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Belgium 3-0 France - October 18, 1961 / Friendlies 1961

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Friendlies 1961 - Europe

Stade du Heysel - Bruxelles - Belgium

October 18, 1961

11 019

Belgium

3 - 0

France

Pierre Hanon

18'

Paul Vandenberg

60'

Roger Claessen

84'

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18' - Goal Pierre Hanon18

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60' - Goal Paul Vandenberg60

84' - Goal Roger Claessen84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

3 - 0

France

Belgium France

Team line-ups

Belgium

Nicolay

Jean Nicolay

Belgium

B.date27/12/1937

Age23 years

positionGoalkeeper

Verbiest

Laurent Verbiest

Belgium

B.date16/04/1939

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Hanon18

Pierre Hanon

Belgium

B.date29/12/1936

Age24 years

positionDefender

Lippens

Martin Lippens

Belgium

B.date08/10/1934

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Baré

Yves Baré

Belgium

B.date28/10/1938

Age22 years

positionDefender

Lejeune

Emile Lejeune

Belgium

B.date17/02/1938

Age23 years

positionDefender

Vandenberg60

Paul Vandenberg

Belgium

B.date11/10/1936

Age25 years

positionForward

van Himst

Paul van Himst

Belgium

B.date02/10/1943

Age18 years

H1m81

positionForward

Paeschen

Marcel Paeschen

Belgium

B.date30/04/1937

Age24 years

positionForward

Claessen84

Roger Claessen

Belgium

B.date26/09/1941

Age20 years

positionForward

Jurion

Jef Jurion

Belgium

B.date24/02/1937

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jean Nicolay		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Verbiest		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pierre Hanon	18	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Lippens		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Yves Baré		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emile Lejeune		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Vandenberg	60	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul van Himst		18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcel Paeschen		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Claessen	84	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jef Jurion		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

France

Bernard

Pierre Bernard

France

B.date27/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Lerond

André Lerond

France

B.date06/12/1930

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft central defender

Wendling

Jean Wendling

France

B.date29/04/1934

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Boucher

Richard Boucher

France

B.date01/01/1932

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Mahi

Khennane Mahi

France

B.date21/10/1936

Age24 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Van Sam

Guy Van Sam

France

B.date20/12/1935

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Marcel

Jean-Jacques Marcel

France

B.date13/06/1931

Age30 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Vincent

Jean Vincent

France

B.date29/11/1930

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Faivre

Jacques Faivre

France

B.date25/11/1932

Age28 years

H1m72

positionRight Winger

Kopa

Raymond Kopa

France

B.date13/10/1931

Age30 years

H1m69

positionSecond striker

Wisniewski

Maryan Wisniewski

France

B.date01/02/1937

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Pierre Bernard	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Lerond	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jean Wendling	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Boucher	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Khennane Mahi	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Guy Van Sam	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jean-Jacques Marcel	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jean Vincent	30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jacques Faivre	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raymond Kopa	30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Maryan Wisniewski	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul Vandenberg

André Piters

OUT

Emile Lejeune

Guillaume Raskin

OUT

Marcel Paeschen

Claude Croté

OUT

Jean Nicolay

Guy Delhasse

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jean Vincent

Roger Piantoni

OUT

Raymond Kopa

Lucien Muller

OUT

Khennane Mahi

Guillaume Bieganski

OUT

Guy Van Sam

Erny Schultz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Constant Vanden Stock

Success rate in this team:

23 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

22 %

Vanden Stock vs France

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 1961

Vanden Stock vs Batteux

2 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 1961

Manager

Age

Match num

Albert Batteux

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Batteux vs Belgium

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1961

Batteux vs Vanden Stock

0 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 1961

Referee

Kevin Howley

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Belgium2 matches	General total	France1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	France1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 22, 1964					Latest figure on October 18, 1961

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Comments

Key figures

France keeps its 3 matches with at least 3 goals conceded away from home running (since 24/06/1958). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/06/1958 (2 matches)

