren	1	14	26	34	9	8	17	45	67
1984/1985	Lokeren	1	10	30	34	10	10	14	55	59
1983/1984	Lokeren	1	10	31	34	12	7	15	43	50
1982/1983	West Ham	1	8	64	42	20	4	18	68	62
1981/1982	West Ham	1	9	58	42	14	16	12	66	57
1981	New York	1S	1	200	32	23	0	9	80	49
1980	New York	1S	1	213	32	24	0	8	87	41
1979/1980	Anderlecht	1	5	41	34	17	7	10	64	34
1978/1979	Anderlecht	1	2	45	34	21	3	10	77	42
1977/1978	Anderlecht	1	2	50	34	22	6	6	69	24
1976/1977	Anderlecht	1	2	48	34	21	6	7	74	37
1975/1976	Anderlecht	1	2	48	36	19	10	7	65	36
1974/1975	Anderlecht	1	3	52	38	19	14	5	72	26
1973/1974	Anderlecht	1	1	41	30	17	7	6	72	38
1972/1973	Anderlecht	1	6	34	30	12	10	8	47	30
1971/1972	Anderlecht	1	1	45	30	19	7	4	67	25

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 28, 1986	28/06		3rd/4th place	France	4 - 2a.e.t.	Belgium	Absent
June 25, 1986	25/06		Semi-finals	Belgium	0 - 2	Argentina	Absent
June 22, 1986	22/06		Quarter-finals	Spain	1 - 14-5 s.o	Belgium	Absent
June 15, 1986	15/06		Round of 16	Soviet Union	3 - 4a.e.t.	Belgium	Absent
June 11, 1986	11/06		Group B	Paraguay	2 - 2	Belgium	Absent
June 08, 1986	08/06		Group B	Iraq	1 - 2	Belgium	Absent
June 03, 1986	03/06		Group B	Belgium	1 - 2	Mexico	Absent
May 19, 1986	19/05	F	Europe	Belgium	1 - 3	Yugoslavia	Absent
April 23, 1986	23/04	F	Europe	Belgium	2 - 0	Bulgaria	Absent
April 20, 1986	20/04	E	Round 34	Lokeren	0 - 1	RFC Liège	No data
April 12, 1986	12/04	E	Round 33	Kortrijk	4 - 0	Lokeren	No data
April 05, 1986	05/04	E	Round 32	Lokeren	1 - 3	Gent	No data
March 29, 1986	29/03	E	Round 31	Charleroi	4 - 2	Lokeren	No data
March 22, 1986	22/03	E	Round 30	Lokeren	2 - 2	Beerschot VAC	No data
March 15, 1986	15/03	E	Round 29	Club Brugge	5 - 0	Lokeren	No data
March 08, 1986	08/03	E	Round 28	Lokeren	4 - 0	Lierse SK	No data
February 28, 1986	28/02	E	Round 20	Gent	2 - 1	Lokeren	No data
February 22, 1986	22/02	E	Round 27	Anderlecht	3 - 2	Lokeren	No data
February 19, 1986	19/02	F	Europe	Spain	3 - 0	Belgium	Absent
February 15, 1986	15/02	E	Round 26	Lokeren	3 - 0	Waterschei	No data
February 08, 1986	08/02	E	Round 25	KSV Waregem	3 - 0	Lokeren	No data
February 01, 1986	01/02	E	Round 24	Lokeren	1 - 1	RFC Seraing 17	No data
January 25, 1986	25/01	E	Round 23	Lokeren	1 - 4	Standard	No data
January 18, 1986	18/01	E	Round 22	Royal Antwerp	1 - 1	Lokeren	No data
January 11, 1986	11/01	E	Round 21	Lokeren	2 - 1	Mechelen	No data
December 22, 1985	22/12	E	Round 19	KSK Beveren	2 - 2	Lokeren	No data
December 15, 1985	15/12	E	Round 18	Molenbeek	1 - 2	Lokeren	No data
December 07, 1985	07/12	E	Round 17	Lokeren	2 - 1	Cercle Brugge	No data
November 30, 1985	30/11	E	Round 16	RFC Liège	3 - 2	Lokeren	No data
November 24, 1985	24/11	E	Round 15	Lokeren	2 - 0	Kortrijk	No data
November 20, 1985	20/11	WCQ	Last Round	Netherlands	2 - 1	Belgium	Absent
November 16, 1985	16/11	E	Round 14	Lierse SK	5 - 0	Lokeren	No data
November 09, 1985	09/11	E	Round 13	Lokeren	0 - 1	Charleroi	No data
November 02, 1985	02/11	BB	Round of 32	Lokeren	0 - 5	Mechelen	No data
October 27, 1985	27/10	E	Round 12	Beerschot VAC	3 - 0	Lokeren	No data
October 20, 1985	20/10	E	Round 11	Lokeren	0 - 2	Club Brugge	No data
October 16, 1985	16/10	WCQ	Last Round	Belgium	1 - 0	Netherlands	Absent
October 05, 1985	05/10	E	Round 10	Lokeren	3 - 5	Anderlecht	No data
September 28, 1985	28/09	E	Round 9	Waterschei	1 - 4	Lokeren	No data
September 21, 1985	21/09	E	Round 8	Lokeren	0 - 3	KSV Waregem	No data
September 15, 1985	15/09	E	Round 7	RFC Seraing 17	1 - 2	Lokeren	No data
September 11, 1985	11/09	WCQEZ	Group 1	Poland	0 - 0	Belgium	Absent
September 07, 1985	07/09	E	Round 6	Standard	2 - 2	Lokeren	No data
August 31, 1985	31/08	E	Round 5	Lokeren	2 - 0	Royal Antwerp	No data
August 28, 1985	28/08	E	Round 4	Mechelen	0 - 0	Lokeren	No data
August 24, 1985	24/08	E	Round 3	KSK Beveren	1 - 0	Lokeren	No data
August 18, 1985	18/08	E	Round 2	Cercle Brugge	1 - 1	Lokeren	No data
August 14, 1985	14/08	E	Round 1	Lokeren	1 - 1	Molenbeek	No data

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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