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East Germany vs Iceland match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 4 October 1978, 17:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
East Germany
3-1
Iceland
Competition:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying, Group 4
Referee:
Tom Reynolds, Swansea /
Wales
Attendance, venue:
9 084, Kurt Wabbel Stadion, Halle
Goals:
1-0 (6') Werner Peter, 1-1 (15') Pétur Pétursson (pen.), 2-1 (29') Hans-Jürgen Riediger, 3-1 (72') Martin Hoffmann
East Germany football team line-up in match Nr.177
Managed by head coach Georg Buschner
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jürgen Croy  
90
31
BSG Sachsenring, Zwickau
Hans-Jürgen Dörner  Captain 
47
27
SG Dynamo, Dresden
Konrad Weise  
69
27
FC Carl Zeiss, Jena
Lothar Hause  
2
22
FC Vorwärts, Frankfurt (Oder)
Gerd Weber  
20
22
SG Dynamo, Dresden
Jürgen Pommerenke  
35
25
1. FC Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Reinhard Häfner   36' 
33
26
SG Dynamo, Dresden
36' Lutz Lindemann  
8
29
FC Carl Zeiss, Jena
Lutz Eigendorf  
3
22
BFC Dynamo, Berlin
Hans-Jürgen Riediger  
23
22
BFC Dynamo, Berlin
Werner Peter  
5
28
HFC Chemie, Halle
Martin Hoffmann  
43
23
1. FC Magdeburg, Magdeburg
Iceland football team line-up in match Nr.107
Managed by national coach Yuriy Ilyichov (Soviet Union)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Þorsteinn Bjarnason   46' 
3
21
ÍBK, Keflavík
46' Árni Stefánsson  
15
24
Jönköpings Södra IF, Jönköping
Stefán Sigurðsson  
1
24
Holbæk B&I, Holbæk
Jón Pétursson  Captain 
23
27
Jönköpings Södra IF, Jönköping
Sigurður Björgvinsson  
2
19
ÍBK, Keflavík
Árni Sveinsson   78' 
19
22
KF ÍA, Akranes
78' Ingi Björn Albertsson  
14
25
KF Valur, Reykjavík
Karl Þórðarson  
6
23
KF ÍA, Akranes
Janus Guðlaugsson  
11
22
FH, Hafnarfjörður
Atli Eðvaldsson  
11
21
KF Valur, Reykjavík
Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson  
12
21
KF Valur, Reykjavík
Pétur Pétursson  
5
19
KF ÍA, Akranes
Teitur Þórðarson  
30
26
Östers IF, Växjö
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
East Germany
12
31.500
25.881
7
3
0
0
Iceland
13
11.692
23.271
7
1
0
0
Historical data sources
Tíminn (Reykjavík), №220, 05 Oct 1978; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Dagblaðið (Reykjavík), №220, 05 Oct 1978; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Morgunblaðið (Reykjavík), №226, 05 Oct 1978; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Vísir (Reykjavík), №240, 05 Oct 1978; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Þjóðviljinn (Reykjavík), №217, 05 Oct 1978; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Comments

db - posted on 14 April 2010 at 22:02:23

Fußball-Europameisterschaft. Die DDR-Fußball-Nationalmannschaft bestritt am 4.10.78 ihr erstes Europameisterschafts-Qualifikationsspiel der Gruppe 4 gegen Island und besiegte die Nordländer mit 3:1 (2:1). In dieser Aufstellung begann die DDR-Elf das Spiel: V.l.n.r. Mannschaftskapitän Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Torhüter Jürgen Croy, Lutz Eigendorf, Lothar Hause, Hans-Jürgen Riediger, Gerd Weber, Reinhard Häfner, Konrad Weise, Jürgen Pommerenke, Werner Peter und Martin Hoffmann. (link: )

AustrianEri - posted on 12 January 2020 at 22:23:09

The 1:1 from Petur Petursson (Iceland) is also reported as Penalty (link: )

dudd - posted on 11 October 2023 at 18:10:21

Full video
1980 UEFA Euro Qualification - East Germany v. Iceland
04.10.1978
Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle
youtube.com
East Germany vs Iceland post-match head-to-head
WP
70.0
P
5
W
3
D
1
L
1
GF
9
GA
5
GF/P
1.800
GA/P
1.000
Av attendance
7 661
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
East Germany vs Czechoslovakia 2-1
Leipzig, Wednesday 6 September 1978
Next match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Netherlands vs East Germany 3-0
Rotterdam, Wednesday 15 November 1978
East Germany matches
Iceland national team matches
Previous match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Netherlands vs Iceland 3-0
Nijmegen, Wednesday 20 September 1978
Next match:
UEFA Euro 1980 Qualifying
Switzerland vs Iceland 2-0
Bern, Tuesday 22 May 1979
Iceland matches
Top East Germany goal scorers
1. Joachim Streich (1971 - 1977) - 29 goals
2. Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1968 - 1974) - 25 goals
3. Eberhard Vogel (1962 - 1975) - 25 goals
... Martin Hoffmann (1974 - 1978) - 13 goals
... Günter Schröter (1957 - 1962) - 13 goals
... Hans-Jürgen Riediger (1975 - 1978) - 5 goals
... Werner Peter (1978) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 4, 1978)
top East Germany goal scorers
Top Iceland goal scorers
1. Ríkharður Jónsson (1948 - 1962) - 17 goals
2. Matthías Hallgrímsson (1969 - 1976) - 11 goals
3. Þórður Þórðarson (1953 - 1958) - 9 goals
4. Teitur Þórðarson (1974 - 1977) - 7 goals
... Pétur Pétursson (1978) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 4, 1978)
top Iceland goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 04 Oct 1978
Kurt Wabbel Stadion, Halle
East Germany 3-1 Iceland
Goals: Peter 6, Pétursson 15 (11m), Riediger 29, Hoffmann 72

East Germany: Croy, Dörner (c), Weise, Hause, Weber, Pommerenke, Häfner (Lindemann 36), Eigendorf, Riediger, Peter, Hoffmann. Managed by Buschner.

Iceland: Bjarnason (Stefánsson 46), Sigurðsson, Jón Pétursson (c), Björgvinsson, Sveinsson (Albertsson 78), Karl Þórðarson, Guðlaugsson, Eðvaldsson, Þorbjörnsson, Pétur Pétursson, Teitur Þórðarson. Managed by Ilyichov (Soviet Union).

Att: 9 084,
Ref: Reynolds (Wales)

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