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FIFA World Cup 1978 (qualifying tournament, UEFA)

This article provides dates and matches for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament in the European Continental Zone ( UEFA ) .

32 UEFA countries have applied to participate in the World Cup. The European continental zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990) Germany (world champion) received a ticket automatically, and the remaining 8.5 places were won in the qualifying tournament between 31 countries.

Teams from 31 countries were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (five groups of 3 teams and four groups of 4 teams). Teams played each with two matches each (at home and away). The winners of the groups received permits, the exception was Group 9, the winner of which was a UEFA / CONMEBOL butt match.

Overview

Below is a table of all nine groups.

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9
Польша PolandИталия ItalyАвстрия AustriaНидерланды NetherlandsФранция FranceШвеция SwedenШотландия ScotlandFlag of Spain (1977–1981).svg SpainВенгрия Hungary
Португалия Portugal
Дания Denmark
Республика Кипр Republic of Cyprus		Англия England
Финляндия Finland
Люксембург Luxembourg		Германская Демократическая Республика GDR
Турция Turkey
Мальта Malta		Бельгия Belgium
Северная Ирландия Northern Ireland
Исландия Iceland		Flag of Bulgaria (1971 – 1990).svg Bulgaria
Ирландия Ireland		Норвегия Norway
Швейцария Switzerland		Чехословакия Czechoslovakia
Уэльс Wales		Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Югославия Yugoslavia		Flag of the Soviet Union (dark version).svg the USSR
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece

Group 1

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oneПольша Polandeleven65one017four13
2  Portugal96fouroneone1266
3  Denmarkfour620fourfourteen122
four  Republic of Cyprus06006324-21
May 23, 1976
Cyprus  fifteen
Report		  Denmark
Stefanis Mikhail   10'GoalsSimonsen   fourteen'
Niels Thune-Hansen   19'
Rasmussen   21 '
Lars Bastrup   51 ' , 76'
Cirion , Limassol
Spectators: 5,000
Referee:   Nikola Dudin
October 16, 1976
Portugal  0: 2
Report		  Poland
GoalsLyato   49 ' , 77'
Dash Antash , Porto
Spectators: 30,000
Referee:   Michelle Kitabjian
October 27, 1976
Denmark  fifty
Report		  Cyprus
Benny Nielsen   54 '
Henning Munk Jensen   60 '( pen. ) , 64'
Per Ryntved   68 '( pen. )
Jörgen Christensen   75 '		Goals
Idretsparken , Copenhagen
Spectators: 30,600
Referee:   Jacques Coiling
October 31, 1976
Poland  fifty
Report		  Cyprus
Deina   24 '( pen. ) , 40'
Charm   25 '
Bononek   58 '
Terletsky   76 '		Goals
Decade Stadium , Warsaw
Spectators: 60,000
Referee:   Györdi Muns
November 17, 1976
Portugal  10
Report		  Denmark
Fernandes   69 'Goals
Estadio da Lush , Lisbon
Spectators: 35,000
Referee:   Abdelkader Aussi
December 5, 1976
Cyprus  12
Report		  Portugal
Stavros Stilianu   74 '( pen. )GoalsShalana   36 '
No no   76 '
Cirion , Limassol
Spectators: 7,000
Referee:   Konstantin Gitse
May 1, 1977
Denmark  12
Report		  Poland
Simonsen   fifty'GoalsLubanski   7 ' , 55'
Idretsparken , Copenhagen
Spectators: 48,000
Referee:   Anders Mattsson
May 15, 1977
Cyprus  13
Report		  Poland
Takis Antoniu   13'GoalsLyato   26 '
Terletsky   40 '
Vlodimierz Mazur   82 '
Cirion , Limassol
Spectators: 8,000
Referee:   Menachem Ashkenazi
September 21, 1977
Poland  4: 1
Report		  Denmark
Mashtaler   27 '
Lyato   38 '
Deina   62 '
Charm   81 '		GoalsKristen Nyughard   66 '( pen. )
Silesian , Chorzow
Spectators: 92,500
Referee:   Nicolae Raina
October 9, 1977
Denmark  2: 4
Report		  Portugal
Per Ryntved   45 '( pen. )
Allan Hansen   88 '		GoalsJordan   fifteen'
No no   35 '
Fernandes   61 '
Octaviu Mashado   79 '
Idretsparken , Copenhagen
Spectators: 23,300
Referee:   Eldar Amimzadeh
October 29, 1977
Poland  eleven
Report		  Portugal
Deina   36 'GoalsFernandes   61 '
Silesian , Chorzow
Spectators: 80,000
Referee:   Walter Eschweiler
November 16, 1977
Portugal  4-0
Report		  Cyprus
Senigno   eleven'
Shalana   35 '
Francisco Vital   58 '
Fernandes   71 '		Goals
Estadio de Sao Luis , Faro
Spectators: 13,000
Referee:   Michal Ursa

