Johan Cruyff joining
Feyenoord in the summer of 1983
It was a nostalgic move
when hen Johan Cruyff rejoined his former club Ajax Amsterdam in the early
1980s.
After conquering Europe
with Ajax, he had left the Amsterdam side, traveling the world to Spain with
Barcelona, to the United States and back to the old continent and Spain with
Levante.
Since then, Ajax were no
longer the force they were despite winning a handful of League titles since. It
was not just Cruyff but the majority of the 60s-70s stars had also departed.
During the 1980-81
season, while still a player with Levante, he acted as an advisor for Ajax
Manager Leo Beenhakker.
It would be midway
through the following season (1981/82), precisely in December 1981, that
Cruyff, now in the twilight of his career, rejoined Ajax as a player.
His financial agreement
was based on percentage of gate receipts. His arrival doubled the average
attendance at Ajax.
He was recruited after
Ajax had made a difficult start to the season. However, despite his age, Cruyff
was still a galvanizing force.
He was able to guide and
lift a relatively young side and win the Dutch League title for the (1981/82)
season.
Photo From:France
Football, Issue 1927, March 15, 1983
Photo From:France
Football, Issue 1927, March 15, 1983
This young team consisted
of players who would become household names in the near future. As far as the
Dutch contingent, there was Frank Rijkaard, Gerald Vanenburg, Wim Kieft and
soon to be unleashed a teenage Marco Van Basten.
There was also a group of
young Danish players on the verge of making a splash on the continent, such as
Soren Lerby, Jesper Olsen and Jan Molby.
In the following season
(1982/83), Ajax and Cruyff repeated as Champions. Cruyff was injured early in the
season. There was a feeling that upon his return, he was less interested in
playing but in organizing and played as sweeper.
He then moved from
sweeper to midfield to great effect and Ajax won the domestic League and Cup
double at the end of the season.
Cruyff had increased
attendances in his two seasons back at Amsterdam. At the end of this season, he
requested a future position at the club in the technical domain to help develop
the young players.
Despite Cruyff’s good
performances even at 36 years of age, the Ajax board had enough of him and were
unwilling to give him a new contract and meet his demands.
This would start a chain
of events that would lead to the unthinkable with Cruyff joining arch-rivals
Feyenoord in the summer of 1983.
He had a number of
offers, including from French clubs, Bastia, Toulouse and Swiss side Lucerne
with a lucrative Financial Offer.
However, Cruyff
maintained that money was not his leitmotiv in his decision, despite the image
that he was only interested in money (that by his own admission, he himself had
also cultivated).
He added that if it was
just about money, he would not have joined Feyenoord.
Photo From:World
Soccer, February 1991
In this (1982/83) season,
Feyenoord had been Ajax’s closest pursuers. The Rotterdam side had been chasing
for the League title for nearly a decade (last title in 1974).
The side managed by Hans
Kraay were seen a physical team, in contrast to the more technical game
preached by Ajax.
It was during this season
that it was announced Kraay would be departing. He had heart problems and in
fact could not attend matches.
He was to be replaced by
Thijs Libregts for the 1983/84 season.
The players and fans were
furious of the board’s decision as Kraay was popular.
Libregts was PSV
Eindhoven’s manager that season (1982/83) and in fact Michel Valke had joined
Feyenoord on loan because he did not get along with him.
Valke would return to PSV
at the end of the season.
Feyenoord legend Willem
van Hanegem would also retire at the end of that season.
Nevertheless, Feyenoord
still had the backbone of a strong team. The squad included Juup Hiele in goal,
with Sjaak Troost, the Danish Ivan Nielsen, Ben Wijnestekers, a young Ruud
Gullit, Andre Hoekstra, the Bulgarian Andrei Jeliazkov, Pierre Vermeulen and
Peter Houtman.
Photo From:Foot
Magazine, Issue 30, December 1983
(Ruud Gullit)
Photo From:Panini
Holland 8384
(Feyenoord squad 1983/84)
Former defender Michel
van de Korput also returned to Feyenoord (from Italian side Torino).
Feyenoord took advantage
of Cruyff’s problems with Ajax to attract him to Rotterdam.
He was seen as the
missing link for this team to be transformed into Champions.
In this summer of 1983, Feyenoord
lured Cruyff by offering him a percentage of match receipts at home matches (if
average attendances were more than previous season’s 23,148).
