Eric Gerets - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Belgian player obtained 86 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 18- 5-1954 in Rekem Country: Belgium Caps: 86 (W35-D26-L25 - GF115-GA92 - %55.81) Goals: 2 Age First Cap: 21 yr 132 d 27- 9-1975 vs. East Germany 1-2 Age Last Cap: 36 yr 313 d 27- 3-1991 vs. Wales 1-1 National Team Career: 15 yr 181 d

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

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Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 86 35 26 25 115- 92 96 55.81

Types of Matches Friendlies 27
World Cup Qualifiers 20 World Cup 12
European Champ. Qual. 23 European Championship 4

Total 86

Goals:

Cap 25 1 goal Cap 63 1 goal

Total: 2 goals

NB: the Belgian FA also credit Gerets with a goal in his cap 71 against Portugal which most sources credit to Marc Van der Linden

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Prepared and maintained by _Karel Stokkermans_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 16 May 2013