Fran�ois "Swat" Van der Elst (original) (raw)

Fran�ois "Swat" Van der Elst - International Appearances

The outstanding Belgian player obtained 44 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Older brother of Leo Van der Elst; the two never played together in the Belgian National Team.

Born: 1-12-1954 in Opwijk Died: 11- 1-2017 Country: Belgium Caps: 44 (W22-D10-L12 - GF57-GA41 - %61.36) Goals: 14 Age First Cap: 18 yr 334 d 31-10-1973 vs. Norway 2-0 Age Last Cap: 28 yr 343 d 9-11-1983 vs. Switzerland 1-3 National Team Career: 10 yr 8 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 31-10-73 Brussel Norway 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 2 13- 3-74 Berlin (Ost) East Germany 0-1
3 8- 9-74 Reykjav�k Iceland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 4 12-10-74 Bruxelles France 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 5 7-12-74 Leipzig East Germany 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 6 30- 4-75 Antwerpen Netherlands 1-0
7 25- 4-76 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-5 European Champ. Qual. 8 22- 5-76 Bruxelles Netherlands 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 9 5- 9-76 Reykjav�k Iceland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 10 10-11-76 Li�ge Northern Ireland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 11 26- 1-77 Roma Italy 1-2
12 26- 3-77 Antwerpen Netherlands 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 13 3- 9-77 Brussel Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 14 26-10-77 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 15 22- 3-78 Charleroi Austria 1-0
16 19- 4-78 Magdeburg East Germany 0-0
17 20- 9-78 Lokeren Norway 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 18 11-10-78 Lisboa Portugal 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 19 15-11-78 Jaffa Israel 0-1
20 28- 3-79 Bruxelles Austria 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 21 2- 5-79 Wien Austria 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 22 12- 9-79 Oslo Norway 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 23 26- 9-79 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-1
24 17-10-79 Brussel Portugal 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 25 21-11-79 Bruxelles Scotland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 26 19-12-79 Glasgow Scotland 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 27 27- 2-80 Brussel Luxembourg 5-0
28 18- 3-80 Bruxelles Uruguay 2-0
29 2- 4-80 Brussel Poland 2-1
30 6- 6-80 Bruxelles Romania 2-1
31 12- 6-80 Torino England 1-1 European Championship 32 15- 6-80 Milano Spain 2-1 European Championship 33 18- 6-80 Roma Italy 0-0 European Championship 34 22- 6-80 Roma West Germany 1-2 European Championship 35 28- 4-82 Bruxelles Bulgaria 2-1
36 27- 5-82 K�benhavn Denmark 0-1
37 19- 6-82 Elche El Salvador 1-0 World Cup 38 28- 6-82 Barcelona Poland 0-3 World Cup 39 15-12-82 Bruxelles Scotland 3-2 European Champ. Qual. 40 30- 3-83 Leipzig East Germany 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 41 27- 4-83 Brussel East Germany 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 42 31- 5-83 Luxembourg France 1-1
43 12-10-83 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 44 9-11-83 Bern Switzerland 1-3 European Champ. Qual.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 44 22 13 12 57- 41 54 61.36

Types of Matches Friendlies 14
World Cup Qualifiers 6 World Cup 2
European Champ. Qual. 18 European Championship 4

Total 44

Goals:

Cap 4 1 goal Cap 9 1 goal Cap 22 1 goal Cap 24 1 goal Cap 25 1 goal Cap 26 2 goals Cap 27 2 goals Cap 28 1 goal Cap 30 1 goal Cap 39 2 goals Cap 40 1 goal

Total: 14 goals

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

Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 12 Jan 2017