He would be paid match by
match, but only if the match attendance in a given home match was more than the
average attendance from the previous season.
Cruyff signed a one-year
contract with Feyenoord on these terms.
Departing Ajax goalkeeper
Piet Schrijvers predicted the outcome of the following season, upon Cruyff
joining Feyenoord.
Schrijvers stated, “a
player like Cruyff is just what they need in Rotterdam. Fighting spirit has
brought them back to the top of Dutch Football. But to be champions you need
somebody who can organize: Cruyff is such a player”.
Cruyff and Schrijvers (to
PEC Zwolle) were not the only key players to leave Ajax in that offseason. Ajax
also had to wave goodbye to Leo van Veen (to Utrecht), Soren Lerby (to Bayern
Munich) and Wim Kieft (to Italian side Pisa).
The arrivals at Ajax
included goalkeeper Sjaak Storm (back from loan at Excelsior), a young Ronald
Koeman from Groningen and the Austrian Felix Gasselich from FK Austria (with
the difficult task of replacing Cruyff).
The Cruyff effect was
evident at both clubs for different reasons.
In the previous season,
in July 1982, Feyenoord had sold 2,500 season tickets, in July 1983, that
number had increased to 6,300.
At his former club Ajax,
the absence of Cruyff was felt in their pockets as they were dropped from the
prestigious pre-season Mundialito of clubs Tournament in Milan.
Ajax sued the organizers
for the decision, but the promoters maintained that their agreement was
contingent upon the guarantee of Cruyff’s participation.
As the season started,
both Ajax and Feyenoord were in good form.
On matchday 7 (September
18, 1983), the sides met in Amsterdam. It was Cruyff’s first time back in Ajax
as a Feyenoord player. Ajax won with the unbelievable score of (8-2). At this
point, perhaps, some would have questioned Cruyff’s decision to leave Ajax.
Undeterred, Feyenoord
continued to win match after match, and it became clear that this loss had been
an anomaly.
Photo From: Foot
Magazine, Issue 31, January 1984
(Former Ajax teammates, Arie
Haan of PSV Eindhoven and Johann Cruyff of Feyenoord, 1983/84)
By the midway point of
the season, Feyenoord had won 13 of their 17 matches with three ties.
At this point, Ajax and
Feyenoord were neck to neck, just like the previous season.
It would be the return
fixture between the two sides on February 26, 1984, at Rotterdam that would be
the decider between the sides.
An inspired Feyenoord
side won (4-1) with Cruyff scoring the second goal.
This was the turning point
of the season and from then on Ajax would lose ground.
Photo From:France
Football, Issue 2437, December 22, 1992
(Cruyff and Marco van
Basten, February 26, 1984, Feyenoord 4-Ajax 1)
In the meantime,
Feyenoord had also eliminated Ajax from the Dutch Cup to underline their
domestic supremacy.
Feyenoord would march on
winning the title (the first since 1974) on the penultimate match of the season
on May 6th, 1984, after defeating Willem II (5-0).
Feyenoord would win the
domestic double by winning the Cup title as well defeating Fortuna Sittard
(1-0) in the Final on May 2nd, 1984.
Photo From:Kepes
Sport 1984
Photo From:World
Soccer, November 1983
Photo From: Sport
Magazine-Foot magazine, Issue 20, May 12, 2004
Five days after the title
win on May 11th, 1984, Cruyff announced his retirement upon the end
of the season at the age of 37.
He announced that his
decision was irrevocable, as another season as a player would require too much
energy and sacrifice. He added that he did not feel to have the strength to
continue at that rhythm and since he hated mediocrity….
On May 13th,
1984, in the last match of the season, Feyenoord defeated PEC Zwolle (2-1) with
Cruyff scoring the first goal (his last as a professional).
He had honored his
contract. Feyenoord were champions and the average attendance of Feyenoord had
risen from 21,234 to 25,000 (Cruyff was somewhat disappointed as he was
expecting an average attendance of 40,000).
Cruyff, the Footballer,
ended as a winner. Soon, we would see Cruyff, the Manager, but that is another
story….
