International Season 1976/ 77, Part 5 (November 1976)

November

Italy defeated England (2-0) to take the initiative in their World Cup Qualifying group. In the end this loss sealed England’s fate as far as their World Cup hopes.

West Germany defeated Czechoslovakia (2-0) in a friendly that was a re-match of the previous summer’s Euro Championship Final. Heinz Flohe scored Germany National Team’s 1000^th goal in that match.

Date: November 3, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Tel Aviv-National Stadium, Ramat-Gan

Referee: René Matthieu (Switzerland)

Attendance: 15, 000

Israel 1-Australia 1 (Gidi Damti 42 / Peter Wilson 56)

Date: November 10, 1976

Competition: Castilla Cup

Venue: Buenos Aires-Estadio de Vélez Sarsfield - José Amalfitani

Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)

Attendance: 45, 000

Argentina 1-Peru 0 (Daniel Passarella 63)

Date: November 10, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Kavala-Ethniko Stadio (National)

Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria) 

Attendance: 15,000

Greece 0-Austria 3 (Josef Hickersberger 11, Hans Krankl 62, Bruno Pezzey 86)

Date: November 10, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 4

Venue: Liège (Luik) - Stade de Sclessin (Stade Maurice Dufrasne)              

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

Attendance: 25,081

Belgium 2-Northern Ireland 0 (Roger van Gool 28, Raoul Lambert 52)

Date: November 10, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Port au Prince, Estadío Sylvio Cator

Referee: -

Attendance:          -

Haiti 0-USA 0 (-)

Date: November 12, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Asia-Group 13-First Round-Group 3

Venue: Jeddah

Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)

Attendance:  -

Saudi Arabia 2-Syria 0 (??)

Date: November 12, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Port au Prince, Estadío Sylvio Cator

Referee: -

Attendance:          -

Haiti 0-USA 0 (-)

Date: November 14, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Port au Prince, Estadío Sylvio Cator

Referee: -

Attendance:          -

Haiti 0-USA 0 (-)

Date: November 14, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-African Zone-Group 12- Preliminaries for Zone 2

Venue: Adis Abeba

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Attendance: -

Ethiopia 1-Egypt 2 (???)

Date: November 17, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 5

Venue: Paris -Parc des Princes                  

Referee: Dusan Maksimovic (Yugoslavia)

Attendance: 43,437

France 2-Republic of Ireland 0 (Michel Platini 47, Dominique Bathenay 88)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 11, November 1976

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 11, November 1976

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Republic of Ireland 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 11, November 1976

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, France 2-Republic of Ireland 0)

Date: November 17, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 1

Venue: Lisbon-Estadio da Luz (Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica)

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Attendance: 35,000

Portugal 1-Denmark 0 (Manuel Fernandes 72)

Photo From: 100 Melhores do Futebol Portugues, Vol II, Author Rui Dias, 2002

(Portugal squad, November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Portugal 1-Denmark 0)

Photo From: Mondial, old series, Issue 14, March 1978

(Portugal squad, November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Portugal 1-Denmark 0)

Date: November 17, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Hannover, Niedersachsen Stadion

Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

Attendance: 61,000

West Germany 2-Czechoslovakia 0 (Heinz Flohe 17, Erich Beer 34)

Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, West Germany 2-Czechoslovakia 0)

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

(Czechoslovakia squad, November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, West Germany 2-Czechoslovakia 0)

Date: November 17, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 3

Venue: Dresden, Dynamo-Stadion                 

Referee: Patrick Partridge (England)

Attendance: 18,000

East Germany 1-Turkey 1 (Peter Kotte 3 pen / Cemil 31 pen)

Photo From: FUWO, Issue 47, November 23, 1976

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, East Germany 1-Turkey 1)

Photo From: FUWO, Issue 47, November 23, 1976

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, East Germany 1-Turkey 1)

Date: November 17, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 2

Venue: Roma-Lo Stadio Olimpico     

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Attendance: 85,000

Italy 2-England 0 (Giancarlo Antognoni 36, Roberto Bettega 77)

Photo From: Azzurri, Storia della Nazionale di calcio tre volte campioni del Mondo, 1910-1983

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 2-England 0)

         

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 2-England 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 12, December 1976

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 2-England 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 12, December 1976

(Italy squad, November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 2-England 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, January 1977

(Claudio Gentile and Roberto Bettega celbrating, November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Italy 2-England 0)

Date: November 17, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-European Zone-Group 7

Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park

Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Attendance: 63,233

Scotland 1-Wales 0 (Ian Peter Evans (own goal) 15)

Photo From: Scotland, The Quest for the World Cup, Author: Clive Leatherdale

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Scotland 1-Wales 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, May 1977

(November 17, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Scotland 1-Wales 0)

Date: November 24, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Gzira, Empire Stadium

Referee: Tonio Briguglio (Italy)

Attendance: 1,500

Tunisia 1-Malta 1 (Vincent Magro 21 / Kamel 89)

Date: November 24, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario

Referee: -

Attendance:          -

Uruguay 0-Peru 0 (-)

Date: November 26, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-Asia-Group 13-First Round-Group 3

Venue: Damascus

Referee: Babaçan (Turkey)

Attendance:  -

Syria 2- Saudi Arabia 1 (??)

Date: November 28, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Buenos Aires -Antonio Vespuci Alberti (El Monumental de Nuñes) (Club Atletico River Plate)

Referee: José Favilli Neto (Brazil)

Attendance: 40, 000

Argentina 0-USSR 0 (-)

Photo From: Mondial, Old Series, Issue 5, June 1977

(November 28, 1976, Argentina 0-USSR 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1977

(November 28, 1976, Argentina 0-USSR 0)

Photo From: Magazine source unkown (provided by a blog viewer)

(Argentina squad, November 28, 1976, Argentina 0-USSR 0)

Date: November 29, 1976

Competition: Balkan Cup

Venue: Bucureşti (Bucharest) -Stadionul 23 August

Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Attendance:          40,000

Romania 3-Bulgaria 2 (Radu Troi 47, Ladislau Boloni 54, Gheorghe Multescu 78 / Atanas Garabski 13, Andrei Jeliazkov 54 or 69)