1938 FIFA World Cup France ™

First round

France - Belgium

3:1 (2:1)

Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
05 June 1938	17:00	Paris/Colombes / Olympique	30454

Match Officials

Referee Hans WUETHRICH (SUI)	Assistant Referee 1 Augustin KRIST (TCH)
	Assistant Referee 2 Alfred BIRLEM (GER)

Goals scored

Emile VEINANTE (FRA) 1',
Jean NICOLAS (FRA) 16',
Henri ISEMBORGHS (BEL) 38',
Jean NICOLAS (FRA) 69'

France

Line-up

[0]
Laurent DI LORTO (GK)
[0]
Alfred ASTON
[0]
Edmond DELFOUR
[0]
Emile VEINANTE
[0]
Etienne MATTLER (C)
[0]
Gustave JORDAN
[0]
Hector CAZENAVE
[0]
Jean BASTIEN
[0]
Jean NICOLAS
[0]
Oscar HEISSERER
[0]
Raoul DIAGNE

Substitute(s)

[0]
Abdel Kader BEN BOUALI
[0]
Czeslaw POVOLNY
[0]
Francois BOURBOTTE
[0]
Ignace KOWALCZYK
[0]
Jules VANDOOREN
[0]
Julien DARUI
[0]
Lucien JASSERON
[0]
Mario ZATELLI
[0]
Michel BRUSSEAUX
[0]
Rene LLENSE
[0]
Roger COURTOIS

Coach

Gaston BARREAU (FRA)

Belgium

Line-up

[0]
Arnold BADJOU (GK)
[0]
Alphonse DE WINTER
[0]
Bernard VOORHOOF
[0]
Charles VANDEWOUWER
[0]
Corneel SEYS
[0]
Emile STIJNEN (C)
[0]
Fernand BUYLE
[0]
Henri ISEMBORGHS
[0]
John VAN ALPHEN
[0]
Raymond BRAINE
[0]
Robert PAVERICK

Substitute(s)

[0]
Andre VAN DE WEYER
[0]
Artur CEULEERS
[0]
Frans GOMMERS
[0]
Jean CAPELLE
[0]
Jean FIEVEZ
[0]
Jean PETIT
[0]
Joseph NELIS
[0]
Paul HENRY
[0]
Philibert SMELLINCKX
[0]
Pierre DALEM
[0]
Robert BRAET

Coach

Jack BUTLER (ENG)

Cautions

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution