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.

Qualified nations

  Qualified

  Did not qualify – First Round

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Country	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1
Belgium	00 !Quarter-finals winner	1st	000000001972-05-13-000013 May 1972	0 (debut)
Soviet Union	00 !Quarter-finals winner	4th	000000001972-05-13-000013 May 1972	3 (1960, 1964, 1968)
West Germany	00 !Quarter-finals winner	1st	000000001972-05-13-000013 May 1972	0 (debut)
Hungary	00 !Quarter-finals winner	2nd	000000001972-05-17-000017 May 1972	1 (1964)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Groups

Group 1

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Romania 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 9  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9  Wales 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 5  Finland 6 0 1 5 1 16 −15 1

Czechoslovakia  — 1–1 1–0 1–0 Finland  0–4 — 0–4 0–1 Romania  2–1 3–0 — 2–0 Wales  1–3 3–0 0–0 —

Group 2

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Hungary 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7  France 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7  Norway 6 0 1 5 5 18 −13 1

Bulgaria  — 2–1 3–0 1–1 France  2–1 — 0–2 3–1 Hungary  2–0 1–1 — 4–0 Norway  1–4 1–3 1–3 —

Group 3

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 11   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9  Greece 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 3  Malta 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1

England  — 3–0 5–0 1–1 Greece  0–2 — 2–0 0–1 Malta  0–1 1–1 — 1–2 Switzerland   2–3 1–0 5–0 —

Group 4

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Soviet Union 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 10  Spain 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8  Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0

Cyprus  — 0–3 0–2 1–3 Northern Ireland  5–0 — 1–1 1–1 Spain  7–0 3–0 — 0–0 Soviet Union  6–1 1–0 2–1 —

Group 5

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Belgium 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 9  Portugal 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7  Scotland 6 3 0 3 4 7 −3 6  Denmark 6 1 0 5 2 11 −9 2

Belgium  — 2–0 3–0 3–0 Denmark  1–2 — 0–1 1–0 Portugal  1–1 5–0 — 2–0 Scotland  1–0 1–0 2–1 —

Group 6

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 10  Austria 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 7  Sweden 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 6  Republic of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1

Austria  — 6–0 1–2 1–0 Republic of Ireland  1–4 — 1–2 1–1 Italy  2–2 3–0 — 3–0 Sweden  1–0 1–0 0–0 —

Group 7

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 9  Netherlands 6 3 1 2 18 6 +12 7  East Germany 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 23 −22 1

East Germany  — 2–1 1–0 1–2 Luxembourg  0–5 — 0–8 0–2 Netherlands  3–2 6–0 — 1–1 Yugoslavia  0–0 0–0 2–0 —

Group 8

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  West Germany 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10  Poland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6  Turkey 6 2 1 3 5 13 −8 5  Albania 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3

Albania  — 1–1 3–0 0–1 Poland  3–0 — 5–1 1–3 Turkey  2–1 1–0 — 0–3 West Germany  2–0 0–0 1–1 —

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Italy	1–2	Belgium	0–0	1–2
Hungary	5–4	Romania	1–1	2–2	2–1
England	1–3	West Germany	1–3	0–0
Yugoslavia	0–3	Soviet Union	0–0	0–3

External links

• tables and results at RSSSF.com