= Friendly 1972 # Date Sat Jan 1 - Fri Dec 29 1972 (363d) # Teams 94 # Matches 145 Sat Jan 1 Zambia 3-3 China PR @ Lusaka, Zambia Sun Jan 9 Upper Volta 3-3 Nigeria @ Ouagadougou, Upper Volta Senegal 0-2 Congo @ Dakar, Senegal Wed Jan 12 Guinea 0-1 Congo @ Conakry, Guinea Spain 1-0 Hungary @ Madrid, Spain Tue Jan 18 Somalia 1-3 China PR @ Mogadishu, Somalia Thu Jan 20 Togo 4-0 Dahomey @ Lomé, Togo Thu Jan 27 Mexico 2-0 Chile @ Guadalajara, Mexico Sun Jan 30 Nigeria 1-1 Guinea @ Lagos, Nigeria Sun Feb 6 Congo 2-2 Dahomey @ Brazzaville, Congo Mon Feb 7 Congo 2-2 Guinea @ Brazzaville, Congo Wed Feb 9 Haiti 1-0 Chile @ Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sun Feb 13 Cameroon 1-2 Nigeria @ Douala, Cameroon Guadeloupe 4-4 Haiti @ Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Tue Feb 15 Martinique 2-2 Haiti @ Fort-de-France, Martinique Wed Feb 16 Greece 0-5 Netherlands @ Piraeus, Greece Thu Feb 17 Senegal 1-3 Morocco @ Dakar, Senegal Sun Feb 20 Nigeria 3-0 Morocco @ Lagos, Nigeria Tunisia 3-3 Austria @ Tunis, Tunisia Wed Feb 23 Israel 2-1 Norway @ Jaffa, Israel Sat Mar 4 Greece 2-1 Italy @ Piraeus, Greece Wed Mar 15 Algeria 1-0 Malta @ Algiers, Algeria Wed Mar 29 Bulgaria 1-1 Soviet Union @ Sofia, Bulgaria Colombia 1-1 Peru @ Bogotá, Colombia Hungary 0-2 Germany @ Budapest, Hungary Sun Apr 2 Jamaica 2-0 Cuba @ Kingston, Jamaica Wed Apr 5 Mexico 2-1 Peru @ Mexico City, Mexico Sat Apr 8 Czechoslovakia 2-0 Austria @ Brno, Czechoslovakia Poland 2-1 German DR @ Łódź, Poland Romania 2-0 France @ Bucharest, Romania Wed Apr 12 Greece 0-0 Spain @ Salonica, Greece Wed Apr 19 Ghana 1-2 Ivory Coast @ Accra, Ghana Soviet Union 2-0 Peru @ Kyiv, Soviet Union Sun Apr 23 Romania 2-2 Peru @ Bucharest, Romania Wed Apr 26 Brazil 3-2 Paraguay @ Porto Alegre, Brazil Czechoslovakia 6-0 Luxembourg @ Plzeň, Czechoslovakia Scotland 2-0 Peru @ Glasgow, Scotland Switzerland 1-1 Sweden @ Geneva, Switzerland Sat Apr 29 Madagascar 0-1 Tanzania @ Antananarivo, Madagascar Wed May 3 Netherlands 3-0 Peru @ Rotterdam, Netherlands Sun May 7 Ethiopia 0-1 Greece @ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wed May 10 Poland 0-0 Switzerland @ Poznań, Poland Sun May 14 Sweden 1-2 Czechoslovakia @ Gothenburg, Sweden Wed May 17 Kenya 1-3 Madagascar @ Nairobi, Kenya Mon May 22 Mauritius 1-2 Uganda @ Port Louis, Mauritius Tue May 23 Spain 2-0 Uruguay @ Madrid, Spain Thu May 25 Argentina 0-0 Paraguay @ Salta, Argentina Fri May 26 Germany 4-1 Soviet Union @ Munich, Germany Sat May 27 German DR 1-0 Uruguay @ Leipzig, German DR Sun May 28 Mauritius 1-3 Uganda @ Curepipe, Mauritius Wed May 31 German DR 0-0 Uruguay @ Rostock, German DR Liberia 0-2 Guinea @ Monrovia, Liberia Sierra Leone 3-1 Ghana @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Thu Jun 1 Puerto Rico 0-0 Panama @ San Juan, Puerto Rico Mon Jun 5 Tunisia 3-1 Algeria @ Tunis, Tunisia Tue Jun 6 Peru 0-0 Colombia @ Lima, Peru Wed Jun 7 Soviet Union 1-0 Bulgaria @ Moscow, Soviet Union Sat Jun 10 Kenya 2-0 Uganda @ Nairobi, Kenya Wed Jun 14 Norway 0-1 Uruguay @ Oslo, Norway Fri Jun 16 Dahomey 5-3 Congo @ Cotonou, Dahomey Sat Jun 17 Romania 3-3 Italy @ Bucharest, Romania Wed Jun 21 Bulgaria 1-1 Italy @ Sofia, Bulgaria Fri Jun 23 Singapore 3-1 Sri Lanka @ Kallang, Singapore Sun Jul 2 Zaïre 6-0 Guinea @ Kinshasa, Zaïre Mon Jul 3 Iceland 2-5 Denmark @ Reykjavík, Iceland Tue Jul 4 Tanzania 3-0 Sudan @ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Thu Jul 6 Malawi 1-0 Lesotho @ Blantyre, Malawi Tanzania 0-0 Nigeria @ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Sat Jul 8 Malawi 4-0 Lesotho @ Blantyre, Malawi Sun Jul 9 Uganda 4-0 Sudan @ Kampala, Uganda Tue Jul 11 Zanzibar 1-4 Nigeria @ Zanzibar City, Zanzibar Wed Jul 12 Iceland 3-0 Faroe Islands @ Reykjavík, Iceland Sun Jul 16 Finland 1-1 Soviet Union @ Vaasa, Finland Thu Jul 27 Uganda 1-1 Tanzania @ Kampala, Uganda Wed Aug 2 Indonesia 3-0 Philippines @ Kallang, Singapore Singapore 6-1 Sri Lanka @ Kallang, Singapore Fri Aug 4 Hong Kong 2-1 Sri Lanka @ Kallang, Singapore Japan 4-1 Philippines @ Kallang, Singapore Sun Aug 6 Costa Rica 1-0 Mexico @ San José, Costa Rica Indonesia 1-0 Japan @ Kallang, Singapore Singapore 0-2 Hong Kong @ Kallang, Singapore Sweden 4-4 Soviet Union @ Solna, Sweden Tue Aug 8 Cambodia 0-5 Indonesia @ Kallang, Singapore Wed Aug 9 Peru 3-2 Mexico @ Lima, Peru Thu Aug 10 Hong Kong 2-1 Cambodia @ Kallang, Singapore Wed Aug 16 Chile 0-2 Mexico @ Santiago, Chile Wed Aug 30 Czechoslovakia 1-2 Netherlands @ Prague, Czechoslovakia Sat Sep 2 Greece 1-3 France @ Piraeus, Greece Guatemala 2-2 Canada @ Guatemala City, Guatemala Sun Sep 3 Romania 1-1 Austria @ Craiova, Romania Sri Lanka 2-3 China PR @ Colombo, Sri Lanka Tue Sep 12 Sri Lanka 0-1 China PR @ Colombo, Sri Lanka Thu Sep 14 Japan 2-2 South Korea @ Tokyo, Japan Sun Sep 17 New Zealand 4-1 New Caledonia @ Wellington, New Zealand Wed Sep 20 Italy 3-1 Yugoslavia @ Turin, Italy Sat Sep 30 Martinique 1-2 Trinidad and Tobago @ Fort-de-France, Martinique New Zealand 2-1 New Caledonia @ Auckland, New Zealand Sun Oct 1 Costa Rica 2-0 El Salvador @ San José, Costa Rica Tue Oct 3 Martinique 1-2 Trinidad and