= Friendly 1979 # Date Wed Jan 10 - Wed Dec 26 1979 (350d) # Teams 102 # Matches 158 Wed Jan 10 Rwanda 2-2 Gabon @ Kigali, Rwanda Tue Jan 16 Cyprus 0-1 Bulgaria @ Larnaca, Cyprus Sat Jan 27 Ivory Coast 0-1 Togo @ Monrovia, Liberia Sun Jan 28 Liberia 2-1 Guinea @ Monrovia, Liberia Mon Jan 29 Gambia 2-1 Ivory Coast @ Monrovia, Liberia Tue Jan 30 Guinea 1-1 Senegal @ Monrovia, Liberia Israel 0-1 Austria @ Jaffa, Israel Wed Jan 31 Gambia 2-2 Togo @ Monrovia, Liberia Thu Feb 1 Liberia 1-1 Senegal @ Monrovia, Liberia Sat Feb 3 Senegal 0-1 Togo @ Monrovia, Liberia Sun Feb 4 Liberia 1-0 Gambia @ Monrovia, Liberia Mon Feb 5 Iraq 1-0 Finland @ Baghdad, Iraq Wed Feb 7 Iraq 2-0 Finland @ Baghdad, Iraq Libya 2-2 Greece @ Tripoli, Libya Fri Feb 9 Bahrain 0-1 Finland @ Isa Town, Bahrain Iraq 1-1 German DR @ Baghdad, Iraq Sun Feb 11 Iraq 2-1 German DR @ Baghdad, Iraq Wed Feb 14 Israel 4-1 Greece @ Ramat Gan, Israel Fri Feb 16 Libya 1-0 Poland @ Tripoli, Libya Sun Feb 18 Tunisia 0-2 Poland @ Tunis, Tunisia Sat Feb 24 Italy 3-0 Netherlands @ Milan, Italy Wed Feb 28 Bulgaria 1-0 German DR @ Burgas, Bulgaria Turkey 0-1 Algeria @ Bursa, Turkey Sat Mar 3 Barbados 2-2 Trinidad and Tobago @ Bridgetown, Barbados Sun Mar 4 Japan 2-1 South Korea @ Tokyo, Japan Sat Mar 10 Senegal 2-1 Mali @ Dakar, Senegal Wed Mar 14 Czechoslovakia 1-0 Spain @ Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Fri Mar 16 Martinique 0-0 Trinidad and Tobago @ Bridgetown, Barbados Wed Mar 21 Romania 3-0 Greece @ Bucharest, Romania Algeria 0-1 Poland @ Algiers, Algeria Sun Mar 25 Mali 2-1 Senegal @ Bamako, Mali Wed Mar 28 Hungary 3-0 German DR @ Budapest, Hungary Soviet Union 3-1 Bulgaria @ Simferopol, Soviet Union Tue Apr 3 Barbados 1-2 Martinique @ Bridgetown, Barbados Wed Apr 4 Poland 1-1 Hungary @ Chorzów, Poland Sun Apr 8 Gabon 2-1 Ivory Coast @ Libreville, Gabon Sun Apr 15 Guadeloupe 0-1 Martinique @ Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe Thu Apr 19 Soviet Union 2-0 Sweden @ Tbilisi, Soviet Union Wed Apr 25 Argentina 2-1 Bulgaria @ Buenos Aires, Argentina São Tomé and Príncipe 1-2 Angola @ São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe Sun Apr 29 Madagascar 4-0 Kenya @ Antananarivo, Madagascar Wed May 2 United States 0-6 France @ East Rutherford, United States Sat May 5 Soviet Union 3-0 Czechoslovakia @ Moscow, Soviet Union Wed May 9 Denmark 2-2 Sweden @ Copenhagen, Denmark Thu May 17 Brazil 6-0 Paraguay @ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sat May 19 Mozambique 0-6 Southern Rhodesia @ Maputo, Mozambique Tue May 22 Republic of Ireland 1-3 Germany @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Thu May 24 Martinique 3-1 Trinidad and Tobago @ Fort-de-France, Martinique Sat May 26 Iceland 1-3 Germany @ Reykjavík, Iceland Italy 2-2 Argentina @ Rome, Italy Tue May 29 Republic of Ireland 0-0 Argentina @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Thu