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Saturday, August 31, 2019

Nostalgia of Soccer (Football) Magazines Project-Part 1

(Soccer) magazine reading experiences of Italian Franco Spicciariello, PhD.

Name: Franco Spicciariello, PhD
Twitter: @frankspicc
Personal Description: I work on public policy in the tech sector, covering several European countries. In the past, I have been a lot into soccer. I covered US soccer on Guerin Sportivo from 2006 to 2016 and I woked for the US group that took over AS Roma (but I’m a diehard Lazio fan ).

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: At what age did you become a Football fan and how long after did you start reading Football Magazines?

Response: I was born in November 1972. My first memories about soccer go back to the 1978 World Cup. I can remember sitting on the couch with my Dad to watch the Azzuri beating Argentina. Then my first game at Stadio Olimpico, in October 1978: Lazio vs Juventus 2-2. I started reading about football in those times.



Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: What was the first Soccer (Football) magazine that you read as a new young fan of the game? (Personally I like ’Guerin Sportivo’ for its format and photos)

Response: In my house, there was always the sport daily Corriere dello Sport, but I started having my dad buying me regularly the weekly Guerin Sportivo in 1979. I still have some copies.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Were there other local magazines that you also read?

Response: A side from Corriere dello Sport, I used to read “Intrepido”, which was a weekly with a lot of football (weekly recaps, interviews, photos) and comics. Then SuperGol came in 1984. It was a monthly magazine, with great graphics, quite similar to Mondial and Onze, but with a more 80s glamour.




Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Describe the general format of these particular magazines? What was your favorite section(s) of these said magazines?

Response: Guerin Sportivo (the world’s most ancient sport magazine) today is a monthly magazine dedicated only to soccer. At the time it was a weekly (until end of 2009) in which you could find everything: the weekly recap, commentaries with the capacity to push the football federations to change its policies (i.e. the reopening to the foreign players in 1980), articles and photos about the other championships (England, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, US’ NASL, etc.), all the scores and the tables. Furthermore, wonderful interviews with champions we could only dream about: I recall Keegan, Zico, Cruyff, Maradona when he was still in Argentina, etc.
Intrepido was more about the focus on one Italian player/team per week, plus a general recap of what was going on in Serie A, and sometimes Serie B. SuperGol was flashy, with also a lot of interviews and talks about the players’ transfers.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Was the coverage of Football mainly local Italian Serie A or was International Football news covered as well in a meaningful way?

Response: Serie A was absolutely central, also considering that starting from 1984/85 I would say it became the world’s top soccer league, and stayed like this for 20 years. Every top player came or wanted to come to Italy. The international coverage increased a lot around the UEFA matches.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: In general on a typical newsstand, how many choices were available for reading Football?

Response: A side of Guerin Sportivo, Intrepido e SuperGol, we had, and still have, three daily sport newspapers (Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, Tuttosport), plus the sport pages (almost soccer only). Furthermore, there were some Serie A team’s magazine: Forza Milan, Hurrà Juventus, La Lazio (my father was the publisher ), La Roma, Inter. Plenty of choice! 

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Do you remember foreign Football publications at your newsstands as well? If so did you read any?

Response: Not really. I remember going to the newsstands in the center of Rome, but I could only start finding “France Football” and “World Soccer” starting from the early 90s.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: I will ask this from everyone, one of my best memories as a young football fan was the anticipation of the day when new issues were available on newsstands. It was a weekly ritual that would stay with me for decades. In your own words, can you explain your memories of these days?

Response: I can still feel the excitement when I went to newspaper store every Wednesday, the day Guerin Sportivo was out. Or every day during the summer to read the news about the transfers, discovering which team got which player. Even today, there is the digital version but I still prefer buying the paper. The sensation is totally different. I used to keep reading my Guerin Sportivo several times, especially during the summer when they skipped a number in August. I still have a 1981 copy with Arie Haan on the front-page (it seemed he signed for Napoli) and with John Wark who just won the Bravo Trophy while playing for Ipswich Town: I remember bringing it with me on my first vacation alone on the mountains close to Rome.



Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Did you enjoy your magazines for the scores/league tables, etc or did you prefer the writing? Or was there an evolution as when you aged you started to appreciate the deep written analysis more?