Tobago @ Fort-de-France, Martinique Wed Oct 4 Algeria 1-0 Turkey @ Algiers, Algeria Denmark 1-1 Switzerland @ Copenhagen, Denmark Lesotho 1-1 Zambia @ Maseru, Lesotho Thu Oct 5 Hong Kong 2-3 Singapore @ So Kon Po, Hong Kong Sat Oct 7 Indonesia 1-4 Australia @ Jakarta, Indonesia Sun Oct 8 El Salvador 0-1 Costa Rica @ San Salvador, El Salvador Lesotho 1-1 Zambia @ Maseru, Lesotho Mon Oct 9 Australia 3-1 New Zealand @ Jakarta, Indonesia Wed Oct 11 England 1-1 Yugoslavia @ London, England Indonesia 1-1 New Zealand @ Jakarta, Indonesia Spain 1-0 Argentina @ Madrid, Spain Saint Kitts and Nevis 0-3 Trinidad and Tobago @ Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Thu Oct 12 Mexico 3-1 Costa Rica @ Mexico City, Mexico Fri Oct 13 China PR 6-2 Nepal @ Beijing, China PR Sat Oct 14 New Caledonia 3-1 New Zealand @ Nouméa, New Caledonia Sun Oct 15 Guatemala 0-0 Costa Rica @ Guatemala City, Guatemala Malawi 0-1 Kenya @ Lilongwe, Malawi Poland 3-0 Czechoslovakia @ Bydgoszcz, Poland Vietnam Republic 0-1 Australia @ Saigon, Vietnam Republic Sun Oct 22 South Korea 1-1 Australia @ Seoul, South Korea Malawi 2-1 Kenya @ Blantyre, Malawi Tue Oct 24 South Korea 0-2 Australia @ Seoul, South Korea Sun Oct 29 Philippines 0-6 Australia @ Manila, Philippines Wed Nov 1 Czechoslovakia 1-3 German DR @ Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Mon Nov 6 Nigeria 2-1 Tanzania @ Benin City, Nigeria Sat Nov 11 Nigeria 3-2 Tanzania @ Lagos, Nigeria Sun Nov 12 Costa Rica 1-1 Guatemala @ San José, Costa Rica Wed Nov 15 Germany 5-1 Switzerland @ Düsseldorf, Germany Thu Nov 16 Tunisia 1-2 Algeria @ Tunis, Tunisia Sat Nov 18 Sierra Leone 2-2 Tanzania @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Wed Nov 22 Mali 2-1 Nigeria @ Bamako, Mali Fri Nov 24 Guinea 1-1 China PR @ Conakry, Guinea Liberia 1-3 Nigeria @ Monrovia, Liberia Sun Nov 26 Sierra Leone 0-1 Nigeria @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Wed Nov 29 Senegal 0-0 China PR @ Dakar, Senegal Mon Dec 4 Nigeria 3-0 Mali @ Lagos, Nigeria Tue Dec 12 Nigeria 4-0 Sierra Leone @ Lagos, Nigeria Thu Dec 14 Haiti 3-0 Netherlands Antilles @ Port-au-Prince, Haiti Panama 5-0 Puerto Rico @ Panama City, Panama Sat Dec 16 Panama 0-1 Puerto Rico @ Panama City, Panama Sun Dec 17 Haiti 4-1 Netherlands Antilles @ Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wed Dec 20 Nigeria 3-0 Dahomey @ Lagos, Nigeria Sun Dec 24 Bermuda 0-0 Jamaica @ Hamilton, Bermuda Wed Dec 27 Bermuda 0-3 Jamaica @ Hamilton, Bermuda Thu Dec 28 Ghana 2-2 Togo @ Accra, Ghana Fri Dec 29 Liberia 2-2 Ghana @ Monrovia, Liberia