The Mpenza Brothers - International Appearances


The brother pair of Mbo and Emile Mpenza played together for the Belgian national team on 26 occasions (in 4 of these matches, they were not on the field simultaneously).


Caps   Date    Venue          Opponent          Score    Competition
  1  29- 3-97  Cardiff        Wales              2-1 [-] World Cup Qualifier
  2  29- 5-98  Casablanca     England            0-0 [1] King Hassan II Tournament
  3   3- 6-98  Brussel        Colombia           2-0     
  4   6- 6-98  Bruxelles      Paraguay           1-0     
  5  25- 6-98  Paris          South Korea        1-1     World Cup
  6   3- 2-99  Lemesos        Cyprus             1-0     Cyprus International Tournament
  7   5- 2-99  Larnaka        Greece             0-1     Cyprus International Tournament
  8  27- 3-99  Bruxelles      Bulgaria           0-1    
  9  30- 3-99  Liège          Egypt              0-1 
 10   7- 9-99  Liège          Morocco            4-0   
 11  29- 3-00  Brussel        Netherlands        2-2           
 12  14- 6-00  Brussel        Italy              0-2     European Championship
 13  16- 8-00  Sofia          Bulgaria           3-1 [-] 
 14   2- 9-00  Brussel        Croatia            0-0 [-] World Cup Qualifier
 15   7- 9-02  Brussel        Bulgaria           0-2     European Champ. Qual.
 16  12- 2-03  Annaba         Algeria            3-1     
 17   7- 6-03  Sofia          Bulgaria           2-2     European Champ. Qual.
 18  11-10-03  Liège          Estonia            2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 19  18- 2-04  Brussel        France             0-2     
 20   9- 2-05  Cairo          Egypt              0-4     
 21   4- 6-05  Beograd        Serbia-Montenegro  0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 22  17- 8-05  Brussel        Greece             2-0     
 23   8-10-05  Bruxelles      Spain              0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 24  12-10-05  Vilnius        Lithuania          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 25   7-10-06  Beograd        Serbia             0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 26  11-10-06  Bruxelles      Azerbaijan         3-0 [-] European Champ. Qual.

[1] 4-3 pen  

[-] in these matches Mbo and Emile did not play together:
      in match 1, Emile was substituted by Mbo in 65';
      in match 13, Emile was substituted by Mbo in 73';
      in match 14, Emile was substituted by Mbo in 76';
      in match 26, Emile was substituted in 70' while Mbo
      entered as a substitute in 77'

Total Record    
   
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage    
    26    10    7    9   29-  25      27       51.92
  
       
Types of Matches

Friendlies             11 (10)
World Cup Qualifiers    5 ( 3)
World Cup               1 ( 1)
European Champ. Qual.   5 ( 4)
European Championship   1 ( 1)
Other Tournaments       3 ( 3)

Total                  26 (22)

NB: between brackets number of matches in which both played
    simultaneously


Goals:      Mbo      Emile

Cap   6              1 goal
Cap  10              1 goal
Cap  11              1 goal
Cap  13              1 goal
Cap  14              1 goal
Cap  16              1 goal
Cap  22     1 goal   1 goal

Total:      1 goal   7 goals



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Last updated: 6 Apr 2011

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