May
1, 1977
Denmark
1-Poland 2
FIFA
World Cup Qualifying -Group 1
Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Anders Mattson (Finland)
Goalscorers: (Denmark): Allan Simonsen
50’
(Poland): Włodzimierz Leonard Lubański 7’ ,
54’
Lineups:
Denmark:
1-Birger
Jensen (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium) [10 / 0]
2-Johnny
Hansen (Vejle
Boldklub) [37 / 3]
3-Henning
Munk Jensen (Aalborg Boldspilklub af
1885) [50 / 1]
(13-Lars
Larsen (Boldklubben
Frem-Copenhagen) [16 / 0] 60th)
4-Per
Røntved (Sport
Verein Werder Bremen von 1899 e.V. / West Germany) [36 / 6]
5-Flemming
Ahlberg (Boldklubben
Frem-Copenhagen) [30 / 0]
14-Jan
Højland (Turn-
und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V. / West Germany) [2 / 0]
6-Ole
Bjørnmose
(Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / West Germany) [16 / 2]
7-Heino
Hansen (Sportclub
Preussen 1906 e.V. Münster / West Germany) [26 / 3] (11-Jan Sørensen (Boldklubben Frem-Copenhagen) [4 / 2] 70th )
9-Allan Simonsen (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V.
Mönchengladbach / West Germany) [15 / 6]
10-Flemming
Lund (Sport-Club Rot-Weiß Essen e.V. / West Germany) [11 / 1]
8-Ove
Flindt Bjerg
(Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V. / West Germany) [11 / 1]
Coach:
Kurt Nielsen
Booked:
Per Røntved 62nd
Note:
Per Røntved assumed captaincy in the 60th
minute.
Team
Captain: Henning
Munk Jensen
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro
Uniform
Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
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Photo
From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special
thanks to Daniel Antonio Escobar Riquelme)
(Denmark
squad, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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Poland:
1-Jan
Tomaszewski (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz )
[45 / 0]
2-Marek
Dziuba (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz ) [3 /
0]
3-Władysław
Antoni Żmuda (Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław) [32 / 0]
4-Wojciech
Wladyslaw Rudy (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Zaglebie- Sosnowiec) [7 / 0] (12-Czesław Boguszewicz (Morski
Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia) [5 / 0]
24th )
5-Henryk
Piotr Wieczorek (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)
[10 / 0])
6-Henryk
Wojciech Kasperczak (FKS (Fabryczny Klub Sportowy) Stal Mielec)
[45 / 4]
7-Grzegorz
Boleslaw Lato (FKS
(Fabryczny Klub Sportowy) Stal Mielec) [46 /
27]
8-Bogdan
Mieczyslaw Masztaler (Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole) [8 / 1]
9-Włodzimierz
Leonard Lubański (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren /
Belgium) [65 / 46] (13-Zbigniew Kazimierz Boniek (Robotnicze Towarzystwo
Sportowe Widzew
Łódź) [8 / 2]
85th)
10-Kazimierz
Deyna (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa) [78 / 33]
11-Andrzej
Szarmach (FKS
(Fabryczny Klub Sportowy) Stal Mielec) [39 / 24]
Coach:
Jacek Gmoch
Booked:
Henryk Piotr Wieczorek, Zbigniew Kazimierz Boniek 89th
Other
Subs:
Henryk
Maculewicz (Gwardyjskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisla Krakow)
Adam
Nawałka (Gwardyjskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisla Krakow)
Krzysztof
Sobieski (Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa)
Stanisław
Terlecki (LKS (Lodzki Klub Sportowy)-Lodz )
Henryk
Wawrowski (Morski Klub Sportowy Pogon- Szczecin)
Team
Captain: Kazimierz Deyna
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform
Colors: White Shirts, Red
Shorts, White Socks
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Photo
From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(Poland
squad, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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Notes:
-Match
number 398 for Denmark and number 310 for Poland.
