Benelux Friendship Cup

 

Benelux Friendship Cup
1957-1958 
Played in two groups of three teams from Belgium, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg.

Group Matches
(Oct 16, 1957)
Spora CA (Luxembourg)    Lux  PSV                      Net   3-3
(Dec 4, 1957)
RSC Anderlecht           Bel  PSV                      Net   8-0y
y according to other sources on Oct 16, 1957
(Apr 9, 1958)
PSV                      Net  RSC Anderlecht           Bel   3-2x
x first match with floodlights at Philips stadium
(Apr 16, 1958)
PSV                      Net  Spora CA (Luxembourg)    Lux   1-0

Other group matches not known; RSC Anderlecht won group

Final
Feijenoord               Net  RSC Anderlecht           Bel   6-0
1958/59
NB: apparently involved teams from the Benelux, France and
    West Germany

Known Results

Round 1?
10- 6-1958 Fortuna '54 Geleen 4-0 Alemannia Aachen
             [Cor van der Hart 22, 38, 58, 80]
 1-10-1958 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-5 PSV Eindhoven   
 8-10-1958 PSV                2-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf  

Round 2? (Semifinal)
17-12-1958 PSV                2-0 UA Sedan
19- 3-1959 UA Sedan           3-1 PSV
10- 4-1959 PSV                2-5 UA Sedan     

NB: the third match between PSV and Sedan apparently was a play-off.

Final (in beginning of 1959/60 season)
 ?-9?-1959 Feijenoord         4-2 UA Sedan
1959-61
For teams of the European Community for Coal and Steel (EGKS/CECA).
In addition, Bellinzona from non-member Switzerland was invited as Italy
only sent one team; also, only one German team participated but three
French ones; all other member states (the Benelux countries) sent two
teams each.

Group 1
 1.Lanerossi Vicenza     6  4 1 1 23- 8  9
 2.Charleroi             6  3 1 2 16-11  7
 3.Spora Luxembourg      6  2 0 4 12-16  4
 4.Bellinzona            6  2 0 4  6-22  4

Group 2
 1.Feijenoord            6  4 0 2 13- 5  8
 2.Stade Français        6  3 2 1 12- 8  8
 3.Daring CB             6  3 1 2 16- 8  7
 4.Viktoria Köln         6  0 1 5  5-25  1

Group 3
28-10-1959 FC Metz            2-6 PSV
25-11-1959 PSV                4-1 FC Metz  
 9-12-1959 PSV                6-1 Jeunesse d'Esch 
24- 2-1960 Jeunesse d'Esch    1-4 PSV Eindhoven
 7- 9-1960 PSV                1-3 UA Sedan (*)
 
(*) The match Sedan-PSV was not played 
and the match PSV-Sedan was split into two 45 minutes matches.
1st half : PSV                0-3 UA Sedan [2 points for Sedan]
2nd half : PSV                1-0 UA Sedan [2 points for PSV]

 1.PSV (Eindhoven)       6  5 0 1 21- 8 10
 2.UA Sedan              6  4 1 1 16- 8  9
 3.Jeunesse d'Esch       6  1 1 4 15-27  3
 4.FC Metz               6  0 2 4 12-21  2

Semifinals
           Feijenoord         1-3 Lanerossi Vicenza           [in Rotterdam]
23-11-1960 PSV                3-0 Stade Français       [2-1?] [in Eindhoven]

Final [in Vicenza]
 8- 6-1961 Lanerossi Vicenza  2-1 PSV Eindhoven
            [37 69 Cappellaro; 18 Van der Kuil]

Referee: Hubert (Switzerland)
Lanerossi : Bazzoni, Garzena, Capucci, De Marchi, Zoppelletto, 
            Fusato, Pinti, Menti, Cappellaro, Brognoli, Savoini.

PSV       : Bekkering, Heerschop, Randers, Wissen, Wiersma,
            Brusselers, Heesakkers, Van der Kuil, Kruiver, 
            Svensson, Van der Heuvel.