Willi Kreuz - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Austrian player played 56 international matches for Austria. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 29- 5-1949 Country: Austria
Caps: 56 (W21-D14-L21 � GF74-GA79 - %50.00)
Goals: 10 Age First Cap: 19 yr 325 d 19- 4-1969 vs. Cyprus 2-1 Age Last Cap: 32 yr 19 d 17- 6-1981 vs. Finland 5-1 National Team Career: 12 yr 59 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 19- 4-69 Lefkosia Cyprus 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 2 23- 4-69 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-1 3 27- 4-69 Valletta Malta 3-1 4 10- 5-69 N�rnberg West Germany 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 5 12- 4-70 Wien Czechoslovakia 1-3 6 29- 4-70 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-1
7 10- 9-70 Graz Yugoslavia 0-1
8 27- 9-70 Budapest Hungary 1-1 9 7-10-70 Wien France 1-0
10 31-10-70 Wien Italy 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 11 4- 4-71 Wien Hungary 0-2
12 26- 5-71 Stockholm Sweden 0-1 European Champ. Qual. 13 30- 5-71 Dublin Ireland 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 14 8- 4-72 Brno Czechoslovakia 0-2
15 30- 4-72 Wien Malta 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 16 29- 4-73 Budapest Hungary 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 17 23- 5-73 G�teborg Sweden 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 18 13- 6-73 Wien Brazil 1-1
19 26- 9-73 London England 0-7
20 10-10-73 Hannover West Germany 0-4
21 27-11-73 Gelsenkirchen Sweden 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 22 27- 3-74 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1
23 8- 6-74 Wien Italy 0-0 24 4- 9-74 Wien Wales 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 25 13-11-74 Istanbul Turkey 1-0
26 2- 4-75 Wien Hungary 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 27 7- 6-75 Wien Czechoslovakia 0-0
28 3- 9-75 Wien West Germany 0-2
29 22- 9-76 Linz Switzerland 3-1
30 13-10-76 Wien Hungary 2-4 31 24- 8-77 Wien Poland 2-1
32 24- 9-77 Wien East Germany 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 33 12-10-77 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 34 30-10-77 Izmir Turkey 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 35 20- 5-78 Wien Netherlands 0-1
36 3- 6-78 Buenos Aires Spain 2-1 World Cup 37 7- 6-78 Buenos Aires Sweden 1-0 World Cup 38 11- 6-78 Mar del Plata Brazil 0-1 World Cup 39 14- 6-78 C�rdoba Netherlands 1-5 World Cup 40 18- 6-78 Buenos Aires Italy 0-1 World Cup 41 21- 6-78 C�rdoba West Germany 3-2 [*] World Cup 42 30- 8-78 Oslo Norway 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 43 20- 9-78 Wien Scotland 3-2 European Champ. Qual. 44 15-11-78 Wien Portugal 1-2 European Champ. Qual. 45 30- 1-79 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-0
46 28- 3-79 Brussel Belgium 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 47 2- 5-79 Wien Belgium 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 48 13- 6-79 Wien England 4-3
49 29- 8-79 Wien Norway 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 50 26- 9-79 Wien Hungary 3-1
51 17-10-79 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 52 21-11-79 Lisboa Portugal 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 53 2- 4-80 M�nchen West Germany 0-1
54 21- 5-80 Wien Argentina 1-5
55 4- 6-80 Budapest Hungary 1-1
56 17- 6-81 Linz Finland 5-1 World Cup Qualifier

[*] this win against West Germany, the so-called "Wunder von C�rdoba", obtained mythical status in Austrian football history; while it was the first win by Austria in a World Cup tournament against their unloved neighbours ("Piefkes"), after distressing losses in 1934 and 1954, it is usually forgotten that the match was of very limited interest: Austria had already been eliminated, and while West Germany would have reached the third place match in case of a draw, their chances to defend their 1974 title were more than remote: they needed a draw in the parallel match between the Netherlands and Italy (which didn't happen) coupled with a 5-goal win against Austria to reach the final

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
56 21 14 21 74- 79 56 50.00

Types of Matches and Goals

Friendlies 27 5 World Cup 6 - World Cup Qualifiers 10 2 European Champ. Qual. 13 3

Total 56 10

Goals:

Cap 1 1 goal Cap 2 1 goal Cap 3 1 goal Cap 9 1 goal Cap 18 1 goal Cap 24 1 goal Cap 29 1 goal Cap 32 1 goal Cap 43 1 goal Cap 49 1 goal

Total 10 goals

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Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel@rsssf.com) Last updated: 13 Jan 2011