Group 2

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one  Italy10650oneeighteenfourfourteen
2  England10650onefifteenfoureleven
3  Finlandfour620foureleven16-5
four  Luxembourg06006222-twenty
June 13, 1976
Finland  fourteen
Report		  England
Matti Paatelainen   27 'GoalsPearson   fourteen'
Keegan   30 ' , 60'
Mick Channel   56 '
Olympic Stadium , Helsinki
Spectators: 24,000
Referee:   Alfred Delcourt
September 22, 1976
Finland  7: 1
Report		  Luxembourg
Aki Heyskanen   fifteen'
Esa Heiskanen   22 ' , 27'
Olavi Rissanen   51 ' , 61'
Teppo Heikkinen   54 '
Ari makinen   82 '( pen. )		GoalsGilbert Sender   52 '
Olympic Stadium , Helsinki
Spectators: 4 555
Referee:   Sven Inge Time
October 13, 1976
England  2: 1
Report		  Finland
Dennis Tuart   four'
Royle   51 '		GoalsJyrki Nieminen   48 '
Wembley , London
Spectators: 92,000
Referee:   Ulf Ericsson
October 16, 1976
Luxembourg  fourteen
Report		  Italy
Brown   86 'GoalsGraziani   24 '
Bettega   44 ' , 81'
Anthony   fifty'
Municipal Stadium , Luxembourg
Spectators: 11,700
Referee:   Ernst Dörflinger
November 17, 1976
Italy  twenty
Report		  England
Anthony   36 '
Bettega   77 '		Goals
Olympic Stadium , Rome
Spectators: 70 718
Referee:   Abraham Klein
March 30, 1977
England  fifty
Report		  Luxembourg
Keegan   9'
T. Francis   58 '
Kennedy   65 '
Mick Channel   68 ' , 79'		Goals
Wembley , London
Spectators: 81 718
Referee:   Paul Bonnett
May 26, 1977
Luxembourg  0: 1
Report		  Finland
GoalsAki Heyskanen   57 '
Municipal Stadium , Luxembourg
Spectators: 1 800
Referee:   Ole Amundsen
June 8, 1977
Finland  0: 3
Report		  Italy
GoalsGentile   8'
Bettega   56 '
Benetti   81 '
Olympic Stadium , Helsinki
Spectators: 17 531
Referee:   Robert Elyes
October 12, 1977
Luxembourg  0: 2
Report		  England
GoalsKennedy   31 '
Paul Mariner   90 '
Municipal Stadium , Luxembourg
Spectators: 10 621
Referee:   Aloisi Yarguzh
October 15, 1977
Italy  6: 1
Report		  Finland
Bettega   29 ' , 38' , 59 ' , 62'
Graziani   45 '
Zacarelli   71 '		GoalsKai Haaskivi   67 '
Stadium Komunale , Turin
Viewers: 62 888
Referee:   Nikola Dudin
November 16, 1977
England  twenty
Report		  Italy
Keegan   eleven'
Brooking   80 '		Goals
Wembley , London
Spectators: 92,500
Referee:   Karol Polatay
December 3, 1977
Italy  thirty
Report		  Luxembourg
Bettega   four'
Graziani   eleven'
Causio   56 '		Goals
Olympic Stadium , Rome
Spectators: 75,000
Referee:   Dushan Maksimovich