May 31 Brazil 5-1 Uruguay @ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fri Jun 1 German DR 1-0 Romania @ Berlin, German DR Sat Jun 2 Scotland 1-3 Argentina @ Glasgow, Scotland Sun Jun 3 Benin 0-1 Togo @ Cotonou, Benin Sun Jun 10 Sweden 0-0 England @ Solna, Sweden Wed Jun 13 Austria 4-3 England @ Vienna, Austria Chile 0-0 Ecuador @ Santiago, Chile New Zealand 1-0 Australia @ Auckland, New Zealand Yugoslavia 4-1 Italy @ Zagreb, Yugoslavia Sat Jun 16 South Korea 4-1 Japan @ Seoul, South Korea Thu Jun 21 Ecuador 2-1 Chile @ Guayaquil, Ecuador Sun Jun 24 Ghana 0-0 Liberia @ Accra, Ghana Malawi 1-0 Lesotho @ Lilongwe, Malawi Zambia 4-1 Zaïre @ Lusaka, Zambia Tue Jun 26 Malawi 1-2 Lesotho @ Blantyre, Malawi Wed Jun 27 Denmark 1-2 Soviet Union @ Copenhagen, Denmark Fri Jun 29 Fiji 0-6 New Zealand @ Suva, Fiji Sat Jun 30 Zaïre 1-2 Zambia @ Lubumbashi, Zaïre Sun Jul 1 Fiji 0-3 New Zealand @ Lautoka, Fiji Fri Jul 6 Malawi 1-0 Kenya @ Blantyre, Malawi Sun Jul 8 Zaïre 4-1 Togo @ Kinshasa, Zaïre Malawi 0-0 Kenya @ Lilongwe, Malawi Wed Jul 11 Peru 2-1 Ecuador @ Lima, Peru Thu Jul 12 Bolivia 1-1 Paraguay @ Cochabamba, Bolivia Sun Jul 15 Kenya 2-2 Zaïre @ Nairobi, Kenya Malawi 2-0 Tanzania @ Blantyre, Malawi Tue Jul 17 Malawi 2-0 Tanzania @ Blantyre, Malawi Wed Jul 18 Peru 0-1 Colombia @ Lima, Peru Thu Jul 19 Malawi 0-1 Tanzania @ Blantyre, Malawi Fri Jul 20 Kyrgyzstan 0-0 Lithuania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Sat Jul 21 Belarus 3-0 Armenia @ Minsk, Soviet Union Sun Jul 22 Georgia 5-0 Lithuania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Mon Jul 23 Belarus 2-1 Latvia @ Minsk, Soviet Union Tue Jul 24 Azerbaijan 0-1 Lithuania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Wed Jul 25 Belarus 2-3 Soviet Union @ Minsk, Soviet Union Benin 0-1 Zaïre @ Porto-Novo, Benin Colombia 1-2 Peru @ Bogotá, Colombia Thu Jul 26 Liberia 3-1 Ghana @ Monrovia, Liberia Sat Jul 28 Benin 0-3 Zaïre @ Cotonou, Benin Lithuania 0-2 Ukraine @ Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union 0-0 Belarus @ Moscow, Soviet Union Sun Jul 29 Madagascar 2-4 Tanzania @ Antananarivo, Madagascar Mon Jul 30 Belarus 0-0 Ukraine @ Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union 2-0 Lithuania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Wed Aug 1 Belarus 0-2 Lithuania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Madagascar 1-0 Tanzania @ Antananarivo, Madagascar Sat Aug 4 Belarus 0-1 Kazakhstan @ Moscow, Soviet Union Sun Aug 5 Soviet Union 2-1 Lithuania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Wed Aug 8 Ecuador 2-1 Peru @ Quito, Ecuador Sun Aug 19 Poland 5-0 Libya @ Słupsk, Poland Thu Aug 23 North Korea 0-0 Japan @ Pyongyang, North Korea Sat Aug 25 Lesotho 0-3 Malawi @ Maseru, Lesotho Tue Aug 28 Tunisia 4-0 Malta @ Tunis, Tunisia Wed Aug 29 Poland 3-0 Romania @ Warsaw, Poland Thu Aug 30 Peru 2-0 