Jan Ceulemans - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Belgian player obtained 96 international caps with his National Team. He held the Belgian caps record since June 8, 1989 (when he equalled the total of Paul Van Himst) until October 10, 2017 (when his total was surpassed by Jan Vertonghen). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 28- 2-1957 in Lier Country: Belgium Caps: 96 (W44-D23-L29 - GF139-GA103 - %57.81) Goals: 23 Age First Cap: 20 yr 26 d 26- 3-1977 vs. Netherlands 0-2 Age Last Cap: 33 yr 364 d 27- 2-1991 vs. Luxembourg 3-0 National Team Career: 13 yr 338 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 26- 3-77 Antwerpen Netherlands 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 2 3- 9-77 Brussel Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 3 16-11-77 Belfast North. Ireland 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 4 11-10-78 Lisboa Portugal 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 5 15-11-78 Tel Aviv Israel 0-1 6 12- 9-79 Oslo Norway 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 7 26- 9-79 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-1 8 17-10-79 Brussel Portugal 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 9 21-11-79 Brussel Scotland 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 10 19-12-79 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 European Ch. Qual. 11 27- 2-80 Brussel Luxembourg 5-0 12 18- 3-80 Brussel Uruguay 2-0 13 2- 4-80 Brussel Poland 2-1 14 6- 6-80 Brussel Romania 2-1 15 12- 6-80 Torino England 1-1 European Champ. 16 15- 6-80 Milano Spain 2-1 European Champ. 17 18- 6-90 Roma Italy 0-0 European Champ. 18 22- 6-80 Roma West Germany 1-2 European Champ. 19 15-10-80 Dublin Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 20 19-11-80 Brussel Netherlands 1-0 21 21-12-80 Nicosia Cyprus 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 22 18- 2-81 Brussel Cyprus 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 23 25- 3-81 Brussel Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 24 29- 4-81 Paris France 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 25 9- 9-81 Brussel France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 26 16-12-81 Valencia Spain 0-2 27 28- 4-82 Brussel Bulgaria 2-1 28 27- 5-82 København Denmark 0-1 29 13- 6-82 Barcelona Argentina 1-0 World Cup 30 19- 6-82 Elche El Salvador 1-0 World Cup 31 22- 6-82 Elche Hungary 1-1 World Cup 32 28- 6-82 Barcelona Poland 0-3 World Cup 33 1- 7-82 Barcelona Soviet Union 0-1 World Cup 34 22- 9-82 M�nchen West Germany 0-0 35 6-10-82 Brussel Switzerland 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 36 15-12-82 Brussel Scotland 3-2 European Ch. Qual. 37 30- 3-83 Leipzig East Germany 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 38 27- 4-83 Brussel East Germany 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 39 21- 9-83 Brussel Netherlands 1-1 40 12-10-83 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 41 9-11-83 Bern Switzerland 1-3 European Ch. Qual. 42 29- 2-84 Brussel West Germany 0-1 43 6- 6-84 Brussel Hungary 2-2 44 13- 6-84 Lens Yugoslavia 2-0 European Champ. 45 16- 6-84 Nantes France 0-5 European Champ. 46 19- 6-84 Strasbourg Denmark 2-3 European Champ. 47 5- 9-84 Brussel Argentina 0-2 48 19-12-84 Athinai Greece 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 49 22-12-84 Tiran� Albania 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 50 27- 3-85 Brussel Greece 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 51 1- 5-85 Brussel Poland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 52 11- 9-85 Chorz�w Poland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 16-10-85 Brussel Netherlands 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 54 20-11-85 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 55 23- 4-86 Brussel Bulgaria 2-0 56 19- 5-86 Brussel Yugoslavia 1-0 57 3- 6-86 Cdad. de M�xico Mexico 1-2 World Cup 58 6- 6-86 Toluca Iraq 2-1 World Cup 59 11- 6-86 Toluca Paraguay 2-2 World Cup 60 15- 6-86 Le�n Soviet Union 4-3 World Cup 61 22- 6-86 Puebla Spain 1-1 [1] World Cup 62 25- 6-86 Cdad. de M�xico Argentina 0-2 World Cup 63 28- 6-86 Puebla France 2-4 World Cup 64 10- 9-86 Brussel Ireland 2-2 European Ch. Qual. 65 14-10-86 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-0 European Ch. Qual. 66 19-11-86 Brussel Bulgaria 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 67 4- 2-87 Braga Portugal 0-1 68 29- 4-87 Dublin Ireland 0-0 European Ch. Qual. 69 9- 9-87 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0 70 14-10-87 Glasgow Scotland 0-2 European Ch. Qual. 71 11-11-87 Brussel Luxembourg 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 72 19- 1-88 Tel Aviv Israel 3-2 73 26- 3-88 Brussel Hungary 3-0 74 5- 6-88 Odense Denmark 1-3 75 12-10-88 Antwerpen Brazil 1-2 76 19-10-88 Brussel Switzerland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 77 15- 2-89 Lisboa Portugal 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 78 29- 4-89 Brussel Czechoslovakia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 79 27- 5-89 Brussel Yugoslavia 1-0 80 1- 6-89 Lille Luxembourg 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 81 8- 6-89 Ottawa Canada 2-0 82 23- 8-89 Brugge Denmark 3-0 83 6- 9-89 Brussel Portugal 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 84 11-10-89 Basel Switzerland 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 85 25-10-89 Brussel Luxembourg 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 86 17- 1-90 Athinai Greece 0-2 87 21- 2-90 Brussel Sweden 0-0 88 26- 5-90 Brussel Romania 2-2 89 12- 6-90 Verona South Korea 2-0 World Cup 90 17- 6-90 Verona Uruguay 3-1 World Cup 91 21- 6-90 Verona Spain 1-2 World Cup 92 26- 6-90 Bologna England 0-1 World Cup 93 12- 9-90 Brussel East Germany 0-2 94 17-10-90 Cardiff Wales 1-3 European Ch. Qual. 95 12- 2-91 Terni Italy 0-0 96 27- 2-91 Brussel Luxembourg 3-0 European Ch. Qual.

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Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 96 44 23 29 139- 103 111 57.81

Types of Matches Friendlies 31
World Cup Qualifiers 23 World Cup 16
European Champ. Qual. 19 European Championship 7

Total 96

Goals:

Cap 14 1 goal Cap 15 1 goal Cap 21 1 goal Cap 22 1 goal Cap 23 1 goal Cap 24 1 goal Cap 38 1 goal Cap 43 2 goals Cap 46 1 goal Cap 60 1 goal Cap 61 1 goal Cap 63 1 goal Cap 65 1 goal Cap 71 1 goal Cap 73 1 goal Cap 74 1 goal Cap 81 1 goal Cap 82 2 goals Cap 83 1 goal Cap 90 1 goal Cap 96 1 goal

Total: 23 goals

NB: the Belgian FA credit Ceulemans with 22 goals as they attribute his goal in his cap 74 against Denmark to Vincenzo Scifo

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Prepared and maintained by _Roberto Mamrud_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud Last updated: 11 Jan 2018