UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 3

Standings and results for Group 3 of the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying tournament.

Group 3 consisted of Denmark, England, Greece, Hungary and Luxembourg. Group winners were Denmark, who finished a point clear of second-placed England.

Contents

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 8 6 1 1 17 5 +12 13
 England 8 5 2 1 23 3 +20 12
 Greece 8 3 2 3 8 10 −2 8
 Hungary 8 3 1 4 18 17 +1 7
 Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 5 36 −31 0
 
Denmark  2–2 1–0 3–1 6–0
England  0–1 0–0 2–0 9–0
Greece  0–2 0–3 2–2 1–0
Hungary  1–0 0–3 2–3 6–2
Luxembourg  1–2 0–4 0–2 2–6

Results

September 22, 1982
Denmark  2 – 2
 England Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 44,300
Referee: Charles Corver (NED)
Hansen  68' (pen)
J.Olsen  89'
Francis  8'  82'

October 09, 1982
Luxembourg  0 – 2
 Greece Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (FRG)
(Details) Anastopoulos  7' (pen)  26'

November 10, 1982
Luxembourg  1 – 2
 Denmark Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)
Di Domenico  54' (Details) Lerby  31' (pen)
Berggreen  67'

November 17, 1982
Greece  0 – 3
 England Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 41,534
Referee: Adolf Prokop (GDR)
(Details) Woodcock  1',  64'
Lee  68'

December 15, 1982
England  9 – 0
 Luxembourg Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Hreidar Jonsson (ISL)
Bossi  18' (og)
Coppell  22'
Woodcock  34'
Blissett  44',  62',  86'
Chamberlain  71'
Hoddle  87'
Neal  89'
(Details)

March 27, 1983
Luxembourg  2 – 6
 Hungary Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerard Geurds (NED)
Reiter  4'
Schreiner  55'
(Details) Póczik  30',  59',  69'
Nyilasi  40'
Pölöskei  50'
Hannich  56'

March 30, 1983
England  0 – 0
 Greece Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Dušan Krchnak (TCH)
(Details)

April 17, 1983
Hungary  6 – 2
 Luxembourg Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Edgar Azzopardi (MLT)
Hajszán  21'
Nyilasi  33',  63'
Kiss  35'
Szentes  61'
Burcsa  65'
(Details) Reiter  56'
Malget  57'

April 27, 1983
Denmark  1 – 0
 Greece Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Romualdas Yushka (URS)
Busk  76' (Details)

April 27, 1983
England  2 – 0
 Hungary Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pietro D'elia (ITA)
Francis  31'
Withe  70'
(Details)

May 15, 1983
Hungary  2 – 3
 Greece Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Edvard Sostaric (YUG)
Nyilasi  24'
Hajszan  88'
(Details) Anastopoulos  15'
Kostikos  32'
Mihos  56'

June 01, 1983
Denmark  3 – 1
 Hungary Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Heinz Fahnler (AUT)
Elkjær  3'
M.Olsen  81'
Simonsen  85' (pen)
(Details) Nyilasi  29'

September 21, 1983
England  0 – 1
 Denmark Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)
(Details) Simonsen  36' (pen)

October 12, 1983
Hungary  0 – 3
 England Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (SUI)
(Details) Hoddle  13'
Lee  19'
Mariner  42'

October 12, 1983
Denmark  6 – 0
 Luxembourg Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 44,700
Referee: Kaj Natri (FIN)
Laudrup  16',  23',  69'
Elkjær  35',  58'
Simonsen  41'
(Details)

October 26, 1983
Hungary  1 – 0
 Denmark Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Emilio Guruceta Muro (ESP)
Kiss  57' (Details)

November 16, 1983
Greece  0 – 2
 Denmark Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (ITA)
(Details) Elkjær  16'
Simonsen  47'

November 16, 1983
Luxembourg  0 – 4
 England Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cornelius Bakker (NED)
(Details) Robson  10',  56'
Mariner  38'
Butcher  80'

December 03, 1983
Greece  2 – 2
 Hungary Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ioan Igna (ROM)
Anastopoulos  9',  55' (Details) Kardos  12'
Bodonyi  40'

December 14, 1983
Greece  1 – 0
 Luxembourg Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Velitchko Tzontchev (BUL)
Saravakos  18' (Details)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Nikos Anastopoulos  Greece 5
Tibor Nyilasi  Hungary
2 Preben Elkjær  Denmark 4
Allan Simonsen  Denmark
3 Michael Laudrup  Denmark 3
Luther Blissett  England
Trevor Francis  England
Tony Woodcock  England
József Póczik  Hungary
2 goals
 England
 Hungary
 Luxembourg
1 goal
 Denmark
 England
 Greece
 Hungary
 Luxembourg
Own Goals
  • Marcel Bossi (for England)