-This
was the 10th meeting between the nations.
-The
previous match between the nations, as well as the previous match on Polish
soil and the previous Polish victory, was a friendly on September 2, 1970 that
Poland won (5-0) at Warsaw.
Denmark
player: Per
Røntved and Polish players: Kazimierz
Deyna and Włodzimierz Lubański were present that day (on the field and/or the
substitutes bench).
Deyna
and Lubanski scored for Poland in that match.
-The
next match between the nations, as well as the next Polish win and the next
match on Polish soil, was only a few months away during the Return leg of this
qualifier on September 21, 1977 at Chorzow that Poland won (4-1).
Denmark
players: Henning
Munk Jensen, Røntved, Ahlberg, Sørensen, Heino Hansen, Lund, Flindt Bjerg and Jørgen Kristensen and Polish players:
Tomaszewski, Wawrowski, Żmuda,
Maculewicz, Rudy, Kasperczak,
Deyna, Boniek, Masztaler, Nawałka, Lato, Lubański, Szarmach, Terlecki
and Wieczorek were present that day (on the field and/or the substitutes
bench).
Henning
Munk Jensen and Kazimierz
Deyna still captained their respective Nations.
Masztaler,
Lato, Deyna and Szarmach scored Poland’s goals.
Both
sets of managers were still in charge.
Jan
Sørensen and Zbigniew Boniek came on as substitutes in both matches.
-The
previous match between the nations at the same venue, as well as Poland’s
previous away win, was a Friendly on May 19, 1970 that Poland won 2 to 0.
Polish
players: Kazimierz Deyna and Włodzimierz Lubański were present that day (on the
field and/or the substitutes bench).
-The
next match between the nations at the same venue, as well as Denmark’s next win
(Their first since 1958), was a Friendly on May 16, 1986 that Denmark won 1 to
0.
Polish
player: Zbigniew Boniek was present that day (on the field and/or the
substitutes bench).
He
also captained Poland in that match.
-Denmark’s
previous win over Poland (and their previous win on home soil) was a Friendly
on May 25, 1958 that they won 3 to 2.
-Denmark’s
next away win over Poland was a Friendly on August 14, 2004 that they won 5 to
1.
-Zbigniew
Boniek Managed Poland in a friendly vs. Denmark at Copenhagen that the Danes
won (2-0).
-The two teams were in a World Cup qualifying group
that included also Portugal and Cyprus.
-In their previous qualifiers, Poland had won all
its two matches in the Group:
October 10, 1976, Porto, Portugal 0-Poland 2
October 31, 1976, Warsaw, Poland 5-Cyprus 0
-In preparation for this qualifier, Poland had
played two away friendlies in the weeks before.
On April 13th, 1977, at Budapest, Poland lost
(1-2).
On April 24th, at Dublin, they came away with a
scoreless tie.
-Jacek Gmoch had taken over as Poland Manager from Kazimierz Górski in the
Fall of 1976 after the 1976 Olympics.
-The Denmark squad was reliant on what was
referred as a ‘Foreign Legion’. It was unprecedented at those times to have a
squad of mainly foreign based players.
Denamrk had no choice since it still did not
possess a Professional League, therefore its best players were scattered across
Western European Leagues (West German Bundesliga a common destination).
Borussia Moenchengladbach’s Allan Simonsen was the
most notable and famous of the group.
-Denmark started the match with Eight Foreign
based players (seven of them from the Bundesliga), but were still misisng
players such as :
Lars
Bastrup
(Offenbacher Fußball Club Kickers 1901 e.V. / West Germany)
Niels Tune (Fußball -Club Sankt-Pauli
1910 e.V.-Hamburg / West Germany)
Morten
Olsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium)
Benny
Nielsen (Racing White Daring Molenbeek / Belgium)
Ulrik
le Fevre (Club
Brugge Koninklijke
Vereniging / Belgium)
Henning
Jensen (Real
Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)
Jørgen
Kristensen
(Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)
-Denmark’s
Johnny Hansen
was a former Bayern Munich player.
