World of Soccer Cup

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The World of Soccer Cup, an association football friendly tournament, took place in the summer of 1977, hosted by Singapore and Australia.

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Overview

The tournament was the idea of English entrepreneur Reg Lambourne, Strata Travel owner Tom Lawrence and Red Star Belgrade FC Secretary General Dr Miroljub Stojkovic and consisted of two competitions. The first (also known as Metro 20th Anniversary Tournament) was a straight knock-out tournament in Singapore, and the second was a mini-league in which the top two teams would play in the final. The first trophy was won by Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena zvezda) and the second by Celtic, and was the last ever trophy Jock Stein would ever lift for Celtic.

Teams that participated

TeamNotes
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic Scottish Premier Division champions
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade Yugoslav First League champions
Flag of England.svg Arsenal
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore XIHost nation (1st tournament)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Host nation (2nd tournament)

Results

In Singapore

Semi-finals
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 1–3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
MacdonaldFilipović, Šestić, Savić
National Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 5–0 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore XI
Conn (2), Burns, Lennox, Edvaldsson
National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Third place playoff
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 5–1 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore XI
Macdonald (3), Stapleton, Brady
National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Final
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 1–3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Lennox penPetrović, Filipović (2)
National Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jack Taylor

In Australia

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 321075+27
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade 31114404
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI31027703
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 31024623


Flag of England.svg Arsenal 1–3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI
Armstrong Kosmina, Harding, Ollerton
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 1–1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
McDonaldSavić
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Jack Taylor
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 2–3 Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Rice, MacdonaldWilson (2), Glavin pen
SCG, Sydney
Attendance: 21,460
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 1–0 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Brady
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 12,000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI2–3 Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Barnes, OllertonGlavin, Edvaldsson (2)
SCG, Sydney
Attendance: 12,742
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI2–3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Kosmina, Harding Savić, Šestić, Filipović
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Final
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 2–0 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
McDonald, Edvaldsson
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Jack Taylor

References

  1. Official Program and was there