Group 3

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one  Austria106four20fourteen212
2  GDR96330fifteenfoureleven
3  Turkey562one395four
four  Malta06006027-27
October 31, 1976
Turkey  4-0
Report		  Malta
Mehmet Ozgul   22 '
Cemil Turan   54 ' , 57' , 75 '		Goals
Ataturk , Izmir
Viewers: 68 034
Referee:   Michal Ursa
November 17, 1976
GDR  eleven
Report		  Turkey
Peter Kotte   3 '( pen. )GoalsCemil Turan   31 '( pen. )
Dynamo , Dresden
Spectators: 18,000
Referee:   Pat partridge
December 5, 1976
Malta  0: 1
Report		  Austria
GoalsKrankl   57 '
Impire Stadium , Gzira
Spectators: 7,368
Referee:   Hedi Seudi
April 2, 1977
Malta  0: 1
Report		  GDR
GoalsStreich   55 '
Impire Stadium , Gzira
Spectators: 6,279
Referee:   Delia Della Bruna
April 17, 1977
Austria  10
Report		  Turkey
Shahner   43 'Goals
Praterstadion , Vienna
Spectators: 65,000
Referee:   Victor Yarkov
April 30, 1977
Austria  9: 0
Report		  Malta
Krankl   9 ' , 12' , 18 ' , 20' , 53 ' , 66'
Joseph Stering   30 ' , 69'
Hans Pirkner   65 '		Goals
Leenstadion , Salzburg
Spectators: 18,000
Referee:   Aloisi Yarguzh
September 24, 1977
Austria  eleven
Report		  GDR
Wilhelm kreuz   9'GoalsHoffman   40 '
Praterstadion , Vienna
Spectators: 72,000
Referee:   Thomas Reynolds
October 12, 1977
GDR  eleven
Report		  Austria
Leve   fifty'GoalsRoland Hattenberger   43 '
Central Stadium , Leipzig
Spectators: 95,000
Referee:   Ian Foote
October 29, 1977
GDR  9: 0
Report		  Malta
Hoffman   2 ' , 44' , 84 '
Shade   38 '
Sparwasser   52 '
Weber   56 '
Streich   63 '( pen. ) , 79' , 82 '		Goals
Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion , Babelsberg
Spectators: 15,000
Referee:   Jafar Namdar
October 30, 1977
Turkey  0: 1
Report		  Austria
GoalsWalk   72 '
Ataturk , Izmir
Spectators: 72,000
Referee:   John gordon
November 16, 1977
Turkey  12
Report		  GDR
Volkan Yayim   81 'GoalsShade   thirty'
Hoffman   62 '
Ataturk , Izmir
Spectators: 10,000
Referee:   Alberto Michelotti
November 27, 1977
Malta  0: 3
Report		  Turkey
GoalsSedat Ozden   21 ' , 48'
Cemil Turan   36 '
Impire Stadium , Gzira
Spectators: 2,246
Referee:   Muhammad Larash

Group 4

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one  Netherlandseleven65one0eleven38
2  Belgium6630376one
3  Northern Ireland562one376one
four  Iceland26one05212-10
September 5, 1976
Iceland  0: 1
Report		  Belgium
Goalsvan der Elst   73 '
Laugardalsvöllur , Reykjavik
Spectators: 9,650
Referee:   John carpenter
September 8, 1976
Iceland  0: 1
Report		  Netherlands
GoalsGels   42 '
Laugardalsvöllur , Reykjavik
Spectators: 10 210
Referee:   Patrick Mullan
October 13, 1976
Netherlands  2: 2
Report		  Northern Ireland
Krol   64 '
Cruyff   66 '		GoalsChris McGrath   four'
Derek Spence   88 '
De Quip , Rotterdam
Spectators: 56,000
Referee:   Angel Franco Martinez
November 10, 1976
Belgium  twenty
Report		  Northern Ireland
Roger van Gol   29 '
Lambert   52 '		Goals
Maurice Dufrand , Liege
Spectators: 25 081
Referee:   Adolf Prokop
March 26, 1977
Belgium  0: 2
Report		  Netherlands
GoalsRep   19'
Cruyff   65 '
Bosuilstadion , Antwerp
Spectators: 48,343
Referee:   Sergio Gonella
June 11, 1977
Iceland  10
Report		  Northern Ireland
Ingi-Björn Albertsson   33 'Goals
Laugardalsvöllur , Reykjavik
Viewers: 10,269
Referee:   Rudolph Glockner
August 31, 1977
Netherlands  4: 1
Report		  Iceland
van hanheim   fifteen'
Gels   18 ' , 89' ( pen. )
Rep   35 '		GoalsAsgeir Sigurwinsson   68 '
Goffert , Nijmegen
Spectators: 25,000
Referee:   Martti Hirviniemi
September 3, 1977
Belgium  4-0
Report		  Iceland
Gilbert van Binst   fifteen'
Martens   twenty'
Paul Kuran   60 '
Lambert   65 '		Goals
Astrid Park , Brussels
Spectators: 5,807
Referee:   Sven Inge Time
September 21, 1977
Northern Ireland  twenty
Report		  Iceland
Chris McGrath   67 '
McIlroy   76 '		Goals
Windsor Park , Belfast
Spectators: 17,000
Referee:   Henning Lund-Sørensen
October 12, 1977
Northern Ireland  0: 1
Report		  Netherlands
GoalsW. van de Kirkhof   76 '
Windsor Park , Belfast
Spectators: 33,000
Referee:   Antonio Harridou
October 26, 1977
Netherlands  10
Report		  Belgium
R. van de Kirkhof   four'Goals
Olympic Stadium , Amsterdam
Spectators: 62,000
Referee:   Pat partridge
November 16, 1977
Northern Ireland  thirty
Report		  Belgium
Armstrong   42 ' , 74'
Chris McGrath   58 '		Goals
Windsor Park , Belfast
Spectators: 8,000
Referee:   Georges Conrat

