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Netherlands 1-0 Belgium - October 26, 1977 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1978

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1978 - Round 6 - Group 4

Olympisch Stadion - Amsterdam - Netherlands

October 26, 1977

65 000

1 - 0

Belgium

René van de Kerkhof

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2' - Goal René van de Kerkhof2

13' - Substitution Wim Jansenis substituted by Willem van Hanegem13

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62' - Substitution Jean Thissenis substituted by François Van der Elst

63' - Substitution René van de Kerkhofis substituted by Ruud Geels63

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Netherlands

1 - 0

Belgium

Netherlands Belgium

Team line-ups

Netherlands

Jongbloed

Jan Jongbloed

Netherlands

B.date25/11/1940

Age36 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Suurbier

Wim Suurbier

Netherlands

B.date16/01/1945

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Krol

Ruud Krol

Netherlands

B.date24/03/1949

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Hovenkamp

Hugo Hovenkamp

Netherlands

B.date05/10/1950

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

van de Kerkhof

Willy van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Jansen13

Wim Jansen

Netherlands

B.date28/10/1946

Age30 years

H1m66

positionRight central midfielder

Dusbaba

Johnny Dusbaba

Netherlands

B.date14/03/1956

Age21 years

positionMidfield

Neeskens

Johan Neeskens

Netherlands

B.date15/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

van de Kerkhof263

René van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

Cruijff

Johan Cruijff

Netherlands

B.date25/04/1947

Age30 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

Rensenbrink

Robby Rensenbrink

Netherlands

B.date03/07/1947

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jan Jongbloed		36	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wim Suurbier		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ruud Krol		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugo Hovenkamp		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willy van de Kerkhof		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wim Jansen	13	30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johnny Dusbaba		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Johan Neeskens		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	René van de Kerkhof	263	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Johan Cruijff		30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robby Rensenbrink		30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Belgium

Pfaff

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgium

B.date04/12/1953

Age23 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Meeuws

Walter Meeuws

Belgium

B.date11/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Broos

Hugo Broos

Belgium

B.date10/04/1952

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Renquin

Michel Renquin

Belgium

B.date03/11/1955

Age21 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Thissen62

Jean Thissen

Belgium

B.date21/04/1946

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Gerets

Eric Gerets

Belgium

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Vandereycken

René Vandereycken

Belgium

B.date22/07/1953

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Coeck

Ludo Coeck

Belgium

B.date25/09/1955

Age22 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

Cools

Julien Cools

Belgium

B.date13/02/1947

Age30 years

positionForward

Van Gool

Roger Van Gool

Belgium

B.date01/06/1950

Age27 years

positionForward

Lambert

Raoul Lambert

Belgium

B.date22/10/1944

Age33 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jean-Marie Pfaff		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Walter Meeuws		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugo Broos		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michel Renquin		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jean Thissen	62	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Gerets		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	René Vandereycken		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ludo Coeck		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Julien Cools		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roger Van Gool		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Raoul Lambert		33	33	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Willem van Hanegem	13	33	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ruud Geels	63	29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		François Van der Elst	62	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robby Rensenbrink

Johnny Rep

OUT

Johan Neeskens

Wim Rijsbergen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michel Renquin

Maurice Martens

OUT

Jean Thissen

Gilbert Van Binst

OUT

Roger Van Gool

François Van der Elst

OUT

Ludo Coeck

Paul Courant

OUT

Eric Gerets

Jan Ceulemans

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernst Happel

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Happel vs Belgium

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1977

Happel vs Thys

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1977

Manager

Age

Match num

Guy Thys

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Thys vs Netherlands

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 1977

Thys vs Happel

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 1977

Referee

Patrick Partridge

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Netherlands2 matches	General total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Netherlands1 match	Season total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 26, 1977					Latest figure on October 26, 1977

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Key figures

Netherlands keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 08/09/1976). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/11/1972 (5 matches)

Netherlands keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Belgium running (since 25/04/1976). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 11/03/1934-29/03/1936 time period (5 matches).

