UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 4

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

Group 4 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 +1413
 Poland 8 5 2 1 13 4 +912
 East Germany 8 5 1 2 18 11 +711
  Switzerland 8 2 0 6 7 18 −114
 Iceland 8 0 0 8 2 21 −190
  East Germany Iceland Netherlands Poland Switzerland
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
Kusto  24'
Lato  85'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 6,594
Referee: Thomas Perry (NIR)

September 20, 1978
Netherlands  3 – 0  Iceland
Krol  31'
Brandts  53'
Rensenbrink  63' (pen.)
De Goffert, Nijmegen
Attendance: 13,113
Referee: Anders Mattsson (FIN)

October 4, 1978
East Germany  3 – 1  Iceland
Peter  6'
Riediger  29'
Hoffmann  72' 		Pétursson  14' (pen.)
Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle
Attendance: 9,084
Referee: Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds (WAL)

October 11, 1978
Switzerland   1 – 3  Netherlands
Tanner  32' Wildschut  19'
Brandts  67'
Geels  90'
Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Attendance: 20,732
Referee: César Correia Diaz da Luz (POR)

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

November 15, 1978
Poland  2 – 0   Switzerland
Boniek  39'
Ogaza  56'
Olimpijski, Wrocław
Attendance: 27,576
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (AUT)

March 28, 1979
Netherlands  3 – 0   Switzerland
Kist  55'
Metgod  84'
Peters  89'
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 21,674
Referee: John Hunting (ENG)

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

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

May 5, 1979
Switzerland   0 – 2  East Germany
Lindemann  45'
Streich  90'

May 22, 1979
Switzerland   2 – 0  Iceland
Herbert Hermann  27'
Zappa  53'
Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Attendance: 20,234
Referee: Albert Victor (LUX)

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

September 5, 1979
Iceland  0 – 4  Netherlands
Metgod  48'
W. van de Kerkhof  71'
Nanninga  73',  87'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Clive Thomas (WAL)

September 12, 1979
Iceland  0 – 3  East Germany
Weber  66' (pen.),  73'
Streich  80'
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 9,162
Referee: Svein Inge Thime (NOR)

September 12, 1979
Switzerland   0 – 2  Poland
Terlecki  34',  63'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 22,363
Referee: Otto Anderco (ROU)

September 26, 1979
Poland  1 – 1  East Germany
Wieczorek  77' Häfner  62'

October 10, 1979
Poland  2 – 0  Iceland
Ogaza  55',  74' (pen.)

October 13, 1979
East Germany  5 – 2   Switzerland
Weber  1'
Hoffmann  11',  75',  80'
Schnuphase  26' 		Barberis  19'
Pfister  72'
Stadion der Weltjugend, East Berlin
Attendance: 32,406
Referee: Robert Wurtz (FRA)

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

November 21, 1979
East Germany  2 – 3  Netherlands
Schnuphase  17'
Streich  33' (pen.) 		Thijssen  45'
Kist  50'
W. van de Kerkhof  67'

Top goalscorer

References