International Season 1976/ 77, Part 2 (August 1976)

August

France opened its season with a traditional friendly against a club side, this time Borussia Moenchengladbach and won (5-0).

The rest of the action was restricted to a few friendlies.

Rene Hussy managed Switzerland for the last time.

Date: August 11, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Canberra- Manuka Oval

Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

Attendance:  4,000

Australia 0-Hong Kong 1 (Tang Hung Chong 21)

Date: August 11, 1976

Competition: Nordic Cup   

Venue:  Malmö -Malmö Stadion       

Referee: Torben Månsson (Denmark) 

Attendance:  11,737

Sweden 6-Finland 0 (Thomas Sjöberg 26,56, Anders Ljungberg 39 pen, Mats Werner 59 pen, Torbjörn Nilsson  81, Bo Börjesson)

Date: August 18, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Gosford - Graham Park

Referee: Peter Rampley

Attendance:  5,000

Australia 2-Hong Kong 0 (Atti Abonyi 12, David Harding 27)

Date: August 18, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Luzern- Stadion Allmend

Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria) 

Attendance:  10,000

Switzerland 2-Bulgaria 2 (Kurt Müller 10, Friedrich Kunzli 19  / Tsono Vassilev 27, Ivan Yordanov 72)

Photo From : Onze, Issue 9, September 1976

(August 18, 1976, Switzerland 2-Bulgaria 2)

Date: August 21, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Reykjavik- Laugardalsvöllur

Referee: Mc Ginley (Scotland)

Attendance:  2,065

Iceland 3-Luxembourg 1 (Gudmundur Thorbjörnsson 18, 21, Árni Sveinsson 75 / Nico Braun)

Date: August 24, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Paris -Parc des Princes

Referee: Van Melkebeke (Belgium)

Attendance:  43,148

France 5- Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach (West Germany) 0           (Didier Six 4, 11, Michel Platini 43 pen, Bernard Lacombe 46, Dominique Rocheteau 69)

Photo From : Onze, Issue 9, September 1976

(August 24, 1976, France 4-Moenchengladbach 2)

Photo From : Onze, Issue 9, September 1976

(August 24, 1976, France 4-Moenchengladbach 2)

Date: August 25, 1976

Competition: Nordic Cup   

Venue:  Vejle -Vejle Stadion

Referee: Mauri Laakso (Finland)

Attendance:  9,300

Denmark 3-Norway 0 (Per Røntved 6 pen, Kurt Hansen 37, Heino Hansen 85)

Date: August 25, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Helsinki -Olympiastadion

Referee: Sven Jonsson (Sweden) 

Attendance: 5,240

Finland 2-Turkey 1 (Aki Heiskanen 37, Matti Paatelainen 81 / Reşit Kaynak 62)