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Belgium vs France international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Thursday, 22 May 1952, 16:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Belgium
1-2
France
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Paul von Wartburg, Bern /
Switzerland
Attendance, venue:
55 485, Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Goals:
0-1 (22') André Doye, 0-2 (24') Léon Deladerrière, 1-2 (28') Jef Mermans
Belgium football team line-up in match Nr.224
Managed by head coach Bill Gormlie (England)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Henri Meert  
27
31
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Willy Saeren  
2
26
Royal FC Liégeois, Liège
Martin Schroyens  
3
22
Royal Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Bob Van Kerkhoven  
5
28
Royal Daring Club de Bruxelles, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Louis Carré  
25
27
Royal FC Liégeois, Liège
Bob Maertens  
4
22
Royal Antwerp FC, Antwerpen
Jef Mermans  Captain 
34
30
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Pol Anoul  
30
29
Royal FC Liégeois, Liège
Rik Coppens  
11
22
Royal Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Joseph Givard  
3
28
AS Herstalienne SR, Herstal
José Moës  
4
28
Royal FC Liégeois, Liège
France football team line-up in match Nr.200
Managed by selection committee: chairman Paul Nicolas, Jean Rigal, Gaston Barreau, coach Pierre Pibarot
Player
Caps
Age
Club
René Vignal  
12
25
Racing CP, Colombes
André Jacowski  
2
30
Stade de Reims, Reims
Roger Marche  
24
28
Stade de Reims, Reims
Abdelkader Firoud  
6
32
Nîmes Olympique FC, Nîmes
Robert Jonquet  
14
27
Stade de Reims, Reims
Ferry Koczur  
1
21
AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
Léon Deladerrière  
2
24
FC Nancy, Nancy
Jean Baratte  Captain 
30
28
Lille OSC, Lille
André Strappe  
13
24
Lille OSC, Lille
André Doye  
7
27
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Abdelaziz Ben Tifour  
1
24
OGC Nice, Nice
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Belgium
11
13.455
27.071
6
1
0
0
France
11
10.182
26.950
8
2
0
0
Historical data sources
L’Équipe (Paris), №1905, 23 May 1952; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
Le Drapeau Rouge (Brussels), №119, 23 May 1952; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
Le Soir (Brussels), №143, 23 May 1952; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
La Bourgogne Républicaine (Dijon), №120, 23 May 1952; RetroNews
Paris-presse, L’Intransigeant (Paris), №-, 23 May 1952; RetroNews
Gazet van Anwerpen (Antwerp), №124, 23 May 1952; Concentra online archief
Grenz-Echo (Eupen), №118, 23 May 1952; GrenzEcho - Archiv
Comments
Belgium vs France post-match head-to-head
WP
52.4
P
42
W
18
D
8
L
16
GF
112
GA
81
GF/P
2.667
GA/P
1.929
Av attendance
23 557
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:
Friendly International
Belgium vs Netherlands 4-2
Deurne, Sunday 6 April 1952
Next match:
Friendly International
Belgium vs Netherlands 2-1
Deurne, Sunday 19 October 1952
Belgium football matches
France national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
France vs Portugal 3-0
Colombes, Sunday 20 April 1952
Next match:
Friendly International
France vs West Germany 3-1
Colombes, Sunday 5 October 1952
France football matches
Top Belgium goal scorers
1. Bernard Voorhoof (1928 - 1940) - 30 goals
2. Raymond Braine (1925 - 1939) - 26 goals
3. Robert De Veen (1906 - 1913) - 26 goals
4. Jef Mermans (1947 - 1952) - 22 goals
(correct as of May 22, 1952)
Belgium goal scorers
Top France goal scorers
1. Jean Nicolas (1933 - 1938) - 21 goals
2. Paul Nicolas (1920 - 1929) - 20 goals
3. Jean Baratte (1947 - 1951) - 18 goals
... André Doye (1950 - 1952) - 5 goals
... Léon Deladerrière (1952) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 22, 1952)
France goal scorers
Brief match report
Thu. 22 May 1952
Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Belgium 1-2 France
Goals: Doye 22, Deladerrière 24, Mermans 28

Belgium: Meert, Saeren, Schroyens, Van Kerkhoven, Carré, Maertens, Mermans (c), Anoul, Coppens, Givard, Moës. Managed by Gormlie (England).

France: Vignal, Jacowski, Marche, Firoud, Jonquet, Koczur, Deladerrière, Baratte (c), Strappe, Doye, Ben Tifour. Managed by selection committee Nicolas, Rigal, Barreau, Pibarot.

Att: 55 485,
Ref: von Wartburg (Switzerland)

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