September 11, 1991 England 0-Germany 1

 

September 11, 1991

England 0-Germany 1

Friendly

Venue: London - The Empire Stadium Wembley              

Attendance: 59,500

Referee: Aleksei Spirin (USSR)

Goalscorers: (England): None

                      (Germany): Karlheinz Riedle 45

Lineups:

England:

1- Christopher Charles Eric Woods  (Sheffield Wednesday Football Club) [25 caps / 0 goals]
2- Lee Michael Dixon (Arsenal Football Club-London) [9 caps / 1 goals]
3- Anthony Robert Dorigo (Leeds United Association Football Club) [7 caps / 0 goals]
6- Gary Andrew Pallister (Manchester United Football Club) [5 caps / 0 goals]
5- Paul Andrew Parker  (Manchester United Football Club) [17 caps / 0 goals]
4- David Batty (Leeds United Association Football Club) [6 caps / 0 goals]
8- Trevor Mc Gregor Steven (Olympique de Marseille / France) [31 caps / 3 goals]  (16-Paul Charles Merson (Arsenal Football Club-London) [1 caps / 0 goals] 66)
7- David Andrew Platt (Associazione Sportiva Bari / Italy) [23 caps / 7 goals]
9- Alan Martin Smith (Arsenal Football Club-London) [8 caps / 1 goals]
11- John Akin Salako (Crystal Palace Football Club-London) [5 caps / 0 goals]  (14-Paul Andrew Stewart (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)  [1 caps / 0 goals] 66)
10- Gary Winston Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London) [69 caps / 45 goals]

Coach: Graham Taylor

Other Subs:

12- Keith Curle (Manchester City Football Club)

13- David Andrew Seaman (Arsenal Football Club-London)

15- Nigel Howard Clough (Nottingham Forest Football Club)

Team Captain: Gary Winston Lineker

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, White Socks

Germany:

1-Bodo Illgner (1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e.V.) [29 caps / 0 goals]

2-Manfred Binz (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.) [4 caps / 0 goals]

5-Stefan Effenberg (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V.) [2 caps / 0 goals]

4-Jürgen Kohler (Juventus Football Club -Torino/ Italy) [37 caps / 0 goals]

6-Guido Buchwald (Verein für Bewegungspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.) [44 caps / 0 goals]

8-Thomas Häßler (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)  [23 caps / 1 goals]

10- Lothar Herbert Matthäus (Internazionale Football Club- Milan / Italy)  [89 caps / 18 goals]

7-Andreas Möller (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.) [16 caps / 3 goals]

3-Andreas Brehme (Internazionale Football Club- Milan / Italy)  [63 caps / 8 goals]

9-Karlheinz Riedle (Società Sportiva Lazio / Italy) [15 caps / 4 goals]

11-Thomas Doll (Società Sportiva Lazio / Italy) [4 caps / 0 goals]  (13-Jürgen Klinsmann (Internazionale Football Club- Milan / Italy) [33 caps / 9 goals] 80)

Coach: Hans-Hubert ‘Berti’  Vogts

Booked: Brehme, Kohler

Other Subs:

12- Andreas Kopke (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg -Verein für Leibesübungen e.V.) 

14- Dietmar Beirsdorfer (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.)

15- Uwe Bein (Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.)

16- Andreas Thom (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V.) 

Team Captain: Lothar Herbert Matthäus

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirt (with German flag colors across), White Shorts and Green socks

Notes:

-Match number 674 for England and number 575 for Germany.

-This was the first meeting between England and a unified Germany since 1938.

-This was the 20^th meeting between the two nations.

-This was England’s first loss under Graham Taylor after 12 matches and the first loss since July 7, 1990 when England lost to Italy in World Cup 1990 third place match.

-Germany’s last victory at Wembley was a 2-1 win on October 13, 1982. German captain Lothar Matthaus was the only player from both sides who played in that match.

-England would not defeat Germany until June 17, 2000 when they defeated Germany 1-0 in the 2000 UEFA European Championship.

