Guy Thys

Guy Thys
Personal information
Guy Thys pictured in 1977
Full name	Guy Jean Léonard Thys
Date of birth	(1922-12-06)6 December 1922
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death	1 August 2003(2003-08-01) (aged 80)
Place of death	Antwerp, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1934–1939	Beerschot
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1950	Beerschot	143	(60)
1942–1943	→ Daring Bruxelles (loan)	26	(12)
1950–1954	Standard Liège	104	(46)
1954–1958	Cercle Brugge	107	(41)
Total		380	(159)
National team
1952–1953	Belgium	2	(0)
Teams managed
1954–1958	Cercle Brugge
1958–1959	Lokeren
1960–1963	Wezel Sport
1963–1966	Herentals
1966–1969	Beveren
1969–1973	Union Saint-Gilloise
1973–1976	Royal Antwerp
1976–1989	Belgium
1990–1991	Belgium
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Guy Thys (6 December 1922 – 1 August 2003) was the most successful Belgian national football manager in history.

Biography

Thys was born in Antwerp and started his career in the 1940s and 50s as a football player with Beerschot, Daring Molenbeek and Standard. In 1952 and 1953 he played two matches with the Red Devils, the Belgian national team.

He combined the activities of player and trainer for Cercle Brugge from 1954 until 1958. In 1959 he performed the same functions for Racing Lokeren. He became a full-time trainer with Wezel the same year, followed by Herentals, Beveren, Union Sint-Gillis, and Antwerp. Antwerp was successful under Thys' leadership, being finalist in the Belgian Cup and twice finishing second in the championship. Partly due to these achievements Thys was appointed Belgium manager in 1976 and remained in the job until 1989, managing the team for 101 games, 45 of which were victories. Eight months after stepping down as manager Thys was re-appointed in early 1990 in order to take charge of the team for the 1990 World Cup. The side duly qualified through the group stage and was unlucky to be knocked out by the English national team in the second round of the tournament. Thys retired again in 1991.

Under his lead the Red Devils participated twice in the European Championship and three times in the World Cup. In 1980, Belgium narrowly lost the European Championship final from Germany in Rome. In the opening game of the 1982 World Cup, Belgium surprised the world by beating the reigning world champions Argentina 1-0. But Thys' most prominent success came in 1986 when Belgium ended fourth in the World Cup in Mexico. His team beat Spain and the Soviet Union, but was halted by Diego Maradona and his Argentine team in the semi finals.

Guy Thys died after a lingering disease and is survived by his wife Christiane.

Honours

Player

Standard Liège

Belgian Cup: 1953–54

Manager

Beveren

Belgian Second Division: 1966–67

Royal Antwerp

Belgian First Division Runner-up: 1973–74, 1974–75
Belgian Cup Runner-up: 1974–75

Belgium

FIFA World Cup Fourth place: 1986
UEFA European Championship Finalist: 1980

External links

Belgium squads

Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Runners-up

1 Custers 2 Gerets 3 L. Millecamps 4 Meeuws 5 Renquin 6 Cools (c) 7 Vandereycken 8 Van Moer 9 Van der Elst 10 Vandenbergh 11 Ceulemans 12 Pfaff 13 M. Martens 14 Plessers 15 Verheyen 16 M. Millecamps 17 Mommens 18 Dardenne 19 Wellens 20 Preud'homme 21 Heyligen 22 R. Martens Coach: Thys

Belgium squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Pfaff 2 Gerets (c) 3 L. Millecamps 4 Meeuws 5 Renquin 6 Vercauteren 7 Daerden^∗ 8 Van Moer 9 Vandenbergh 10 Coeck 11 Ceulemans 12 Custers 13 Van der Elst 14 Baecke 15 De Schrijver 16 Plessers 17 Verheyen 18 Mommens 19 M. Millecamps 20 Vandersmissen 21 Czerniatynski 22 Munaron Coach: Thys

^∗ Jos Daerden stepped in because Rene Vandereycken ruled out through injury on the eve of the finals

Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1984

1 Pfaff 2 Grün 3 Lambrichts 4 Clijsters 5 De Wolf 6 Vercauteren 7 Vandereycken 8 Claesen 9 Vandenbergh 10 Coeck 11 Ceulemans (c) 12 Munaron 13 Baecke 14 De Greef 15 Verheyen 16 Scifo 17 Voordeckers 18 Czerniatynski 19 Mommens 20 De Coninck Coach: Thys

Belgium squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Pfaff 2 Gerets 3 F. Van der Elst 4 De Wolf 5 Renquin 6 Vercauteren 7 Vandereycken 8 Scifo 9 Vandenbergh 10 Desmet 11 Ceulemans (c) 12 Munaron 13 Grün 14 Clijsters 15 L. Van der Elst 16 Claesen 17 Mommens 18 Veyt 19 Broos 20 Bodart 21 Demol 22 Vervoort Coach: Thys

Belgium squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Preud'homme 2 Gerets (c) 3 Albert 4 Clijsters 5 Versavel 6 Emmers 7 Demol 8 Van der Elst 9 Degryse 10 Scifo 11 Ceulemans 12 Bodart 13 Grün 14 Claesen 15 De Sart 16 De Wolf 17 Plovie 18 Staelens 19 Van Der Linden 20 De Wilde 21 Wilmots 22 Vervoort Coach: Thys

