Wales national football team results (1960–1979)

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Wales national football team results

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international association football and is governed by the Football Association of Wales (FAW). Between 1960 and 1979 the side played 118 matches, the majority of which came against the other national teams of the Home Nations in the British Home Championship. Their first match of the period was a 3–2 victory over Northern Ireland which secured a shared Home Championship title as Wales, England and Scotland each finished with four points.[1][2]

Having reached the quarter-finals of the 1958 FIFA World Cup,[3] Wales suffered defeat in the qualifying stages for the 1962 tournament. As the team also failed to qualify for the 1966 FIFA World Cup they instead undertook tours to South America in both summers, playing several matches against Brazil and other sides.[1][4] Wales also entered the 1964 European Nations' Cup, after not taking part in the inaugural competition four years earlier, but were eliminated in the first qualifying round by Hungary.[5] The decade ended at a low point as Wales failed to gain a single point in qualifying for the 1970 FIFA World Cup and finished bottom of the last British Home Championship of the decade.[6][7]

Wales reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championships,[a] but suffered defeat in a two-legged tie against Yugoslavia. The second leg at Ninian Park proved controversial over refereeing decisions while crowd trouble led Wales to receive sanctions on home venues from FIFA.[9][10] In 1978, Wales recorded the second biggest margin of victory in their history by defeating Malta 7–0,[11] with Ian Edwards scoring four times on his debut.[12]

Of the 118 matches, Wales played during this period, they won 32.[13] They were most successful against Northern Ireland, winning 10 of 20 meetings between the two sides.[14] They also defeated Scotland three times and recorded two victories over four other sides.[13] Wales were least successful against England, winning only once in 22 meetings and losing 14.[15]

Results[]

Wales' score is shown first in each case. The colours listed below are also used to signify results combined with the scoreline.