-Strangely
Denmark’s Jan
Højland started the match with the jersey numbered 14 on his back.
The
rules specifying a starting lineup of 1 to 11 was still not enforced.
-Poland
were missing players such as:
Antoni
Szymanowski (Gwardyjskie Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisla Krakow),
Paweł
Janas (Robotnicze Towarzystwo Sportowe Widzew Łódź)
Jerzy
Gorgoń (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze)
Janusz
Kupcewicz (Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia)
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(World
Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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-The
more experienced Poles gave a demonstration of dominance on an away venue and
took control from the start.
-Poland
took the lead in the 5th minute.
Zmuda
on the right side in his own half, crossed into the path of Lato, who in turn
laid it on for Lubanski to score into the empty net as the Danish goalkeeper
and the defense had already committed.
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Polish
players celebrating the first goal, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark
1-Poland 2)
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-In
the 24th minute, Poland defender Wojciech Rudy had to be substituted
due to injury.
Czesław
Boguszewicz came on to take his place.
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Władysław
Antoni Żmuda, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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Photo
From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(Poland
Captain Kazimierz Deyna, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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-Poland
continued their domination and it was very much against the run of play when
Denmark tied up the match.
In
the 50th minute, from the center Lund sent a through pass for Jan Højland, who passed it
back into the box for
Simonsen to score.
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Wojciech Wladyslaw Rudy, May 1, 1977, World Cup
Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2) |
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 24, December 1977
(Henning Munk Jensen and Grzegorz Lato, May 1,
1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2) |
-Just
a few minutes later, in the 54th minute, Henryk Kasperczak took a
corner from the right side, that was headed in by Lubanski who scored his
second goal.
Danish
goalkeeper Birger Jensen had mistimed his jump and should have saved or punched
out the corner kick.
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(Lubanski
scoring Poland’s second goal, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark
1-Poland 2)
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Lubanski
scoring Poland’s second goal, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark
1-Poland 2)
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-Danish
Captain Henning
Munk Jensen had been somewhat at fault for Poland’s first goal early in the
match. As a result, the crowd jeered him from that moment on and his game
suffered as a result.
Danish
Manager Kurt Nielsen was forced to substitute him with Lars Larsen.
Kurt
Nielsen declared that at first he regretted his decision, but by pulling him
out, he felt Denmark were able to make more headway in the game.
-A
goal by Lato was called off by the Referee due to an infraction.
-Zbigniew
Boniek came on the 85th minute, replacing Lubanski, and was booked
shortly thereafter just before the final whistle. At 21, he was the youngest
member of the Polish squad.
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Photo
From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(Henryk
Kasperczak and Ove Frindt Berg, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark
1-Poland 2)
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-Despite
the introduction of the two substitutes, Denmark could not make it back and
Poland were deserved winners.
-Poland took control of the match and especially dominated in
midfield. Their game was based on quick counter attacks.
-Poland’s Lubanski, Lato, Kasperczak and Tomasweski impressed the
most, while Denmark goalkeeper Birger Jesen prevented Denmark from losing with
a bigger score (despite his mistake on the second goal).
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Lubanski and Birger Jensen, May 1, 1977, World
Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2) |
-Poland Manager Jacek Gmoch declared ‘I am very satisfied for my
team’s performance, but in my opinion, our victory could have been much
larger’.
-Allan Simonsen was always marked closely by one or two defenders
and was unable to make much of an impact. Though, he did score Denmark’s tying
goal.
-Poland’s
Czesław Boguszewicz and Denmark’s Ole Bjørnmose played their last ever matches with
their respective National Teams.
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Flemming Ahlberg and Grzegorz
Lato, May 1,
1977, World Cup Qualifier, Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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-This
third straight win in the Group more or less qualified Poland for the following
year’s World Cup in Argentina. At the end of the match, the players celebrated
as if their goal had been achieved.
