UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 5

Group 5 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 5 consisted of four teams: Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, and Denmark, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Belgium, who finished two points above Portugal.

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–0 3–0 2–0
2  Portugal 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 1–1 — 2–0 5–0
3  Scotland 6 3 0 3 4 7 −3 6 1–0 2–1 — 1–0
4  Denmark 6 1 0 5 2 11 −9 2 1–2 0–1 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches
Denmark 0–1 Portugal
Report João  40'
Attendance: 17,317
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Scotland 1–0 Denmark
O'Hare  13' Report
Attendance: 24,618
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Belgium 2–0 Denmark
Devrindt  17', 37' Report
Attendance: 9,697
Referee: John Carpenter (Rep. of Ireland)
Belgium 3–0 Scotland
McKinnon  39' (o.g.)
Van Himst  57', 85' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 13,931
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
Belgium 3–0 Portugal
Lambert  14', 64' (pen.)
De Nul  75'		 Report
Attendance: 26,921
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)
Portugal 2–0 Scotland
Stanton  22' (o.g.)
Eusébio  83'		 Report
Attendance: 35,463
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Portugal 5–0 Denmark
Rodrigues  17'
Eusébio  42'
Baptista  47', 49'
Sandvad  87' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,391
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Denmark 1–2 Belgium
Bjerre  76' Report Devrindt  65', 75'
Attendance: 27,266
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag (Norway)
Denmark 1–0 Scotland
Laudrup  43' Report
Attendance: 37,682
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)
Scotland 2–1 Portugal
O'Hare  22'
Gemmill  58'		 Report Rodrigues  56'
Attendance: 58,612
Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)
Scotland 1–0 Belgium
O'Hare  6' Report
Attendance: 36,500
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)
Portugal 1–1 Belgium
Peres  90' (pen.) Report Lambert  61'
Attendance: 53,577
Referee: Kenneth Howard Burns (England)

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  • "1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1972". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
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