Netherlands keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Belgium in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 03/04/1938). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

1	Netherlands	11 pts	6 rd
2	Belgium	6 pts	5 rd
3	Northern Ireland	3 pts	5 rd
4	Iceland	2 pts	6 rd

General ranking

1	Netherlands	11 pts	6 rd
2	Belgium	6 pts	5 rd
3	Northern Ireland	3 pts	5 rd
4	Iceland	2 pts	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNetherlands 4-1 Finland03/09/1975

VNetherlands 3-0 Poland15/10/1975

VNetherlands 5-0 Belgium25/04/1976

DNetherlands 2-2 Northern Ireland13/10/1976

VNetherlands 4-1 Iceland31/08/1977

DNetherlands 0-0 Soviet Union05/10/1977

Overall

DNetherlands 2-2 Northern Ireland13/10/1976

VEngland 0-2 Netherlands09/02/1977

VBelgium 0-2 Netherlands26/03/1977

VNetherlands 4-1 Iceland31/08/1977

DNetherlands 0-0 Soviet Union05/10/1977

VNorthern Ireland 0-1 Netherlands12/10/1977

Current form

Away

VSwitzerland 0-1 Belgium01/05/1974

VIceland 0-2 Belgium08/09/1974

DFrance 0-0 Belgium15/11/1975

LNetherlands 5-0 Belgium25/04/1976

VIceland 0-1 Belgium05/09/1976

LItaly 2-1 Belgium26/01/1977

Overall

LBelgium 1-2 Netherlands22/05/1976

VIceland 0-1 Belgium05/09/1976

VBelgium 2-0 Northern Ireland10/11/1976

LItaly 2-1 Belgium26/01/1977

LBelgium 0-2 Netherlands26/03/1977

VBelgium 4-0 Iceland03/09/1977

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	24	8
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Ruud Geels	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Raoul Lambert
Ruud Geels	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	François Van der Elst
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Maurice Martens
Willy van de Kerkhof	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Raoul Lambert

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

29 v

12 d

12 l

156 gf

91 ga

Away

55 matches

20 v

11 d

24 l

98 gf

108 ga

Total

108 matches

49 v

23 d

36 l

254 gf

199 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

24 v

11 d

20 l

108 gf

98 ga

Away

53 matches

12 v

12 d

29 l

91 gf

156 ga

Total

108 matches

36 v

23 d

49 l

199 gf

254 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	October 04, 1959
Home	9 - 1	October 04, 1959

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	March 17, 1940
Away	4 - 0	November 12, 1961

Latest head to head

March 26, 1977 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

Belgium

0 - 2

Netherlands logo Netherlands

May 22, 1976 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Belgium

1 - 2

Netherlands logo Netherlands

April 25, 1976 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Netherlands

5 - 0

Belgium

April 30, 1975 - Rencontres amicales 1975

Belgium

1 - 0

Netherlands logo Netherlands

November 18, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Netherlands

0 - 0

Belgium

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Eberhard Bakhuys	13 goals	1929 - 1936
Leen Vente	13 goals	1934 - 1940
Abe Lenstra	12 goals	1948 - 1959
Hendrick Francken	12 goals	1910 - 1913
Faas Wilkes	12 goals	1946 - 1959
Kieck Smit	12 goals	1934 - 1946

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

Raymond Braine	10 goals	1926 - 1939
Bernard Voorhoof	10 goals	1930 - 1940
Rik Coppens	9 goals	1952 - 1958
Joseph Mermans	9 goals	1948 - 1954
Léopold Anoul	8 goals	1947 - 1952
Robert De Veen	7 goals	1906 - 1913

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Puck van Heel	24 matches	1925 - 1938
Henri Denis	18 matches	1920 - 1930
Wim Anderiesen	18 matches	1931 - 1939
Gejus van der Meulen	17 matches	1924 - 1933
Jan Klaassens	16 matches	1953 - 1960
Joop de Korver	16 matches	1905 - 1913

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/04/1905. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

Bernard Voorhoof	22 matches	1928 - 1940
Vicky Mees	21 matches	1949 - 1960
Raymond Braine	19 matches	1925 - 1939
Jef Jurion	17 matches	1956 - 1967
Armand Swartenbroeks	16 matches	1913 - 1928
Victor Lemberechts	15 matches	1946 - 1954