International Season 1977/ 78, Part 10 (May 1978)

May

József Verebes managed Hungary for the last time in a Friendly vs. East Germany.

Many friendlies as teams were making final preparations for the World Cup.

The 1980 UEFA European Championship qualifiers started with Denmark tying the Republic of Ireland (3-3) at Copenhagen and Finalnd defeating Greece (3-0) at Helsinki.

For more detail, see :

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-british-home-championship-part.html

Date: May 1, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho 

Attendance: 145,200

Brazil 3-Peru 0 (Zico 34, Reinaldo I 64,85)

Date: May 3, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)

Attendance: 55,000

Argentina 3-Uruguay 0 (Leopoldo Luque 21, Osvaldo Ardiles 60, Norberto Alonso 90)

Date: May 3, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Helsinki -Olympiastadion

Attendance:          6,054

Finland 0-Mexico 1 (Hugo Sanchez 90)

Date: May 5, 1978

Competition: Balkan Cup 

Venue: Bucureşti (Bucharest) -Stadionul 23 August

Attendance:          30,000

Romania 2-Bulgaria 0 (Anghel Iordanescu 2, Ilie Balaci 74)

Date: May 8, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue:

Attendance: 

RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) 2-Israel 1 (??? / Gidi Damti)

Date: May 11, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Toulouse -Stadium Municipal

Attendance: 34,000

France 2-Iran 1 (Albert Gemmrich 14, Didier Six 70 / Hassan Rowshan 47)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 29, May 1978

(May 11, 1978, France 2-Iran 1)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 29, May 1978

(France squad, May 11, 1978, France 2-Iran 1)

Date: May 13, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Recife - Estádio José do Rego Maciel (Arruda)

Attendance:

Brazil 0- Pernambuco State Team XI 0

Date: May 13, 1978

Competition: Home Championship

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 64,433

Scotland 1-Northern Ireland 1 (Derek Johnstone 36 / Martin O'Neill 26)

Photo From:  Shoot, June 27, 1981

(May 13, 1978, Home Championship, Scotland 1-Northern Ireland 1)

Date: May 13, 1978

Competition: Home Championship

Venue: Cardiff-Ninian Park

Attendance: 17,698

Wales 1-England 3 (Philip John Dwyer 63 / Bob Latchford 8, Tony Currie 82, Peter Barnes 89)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Hungary, 1978

(Team captains, May 13, 1978, Home Championship, Wales 1-England 3)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Hungary, 1978

(May 13, 1978, Home Championship, Wales 1-England 3)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Hungary, 1978

(England squad, May 13, 1978, Home Championship, Wales 1-England 3)

Date: May 14, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Tripoli-11th June

Attendance: 6,000

Libya 1-Malta 0 (Azabi 20)

Date: May 14, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Bucureşti (Bucharest) -Stadionul 23 August

Attendance: 40,000

Romania 0-USSR 1 (Oleg Blokhin 23)

Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей\ 1978\№21---21.05.78

(May 14, 1978, Romania 0-USSR 1)

Date: May 16, 1978

Competition: Home Championship

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 55,000

England 1-Northern Ireland 0 (Phil Neal 45)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Hungary, 1978

(May 16, Home Championship, England 1-Northern Ireland 0)

Date: May 17, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho 

Attendance: 45,000

Brazil 2-Czechoslovakia 0 (Reinaldo 34, Zico 84)

Date: May 17, 1978

Competition: Home Championship

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 70,241

Scotland 1-Wales 1  (Derek Johnstone 10 / Own Goal (William Donachie) 90)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1978

(May 17, Home Championship, Scotland 1-Wales 1)

Photo from: Scotland, the complete international  Football Record, Author Richard Keir

(May 17, Home Championship, Scotland 1-Wales 1)

Date: May 17, 1978

Competition: Tournoi International de Paris

Venue: Paris-Parc des Princes

Attendance: 18,000

Paris St. Germain (France) 0-Holland 2  (Dirk Nanninga 22, 78)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1676, May 23, 1978

(May 17, 1978, Tournoi International de Paris, Paris St. Germain (France) 0-Holland 2 )

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1676, May 23, 1978

 (Holland squad, May 17, 1978, Tournoi International de Paris, Paris St. Germain (France) 0-Holland 2 )

Date: May 17, 1978

Competition: Tournoi International de Paris

Venue: Paris-Parc des Princes

Attendance:

Club Brugge KV (Belgium) 1-Iran 1 ( ???)

