UEFA_Euro_1972_qualifying
UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
International football competition
The qualifying round for the 1972 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.[1]
Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 October 1970 – 17 May 1972 |
| Teams | 32 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 105 |
| Goals scored | 282 (2.69 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gerd Müller (7 goals) |
← 1968 1976 → | |
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Qualified
Did not qualify
Did not enter
Not a UEFA member
More information Team, Qualified as ...
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium (host) | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 0 (debut) |
 Soviet Union | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 3 (1960, 1964, 1968) |
| West Germany | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 0 (debut) |
 Hungary | Quarter-final winner | 17 May 1972 | 1 (1964) |
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Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
More information Group 1, Group 2 ...
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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group 1
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 1
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Romania |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Wales |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Finland |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 2
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 2
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Hungary |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Bulgaria |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | France |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Norway |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 3
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 3
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | England |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Switzerland |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Greece |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Malta |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 4
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 4
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Soviet Union |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| 2 | Spain |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | Northern Ireland |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Cyprus |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 5
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 5
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Belgium |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Portugal |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 3 | Scotland |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Denmark |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 6
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Italy |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Austria |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Sweden |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Republic of Ireland |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 7
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 7
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Netherlands |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | East Germany |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Luxembourg |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–8 | 0–5 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Group 8
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 8
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | West Germany |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Poland |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 1–3 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Turkey |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Albania |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |
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Source: UEFA
Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 quarter-finals
There were 282 goals scored in 105 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Ilir Përnaska
Petar Zhekov
František Karkó
Bernard Blanchet- Georges Lech
- Charly Loubet
István Szőke
Barry Hulshoff- Rinus Israël
Derek Dougan
Odd Iversen
Vítor Baptista- Eusébio
- Rui Rodrigues
Emerich Dembrovschi- Nicolae Dobrin
- Florea Dumitrache
- Mircea Lucescu
- Nicolae Lupescu
- Alexandru Neagu
Anatoliy Banishevskiy- Vladimir Fedotov
- Vitaly Shevchenko
Quino- Carles Rexach
- José Francisco Rojo
Kurt Müller- Karl Odermatt
- René-Pierre Quentin
Cemil Turan
John Toshack
Jürgen Grabowski- Günter Netzer
Josip Bukal
1 goal
- Panajot Pano
- Medin Zhega
- Astrit Ziu
Karl Kodat- Hans Pirkner
- Robert Sara
- Hans Schmidradner
- August Starek
- Josef Stering
André De Nul- Wilfried Van Moer
- Tsvetan Atanasov
- Bozhil Kolev
- Atanas Mihaylov
- Petko Petkov
- Mladen Vasilev
- Stefan Velichkov
Nikos Charalambous- Stefanis Michael
- Milan Albrecht
- Ladislav Kuna
- Jaroslav Pollák
- Vladimír Táborský
- František Veselý
Kresten Bjerre- Finn Laudrup
Peter Ducke- Henning Frenzel
- Wolfram Löwe
Allan Clarke- Chris Lawler
- Martin Peters
- Mike Summerbee
Matti Paatelainen- Louis Floch
- Michel Mézy
- Hervé Revelli
- Jacques Vergnes
Kostas Aidiniou- Kostas Davourlis
- Michalis Kritikopoulos
- László Branikovits
- Antal Dunai
- Péter Juhász
- László Nagy
- Lajos Szűcs
- Csaba Vidáts
Sandro Mazzola
Gilbert Dussier
Eddie Theobald- Willie Vassallo
- Oeki Hoekema
- Willi Lippens
- Theo Pahlplatz
- Wim Suurbier
- [[Sammy Morgan (footballer)|]]
- Ola Dybwad-Olsen
- Tor Fuglset
- Olav Nilsen
Jan Banaś- Bronisław Bula
- Zygfryd Szołtysik
- Jacinto João
- Fernando Peres
Tommy Carroll- Jimmy Conway
- Eamonn Rogers
- Anghel Iordănescu
- Radu Nunweiller
- Lajos Sătmăreanu
Archie Gemmill- Anatoliy Byshovets
- Eduard Kozynkevych
- Vladimir Muntyan
- Francisco Aguilar
- Luis Aragonés
- Enrique Lora
- José Luis Violeta
Dan Brzokoupil- Jan Olsson
- Tom Turesson
- Rolf Blättler
- Roland Citherlet
- Daniel Jeandupeux
- Metin Kurt
- Kamuran Yavuz
- Nihat Yayöz
- Ron Davies
- Alan Durban
- Gil Reece
- Uli Hoeneß
- Horst Köppel
- Zoran Filipović
- Jurica Jerković
1 own goal
- Erik Sandvad (against Portugal)
- Jacky Novi (against Hungary)
- Geir Karlsen (against Hungary)
- Tony Dunne (against Austria)
- Ronnie McKinnon (against Belgium)
- Pat Stanton (against Portugal)
- Anton Weibel (against England)
- Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (31 January 2007). "European Championship 1972". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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