Richard Møller Nielsen - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Danish coach coached three national teams (Denmark, Finland and Israel) for (in total) 127 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: 19- 8-1937
Died: 13- 2-2014
Country: Denmark 
Matches as Coach:		127	(W56-D34-L37 - GF186-GA134 - %57.48)
Matches as Coach for Denmark:  	 73	(W40-D18-L15 - GF115-GA 55 - %67.12)
Matches as Coach for Finland:  	 34	(W 9-D12-L13 - GF 42-GA 46 - %44.12)
Matches as Coach for Israel:  	 20	(W 7-D 4-L 9 - GF 29-GA 33 - %45.00)
Age First Match: 49 yr 274 d	   20- 5-1987 vs. Greece 5-0
Age Last Match:  64 yr 241 d	   17- 4-2002 vs. Denmark 1-3
National Team Career: 14 yr 332 d

Coach for Denmark
Caps   Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
 1   20- 5-87	Levadia 	Greece  	5-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 2   10- 6-87	Aalborg 	Romania 	8-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 3    3- 9-87	Bacau   	Romania 	2-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 4   28-10-87   Szczecin        Poland          2-0 [1]	Olympic G. Qualifier
 5   18-11-87	Aarhus  	West Germany 	0-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 6   30- 3-88	Osnabrück	West Germany 	1-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 7   20- 4-88	Aalborg 	Greece  	4-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
 8   18- 5-88	Aarhus  	Poland   	3-0 [1]	Olympic G. Qualifier
 9   15- 5-90	London  	England 	0-1	
10   30- 5-90	Gelsenkirchen	West Germany 	0-1	
11    6- 6-90	Trondheim	Norway  	2-1	
12    5- 9-90	Västerås	Sweden  	1-0	
13   11- 9-90	København	Wales   	1-0	
14   10-10-90	København	Faroe Islands	4-1	European Ch. Qualifier
15   17-10-90	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
16   14-11-90	København	Yugoslavia	0-2	European Ch. Qualifier
17    9- 4-91	Odense  	Bulgaria	1-1	
18    1- 5-91	Beograd  	Yugoslavia	2-1	European Ch. Qualifier
19    5- 6-91	Odense  	Austria 	2-1	European Ch. Qualifier
20   12- 6-91	Malmö   	Italy   	0-2	Scania 100 SFF Cup
21   15- 6-91	Norrköping	Sweden  	0-4	Scania 100 SFF Cup
22    4- 9-91	Reykjavík	Iceland 	0-0	
23   25- 9-91	Landskrona	Faroe Islands	4-0	European Ch. Qualifier
24    9-10-91	Wien    	Austria 	3-0	European Ch. Qualifier
25   13-11-91	Odense  	N. Ireland	2-1	European Ch. Qualifier
26    8- 4-92	Ankara   	Turkey  	1-2	
27   29- 4-92	Aarhus  	Norway  	1-0	
28    3- 6-92	Brøndby 	C.I.S.   	1-1 [2]
29   11- 6-92	Malmö   	England 	0-0	European Champ.
30   14- 6-92	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-1	European Champ.
31   17- 6-92	Malmö   	France  	2-1	European Champ.
32   22- 6-92	Göteborg	Netherlands 	2-2 [3]	European Champ.
33   26- 6-92	Göteborg	Germany 	2-0	European Champ.
34   26- 8-92	Riga    	Latvia  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
35    9- 9-92	København	Germany 	1-2	
36   23- 9-92	Vilnius  	Lithuania	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
37   14-10-92	København	Ireland 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
38   18-11-92	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
39   30- 1-93	Tempe   	United States	2-2	
40   24- 2-93	Mar del Plata	Argentina 	1-1 [4]	Artemio Franchi Cup
41   28-10-87	Szczecin	Poland  	2-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
41   31- 3-93	København	Spain   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
42   14- 4-93	København	Latvia  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
43   28- 4-93	Dublin  	Ireland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
44    2- 6-93	København	Albania 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
45   25- 8-93	København	Lithuania	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
46    8- 9-93	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
47   13-10-93	København	N. Ireland	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
48   17-11-93	Sevilla 	Spain   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
49    9- 3-94	London  	England 	0-1	
50   20- 4-94	København	Hungary 	3-1	
51   26- 5-94	København	Sweden  	1-0	
52    1- 6-94	Oslo    	Norway  	1-2	
53   17- 8-94	København	Finland 	2-1	
54    7- 9-94	Skopje  	Macedonia	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
55   12-10-94	København	Belgium 	3-1	European Ch. Qualifier
56   16-11-94	Sevilla 	Spain   	0-3	European Ch. Qualifier
57    8- 1-95	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	2-0	Intercontinental Cup
58   10- 1-95	Riyadh  	Mexico   	1-1 [5]	Intercontinental Cup
59   13- 1-95	Riyadh  	Argentina	2-0	Intercontinental Cup
60   29- 3-95	Limassol	Cyprus  	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
61   26- 4-95	København	Macedonia	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
62   31- 5-95	Helsinki	Finland 	1-0	
63    7- 6-95	København	Cyprus  	4-0	European Ch. Qualifier
64   16- 8-95	Yerevan 	Armenia 	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
65    6- 9-95	Bruxelles	Belgium 	3-1	European Ch. Qualifier
66   11-10-95	København	Spain   	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
67   15-11-95	København	Armenia 	3-1	European Ch. Qualifier
68   27- 3-96	München 	Germany 	0-2	
69   24- 4-96	København	Scotland	2-0	
70    2- 6-96	København	Ghana   	1-0	
71    9- 6-96	Sheffield	Portugal	1-1	European Champ.
72   16- 6-96	Sheffield	Croatia 	0-3	European Champ.
73   19- 6-96	Sheffield	Turkey  	3-0	European Champ.