Response: I would say both. Today we give it for granted and immediate, but across 1980 we did not have any other source to know what’s going on in the other countries, and I really “studied” those pages. The writing at the time made me understand several things, giving me a great view of what was really going in the Italian soccer world.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: How has the quality of your favorite magazines changed (for better or worse over the years)?

Response: Guerin Sportivo got better and better in terms of graphics. In the 80s it also covered the other sports and even some music. The journalists were some of the cream of the Italian media, and in part still are. Sure, the competition of the internet changed several things, and the expectations cannot be the same. Once the Guerin Sportivo editor told me that now its biggest competitor is the daily Gazzetta dello Sport. The difference was that in the past Guerin had in depth interviews and articles, while Gazzetta focused on the daily news. Now, with the news available immediately, Gazzetta moved on a different territory and killed part of Guerin Sportivo readership, being also owned by a powerful publisher.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Looking back what was the best era for your favorite magazines?

Response: For sure the time between 1980 and 1990, following the arrival of the foreign players, the victory in the 1982 World Cup and the boom of Italian Serie A.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: As an Italian, the daily newspapers, ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, ‘Corriere dello Sport’ and ‘Tuttosport’, etc play a big part in the coverage of the game. Can you compare these daily papers compared to a magazine like ‘Guerin Sportivo’?

Response: Guerin Sportivo is now owned by the same publisher of Corriere dello Sport, and shares the same Director. Therefore, it seems to me it has lost some of its peculiarities, and some of its capacity to be influential both nationally and internationally (I don’t know why it does not the Bravo Trophy for the best UEFA Cups’ U21), but it’s still a great magazine.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: I had been aware of ‘Guerin Sportivo’ for years, in the late 90s, a new monthly magazine ‘Calcio2000’ came onto the scene. Despite not being able to read Italian, I found it impressive in its format? Can you describe this magazine and its evolution?

Response: I bought Calcio 2000 for a while since its first issue. There was space in the market in a time – the end of the 90s - in which Serie A was great, with 6 teams (Juve, Milan, Lazio, asroma, Inter, Parma and Fiorentina), the “six sisters”, were battling for the Scudetto. Great graphics, but - with all due respect - the level of writing and coverage was not even close to the bar set by Guerin Sportivo. I cannot remember any scoop, news, of debate started by Calcio 2000. To me, it sometimes looked disconnected from what was going on in the soccer world. But I have to say that I enjoyed it once in a while.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Has your taste in magazines changed over the years or do you still read your favorite magazines?

Response: I still buy and love Guerin Sportivo. But, also thanks to my travelling, I appreciate several foreign soccer magazines and dailies: FourFourTwo (the best, IMHO), World Soccer, France Football, So Foot, Onze, Marca and AS, Voetbal. 

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Looking back, do you feel these magazines kept you sufficiently informed about the events of the game as a whole?

Response: It was fine. Sure I missed not having access to the foreign magazines. I remember when a family friend brought me a copy of El Grafico with Maradona in a Napoli kit. My heart started to beat for the emotion, and I kept it for more than 20 years.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Did your interest in reading magazines wane with the advent of Internet and 24 Hour Sports Television channels or are you as interested as ever in reading?

Response: Still interested, but sure I have a lot more knowledge of what’s going on.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Are there publications that have since been defunct that you miss?

Response: Guerin Sportivo moved to monthly 10 years ago. SuperGol lasted a few years, while Intrepido shut down in 1998 after more than 50 years.

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Getting back to my earlier question about anticipating the release of magazines. Given that now many receive their magazines on PDF, do you feel that a level of excitement has been lost as a result?

Response: No way! I want the paper!

Soccernostalgia/@1888Letter Question: Once again thank you for taking the time in participating in this project.

Response: No, thank you for the great stuff you share on a daily basis on Soccer Nostalgia!


Note: If anyone is interested to particpate in this project, please do not hesitate to contact either of us at @sp1873 and @1888letter.
You may also contact us via our blogs, email (sp1873@aol.com in my case) or Facebook in my case.


