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National football teams

  • Biggest victory of the Denmark football team
  • France suffered its 4th consecutive defeat
  • Vilhelm Wolfhagen scored 4 goals (his 1st and Denmark's 1st international hat-trick)

Denmark vs France international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Monday, 19 October 1908, 15:00 (UTC)
National teams, score:
Denmark
9-0
France
Competition:
IV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1908, Quarterfinal
Referee:
Thomas Kyle, Aylesbury /
England
Attendance, venue:
2 000, White City Stadium, London
Goals:
1-0 (10') Nils Middelboe, 2-0 (15') Vilhelm Wolfhagen, 3-0 (17') Vilhelm Wolfhagen, 4-0 (25') Harald Bohr, 5-0 (46') Harald Bohr, 6-0 (50') Nils Middelboe, 7-0 (67') Vilhelm Wolfhagen, 8-0 (72') Vilhelm Wolfhagen, 9-0 (78') Sophus Nielsen
Denmark national team line-up in match Nr.1
Managed by selection committee, coach Charles Williams (England)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ludwig Drescher  
1
27
KB, Frederiksberg
Charles Buchwald  
1
27
AB, København
Harald Hansen  
1
24
B 93, København
Harald Bohr  
1
21
AB, København
Kristian Middelboe  Captain 
1
27
KB, Frederiksberg
Nils Middelboe  
1
21
KB, Frederiksberg
Oskar Nørland  
1
26
KB, Frederiksberg
August Lindgren  
1
25
B 93, København
Sophus Nielsen  
1
20
BK Frem, København
Vilhelm Wolfhagen  
1
18
KB, Frederiksberg
Peter Andersen  
1
23
BK Frem, København
France national team line-up in match Nr.11
Managed by selection committee: Robert Guérin
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Charles Bilot  
2
25
CA Paris, Paris
Sadi Dastarac  
1
20
Gallia Club de Paris, Paris
Fernand Desrousseaux  
1
23
US Tourcoing, Tourcoing
Adrien Filez  
5
23
US Tourcoing, Tourcoing
Raoul Gressier  
1
22
RC Calais, Calais
Henri Holgard  
1
23
Amiens AC, Amiens
Albert Jénicot  
3
23
RC Roubaix, Roubaix
Paul Mathaux  
5
20
US Boulonnaise, Boulogne-sur-Mer
Pierre Six  
1
20
Olympique Lillois, Lille
Joseph Verlet  Captain 
6
25
CA Paris, Paris
Justin Vialaret  
1
24
CA 14-e Arrondissement, Paris
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Denmark
11
1.000
24.018
4
9
0
0
France
11
2.455
23.114
9
0
0
0
Historical data sources
Nationaltidende (Copenhagen), №11699, 21 Oct 1908; Det Kongelige Bibliotek
Berlingske Politiske og Avertissements-Tidende (Copenhagen), №245, 22 Oct 1908; Det Kongelige Bibliotek
Dannebrog (Copenhaghen), №5881, 23 Oct 1908; Det Kongelige Bibliotek
Comments

stepetroul - posted on 6 April 2011 at 14:08:31

The first ever football match (between National teams) in the history of the Olympic Games.
Initially, Hungary were to face the Netherlands earlier that day, but withdrew for financial reasons before O.G. started. (...)

HisHasH - posted on 17 May 2011 at 02:18:26

full name: Pierre Charles Henri Six
source: (...)

HisHasH - posted on 17 May 2011 at 03:23:45

full name: Charles von Buchwald

source:
(link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 19 September 2011 at 16:39:39

Danmark: Back, (players only) f. l. t. r. Marius Andersen, Harald Bohr, Harald Hansen, Charles von Buchwald, Nils Middelboe, Vilhelm Wolfhagen; Front, f. l. t. r. Ludwig Drescher, August Lindgren, "Kristian“ Middelboe, "Oskar" Nielsen, "Sophus“ Nielsen. (link: )

trekky76 - posted on 19 November 2011 at 18:31:32

This match is no longer a full intl for France; it was removed a couple of years ago. (link: )

Zsorzsinju - posted on 16 February 2012 at 09:08:41

France*
France B:
Fernand Desrousseaux; Joseph Verlet [c], Charles Bilot; Sadi Dastarac, Raoul Gressier, Justin Vialaret; Pierre Six, Albert Jenicot, Henri Holgard, Paul Mathaux, Adrien Filez
Note: The match is official for both Denmark and France. (link: )

Yas054 - posted on 20 January 2013 at 17:09:44

France
Fernand Desrousseaux (Union Sportive Tourquennoise) – (...)

Zsorzsinju - posted on 19 April 2013 at 06:07:27

France B:
Fernand Desrousseaux 0 (Union Sportive Tourquennoise) (...)

db - posted on 2 September 2021 at 18:19:15

France now counts this match as official?
Yesterday’s match against Bosnia & Herzegovina is indicated as 874th on FFF site (link: )
Denmark vs France post-match head-to-head
WP
100.0
P
1
W
1
D
0
L
0
GF
9
GA
0
GF/P
9.000
GA/P
0.000
Av attendance
2 000
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Denmark national team matches
Next match:
IV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1908
Denmark vs France 17-1
London, Thursday 22 October 1908
Denmark results
France national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs France 4-1
Rotterdam, Sunday 10 May 1908
Next match:
IV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1908
Denmark vs France 17-1
London, Thursday 22 October 1908
France results
Top Denmark goal scorers
1. Vilhelm Wolfhagen (1908) - 4 goals
2. Nils Middelboe (1908) - 2 goals
3. Harald Bohr (1908) - 2 goals
... Sophus Nielsen (1908) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 19, 1908)
top Denmark scorers
Brief match report
Mon. 19 Oct 1908
White City Stadium, London
Denmark 9-0 France
Goals: Middelboe 10, Wolfhagen 15, Wolfhagen 17, Bohr 25, Bohr 46, Middelboe 50, Wolfhagen 67, Wolfhagen 72, Nielsen 78

Denmark: Drescher, Buchwald, Hansen, Bohr, Kristian Middelboe (c), Nils Middelboe, Nørland, Lindgren, Nielsen, Wolfhagen, Andersen. Managed by selection committee Williams (England).

France: Bilot, Dastarac, Desrousseaux, Filez, Gressier, Holgard, Jénicot, Mathaux, Six, Verlet (c), Vialaret. Managed by selection committee Guérin.

Att: 2 000,
Ref: Kyle (England)

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