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Belgium vs Netherlands international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 4 April 1954, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Belgium
4-0
Netherlands
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Erich Steiner, Klagenfurt → Klagenfurt am Wörthersee /
Austria
Attendance, venue:
46 910, Bosuilstadion, Deurne → Antwerp
Goals:
1-0 (6') Jef Mermans, 2-0 (62') Rik Coppens, 3-0 (70') Rinus Terlouw (own goal), 4-0 (80') Rik Coppens
Belgium football team line-up in match Nr.238
Managed by head coach Doug Livingstone (Scotland)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Pol Gernaey  
5
27
ASV Oostende KM, Oostende
Henri Diricx  
13
26
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Fons Van Brandt  
17
26
K Lierse SK, Lier
Constant Huysmans  
3
25
Royal Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Louis Carré  
39
29
Royal FC Liégeois, Liège
Vic Mees  
32
27
Royal Antwerp FC, Antwerpen
Victor Lemberechts  
38
29
KFC Malinois, Mechelen
Pol Anoul  
43
31
Royal FC Liégeois, Liège
Jef Mermans  Captain 
43
32
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Marcel De Corte  
1
24
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
Rik Coppens  
24
23
Royal Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Netherlands football team line-up in match Nr.204
Managed by head coach Jaap Van der Leck
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Lieuwe Steiger  
4
29
PSV, Eindhoven
Joop Odenthal  
9
30
HFC, Haarlem
Frans Tebak  
9
26
EVV Eindhoven, Eindhoven
Jan Klaassens  
7
22
VVV 03, Venlo
Rinus Terlouw  
32
31
RV & AV Sparta, Rotterdam
Loek Biesbrouck  Captain 
17
33
RCH, Heemstede
Louis Overbeeke  
3
27
DOSKO, Bergen op Zoom
Max van Beurden  
5
23
BVV, s-Hertogenbosch
Rinus Michels  
3
26
AFC Ajax, Amsterdam
Rinus Bennaars  
9
22
DOSKO, Bergen op Zoom
Gerard Gruisen  
3
19
RKSV Sittardia, Sittard
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Belgium
11
23.455
27.677
8
4
0
0
Netherlands
11
9.182
26.609
10
0
0
0
Historical data sources
Het Parool (Amsterdam), №2833, 05 Apr 1954; Delpher
Leeuwarder courant (Leeuwarden), №80, 05 Apr 1954; Delpher
Het vrije volk (Rotterdam), №2711, 05 Apr 1954; Delpher
De Tijd (Amsterdam), №35616, 05 Apr 1954; Delpher
De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), №20718, 05 Apr 1954; Delpher
Comments

db - posted on 31 July 2013 at 06:47:24

Photo of captains and referees (link: )
Belgium vs Netherlands post-match head-to-head
WP
43.6
P
78
W
26
D
16
L
36
GF
158
GA
191
GF/P
2.026
GA/P
2.449
Av attendance
33 312
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 Portugal 0-0
Brussels, Sunday 14 March 1954
Next match:
Friendly International
Yugoslavia vs Belgium 0-2
Zagreb, Sunday 9 May 1954
Belgium matches
Netherlands national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs England* 1-0
Rotterdam, Sunday 7 March 1954
Next match:
Friendly International
Sweden vs Netherlands 6-1
Solna, Wednesday 19 May 1954
Netherlands 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 - 1954) - 25 goals
... Rik Coppens (1949 - 1954) - 10 goals
... Fernand Nisot (1912 - 1914) - 10 goals
(correct as of April 4, 1954)
top Belgium scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 04 Apr 1954
Bosuilstadion, Deurne → Antwerp
Belgium 4-0 Netherlands
Goals: Mermans 6, Coppens 62, Terlouw 70 (OG), Coppens 80

Belgium: Gernaey, Diricx, Van Brandt, Huysmans, Carré, Mees, Lemberechts, Anoul, Mermans (c), De Corte, Coppens. Managed by Livingstone (Scotland).

Netherlands: Steiger, Odenthal, Tebak, Klaassens, Terlouw, Biesbrouck (c), Overbeeke, van Beurden, Michels, Bennaars, Gruisen. Managed by Van der Leck.

Att: 46 910,
Ref: Steiner (Austria)

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