Nostalgia on Soccer (Football) Magazines


Soccernostalgia:

When one becomes a serious Soccer (Football) fan, the next step in the evolution is to read about in print in sports or exclusively soccer magazines. Many of us have memories of reading these magazines to not only keep up with the scores and league tables but eventually to learn about the game and the personalities beyond just the scores and learn of tactics, history, culture, etc.
For many of us reading these magazines opened up a new world as we learned of new nations, cities, styles and everything in between.
In collaboration with @1888letter we aim to bring some of these personal stories from people from different nations but common in their love of the game and their experience via the medium of the game in print.
This project will give us an insight as we will see similarities and differences in Football readership and the history of it in different nations.


@1888letter:

In the decades before the Internet and global TV coverage, football magazines were a lifeline for the young fan, providing a regular source of information about the game not only nationally, but worldwide. Everywhere football was played, magazines brought an insight into games, players, competitions and teams, with facts, photographs and analysis. Several of these sports titles – from El Gráfico, France Football, La Gazzetta dello Sport, and Kicker, to the UK’s own weeklies, Match and Shoot! – became known beyond their own country. Many more magazines existed, for shorter or longer periods of time, in every nation. Whether famous or obscure, we wanted to bring their history to life with this project of personal memories, thoughts and stories. Through the experiences of collectors, fans and readers, we hope to celebrate these magazines, and explore the legacy of football in print for fans around the world.





Friday, August 30, 2019

International Season 1976/ 77, Part 13 (July 1977)

July

The South American qualifiers concluded with Brazil and Peru qualifying to the World Cup next year.
Argentina continued with its friendlies against European guests.




Date: July 3, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)
Referee: Juan Ambrosio Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)
Attendance:   40,000
Argentina 1-Yugoslavia 0 (Daniel Passarella 33 pen)


Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3013, July 5, 1977
(July 3, 1977, Argentina 1-Yugoslavia 0)


Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3013, July 5, 1977
(July 3, 1977, Argentina 1-Yugoslavia 0)


Date: July 3, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Asia-Group 13- Second Round
Venue: Pusan  
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
Attendance:  -
South Korea 0-Iran 0 (-)

Date: July 3, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Belo Horizonte - Estadio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Estádio Mineirão) (Cruzeiro)  
Referee:  Airton Vieira de Moraes (Brazil)
Attendance:          50,000
Atlético Mineiro (Brazil) 3-France 1 (Reinaldo 53, Marcinho 75, Alfredo 78 / Marius Tresor 72)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 215, August 1977
(July 3, 1977, Atletico Mineiro 3-France 1)





Date: July 10, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Asia-Group 13- Second Round
Venue: Adelaide
Referee: Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Attendance:  -
Australia 3-Hong Kong 0 (John Kosmina 27, 84, Murray Barnes 46)

Date: July 10, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-African Zone-Group 12- Third Round
Venue: Lagos
Referee: Chayu (Zambia)
Attendance: -
Nigeria 4-Ivory Coast 0 (???)

Date: July 10, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Conmebol-Final Round
Venue: Cali – Estádio Pascual Guerrero, Colombia
Referee: Miguel Angel Comensaña (Argentina)
Attendance:          60,000
Brazil 1-Peru 0 (Gil 53)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 20, August 1977
(July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 20, August 1977
(July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)




Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 215, August 1977
(July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)


Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
(Brazil squad, July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)


Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 215, August 1977
(Brazil and Peru squads, July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)


Photo From: kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1978
(Peru squad, July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)


Photo From: Miroir du Football , Issue 311, March 24, 1978
(Peru squad, July 10, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Brazil 1-Peru 0)



Date: July 11, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-CONCACAF-Group 11- First Round- Central Zone
Venue: San José  
Referee: Gazo Alvarez (Nicaragua)
Attendance:  -
Costa Rica 3-Panama 0 (???)

Date: July 12, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)
Referee: Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)
Attendance:          50,000
Argentina 2-East Germany 0 (Rene Houseman 30, Jorge Carrascosa 72)


Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3015, July 19, 1977
(July 12, 1977, Argentina 2-East Germany 0)


Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3015, July 19, 1977
(July 12, 1977, Argentina 2-East Germany 0)


Date: July 14, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Conmebol-Final Round
Venue: Cali – Estádio Pascual Guerrero, Colombia
Referee: Juan Ambrosio Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)
Attendance:          50,000
Brazil 8-Bolivia 0 (Zico 4, 10, 27 pen, 60, Roberto Dinamite 22, Gil 54, Toninho Cerezo 70, Marcelo 89)

