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List of first association football internationals per country: 1940–1962

The following is a list of first official international association football matches for each (present or past) member of FIFA, played between 1940 and 1962. The matches are listed chronologically.


List of matches edit

Croatia edit

2 April 1940[1] Friendly Croatia   4–0    Switzerland HSK Gradjanski Stadium, Zagreb
Matekalo   46'
Cimermančić   70', 82'
Lešnik   84'		 RSSSF reportEU-Football report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy)

Lebanon edit

27 April 1940[2] Friendly Mandatory Palestine   5–1   Lebanon Maccabiah Stadium, Tel-Aviv
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Blackwell (England)

Puerto Rico edit

12 November 1940 [3] Friendly Cuba   1–1   Puerto Rico Havana
Not known   ?' Not known   ?'

Afghanistan and Iran edit

25 August 1941[4][5] Friendly Afghanistan   0–0   Iran Ghazi Stadium, Kabul
Report Attendance: 10,000

Syria edit

19 April 1942[6] Friendly Lebanon   1–2   Syria Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Abou Nader   30'

Mongolia edit

10 August 1942[7] Manchuria 10th Anniversary Tournament Japan   12–0   Mongolia Xinjing, Manchuria
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Tanzania edit

1945[8] Gossage Cup Tanganyika   0–7   Uganda Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Iceland edit

17 July 1946[9] Friendly Iceland   0–3   Denmark Reykjavík
Report Christiansen   ?'
Hansen   ?'
Sørensen   ?'

Albania edit

17 July 1946[10] Balkan Cup Albania   2–3   Yugoslavia Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Mirashi   6'
Teliti   8'		 Report Matošić   49'
Bobek   52'
Čajkovski   57'		 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)

Zambia edit

1946[11] Friendly Southern Rhodesia   0–4   Northern Rhodesia Salisbury
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?'

Ethiopia and Djibouti edit

15 May 1947[12][13] Friendly Ethiopia   5–0   French Somaliland Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Madagascar and Mauritius edit

1947[14][15] Triangular Tournament Madagascar   1–2   Mauritius Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo
Not known   ?' Not known   ?', ?'

China PR edit

2 August 1948[16] Olympic Games Turkey   4–0   China Green Pond Road, Walthamstow, England
Kılıç   18'   61'
Saygun   72'
Küçükandonyadis   87'		 Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Johann Beck (Austria)

South Korea edit

2 August 1948[17] Olympic Games South Korea   5–3   Mexico Champion Hill, Dulwich, England
Choi Song-Gon   13'
Bai Chon-Go   30'
Chung Kook-Chin   63'   66'
Chung Nam-Sik   87'		 Report Cárdenas   23'
Figueroa   85'
Ruiz   89'		 Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Leo Lemesic (Yugoslavia)

Israel edit

26 September 1948[18] Friendly USA Olympic Team   3–1   Israel Giants Stadium, New York City, United States
Souza   14', 57' McLaughlin   44' Ben-Dror   20' Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Coggin

Hong Kong edit

1 January 1949[19] Friendly Hong Kong   2–5   South Korea Hong Kong
Not known   ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

South Vietnam edit

15 January 1949[20] Friendly South Vietnam   2–4   South Korea Saigon
Not known   ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?'

Macau edit

25 January 1949[21] Friendly Macau   1–5   South Korea Macau
Not known   ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Cyprus edit

30 July 1949[22] Friendly Israel   3–1   Cyprus Tel Aviv
Not known   ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?'