Guy Thys managerial positions

Cercle Brugge K.S.V. – managers

Dewulf (1910–14)
Saeys (1914–28)
Vanhalme (1928–37)
Maxwell (1937–38)
Fenichel (1938–40)
Vanhalme (1940–41)
Saeys (1941–42)
Stejskal (1942–44)
Baes (1944–46)
Deschepper (1946–48)
Baes (1948–50)
Vanden Bempt (1950–51)
Kennedy (1951–52)
Versyp (1952–1953)
Ruysschaert (1953–54)
Thys (1954–56)
Versyp (1956–57)
Delfour (1958–62)
Bigot (1962–63)
Meuris (1963–66)
Vandooren (1966–67)
Braems (1967–72)
Grijzenhout (1972–77)
Petropoulos (1977–78)
Masyn (1977–78)
Grijzenhout (1978–79)
Canjels (1979–82)
Grijzenhout (1982–83)
Houwaart (1983–84)
Van Kerkhof (1984)
Leekens (1984–87)
Taelman (1987–88)
Rotty (1988–89)
Grijzenhout (1988–91)
Lagrou (1990–91)
Houwaart (1991–94)
Leekens (1993–94)
Tipurić (1994–97)
Verkempinck (1997–98)
Desmedt (1998–99)
Van Wijk (1999–2002)
Tipurić (2002–04)
Van Veldhoven (2004–07)
De Boeck (2007–10)
Peeters (2010–12)
Booy (2012–13)
Staelens (2013–14)
Viðarsson (2014–15)
Van Wijk (2015)
Vanderbiest (2015–16)
Euvrard (2016)
Riga (2016–)

Royal Antwerp F.C. – managers

Verdyck (1919–30)
Löwenfelt (1930–32)
Delausnay (1932–34)
Less (1934)
Molnar (1934–36)
Löwenfelt (1936–38)
Wertz (1938–39)
Pelsmaeker (1941–44)
Pelsmaeker (1945–49)
De Clercq & Gedopt (1949–53)
Game (1953–60)
Havlicek (1960–61)
Humenberger (1961–64)
Hofman & Fraifont (1964)
D'Hollander (1964–65)
Game (1965–68)
Maertens (1968–70)
Cautreels (1970–71)
Csernai (1971–72)
Wauters & Simons (1972)
Braems (1972–73)
Thys (1973–76)
Vliers (1976–77)
Novák (1977–79)
Van Den Bergh (1979–80)
Wauters (1980)
Davidovic (1980–83)
Dockx (1983–84)
Haan (1984–85)
Nollet (1985–86)
Keßler (1986–89)
Davidovic (1989–91)
Koekelcoren (1991)
de Wit (1991)
Meeuws (1991–93)
Haesaert (1993–95)
Svilar (1995)
Fazekas (1995–96)
Svilar (1996)
Keßler (1996–97)
Svilar (1997–98)
Van Acker (1998–01)
De Coninck (2001–02)
Houwaart (2002–03)
Desaeyere (2003)
Perazic (2003–04)
Grosjean (2004)
Tipurić (2004–05)
Van Acker (2005–06)
Joyce (2006–08)
Davidovic (2008–09)
Svilar (2009)
Andrews (2009–10)
De Roover (2010–11)
Wilmssen (2011–12)
Van Wijk (2012–13)
Hasselbaink (2013–14)
Stricker (2014–15)
Gevaert (2015–16)
Vanderbiest (2016)
Gevaert (2016)
De Decker (2016–)

Belgium national football team – managers

de Laveleye^KBVB (1904–10)
Maxwell (1910–13)
Bunyan (1914)
de Laveleye^KBVB (1914–20)
Maxwell (1920–28)
Löwenfelt (1928–30)
Goetinck (1930–34)
Turnauer (1935)
Butler (1935–39)
Goetinck (1939–40)
Van Kesbeeck^KBVB (1940–43)
Demol (1944–46)
Gormlie (1947–53)
Livingstone (1953–54)
Vandeweyer (1955–57)
Nicolay^c (1957)
Toldi (1957–58)
Vanden Stock (1958–68)
Goethals (1968–76)
Thys (1976–89)
Meeuws (1989–90)
Thys (1990–91)
Van Himst (1991–96)
Van Moer (1996)
Leekens (1997–99)
Waseige (1999–2002)
Anthuenis (2002–05)
Vandereycken (2006–09)
Vercauteren^c (2009)
Advocaat (2009–10)
Leekens (2010–12)
Wilmots (2012–16)
Martínez (2016–)

(KBVB) = on behalf of the Belgian FA; (c) = caretaker manager

World Soccer Manager of the Year

1982: Bearzot
1983: Piontek
1984: Hidalgo
1985: Venables
1986: Thys
1987: Cruyff
1988: Michels
1989: Sacchi
1990: Beckenbauer
1991: Platini
1992: Nielsen
1993: Ferguson
1994: Parreira
1995: Van Gaal
1996: Vogts
1997: Hitzfeld
1998: Wenger
1999: Ferguson
2000: Zoff
2001: Houllier
2002: Hiddink
2003: Ancelotti
2004: Mourinho
2005: Mourinho
2006: Lippi
2007: Ferguson
2008: Ferguson
2009: Guardiola
2010: Mourinho
2011: Guardiola
2012: Del Bosque
2013: Heynckes
2014: Löw
2015: Luis Enrique

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jozef Vandercruyssen	Cercle Brugge top scorer 1955	Succeeded by François Loos
Preceded by François Loos	Cercle Brugge top scorer alongside François Loos 1957	Succeeded by André Perot

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 286358436

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