Football World Cup 1970 / Belgium

This article covers the Belgian national football team at the 1970 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Belgium	14: 8	9
2	Yugoslavia	19: 7	7th
3	Spain	10: 6	6th
4th	Finland	6:28	2

Finland	-	Belgium	1: 2
Belgium	-	Finland	6: 1
Belgium	-	Yugoslavia	3-0
Spain	-	Belgium	1: 1
Belgium	-	Spain	2: 1
Yugoslavia	-	Belgium	4-0

Belgian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Christian Piot	Standard Liege	04/10/1947	3	0	0	0
12	Jean-Marie Trappeniers	RSC Anderlecht	01/13/1942	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jacques Duquesne	ROC Charleroi	04/22/1940	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Georges Heylens	RSC Anderlecht	08/08/1941	3	0	0	0
3	Jean Thissen	Standard Liege	04/21/1946	3	0	1	0
4th	Nicolas Dewalque	Standard Liege	09/20/1945	3	0	0	0
5	Léon Jeck	Standard Liege	02/09/1947	2	0	0	0
13	Jacques Beurlet	Standard Liege	December 21, 1944	0	0	0	0
14th	Maurice Martens	RSC Anderlecht	06/05/1947	0	0	0	0
20th	Alfons Peeters	RSC Anderlecht	01/21/1943	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Jean Dockx	RWD Molenbeek	05/24/1941	3	0	0	0
7th	Léon Semmeling	Standard Liege	04/01/1940	3	0	0	0
8th	Wilfried Van Moer	Standard Liege	03/01/1945	3	2	0	0
15th	Erwin Vandendaele	Club Bruges	05.03.1945	0	0	0	0
17th	Jan Verheyen	Beerschot VAC	07/09/1944	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Johan Devrindt	RSC Anderlecht	04/14/1945	2	0	0	0
10	Paul Van Himst	RSC Anderlecht	10/02/1943	3	0	0	0
11	Wilfried Puis	RSC Anderlecht	02/18/1943	3	0	0	0
16	Odilon Polleunis	VV St. Truiden	05/01/1943	2	0	0	0
18th	Raoul Lambert	Club Bruges	10/22/1944	2	2	0	0
19th	Pierre Carteus	Club Bruges	09/24/1943	0	0	0	0
21st	François Janssens	Lierse SK	09/25/1945	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Raymond Goethals		07.10.1921

Belgian team matches

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	6: 1	5
2	Mexico	5-0	5
3	Belgium	4: 5	2
4th	El Salvador	0: 9	0

• Belgium - El Salvador 3: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 92,000

Referee: Rădulescu ( Romania )

Goals: 1-0 Van Moer (12th), 2-0 Van Moer (54th), 3-0 Lambert (76th) 11m

• Soviet Union - Belgium 4: 1 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 59,000

Referee: Schürer ( Switzerland )

Goals: 1-0 Byschowez (14th), 2-0 Asatiani (57th), 3-0 Byschowez (63rd), 4: 0 Kmelnitski (76th), 4: 1 Lambert (86th)

• Mexico - Belgium 1: 0 (1: 0)

Stadium: Aztec Stadium ( Mexico City )

Spectators: 105,000

Referee: Coerezza ( Argentina )

Goals: 1-0 Peña (14th) 11m