Group 5

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one  France5four2oneone7four3
2  Bulgariafourfourone2one56-one
3  Ireland3fouroneone22four-2
October 9, 1976
Bulgaria  2: 2
Report		  France
Bonev   45 '
Pavel Panov   68 '		GoalsPlatini   37 '
Lacombe   40 '
Vasil Levski , Sofia
Spectators: 58,000
Referee:   Ian Foote
November 17, 1976
France  twenty
Report		  Ireland
Platini   47 '
Dominic Batenay   88 '		Goals
Parc des Princes , Paris
Spectators: 43,437
Referee:   Dushan Maksimovich
March 30, 1977
Ireland  10
Report		  France
Brady   eleven'Goals
Lansdown Road , Dublin
Spectators: 48,000
Referee:   Erich Linemire
June 1, 1977
Bulgaria  2: 1
Report		  Ireland
Pavel Panov   fourteen'
Zhelyazkov   76 '		GoalsDon Guyvens   47 '
Vasil Levski , Sofia
Spectators: 35,214
Referee:   Nikolaos Zlatanos
October 12, 1977
Ireland  0: 0
Report		  Bulgaria
Lansdown Road , Dublin
Spectators: 25,000
Referee:   Sergio Gonella
November 16, 1977
France  3: 1
Report		  Bulgaria
Roshto   38 '
Platini   63 '
Christian Dalger   89 '		GoalsChavdar Tsvetkov   85 '
Parc des Princes , Paris
Viewers: 44,860
Referee:   Charles Corver

Group 6

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one  Sweden6four30one7four3
2  Norwayfourfour2023four-one
3  Switzerland2fourone0335-2
June 16, 1976
Sweden  twenty
Report		  Norway
B. Andersson   27 '
Schöberg   42 '		Goals
Rosunda , Solna
Spectators: 30,631
Referee:   Charles Corver
September 8, 1976
Norway  10
Report		  Switzerland
Tom lund   75 'Goals
Ullevol , Oslo
Spectators: 15,024
Referee:   Francis Rion
October 9, 1976
Switzerland  12
Report		  Sweden
Serge Trinkero   40 '( pen. )GoalsBoo Bjerresson   29 '
Schöberg   73 '
St. Jacob Park , Basel
Spectators: 30,000
Referee:   Ok hilmy
June 8, 1977
Sweden  2: 1
Report		  Switzerland
Boo Bjerresson   69 '
Schöberg   77 '		GoalsPeter Risey   80 '
Rosunda , Solna
Spectators: 43,269
Referee:   Malcolm Wright
September 7, 1977
Norway  2: 1
Report		  Sweden
Rune Ottesen   34 '
Iversen   66 '		GoalsSchöberg   53 '
Ullevol , Oslo
Viewers: 23,065
Referee:   Adolf Prokop
October 30, 1977
Switzerland  10
Report		  Norway
Pulser   29 'Goals
Wankdorf , Bern
Spectators: 11,000
Referee:   Valentin Lipatov

Group 7

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one  Scotland6four30one633
2  Czechoslovakiafourfour202four6-2
3  Wales2fourone033four-one
October 13, 1976
Czechoslovakia  twenty   Scotland
Panenka , 47
Petrash , 49		Goals
Sparta , Prague
Spectators: 38,000
Referee:   Alberto Michelotti
November 17, 1976
Scotland  10   Wales
Ian Evans   15 '( aut. )Goals
Hampden Park , Glasgow
Spectators: 63,233
Referee:   Ferdinand Beaver
March 30, 1977
Wales  thirty   Czechoslovakia
Leighton james   27 ' , 65'
Nick daisy   65 '		Goals
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham
Spectators: 18,022
Referee:   Antonio Harridou
September 21, 1977
Scotland  3: 1   Czechoslovakia
Jordan   19'
Asa Hartford   35 '
Dalglish   54 '		GoalsHaidushek   82 '
Hampden Park , Glasgow
Spectators: 85,000
Referee:   Francis Rion
October 12, 1977
Wales  0: 2   Scotland
GoalsDon Masson   78 '( pen. )
Dalglish   85 '
Anfield , Liverpool [1]
Spectators: 50 850
Referee:   Robert Wurz
November 16, 1977
Czechoslovakia  10   Wales
Negativity   12'Goals
Letna , Prague
Spectators: 22 383
Referee:   Adolf Prokop

