Wales national football team results (1980–1999) explained

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international association football and is governed by the Football Association of Wales (FAW). Between 1980 and 1999 the side played 133 matches, the majority of which came against other European national teams. The British Home Championship, which had been held every year outside wartime since 1894, was disbanded in 1984. The decision to end the competition in its 100th year was blamed largely on low attendance figures, football hooliganism and England and Scotland's desire to play other opponents.[1] Wales came within one match of winning the tournament in the 1980–81 season. They needed only to beat Northern Ireland, but the final game was never played after players refused to travel following an escalation of The Troubles in Ireland.[2] Northern Ireland won the last tournament, held in the 1983–84 season, on goal difference as all four sides finished on equal points.[3]

During this time period, Wales also saw an improvement in their hopes of qualifying for a major tournament. They came close to qualifying for both the 1982 FIFA World Cup, losing out on goal difference to Czechoslovakia, and the 1984 European Championships. In the latter, a late goal for Yugoslavia in their final match against Bulgaria saw them overtake Wales to win the qualifying group. Wales narrowly failed to qualify for the third consecutive tournament, the 1986 FIFA World Cup, as they drew a decisive qualifying match against Scotland.[4] A defeat in their last qualifying game against Germany, coupled with their opponents' subsequent victories in their last matches, led to Germany winning the group and the resulting qualification place for the 1992 European Championships.[5] A similar defeat against Romania in 1993 resulted in Wales failing to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[6]

Of the 133 matches played by Wales during the period, they won 47, drew 28 and lost the remaining 58. The team was most successful against Scotland, Iceland and the Republic of Ireland, winning three times against each side.[7] They were least successful against the Netherlands, losing all five meetings between the sides and conceding 17 goals in the process.[8] Their biggest victories were 6–0 wins over the Faroe Islands in 1992 and San Marino in 1996, while their biggest defeat was a 7–1 loss to the Netherlands, also in 1996.[7]

Results

Wales' score is shown first in each case. The colours listed below are also used to signify results combined with the scoreline.

