UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 1

Group 1 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 1 consisted of four teams: Romania, Czechoslovakia, Wales, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Romania, who finished above Czechoslovakia on goal difference.

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationRomaniaCzechoslovakiaWalesFinland
1 Romania6411112+99Advance to quarter-finals2–12–03–0
2 Czechoslovakia6411114+791–01–01–1
3 Wales621356−150–01–33–0
4 Finland6015116−1510–40–40–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Czechoslovakia 1–1 Finland
Albrecht 30'ReportPaatelainen 41'
Attendance: 5,549
Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

Romania 3–0 Finland
Dumitrache 28', 42'
Nunweiller 77'
Report
Attendance: 36,584
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Wales 0–0 Romania
Report
Attendance: 19,882
Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

Wales 1–3 Czechoslovakia
R. Davies 49' (pen.)ReportČapkovič 80', 83'
Táborský 81'
Attendance: 12,767
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

Czechoslovakia 1–0 Romania
Veselý 88'Report
Attendance: 38,207
Referee: Fernando dos Santos Leite (Portugal)

Finland 0–1 Wales
ReportToshack 54'
Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Finland 0–4 Czechoslovakia
ReportČapkovič 10'
Pollák 16'
Karkó 83', 89'
Attendance: 4,658
Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

Finland 0–4 Romania
ReportIordănescu 25'
Lupescu 37'
Dembrovschi 55'
Lucescu 64' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,084
Referee: Pius Kamber (Switzerland)

Wales 3–0 Finland
Durban 10'
Toshack 53'
Reece 89'
Report
Attendance: 10,301
Referee: Kaj Rasmussen (Denmark)

Czechoslovakia 1–0 Wales
Kuna 60'Report
Attendance: 20,051
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)

Romania 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Dembrovschi 26'
Dobrin 52'
ReportČapkovič 50'
Attendance: 63,583
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Romania 2–0 Wales
Lupescu 9'
Lucescu 74'
Report
Attendance: 35,251
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  • "1972 UEFA European Championship". UEFA. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. 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.
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