Group 8

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one  Spain6four30onefourone3
2  Romaniafourfour20278-one
3  Yugoslavia2fourone0368-2
October 10, 1976
Spain  10
Report		  Yugoslavia
Pierre   86 '( pen. )Goals
Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan , Seville
Spectators: 19,217
Referee:   Karol Polatay
April 16, 1977
Romania  10
Report		  Spain
Gregorio Benito   8 '( aut. )Goals
Steaua , Bucharest
Spectators: 20,000
Referee:   John gordon
May 8, 1977
Yugoslavia  0: 2
Report		  Romania
GoalsGeorjescu   37 '
Yordanescu   44 '
Maximir , Zagreb
Spectators: 45,000
Referee:   Menachem Ashkenazi
October 26, 1977
Spain  twenty
Report		  Romania
Eugenio Leal   75 '
Ruben Kano   83 '		Goals
Vicente Calderon , Madrid
Spectators: 50,000
Referee:   Robert Wurz
November 13, 1977
Romania  4: 6
Report		  Yugoslavia
Joseph Vigu   2 '
Yordanescu   40 '
Bleached   43 '
Georjescu   68 '		GoalsSushich   14 ' , 56' , 63 '
Muzhinich   eighteen'
Aleksandar Trifunovich   78 '
Filipovich   84 '
Stadium August 23 , Bucharest
Spectators: 35,000
Referee:   Alfred Delcourt
November 30, 1977
Yugoslavia  0: 1
Report		  Spain
GoalsRuben Kano   71 '
Red Star , Belgrade
Spectators: 66,285
Referee:   Ken Burns

Group 9

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one  Hungary5four2oneone6four2
2  the USSRfourfour202532
3  Greece3fouroneone226-four
October 9, 1976
Greece  eleven   Hungary
Mimis Papaioannu   68 'GoalsZoltan Kereki   84 '
Stadium: Karaiskakis , Piraeus
Spectators: 25 255
Referee:   Franz Wöhrer
April 24, 1977
the USSR  twenty   Greece
Konkov , 26
Kipiani , 77		Goals
Stadium: Central them. Lenin , Moscow
Spectators: 50,000
Referee:   Jean Duback
April 30, 1977
Hungary  2: 1   the USSR
Nyilashi 44
Zoltan Kereki, 67		GoalsKipiani , 88
Stadium: Nepstadion , Budapest
Spectators: 80,000
Referee:   Heinz Aldinger
May 10, 1977
Greece  10   the USSR
Mimis Papaioannu, 58Goals
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio, Thessaloniki
Spectators: 32,000
Referee:   Cesare Hussoni
May 18, 1977
the USSR  twenty   Hungary
Buryak , 3
Balint , 14- ag		Goals
Stadium: Dynamo , Tbilisi
Spectators: 75,000
Referee:   Jack taylor
May 25, 1977
Hungary  thirty   Greece
Laszlo Pastei   13'
Nyilashi   fifteen'
Fazekas   88 '		Goals
Stadium: Nepstadion , Budapest
Spectators: 75,000
Referee:   Johannes Beck

  Hungary entered the UEFA / CONMEBOL butt game.

UEFA / CONMEBOL butt match

October 29, 1977
  Hungary6: 0   Bolivia
Nyilashi   12'
Tёrochik   19'
Sandor Zombory   22 '
Varadi   27 '
Sandor Pinter   39 '
Laszlo Nagy   81 '		Goals
Stadium: Nepstadion , Budapest
Spectators: 65,000
Referee:   Ramon Barreto
November 30, 1977
  Bolivia2: 3   Hungary
Carlos Aragones   47 ' - pen. ,   90 'GoalsTёrochik   36 '
Istvan Halach   43 '
Windsor del liano   82 ' - ag
Stadium: Hernando Siles , La Paz
Spectators: 55,000
Referee:   Charles Corver

  Hungary received a ticket for the sum of two matches (9-2).

Notes

  1. ↑ This match was played in a neutral field, not in Wales, as Wales wanted to play in a large stadium.

See also

  • FIFA World Cup 1978 (qualifying tournament)
  • FIFA World Cup 1978 (qualifying tournament, CONMEBOL)
  • FIFA World Cup 1978 (qualifying tournament, CONCACAF)
  • FIFA World Cup 1978 (qualifying tournament, CAF)
  • FIFA World Cup 1978 (qualifying tournament, AFC and OFC)
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= World_Football_1978_ Championship ( UEFA Qualifying Tournament )&oldid = 99495478


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