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Venues (1822)
National football teams

  • Netherlands's 8th consecutive match without defeat
  • Record for most Belgium caps: Paul Van Himst's 71st appearance
  • Belgium vs Netherlands H2H: 22nd draw in 103 matches

Belgium vs Netherlands match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 19 November 1972, 20:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Belgium
0-0
Netherlands
Competition:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3
Referee:
Keith Walker, Maidstone /
England
Attendance, venue:
54 293, Bosuilstadion, Deurne → Antwerp
Belgium football team line-up in match Nr.366
Managed by head coach Raymond Goethals
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Christian Piot  
22
25
R Standard de Liège, Ougrée
Georges Heylens  
66
31
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Erwin Vandendaele  
17
27
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
Nico Dewalque  
23
27
R Standard de Liège, Ougrée
Jean Thissen  
29
26
R Standard de Liège, Ougrée
Maurice Martens  
7
25
Royal Racing White, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Wilfried Van Moer   80' 
28
27
R Standard de Liège, Ougrée
80' Jan Verheyen  
21
28
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Jean Dockx  
26
31
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Paul Van Himst  Captain  58'
71
29
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Léon Semmeling  
33
32
R Standard de Liège, Ougrée
Johan Devrindt  
20
27
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
Netherlands football team line-up in match Nr.324
Managed by head coach František Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jan van Beveren  
24
24
PSV, Eindhoven
Wim Suurbier  
19
27
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Barry Hulshoff  
8
26
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Aad Mansveld  
3
28
FC Den Haag ADO, Den Haag
Ruud Krol  
10
23
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Theo de Jong  
4
25
RV& AV Feyenoord, Rotterdam
Johan Neeskens   89'
9
21
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Wim van Hanegem   78'
21
28
RV& AV Feyenoord, Rotterdam
Willy Brokamp  
3
26
MVV, Maastricht
Johan Cruijff  Captain 
20
25
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Piet Keizer  
28
29
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Belgium
12
30.250
28.376
4
0
1
0
Netherlands
11
13.545
26.149
5
0
2
0
Historical data sources
Trouw (Meppel), №43, 20 Nov 1972; Delpher
Het Parool (Amsterdam), №8543, 20 Nov 1972; Delpher
De Volkskrant ('s-Hertogenbosch), №14636, 20 Nov 1972; Delpher
Algemeen Dagblad (Rotterdam), №174, 20 Nov 1972; Delpher
Het vrije volk (Rotterdam), №8332, 20 Nov 1972; Delpher
Comments

MarcelH - posted on 28 February 2014 at 22:55:42

Yellow Card for Van Hanegem in 78th minute. He is the first Dutch International who received an official Yellow Card.
(...)

db - posted on 1 January 2019 at 18:30:47

WK-kwalificatiewedstrijd België - Nederland (1972)
De WK-kwalificatiewedstrijd België - Nederland in het
Bosuil-stadion te Deurne eindigt in 0-0. Met de_.
youtube.com

sigi - posted on 30 August 2023 at 08:03:31

Volgens dit verslag kreeg Thissen geen gele kaart en Van Himst in de 57’. (link: )
Belgium vs Netherlands post-match head-to-head
WP
44.7
P
103
W
35
D
22
L
46
GF
197
GA
245
GF/P
1.913
GA/P
2.379
Av attendance
38 394
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Belgium national team matches
Previous match:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Norway vs Belgium 0-2
Oslo, Wednesday 4 October 1972
Next match:
Friendly International
Belgium vs East Germany 3-0
Antwerp, Wednesday 18 April 1973
Belgium matches
Netherlands national team matches
Previous match:
1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Netherlands vs Norway 9-0
Rotterdam, Wednesday 1 November 1972
Next match:
Friendly International
Austria vs Netherlands 1-0
Vienna, Wednesday 28 March 1973
Netherlands matches
Brief match report
Sun. 19 Nov 1972
Bosuilstadion, Deurne → Antwerp
Belgium 0-0 Netherlands

Belgium: Piot, Heylens, Vandendaele, Dewalque, Thissen, Martens, Van Moer (Verheyen 80), Dockx, Van Himst (c), Semmeling, Devrindt. Managed by Goethals.
Booked: Van Himst 58.

Netherlands: van Beveren, Suurbier, Hulshoff, Mansveld, Krol, de Jong, Neeskens, van Hanegem, Brokamp, Cruijff (c), Keizer. Managed by Fadrhonc (Czechoslovakia).
Booked: van Hanegem 78, Neeskens 89.

Att: 54 293,
Ref: Walker (England)

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