[1] Denmark introduced a player who was not eligible to play;
    match awarded 0-2 to Poland.
[2] C.I.S. = Commonwealth of Independent States.
[3] Denmark won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Denmark lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[5] Denmark won 4-2 on penalty kicks.

Coach for Finland
Caps   Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
 1   14- 8-96  	Riga            Latvia          0-0	
 2    1- 9-96  	Budapest        Hungary 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 3    6-10-96  	Helsinki        Switzerland	2-3	World Cup Qualifier
 4   30-10-96  	Kotka           Estonia 	2-2	
 5   12- 2-97  	Denizli         Turkey          1-1	
 6   21- 2-97  	Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia        1-2	Dunhill Cup
 7   23- 2-97  	Kuala Lumpur    China   	1-2	Dunhill Cup
 8   25- 2-97  	Kuala Lumpur    Singapore	1-0	Dunhill Cup
 9    2- 4-97  	Baku       	Azerbaijan	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
10   30- 4-97  	Oslo            Norway  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
11    8- 6-97 	Helsinki        Azerbaijan      3-0	World Cup Qualifier
12   20- 8-97  	Helsinki        Norway          0-4	World Cup Qualifier
13    6- 9-97  	Lausanne        Switzerland	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
14   11-10-97  	Helsinki        Hungary         1-1	World Cup Qualifier
15    5- 2-98  	Lemesos         Cyprus          1-1	Cyprus Tournament
16    9- 2-98  	Larnaka         Slovakia        0-2	Cyprus Tournament
17   25- 3-98  	La Valletta     Malta   	2-0	
18   22- 4-98  	Edinburgh       Scotland        1-1	
19   27- 5-98  	Helsinki        Germany 	0-0	
20    5- 6-98  	Helsinki        France  	0-1	
21   19- 8-98  	Kosice          Slovakia	0-0	
22    5- 9-98  	Helsinki        Moldova        	3-2	European Ch. Qualifier
23   10-10-98  	Belfast         N. Ireland	0-1	European Ch. Qualifier
24   14-10-98  	Istanbul        Turkey  	3-1	European Ch. Qualifier
25    3- 2-99  	Larnaka         Greece  	1-2	Cyprus Tournament
26    5- 2-99  	Paralimini      Cyprus	        1-2	Cyprus Tournament
27   10- 2-99  	La Valletta     Poland  	1-1	
28   31- 3-99  	Nürnberg        Germany 	0-2	European Ch. Qualifier
29   28- 4-99  	Ljubljana       Slovenia        1-1	
30    5- 6-99  	Helsinki        Turkey  	2-4	European Ch. Qualifier
31    9- 6-99  	Chisinau        Moldova         0-0	European Ch. Qualifier
32   18- 8-99  	Bruges          Belgium         4-3	
33    4- 9-99  	Helsinki        Germany 	1-2	European Ch. Qualifier            
34    9-10-99  	Helsinki        N. Ireland	4-1	European Ch. Qualifier

Coach for Israel
Caps   Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
 1   23- 2-00	Haifa   	Russia  	4-1	
 2   29- 3-00	Ashkelon	Georgia 	1-1	
 3   26- 4-00	Praha   	Czech Republic	1-4	
 4    3- 6-00	Budapest	Hungary 	1-2	
 5   16- 8-00	Moskva  	Russia  	0-1	
 6    3- 9-00	Tel-Aviv	Liechtenstein	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 7    7-10-00	Madrid  	Spain   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 8   11-10-00	Tel-Aviv	Bosnia-Herzeg.	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 9   15-11-00	Braga   	Portugal	1-2	
10   17- 1-01	Beit She'an	Uzbekistan 	2-0	
11   14- 2-01	Herzliya	Moldova 	1-0	
12   28- 3-01	Wien    	Austria 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier	
13   24- 4-01	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	2-3	
14    2- 6-01	Vaduz   	Liechtenstein	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
15    6- 6-01	Tel-Aviv	Spain   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
16   15- 8-01	Kaunas  	Lithuania	3-2	
17    1- 9-01	Sarajevo	Bosnia-Herzeg.	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
18   27-10-01	Tel-Aviv	Austria 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
19   13- 2-02	Kaiserslautern	Germany 	1-7	
20   17- 4-02	København	Denmark 	1-3 


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    127  56  34  37	186- 134	146	57.48


Types of Matches

Friendlies		 44
World Cup Qualifier	 28
European Ch. Qualifier	 26
European Championship	  8
Olympic Games Qualifier	  8
Intercontinental Cup	  3
Other Tournaments	 10 

Total matches:  	127


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