Photo From:France
Football, Issue 1989, May 22, 1984
Photo From:France
Football, Issue 1974, February 7, 1984
References:
World Soccer, January
1982
World Soccer, April,
June, July, August, September, October 1983
World Soccer, February,
March, April, may, August, September 1984
June 7, 1984,
La Linea de la Concepcion, Spain 0-Yugoslavia 1 (Safet Susic 1)
Yugoslavia National Team matches during the 1984 UEFA European
Championships
June 13, 1984, UEFA
European Championship, Lens, France, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0 (Erwin Vanderbergh 27, Georges Grun 44)
June 16, 1984, UEFA
European Championship, Lyon, France, Denmark 5-Yugoslavia 0 (Frank Arnesen 8, 68 pen, Klaus Berggreen 16, Preben Elkjaer
81, John Lauridsen 83)
June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Saint Etienne, France, France
3-Yugoslavia 2 (Michel Platini 59, 61, 76 / Milos Sestic 31, Dragan
Stojkovic 80 pen)
Date: October 12, 1983
Competition: UEFA
European Championship Qualifier- Group 4
Result:Yugoslavia 2-Norway 1
Venue: Belgrade, Stadion JNA
(Jugoslavenska Norodna Armia)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Adolf Prokop (West Germany)
Kick-off time: -
Goalscorers:
(Yugoslavia): Zlatko Vujovic
21, Safet Susic 39
(Norway): Hallvar Thoresen
88
Summary of goals:
1:0 (21st minute,
Yugoslavia): On a free kick, Sliskovic slid the ball through for Zlatko
Vujovic to knock in.
2:0 (39th minute,
Yugoslavia): From the left side, Safet Susic received a pass at the edge of box and
shot in.
2:1 (88th minute,
Norway): Hallvar Thoresen scored from an indirect free kick.
Lineups:
Yugoslavia:
1-Zoran Simovic
(Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)
20Zoran Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
3-Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski
Klub Partizan- Beograd) (14-Mirza Kapetanovic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo) 51)
4-Zoran Bojovic
(Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)
5-Luka Peruzovic (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)
6-Ljubomir Radanovic
(Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)
7-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
8-Blaz Sliskovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split) (15-Dusan Pesic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 89)
9-Safet Susic (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub
Hajduk –Split)
11-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Team Captain: Zlatko Vujovic
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White
Shorts, White Socks
Note:
1-First cap for Zoran Simovic
and Zoran Bojovic.
Norway:
Tom Rusz Jacobsen
(Vålerengens Idrettsforening)
Svein Fjaelberg (Viking
-Stavanger)
Terje Kojedal
(Hamarkameratene)
Aage Hareide (Norwich City
Football Club / England)
Svein Grondalen (Moss
Fotballklubb- Ostfold)
Kai Erik Herlovsen (Borussia
Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany)
(Bulgaria): Bojidar
Iskrenov 28, Georgi Dimitrov 60
Summary of goals:
0:1 (28th minute, Bulgaria): In
the middle, a collision led to the ball falling in the path of Iskrenov who
advanced to score from outside of the box after getting past Simovic.
1:1 (30th minute,
Yugoslavia): On the left side after a header in the box, Susic controlled
and volleyed.
2:1 (52nd minute,
Yugoslavia): From the left side, Zlatko Vujovic crossed for Susic, he
controlled, turned and shot.
2:2 (60th minute, Bulgaria): A
free kick was parried by Simovic, Dimitrov struck in the rebound.
3:2 (90th minute,
Yugoslavia): Zlatko Vujovic’s cross from the left side was headed in by
Radanovic.
Lineups:
Yugoslavia:
1-Zoran Simovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
9-Zoran Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
3-Miodrag Jesic (Fudbalski
Klub Partizan- Beograd)
4-Srecko Katanec (Nogometni
Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)
2-Luka Peruzovic (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois / Belgium)
6-Ljubomir Radanovic
(Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)
7-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
10-Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
8-Safet Susic (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
5-Mehmed Bazdarevic
(Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)
11-Marko Mlinaric (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) (16-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci) 68)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Booked: Zlatko Vujovic
Other Substitutes:
12-Tomislav Ivkovic
(Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
13-Branislav Drobnjak
(Fudbalski Klub Buducnost-Titograd)
14-Boban Bozovic (Fudbalski
Klub Sarajevo)
15-Zvjezdan Cvetkovic
(Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
Team Captain: Zlatko Vujovic
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White
Shorts, Red Socks
Note:
1-Final cap for Luka Peruzovic (18/0)
(1974-1983).