Key
Colour (with score) Meaning
Defeat
Draw
Win
Wales national football team results 1960–1979[b]
Match no. Date Venue H/A Opponents Score Competition Wales scorers Att.
234 6 April 1960 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Northern Ireland 3–2 1959–60 British Home Championship Terry Medwin (2), Cliff Jones 16,979
235 28 September 1960 Dalymount Park, Dublin A  Republic of Ireland 3–2 Friendly Cliff Jones (2), Phil Woosnam 20,000
236 22 October 1960 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 2–0 1960–61 British Home Championship Cliff Jones, Roy Vernon 55,000
237 23 November 1960 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 1–5 1960–61 British Home Championship Ken Leek 65,000
238 12 April 1961 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 5–1 1960–61 British Home Championship Cliff Jones (2), Mel Charles, Ivor Allchurch, Ken Leek 30,000
239 19 April 1961 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Spain 1–2 1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification Phil Woosnam 45,000
240 18 May 1961 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid A  Spain 1–1 1962 FIFA World Cup Qualification Ivor Allchurch 65,466
241 28 May 1961 Népstadion, Budapest A  Hungary 2–3 Friendly Cliff Jones, Ivor Allchurch 40,000
242 14 October 1961 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 1–1 1961–62 British Home Championship Graham Williams 61,556
243 8 November 1961 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 0–2 1961–62 British Home Championship 74,329
244 11 April 1962 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Northern Ireland 4–0 1961–62 British Home Championship Mel Charles (4) 13,250
245 12 May 1962 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro A  Brazil 1–3 Friendly Ivor Allchurch 83,112
246 16 May 1962 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo A  Brazil 1–3 Friendly Ken Leek 30,710
247 22 May 1962 Estadio Azul, Mexico City A  Mexico 1–2 Friendly John Charles 75,000
248 20 October 1962 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 2–3 1962–63 British Home Championship Ivor Allchurch, John Charles 50,000
249 7 November 1962 Népstadion, Budapest A  Hungary 1–3 UEFA Euro 1964 qualifying Terry Medwin 40,000
250 21 November 1962 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 0–4 1962–63 British Home Championship 27,500
251 20 March 1963 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Hungary 1–1 UEFA Euro 1964 qualifying Cliff Jones 30,413
252 3 April 1963 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 4–1 1962–63 British Home Championship Cliff Jones (3), Phil Woosnam 25,000
253 12 October 1963 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–4 1963–64 British Home Championship 48,350
254 20 November 1963 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 1–2 1963–64 British Home Championship Barrie Jones 56,067
255 15 April 1964 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Northern Ireland 2–3 1963–64 British Home Championship Brian Godfrey, Wyn Davies 10,434
256 3 October 1964 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 3–2 1964–65 British Home Championship Ken Leek (2), Wyn Davies 37,093
257 21 October 1964 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen A  Denmark 0–1 1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification 22,473
258 18 November 1964 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 1–2 1964–65 British Home Championship Cliff Jones 40,000
259 9 December 1964 Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens A  Greece 0–2 1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification 20,663
260 17 March 1965 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Greece 4–1 1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification Ivor Allchurch (2), Mike England, Roy Vernon 11,159
261 31 March 1965 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 5–0 1964–65 British Home Championship Roy Vernon (2), Cliff Jones, Graham Williams, Ivor Allchurch 15,000
262 1 May 1965 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence A  Italy 1–4 Friendly Brian Godfrey 43,000
263 30 May 1965 Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow A  Soviet Union 1–2 1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification Ron Davies 86,015
264 2 October 1965 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–0 1965–66 British Home Championship 30,000
265 27 October 1965 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Soviet Union 2–1 1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification Roy Vernon, Ivor Allchurch 24,262
266 24 November 1965 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 1–4 1965–66 British Home Championship Ivor Allchurch 49,888
267 1 December 1965 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Denmark 4–2 1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification Roy Vernon (2), Wyn Davies, Ronnie Rees
4,839
268 30 March 1966 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Northern Ireland 1–4 1965–66 British Home Championship Wyn Davies 12,860
269 14 May 1966 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro A  Brazil 1–3 Friendly Ron Davies 64,620
270 18 May 1966 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte A  Brazil 0–1 Friendly 25,231
271 22 May 1966 Estadio Nacional, Santiago A  Chile 0–2 Friendly 54,000
272 22 October 1966 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 1–1 1966–67 British Home Championship[c] Ron Davies 33,269
273 16 November 1966 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 1–5 1966–67 British Home Championship Wyn Davies 75,380
274 12 April 1967 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 0–0 1966–67 British Home Championship 17,770
275 21 October 1967 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–3 1967–68 British Home Championship 44,960
276 22 November 1967 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 2–3 1967–68 British Home Championship Ron Davies, Alan Durban 57,472
277 28 February 1968 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Northern Ireland 2–0 1967–68 British Home Championship Ronnie Rees, Wyn Davies 17,548
278 8 May 1968 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  West Germany 1–1 Friendly Wyn Davies
8,075
279 23 October 1968 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Italy 0–1 1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification 18,558
280 26 March 1969 Waldstadion, Frankfurt A  West Germany 1–1 Friendly Barrie Jones 40,000
281 16 April 1969 Heinz-Steyer-Stadion, Dresden A  East Germany 1–2 1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification John Toshack 38,198
282 3 May 1969 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Scotland 3–5 1968–69 British Home Championship Ron Davies (2), John Toshack 18,765
283 7 May 1969 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 1–2 1968–69 British Home Championship Ron Davies 70,000
284 10 May 1969 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 0–0 1968–69 British Home Championship 12,500
285 22 October 1969 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  East Germany 1–3 1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification Dave Powell 22,409
286 4 November 1969 Stadio Olimpico, Rome A  Italy 1–4 1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification Mike England 67,481
287 18 April 1970 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 1–1 1969–70 British Home Championship Dick Krzywicki 40,126
288 22 April 1970 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 0–0 1969–70 British Home Championship 30,434
289 25 April 1970 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Northern Ireland 1–0 1969–70 British Home Championship Ronnie Rees 27,067
290 11 November 1970 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Romania 0–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 19,882
291 21 April 1971 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Czechoslovakia 1–3 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Ron Davies 12,767
