Javier Clemente - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Spanish coach coached four national teams (Spain, Serbia, Cameroon and Libya) for (in total) 126 international matches and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 12- 3-1950
Country: Spain   
Matches as Coach:		126	(W59-D42-L25 - GF198-GA108 - %63.49)
Matches as Coach for Spain:  	 62	(W36-D20-L 6 - GF126-GA 43 - %74.19)
Matches as Coach for Serbia:  	 16	(W 7-D 7-L 2 - GF 26-GA 13 - %65.62)
Matches as Coach for Cameroon:    9	(W 4-D 4-L 1 - GF 14-GA  6 - %66.67)
Matches as Coach for Libya:  	 39	(W12-D11-L16 - GF 32-GA 46 - %44.87) 
Age First Match: 42 yr 181 d	    9- 9-1992 vs. England 1-0
Age Last Match:  72 yr  81 d	    1- 6-2022 vs. Botswana 1-0
National Team Career: 29 yr 265 d 

Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition 

Coach for Spain
 1    9- 9-92	Santander 	England 	1-0	
 2   23- 9-92	Riga    	Latvia  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 3   14-10-92	Belfast 	N. Ireland	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 4   18-11-92	Sevilla 	Ireland 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 5   16-12-92	Sevilla 	Latvia  	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 6   27- 1-93	Las Palmas 	Mexico  	1-1	
 7   24- 2-93	Sevilla 	Lithuania	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 8   31- 3-93	København	Denmark 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 9   28- 4-93	Sevilla 	N. Ireland	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
10    2- 6-93	Vilnius 	Lithuania	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
11    7- 9-93	Alicante 	Chile   	2-0	
12   22- 9-93	Tiranë  	Albania 	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
13   13-10-93	Dublin  	Ireland 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
14   17-11-93	Sevilla 	Denmark 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
15   19- 1-94	Vigo     	Portugal	2-2	
16    9- 2-94	Santa Cruz Ten. Poland  	1-1	
17   23- 3-94	Valencia 	Croatia 	0-2	
18    2- 6-94	Tampere  	Finland 	2-1	
19   10- 6-94	Montréal 	Canada  	2-0	
20   17- 6-94	Dallas  	South Korea	2-2	World Cup
21   21- 6-94	Chicago 	Germany 	1-1	World Cup
22   27- 6-94	Chicago 	Bolivia  	3-1	World Cup
23    2- 7-94	Washington DC	Switzerland	3-0	World Cup
24    9- 7-94	Foxborough	Italy   	1-2	World Cup
25    7- 9-94	Lemesos  	Cyprus  	2-1	European Ch. Qualifier
26   12-10-94	Skopje  	Macedonia	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
27   16-11-94	Sevilla  	Denmark 	3-0	European Ch. Qualifier
28   30-11-94	Málaga    	Finland 	2-0	
29   17-12-94	Brussel  	Belgium 	4-1	European Ch. Qualifier
30   18- 1-95	La Coruña 	Uruguay 	2-2	
31   22- 2-95	Jerez/Frontera  Germany 	0-0	
32   29- 3-95	Sevilla  	Belgium 	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
33   26- 4-95	Yerevan 	Armenia 	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
34    7- 6-95	Sevilla  	Armenia 	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
35    6- 9-95	Granada 	Cyprus  	6-0	European Ch. Qualifier
36   20- 9-95	Madrid   	Argentina	2-1	
37   11-10-95	København 	Denmark 	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
38   15-11-95	Elche    	Macedonia	3-0	European Ch. Qualifier
39    7- 2-96	Las Palmas 	Norway  	1-0	
40   24- 4-96	Oslo    	Norway  	0-0	
41    9- 6-96	Leeds      	Bulgaria	1-1	European Champ.
42   15- 6-96	Leeds      	France     	1-1	European Champ.
43   18- 6-96	Leeds      	Romania 	2-1	European Champ.
44   22- 6-96	London   	England     	0-0 [1]	European Champ.
45    4- 9-96	Toftir  	Faroe Islands	6-2	World Cup Qualifier
46    9-10-96	Praha   	Czech Republic	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
47   13-11-96	Santa Cruz Ten.	Slovakia	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
48   14-12-96	Valencia	Yugoslavia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
49   18-12-96	La Valletta	Malta   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
50   12- 2-97	Alicante	Malta   	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
51   30- 4-97	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
52    8- 6-97	Valladolid	Czech Republic	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
53   24- 9-97	Bratislava	Slovakia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
54   11-10-97	Gijón   	Faroe Islands	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
55   19-11-97	Palma/Mallorca  Romania 	1-1	
56   28- 1-98	Paris    	France   	0-1	
57   25- 3-98	Vigo     	Sweden  	4-0	
58    3- 6-98	Santander 	N. Ireland	4-1	
59   13- 6-98	Nantes  	Nigeria  	2-3 	World Cup
60   19- 6-98	Saint-Etienne	Paraguay	0-0	World Cup
61   24- 6-98	Lens    	Bulgaria	6-1	World Cup
62    5- 9-98	Larnaka 	Cyprus  	2-3	European Ch. Qualifier

[1] Spain lost 2-4 on penalty kicks. 