Date: July 17, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Conmebol-Final Round
Venue: Cali – Estádio Pascual Guerrero, Colombia
Referee: Ramon Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)
Attendance:          35,000
Peru 5-Bolivia 0 (Juan Jose Muñante 25, Teofilo Cubillas 44, Juan Carlos Oblitas 61, 75, Jose Velásquez 89)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 20, August 1977
(July 17, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Peru 5-Bolivia 0)


International Season 1976/ 77, Part 12 (June 1977)


June

The Republic of Ireland-Bulgaria World Cup qualifier included four sending offs in the 80th minute. There was also a pitch invasion by Irish fans two minutes from the end.
The British Home Championship concluded in the beginning of the month with Scotland defeating England at Wembley.
European Nations in droves visisted Argentina and the South Anerican continent for many friendlies.
Preben Elkjær earned his first cap for Denmark in a Nordic Cup match vs Finland and scored two goals in that match.
For more details, see:



Date: June 1, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Ostrava-Na Bazaloch
Referee: Pablo Augusto Sanchez-Ibanez (Spain) 
Attendance: 18,000
Czechoslovakia 0-Austria 0 (-)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger
 (June 1, 1977, Czechoslovakia 0-Austria 0)


Date: June 1, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 5
Venue: Sofia- Vassil Levski Stadion
Referee: Nicolas Zlatanos (Greece)
Attendance: 35,214
Bulgaria 2-Republic of Ireland 1 (Pavel Panov 14, Andrei Jeliazkov 76 / Don Givens 47)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Bulgaria 2-Republic of Ireland 1)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 1, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Bulgaria 2-Republic of Ireland 1)


Date: June 1, 1977
Competition: Friendly (celebrating Norwegian Football Association’s 75th)
Venue: Oslo-Ullevaal Stadion
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
Attendance: 8,742
Norway 0-Denmark 2 (Flemming Lund 12, Jan Sørensen 48)

Date: June 1, 1977
Competition: British Home Championship
Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park
Referee: William John Gow (Wales)
Attendance:          44,699
Scotland 3-Northern Ireland 0 (Kenny Dalglish 37,79, Gordon McQueen 61)

Date: June 3, 1977
Competition: British Home Championship
Venue: Belfast-Windsor Park
Referee: -
Attendance:          15,000
Northern Ireland 1-Wales 1 (Sammy Nelson 47 / Nicholas Simon Deacy)

Date: June 4, 1977
Competition: British Home Championship
Venue: London - Wembley Stadium
Referee: Karoly Palotai (Hungary)
Attendance:          98,103
England 1-Scotland 2 (Mike Channon 87 pen / Gordon McQueen 43, Kenny Dalglish 60)

Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Scotland, 1979
(June 4, 1977, Home Championship, England 1-Scotland 2)


Photo From: Official Match Programme,  England v Switzerland, 1977
(June 4, 1977, Home Championship, England 1-Scotland 2)




Date: June 5, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)
Referee: Arnaldo David César Coelho (Brazil)
Attendance: 63,000
Argentina 1-West Germany 3 (Daniel Passarella 73 / Klaus Fischer 8, 61, Bernd Hölzenbein 70)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 5, 1977, Argentina 1-West Germany 3)


Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005
(June 5, 1977, Argentina 1-West Germany 3)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(West Germany squad, June 5, 1977, Argentina 1-West Germany 3)


Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(Argentina squad, June 5, 1977, Argentina 1-West Germany 3)


Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
(Argentina squad, June 5, 1977, Argentina 1-West Germany 3)


Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
(Argentina squad, June 5, 1977, Argentina 1-West Germany 3)



Date: June 5, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Referee: Airton Vieira de Moraes (Brazil)
Attendance: -
Brazil 4-Rio de Janeiro State Team (Brazil) 2 (Gil, Marcelo, Roberto Dinamite, Roberto Rivellino / Ramon (2 goals))

Date: June 5, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-African Zone-Group 12- Third Round
Venue: Conakci
Referee: Larache (Morocco)
Attendance: -
Guinea 1-Tunisia 0 (Ismail Eusebio)

Date: June 8, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Referee: Alberto Ducatelli (Argentina)
Attendance: 77,000
Brazil 0-England 0 (-)


Photo From: World Soccer, December 1984
(June 8, 1977, Brazil 0-England 0)


Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
(Brazil squad, June 8, 1977, Brazil 0-England 0)



