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  • Finland suffered its 7th consecutive defeat
  • Finland's 16th consecutive match without victory
  • Gerard Cieślik set the goal scoring record for Poland (22 goals)
  • Record for most Poland caps: Gerard Cieślik's 35th appearance
  • Finland vs Poland Head to Head: Finland football team's 5th loss in 7 matches

Finland vs Poland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 11 September 1955, 15:30 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Finland
1-3
Poland
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Sergey Arkhipov, Moscow /
Soviet Union
Attendance, venue:
12 961, Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals:
0-1 (66') Henryk Kempny, 0-2 (73') Gerard Cieślik, 0-3 (78') Gerard Cieślik, 1-3 (84') Yrjö Asikainen
Finland football team line-up in match Nr.185
Managed by head coach Kurt Weinreich (West Germany)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
4
26
VIFK, Vaasa
26
27
HIFK, Helsinki
52
30
VIFK, Vaasa
46' Väinö Pajunen  
1
26
Haka, Valkeakoski
1
27
HIFK, Helsinki
7
22
KTP, Kotka
2
24
Ilves-Kissat, Tampere
1
22
KIF, Helsinki
46' Turkka Tamminen  
2
24
TuTo, Turku
4
27
Haka, Valkeakoski
9
27
KIF, Helsinki
11
22
KPT, Kuopio
5
19
Haka, Valkeakoski
Poland football team line-up in match Nr.123
Managed by selection committee: Ryszard Koncewicz
Player
Caps
Age
Club
11
23
CWKS, Warszawa
2
21
CWKS, Warszawa
7
25
BKS Budowlani, Gdańsk
4
26
TKS Sparta, Bytom
20
33
ZKS Unia Ruch, Chorzów
4
26
WKS Gwardia, Warszawa
9
26
TKS Sparta, Bytom
5
21
CWKS, Warszawa
2
21
CWKS, Warszawa
35
28
ZKS Unia Ruch, Chorzów
3
22
WKS Gwardia, Warszawa
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Finland
13
9.615
25.324
8
1
0
0
Poland
11
9.273
25.266
5
3
0
0
Historical data sources
Przegląd Sportowy (Warsaw), №95, 12 Sep 1955; Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Warszawie
Trybuna Robotnicza (Katowice), №217, 12 Sep 1955; Śląska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
Comments
Finland vs Poland post-match head-to-head
WP
21.5
P
7
W
1
D
1
L
5
GF
10
GA
21
GF/P
1.429
GA/P
3.000
Av attendance
9 825
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955
Sweden vs Finland 3-0
Hälsingborg, Sunday 28 August 1955
Next match:
Friendly International
Yugoslavia* vs Finland 8-0
Split, Sunday 13 November 1955
Poland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Bulgaria vs Poland 1-1
Sofia, Sunday 26 June 1955
Next match:
Friendly International
Norway vs Poland 0-0
Oslo, Wednesday 30 May 1956
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
5. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
... Yrjö Asikainen (1949 - 1955) - 5 goals
(correct as of September 11, 1955)
Top Poland goal scorers
1. Gerard Cieślik (1947 - 1955) - 22 goals
2. Ernest Wilimowski (1934 - 1939) - 21 goals
3. Józef Nawrot (1930 - 1934) - 16 goals
... Henryk Kempny (1955) - 1 goal
(correct as of September 11, 1955)
Brief match report
Sun. 11 Sep 1955
Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Finland 1-3 Poland
Goals: Kempny 66, Cieślik 73, Cieślik 78, Asikainen 84

Finland: Jokinen, Lindman, Myntti (c) (Pajunen 46), Sjöberg, Vanhanen, Lehmusvirta, Kontkanen (Tamminen 46), Pulkkinen, Asikainen, Hiltunen, Peltonen. Managed by Weinreich (West Germany).

Poland: Szymkowiak, Mahseli, Korynt, Cichoń, Suszczyk, Zientara, Trampisz, Brychczy, Kempny, Cieślik (c), Baszkiewicz. Managed by selection committee Koncewicz.

Att: 12 961,
Ref: Arkhipov (Soviet Union)

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