Bulgaria:
1-Borislav Mikhailov
(Druzestvo za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)
2-Nasko Sirakov (Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)
3-Nikolai Arabov (Druzestvo
za Fizkultura i Sport Sliven)
4-Petar Petrov (CSKA (Centralnij Sport Klub Armija)
Septemvri zname-Sofia)
5-Georgi Dimitrov (CSKA (Centralnij
Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)
6-Radoslav Zdravkov (CSKA (Centralnij
Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia)
7-Bojidar Iskrenov (Druzestvo
za Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)
8-Anyo Sadkov (Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Lokomotiv-Plovdiv) (13-Saschko Borisov (Zeleznitcharski
Sporten Klub Spartak-Varna) 80)
9-Rusi Gochev (Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Levski-Spartak - Sofia)
10-Zivko Gospodinov
(Zeleznitcharski Sporten Klub Spartak-Varna)
11-Stoicho Mladenov (CSKA (Centralnij
Sport Klub Armija) Septemvri zname-Sofia) (14-Tzvetan Danov (Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Botev-Vratsa) 76)
Coach: Ivan Vutzov
Other Substitutes:
12-Ilia Valov (Druzestvo za
Fizkultura i Sport Botev-Vratsa)
1:0 (14th minute, Portugal):Carlos Manuel’s cross from the left side was shot in
by Jordao.
1:1 (20th minute, Yugoslavia):Susic scored from an indirect free kick.
2:1 (33rd minute, Portugal):A free kick from the left side was headed in by
Jordao.
2:2 (43rd minute, Yugoslavia):On a free kick, instead of shooting, a combination
play was made and Halilovic was sent through to score.
2:3 (80th minute,
Yugoslavia):Yugoslavia were awarded their penalty
kick after Cvetkovic was fouled by Bento in the box. Dragan Stojkovic scored
from the ensuing penalty kick.
Lineups:
Portugal:
1-Manuel Galrinho Bento
(Captain) (Sport Lisboa e Benfica)
9-João Domingos
Silva Pinto (Futebol Clube do Porto)
10-Antônio José Lima
Pereira (Futebol Clube do Porto)
11-Eurico
Monteiro Gomes (Futebol Clube do Porto)
18-Eduardo Luis
Marques Kruss Gomes (Futebol Clube do Porto) (17-Alvaro Monteiro
De Magalhaes (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 46)
14-Antonio
Manuel Frasco Vieira (Futebol Clube do Porto) (13-Antonio
Augusto Gomes de Sousa (Futebol Clube do Porto) 46)
7-Carlos Manuel
Correia dos Santos (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) (8-Antonio August da Silva Veloso
(Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 67)
15-Jaime
Moreira Pacheco (Futebol Clube do Porto)
4-Fernando Albino
de Sousa Chalana (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) (5-Carlos Manuel
Oliveira Silva ‘Vermelinho’ (Futebol Clube do Porto) 76)
3-Rui Manuel Trindade Jordäo (Sporting Clube de
Portugal-Lisboa)
6-Fernando
Mendes Soares Gomes (Futebol Clube do Porto) (2-Tamagnini Gomes
Baptista Nené (Sport Lisboa e Benfica) 46)
Coach: Fernando Cabrita,
Antonio Morais, Antonio Oliveira, Jose Augusto
Booked: Lima Pereira 19,
Eurico 43
Team Captain: Manuel Galrinho Bento
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Green
Shorts, Red Socks
Yugoslavia:
1- Zoran Simovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split) (12-Tomislav Ivkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red
Star) -Beograd) 46)
15-Branko Miljus
(Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)
2-Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski
Klub Partizan- Beograd)
4- Srecko Katanec (Nogometni
Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)
5-Velimir Zajec (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
17-Josip Cop
(Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) (13-Faruk Hadzibegic (Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)
46)
9-Safet Susic (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
8-Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub
Hajduk –Split) (16-Dragan Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis) 46)
18-Stjepan Deveric (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) (20-Borislav Cvetkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) 75)
10-Mehmed Bazdarevic
(Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)
19-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci)
(7-Milos Sestic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 46)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Booked: Mehmed Bazdarevic 63,
Stjepan Deveric 71, Velimir Zajec 73
Team Captain: Velimir Zajec
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, White
Shorts, Red Socks
Note:
1-First cap for Branko Miljus and Josip
Cop.
