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Norway suffered its 4th consecutive defeat
Norway vs Soviet Union H2H: Norway's 2nd loss in 4 matches

Norway vs Soviet Union match report

Date, kick-off time:

Wednesday, 23 August 1961, 19:00 (UTC+2:00)

National teams, score:

Norway

0-3

Soviet Union

Competition:

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

Referee:

John Meighan, Dublin /

Rep. of Ireland

Attendance, venue:

30 469, Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Goals:

0-1 (48') Viktor Ponedelnik, 0-2 (49') Mikhail Meskhi, 0-3 (76') Slava Metreveli

Norway national team line-up in match Nr.261

Managed by national coach Wilhelm Kment (Austria), selection committee: Odvar Moen, Einar Jørum, William Danielsen

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Soviet Union national team line-up in match Nr.62

Managed by head coach Gavriil Kachalin

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Match stats

National team

Players

Average caps

Average age

Clubs

Goals

Cautions

Expulsions

Norway

nan

Soviet Union

nan

Historical data sources

Arbeiderbladet (Oslo), №196, 24 Aug 1961; Nasjonalbiblioteket

Friheten (Oslo), №194, 24 Aug 1961; Nasjonalbiblioteket

Футбол (Moscow), №35, 27 Aug 1961; Extracts from periodicals

Comments

alamo8 Bulgaria - Other notes posted on 10 April 2010 at 10:47:07

Norway- 23.08.1961 Oslo (link:

)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Other notes posted on 24 August 2011 at 09:56:28

Norway: Ole Thorbjørn Svenssen "Klippen" (link:

)

luciano - Other notes posted on 28 December 2012 at 12:37:56

Norges landslag som tapte 0-3 for Sovjetunionen i Oslo 23. august 1961. Bak fra venstre: Bjørn Borgen (Fredrikstad), Arne Pedersen (Fredrikstad), Thorbjørn Svenssen, Rolf Birger Pedersen, Roald Jensen, Bjørn Oddmar Andersen. Foran: Roar Johansen (Fredrikstad), Arne Bakker, Kjell Kaspersen, Arne Winther, Trygve Andersen.

Norway vs Soviet Union post-match head-to-head

25.0

GF/P

1.000

GA/P

2.500

Av attendance

35 203

WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average

Norway national team matches

Previous match:

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Soviet Union vs Norway 5-2

Moscow, Saturday 1 July 1961

Next match:

Nordic Football Championship 1960-1963

Norway vs Denmark 0-4

Oslo, Sunday 17 September 1961

Norway results

Soviet Union national team matches

Previous match:

1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Soviet Union vs Norway 5-2

Moscow, Saturday 1 July 1961

Next match:

Friendly International

Soviet Union vs Austria 0-1

Moscow, Sunday 10 September 1961

Soviet Union results

Top Soviet Union goal scorers

1. Eduard Streltsov (1955 - 1957) - 18 goals
2. Anatoliy Ilyin (1954 - 1959) - 16 goals
... Viktor Ponedelnik (1960 - 1961) - 9 goals
... Slava Metreveli (1958 - 1961) - 5 goals
... Vsevolod Bobrov (1952) - 5 goals
... Mikhail Meskhi (1959 - 1961) - 3 goals

(correct as of August 23, 1961)

top Soviet Union scorers

Brief match report

Wed. 23 Aug 1961
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Norway 0-3 Soviet Union
Goals: 48, 49, 76

Att: 30 469,
Ref: Meighan (Rep. of Ireland)