Series looking at the new foreign player
signings in the French League in the 1980s and 1990s and their impact.
The 1983/84 French season’s
foreign newcomers were not as significant as the previous season.
The most well-known
signings were Bastia’s signing of former Spanish International midfielder Daniel
Solsona from Valencia and the 1978 World Cup Champion, Argentine defender
Alberto Tarantini from River Plate.
Laval signed the relatively
unknown West German striker Klaus-Dieter Jank from Stuttgart Kickers.
Polish and Widzew Lodz striker
Miroslaw Tlokinski joined his compatriot Roman Ogaza at Lens.
Lille signed the Yugoslav
duo of defender Boro Primorac and striker Dušan Savić from Hajduk Split and
Sporting Gijon, respectively.
Nancy signed the Ivory
Coast midfielder François Zahoui from Ascoli, the first African player to
have played in the Italian Serie A.
Newly promoted Nîmes
Olympique signed uncapped Polish midfielder Krzysztof Surlit from Widzew
Lodz. He joined Danish forward Kristen Nygaard, who had arrived from Dutch side
Az’67 Alkmaar, the previous season, while the club was in the Second Division.
Newly promoted Stade
Rennais signed former Bayern Munich defender Udo Horsmann and Polish international
striker Wlodzmierz Mazur from Zaglebie Sosnowiec.
Much troubled Saint Etienne
signed Polish International midfielder Janusz Kupcewicz from Lech Poznan and
Paraguayan striker Carlos Diarte from Real Betis.
Toulouse signed Swiss International
midfielder Lucien Favre from Servette Geneva.
31-year-old Spanish midfielder
Daniel Solsona had played for RCD Español and Valencia. He had a number of caps
for Spain stretched between eight years.
He would
remain at Bastia until relegation in 1986. He would have spells st Racing Club Paris,
Stade Rennais before returning home to Spain for a couple of seasons at Sant
Andreu before retiring in 1989.
27-year-old
Argentine defender Alberto Tarantini started out at Boca Juniors before spells
at Birmingham City, Talleres de Cordoba and River Plate.
He stayed
at Bastia for one season, before a more successful four-year spell at Toulouse,
qualifying for the UEFA Cup in 1986 and 1987.
He left
Toulouse in 1988 for one last stint at Swiss side St Gallen (1988-89) before
retiring.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Daniel Solsona and
Alberto Tarantini)
30-year-old West German striker
Klaus-Dieter Jank had played for a number of clubs such as VfB Stuttgart, Preußen Münster, Werder Bremen, South China,
and Stuttgarter Kickers.
He would
have an unremarkable season at Laval, scoring only one goal and retiring at the
end of the season.
27-year-old Polish
striker Miroslaw Tlokinski had played for Arka Gdynia, Lechia Gdańsk and Widzew
Łódź, earning two caps for his nation.
He remained at Lens for
two seasons until 1985. From there, he played for a number of clubs in
Switzerland such as CS Chênois, FC Renens, Vevey-Sports 05, Lausanne Ouchy, FC Onex,
and Urania Genève Sport before retiring in 1993.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Klaus-Dieter Jank)
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Miroslaw Tlokinski)
28-year-old Yugoslav
defender Boro Primorac had played for the likes of Velež Mostar and Hajduk Split.
He remained
at Lille until 1986 and then joined Cannes, helping the team to get promoted in
1987. He retired at Cannes in 1990.
Afterwards
he started his managerial career in France with the likes of Cannes and
Valenciennes.
Boro Primorac’s 28-year-old
compatriot and international striker Dušan Savić had played for Red Star
Belgrade and Sporting Gijon.
He remained at Lille for
two seasons and preceded Primorac by joining Cannes in 1985. He remained at
Cannes and ended his career in 1989.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Boro Primorac and Dušan
Savić)
22-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder
François Zahoui had played for Ascoli in the Italian Serie A.
He remained at Nancy for
four seasons until 1987. After relegation in 1987, he joined Toulon and remained
there until 1992.
He had a final stint at
low-level French side JGA Nevers before retiring in 1994.
27-year-old uncapped
Polish midfielder Krzysztof Surlit had spells at Zawisza Bydgoszcz and Widzew
Łódź.
He would have a solitary
unremarkable season at Nîmes Olympique as the club was relegated at the end of the
season.
He left in 1984 and had
spells at US Dunkerque, back at Widzew Łódz, GKS Bełchatów and OTP Oulu,
retiring in 1992.
He passed away on
September 13th, 2007, aged 51.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(François Zahoui)
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Krzysztof Surlit)
31-year-old West German
defender Udo Horsmann had a successful spell at Bayern Munich winning
Bundesliga titles and the Champions Cup in 1976.
He only stayed a solitary
season at Rennes as the club were relegated at the end of the season.