Uruguay @ Lima, Peru Mon Sep 3 Libya 0-0 Palestine @ Tripoli, Libya Wed Sep 5 Soviet Union 1-0 German DR @ Moscow, Soviet Union Tue Sep 11 Wales 2-1 Republic of Ireland @ Swansea, Wales Wed Sep 12 Germany 2-1 Argentina @ Berlin, Germany Hungary 2-1 Czechoslovakia @ Nyíregyháza, Hungary Scotland 1-1 Peru @ Glasgow, Scotland Sun Sep 16 Yugoslavia 4-2 Argentina @ Belgrade, Yugoslavia Wed Sep 26 Austria 3-1 Hungary @ Vienna, Austria Czechoslovakia 4-1 Republic of Ireland @ Prague, Czechoslovakia Italy 1-0 Sweden @ Florence, Italy Netherlands 1-0 Belgium @ Rotterdam, Netherlands Spain 1-1 Portugal @ Vigo, Spain Sat Sep 29 Senegal 0-2 Nigeria @ Dakar, Senegal Sierra Leone 2-0 Gambia @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Wed Oct 3 Bahrain 0-2 New Zealand @ Isa Town, Bahrain Sun Oct 7 Bermuda 1-3 United States @ Hamilton, Bermuda Mon Oct 8 Bahrain 1-2 New Zealand @ Isa Town, Bahrain Wed Oct 10 France 3-0 United States @ Paris, France Peru 2-3 Paraguay @ Lima, Peru Sun Oct 14 Benin 1-1 Nigeria @ Cotonou, Benin Soviet Union 3-1 Romania @ Moscow, Soviet Union Sun Oct 21 Benin 3-2 Upper Volta @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 3-0 Togo @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast United Arab Emirates 0-0 India @ Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Tue Oct 23 Togo 5-3 Upper Volta @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Thu Oct 25 Liberia 2-2 Nigeria @ Monrovia, Liberia Fri Oct 26 Hungary 0-2 United States @ Budapest, Hungary Ivory Coast 3-1 Benin @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Niger 2-2 Togo @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Sat Oct 27 Sierra Leone 0-0 Nigeria @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Sun Oct 28 Benin 0-1 Niger @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 0-1 Togo @ Abidjan, Ivory Coast Mon Oct 29 Republic of Ireland 3-2 United States @ Dublin, Republic of Ireland Thu Nov 1 Mexico 1-0 Peru @ Monterrey, Mexico Sat Nov 3 Sierra Leone 1-0 Senegal @ Freetown, Sierra Leone Sun Nov 4 Nigeria 5-0 Benin @ Lagos, Nigeria Wed Nov 14 Malaysia 1-3 Sweden @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Spain 1-3 Denmark @ Cádiz, Spain Sat Nov 17 Italy 2-0 Switzerland @ Udine, Italy Singapore 0-5 Sweden @ Kallang, Singapore Wed Nov 21 Malaysia 0-3 Taiwan @ Bangkok, Thailand Soviet Union 1-3 Germany @ Tbilisi, Soviet Union Sun Nov 25 Angola 1-0 Gabon @ Luanda, Angola Mon Nov 26 Bermuda 0-2 Finland @ Hamilton, Bermuda Tue Nov 27 Angola 0-1 Cameroon @ Luanda, Angola Wed Nov 28 Cameroon 1-3 Congo @ Luanda, Angola Thu Nov 29 Angola 0-1 Congo @ Luanda, Angola Cameroon 3-1 Gabon @ Luanda, Angola Tue Dec 4 El Salvador 0-2 Mexico @ San Salvador, El Salvador Tue Dec 18 Mexico 1-1 El Salvador @ Texcoco, Mexico Sun Dec 23 Basque Country 4-0 Bulgaria @ San Sebastián, Spain Wed Dec 26 Tunisia 3-1 Senegal @ Tunis, Tunisia