Date: June 8, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 2
Venue: Helsinki –Olympiastadion
Referee: Robert Helies (France)
Attendance: 17,531
Finland 0-Italy 3 (Claudio Gentile 8, Roberto Bettega 56, Romeo Benetti 81)


Photo From: World Soccer, August 1977
(June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-Italy 3)


Photo From: World Soccer, July 1977
(June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-Italy 3)


Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978
(Italy squad, June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-Italy 3)


Photo From: Official Match programnme, England v Italy, 1977
(Italy squad, June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Finland 0-Italy 3)



Date: June 8, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario
Referee: Angel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)
Attendance: 60,000
Uruguay 0-West Germany 2 (Heinz Flohe 51, Dieter Müller 90)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005
(June 8, 1977, Uruguay 0-West Germany 2)




Date: June 8, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 6
Venue: Stockholm - Råsunda -Solna Stadion, Fotbollstadion
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Attendance: 43,269
Sweden 2-Switzerland 1 (Thomas Sjöberg 69-, Bo Börjesson 77 / Peter Risi 80)

Photo From: Mondial, Old Series, Issue 7, August 1977
(June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 2-Switzerland 1)


Photo From: World Soccer, July 1977
(June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 2-Switzerland 1)


Photo From: World Soccer, September 1977
(June 8, 1977, World Cup Qualifier, Sweden 2-Switzerland 1)


Date: June 10, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Lima- Estadio Nacional José Diaz
Referee: César Orozco Guerrero (Peru)
Attendance:          35,000
Peru 1-Poland 3 (Alejandro Luces 62      / Andrzej Szarmach 15, Kazimierz Deyna 19, Henryk Kasperczak 63)

Date: June 11, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 4
Venue: Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance: 10,269
Iceland 1-Northern Ireland 0 (Ingi Björn Albertsson 33)

Date: June 12, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)
Referee: Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)
Attendance: 60,000
Argentina 1-England 1 (Daniel Bertoni 15 / Stuart Pearson 2)


Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Photo From: World Soccer, September 1977
(Argentina squad, June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
 (Argentina squad, June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Photo From: The Essential History of England, Authors Andrew Mourant and Jack Rollin
(England squad, June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Photo From: Forever England, A History of the National Side, Authors Mark Shaoul, Tony Williamson
(England squad, June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Photo From: El Grafico, Historia de la Seleccion Argentina
(June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
(England squad, June 12, 1977, Argentina 1-England 1)


Date: June 12, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina)
Attendance: 150,000
Brazil 1-West Germany 1 (Roberto Rivellino 87 / Klaus Fischer 54)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 12, 1977, Brazil 1-West Germany 1)



Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(West Germany squad, June 12, 1977, Brazil 1-West Germany 1)



Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(West Germany squad, June 12, 1977, Brazil 1-West Germany 1)



Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)
 (West Germany squad, June 12, 1977, Brazil 1-West Germany 1)


Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(Brazil squad, June 12, 1977, Brazil 1-West Germany 1)



Date: June 12, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: La Paz, Estadio Libertador Simon Bolivar
Referee: Juan Vargas (Bolivia)
Attendance: 20,000
Bolivia 1-Poland 2 (Porfirio Jiménez 21 / Grzegorz Lato 12, Zdzisław Kapka 90)

Date: June 14, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Ciudad de México (Mexico City) –Estadio Azteca        
Referee: Marco A. Dorantes (Mexico)
Attendance: 45,000
Mexico 2-West Germnay 2 (Raúl ‘Cora’ Isiordia 18, Antonio de la Torre 41 / Klaus Fischer 52, 65)


Date: June 15, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Santiago -Estadio Nacional
Referee: Juan Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)
Attendance:          17,000
Chile 2-Scotland 4 (Julio Crisosto 48, 72 / Kenny Dalglish 19, Lou Macari 30,  57, Asa Hartford 37          )

Date: June 15, 1977
Competition: Nordic Cup
Venue: København (Copenhagen)- Idrætsparken
Referee: Oberg (Norway)
Attendance: 44,500
Denmark 2-Sweden 1 (Per Røntved 48- Allan Simonsen 70 / Olle Nordin 63)