He returned home and
played for the likes of FC Nuremberg, TSV 1860 Munich and FSV Munich, retiring
in 1989.
29-year-old Polish
striker Wlodzmierz Mazur had played for Zaglebie Sosnowiec for a decade. He was
part of Poland’s 1978 World Cup squad.
After relegation in 1984,
he remained one more season at Rennes, helping the side to get promoted in 1985
before leaving.
He returned home back to Zagłębie
Sosnowiec and a final season at Górnik Wojkowice, retiring in 1987.
He passed away on
December 1st, 1988, aged just 34.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Udo Horsmann and Wlodzmierz
Mazur)
27-year-old Polish midfielder
Janusz Kupcewicz had spells at Arka Gdynia and Lech Poznań.
He was a member of Poland’s
1982 World Cup squad.
He remained at St Etienne
for two seasons, despite relegation in 1984 and played a season in the Second
Division.
He left in 1985 joining
Greek side Larissa and had further stints at Lechia Gdańsk and Adanaspor,
before retiring in 1989.
He passed away on July 4th,
2022, aged 66.
29-year-old Paraguayan
striker Carlos Diarte started out in Olimpia before embarking on a lengthy
career in Spain playing for the likes of Real Zaragoza, Valencia, Salamanca,
and Real Betis.
Despite relegation, he
remained at St Etienne and played in the Second Division before leaving in 1985.
He had one final spell back at Olimpia before retiring in 1987.
He passed away on June 29th,
2011, aged 57.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Janusz Kupcewicz and Carlos
Diarte)
25-year-old Swiss midfielder
Lucien Favre had played for the likes of Lausanne-Sports, Neuchâtel Xamax and Servette.
He only had a one-season
stay at Toulouse before he returned home to Servette and remained there until
retirement in 1991.
He had a long managerial
career managing the likes of OGC Nice, Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach,
among others.
Photo From: Panini France
1983-84
(Lucien Favre)
From this group of 1983/84,
Alberto Tarantini and Lille’s Yugoslav duo of Boro Primorac and Dušan Savić were
the most successful given their longevity.
None of them won titles and
did not play for top teams.
The top teams in France
were armed with quality foreign players and as a result the transfer activity of
foreign players reflected that.
Just like the previous season,
most of the imports were unsuccessful and many of them left after one or two
seasons.
October 26, 1983, EC Qualifier,Budapest, Hungary 1-Denmark 0(Sandor Kiss 56)
November 16, 1983 , EC Qualifier, Athens , Greece 0-Denmark 2 ( Preben Elkjaer-Larsen 16, Allan Rodenkam Simonsen 47 )
March 14, 1984, Amsterdam, Holland 6-Denmark 0 (Willem Cornelis Nicolaas 'Wim' Kieft 23, René Van der Gijp 29, 88pen, Petrus Johannes 'Peter' Houtman 55,73, Andre Hokstra 60)
April 11, 1984, Valencia, Spain 2-Denmark 1 (Carlos 'Santillana' Alonso Gonzalez 54, Juan Antonio 'Senor' Gomez 61
/ John Eriksen 47)
May 16, 1984, Prague,
Czechoslovakia 1-Denmark 0 (Ivo Knoflicek
52)
June 6, 1984, Gothenburg, Sweden 0-Denmark 1 (Preben Elkjaer-Larsen 45)
June 8, 1984 , Copenhagen , Denmark1-Bulgaria 1 ( Michael Laudrup 66 / Radoslav Zdravkov
67 )
Note:
The following Olympic Games qualifiers were classified
as Official matches:
August 17, 1983,
Olympic Games Qualifiers, Oslo, Norway 1-Denmark 1
(Stein Kollshaugen 24 pen / Michael Manniche 43)
August 24,
1983, Olympic Games Qualifiers, Rovaniemi, Finland 0-Denmark
0 (-)
October 5,
1983, Olympic Games Qualifiers, Aarhus, Denmark 0-Poland 1 (Kazimierz
Buda 20)
April 18, 1984, Olympic Games Qualifiers, Magdeburg, East Germany 4-Denmark 0 (Uwe
Zötzsche 19 pen, Christian Backs 30, Harald Mothes 66, Dirk Stahmann 77)
April 22, 1984, Olympic Games Qualifiers, Lubin, Poland 0-Denmark 0 (-)
Date: September 7, 1983
Competition: Friendly
Result: Denmark 3-France 1
Venue: Copenhagen -Idrætsparken
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Volker Roth
(West Germany)
Linesmen: -
Kick-off time: -
Goalscorers:
(Denmark): Michael
Laudrup 20, 75, Kenneth Brylle 59
(France): Michel
Platini 26
Summary of goals:
1:0 (20th minute,
Denmark): Lerby sent a ball in the box and Laudrup was the first to get to
it and struck past Bats.
