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East Germany vs Soviet Union international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Thursday, 28 July 1977, 21:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
East Germany
2-1
Soviet Union
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Marian Kustoń, Poznań /
Poland
Attendance, venue:
95 000, Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Goals:
1-0 (9') Reinhard Häfner, 1-1 (22') Aleksandr Bubnov, 2-1 (90') Jürgen Sparwasser
East Germany national team line-up in match Nr.165
Managed by head coach Georg Buschner
Player
Caps
Age
Club
78
30
BSG Sachsenring, Zwickau
35
26
SG Dynamo, Dresden
40
25
FC Hansa, Rostock
58
25
FC Carl Zeiss, Jena
60
26
FC Carl Zeiss, Jena
8' Gerd Weber  
8
21
SG Dynamo, Dresden
23
25
SG Dynamo, Dresden
12
22
SG Dynamo, Dresden
3
25
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Karl-Marx-Stadt
42
32
1. FC Lokomotive, Leipzig
47
29
1. FC Magdeburg, Magdeburg
32
22
1. FC Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Soviet Union national team line-up in match Nr.238
Managed by head coach Nikita Simonyan
Player
Caps
Age
Club
5
28
Shakhtyor, Donetsk
36
27
Dinamo, Kiev
7
26
Dinamo, Tbilisi
3
26
Dinamo, Moscow
1
21
Dinamo, Moscow
1
19
Torpedo, Moscow
17
22
Dinamo, Moscow
6
24
Dinamo, Moscow
16
22
Pakhtakor, Tashkent
1
19
Dinamo, Kiev
7
25
Dinamo, Tbilisi
48
24
Dinamo, Kiev
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
East Germany
12
36.500
26.150
7
2
0
0
Soviet Union
12
12.333
24.277
6
1
0
1
Historical data sources
Neues Deutschland (Berlin), №178, 29 Jul 1977; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Berliner Zeitung (Berlin), №179, 30 Jul 1977; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Neue Zeit (Berlin), №179, 30 Jul 1977; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Comments
East Germany vs Soviet Union post-match head-to-head
WP
64.3
P
7
W
3
D
3
L
1
GF
11
GA
9
GF/P
1.571
GA/P
1.286
Av attendance
65 979
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
East Germany national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Argentina vs East Germany 2-0
Buenos Aires, Tuesday 12 July 1977
Next match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs East Germany 0-1
Solna, Wednesday 17 August 1977
Soviet Union national team matches
Previous match:
1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Soviet Union vs Hungary 2-0
Tbilisi, Wednesday 18 May 1977
Next match:
Friendly International
Soviet Union vs Poland 4-1
Volgograd, Wednesday 7 September 1977
Top East Germany goal scorers
1. Joachim Streich (1971 - 1977) - 26 goals
2. Eberhard Vogel (1962 - 1975) - 25 goals
3. Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1968 - 1974) - 25 goals
... Jürgen Sparwasser (1969 - 1977) - 14 goals
... Reinhard Häfner (1975 - 1977) - 3 goals
(correct as of July 28, 1977)
Top Soviet Union goal scorers
1. Valentin Ivanov (1955 - 1965) - 26 goals
2. Eduard Streltsov (1955 - 1967) - 25 goals
3. Igor Chislenko (1962 - 1968) - 20 goals
4. Viktor Kolotov (1970 - 1976) - 20 goals
5. Viktor Ponedelnik (1960 - 1966) - 20 goals
6. Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1965 - 1972) - 20 goals
... Aleksandr Bubnov (1977) - 1 goal
(correct as of July 28, 1977)
Brief match report
Thu. 28 Jul 1977
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
East Germany 2-1 Soviet Union
Goals: Häfner 9, Bubnov 22, Sparwasser 90

East Germany: Croy, Dörner (c), Kische, Weise, Kurbjuweit (Weber 8), Häfner, Schade, Müller, Löwe, Sparwasser, Hoffmann. Managed by Buschner.

Soviet Union: Degteryov, Konkov (c), Khinchagashvili, Makhovikov, Bubnov, Prigoda, Minayev, Maksimenkov, Fyodorov (Bessonov 70), Kipiani, Blokhin. Managed by Simonyan.
Sent off: Kipiani 87.

Att: 95 000,
Ref: Kustoń (Poland)

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