Leo Van der Elst - International Appearances


The outstanding Belgian player obtained 13 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Younger brother of François "Swat" Van der Elst; the two never played together in the Belgian National Team.


Born:   7- 1-1962 in Opwijk
Country:  Belgium
Caps:	13	(W7-D2-L4 - GF28-GA18 - %61.54)
Age First Cap:	 22 yr 101 d	17- 4-1984 vs. Poland 1-0
Age Last Cap:	 25 yr  84 d	 1- 4-1987 vs. Scotland 4-1
National Team Career:  2 yr 349 d


Caps   Date    Venue          Opponent          Score    Competition
  1  17- 4-84  Warszawa       Poland             1-0     
  2  17-10-84  Bruxelles      Albania            3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  3  16-10-85  Brussel        Netherlands        1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  4  20-11-85  Rotterdam      Netherlands        1-2     World Cup Qualifier
  5  23- 4-86  Bruxelles      Bulgaria           2-0     
  6  19- 5-86  Brussel        Yugoslavia         1-3     
  7  11- 6-86  Toluca         Paraguay           2-2     World Cup
  8  15- 6-86  León           Soviet Union       4-3 aet World Cup
  9  22- 6-86  Puebla         Spain              1-1 [1] World Cup
 10  28- 6-86  Puebla         France             2-4 aet World Cup
 11  14-10-86  Luxembourg     Luxembourg         6-0     European Champ. Qual.
 12   4- 2-87  Braga          Portugal           0-1     
 13   1- 4-87  Bruxelles      Scotland           4-1     European Champ. Qual.

[1] aet, 5-4 pen  

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    13     7    2    4   28-  18      16      61.54

Types of Matches
Friendlies              4   
World Cup Qualifiers    3
World Cup               4     
European Champ. Qual.   2

Total                  13




About this document

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 31 Mar 2011

(C) Copyright Karel Stokkermans and RSSSF 2011
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.