1:1 (26th minute,
France): Rocheteau’s cross from the right side was tapped in by Platini at
the far post.
2:1 (59th minute,
Denmark): Simonsen sent a ball inside the box and Brylle chipped it over
Bats. Brylle was clearly in an offside position.
3:1 (75th minute,
Denmark): Bergreen sent Laudrup through and Le Roux was unable to stop him
and he scored past Bats.
Lineups:
Denmark:
1-Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)
2-Ole Rasmussen (Berliner Sport-Club
Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)
3-Ivan Nielsen (Feyenoord Rotterdam /
Holland)
4-Jan Mølby (Amsterdamse Football Club
Ajax / Holland)
11-Kenneth Brylle (Royale Sporting
Club Anderlechtois / Belgium) (14-John Helt (Lyngby Boldklub af 1921)
68)
Coach: Josef ‘Sepp’ Piontek (West
Germany)
Booked: John Lauridsen
Team Captain: Allan Simonsen
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform Colors:
Red Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
France:
1-Joel Bats (Auxerre Youth Association)
2-Patrick Battiston (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)
4-Yvon Le Roux (Association Sportive de Monaco)
5-Maxime Bossis (Nantes Football Club)
3-Manuel Amoros (Association Sportive de Monaco)
8-Alain Giresse (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)
6-Luis Fernandez (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)
10-Michel
Platini (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)
7-Bernard Genghini (Sports Association of Monaco)
11-Daniel Bravo (Association Sportive de Monaco)
9-Dominique Rocheteau (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)
Coach: Michel Hidalgo
Booked: Yvon Le Roux
Other Substitutes:
Jean-Pierre Tempet (Racing Club de Lens)
William Ayache (Nantes Football Club)
Yannick Stopyra (Stade Rennais Football Club)
Loic Amisse (Nantes Football Club)
Team Captain: Michel Platini
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors:
White Shirts, Blue Shorts, Red Socks
Photo From: Magazine Source Unknown (Provided by a blog viewer)
(France squad, September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1953, September 13, 1983
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1953, September 13, 1983
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 58, January 1985
(Michel Hidalgo’s memories of this match, September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 43, October1983
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 43, October1983
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: L'Equipe, The French National Football Team, The Beautiful Story
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 18, 1984
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 102, June 1984
(September 7, 1983, Denmark 3-France 1)
b
Date: September
21, 1983
Competition:UEFA European
Championship Qualifier-Group 3
Result: England
0-Denmark 1
Venue:London -Wembley
Attendance: 82,500
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Linesmen: Alphonse
Constantin and L. Delsemme (both Belgium)
Goalscorers:
(England): None
(Denmark): Allan Rodenkam Simonsen, 36, pen
Summary of goals:
0:1 (36th minute,
Denmark): Denmark were awarded their
penalty kick after Neal handled in the box. Simonsen scored from the ensuing
penalty kick.
Lineups:
England:
1- Peter Leslie Shilton
(Southampton Football Club)
2- Phillip George Neal (Liverpool Football Club)
3- Kenneth Graham Sansom (Arsenal
Football Club-London)
4- Samuel Lee (Liverpool Football Club) (15-Mark Valentine Chamberlain (Stoke
City Football Club) 77)
5- Russell Charles Osman (Ipswich Town Football Club)
6- Terence Ian Butcher (Ipswich Town Football Club)
7- Raymond Colin Wilkins (Manchester United Football Club)
8- John Charles Gregory (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London)
11- John Charles Bryan Barnes (Watford Football Club) (16-Luther Loide Blissett
(Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) 77)
10- Trevor John Francis (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
9- Paul Mariner (Ipswich Town Football Club)
Coach: Robert William Robson
Team Captain: Raymond Colin Wilkins
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Admiral
Uniform Colors:
White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks
Denmark:
1-Ole Kjær (Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber)
2-Ole Rasmussen (Berliner
Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V. / West Germany)
3-Ivan Nielsen (Feyenoord
Rotterdam / Holland)
4-Morten Olsen (Royale Sporting Club
Anderlechtois / Belgium) (13-Jan Mølby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax /
Holland) 86)
8-Jesper Olsen (Amsterdamse
Football Club Ajax / Holland)
11-Klaus Berggreen (Sporting Club Pisa / Italy)
10-Preben Elkjaer-Larsen (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren / Belgium)
Coach: Josef ‘Sepp’ Piontek (West
Germany)
Team Captain: Morten Olsen
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
Note:
1-Frank Arnesen had missed the entire 1982/83 season with the
National team due to injury. This was his first match back with the national
team since May 27, 1982 against Belgium.
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1963, November 22, 1983
Bayern Munich’s Søren Lerby
and Gent’s Søren Busk opted out because their clubs had cup matches on that
day.
Captain Morten Olsen of
Anderlecht was out sick.