Sierra Leone and Nigeria edit

10 August 1949[23] Friendly Sierra Leone   0–2   Nigeria Freetown
Not known   ?', ?'

Pakistan edit

6 January 1950[24] Friendly Iran   5–1   Pakistan Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Boromand   ?', ?', ?'
Shakibi   ?'
Khatami   ?'		 Report Not known   ?' Attendance: 17,000

Ghana edit

28 May 1950[25] Friendly Gold Coast   1–0   Nigeria Accra
Not known   ?'

Saarland edit

22 November 1950[26] Friendly Saar   5–3    Switzerland "B" Ludwigparkstadion, Saarbrücken
Berg   3'
Leibenguth   11', 75'
Martin   14', 65'		 [1] Albert Stoll   51', 57'
Hügi   69'		 Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Léon Boes (France)

Myanmar edit

5 March 1951[27] Asian Games Iran   2–0   Burma National Stadium, New Delhi
Afshar   17'
Kouzehkanani   60'		 Report Attendance: 17,000

New Caledonia edit

19 September 1951[28] Friendly New Caledonia   2–0   New Zealand Nouméa
Not known   ?', ?'

Vanuatu edit

4 October 1951[29] Friendly New Hebrides   0–9   New Zealand Nouméa, New Caledonia
Coxon   ?', ?', ?'
Walsh   ?', ?', ?'
Newall   ?', ?'
Fleet   ?'

Fiji edit

7 October 1951[30] Friendly Fiji   4–6   New Zealand Suva
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?' Newall   ?', ?', ?'
Coxon   ?'
McKissock   ?'
Mutimer   ?'

Sri Lanka edit

1 January 1952[31] Friendly Ceylon   0–2   Pakistan Colombo
Not known   ?', ?'

East Germany edit

21 September 1952[32] Friendly Poland   3–0   East Germany Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Trampisz   70'
Anioła   80', 84'		 [2] Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sándor Harangozó (Hungary)

Tahiti edit

21 September 1952[33] Friendly French Polynesia   2–2   New Zealand Papeete
Not known   ?', ?' Coxon   ?'
Newall   ?'

Singapore edit

11 April 1953[34] Friendly Singapore   2–3   South Korea Singapore
Not known   ?', ?' Choi Chung-min   ?'
Park Il-kap   ?'
Not known   ?'

Malaysia edit

13 April 1953[35] Friendly Malaya   2–3   South Korea Singapore
Not known   ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?'

Palestine edit

26 July 1953[36] Pan Arab Games Egypt   8–1   Palestine Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Qadoura   10'
Shareef El-Far   25'
Ad-Diba   34', 37', 42', 60'
El-Dhizui   50', 80'		   17' Farah

Libya edit

29 July 1953[37] Pan Arab Games Egypt   10–2   Libya Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Rous   4'
El-Dhizui   19', 56', 69', 77'
Ad-Diba   46', 79', 88'
Qadoura   65'
?   ?' (o.g.)		   35' Zantouni
  60' (pen.) Al-Houni

Jordan edit

1 August 1953[38] Pan Arab Games Syria   3–1   Jordan Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt
Al-Aqqad   28', 75'
Yaqoub   35'		   15' ?

Chinese Taipei edit

1 May 1954[39] Asian Games Republic of China   3–2   South Vietnam Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
Lee Tai-fai   17'
Chu Wing-keung   37' (pen.)
Yiu Cheuk-yin   50'		 Nguyễn Văn Tư   41'
Trần Văn Ứng   65'

Cambodia edit

17 March 1956[40][3] Asian Cup qualifier Cambodia   2–3   Malaya Phnom-Penh
Not known   ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?'

North Vietnam edit

4 October 1956[41] Three Nations Tournament China   5–3   North Vietnam Beijing
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?'

North Korea edit

7 October 1956[42] Three Nations Tournament China   0–1   North Korea Beijing
Not known   ?'

Togo edit

13 October 1956[43][44] Friendly French Togoland   1–1   Gold Coast Stade Agoè-Nyivé, Lomé
Not known   ?' Not known   ?'

Sudan edit

16 November 1956[45] Friendly Ethiopia   2–1   Sudan Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Not known   ?', ?' Not known   ?'

Thailand edit

1956[46] Friendly South Vietnam   3–1   Thailand South Vietnam
Not known   ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?'