Date: May 18, 1978

Competition: Tournoi International de Paris-Third Place

Venue: Paris-Parc des Princes

Attendance:

Paris St. Germain (France) 3-Iran 0 (Carlos Bianchi 21, 27, 35)

Date: May 18, 1978

Competition: Tournoi International de Paris-Final

Venue: Paris-Parc des Princes

Attendance:

Holland 7- Club Brugge KV (Belgium) 1 (Arie Haan 3, 4, Harry Lubse 34, 71, Dirk Nanninga 46, 57, 58 / René Vandereycken 56)

Date: May 18, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Roma –Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance: 40,000

Italy 0-Yugoslavia 0

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, Supplement 1

(Italy squad, May 18, 1978, Italy 0-Yugoslavia 0)

Date: May 19, 1978

Competition: Home Championship

Venue: Wrexham-Racecourse Ground

Attendance: 9,077

Wales 1-Northern Ireland 0 (Nicholas Simon Deacy  pen)

Date: May 19, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Villeneuve d'Ascq -Stadium du Nord

Attendance: 35,000

France 2-Tunisia 0 (Michel Platini 71, Christian Dalger 74)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 72, January 1995

(May 19, 1978, France 2-Tunisia 0)

Photo From: France Football, May 30, 1978

(May 19, 1978, France 2-Tunisia 0)

Date: May 20, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Wien (Vienna)-Praterstadion

Attendance: 61,000

Austria 0-Holland 1 (Arie Haan 55)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger

(Austria squad, May 20, 1978, Austria 0-Holland 1)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger

(May 20, 1978, Austria 0-Holland 1)

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

(Holland squad, May 20, 1978, Austria 0-Holland 1)

Date: May 20, 1978

Competition: Home Championship

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Attendance: 88,319

Scotland 0-England 1 (Steve Coppell 82)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Scotland, 1979

(May 20, Home Championship, Scotland 0-England 1)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Scotland, 1979

(May 20, Home Championship, Scotland 0-England 1)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Scotland, 1979

(England squad, May 20, Home Championship, Scotland 0-England 1)

Date: May 21, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion,

 Fotbollstadion

Attendance: 17, 207

Sweden 0-Czechoslovakia 0

Date: May 21, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Oslo -Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance: 11,500

Norway 0-Republic of Ireland 0

Date: May 24, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken

Attendance: 28,900

Denmark 3-Republic of Ireland 3 (Henning Jensen 31, Benny Nielsen 78 pen, Soren Lerby 79 / Frank Stapleton 11, Tony Grealish 25, Gerry Daly 65)

Date: May 24, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: London - Wembley

Attendance: 75,000

England 4-Hungary 1 (Peter Barnes 11, Phil Neal 34 pen, Trevor Francis 38, Tony Currie 83 / Laszlo Nagy 62)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 1978

(May 24, 1978, England 4-Hungary 1)

Photo From: England, The Complete Post-War Record, Author Mike Payne

(May 24, 1978, England 4-Hungary 1)

Date: May 24, 1978

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Helsinki -Olympiastadion

Attendance: 8,000

Finland 3-Greece 0 (Atik Ismail 35, 85, Ari Mäkynen 82)

Date: May 24, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario

Attendance:

Uruguay 0-Spain 0

Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006

(May 24, 1978, Uruguay 0-Spain 0)

Date: May 25, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Porto Alegre - Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (Beira Rio)

Attendance:

Brazil 2- Rio Grande do Sul XI  2 (Toninho, Nelinho / Lúcio, Éder)

Date: May 28, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)

Attendance:

Italy 1-Deportivo Italiano (Argentina) 0 (???)

Date: May 30, 1978

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium

Attendance: 45,000

Malyasia 1-England ‘B’ 1 (Mokhtar Dhari / Alan Kennedy)

Date: May 31, 1978

Competition: Balkan Cup 

Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion

Attendance: 15,000

Bulgaria 1-Romania 1 (Stoicho Mladenov 16 / Anghel  Iordanescu 34)

Date: May 31, 1978

Competition: Nordic Cup

Venue: Oslo –Ullevaal Stadion

Attendance: 9,500

Norway 1-Denmark 2 (Hallvar Thoresen 25 / Frank Arnesen 43, Preben Elkjær 62)