Willi Kreuz - International Appearances


The outstanding Austrian player played 56 international matches for Austria. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 29- 5-1949
Country: Austria   
Caps: 56 (W21-D14-L21 – GF74-GA79 - %50.00)   
Goals: 10
Age First Cap:   19 yr 325 d    19- 4-1969 vs. Cyprus 2-1
Age Last Cap:    32 yr  19 d    17- 6-1981 vs. Finland 5-1
National Team Career: 12 yr  59 d

Caps   Date   Venue           Opponent        Score    Competition  

  1  19- 4-69 Lefkosia        Cyprus           2-1     World Cup Qualifier
  2  23- 4-69 Tel-Aviv        Israel           1-1
  3  27- 4-69 Valletta        Malta            3-1 
  4  10- 5-69 Nürnberg        West Germany     0-1     World Cup Qualifier
  5  12- 4-70 Wien            Czechoslovakia   1-3
  6  29- 4-70 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil           0-1   
  7  10- 9-70 Graz            Yugoslavia       0-1   
  8  27- 9-70 Budapest        Hungary          1-1 
  9   7-10-70 Wien            France           1-0   
 10  31-10-70 Wien            Italy            1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 11   4- 4-71 Wien            Hungary          0-2   
 12  26- 5-71 Stockholm       Sweden           0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 13  30- 5-71 Dublin          Ireland          4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 14   8- 4-72 Brno            Czechoslovakia   0-2   
 15  30- 4-72 Wien            Malta            4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 16  29- 4-73 Budapest        Hungary          2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 17  23- 5-73 Göteborg        Sweden           2-3     World Cup Qualifier
 18  13- 6-73 Wien            Brazil           1-1   
 19  26- 9-73 London          England          0-7   
 20  10-10-73 Hannover        West Germany     0-4   
 21  27-11-73 Gelsenkirchen   Sweden           1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 22  27- 3-74 Rotterdam       Netherlands      1-1   
 23   8- 6-74 Wien            Italy            0-0 
 24   4- 9-74 Wien            Wales            2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 25  13-11-74 Istanbul        Turkey           1-0   
 26   2- 4-75 Wien            Hungary          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 27   7- 6-75 Wien            Czechoslovakia   0-0   
 28   3- 9-75 Wien            West Germany     0-2   
 29  22- 9-76 Linz            Switzerland      3-1   
 30  13-10-76 Wien            Hungary          2-4
 31  24- 8-77 Wien            Poland           2-1   
 32  24- 9-77 Wien            East Germany     1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 33  12-10-77 Leipzig         East Germany     1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 34  30-10-77 Izmir           Turkey           1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 35  20- 5-78 Wien            Netherlands      0-1   
 36   3- 6-78 Buenos Aires    Spain            2-1     World Cup 
 37   7- 6-78 Buenos Aires    Sweden           1-0     World Cup
 38  11- 6-78 Mar del Plata   Brazil           0-1     World Cup 
 39  14- 6-78 Córdoba         Netherlands      1-5     World Cup 
 40  18- 6-78 Buenos Aires    Italy            0-1     World Cup
 41  21- 6-78 Córdoba         West Germany     3-2 [*] World Cup 
 42  30- 8-78 Oslo            Norway           2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 43  20- 9-78 Wien            Scotland         3-2     European Champ. Qual.
 44  15-11-78 Wien            Portugal         1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 45  30- 1-79 Tel-Aviv        Israel           1-0   
 46  28- 3-79 Brussel         Belgium          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 47   2- 5-79 Wien            Belgium          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 48  13- 6-79 Wien            England          4-3   
 49  29- 8-79 Wien            Norway           4-0     European Champ. Qual.
 50  26- 9-79 Wien            Hungary          3-1   
 51  17-10-79 Glasgow         Scotland         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 52  21-11-79 Lisboa          Portugal         2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 53   2- 4-80 München         West Germany     0-1   
 54  21- 5-80 Wien            Argentina        1-5   
 55   4- 6-80 Budapest        Hungary          1-1   
 56  17- 6-81 Linz            Finland          5-1     World Cup Qualifier

[*] this win against West Germany, the so-called "Wunder von Córdoba",
    obtained mythical status in Austrian football history; while it was
    the first win by Austria in a World Cup tournament against their 
    unloved neighbours ("Piefkes"), after distressing losses in 1934
    and 1954, it is usually forgotten that the match was of very limited
    interest: Austria had already been eliminated, and while West Germany
    would have reached the third place match in case of a draw, their
    chances to defend their 1974 title were more than remote: they
    needed a draw in the parallel match between the Netherlands and
    Italy (which didn't happen) coupled with a 5-goal win against Austria
    to reach the final


Total Record    
   
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage    
    56    21   14   21   74-  79      56       50.00        
       
 
Types of           Matches and Goals

Friendlies             27        5
World Cup               6        -
World Cup Qualifiers   10        2 
European Champ. Qual.  13        3

Total                  56       10


Goals:

Cap  1  1 goal
Cap  2  1 goal
Cap  3  1 goal
Cap  9  1 goal
Cap 18  1 goal
Cap 24  1 goal
Cap 29  1 goal
Cap 32  1 goal
Cap 43  1 goal
Cap 49  1 goal

Total  10 goals



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Last updated: 13 Jan 2011

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