-The first match between the two nations since 1990 World Cup Semifinal.

Photo : from World Soccer, February 1992

-For Germany, 8 players who played in the 1990 Semifinal were present, while Moeller,

Kopke and Bein were on the bench that day.

For England only 4 players remained: Parker, Platt, Steven and Lineker. While Woods, Dorigo and Seaman remained on the bench that day.

-This is the first time Germany has worn its green colored (away) uniform since that 1990 semifinal vs England.

-For most of 1991, Chris Waddle and Peter Beardsley were out of favor with England manager Taylor.

The exclusion of Waddle, who was having an excellent season with French club Olympique Marseille, baffled France manager Michel Platini. He claimed that not only would Waddle be an automatic selection (were he French), but he would remain in the team indefinitely.

Photo from: World Soccer, October 1991

-English Players Mark Wright, Des Walker, Stuart Pearce and John Barnes missed this match through injury.

-For the second half of 1990-1991, Arsenal’s David Seaman was established as starting number one goalkeeper due to his impressive form in the league.

Chris Woods, now back in the English League, was once again the starting national team goalkeeper.

-The English squad selected for this match was announced on September 2, 1991

Goalkeepers: Chris Woods, David Seaman

Defenders: Lee Dixon, Gary Charles, David Burrows, Tony Dorigo, Gary Pallister, Tony Adams, Paul Parker, Keith Curle

Midfielders/Strikers: Geoff Thomas, David Platt, Trevor Steven, David Batty, Paul Stewart, John Salako, Tony Daley, Nigel Clough, Gary Lineker, Alan Smith, Paul Merson, David Hirst

Photo from: World Soccer, October 1991

-During the off-season German captain Lothar Matthaus nearly joined Real Madrid, but Inter refused his demand.

On September 7, 1991, Germany announced that Rudi Voeller, Thomas Helmer and Stefan Kuntz would be out injured.

Stefan Kuntz injured himself as he slipped while he was getting off his club Kaiserslautern’s team bus before a league match with Bayern Munich.

-The German squad selected for this match was announced on September 2, 1991

Goalkeepers: Bodo Illgner, Andreas Kopke,

Defenders: Dietmar Beirsdorfer, Andreas Brehme, Guido Buchwald, Thomas Helmer, Jurgen Kohler, and Stefan Reuter

Midfielders/Strikers: Uwe Bein, Andreas Moller, Stefan Effenbeeg, Thomas Hassler, Stefan Kuntz, Lothar Matthaus, Mathias Sammer, Thomas Doll, Karl Heinz Riedle, Jurgen Klinnsman, Rudi Voller

-Riedle scored from a cross by Doll. The two had just become teammates at Italian Club Lazio. Englishman Paul Gascoigne would join them next season.

Photo From: England, Player by Player, Author: Graham Betts

-Thomas Doll had an additional 29 caps and 7 goals scored for East Germany.

-Thomas Doll was the only former East German on the field. Andreas Thom remained on the bench. The other notable former East German player, Matthias Sammer, was unavailable for this match.

-English Players Paul Stewart and Paul Merson earned their first caps for England.

-Trevor Steven and David Platt were the only English players to be playing for foreign clubs.

-Seven members of Germany’s team were playing in the Italian Serie A. The eighth player, Stefan Reuter, was injured the day before the match and had to withdraw. The following season Andreas Moeller would also join Italy’s Serie A.

-Manfred Binz replaced injured Reuter in the starting lineup.

-Germany’s starting right back, Thomas Berthold was not selected as he was serving a suspension for being sent off in a June European Championship qualifier against Wales. Since he was suspended for a minimum of 5 matches, he was not considered for selection.

-Jurgen Klinnsman would play for English Club Tottenham in two separate spells (1994-95 and 1998).

-Karl-Heinz Riedle would play for English club Liverpool (1997-99).

-John Salako’s last match for England.

Match Reports:

The Best of Enemies-England v Germany-1991

England, The Complete Post War Record-1991 England 0-Germany  

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