End of streak for Belgium after 6 consecutive matches without a win at home (since 02/06/1928). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Paul Vandenberg scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBelgium 1-1 Chile13/04/1960

VBelgium 2-1 Netherlands24/04/1960

LBelgium 1-4 Netherlands02/10/1960

VBelgium 2-1 Hungary30/10/1960

LBelgium 2-4 Switzerland20/11/1960

LBelgium 0-2 Sweden04/10/1961

Overall

LBelgium 2-4 Switzerland20/11/1960

LGermany 1-0 Belgium08/03/1961

DFrance 1-1 Belgium15/03/1961

LNetherlands 6-2 Belgium22/03/1961

LSwitzerland 2-1 Belgium20/05/1961

LBelgium 0-2 Sweden04/10/1961

Current form

Away

VAustria 2-4 France27/03/1960

VFinland 1-2 France25/09/1960

DPoland 2-2 France28/09/1960

LSwitzerland 6-2 France12/10/1960

LSweden 1-0 France30/10/1960

LSpain 2-0 France02/04/1961

Overall

LSwitzerland 6-2 France12/10/1960

LSweden 1-0 France30/10/1960

VFrance 3-0 Bulgaria11/12/1960

DFrance 1-1 Belgium15/03/1961

LSpain 2-0 France02/04/1961

VFrance 5-1 Finland28/09/1961

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	5	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	7	13

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	11	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Marcel Paeschen	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Roger Piantoni
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Maryan Wisniewski
Marcel Paeschen	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Roger Piantoni

Historical head to head

Home

26 matches

15 v

6 d

5 l

74 gf

37 ga

Away

25 matches

6 v

7 d

12 l

53 gf

59 ga

Total

51 matches

21 v

13 d

17 l

127 gf

96 ga

Historical head to head

Home

25 matches

12 v

7 d

6 l

59 gf

53 ga

Away

26 matches

5 v

6 d

15 l

37 gf

74 ga

Total

51 matches

17 v

13 d

21 l

96 gf

127 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	May 07, 1905
Home	7 - 0	May 07, 1905

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 3	November 11, 1956
Away	3 - 1	May 18, 1939

Latest head to head

March 15, 1961 - Rencontres amicales 1961

France

1 - 1

Belgium

February 28, 1960 - Rencontres amicales 1960

Belgium

1 - 0

France

March 01, 1959 - Rencontres amicales 1959

France

2 - 2

Belgium

October 27, 1957 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958

Belgium

0 - 0

France

November 11, 1956 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1958

France

6 - 3

Belgium

Best historical scorers against France

Robert De Veen	13 goals	1906 - 1911
Joseph Mermans	9 goals	1948 - 1954
Bernard Voorhoof	5 goals	1928 - 1938
Stanley Vanden Eynde	5 goals	1932 - 1938
Michel Vanderbauwhede	5 goals	1926 - 1930
Raymond Braine	5 goals	1928 - 1938

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1904. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Jean Nicolas	5 goals	1933 - 1938
Jules Dewaquez	5 goals	1921 - 1929
Thadée Cisowski	5 goals	1956 - 1956
Roger Courtois	4 goals	1935 - 1938
Marcel Pinel	4 goals	1930 - 1930
Jean Vincent	4 goals	1954 - 1959

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1904. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Joseph Mermans	11 matches	1945 - 1955
Bernard Voorhoof	11 matches	1928 - 1938
Raymond Braine	9 matches	1926 - 1939
Pierre Braine	9 matches	1922 - 1930
Joseph Musch	9 matches	1911 - 1923
Vicky Mees	8 matches	1950 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/05/1904. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Roger Marche	10 matches	1948 - 1959
Étienne Mattler	8 matches	1930 - 1939
Jules Dewaquez	7 matches	1920 - 1929
Raymond Dubly	7 matches	1913 - 1924
Edmond Delfour	7 matches	1929 - 1938
Robert Jonquet	6 matches	1952 - 1959