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Denmark

Coach - Sepp Piontek

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Troels Rasmussen GK April 7, 1961 (age 21) 1 AGF
Ole Qvist GK February 25, 1950 (age 32) 2 KB
Ole Kjær GK August 16, 1954 (age 28) 5 Esbjerg fB
Ivan Nielsen DF October 9, 1956 (age 25) 7 Feyenoord
Ole Rasmussen DF March 19, 1952 (age 30) 6 Hertha BSC
Søren Busk DF April 10, 1953 (age 29) 7 K.A.A. Gent
Ole Madsen DF November 14, 1958 (age 23) 2 Brøndby
Per Røntved DF January 27, 1949 (age 33) 2 Randers Freja
Hvidovre IF
Jens Bertelsen DF February 15, 1952 (age 30) 7 R.F.C. Seraing
Morten Olsen DF August 14, 1949 (age 33) 7 RSC Anderlecht
John Sivebæk DF October 25, 1961 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) Vejle
John Lauridsen MF April 2, 1959 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub) RCD Espanyol
Søren Lerby MF February 1, 1958 (age 24) 6 Ajax
Bayern Munich
Michael Laudrup MF June 15, 1964 (age 18) 3 Brøndby
Juventus
Jesper Olsen MF March 20, 1961 (age 21) 8 (1 as sub) Ajax
Allan Hansen MF April 21, 1956 (age 26) 1 Hamburger SV
Morten Donnerup MF August 26, 1960 (age 21) 1 AGF
Klaus Berggreen MF February 3, 1958 (age 24) 7 SC Pisa
Flemming Christensen MF April 10, 1958 (age 23) 1 Lyngby BK
Per Frimann MF June 4, 1962 (age 20) 1 (as a sub) RSC Anderlecht
Frank Arnesen MF September 30, 1956 (age 25) 1 (as a sub) Valencia CF
RSC Anderlecht
Jan Mølby MF July 4, 1963 (age 19) 1 (as a sub) Ajax
Lars Bastrup ST July 31, 1955 (age 26) 3 (1 as sub) Hamburger SV
IK Skovbakken
Allan Simonsen ST December 15, 1952 (age 29) 6 FC Barcelona
Charlton Athletic
Preben Elkjær ST September 11, 1957 (age 24) 8 (1 as sub) Lokeren
Kenneth Brylle ST May 22, 1959 (age 23) 1 (as sub) RSC Anderlecht

England

Coach - Bobby Robson

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Peter Shilton GK September 18, 1949 (age 32) 6 Southampton
Ray Clemence GK August 15, 1948 (age 34) 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Phil Neal DF February 20, 1951 (age 31) 6 Liverpool
John Gregory DF May 11, 1954 (age 28) 2 Queens Park Rangers
Mike Duxbury DF September, 1959 (age 22) 1 Manchester United
Kenny Sansom DF September 26, 1958 (age 23) 8 Arsenal
Phil Thompson DF January 21, 1954 (age 28) 1 Liverpool
Russell Osman DF February 14, 1959 (age 23) 2 Ipswich Town
Alvin Martin DF July 29, 1958 (age 24) 6 West Ham United
Terry Butcher DF December 28, 1958 (age 23) 7 Ipswich Town
Gary Mabbutt DF August 26, 1961 (age 20) 5 Tottenham Hotspur
Graham Roberts DF July 3, 1959 (age 23) 1 (as a sub) Tottenham Hotspur
Ray Wilkins MF September 14, 1956 (age 25) 2 Manchester United
Bryan Robson MF January 11, 1957 (age 25) 5 Manchester United
Sammy Lee MF February 7, 1959 (age 23) 7 Liverpool
Tony Morley MF August 26, 1954 (age 27) 2 Aston Villa
WBA
Ricky Hill MF March 3, 1959 (age 23) 1 (as sub) Luton Town
Steve Coppell MF July 9, 1955 (age 27) 2 Manchester United
Glenn Hoddle MF October 27, 1957 (age 25) 3 (1 as sub) Tottenham Hotspur
John Barnes MF November 17, 1963 (age 18) 2 (1 as sub) Watford
Graham Rix MF October 23, 1957 (age 24) 2 (1 as sub) Arsenal
Alan Devonshire MF April 13, 1956 (age 26) 2 West Ham United
Gordon Cowans MF October 27, 1958 (age 23) 1 Aston Villa
Mark Chamberlain MF November 19, 1961 (age 20) 2 (both as sub) Stoke City
Trevor Francis ST April 19, 1954 (age 28) 4 Sampdoria
Paul Mariner ST May 22, 1953 (age 29) 5 Ipswich Town
Tony Woodcock ST December 6, 1955 (age 26) 4 Arsenal
Peter Withe ST August 30, 1951 (age 30) 1 Newcastle United
Luther Blissett ST February 1, 1958 (age 24) 4 (1 as sub) Watford
AC Milan