Coach for Serbia
 1   16- 8-06	Uh. Hradiste	Czech Republic	3-1	
 2    2- 9-06	Beograd 	Azerbaijan	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 3    6- 9-06	Warszawa	Poland  	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 4    7-10-06	Beograd 	Belgium 	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 5   11-10-06	Beograd 	Armenia 	3-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 6   15-11-06	Beograd 	Norway  	1-1	
 7   24- 3-07	Almaty  	Kazakhstan	1-2	European Ch. Qualifier
 8   28- 3-07	Beograd 	Portugal	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 9    2- 6-07	Helsinki	Finland 	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
10   22- 8-07	Brussel 	Belgium 	2-3	European Ch. Qualifier
11    8- 9-07	Beograd 	Finland 	0-0	European Ch. Qualifier
12   12- 9-07	Lisboa  	Portugal	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
13   13-10-07	Yerevan 	Armenia 	0-0	European Ch. Qualifier
14   17-10-07	Baku    	Azerbaijan	6-1	European Ch. Qualifier
15   21-11-07	Beograd 	Poland  	2-2	European Ch. Qualifier
16   24-11-07	Beograd 	Kazakhstan	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier 

Coach for Cameroon
 1    4- 9-10	Curepipe	Mauritius	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
 2    9-10-10	Garoua  	Congo-Kinshasa	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
 3    9- 2-11	Skopje  	Macedonia	1-0	
 4   26- 3-11	Dakar   	Senegal 	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
 5    4- 6-11	Yaoundé 	Senegal 	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
 6    7- 6-11	Salzburg	Russia  	0-0	
 7    3- 9-11	Yaoundé 	Mauritius	5-0	African Cup Qualifier
 8    7-10-11	Kinshasa	Congo-Kinshasa	3-2	African Cup Qualifier
 9   11-10-11	Malabo  	Equat. Guinea	1-1	

Coach for Libya
first tenure
 1   15-11-13	Sousse  	Niger   	1-1	
 2   18-11-13	Sousse  	Benin   	1-0	
 3    7- 1-14	Johannesburg	Mozambique	0-0	
 4   13- 1-14	Bloemfontein	Ethiopia	2-0	CHAN Cup
 5   17- 1-14	Bloemfontein	Ghana   	1-1	CHAN Cup
 6   21- 1-14	Polokwane	Congo-Brazzav.	2-2	CHAN Cup
 7   26- 1-14	Polokwane	Gabon    	1-1 [1]	CHAN Cup
 8   29- 1-14	Bloemfontein	Zimbabwe 	0-0 [2]	CHAN Cup
 9    1- 2-14	Cape Town	Ghana    	0-0 [3]	CHAN Cup
10   18- 5-14	Radès   	Rwanda  	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
11   31- 5-14	Kigali  	Rwanda  	0-3	African Cup Qualifier
12    7- 9-14	Marrakech	Morocco 	0-3	
13    6- 6-15	Salé    	Mali    	2-2	
14   12- 6-15	Agadir  	Morocco 	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
15   18- 6-15	Casablanca	Tunisia 	1-0	CHAN Qualifier
16   21- 6-15	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-3	CHAN Qualifier
17   28- 8-15	Kartepe 	Tanzania	2-1	
18    6- 9-15	Cairo   	Cape Verde Isl.	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
19   19-10-15	Radès   	Tunisia 	0-1	CHAN Qualifier
20   22-10-15	Radès   	Morocco 	0-4	CHAN Qualifier
21   13-11-15	Sousse  	Rwanda  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
22   17-11-15	Kigali  	Rwanda  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
23   29- 1-16	Aswan   	Egypt   	0-2	
24   23- 3-16	São Tomé	S.Tomé/Príncipe	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
25   28- 3-16	Cairo   	S.Tomé/Príncipe	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
26    3- 6-16	Radès   	Morocco 	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
27    3- 9-16	Praia    	Cape Verde Isl.	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
28    8-10-16	Kinshasa	Congo-Kinshasa	0-4	World Cup Qualifier 
second tenure
29   14- 6-21	Tunis   	Liberia 	0-1	
30   19- 6-21	Dubai   	Sudan   	0-1	Arab Cup Qualifier
31    1- 9-21	Benghazi	Gabon   	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
32    7- 9-21	Luanda   	Angola  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
33    8-10-21	Borg El-Arab	Egypt   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
34   11-10-21	Benghazi	Egypt   	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
35   12-11-21	Franceville	Gabon   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
36   16-11-21	Benghazi	Angola   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
37   29- 1-22	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	0-2	
38    1- 2-22	Kuwait City	Kuwait   	2-0	
39    1- 6-22	Benghazi	Botswana 	1-0	African Cup Qual.

[1] Libya won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Libya won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] Libya won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
 

Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    126  59  42   25	198- 108	160	63.49



Types of Matches
Friendlies		 33
World Cup Qualifier	 30
European Ch. Qualifier	 25
African Cup Qualifier	 15
World Cup		  8
CHAN Cup		  6
CHAN Qualifier		  4
European Championship	  4 
Arab Cup Qualifier        1

Total			126


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