Photo From; Zambata Slaven - Nogomet 1984
(June 2, 1984, Portugal 2-Yugoslavia 3)
Photo from: 100 Melhores do Futebol
Portugues, Vol I, Author Rui Dias, 2002
(Frasco, June 2, 1984, Portugal
2-Yugoslavia 3)
Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by
Predrag Cvijetic)
(Yugoslavia squad, June 2, 1984, Portugal
2-Yugoslavia 3)
Date: June 7, 1984
Competition: Friendly
Result: Spain 0-Yugoslavia 1
Venue: La Linea de la Concepcion- Estadio
Municipal
Attendance:20,000
Referee: Vincenzo
Barbaresco (Italy)
Linesmen: Facchin,
Polacco (both Italy)
Kick-off time: -
Goalscorers:
(Spain): None
(Yugoslavia): Safet Susic 1 (36 seconds)
Summary of goals:
0:1 (1st minute,
Yugoslavia):Milos Sestic’s cross from the right, led
to a scramble in the box, eventually the ball was passed to Susic who scored.
Lineups:
Spain:
1-Luis Maria ‘Arconada’ Echarri (Real
Sociedad de Fútbol)
2-Santiago ‘Urquiaga’ Perez (Athletic
Club de Bilbao)
4-Antonio ‘Maceda’ Frances (Real Sporting
de Gijón)
5-Andoni ‘Goikoetxea’ Olaskoaga (Athletic
Club de Bilbao) (14-‘Julio Alberto’ Moreno Casas (Fútbol Club
Barcelona) 70)
3-Jose Antonio ‘Camacho’ Alfaro (Real
Madrid Club de Fútbol)
8- ‘Victor’ Munoz
Manrique (Fútbol Club Barcelona)
7-Juan Antonio ‘Senor’ Gomez (Real
Zaragoza) (19-Manuel ‘Sarabia’ Lopez (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 66)
10-Ricardo ‘Gallego’ Redondo (Real
Madrid Club de Fútbol)
11-Francisco Javier ‘Carrasco’
Hidalgo (Fútbol Club Barcelona)
9-Carlos ‘Santillana’ Alonso Gonzalez
(Real Madrid Club de Fútbol)
Coach: ‘Miguel Munoz’ Mozun
Other
Substitutes:
Francisco ‘Buyo’ Sanchez (Sevilla Fútbol
Club)
Andoni ‘Zubizarreta’ Urreta (Athletic
Club de Bilbao)
‘Roberto’ Fernandez Bonillo
(Valencia Club de Fútbol)
‘Francisco’ Javier Lopez Alfaro (Sevilla
Fútbol Club)
‘Marcos Alonso’ Pena (Fútbol Club
Barcelona)
‘Emilio Butragueňo’ Santos (Real Madrid
Club de Fútbol)
Team Captain: Luis Maria ‘Arconada’
Echarri
Official Kit
Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif
Uniform Colors:
Red Shirts, Blue Shorts, Black Socks
Note:
1-Victor scored a goal in the 16th
minute that was ruled out.
Yugoslavia:
1-Zoran Simovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk
–Split) (12-Tomislav Ivkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
46)
13-Faruk Hadzibegic (Fudbalski Klub
Sarajevo)
2-Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub
Partizan- Beograd) (17-Josip Cop (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 46)
4-Srecko Katanec (Nogometni Klub
Olimpija- Ljubljana)
5-Velimir Zajec (Nogometni Klub Dinamo-
Zagreb)
7-Milos Sestic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena
zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
11-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni Klub Hajduk
–Split) (20-Borislav Cvetkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) 46)
16-Dragan Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub
Radnicki-Nis) (15-Branko Miljus (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split) 46)
9-Safet Susic (Paris Saint-Germain
Football Club / France)
10-Mehmed Bazdarevic (Fudbalski Klub
Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)
19-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci) (6-Ljubomir Radanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan-
Beograd) 71)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Booked: Velimir Zajec 17
Team Captain: Velimir Zajec
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Blue
Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
Note:
1-Final cap for Josip Cop (2/0) (1984).