Malta edit

24 February 1957[47] Friendly Malta   2–3   Austria "B" Ta' Qali National Stadium, Gżira
Cauchi   86'
Nicholl   89'		 Report Bonnici   16' (o.g.)
Wagner   72'
Haummer   78'		 Attendance: 17,421
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

Algeria edit

1 June 1957[48][49] Friendly Tunisia   1–2   Algeria[5] Tunisia
Not known   ?' Not known   ?', ?'

Saudi Arabia edit

18 October 1957[50][6] Pan Arab Games Lebanon   1–1   Saudi Arabia Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut
Kayyal   30' Report Altonian   22'

Morocco and Iraq edit

19 October 1957[51][52] Pan Arab Games Morocco   3–3   Iraq Beirut, Lebanon
El-Madani   ?'
Benchekroun   ?', ?' (p)		 Report Ammo Baba   48'
Eshaya   50'
Salman   63'

Benin edit

8 November 1959[53] Nkrumah Cup Dahomey   0–1   Nigeria Cotonou
[7] Onyeanwuna   ?'

Ivory Coast edit

13 April 1960[54] French Community Games Ivory Coast   3–2   Dahomey Antananarivo, Madagascar
Not known   ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?'

Burkina Faso and Gabon edit

13 April 1960[55][56] French Community Games Upper Volta   5–4   Gabon Antananarivo, Madagascar
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?'

Cameroon edit

13 April 1960[57] French Community Games Cameroon   9–2   Djibouti Antananarivo, Madagascar
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?'		 Not known   ?', ?'

Mali and Central African Republic edit

13 April 1960[58][59] French Community Games Mali   4–3   Central African Republic Antananarivo, Madagascar
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?'

Congo edit

13 April 1960[60] French Community Games Congo   4–1   Réunion Antananarivo, Madagascar
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?'

Guinea edit

2 October 1960[61] Friendly Nigeria   4–1   Guinea Onikan Stadium, Lagos
Ekpe   ?'
Emenako   ?'
Amusa   ?'
Fayemi   ?'		 Report Not known   ?'

Kuwait edit

3 September 1961[62] Pan Arab Games Kuwait   2–2   Libya Casablanca, Morocco
Report

Laos edit

12 December 1961[63] Southeast Asian Peninsular Games South Vietnam   7–0   Laos Rangoon, Burma
Report

Senegal edit

31 December 1961[64] Friendly tournament Dahomey   4–3   Senegal Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?', ?'

Malawi edit

15 October 1962[65] Friendly Malawi   0–12   Ghana Blantyre
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Not known   ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'

Gambia edit

5 December 1962[66] Friendly Gambia   3–2   Senegal Banjul
Not known   ?', ?', ?' Not known   ?', ?'

See also edit

Notes edit

A.^ RSSSF[67] list three matches played in Hong Kong in 1949, 1950 and 1953 between "China" and South Korea whose status is not officially recognized by FIFA.
B.^ Prior to Algerian independence in 1962, matches were organised under the auspices of the Front de Libération Nationale.[48][68]
C.^ There is some confusion as to the order and results of the two matches played between Cambodia and Malaya in the 1956 Asian Cup Qualification tournament. The RFFFS page for Cambodia[40] shows Cambodia losing 2–3 to Malaya on 17 March and losing 2–9 to Malaya on 24 April, with both matches played in Malaya. The Elo site for Cambodia[69] shows the same results, but with the match on 17 March being played in Cambodia. The RFFFS page for the Asian Cup shows the matches as 9–2 to Malaya on 17 March (played in Malaya) and 3–2 to Cambodia on 24 April (played in Cambodia).[70] As the Elo rankings are based on Cambodia losing both matches, this is assumed to be correct
D.^ The RSSSF page for Saudi Arabia[71] lists the first match as being played on 20 October 1957 against Syria in the 1957 Pan Arab Games, whereas the RSSSF article on these games lists the first match as being played against the hosts, Lebanon, on 18 October.[72] This is supported by the Elo page for Saudi Arabia.[50]

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