Iuliu Bodola - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Romanian (and later Hungarian) player scored 34 international goals in 61 matches for his two National Teams.
He held the Romanian caps record from May 8, 1938 (when he equalled the total of Gheorghe Albu) until March 19, 1975 (when his total was surpassed by Mircea Lucescu; according to the traditional count of Romanian caps, this happened on October 13, 1974).
He held the Romanian record of goalsfor the national team from November 29, 1931 (when he equalled the total of Rudolf Wetzer) until September 10, 1997 (when his total was surpassed by Gheorghe Hagi).
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 26- 2-1912 Died: 12- 3-1993 Country: Romania (became Hungarian citizen later) Caps: 48 for Romania (W23-D 9-L16 - GF106-GA 86 - %57.29) Goals: 30 (% 0.62 per match) Caps: 13 for Hungary (W 7-D 4-L 2 - GF 27-GA 23 - %69.23) Goals: 4 Total Caps: 61 (W30-D13-L18 - GF133-GA109 - %59.84) Total Goals: 34 Age First Cap for Romania: 19 yr 73 d 10- 5-1931 vs. Bulgaria 5-2 Age Last Cap for Romania: 27 yr 226 d 10-10-1939 vs. Hungary 1-1 Age First Cap for Hungary: 28 yr 279 d 1-12-1940 vs. Italy 1-1 Age Last Cap for Hungary: 36 yr 220 d 3-10-1948 vs. Austria 2-1 National Team Career for Romania: 8 yr 153 d National Team Career for Hungary: 7 yr 306 d Total Two Team Career: 17 yr 146 d

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition for Romania 1 2 2 10- 5-31 București Bulgaria 5-2 Balkan Cup 2 2 4 28- 6-31 Zagreb Yugoslavia 4-2 Balkan Cup 3 4 23- 8-31 Warszawa Poland 3-2 4 3 7 26- 8-31 Kaunas Lithuania 4-2 5 7 20- 9-31 Oradea Czechoslov. Am. 4-1 [] Central Europ. Amat. Cup 6 7 4-10-31 Budapest Hungary Amateur 0-4 [] Central Europ. Amat. Cup 7 3 10 29-11-31 Athinai Greece 4-2 Balkan Cup 8 1 11 8- 5-32 București Austria Amateur 4-1 [] Central Europ. Amat. Cup 9 2 13 12- 6-32 București France 6-3 10 13 26- 6-32 Beograd Bulgaria 0-2 Balkan Cup 11 13 28- 6-32 Beograd Greece 3-0 Balkan Cup 12 13 3- 7-32 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-3 Balkan Cup 13 13 2-10-32 București Poland 0-5 14 13 16-10-32 Linz Austria Amateur 1-0 [] Central Europ. Amat. Cup 15 13 4- 6-33 București Bulgaria 7-0 Balkan Cup 16 13 6- 6-33 București Greece 1-0 Balkan Cup 17 2 15 11- 6-33 București Yugoslavia 5-0 Balkan Cup 18 15 24- 9-33 București Hungary Amateur 5-1 [] Central Europ. Amat. Cup 19 15 29-10-33 Bern Switzerland 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 20 15 25- 5-34 Pardubice Czechoslov. Am. 2-2 [] Central Europ. Amat. Cup 21 15 27- 5-34 Trieste Czechoslovakia 1-2 World Cup 22 2 17 30-12-34 Athinai Bulgaria 3-2 Balkan Cup 23 17 1- 1-35 Athinai Yugoslavia 0-4 Balkan Cup 24 17 17- 6-35 Sofia Yugoslavia 0-2 Balkan Cup 25 17 19- 6-35 Sofia Bulgaria 0-4 Balkan Cup 26 1 18 24- 6-35 Sofia Greece 2-2 Balkan Cup 27 3 21 10- 5-36 București Yugoslavia 3-2 King Carol Cup 28 2 23 17- 5-36 București Greece 5-2 Balkan Cup 29 23 24- 5-36 București Bulgaria 4-1 Balkan Cup 30 23 4-10-36 București Hungary 1-2 31 1 24 18- 4-37 București Czechoslovakia 1-1 32 24 10- 6-37 București Belgium 2-1 33 24 27- 6-37 București Sweden 2-2 34 1 25 4- 7-37 Ł�dź Poland 4-2 35 1 26 8- 7-37 Kaunas Lithuania 2-0 36 26 12- 7-37 Rīga Latvia 0-0 37 1 27 14- 7-37 Tallinn Estonia 1-2 38 27 6- 9-37 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-2 39 27 8- 5-38 București Yugoslavia 0-1 40 27 5- 6-38 Toulouse Cuba 3-3 World Cup 41 27 6- 9-38 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-1 42 27 25- 9-38 București Germany 1-4 43 1 28 4-12-38 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-6 44 28 7- 5-39 București Yugoslavia 1-0 King Carol Cup 45 2 30 18- 5-39 București Latvia 4-0 46 30 24- 5-39 București England 0-2 47 30 11- 6-39 București Italy 0-1 48 30 20-10-39 București Hungary 1-1 for Hungary (also called Gyula Bodola) 1 1 1 1-12-40 Genoa Italy 1-1 2 1 8-12-40 Zagreb Croatia 1-1 3 1 23- 3-41 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-1 4 1 6- 4-41 Köln Germany 0-7 5 1 6-11-41 Zürich Switzerland 2-1 6 1 3- 5-42 Budapest Germany 3-5 7 1 14- 6-42 Budapest Croatia 1-1 8 1 2 1-11-42 Budapest Switzerland 3-0 9 2 4 16- 5-43 Genève Switzerland 3-1 10 4 6- 6-43 Sofia Bulgaria 4-2 11 4 12- 9-43 Stockholm Sweden 3-2 12 4 15- 9-43 Helsinki Finland 3-0 13 4 3-10-48 Budapest Austria 2-1

[*] match not official for opponents

Total Record

       Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points  Percentage

Romania 48 23 9 16 106- 86 55 57.29 Hungary 13 7 4 2 27- 23 18 69.23

Total 61 30 13 18 133-109 73 59.84

34 Goals in 61 Matches (% 0.56 per match)

Types of Goals and Matches

Friendlies 16 34 for Romania 12 21 for Hungary 4 13 World Cup 0 2 World Cup Qualifier 0 1 Balkan Cup 14 16 Central Europ. Am. Cup 1 6 [unofficial for opponents] King Carol Cup 3 2

Total goals: 34 61 for Romania 30 48 for Hungary 4 13

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 4 Jun 2020