Jean Nicolay - International Appearances

The outstanding Belgian 'keeper obtained 39 international caps with his National Team. He held the Belgian caps record for goalkeepers from March 19, 1967 (when he equalled the total of Jan De Bie) until March 26, 1977 (when his total was surpassed by Christian Piot). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born:  27-12-1937
Country:  Belgium
Caps:	39	(W19-D6-L14 - GF68-GA56 - %56.41)
Goals conceded:	56 (1.44 per match)
Age First Cap:	 21 yr 148 d    24- 5-1959 vs. Austria 0-2
Age Last Cap:	 29 yr 285 d	 8-10-1967 vs. Poland 2-4
National Team Career:  8 yr 137 d

Caps   Date    Venue          Opponent          Score    Competition
  1  24- 5-59  Bruxelles      Austria            0-2     
  2   4-10-59  Rotterdam      Netherlands        1-9     
  3  19-10-60  Stockholm      Sweden             0-2     World Cup Qualifier
  4  30-10-60  Bruxelles      Hungary            2-1     
  5  20-11-60  Brussel        Switzerland        2-4     World Cup Qualifier
  6  15- 3-61  Paris          France             1-1     
  7  18-10-61  Brussel        France             3-0     
  8  12-11-61  Amsterdam      Netherlands        4-0     
  9  24-12-61  Bruxelles      Bulgaria           4-0     
 10   1- 4-62  Antwerpen      Netherlands        3-1     
 11  13- 5-62  Brussel        Italy              1-3     
 12  17- 5-62  Lisboa         Portugal           2-1     
 13  23- 5-62  Warszawa       Poland             0-2     
 14  14-10-62  Antwerpen      Netherlands        2-0     
 15   4-11-62  Beograd        Yugoslavia         2-3     European Champ. Qual.
 16   2-12-62  Bruxelles      Spain              1-1     
 17   3- 3-63  Rotterdam      Netherlands        1-0     
 18  31- 3-63  Brussel        Yugoslavia         0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 19  24- 4-63  Bruxelles      Brazil             5-1     
 20  20-10-63  Amsterdam      Netherlands        1-1     
 21   1-12-63  Valencia       Spain              2-1     
 22  25-12-63  Paris          France             2-1     
 23  22- 3-64  Antwerpen      Netherlands        0-0     
 24  15- 4-64  Genčve         Switzerland        0-2     
 25   3- 5-64  Brussel        Portugal           1-2     
 26  21-10-64  Bruxelles      England            2-2     
 27   2-12-64  Brussel        France             3-0     
 28  24- 3-65  Dublin         Ireland            2-0     
 29   7- 4-65  Bruxelles      Poland             0-0     
 30   9- 5-65  Brussel        Israel             1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 31   2- 6-65  Rio de Janeiro Brazil             0-5     
 32  10-11-65  Tel-Aviv       Israel             5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 33  29-12-65  Firenze        Bulgaria           1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 34  20- 4-66  Paris          France             3-0     
 35  22-10-66  Brugge         Switzerland        1-0     
 36  11-11-66  Bruxelles      France             2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 37  19- 3-67  Luxembourg     Luxembourg         5-0     European Champ. Qual.
 38  21- 5-67  Chorzów        Poland             1-3     European Champ. Qual.
 39   8-10-67  Brussel        Poland             2-4     European Champ. Qual.


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    39    19    6   14   68-  56      44      56.41

Types of Matches
Friendlies             28    
World Cup Qualifiers    5    
European Champ. Qual.   6

Total                  39

Goals conceded:	56 (1.44 per match)

About this document

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

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 11 Feb 2021