International Season 1978/79, Part 7 (March 1979)

March

Ladislao Kubala was back in Czechoslovakia for the first time since 1946, as he managed Spain in a friendly loss (0-1) in  Bratislava.

Tsvetan Ilchev managed Bulgaria for the last time, though he remained as Olympic coach. Yanko Dinkov took charge for the first time as Bulgaria Manager.

Date: March 14, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Bratislava -Tehelné Pole Stadion (Slovan Bratislava)

Attendance: 40,000

Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0 (Marian Masny 87)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 40, April 1979

(March 14, 1979, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 40, April 1979

(Czechsolovakia squad, March 14, 1979, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechsolovakia squad, March 14, 1979, Czechoslovakia 1-Spain 0)

Date: March 18, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: İzmır -Kemal Atatürk Stadyumu 

Attendance: 34,154  

Turkey 2-Malta 1 (Sedat Özden 34, Fatih Terim 56 / Spiteri Gonzi 53)

Date: March 21, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Bucureşti (Bucharest) Ghencea Stadionul (Steaua)

Attendance: 17,259

Romania 3-Greece 0 (Ion Dumitru 5, Mircea Lucescu 45, Dudu Georgescu 84)

Date: March 28, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Bruxelles (Brussels) - Parc Astrid- Stade Emile Versé

Attendance: 15,000

Belgium 1-Austria 1 (Rene Vandereycken 21 / Hans Krankl 61)

Photo From: Soccer Monthly, July 1979

(Michel Renquin and Hans Krankl, March 28, 1979, EC Qualifier, Belgium 1-Austria 1)

Date: March 28, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Pleven-Spartak

Attendance: 20,000

Bulgaria 0-USSR (Olympic) 0

Date: March 28, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Simferopool- Lokomotiv 

Attendance: 25,000

USSR 3-Bulgaria 1 (Oleg Blokhin 5, Ramaz Shengelia 7, Yuri Gavrilov 83 / Pavel Panov 29)

Date: March 28, 1979

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Budapest, Nepstadion

Attendance: 15,000

Hungary 3-East Germany 0 (Andras Töröcsik 16, Laszlo Tieber 50, Gyorgy Tatar 73)

Date: March 28, 1979

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4

Venue: Eindhoven-Philips Stadion

Attendance: 27,000

Holland 3-Switzerland 0 (Kees Kist 55, Johnny Metgod 84, Jan Peters 89)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Holland squad, March 28, 1979, EC Qualifier, Holland 3-Switzerland 0)