UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 7

Group 7 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 7 consisted of four teams: Yugoslavia, Netherlands, East Germany, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Yugoslavia, who finished two points above the Netherlands and East Germany.

Final table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Netherlands East Germany Luxembourg
1  Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–0 0–0 0–0
2  Netherlands 6 3 1 2 18 6 +12 7 1–1 — 3–2 6–0
3  East Germany 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7 1–2 1–0 — 2–1
4  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 23 −22 1 0–2 0–8 0–5 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Netherlands 1–1 Yugoslavia
Israël 50' (pen.) Report Džajić 22'
Attendance: 56,200
Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)
Luxembourg 0–2 Yugoslavia
Report Bukal 44', 62'
Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
East Germany 1–0 Netherlands
Ducke 56' Report
Attendance: 30,089
Referee: Curt Liedberg (Sweden)
Luxembourg 0–5 East Germany
Report Vogel 21'
Kreische 29', 36', 39', 78'
Attendance: 3,795
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
Netherlands 6–0 Luxembourg
Lippens 26'
Keizer 53', 80'
Cruyff 59', 69'
Suurbier 83'		 Report
Attendance: 38,117
Referee: Faik Bajrami (Albania)
Yugoslavia 2–0 Netherlands
Jerković 8'
Džajić 84'		 Report
Attendance: 15,563
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
East Germany 2–1 Luxembourg
Kreische 31'
Frenzel 88'		 Report Dussier 90'
Attendance: 11,276
Referee: Hugh Wilson (Northern Ireland)
East Germany 1–2 Yugoslavia
Löwe 70' Report Filipović 11'
Džajić 19'
Attendance: 94,876
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
Netherlands 3–2 East Germany
Hulshoff 25'
Keizer 52', 63'		 Report Vogel 10', 82'
Attendance: 48,037
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Yugoslavia 0–0 East Germany
Report
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Yugoslavia 0–0 Luxembourg
Report
Attendance: 10,022
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)
Luxembourg 0–8 Netherlands
Report Cruyff 4', 14', 60'
Keizer 7'
Pahlplatz 12'
Hulshoff 37'
Hoekema 54'
Israël 82'
Attendance: 12,561
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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