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France vs Belgium international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 1 March 1959, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
France
2-2
Belgium
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Jack Kelly, Chorley /
England
Attendance, venue:
Goals:
1-0 (2') Jean Vincent, 1-1 (32') Martin Lippens, 2-1 (68') Jean Vincent, 2-2 (80') André Piters
France national team line-up in match Nr.252
Managed by selection committee: chairman Paul Nicolas, Alexis Thépot, coach Albert Batteux
Player
Caps
Age
Club
8
30
Stade de Reims, Reims
29
27
AS Monaco FC, Monaco
59
34
Racing CP, Colombes
34
27
Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
53
33
Stade de Reims, Reims
André Lerond   23' 
16
28
Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
3
32
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
18
22
RC Lens, Lens
2
22
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
1
31
Nîmes Olympique FC, Nîmes
1
25
US Valenciennes Anzin, Valenciennes
33
28
Stade de Reims, Reims
Belgium national team line-up in match Nr.273
Managed by head coach Constant Vanden Stock, coach Viktor Havlicek (Austria)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
8
24
ROC Charleroi, Charleroi
1
25
Royal Antwerp FC, Antwerpen
6
27
R Standard Club Liégeois, Ougrée
2
22
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
5
25
ARA La Gantoise, Gent
5
24
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
1
20
Royal FC Brugeois, Brugge
21
27
R Standard Club Liégeois, Ougrée
13
22
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
1
24
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
12
28
R Standard Club Liégeois, Ougrée
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
France
12
21.417
28.676
10
2
0
0
Belgium
11
6.818
24.732
6
2
0
0
Historical data sources
Grenz-Echo (Eupen), №50, 02 Mar 1959; GrenzEcho - Archiv
Gazet van Anwerpen (Antwerp), №51, 02 Mar 1959; Concentra online archief
Le Soir (Brussels), №51, 02 Mar 1959; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
Les Sports (Brussels), №50, 02 Mar 1959; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
St. Vither Zeitung (St. Vith), №25, 03 Mar 1959; Archives de l’État en Belgique
Paris-presse, L’Intransigeant (Paris), №4422, 03 Mar 1959; RetroNews
Comments
France vs Belgium post-match head-to-head
WP
47.0
P
49
W
17
D
12
L
20
GF
95
GA
125
GF/P
1.939
GA/P
2.551
Av attendance
27 285
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
France national team matches
Previous match:
1960 European Nation`s Cup Qualifying
Greece vs France 1-1
Athens, Wednesday 3 December 1958
Next match:
Friendly International
Bulgaria vs France 1-0
Sofia, Sunday 11 October 1959
Belgium national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Hungary vs Belgium 3-1
Budapest, Sunday 23 November 1958
Next match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs Belgium 2-2
Amsterdam, Sunday 19 April 1959
Top France goal scorers
1. Jean Nicolas (1933 - 1938) - 21 goals
2. Just Fontaine (1953 - 1958) - 21 goals
3. Paul Nicolas (1920 - 1929) - 20 goals
4. Jean Baratte (1947 - 1952) - 19 goals
5. Jean Vincent (1953 - 1959) - 17 goals
6. Raymond Kopa (1952 - 1958) - 17 goals
(correct as of March 1, 1959)
Top Belgium goal scorers
1. Bernard Voorhoof (1928 - 1940) - 30 goals
2. Jef Mermans (1947 - 1956) - 28 goals
3. Raymond Braine (1925 - 1939) - 26 goals
4. Robert De Veen (1906 - 1913) - 26 goals
... André Piters (1957 - 1959) - 4 goals
... Martin Lippens (1959) - 1 goal
(correct as of March 1, 1959)
Brief match report
Sun. 01 Mar 1959
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
France 2-2 Belgium
Goals: Vincent 2, Lippens 32, Vincent 68, Piters 80

France: Colonna, Kaelbel, Marche (c), Marcel, Jonquet, Lerond (Tellechéa 23), Wisniewski, Guillas, Skiba, Stako, Vincent. Managed by selection committee Nicolas, Thépot, Batteux.

Belgium: Vanderstappen, Wauters, Thellin, Hanon, Storme, Lippens, Goyvaerts, Houf (c), Jurion, Vanden Boer, Piters. Managed by Vanden Stock, Havlicek (Austria).

Att: 42 206,
Ref: Kelly (England)

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