Photo From; Zambata Slaven - Nogomet 1984
(June 7, 1984, Spain 0-Yugoslavia 1)
Photo From: Todo Sobre La Seleccion
Espanola, Felix Martialay, 2006
(June 7, 1984, Spain 0-Yugoslavia 1)
Photo From; Source Unknown (provided by
Predrag Cvijetic)
(Yugoslavia squad, June 7, 1984, Spain
0-Yugoslavia 1)
Photo From: Special thanks to Josele
Carbonell
(Spain squad, June 7, 1984, Spain
0-Yugoslavia 1)
Yugoslavia’s 1984 UEFA European
Championships Finals squad:
1- Zoran Simovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split) (goalkeeper)
2-Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski
Klub Partizan- Beograd)
3-Mirsad Baljic (Fudbalski
Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)
4- Srecko Katanec (Nogometni
Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)
5-Velimir Zajec (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
6- Ljubomir Radanovic
(Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)
7-Milos Sestic (Fudbalski
Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
8-Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub
Hajduk –Split)
9-Safet Susic (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
10-Mehmed Bazdarevic
(Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)
11-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
12-Tomislav Ivkovic
(Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) (goalkeeper)
13-Faruk Hadzibegic
(Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)
14-Marko Elsner (Fudbalski
Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
15-Branko Miljus (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
16-Dragan Stojkovic
(Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)
17-Josip Cop (Nogometni Klub
Hajduk –Split)
18-Stjepan Deveric (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
19-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci)
20-Borislav Cvetkovic
(Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Team Captain: Velimir Zajec
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Note:
1- Miko Durovski was replaced
due to injury by Boro Cvetkovic in Yugoslavia squad.
Photo From: Panini 1984 Euros
(Yugoslavia squad)
Photo From: Panini 1984 Euros
(Yugoslavia squad)
Photo From: Mondial, New Series, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(Yugoslavia players)
Date: June 13, 1984
Competition:UEFA European Championship-Group 1
Result: Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0
Venue: Lens - Stade Félix-Bollaert,
France
Attendance:40,000
Referee: Erik
Fredriksson (Sweden)
Linesmen: -
Kick-off time: -
Goalscorers:
(Belgium): Erwin Vanderbergh 27, Georges
Grun 44
(Yugoslavia): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (27th minute, Belgium):From his own half, De Greef sent a cross towards
Vandenbergh on the left side, he cuts and struck a long range shot that was
deflected in.
2:0 (44th minute, Belgium):Scifo’s corner kick from the right side was headed in
by Grun.
Lineups:
Belgium:
1- Jean-Marie Pfaff
(Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / West Germany)
2 – Georges Grun (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois)
14-Walter De Greef (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois)
5- Michel De Wolf
(Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent)
6- Frank Vercauteren (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois)
7-Rene Vandereycken (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois)
8-Nico Claesen (Royal
Football Club Seresien (Seraing))
9-Erwin Vandenbergh (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois)
16-Vincenzo Scifo (Royale
Sporting Club Anderlechtois)
11- Jan Ceulemans (Club
Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging)
Coach: Guy Thys
Team Captain: Jan Ceulemans
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Yugoslavia:
1-Zoran Simovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
2-Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski
Klub Partizan- Beograd)
8-Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub
Hajduk –Split)
4-Srecko Katanec (Nogometni
Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)
5-Velimir Zajec (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
13-Faruk Hadzibegic
(Fudbalski Klub Sarajevo)
11-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split) (20-Borislav Cvetkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) 76)
7-Milos Sestic (Fudbalski
Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
9-Safet Susic (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
10-Mehmed Bazdarevic
(Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo) (16-Dragan Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub
Radnicki-Nis) 59)
19-Sulejman Halilovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo -Vinkovci)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Booked; Faruk Hadzibegic 53
Team Captain: Velimir Zajec
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Blue
Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 27 (496), July 4-10, 1984
(June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 25 (494), June 20-26,
1984
(June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No 28 (497), July 11-17,
1984
(Goal diagrams, June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1994, June 26, 1984
(Goal diagrams, June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: IFFHS-Europameisterschaften 1958-1984, No 2
(Yugoslavia squad, June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: Magazine source unknown (provided by a blog viewer)
(Belgium squad, June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: France Football, Issue 1993, June 19, 1984
(June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 52, July 1984
(June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 52, July 1984
(June 13, 1984, UEFA European Championship, Belgium 2-Yugoslavia 0)
Date: June 16, 1984
Competition:UEFA European Championship-Group 1
Result: Denmark 5-Yugoslavia 0
Venue: Lyon-Stade de Gerland,
France
Attendance: 34,745
Referee: Augusto
Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Linesmen: -
Kick-off time: -
Goalscorers:
(Denmark): Frank Arnesen 8, 68 pen, Klaus
Berggreen 16, Preben Elkjaer 81, John Lauridsen 83
(Yugoslavia): None
Summary of goals:
1:0 (8th minute, Denmark):Arnesen’s cross from the right side, was deflected by Ivkovic
into his own net.
