International Season 1976/ 77, Part 6 (December 1976)

December

Walter Schachner made his International debut for Austria in their World Cup qualifier win over Malta.

Date: December 1, 1976

Competition: Friendly

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

Referee: Ramon Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (Uruguay)

Attendance:          50,000

Brazil 2-USSR 0 (Paulo Roberto Falcão 79, Zico 87)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 208, January 1977

(December 1, 1976, Brazil 2-USSR 0)

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 208, January 1977

(December 1, 1976, Brazil 2-USSR 0)

Date: December 5, 1976

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

Venue: Gzira, Empire Stadium

Referee: Heidi Seouidi (Tunisia)

Attendance: 7,368

Malta 0-Austria 1 (Hans Krankl 57)

Photo From: 45 Sena ta' Football Internazzjonali ta' Malta, Author Joseph A. Sacco

(Team captains, December 5, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Austria 1)

Photo From: 45 Sena ta' Football Internazzjonali ta' Malta, Author Joseph A. Sacco

(Malta squad, December 5, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Austria 1)

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

(December 5, 1976, World Cup Qualifier, Malta 0-Austria 1)

Date: December 5, 1976

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

Venue: Lemesós (Limassol)-Tsíreio Stádio (Tsirion Stadium)

Referee: Constantin Ghita (Romania)

Attendance: 10,000

Cyprus 1-Portugal 2 (Stavros Stylianou 74 pen / Fernando Chalana 36, Nené' 76)

Date: December 12, 1976

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

Venue: Casablanca

Referee: Fritz Wöhrer (Austria)

Attendance: -

Morocco 1-Tunisia 1 (Ghouimi 35 / ???)

Date: December 15, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Tel Aviv- National Stadium, Ramat-Gan

Referee: Shimon Shogeg (Israel)

Attendance: 8,000

Israel 1-Austria 3 (Viki Peretz 25 / Herbert Prohaska 38, Walter Schachner 38, Hans Krankl 55)

Date: December 19, 1976

Competition: Friendly

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

Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)

Attendance:          -

Brazil 4- Internacional Porto Alegre (Brazil) 1 (Toninho Cerezo, Gil, Paulo Isidoro, Roberto Dinamite / Pedro)

Date: December 19, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Guayaquil

Referee: -

Attendance:          -

Ecuador 2-Estudiantes (Argentina) 2 (???)

Date: December 22, 1976

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier-CONCACAF-Group 11- North Zone- First Round Play-off

Venue: Port-au-Prince, Haiti- Estadío Sylvio Cator

Referee: Velasquez Ramírez (Colombia)

Attendance:  32,869

Canada 3-USA 0 (Brian Budd 21, Robert Lenarduzzi 80, Robert Bolitho 87)

Date: December 22, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Lisbon -Estadio José de Alvalade (Sporting CP) 

Referee: Emilio Carlos Guruceta Muro (Spain)

Attendance: 2,000

Portugal 2-Italy 1 (Nené 16, 66 / Roberto Bettega 78)

Photo From: La Nazionale Italiana, 1978

(Italy squad, December 22, 1976, Portugal 2-Italy 1)

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

(December 22, 1976, Portugal 2-Italy 1)

Date: December 29, 1976

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Tel Aviv- National Stadium, Ramat-Gan

Referee: Andercu (Romania)

Attendance: -

Israel 0-West Germany (Olympic) 1 (??)