1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
International football competition
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Hristo Bonev (7 goals)
Johan Cruyff (7 goals)
Gigi Riva (7 goals)
Joachim Streich (7 goals)| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 32 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer(s) | Hristo Bonev (7 goals) Johan Cruyff (7 goals) Gigi Riva (7 goals) Joachim Streich (7 goals) |
← 1970 1978 → | |
A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.
The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Düsseldorf on 17 July 1971. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 9 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds.
Groups
Group 1
Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden won to qualify for the World Cup.
Group 2
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 10 |
| 2 |  Turkey |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Switzerland |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Luxembourg |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 2 |
Group 3
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 10 |
| 2 |  Belgium |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 10 |
| 3 |  Norway |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 |
| 4 |  Iceland |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 |
Group 4
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 10 |
| 2 |  Romania |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 9 |
| 3 |  Finland |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 |
| 4 |  Albania |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 2 |
Group 5
Group 6
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bulgaria |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 |
| 2 |  Portugal |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 |  Northern Ireland |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Cyprus |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 2 |
Group 7
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= |  Spain |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| 1= |  Yugoslavia |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Greece |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia won to qualify for the World Cup.
Group 8
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Scotland |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
| 3 |  Denmark |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 |
Group 9
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Republic of Ireland |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 |  France |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.
Inter-confederation play-offs
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
August Starek
Léon Dolmans- Odilon Polleunis
Bozhil Kolev
Bernd Bransch- Hans-Jürgen Kreische
- Wolfram Löwe
Lajos Kocsis- Sándor Zámbó
Terry Conroy
Gianni Rivera
Wim van Hanegem
Trevor Anderson
Harry Hestad
Jan Domarski- Robert Gadocha
Rui Jordão- Nené
Ion Dumitru- Dumitru Marcu
- Mircea Sandu
Volodymyr Onyshchenko
José Claramunt- Rubén Óscar Valdez
Ove Kindvall
Osman Arpacıoğlu
Stanislav Karasi
- 1 goal
Sabah Bizi- Mihal Gjika
- Ramazan Rragami
- Franz Hasil
- Roland Hattenberger
- Norbert Hof
- Helmut Köglberger
- Thomas Parits
- Peter Pumm
- Jean Dockx
- Paul van Himst
- Frans Janssens
- Atanas Mihaylov
Kokos Antoniou
Přemysl Bičovský- Vladimír Hagara
- Ladislav Petráš
Ole Bjørnmose- Finn Laudrup
- Peter Ducke
Colin Bell- Allan Clarke
- Norman Hunter
Jarmo Manninen- Olavi Rissanen
- Miikka Toivola
Georges Bereta- Serge Chiesa
- Jean-Michel Larqué
Antonis Antoniadis- Mimis Domazos
- Kostas Eleftherakis
- Giorgos Koudas
- László Bálint
- Antal Dunai
- István Juhász
- Mihály Kozma
- Csaba Vidáts
Elmar Geirsson- Örn Óskarsson
- Mick Martin
- Ray Treacy
- Pietro Anastasi
- Fabio Capello
- Giorgio Chinaglia
Nico Braun- Gilbert Dussier
Anton Camilleri- Arie Haan
- Barry Hullshoff
- Theo de Jong
- Piet Keizer
- René van der Kerkhof
- Dick Schneider
- Sammy Morgan
- Liam O'Kane
- Martin O'Neill
- Jan Fuglset
- Tom Lund
- Per Pettersen
- Harald Sunde
- Grzegorz Lato
- Włodzimierz Lubański
- Humberto Coelho
- Eusébio
- Chico Faria
- Artur Jorge
- Alfredo Quaresma
- António Simões
- Emerich Dembrovschi
- Nicolae Dobrin
- Dudu Georgescu
- Radu Nunweiller
- Nicolae Pantea
- Teodor Tarălungă
Jimmy Bone- Kenny Dalglish
- Joe Harper
- Jim Holton
- Joe Jordan
- Peter Lorimer
- Lou Macari
- Willie Morgan
- Oleh Blokhin
- Vladimir Fedotov
- Viktor Kolotov
- Amancio Amaro
- Juan Manuel Asensi
- Roberto Juan Martínez
- Juan Cruz Sol
- Ove Grahn
- Dag Szepanski
Rolf Blättler- Karl Odermatt
- Köksal Mesçi
- Mehmet Türkkan
- Melih Atacan
Trevor Hockey- Leighton James
- John Toshack
- Jovan Aćimović
- Josip Katalinski
- Ivica Šurjak
- 1 own goal
- Einar Gunnarsson (playing against Belgium)
- Charles Spiteri (playing against Austria)
- Josip Katalinski (playing against Greece)