1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Turkey. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Italy 106420120+12
2  Turkey 6622253+2
3   Switzerland 6622224−2
4  Luxembourg 26105214−12
7 October 1972 Luxembourg  0 – 4  Italy Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Report Chinaglia  3'
Riva  6', 36'
Capello  62'		 Referee: Wurtz (France)
21 October 1972 Switzerland   0 – 0  Italy Bern, Switzerland
Report Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
22 October 1972 Luxembourg  2 – 0  Turkey Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dussier  14'
Braun  16'		 Report Referee: Riegg (West Germany)
10 December 1972 Turkey  3 – 0  Luxembourg Istanbul, Turkey
Osman  6', 39'
Köksal  79' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Bakhramov (Soviet Union)
13 January 1973 Italy  0 – 0  Turkey Naples, Italy
Report Referee: Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
25 February 1973 Turkey  0 – 1  Italy Istanbul, Turkey
Report Anastasi  35' Referee: Aouissi (Algeria)
31 March 1973 Italy  5 – 0  Luxembourg Genoa, Italy
Riva  18', 45', 70', 80'
Rivera  63'		 Report Referee: Seoudi (Tunisia)
8 April 1973 Luxembourg  0 – 1   Switzerland Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Report Odermatt  20' Referee: Wöhrer (Austria)
9 May 1973 Switzerland   0 – 0  Turkey Basel, Switzerland
Report Referee: Emsberger (Hungary)
26 September 1973 Switzerland   1 – 0  Luxembourg Lucerne, Switzerland
Blättler  2' Report Referee: Riedel (East Germany)
20 October 1973 Italy  2 – 0   Switzerland Rome, Italy
Rivera  39' (pen.)
Riva  79'		 Report Referee: Jimenez (Spain)
18 November 1973 Turkey  2 – 0   Switzerland Izmir, Turkey
Mehmet Türkkan  51'
Melih  54'		 Report Referee: Davidson (Scotland)

Notes
  1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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