1966–67 in Belgian football

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The 1966–67 season was the 64th season of competitive

RFC Malinois (3-1 after extra time). The Belgium national football team started their 1968 UEFA Euro qualification campaign with 2 wins (against neighbours France and Luxembourg) and 1 loss (against Poland).[2]

Overview

Belgium was drawn in Group 7 of the 1968 UEFA Euro qualification first round with France, Poland and Luxembourg. All 8 group winners would later play quarter-finals in two legs before the finals. Belgium started their campaign with a 2-1 win against France, then with a 0-5 win against Luxembourg. In the late season, Poland beat Belgium 3-1. At this point, Poland, France and Belgium were level with 4 points.

At the end of the season,

RC Tirlemont) qualified for the Division II. The bottom 2 clubs of each Division III league were relegated to the Promotion: Kortrijk Sport, U Basse-Sambre-Auvelais, Wavre Sports and Voorwaarts Tienen. The winner of each Promotion league was promoted to the Division III: K Puurs EFC, SV Oudenaarde, K Olympia SC Wijgmaal and RA Marchiennoise des Sports
.

National team

Date Venue Opponents Score* Comp Belgium scorers
October 22, 1966 Klokke Stadion, Bruges (H) Switzerland 1-0 F Roger Claessen
November 11, 1966 Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) France 2-1 ECQ Paul Van Himst (2)
March 19, 1967 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A) Luxembourg 5-0 ECQ Paul Van Himst (2), Jacques Stockman (3)
April 16, 1967 Bosuilstadion, Antwerp (H) Netherlands 1-0 F Wilfried Puis
May 21, 1967
Chorzow
(A) 		Poland 1-3 ECQ Wilfried Puis

* Belgium score given first

Key

  • H = Home match
  • A = Away match
  • N = On neutral ground
  • F = Friendly
  • ECQ = European Championship qualification
  • o.g. = own goal

European competitions

RSC Anderlechtois easily beat FC Haka of Finland in the first round of the 1966–67 European Champion Clubs' Cup (wins 1-10 away and 2-0 at home) but was eliminated in the second round by Dukla Prague of Czechoslovakia (defeats 4-1 away and 1-2 at home).

Standard Liège defeated

Bayern Munich of West Germany
(defeats 2-0 away and 1-3 at home).

Three Belgian clubs entered the

Kilmarnock FC of Scotland (defeats 0-1 at home and 7-2 away) and ARA La Gantoise won against FC Girondins de Bordeaux of France
(win 1-0 at home and draw 0-0 away). ARA La Gantoise then lost in the third round to Kilmarnock FC (defeats 1-0 away and 1-2 at home after extra time).

Honours

Competition Winner
Division I
 RSC Anderlechtois
Cup Standard Liège
Division II SK Beveren-Waas
Division III
RC Tirlemont
Promotion
 K Puurs EFC, SV Oudenaarde, K Olympia SC Wijgmaal and RA Marchiennoise des Sports

Final league tables

Premier Division

Main article: 1966–67 Belgian First Division

References

  1. ^ http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1966-1967FR.pdf Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine FA website
  2. ^ http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html Archived 2011-01-18 at the Wayback Machine FA website
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