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National football teams

  • Heaviest defeat of the Iceland football team
  • France earned its 4th consecutive victory
  • Iceland suffered its 3rd consecutive defeat
  • Record for most France caps: Roger Marche's 54th appearance
  • Record for most Iceland caps: Ríkharður Jónsson's 15th appearance

France vs Iceland match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 2 June 1957, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
France
8-0
Iceland
Competition:
1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2
Referee:
Arthur Ellis, Halifax /
England
Attendance, venue:
15 080, Stade Malakoff, Nantes
Goals:
1-0 (6') Célestin Oliver, 2-0 (11') Célestin Oliver, 3-0 (29') Jean Vincent, 4-0 (36') René Dereuddre, 5-0 (45') Roger Piantoni, 6-0 (49') Saïd Brahimi, 7-0 (81') Roger Piantoni, 8-0 (83') Jean Vincent
France national football team line-up in match Nr.233
Managed by selection committee: chairman Paul Nicolas, Gaston Barreau, Alexis Thépot, coach Albert Batteux
Player
Caps
Age
Club
François Remetter  
22
28
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
Raymond Kaelbel  
10
25
AS Monaco FC, Monaco
Roger Marche  Captain 
54
33
Racing CP, Colombes
Armand Penverne  
21
30
Stade de Reims, Reims
Robert Jonquet  
43
32
Stade de Reims, Reims
Jean-Jacques Marcel  
21
25
Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
Saïd Brahimi  
1
26
Toulouse FC, Toulouse
René Dereuddre  
6
26
Toulouse FC, Toulouse
Célestin Oliver  
3
26
UA Sedan-Torcy, Sedan
Roger Piantoni  
20
25
FC Nancy, Nancy
Jean Vincent  
17
26
Stade de Reims, Reims
Iceland national football team line-up in match Nr.16
Managed by national coach Alex Weir (Scotland)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Helgi Daníelsson  
8
24
KF ÍA, Akranes
Ólafur Gíslason  
2
20
KR, Reykjavík
Kristinn Gunnlaugsson  
3
22
KF ÍA, Akranes
Sveinn Teitsson  
9
26
KF ÍA, Akranes
Halldór Halldórsson  
6
26
KF Valur, Reykjavík
Guðjón Finnbogason  
10
29
KF ÍA, Akranes
Dagbjartur Grímsson  
1
25
KF Fram, Reykjavík
Ríkharður Jónsson  Captain 
15
27
KF ÍA, Akranes
Þórður Þórðarson  
12
26
KF ÍA, Akranes
Gunnar Guðmannsson  
7
26
KR, Reykjavík
Þórður Jónsson  
4
22
KF ÍA, Akranes
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
France
11
19.818
27.997
8
8
0
0
Iceland
11
7.000
25.306
4
0
0
0
Historical data sources
La Bourgogne Républicaine (Dijon), №127, 03 Jun 1957; RetroNews
Comments

dudd - posted on 8 September 2023 at 20:41:09

1958 WCQ France - Iceland (Nantes, 2.6.1957)
UEFA Group 2
youtube.com
France vs Iceland post-match head-to-head
WP
100.0
P
1
W
1
D
0
L
0
GF
8
GA
0
GF/P
8.000
GA/P
0.000
Av attendance
15 080
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:
Friendly International
Portugal vs France 0-1
Oeiras, Sunday 24 March 1957
Next match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Iceland vs France 1-5
Reykjavík, Sunday 1 September 1957
France football results
Iceland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Iceland vs England* 2-3
Reykjavík, Tuesday 7 August 1956
Next match:
1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Belgium vs Iceland 8-3
Brussels, Wednesday 5 June 1957
Iceland football results
Top France goal scorers
1. Jean Nicolas (1933 - 1938) - 21 goals
... Roger Piantoni (1952 - 1957) - 12 goals
... Jules Devaquez (1920 - 1929) - 12 goals
... Jean Vincent (1953 - 1957) - 11 goals
... Ernest Vaast (1945 - 1947) - 11 goals
... Célestin Oliver (1955 - 1957) - 3 goals
... René Dereuddre (1957) - 1 goal
... Saïd Brahimi (1957) - 1 goal
(correct as of June 2, 1957)
France goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 02 Jun 1957
Stade Malakoff, Nantes
France 8-0 Iceland
Goals: Oliver 6, Oliver 11, Vincent 29, Dereuddre 36, Piantoni 45, Brahimi 49, Piantoni 81, Vincent 83

France: Remetter, Kaelbel, Marche (c), Penverne, Jonquet, Marcel, Brahimi, Dereuddre, Oliver, Piantoni, Vincent. Managed by selection committee Nicolas, Barreau, Thépot, Batteux.

Iceland: Daníelsson, Gíslason, Gunnlaugsson, Teitsson, Halldórsson, Finnbogason, Grímsson, Ríkharður Jónsson (c), Þórðarson, Guðmannsson, Þórður Jónsson. Managed by Weir (Scotland).

Att: 15 080,
Ref: Ellis (England)

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