Colour (with score) !scope=col
Meaning
bgcolor=#FFBBBB Defeat
bgcolor=#FFFFBB Draw
bgcolor=#BBF3BB Win
Wales national football team results 1980–1999
scope=colMatch scope=colDatescope=colVenuescope=colscope=colOpponentsscope=colScorescope=colCompetitionscope=col class=unsortableWales scorers
scope=row352Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB4–1Mickey Thomas, Ian Walsh, Leighton James, Phil Thompson (o.g.) 24,386
scope=row353Hampden Park, Glasgow Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–131,359
scope=row354Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–112,913
scope=row355Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Aalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB4–010,254
scope=row356Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB4–011,770
scope=row357Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–020,175
scope=row358Tolka Park, DublinAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–115,000
scope=row359Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadyumu, AnkaraAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–035,000
scope=row360Vetch Field, Swansea Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–0Ian Walsh (2) 18,935
scope=row361Wembley Stadium, London Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–034,280
scope=row362Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–029,366
scope=row363Stadion Evžena Rošického, PragueAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–238,000
scope=row364Vetch Field, Swansea Halign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB2–219,783
scope=row365Dinamo Stadium, TbilisiAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–380,000
scope=row366Estadio Luíz Casanova, ValenciaAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1Robbie James15,000
scope=row367Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–125,000
scope=row368Hampden Park, Glasgow Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–125,284
scope=row369Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–0
scope=row370Stadium Municipal, ToulouseAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Ian Rush26,671
scope=row371Vetch Field, Swansea Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0
scope=row372Gradski Stadion, TitogradAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB4–415,000
scope=row373Wembley Stadium, London Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–224,000
scope=row374Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0
scope=row375Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–214,100
scope=row376Windsor Park, BelfastAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Gordon Davies
scope=row377Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1Brian Flynn30,000
scope=row378Ullevaal Stadion, OsloAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–017,575
scope=row379Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB5–0Ian Rush (2), Mickey Thomas, Robbie James, Alan Curtis
scope=row380Vasil Levski National Stadium, SofiaAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–1
scope=row381Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–124,000
scope=row382Hampden Park, Glasgow Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–221,542
scope=row383Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Mark Hughes14,250
scope=row384Vetch Field, SwanseaAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1Mark Hughes
scope=row385Lerkendal Stadion, TrondheimAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–115,970
scope=row386Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–0
scope=row387Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–110,837
scope=row387Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, SevilleAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–342,500
scope=row388Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–110,504
scope=row389Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1
scope=row390Hampden Park, GlasgowAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–062,424
scope=row391Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–023,494
scope=row392Brann Stadion, BergenAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB2–4Friendly
scope=row393Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–139,500
scope=row394Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–3Friendly
scope=row395Jalawi Stadium, KhobarAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–1Friendly20,000
scope=row396Lansdowne Road, DublinAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Friendly16,500
scope=row397Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–0Friendly11,154
scope=row398North York Civic Stadium, TorontoAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–2Friendly13,142
scope=row399Empire Stadium, VancouverAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–0Friendly
scope=row400Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1
scope=row401Vetch Field, SwanseaHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–0Friendly17,617
scope=row402Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB4–0
scope=row403Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–114,150
scope=row404Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–020,535
scope=row405Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–144,500
scope=row406Letna Stadium, Prague Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–2
scope=row407Vetch Field, SwanseaHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–2Friendly
scope=row408Råsunda Stadium, StockholmAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–4Friendly11,656
scope=row409National Stadium, VallettaAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–2FriendlyBarry Horne, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush
scope=row410Stadio Mario Rigamonti, BresciaAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Friendly18,931
scope=row411Olympic Stadium, AmsterdamAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–158,000
scope=row412Vetch Field, SwanseaHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB2–2Dean Saunders, Aki Lahtinen (o.g.)
scope=row413Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB3–3FriendlyBarry Horne, Eitan Aharoni (o.g.), Malcolm Allen
scope=row414Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–2Friendly
scope=row415Cardiff Arms Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–030,000
scope=row416Olympic Stadium, HelsinkiAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–1
scope=row417Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–2Mark Bowen
scope=row418Müngersdorfer Stadion, CologneAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–260,300
scope=row419Lansdowne Road, DublinAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–1Friendly41,350
scope=row420Råsunda Stadium, StockholmAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB2–4FriendlyDean Saunders (2) 13,981
scope=row421Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0FriendlyDean Saunders
scope=row422Idrætsparken, CopenhagenAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–1Friendly
scope=row423National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–1Ian Rush, Dean Saunders, Mark Hughes14,274
scope=row424Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Aalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0
scope=row425Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–3Friendly
scope=row426Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–118,591
scope=row427National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Friendly
scope=row428Radomiak Stadium, RadomAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–0Friendly12,000
scope=row429National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–034,603
scope=row430National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Friendly20,000
scope=row431Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–446,491
scope=row432National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Paul Bodin19,813
scope=row433Royal Dublin Society Stadium, DublinAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Friendly15,100
scope=row434Ernst-Happel-Stadion, ViennaAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1Friendly52,000
scope=row435Ghencea, BucharestAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–523,000
scope=row436Nieuw Galgenwaard, UtrechtAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–4Friendly18,009
scope=row437Nagaragawa Stadium, GifuNalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–11992 Kirin Cup31,000
scope=row438Ningineer Stadium, MatsuyamaAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–01992 Kirin Cup30,000
scope=row439National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB6–0
scope=row440Tsirion Stadium, LimassolAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Mark Hughes12,000
scope=row441Vanden Stock Stadium, AnderlechtAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–221,000
scope=row442Tolka Park, DublinAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–2Friendly
scope=row443National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–027,002
scope=row444Bazaly, OstravaAalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1
scope=row445Svangaskard, ToftirAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–0
scope=row446National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB2–237,558
scope=row447National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–012,000
scope=row448National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–240,000
scope=row449Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–3Friendly10,000
scope=row450Racecourse Ground, WrexhamHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–2Friendly
scope=row451Kadrioru Stadium, TallinnAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–1FriendlyIan Rush, David Phillips
scope=row452National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–015,791
scope=row453Stadionul Republican, Chişinău Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB2–312,000
scope=row454Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–545,000
scope=row455National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–323,206
scope=row456Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–360,000
scope=row457Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–115,791
scope=row458National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–1
scope=row459National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Gary Speed
scope=row460National Stadium, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–227,000
scope=row461Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB1–1
scope=row462Stadio Libero Liberati, Terni Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–3Friendly16,095
scope=row463Stadio Cornaredo, Lugano Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–2Friendly
scope=row464Stadio Olimpico, SerravalleAalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB5–0
scope=row465National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB6–015,150
scope=row466National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–334,560
scope=row467Philips Stadion, EindhovenAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–726,210
scope=row468National Stadium, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–012,500
scope=row469Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–0Friendly
scope=row470Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB1–214,650
scope=row471Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Aalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB1–0Friendly
scope=row472Ali Sami Yen Stadium, IstanbulAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB4–6Nathan Blake, Robbie Savage, Dean Saunders, Andy Melville
scope=row473Roi Baudouin, BruxellesAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB2–319,233
scope=row474Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasilia Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–3Friendly30,000
scope=row475Ninian Park, CardiffHalign=center bgcolor=#FFFFBB0–0Friendly13,349
scope=row476National Stadium, VallettaHalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–0Friendly
scope=row477Stade El Menzah, TunisAalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–4Friendly80,000
scope=row478Nalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–223,160
scope=row479Parken, København Aalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–136,009
scope=row480Ninian Park, Cardiff Halign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB3–211,975
scope=row481Letzigrund Stadion, Zürich Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–213,500
scope=row482Stadio DallAra, Bologna Aalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–412,392
scope=row483Anfield, Liverpool Nalign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–210,956
scope=row484Dinamo, Minsk Aalign=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB2–125,000
scope=row485Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Halign=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB0–2

Head to head records

scope=colOpponentscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=col
211031
100101
101011
220053
621399
311124
410327
210132
110010
220030
613257
520335
521264
110021
220090
412174
110010
200206
411247
100103
431184
202044
410319
101000
110010
220020
220062
210133
5005317
421152
612359
101000
731367
200227
2200110
110021
831466
302103
311144
4004312
300306
100104
421196
101000
201112
302167
Totals 133 47 28 58 154 180

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Notes and References

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  2. News: Scotland beat England but Home Championships voided in 1981 . BBC Sport . Elgott . Jordan . 23 May 2020 . 9 April 2021.
  3. Web site: British Home Championship 1967–1984 . Reyes . Macario . Morrison . Neil . 9 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191221162605/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bhc1967-84.html . 21 December 2019 . . live .
  4. News: Jock Stein: Triumph and tragedy in Cardiff . . 10 September 2020 . 15 September 2020.
  5. Web site: UEFA Euro 92 qualifying . . 15 September 2020.
  6. News: Wales, Yorath and the World Class Nearly Men . . Davies . Nick . 30 September 2017 . 9 April 2021.
  7. Web site: Wales – International Results . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Nygård . Jostein . 14 April 2021.
  8. Web site: Wales national football team: record v Netherlands . 11v11.com . AFS Enterprises . 12 April 2021.

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