Photo From: Landsholdenes 2198 Spiller Profiler-fra Krolben til Kroldrup, Author: Palle 'Banks' Jorgensen
(Denmark squad, June 15, 1977, Nordic Cup, Denmark 2-Sweden 1)


Date: June 15, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario
Referee: Miguel Angel Comensaña (Argentina)
Attendance: 25,000
Uruguay 0-England 0 (-)

Date: June 16, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: São Paulo- Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo (Estadio Morumbi)
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
Attendance: -
Brazil 1- São Paulo State Team (Brazil) 1 (Paulo César Caju / Cláudio Mineiro)

Date: June 18, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Attendance:          57,000
Argentina 1-Scotland 1 (Daniel Passarella 80 pen / Don Masson 77 pen    )


Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3011, 1977
(June 18, 1977, Argentina 1-Scotland 1)


Photo From: El Grafico, Issue 3011, 1977
(June 18, 1977, Argentina 1-Scotland 1)


Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 7, 1978
(Scotland squad, June 18, 1977, Argentina 1-Scotland 1)


Photo From: kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1978
(Scotland squad, June 18, 1977, Argentina 1-Scotland 1)



Date: June 19, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-African Zone-Group 12- Third Round
Venue: Tunis
Referee: Bahig (Egypt)
Attendance: -
Tunisai 3-Guinea 1 (Liman, B.Abdullah, Khouini / L.Sylla)

Date: June 19, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Asia-Group 13- Second Round
Venue: Hong kong  
Referee: Gussoni (Italy)
Attendance:  -
Hong Kong 0-Iran 2 (Kazerani 22, Ghafoor Jahani 77)

Date: June 19, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: São Paulo- Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo (Estadio Morumbi)
Referee: Arnaldo David César Coelho (Brazil)
Attendance: 110,000
Brazil 3-Poland 1 (Paulo Isidoro 22, Reinaldo 41, Roberto Rivelino 68 pen / Zbigniew Boniek 90)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 27, March 1978
(June 19, 1977, Brazil 3-Poland 1)


Photo From: World Soccer, August 1977
(June 19, 1977, Brazil 3-Poland 1)




Date: June 22, 1977
Competition: Nordic Cup
Venue: Helsinki-Olympiastadion
Referee: Lars Åke Björck (Sweden)
Attendance: 9,800
Finland 1-Denmark 2 (Jyrki Nieminen 83 / Preben Elkjær 58, 61)

Date: June 23, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Referee: Oscar Scolfaro (Brazil)
Attendance:          60,700
Brazil 2-Scotland 0 (Zico 70, Roberto Rivelino 75)

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(Brazil squad, June 23, 1977, Brazil 2-Scotland 0)




Date: June 26, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Buenos Aires, Coliseum Boca (La Bombonera) (Club Atlético Boca Juniors)
Referee: Edison Pérez Nuñez (Perú)
Attendance: 40,000
Argentina 0-France 0 (-)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 26, 1977, Argentina 0-France 0)



Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 26, 1977, Argentina 0-France 0)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 26, 1977, Argentina 0-France 0)



Date: June 26, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Belo Horizonte - Estadio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Estádio Mineirão) (Cruzeiro)
Referee: Armando Nunes Castanheiras da Rosa Marques (Brazil)
Attendance: 110,000
Brazil 0-Yugoslavia 0 (-)


Date: June 26, 1977
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Asia-Group 13- Second Round
Venue: Hong kong  
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
Attendance:  -
Hong Kong 0-South Korea 1 (???)


Date: June 26, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Moskva (Moscow)-Stadion Torpedo
Referee: -
Attendance:          -
Torpedo Moscow (USSR) 1-USSR 3 (Evgeni Khrabrostin 90 pen / Sergey Mal'ko 5, David Kipiani 17, 62)


 Date: June 30, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)
Attendance: 8,636
Iceland 2-Norway 1 (Ingi Björn Albertsson 33, Teitur Thórðarson 36 / Odd Iversen)

Date: June 30, 1977
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Rio de Janeiro - Estádio do Maracanã- Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho 
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 83, 535
Brazil 2-France 2 (Edinho 30, Roberto Dinamite 51 / Didier Six 52, Marius Tresor 85)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 30, 1977, Brazil 2-France 2)



Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 30, 1977, Brazil 2-France 2)


Photo From: Onze, Issue 19, July 1977
(June 30, 1977, Brazil 2-France 2)