Greece

Coach - Hristos Arhontidis

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Nikos Sarganis GK January 15, 1954 (age 28) 6 Olympiacos
Georgios Plitsis GK August 10, 1963 (age 19) 2 Larissa
Ioannis Gounaris DF July 6, 1952 (age 30) 3 Olympiacos
Nikos Vamvakoulas DF January 31, 1957 (age 25) 3 Olympiacos
Stelios Manolas DF July 13, 1960 (age 22) 1 (as sub) AEK Athens
Nikos Alavantas DF May 20,1959 (age 23) 4
Konstantinos Iosifidis DF January 14, 1952 (age 30) 2 PAOK FC
Nikos Karoulias DF May 25, 1953 (age 29) 59 Panathinaikos
Giorgos Foiros DF November 8, 1953 (age 28) 2 Aris Thessaloniki
Giannis Galitsios DF May 15, 1958 (age 24) 4 Larissa
Charalambos Xanthopoulos DF August 29, 1956 (age 25) 3 Iraklis
Anthimos Kapsis DF September 3, 1950 (age 31) 2 Panathinaikos
Petros Michos DF February 17, 1959 (age 23) 8 Olympiacos
Ioannis Dontas DF March 2, 1958 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) Panathinaikos
Christos Ardizoglou MF March 25, 1953 (age 29) 4 (3 as sub) AEK Athens
Giorgos Skartados MF April 7, 1960 (age 22) 1 PAOK FC
Giannis Damanakis MF October 2, 1952 (age 29) 1 PAOK FC
Spiros Livathinos MF January 8, 1955 (age 27) 2 Panathinaikos
Giorgos Semertzidis MF June 14, 1957 (age 25) 2 Aris Thessaloniki
Vangelis Kousoulakis MF April 16, 1954 (age 28) 3 Olympiacos
Savvas Kofidis MF February 5, 1961 (age 31) 5 (4 as sub) Iraklis
Apostolos Papaioannou MF October 5,1956(age 25) 6
Dinos Kouis MF November 23, 1955 (age 26) 4 Aris Thessaloniki
Tasos Mitropoulos MF August 23, 1957 (age 24) 7 Olympiacos
Kostas Batsinilas MF February 12, 1963 (age 19) 1 (as sub) Ethnikos Piraeus
Dimitris Saravakos ST July 26, 1961 (age 21) 3 (2 as sub) Panionios
Georgios Kostikos ST April 26, 1958 (age 24) 4 (3 as sub) PAOK FC
Nikos Anastopoulos ST January 22, 1958 (age 24) 8 Olympiacos
Christos Dimopoulos ST September 6, 1959 (age 22) 4 (1 as sub) PAOK FC
Thomas Mavros ST May 31, 1954 (age 28) 1 AEK Athens

