1972 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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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.

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[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group 1

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. Romania 2 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0 9 6 4 1 1 11 2
2. Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 1 9 6 4 1 1 11 4
3. Wales 0 - 0 1 - 3 3 - 0 5 6 2 1 3 5 6
4. Finland 0 - 4 0 - 4 0 - 1 1 6 0 1 5 1 16

[edit] Group 2

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. Hungary 2 - 0 1 - 1 4 - 0 9 6 4 1 1 12 5
2. Bulgaria 3 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 1 7 6 3 1 2 11 7
3. France 0 - 2 2 - 1 3 - 1 7 6 3 1 2 10 8
4. Norway 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 3 1 6 0 1 5 5 18

[edit] Group 3

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. England 1 - 1 3 - 0 5 - 0 11 6 5 1 0 15 3
2. Switzerland 2 - 3 1 - 0 5 - 0 9 6 4 1 1 12 5
3. Greece 0 - 2 0 - 1 2 - 0 3 6 1 1 4 3 8
4. Malta 0 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 1 1 6 0 1 5 2 16

[edit] Group 4

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. USSR 2 - 1 1 - 0 6 - 1 10 6 4 2 0 13 4
2. Spain 0 - 0 3 - 0 7 - 0 8 6 3 2 1 14 3
3. Northern Ireland 1 - 1 1 - 1 5 - 0 6 6 2 2 2 10 6
4. Cyprus 1 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 6 0 0 6 2 26

[edit] Group 5

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. Belgium 3 - 0 3 - 0 2 - 0 9 6 4 1 1 11 3
2. Portugal 1 - 1 2 - 0 5 - 0 7 6 3 1 2 10 6
3. Scotland 1 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 0 6 6 3 0 3 4 7
4. Denmark 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 0 2 6 1 0 5 2 11

[edit] Group 6

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. Italy 2 - 2 3 - 0 3 - 0 10 6 4 2 0 12 4
2. Austria 1 - 2 1 - 0 6 - 0 7 6 3 1 2 14 6
3. Sweden 0 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 6 6 2 2 2 3 5
4. Republic of Ireland 1 - 2 1 - 4 1 - 1 1 6 0 1 5 3 17

[edit] Group 7

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. Yugoslavia 2 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 6 3 3 0 7 2
2. Netherlands 1 - 1 3 - 2 6 - 0 7 6 3 1 2 18 6
3. East Germany 1 - 2 1 - 0 2 - 1 7 6 3 1 2 11 6
4. Luxembourg 0 - 2 0 - 8 0 - 5 1 6 0 1 5 1 23

[edit] Group 8

Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1. West Germany 0 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 10 6 4 2 0 10 2
2. Poland 1 - 3 5 - 1 3 - 0 6 6 2 2 2 10 6
3. Turkey 0 - 3 1 - 0 2 - 1 5 6 2 1 3 5 13
4. Albania 0 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 0 3 6 1 1 4 5 9

[edit] Quarter-finals

1st Leg - Saturday April 29, 1972

19:45 GMT Wembley Stadium, London
Referee: Robert Helies (FRA)

England 1 - 3 (0-1) West Germany
Lee 78' Hoeness 27'
Netzer 84' pen
G. Müller 88'

2nd Leg - Saturday May 13, 1972

16:00 CET Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Stadium, Berlin
Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic (YUG)

West Germany 0 - 0 England

West Germany won 3-1 on aggregate.


1st Leg - Saturday April 29, 1972

15:30 CET Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Referee: Peter Hristov Nikolov (BUL)

Italy 0 - 0 Belgium

2nd Leg - Saturday May 13, 1972

20:00 CET Parc Astrid, Brussels
Referee: Paul Schiller (AUT)

Belgium 2 - 1 (1-0) Italy
Van Moer 23' Riva 85' pen
Van Himst 72'

Belgium won 2-1 on aggregate.


1st Leg - Saturday April 29, 1972

17:00 CET Ferenc Puskas Stadium, Budapest
Referee: David William Smith (ENG)

Hungary 1 - 1 (1-0) Romania
Branikovits 11' Satmareanu 55'

2nd Leg - Sunday May 14, 1972

Bucharest
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Romania 2 - 2 (1-2) Hungary
Dobrin 14' Szöke 5'
Neagu 82' Kocsis 35'

Replay Match (neutral ground) - Wednesday May 17, 1972

20:00 CET Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Referee: Christe Michas (GRE)

Hungary 2 - 1 (1-1) Romania
Kocsis 27' Neagu 34'
Szöke 89'

Hungary won 5-4 on aggregate.


1st Leg - Sunday April 30, 1972

16:00 CET Crvena Zvezda Stadium, Belgrade
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (SWI)

Yugoslavia 0 - 0 Soviet Union

2nd Leg - Saturday May 13, 1972

17:00 MSK Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (ITA)

Soviet Union 3 - 0 (0-0) Yugoslavia
Kolotov 53'
Banishevski 74'
Kozinkevich 90'

Soviet Union won 3-0 on aggregate.

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