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West Germany vs England international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Saturday, 1 June 1968, 16:00 (UTC+01:00)
National teams, score:	West Germany - England 1:0
Competition:	International Friendly
Referee:	Lau van Ravens, Schiedam / Netherlands
Attendance, venue:	79 124, Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Goals:	1:0 (82') Franz Beckenbauer

West Germany national football team line-up in match Nr.330

Managed by head coach Helmut Schön
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Horst Wolter	6	25	BTSV Eintracht, Braunschweig
Berti Vogts	6	21	Borussia VfL, Mönchengladbach
Max Lorenz	8	28	SV Werder, Bremen
Ludwig Müller	1	26	1. FC Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Klaus Fichtel	7	23	FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Wolfgang Weber	29	23	1. FC Köln, Köln
Bernd Dörfel	3	23	Hamburger SV, Hamburg
Franz Beckenbauer	23	22	FC Bayern, München
Hannes Löhr	11	25	1. FC Köln, Köln
Wolfgang Overath	34	24	1. FC Köln, Köln
Georg Volkert	3	22	1. FC Nürnberg, Nürnberg

England national team line-up in match Nr.423

Managed by team manager Alf Ramsey
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Gordon Banks	43	30	Stoke City FC, Stoke on Trent
Keith Newton	9	26	Blackburn Rovers FC, Blackburn
Cyril Knowles	4	23	Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Norman Hunter	8	24	Leeds United AFC, Leeds
Brian Labone	9	28	Everton FC, Liverpool
Bobby Moore	61	27	West Ham United FC, London
Alan Ball	26	23	Everton FC, Liverpool
Colin Bell	2	22	Manchester City FC, Manchester
Mike Summerbee	3	25	Manchester City FC, Manchester
Geoff Hurst	20	26	West Ham United FC, London
Peter Thompson	14	25	Liverpool FC, Liverpool

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
West Germany	11	11.909	24.517	8	1	0	0
England	11	18.091	25.827	8	0	0	0

Historical data sources

The Observer (London), №9229, 02.06.1968; Newspapers.com

The Guardian (Manchester), №37913, 03.06.1968; Newspapers.com

Deister-und Weserzeitung (Hameln), №128, 04.06.1968; Zeitungsarchiv Deister-und Weserzeitung

Comments

dfbhp Germany - Other notes posted 07.02.2011 02:03:18

Captain of the German Team = Wolfgang Overath

Raphael Keppel: Deutschlands Fußball-Länderspiele. Eine Dokumentation 1908 – 1989. Sport- und Spielverlag Hitzel, Hürth 1989, ISBN 3-9802172-4-8.

forevert France - Other notes posted 19.03.2011 19:14:32

This goal is rather an own goal conceded by Brian Labone (link:

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Chris01010 England - Error report posted 18.11.2011 05:58:41

Attendance 79124

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Makar Belarus - posted 02.12.2016 22:14:16

Captains (Bobby Moore, Wolfgang Overath) and referees.

Chris T England - Video posted 30.11.2017 23:03:28

Video showing Beckenbauer’s shot is heavily deflected by Labone - Banks had the original shot covered. (No sound)

West Germany Beat England 1-0 (1968)

Hanover, Germany

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West Germany vs England post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
9	1	1	7	11 - 24	0.333
West Germany v England match-by-match record

West Germany matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Wales vs West Germany 1-1

Cardiff, Wednesday 8 May 1968

Next match:

Friendly International

West Germany vs Brazil 2-1

Stuttgart, Sunday 16 June 1968

West Germany international football results

England matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

England vs Sweden 3-1

London, Wednesday 22 May 1968

Next match:

1968 U.E.F.A. European Championship

England vs Yugoslavia 0-1

Florence, Wednesday 5 June 1968

England national football team matches

West Germany top scorers

1. Uwe Seeler (1958 - 1967) - 38 goals
2. Fritz Walter (1940 - 1956) - 33 goals
3. Ernst Lehner (1934 - 1942) - 31 goals
4. Edmund Conen (1934 - 1941) - 27 goals
... Franz Beckenbauer (1966 - 1968) - 8 goals

(correct as of June 1, 1968)

West Germany football team top scorers

Brief match report

Sat. 01 Jun 1968
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
West Germany 1-0 England
Goals: Beckenbauer 82

West Germany: Wolter, Vogts, Lorenz, Müller, Fichtel, Weber, Dörfel, Beckenbauer, Löhr, Overath (c), Volkert. Managed by Schön.

England: Banks, Newton, Knowles, Hunter, Labone, Moore (c), Ball, Bell, Summerbee, Hurst, Thompson. Managed by Ramsey.

Att: 79 124
Ref: van Ravens (Netherlands)