2:0 (16th minute, Denmark):Elkjaer’s cross from the left side, was touched by
Laudrup and struck in by Bergreen.
3:0 (68th minute, Denmark):Denmark were awarded their penalty kick after Elkjaer
was fouled by Gudelj in the box. Arnesen scored from the ensuing penalty kick.
4:0 (81st minute, Denmark):Bergreen’s cross from the right side, reached Laudrup
on the left, he passed across for Elkjaer in the middle to shoot.
5:0 (83rd minute, Denmark):Klaus Berggreen passed to Lauridsen on the left side,
he cut in and curled a shot.
0:1 (31st minute, Yugoslavia):After a combination play with Susic, Sestic shot from
outside of the box.
1:1 (59th minute, France):From the right side, Ferreri sent a pass through for
Platini strike.
2:1 (61st minute, France):Battiston’s cross from the right side was headed in by
Platini.
3:1 (76th minute, France):Michel Platini scored from a free kick.
3:2 (80th minute, Yugoslavia):Yugoslavia were awarded their penalty kick after
Deveric was fouled by Bossis in the box. Radanovic missed the first penalty
kick, which was retaken.
The second kick was taken and
scored by Dragan Stojkovic.
Lineups:
France:
1-Joel Bats (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)
6-Luis Fernandez (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)
4-Maxime Bossis (Football Club de Nantes)
5-Patrick Battiston (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)
3-Jean-Francois Domergue (Toulouse Football Club)
14-Jean Tigana (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)
12-Alain Giresse (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)
7-Jean-Marc Ferreri (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (8-Daniel Bravo
(Association Sportive de Monaco) 77)
10-Michel Platini (Juventus
Football Club-Torino / Italy)
16-Dominique Rochteau (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club) (18-Thierry Tusseau (Girondins de Bordeaux
Football Club) 46)
13-Didier Six (Football Club
de Mulhouse)
Coach: Michel Hidalgo
Team Captain: Michel Platini
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: Blue (Thick Red Horizontal stripe,
three thin white horizontal stripes) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks
Yugoslavia:
1-Zoran Simovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
15-Branko Miljus (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split)
2-Nenad Stojkovic (Fudbalski
Klub Partizan- Beograd)
8-Ivan Gudelj (Nogometni Klub
Hajduk –Split)
5-Vleimir Zajec (Nogometni
Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)
6-Ljubomir Radanovic
(Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)
11-Zlatko Vujovic (Nogometni
Klub Hajduk –Split) (18-Stjepan Deveric (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb) 60)
16-Dragan Stojkovic
(Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis)
9-Safet Susic (Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
10-Mehmed Bazdarevic
(Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo) (4-Srecko Katanec (Nogometni Klub
Olimpija- Ljubljana) 84)
7-Milos Sestic (Fudbalski
Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)
Coach: Todor Veselinovic
Team Captain: Velimir Zajec
Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Uniform Colors: White
Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Note:
1-Yugoslavia’s team doctor,
Dr. Milonovic collapsed in the seventh minute of second half and died the next
day. He was age 53.
2-Final cap for Zoran Simovic
(10/0) (1983-1984).
3-Final cap for Nenad
Stojkovic (32/1) (1977-1984).
Photo From: Les Bleus, Le livre official de l'equipe de France, Author Dominique Grimault, 1997
(France squad, June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 21, 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: France Football,
Issue 1994, June 26, 1984
(Goal diagrams, June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: France Football,
Issue 1994, June 26, 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, No
28 (497), July 11-17, 1984
(Goal diagrams, June 19,
1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 112, April 1985
(Yugoslavia squad, June 19,
1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Hors Serie 19, 1984
(Yugoslavia squad, June 19,
1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 103, July 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 112, April 1985
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 52, July 1984
(June 19, 1984, UEFA European Championship, France 3-Yugoslavia 2)
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