1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] England, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the spot.

Standings
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Italy 106501184+14
2  England 106501154+11
3  Finland 462041116−5
4  Luxembourg 06006222−20
13 June 1976 Finland  1 – 4  England Helsinki, Finland
Paatelainen  27' Report Pearson  14'
Keegan  30', 60'
Channon  56'		 Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
22 September 1976 Finland  7 – 1  Luxembourg Helsinki, Finland
A. Heiskanen  15'
E. Heiskanen  22', 27'
Rissanen  51', 61'
Heikkinen  54'
Mäkynen  82' (pen.)		 Report G. Zender  52' Referee: Thime (Norway)
13 October 1976 England  2 – 1  Finland London, England
Tueart  4'
Royle  51'		 Report Nieminen  48' Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)
16 October 1976 Luxembourg  1 – 4  Italy Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Braun  86' Report Graziani  24'
Bettega  44', 81'
Antognoni  50'		 Referee: Dörflinger (Switzerland)
17 November 1976 Italy  2 – 0  England Rome, Italy
Antognoni  36'
Bettega  77'		 Report Referee: Klein (Israel)
30 March 1977 England  5 – 0  Luxembourg London, England
Keegan  9'
T. Francis  58'
Kennedy  65'
Channon  68', 79' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Bonett (Malta)
26 May 1977 Luxembourg  0 – 1  Finland Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Report A. Heiskanen  57' Referee: Amundsen (Denmark)
8 June 1977 Finland  0 – 3  Italy Helsinki, Finland
Report Gentile  8'
Bettega  56'
Benetti  81'		 Referee: Helies (France)
12 October 1977 Luxembourg  0 – 2  England Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Report Kennedy  31'
Mariner  90'		 Referee: Jarguz (Poland)
15 October 1977 Italy  6 – 1  Finland Turin, Italy
Bettega  29', 38', 59', 62'
Graziani  45'
Zaccarelli  71'		 Report Haaskivi  67' Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)
16 November 1977 England  2 – 0  Italy London, England
Keegan  11'
Brooking  80'		 Report Referee: Palotai (Hungary)
3 December 1977 Italy  3 – 0  Luxembourg Rome, Italy
Bettega  4'
Graziani  11'
Causio  56'		 Report Referee: Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

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