292 15 May 1971 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 0–0 1970–71 British Home Championship 19,068
293 19 May 1971 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 0–0 1970–71 British Home Championship 70,000
294 22 May 1971 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 0–1 1970–71 British Home Championship 23,000
295 26 May 1971 Olympiastadion, Helsinki A  Finland 1–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying John Toshack
5,410
296 13 October 1971 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Finland 3–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Alan Durban, John Toshack, Gil Reece 10,301
297 27 October 1971 Letenský stadion, Prague A  Czechoslovakia 0–1 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 20,051
298 24 November 1971 Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest A  Romania 0–2 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying 35,251
299 20 May 1972 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–3 1971–72 British Home Championship 34,000
300 24 May 1972 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 0–1 1971–72 British Home Championship 21,332
301 27 May 1972 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Northern Ireland 0–0 1971–72 British Home Championship 15,647
302 15 November 1972 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–1 1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification 36,384
303 24 January 1973 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 1–1 1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification John Toshack 62,273
304 28 March 1973 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Poland 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification Leighton James, Trevor Hockey 12,753
305 12 May 1973 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Scotland 0–2 1972–73 British Home Championship 18,682
306 15 May 1973 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 0–3 1972–73 British Home Championship 38,000
307 19 May 1973 Goodison Park, Liverpool N  Northern Ireland 0–1 1972–73 British Home Championship
4,946
308 26 September 1973 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów A  Poland 0–3 1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification 70,181
309 11 May 1974 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–2 1973–74 British Home Championship 25,734
310 14 May 1974 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 0–2 1973–74 British Home Championship 41,969
311 18 May 1974 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Northern Ireland 1–0 1973–74 British Home Championship David Smallman
9,311
312 4 September 1974 Praterstadion, Vienna A  Austria 1–2 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Arfon Griffiths 30,795
313 30 October 1974 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Hungary 2–0 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Arfon Griffiths, John Toshack
8,445
314 20 November 1974 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Luxembourg 5–0 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying John Toshack, Mike England, Phil Roberts, Arfon Griffiths, Terry Yorath 10,539
315 16 April 1975 Népstadion, Budapest A  Hungary 2–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying John Toshack, John Mahoney 21,080
316 1 May 1975 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg A  Luxembourg 3–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Leighton James (2), Gil Reece
3,289
317 17 May 1975 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 2–2 1974–75 British Home Championship John Toshack, Brian Flynn 23,509
318 21 May 1975 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 2–2 1974–75 British Home Championship John Toshack, Arfon Griffiths 53,000
319 23 May 1975 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 0–1 1974–75 British Home Championship 17,000
320 19 November 1975 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Austria 1–0 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Arfon Griffiths 27,578
321 24 March 1976 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  England 1–2 Friendly Alan Curtis 20,927
322 24 April 1976 Stadion Dinamo, Zagreb A  Yugoslavia 0–2 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying 36,917
323 6 May 1976 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 1–3 1975–76 British Home Championship Arfon Griffiths 25,466
324 8 May 1976 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 0–1 1975–76 British Home Championship 24,592
325 14 May 1976 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Northern Ireland 1–0 1975–76 British Home Championship Leighton James
9,935
326 22 May 1976 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Yugoslavia 1–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Ian Evans 30,346
327 6 October 1976 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  West Germany 0–2 Friendly 14,029
328 17 November 1976 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 0–1 1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification 63,233
329 30 March 1977 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Czechoslovakia 3–0 1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification Leighton James (2), Nick Deacy 18,022
330 28 May 1977 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Scotland 0–0 1976–77 British Home Championship 14,469
331 31 May 1977 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 1–0 1976–77 British Home Championship Leighton James 48,000
332 3 June 1977 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 1–1 1976–77 British Home Championship Nick Deacy 15,000
333 6 September 1977 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Kuwait 0–0 Friendly
3,132
334 20 September 1977 Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City A  Kuwait 0–0 Friendly
6,000
335 12 October 1977 Anfield, Liverpool[d] H  Scotland 0–2 1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification 50,850
336 16 November 1977 Letenský stadion, Prague A  Czechoslovakia 0–1 1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification 22,383
337 14 December 1977 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund A  West Germany 1–1 Friendly Dave Jones 53,800
338 18 April 1978 Sad-Hezar Nafari Stadium, Tehran A  Iran 1–0 Friendly 50,000
339 13 May 1978 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  England 1–3 1977–78 British Home Championship Phil Dwyer 17,698
340 17 May 1978 Hampden Park, Glasgow A  Scotland 1–1 1977–78 British Home Championship Willie Donachie (o.g.) 70,241
341 19 May 1978 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Northern Ireland 1–0 1977–78 British Home Championship Nick Deacy
9,077
342 25 October 1978 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Malta 7–0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Ian Edwards (4), Peter O'Sullivan, Mickey Thomas, Brian Flynn 11,475
343 29 November 1978 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  Turkey 1–0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Nick Deacy 11,794
344 2 May 1979 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham H  West Germany 0–2 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying 26,900
345 13 May 1978 Ninian Park, Cardiff H  Scotland 3–0 1978–79 British Home Championship John Toshack (3) 20,371
346 23 May 1979 Wembley Stadium, London A  England 0–0 1978–79 British Home Championship 70,220
347 25 May 1979 Windsor Park, Belfast A  Northern Ireland 1–1 1978–79 British Home Championship Robbie James
6,500
348 2 June 1979 Empire Stadium, Gżira A  Malta 2–0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Peter Nicholas, Brian Flynn
8,358
349 11 September 1979 Vetch Field, Swansea H  Republic of Ireland 2–1 Friendly Ian Walsh, Alan Curtis
6,825
350 17 October 1979 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne A  West Germany 1–5 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Alan Curtis 61,400
351 21 November 1979 Alsancak Stadium, Izmir A  Turkey 0–1 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying 30,650

