Matches between 'big' nations, 1970-1979

Including friendlies as well as competitive matches. 

Average points
1. Brazil : 67,6%
2. West Germany : 66,1%
3. Holland : 55,9%
4. Argentina : 50,0%
5. Italy : 48,1%
6. Spain : 47,1%
7. France : 44,4%
8. England : 36,8%
9. Soviet Union : 27,8%

Scored goals per match
1. West Germany : 1,65
2. Holland : 1,53
3. Italy : 1,33
4. Brazil : 1,24
5. Argentina : 1,13
6. France : 1,06
7. Spain : 1,00
8. England : 0,89
9. Soviet Union : 0,44

Conceded goals per match
1. Brazil : 0,71
2. West Germany : 1,10
3. Spain : 1,12
4. Soviet Union : 1,17
5. Holland : 1,18
6. England : 1,26
7. France : 1,28
8. Argentina : 1,30
9. Italy : 1,41

Overall record
Brazil : 9 5 3 21-12
West Germany : 17 7 8 51-39
Holland : 7 5 5 26-20
Argentina : 7 9 7 26-30
Italy : 10 6 11 36-38
Spain : 5 6 6 17-19
France : 5 6 7 19-23
England : 4 6 9 17-24
Soviet Union : 3 4 11 8-21

Average points in the European Cup 1970-1979

Minimum 13 matches. 

77,0% Ajax (37 matches)
75,0% Hajduk Split (16)
73,6% Bayern Munich (36)
68,8% Dinamo Kiev (24)
68,3% Celtic (41)
67,6% Feyenoord (17)
65,4% Leeds United (13)
64,5% Borussia M'gladbach (31)
63,9% Crvena Zvezda (18)
62,5% Liverpool, Atlético de Madrid (24)
62,0% Saint-Etienne (25)
61,5% Derby County (13)
60,9% Juventus (23)
59,5% Club Brugge (21)
58,9% Real Madrid (28)
56,2% PSV Eindhoven (16)
55,6% CSKA Sofia, Malmö FF (18)
50,0% Újpesti Dósza (32), Benfica (30), Dynamo Dresden (20), Panathinaikos (15), FC Basel (14)
40,6% Austria Vienna (16)

Goals in the national team, 1940s, 50s and 60s

 

World Cup topscorers in bold text.

84 Puskás
77 Pelé
75 Kocsis
68 G. Müller
51 Tichy
49 B. Charlton
48 Lubanski
44 Greaves
43 G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 O. Madsen
41 Eusébio
39 Hidegkuti, Pol
38 Bobek
37 Galic
36 Bene
35 Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes
33 F. Walter, Lenstra
32 Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic
31 Albert
30 Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse
29 Di Stéfano [Argentina/Colombia/Spain], Fatton, Enoksen, Deák
28 Veselinovic, E. Hof
27 Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik
26 V. Ivanov 

Goals per appearance:
1,429 Fontaine -photo-
1,303 G. Nordahl
1,103 Kocsis
1,097 G. Müller
1,000 Zarra
0,960 Artime
0,944 Puskás
0,921 Wilkes
0,920 Mortensen
0,909 Lofthouse
0,848 Pol
0,840 O. Madsen
0,837 Pelé
0,833 Riva
0,821 Ademir
0,773 K. Aa. Hansen
0,772 Greaves
0,757 Veselinovic, E. Hof
0,750 Palotás
0,725 Galic
0,724 Sanfilippo
0,708 Tichy, Præst
0,707 Di Stéfano
0,702 Lenstra
0,692 Míguez
0,690 Ponedelnik
0,677 Zambata 
0,676 Hügi
0,641 Eusébio
0,640 Lubanski
0,611 Scherer
0,603 Bobek 
0,600 Cieslik
0,597 Seeler
0,593 Tostão
0,581 Hennum
0,566 Zizinho
0,565 Hidegkuti
0,564 Jair
0,561 Gren
0,548 Baltazar
0,547 Fatton
0,542 Mitic 
0,541 F. Walter
0,538 Abbadie
0,537 Enoksen
0,531 Hamrin
0,529 Simonsson, Hunt
0,525 Rahn
0,522 Liedholm
0,516 Ambrois
0,500 Sideris
0,490 Hurst
0,486 Piantoni
0,485 Milutinovic
0,482 Mermans
0,481 Julinho
0,478 Vincent
0,474 Bene, J. P. Hansen
0,469 Stojaspal
0,462 B. Charlton, Kotkov
0,459 Labruna
0,448 Machos
0,447 Coppens
0,440 Jarosik
0,438 L. Suárez
0,435 Tesourinha
0,433 V. Ivanov
0,432 Jairzinho
0,423 Mannion
0,422 O. Iversen
0,421 P. Vandenbergh
0,419 Corbatta
0,417 Anoul
0,400 Kopa, Moravčík
0,395 Finney, J. Charles
0,394 Haller
0,393 Rajkov
0,389 Cantwell
0,380 Asparukhov, Banishevski
0,377 Chislenko
0,372 Kindvall

Today two years ago: Japan 2-1 Spain

 0-1 11' Álvaro Morata h.  (Azpilicueta), 1-1 48' Ritsu Dōan, 2-1 53' Ao Tanaka (Kaoru Mitoma). Att: 44.851 (Khalifa International Stadium, Doha).

Japan: Shuichi Gonda 6,00 - Ko Itakura 5,90, Maya Yoshida 6,40, Shogo Taniguchi 6,10, Junya Ito 6,20, Yuto Nagatomo 5,40 (46' Kaoru Mitoma 7,10), Hidemasa Morita 6,30, Ao Tanaka 7,20 (87' Wataru Endo), Takefusa Kubo 5,10 (46' Ritsu Dōan 7,60), Daizen Maeda 5,60 (62' Takuma Asano 6,10), Daichi Kamada 6,10 (69' Takehiro Tomiyasu 6,00). - coach: Hajime Moriyasu 7,90. = average: 6,21 [solid]

Spain: Unai Simón 4,70 - Azpilicueta 6,40 (46' Dani Carvajal 5,30), Rodri 5,40, Pau Torres 5,60, Álex Baldé 4,90 (68' Jordi Alba 6,00), Busquets 5,50, Gavi 5,60 (68' Ansu Fati 5,70), Nico Williams 5,50 (57' Ferrán Torres 5,50), Pedri 5,50, Álvaro Morata 6,40 (57' Marco Asensio 5,60), Dani Olmo 5,40. - coach: Luis Enrique 4,80. 0 average: 5,56 [failing]

Argentina ratings ib the 1979 Under 21 World Cup

7,00 Juan Simón 

6,90 Diego Maradona

6,83 Hugo Alves

6,70 Ovaldo Escudero

6,33 Sergio García, Daniel Sperandío

6,25 Juan Barbas

6,10 Ramón Ángel Díaz

6,08 Rubén Rossi

6,00 Juan José Meza

5,67 Barrera