UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
The qualifying round for the 1972 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 7 October 1970 – 17 May 1972 |
Teams | 32 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 105 |
Goals scored | 282 (2.69 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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Qualified teams
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Qualified
Did not qualify
Did not enter
Not a UEFA member
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1] |
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![]() | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 3 (1960, 1964, 1968) |
![]() | Quarter-final winner | 13 May 1972 | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Quarter-final winner | 17 May 1972 | 1 (1964) |
- Bold indicates champion for that year.
Summary
Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Groups
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 7–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
Source: UEFA
Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 6–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–8 | 0–5 | — |
Source: UEFA
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Replay |
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Italy ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–2 | |
Hungary ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
England ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–0 | |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Goalscorers
There were 282 goals scored in 105 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Ilir Përnaska
Petar Zhekov
František Karkó
Bernard Blanchet
Georges Lech
Charly Loubet
István Szőke
Barry Hulshoff
Rinus Israël
Derek Dougan
Odd Iversen
Vítor Baptista
Eusébio
Rui Rodrigues
Emerich Dembrovschi
Nicolae Dobrin
Florea Dumitrache
Mircea Lucescu
Nicolae Lupescu
Alexandru Neagu
Anatoliy Banishevskiy
Vladimir Fedotov
Vitaly Shevchenko
Quino
Carles Rexach
José Francisco Rojo
Kurt Müller
Karl Odermatt
René-Pierre Quentin
Cemil Turan
John Toshack
Jürgen Grabowski
Günter Netzer
Josip Bukal
1 goal
Panajot Pano
Medin Zhega
Astrit Ziu
Karl Kodat
Hans Pirkner
Robert Sara
Hans Schmidradner
August Starek
Josef Stering
André De Nul
Wilfried Van Moer
Tsvetan Atanasov
Bozhil Kolev
Atanas Mihaylov
Petko Petkov
Mladen Vasilev
Stefan Velichkov
Nikos Charalambous
Stefanis Michael
Milan Albrecht
Ladislav Kuna
Jaroslav Pollák
Vladimír Táborský
František Veselý
Kresten Bjerre
Finn Laudrup
Peter Ducke
Henning Frenzel
Wolfram Löwe
Allan Clarke
Chris Lawler
Martin Peters
Mike Summerbee
Matti Paatelainen
Louis Floch
Michel Mézy
Hervé Revelli
Jacques Vergnes
Kostas Aidiniou
Kostas Davourlis
Michalis Kritikopoulos
László Branikovits
Antal Dunai
Péter Juhász
László Nagy
Lajos Szűcs
Csaba Vidáts
Sandro Mazzola
Gilbert Dussier
Eddie Theobald
Willie Vassallo
Oeki Hoekema
Willi Lippens
Theo Pahlplatz
Wim Suurbier
Sammy Morgan
Ola Dybwad-Olsen
Tor Fuglset
Olav Nilsen
Jan Banaś
Bronisław Bula
Zygfryd Szołtysik
Jacinto João
Fernando Peres
Tommy Carroll
Jimmy Conway
Eamonn Rogers
Anghel Iordănescu
Radu Nunweiller
Lajos Sătmăreanu
Archie Gemmill
Anatoliy Byshovets
Eduard Kozynkevych
Vladimir Muntyan
Francisco Aguilar
Luis Aragonés
Enrique Lora
José Luis Violeta
Dan Brzokoupil
Jan Olsson
Tom Turesson
Rolf Blättler
Roland Citherlet
Daniel Jeandupeux
Metin Kurt
Kamuran Yavuz
Nihat Yayöz
Ron Davies
Alan Durban
Gil Reece
Uli Hoeneß
Horst Köppel
Zoran Filipović
Jurica Jerković
1 own goal
Erik Sandvad (against Portugal)
Jacky Novi (against Hungary)
Geir Karlsen (against Hungary)
Tony Dunne (against Austria)
Ronnie McKinnon (against Belgium)
Pat Stanton (against Portugal)
Anton Weibel (against England)
References
- Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (31 January 2007). "European Championship 1972". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
- UEFA Euro 1972 at UEFA.com
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