Head to head records[]

Head to head records
Opponent P W D L GF GA W% D% L%
 Austria 2 1 0 1 2 2 50 0 50
 Brazil 4 0 0 4 3 10 0 0 100
 Chile 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 100
 Czechoslovakia 4 1 0 3 4 5 25 0 75
 Denmark 2 1 0 1 1 2 50 0 50
 East Germany 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 100
 England 22 1 7 14 12 45 5 32 64
 Finland 2 2 0 0 4 0 100 0 0
 Greece 2 1 0 1 4 3 50 0 50
 Hungary 5 2 1 2 8 8 40 20 40
 Iran 1 1 0 0 1 0 100 0 0
 Italy 3 0 0 3 2 9 0 0 100
 Kuwait 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 100 0
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 8 1 100 0 0
 Malta 2 2 0 0 9 0 100 0 0
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 100
 Northern Ireland 20 10 5 5 32 16 50 25 25
 Poland 2 1 0 1 2 3 50 0 50
 Republic of Ireland 2 2 0 0 5 3 100 0 0
 Romania 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 50 50
 Scotland 21 3 6 12 22 36 14 29 57
 Soviet Union 2 1 0 1 3 2 50 0 50
 Spain 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 50 50
 Turkey 2 1 0 1 1 1 50 0 50
 West Germany 6 0 3 3 4 12 0 50 50
 Yugoslavia 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 50 50
Totals 118 32 27 59 133 175 27 23 50

Notes[]

  1. ^ For the 1976 tournament, the quarter-finals were played as a two-legged, home and away tie with the final tournament hosting only the semi-finals and beyond.[8]
  2. ^ Table information sourced from the references listed in the statistics section below.
  3. ^ The 1966–67 and 1967-68 British Home Championships were used to determine which of the Home Nations would qualify for the 1968 UEFA European Championships.[16]
  4. ^ The match was held in Liverpool after sanctions against the Welsh team following crowd trouble in the match against Yugoslavia the previous year.[17]

References[]

Statistics
  • Nygård, Jostein. "Wales – International Results". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • "Welsh International Matches". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. London: Guinness World Records Ltd. pp. 562–563. ISBN 978-0-85112-954-9.
Bibliography
  • Stead, Phil (2013). Red Dragons – The Story of Welsh Football. Ceredigion: Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-1-84771-468-8.
Footnotes
  1. ^ a b Stead 2013, pp. 179–182
  2. ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil. "British Home Championship 1947–1966". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ Burnton, Simon (1 July 2016). "Wales at the 1958 World Cup: a quarter-final run with a difference". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ Farmer, David; Stead, Peter (1998). Ivor Allchurch M.B.E. Swansea: Christopher Davies (Publishing) Ltd. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7154-0733-2.
  5. ^ Stead 2013, pp. 184–185
  6. ^ Stead 2013, pp. 193–194
  7. ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil. "British Home Championship 1967–1984". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín. "European Championship 1976". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ Stead 2013, p. 220
  10. ^ Abbandonato, Paul (22 May 2016). "The astonishing story of the forgotten Welsh football giants and the day Ninian Park erupted into violent chaos". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Wales national football team statistics and records: scores". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ Harrison, Nick (19 November 2020). "Mark Hughes, Robbie Savage and Neco Williams are all in the list: Wrexham-born players who have starred for Wales". The Leader. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ^ a b Nygård, Jostein. "Wales – International Results". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Wales national football team: record v Ireland". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Wales national football team: record v England". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  16. ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil. "British Home Championship 1967–1984". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  17. ^ Stead 2013, pp. 222–223

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