Hungary

Coach - Kálmán Mészöly/György Mezey

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Béla Katzirz GK July 27, 1953 (age 29) 4 Pécsi Munkás
Sporting Lisbon
Gábor Zsiboras GK November 12, 1957 (age 24) 1 Ferencváros
Attila Kovacs GK January 24, 1956 (age 26) 3 Csepel SC
Zoltán Peter DF March 23, 1958 (age 24) 2 Zalaegerszegi TE
Győző Martos DF December 15, 1949 (age 32) 3 Waterschei SV Thor
András Törőcsik DF May 1, 1955 (age 27) 5 Újpesti Dózsa
Gyula Csonka DF May 12, 1958 (age 24) 1 Rába ETO Győr
József Csuhay DF July 12, 1957 (age 26) 2 Videoton FC
Attila Kerekes DF April 4, 1954 (age 28) 2 Békéscsaba Előre
István Kocsis DF October 6, 1949 (age 32) 3 Lierse SK
FC Sopron
József Kardos DF March 29, 1960 (age 22) 6 (1 as sub) Újpesti Dózsa
Gábor Kőhalmi DF 1955 (age 27) 2 Csepel SC
József Tóth DF December 2, 1951 (age 30) 4 Újpesti Dózsa
József Varga DF October 9, 1954 (age 27) 5 Honvéd
Imre Garaba DF July 29, 1958 (age 24) 7 (1 as sub) Honvéd
Antal Róth DF September 14, 1960 (age 21) 2 Pécsi Munkás
Antal Nagy DF October 17, 1956 (age 25) 2 (both as sub) Honvéd
Karoly Jancsika MF November 13, 1955 (age 26) 1 (as sub) Ferencváros
Péter Hannich MF March 30, 1957 (age 25) 7 Rába ETO Győr
Zoltán Ebedli MF October 26, 1953 (age 28) 1 Ferencváros
Gyula Hajszán MF October 9, 1961 (age 20) 7 (2 as sub) Rába ETO Győr
László Dajka MF April 29, 1959 (age 23) 3 (2 as sub) Honvéd
Ferenc Csongradi MF March 29, 1956 (age 26) 2 Videoton FC
Győző Burcsa MF March 13, 1954 (age 28) 3 (2 as sub) Rába ETO Győr
László Fazekas ST October 15, 1947 (age 34) 1 Royal Antwerp
Laszlo Szokolai ST March 25, 1952 (age 30) 2 (both as sub) Ferencváros
Sturm Graz
László Kiss ST March 12, 1956 (age 26) 3 (1 as sub) Vasas SC
Béla Bodonyi ST September 14, 1956 (age 26) 2 Honvéd
Lázár Szentes ST December 22, 1955 (age 26) 2 (both as sub) Rába ETO Győr
Sándor Kiss ST November 2, 1956 (age 25) 1 Újpesti Dózsa
Tibor Nyilasi ST January 18, 1955 (age 27) 6 Ferencváros
Austria Wien
József Poczik ST July 21, 1953 (age 29) 4 Rába ETO Győr
Gábor Pölöskei ST October 11, 1960 (age 21) 3 Ferencváros

Luxembourg

Coach - Louis Pilot

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Jeannot Moes GK May 11, 1948 (age 34) 4 Avenir Beggen
Jean-Paul Defrang GK June 22, 1956 (age 26) 4 Progrès Niedercorn
Michel Bechet DF February 25, 1964 (age 18) 1 Etzella Ettelbruck
Romain Michaux DF November 9, 1953 (age 28) 5 (1 as sub) Red Boys Differdange
Hubert Meunier DF December 14, 1959 (age 22) 7 Jeunesse Esch
Marcel Bossi DF January 14, 1960 (age 22) 6 Progrès Niedercorn
Nico Rohmann DF November 23, 1952 (age 29) 3 San Diego Sockers
Gilbert Dresch DF September 14, 1954 (age 27) 8 Avenir Beggen
Carlo Weis DF December 4, 1958 (age 24) 6 Stade Reims
Spora Luxembourg
Jean Schmitz DF January 28, 1964 (age 18) 1 (as sub) Progrès Niedercorn
Romain Schreiner MF March 17, 1957 (age 25) 4 (2 as sub) Avenir Beggen
Jean-Paul Girres MF January 6, 1961 (age 21) 8 (1 as sub) Union Luxembourg
Avenir Beggen
John Clemens MF September 30, 1958 (age 23) 2
Nico Wagner MF September 19, 1954 (age 27) 4 (1 as sub) Avenir Beggen
Guy Hellers MF October 10, 1964 (age 17) 6 FC Metz
Standard Liège
Alain Nurenberg MF May 23, 1961 (age 21) 4 (3 as sub) Progrès Niedercorn
Théo Malget MF March 2, 1961 (age 31) 4 (1 as sub) FC Wiltz 71
Serge Jentgen MF January 28, 1962 (age 20) 1 (as a sub) Avenir Beggen
Fred Schreiner MF July 2, 1961 (age 21) 2 Etzella Ettelbruck
Jean-Pierre Barboni MF September 6, 1958 (age 23) 3 Jeunesse Esch
Gerard Jeitz MF March 10, 1961 (age 21) 1 (as sub) US Rumelange
Marcel Di Domenico ST June 17, 1955 (age 27) 3 (1 as sub) Red Boys Differdange
Robby Langers ST August 1, 1960 (age 22) 5 Olympique de Marseille
FC Metz
Jeannot Reiter ST October 14, 1958 (age 23) 7 FC Chalon
Manou Scheitler ST March 1, 1958 (age 24) 1 (as sub) Jeunesse Esch

References