UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 4

Standings and results for Group 4 of the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 5 consisted of Netherlands, Poland, East Germany, Switzerland, and Iceland. Group winners were Netherlands, who outran Poland by a single point.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 13
 Poland 8 5 2 1 13 4 +9 12
 East Germany 8 5 1 2 18 11 +7 11
 Switzerland 8 2 0 6 7 18 −11 4
 Iceland 8 0 0 8 2 21 −19 0
 
East Germany  3–1 2–3 2–1 5–2
Iceland  0–3 0–4 0–2 1–2
Netherlands  3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0
Poland  1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
Switzerland  0–2 2–0 1–3 0–2

Results

September 6, 1978
Iceland  0 – 2  Poland Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
Attendance: 6,594
Referee: Thomas Perry (NIR)
Kusto  24'
Lato  85'

September 20, 1978
Netherlands  3 – 0  Iceland De Goffert, Nijmegen
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Anders Mattsson (FIN)
Krol  31'
Brandts  53'
Rensenbrink  63' (pen.)

October 4, 1978
East Germany  3 – 1  Iceland Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds (WAL)
Peter  6'
Riediger  29'
Hoffmann  72'
Pétursson  14' (pen.)

October 11, 1978
Switzerland  1 – 3  Netherlands Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (POR)
Tanner  32' Wildschut  19'
Brandts  67'
Geels  90'

November 15, 1978
Netherlands  3 – 0  East Germany Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (SWE)
Kische  18' (og.)
Geels  72' (pen.),  88'

November 15, 1978
Poland  2 – 0  Switzerland Olimpijski, Wrocław
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (AUT)
Boniek  9'
Ogaza  ?'

March 28, 1979
Netherlands  3 – 0  Switzerland Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: John Hunting (ENG)
Kist  55'
Metgod  84'
Peters  89'

April 18, 1979
East Germany  2 – 1  Poland Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Eldar Azim-Zade (URS)
Streich  59'
Lindemann  63'
Boniek  9'

May 2, 1979
Poland  2 – 0  Netherlands Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (FRA)
Boniek  19'
Mazur  64' (pen.)

May 5, 1979
Switzerland  0 – 2  East Germany Espenmoos Stadium, St. Gallen
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (ESP)
Lindemann  45'
Streich  90'

May 22, 1979
Switzerland  2 – 0  Iceland Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Albert Victor (LUX)
Herbert Hermann  27'
Zappa  53'

June 9, 1979
Iceland  1 – 2  Switzerland Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
Attendance: 10,469
Referee: Edward A. Farrell (IRL)
Guðlaugsson  49' Ponte  59'
Heinz Hermann  61'

September 5, 1979
Iceland  0 – 4  Netherlands Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (WAL)
Metgod  48'
W. van de Kerkhof  71'
Nanninga  73',  87'

September 12, 1979
Iceland  0 – 3  East Germany Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (NOR)
Weber  66' (pen.),  73'
Streich  80'

September 12, 1979
Switzerland  0 – 2  Poland Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Otto Anderco (ROU)
Terlecki  34',  63'

September 26, 1979
Poland  1 – 1  East Germany Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Patrick Partridge (ENG)
Wieczorek  77' Häfner  62'

October 10, 1979
Poland  2 – 0  Iceland Wisła Stadium, Krakow
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (DEN)
Ogaza  55',  74' (pen.)

October 13, 1979
East Germany  5 – 2  Switzerland Stadion der Weltjugend, East Berlin
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (FRA)
Weber  1'
Hoffmann  11',  75',  80'
Schnuphase  26'
Barberis  19'
Pfister  72'

October 17, 1979
Netherlands  1 – 1  Poland Olympisch, Amsterdam
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Paolo Casarin (ITA)
Stevens  65' Rudy  4'

November 21, 1979
East Germany  2 – 3  Netherlands Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: António da Silva Garrido (POR)
Schnuphase  17'
Streich  33' (pen.)
Thijssen  45'
Kist  50'
W. van de Kerkhof  67'

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