-Two
weeks later they further sealed their place by defeating Cyprus at Limasol
May
15, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Cyprus 1-Poland 3
This
was their fourth straight win in the qualifiers.
-A
few weeks after that in late May and June, Poland toured South America for a
number of Friendly matches in preparation for the following year’s World Cup.
For
more detail, see:
-Denmark’s
Allan Simonsen was in the Borussia Moenchengladbach side that just a few weeks
later on May 25th, 1977, were defeated in the Champions Cup Final at
Rome vs. Liverpool (1-3).
He
did win the Bundesliga Title with Borussia Moenchengladbach that season.
By
the end of the year, his performances had impressed enough jurors that he was
elected as France Football’s Ballon d’Or.
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Photo
From: Onze, Issue 18, June 1977
(Jan Tomaszewski and Henryk Kasperczak
celebrating Poland’s virtual qualification, May 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier,
Denmark 1-Poland 2)
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-Poland,
after defeating Denmark again on September 21st (4-1), completed
their qualifying campaign at home on October 29, 1977 by tying Portugal (1-1).
-Poland
won the Group and only dropped one point, the inconsequential last match with
Portugal, after having already qualified.
Portugal
finished second with Denmark finishing third and Cyprus last.
-Poland’s squad contained 1972 Olympic winners: Kazimierz Deyna,
Wlodzimierz Lubanski and Grzegorz Lato.
-Poland’s
squad included many members of the 1974 World Cup squad that had finished
third.
The
seven players were: Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wieczorek, Wladyslaw Zmuda,
Kazimierz Deyna, Henryk Kasperczak, Grzegorz Lato and Andrzej Szarmach.
-Poland’s
squad included many members of the 1976 Olympics Silver Medalist squad.
The
nine players were: Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wieczorek, Wladyslaw Zmuda,
Kazimierz Deyna, Henryk Kasperczak, Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach, Henryk Wawrowski and Wojciech
Rudy.
-Jacek
Gmoch selected twelve of the players on duty for this qualifier in Denmark for
the following year’s 1978 World Cup Finals squad.
These
included: Jan Tomaszewski, Adam Nawalka, Henryk
Kasperczak, Wladislaw Zmuda, Wojciech Rudy, Bohdan Masztaler, Kazimierz
Deyna, Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach,
Zbigniew Boniek, Wlodzimierz Lubaňski
and Henryk
Maculewicz.
-Poland’s
Wladislaw Zmuda and Zbigniew Boniek also participated in the
1986 World Cup.
Denmark’s Allan Simonsen was also part
of the Danish squad in that World Cup.
-Both Team Captains Henning Munk Jensen and
Kazimierz Deyna played in the NASL in the United States.
Henning
Munk Jensen played for Edmonton Drillers and San Jose Earthquakes, while Deyna
played for San Diego Sockers.
Wladislaw Zmuda played 4 matches with New
York Cosmos in 1984.
-Poland’s
Henryk Kasperczak managed many clubs in France, as well as National Teams such
as Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Morocco, Mali (twice), and Senegal and is the current
Manager of Tunisia.
-Władysław
Żmuda played in four World Cups (1974, 1978, 1982 and 1986).
He
has played a total of 21 matches in World Cup Finals.
He
is bettered by Lothar Matthaus and Paolo Maldini and is tied with Uwe Seeler
and Diego Maradona.
-Jan Sørensen would join
Birger Jensen at Club Brugge that summer and stay until 1983.
-Kurt
Nielsen remained as Denmark’s Manager until 1979, when Sepp Piontek took over.
-The
following month, Denmark’s Preben Elkjaer made his debut for the National team.
He would have a successful partnership with Poland’s Lato and Lubanski at
Belgian club Lokeren in the early 80s.
-Poland
Captain Kazimierz Deyna was killed in a Car Accident on September 1, 1989 at
San Diego, California in USA. He was aged just 41.
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