Frank "Franky" Vercauteren - International Appearances


The outstanding Belgian player obtained 63 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  28-10-1956 in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Country:  Belgium
Caps:	63	(W23-D16-L24 - GF78-GA81 - %49.21)
Goals:	 9
Age First Cap:	 21 yr  19 d	16-11-1977 vs. Northern Ireland 0-3
Age Last Cap:	 31 yr 350 d	12-10-1988 vs. Brazil 1-2
National Team Career: 10 yr 331 d


Caps   Date    Venue          Opponent          Score    Competition
  1  16-11-77  Belfast        Northern Ireland   0-3     World Cup Qualifier
  2  21-12-77  Liège          Italy              0-1     
  3  22- 3-78  Charleroi      Austria            1-0     
  4  11-10-78  Lisboa         Portugal           1-1     European Champ. Qual.
  5  15-11-78  Jaffa          Israel             0-1     
  6  28- 3-79  Bruxelles      Austria            1-1     European Champ. Qual.
  7   2- 5-79  Wien           Austria            0-0     European Champ. Qual.
  8  12- 9-79  Oslo           Norway             2-1     European Champ. Qual.
  9  26- 9-79  Rotterdam      Netherlands        0-1     
 10  18- 2-81  Bruxelles      Cyprus             3-2     World Cup Qualifier
 11  25- 3-81  Brussel        Ireland            1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 12  29- 4-81  Paris          France             2-3     World Cup Qualifier
 13   9- 9-81  Bruxelles      France             2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 14  14-10-81  Rotterdam      Netherlands        0-3     World Cup Qualifier
 15  16-12-81  Valencia       Spain              0-2     
 16  24- 3-82  Brussel        Romania            4-1     
 17  28- 4-82  Bruxelles      Bulgaria           2-1     
 18  27- 5-82  København      Denmark            0-1     
 19  13- 6-82  Barcelona      Argentina          1-0     World Cup
 20  19- 6-82  Elche          El Salvador        1-0     World Cup
 21  22- 6-82  Elche          Hungary            1-1     World Cup
 22  28- 6-82  Barcelona      Poland             0-3     World Cup
 23   1- 7-82  Barcelona      Soviet Union       0-1     World Cup
 24  22- 9-82  München        West Germany       0-0     
 25   6-10-82  Brussel        Switzerland        3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 26  15-12-82  Bruxelles      Scotland           3-2     European Champ. Qual.
 27  30- 3-83  Leipzig        East Germany       2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 28  27- 4-83  Brussel        East Germany       2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 29  31- 5-83  Luxembourg     France             1-1     
 30  21- 9-83  Bruxelles      Netherlands        1-1     
 31  12-10-83  Glasgow        Scotland           1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 32   9-11-83  Bern           Switzerland        1-3     European Champ. Qual.
 33  29- 2-84  Brussel        West Germany       0-1     
 34   6- 6-84  Bruxelles      Hungary            2-2     
 35  13- 6-84  Lens           Yugoslavia         2-0     European Championship
 36  16- 6-84  Nantes         France             0-5     European Championship
 37  19- 6-84  Strasbourg     Denmark            2-3     European Championship
 38   5- 9-84  Brussel        Argentina          0-2     
 39  17-10-84  Bruxelles      Albania            3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 40  19-12-84  Athinai        Greece             0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 41  22-12-84  Tiranë         Albania            0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 42  27- 3-85  Brussel        Greece             2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 43   1- 5-85  Bruxelles      Poland             2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 44  16-10-85  Brussel        Netherlands        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 45  20-11-85  Rotterdam      Netherlands        1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 46  19- 2-86  Elche          Spain              0-3     
 47  23- 4-86  Bruxelles      Bulgaria           2-0     
 48  19- 5-86  Brussel        Yugoslavia         1-3     
 49   3- 6-86  Cd. de México  Mexico             1-2     World Cup
 50   8- 6-86  Toluca         Iraq               2-1     World Cup
 51  11- 6-86  Toluca         Paraguay           2-2     World Cup
 52  15- 6-86  León           Soviet Union       4-3 aet World Cup
 53  22- 6-86  Puebla         Spain              1-1 [1] World Cup
 54  25- 6-86  Cd. de México  Argentina          0-2     World Cup
 55  10- 9-86  Bruxelles      Ireland            2-2     European Champ. Qual.
 56  14-10-86  Luxembourg     Luxembourg         6-0     European Champ. Qual.
 57  19-11-86  Brussel        Bulgaria           1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 58   4- 2-87  Braga          Portugal           0-1     
 59   1- 4-87  Bruxelles      Scotland           4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 60  29- 4-87  Dublin         Ireland            0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 61   9- 9-87  Rotterdam      Netherlands        0-0     
 62  14-10-87  Glasgow        Scotland           0-2     European Champ. Qual.
 63  12-10-88  Antwerpen      Brazil             1-2     

[1] aet, 5-4 pen  

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    63    23   16   24   78-  81      62      49.21

Types of Matches
Friendlies             20
World Cup Qualifiers   13
World Cup              11
European Champ. Qual.  16
European Championship   3

Total                  63


Goals:

Cap   4     1 goal
Cap  32     1 goal
Cap  37     1 goal
Cap  42     1 goal
Cap  43     1 goal
Cap  44     1 goal
Cap  51     1 goal
Cap  56     1 goal
Cap  59     1 goal

Total:      9 goals





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