Ajax’s Jesper Olsen, Pisa’s
Klaus Berggren and Anderlecht’s Frank Arnesen were all injured.
3-Denmark Manager Sepp
Piontek blamed the heavy defeat on missing 5 starters
4-This was Denmark’s worst
defeat since losing to Romania 1 to 6 in an EC Qualifier in Bucharest on March
11, 1975.
5-Final cap for Ole Kjaer (26
/ 0) (1977-1984). His poor performance ended his national team career. After
this Troels Rasmussen and Ole Qvist disputed the number one position with Qvist
getting the job for the Euros.
Photo From: Foot Magazine, No. 34, April 1984
(March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Foot Magazine, No. 34, April 1984
(March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Foot Magazine, No. 34, April 1984
(March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Foot Magazine, No. 34, April 1984
(March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989
(Holland squad, March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: World Soccer, May 1984
(March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Sport Illustrierte, Fussball Sport, Fussball 1984 Sonderheft
(March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Sport Illustrierte, Fussball Sport, Fussball 1984 Sonderheft
(Denmark squad, March 14, 1984, Holland 6-Denmark 0)
Morten Olsen (Royale Sporting Club
Anderlechtois / Belgium) (Jan Mølby (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax /
Holland) 46)
Ivan Nielsen (Feyenoord
Rotterdam / Holland)
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (Vejle
Boldklub) (Frank Arnesen (Royale Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium) 46)
Jens Jorn Bertelesen (Royal Football Club Seresien (Seraing) / Belgium)
Søren Lerby (Fußball-Club
Bayern München e.V. / West Germany) (Kenneth Brylle (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)
46)
Klaus Berggreen (Sporting Club Pisa / Italy)
Michael Laudrup (Società Sportiva
Lazio-Roma / Italy)
Preben Elkjaer-Larsen (Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren / Belgium)
Coach: Josef ‘Sepp’ Piontek (West
Germany)
Team Captain: Morten Olsen (Jens Jorn Bertelesen in the
second half)
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Red Shorts, White Socks
Photo From: Magazine Source Unknown (Provided by a blog viewer)
(Denmark squad, May 16, 1984, Czechoslovakia 1-Denmark 0)
Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat
(May 16, 1984, Czechoslovakia 1-Denmark 0)
Photo From: Til Landskamp 1984, Author: Per Høyer Hansen
(May 16, 1984, Czechoslovakia 1-Denmark 0)
Date: June
6, 1984
Competition: Friendly
Result:Sweden 0-Denmark 1
Venue:Göteborg- Nya
Ullevi Stadion
Attendance:24,388
Referee:Einar Halle (Norway)
Linesmen:-
Goalscorers:
(Sweden): None
(Denmark): Preben Elkjaer-Larsen 45
Summary of goals:
0:1 (45th minute,
Denmark):
Elkjaer received a pass on the left and advanced and shot from the edge of the
box on the left. His shot took a deflection on the way in.
Uniform
Colors: White Shirts, Green Shorts, Red Socks
Note:
1-Full names of Bulgarian clubs:
Levski Spartak Sofia
-Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski Spartak Sofia
CSKA Sofia-Centralnij Sport
Klub Armija Septemvri zname Sofia
Spartak Varna-
Zeleznitcharski Sporten Klub Spartak Varna
Sport Sliven- Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Sliven
Lokomotiv Sofia-Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Sofia
2-In another source, Latschesar
Tanev (not Nikolai Iliev) is shown to have replaced Nikolov in the 46th
minute and Boris Iliev (CSKA) is shown to have replaced Iskrenov in the 87th
minute.
Photo From: Onze, Issue 107, November 1984
(June 8, 1984, Denmark 1-Bulgaria 1)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 107, November 1984
(June 8, 1984, Denmark 1-Bulgaria 1)
Photo From: Til Landskamp 1984, Author: Per Høyer Hansen
(June 8, 1984, Denmark 1-Bulgaria 1)
Photo From: Til Landskamp 1984, Author: Per Høyer Hansen
(June 8, 1984, Denmark 1-Bulgaria 1)
Note:
The following Olympic Games
qualifiers were classified as Official matches:
Date:August 17, 1983
Competition:Olympic Games Qualifiers
Result: Norway
1-Denmark
1
Venue: Oslo, Ullevaal Stadium
Attendance:8,354
Referee: Hans van Ettekouen (Holland)
Linesmen: -
Kick-off time: -
Goalscorers:
(Norway): Stein Kollshaugen 24 pen
(Denmark): Michael Manniche 43
Summary of
goals:
1:0 (24th
minute, Norway): -
1:1 (43rd
minute, Denmark): -
Lineups:
Denmark:
Troels Rasmussen (AGF - Aarhus Gymnastics Association of 1880)
Ole Østergaard (Brøndby- Brøndbyøster Sports Association)
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