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.

Final table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 8611175+1213
 England 8521233+2012
 Greece 832381028
 Hungary 83141817+17
 Luxembourg 8008536310
  Denmark England Greece Hungary Luxembourg
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
Hansen  68' (pen)
J.Olsen  89'
Francis  8'  82'
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 44,300
Referee: Charles Corver (NED)

October 09, 1982
Luxembourg  0 2  Greece
(Details) Anastopoulos  7' (pen)  26'

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

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

December 15, 1982
England  9 0  Luxembourg
Bossi  18' (og)
Coppell  22'
Woodcock  34'
Blissett  44',  62',  86'
Chamberlain  71'
Hoddle  87'
Neal  89'
(Details)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 33,980
Referee: Hreidar Jonsson (ISL)

March 27, 1983
Luxembourg  2 6  Hungary
Reiter  4'
Schreiner  55'
(Details) Póczik  30',  59',  69'
Nyilasi  40'
Pölöskei  50'
Hannich  56'
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Gerard Geurds (NED)

March 30, 1983
England  0 0  Greece
(Details)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 44,051
Referee: Dušan Krchnak (TCH)

April 17, 1983
Hungary  6 2  Luxembourg
Hajszán  21'
Nyilasi  33',  63'
Kiss  35'
Szentes  61'
Burcsa  65'
(Details) Reiter  56'
Malget  57'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 12,280
Referee: Edgar Azzopardi (MLT)

April 27, 1983
Denmark  1 0  Greece
Busk  76' (Details)
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 33,700
Referee: Romualdas Yushka (URS)

April 27, 1983
England  2 0  Hungary
Francis  31'
Withe  70'
(Details)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 50,600
Referee: Pietro D'elia (ITA)

May 15, 1983
Hungary  2 3  Greece
Nyilasi  24'
Hajszan  88'
(Details) Anastopoulos  15'
Kostikos  32'
Michos  56'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Edvard Sostaric (YUG)

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

September 21, 1983
England  0 1  Denmark
(Details) Simonsen  36' (pen)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,050
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (BEL)

October 12, 1983
Hungary  0 3  England
(Details) Hoddle  13'
Lee  19'
Mariner  42'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 19,956
Referee: Bruno Galler (SUI)

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

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

November 16, 1983
Greece  0 2  Denmark
(Details) Elkjær  16'
Simonsen  47'
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (ITA)

November 16, 1983
Luxembourg  0 4  England
(Details) Robson  10',  56'
Mariner  38'
Butcher  80'
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Cornelius Bakker (NED)

December 03, 1983
Greece  2 2  Hungary
Anastopoulos  9',  55' (Details) Kardos  12'
Bodonyi  40'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ioan Igna (ROM)

December 14, 1983
Greece  1 0  Luxembourg
Saravakos  18' (Details)
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Velitchko Tzontchev (BUL)

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
  • Giorgos Kostikos
  • Petros Mihos
  • Dimitrios Saravakos
 Hungary

 Luxembourg
Own Goals
  • Luxembourg Marcel Bossi (for England)

Squads

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

Denmark

Coach - West Germany Sepp Piontek

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

England

Coach - England Bobby Robson

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

Greece

Coach - Greece Hristos Arhontidis

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

Hungary

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

Luxembourg

Coach - Luxembourg Louis Pilot

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

References