Eric Gerets - International Appearances


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  Reykjavík      Iceland            1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  4  10-11-76  Liège          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  Liège          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  København      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  München        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  Chorzów        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 México  Mexico             1-2     World Cup
 58   8- 6-86  Toluca         Iraq               2-1     World Cup
 59  15- 6-86  León           Soviet Union       4-3 aet World Cup
 60  22- 6-86  Puebla         Spain              1-1 [1] World Cup
 61  25- 6-86  Cd. de México  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.

[1] aet, 5-4 pen  

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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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 16 May 2013

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