UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 8

Group 8 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 8 consisted of four teams: West Germany, Poland, Turkey, and Albania, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were West Germany, who finished four points above the Poland.

Final table

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 —

Matches

Poland  v  Albania

14 October 1970 17:30

Poland	3–0	Albania
Gadocha  19' Lubański  83' Szołtysik  90'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów Attendance: 12,260 * Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

(*)NOTE: Attendance also reported as 8,507.

West Germany  v  Turkey

17 October 1970 15:30

West Germany	1–1	Turkey
Müller  36' (pen.)		Kamuran  16'

Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne Attendance: 52,204 Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

Turkey  v  Albania

13 December 1970 00:00

Turkey	2–1	Albania
Metin  3' Cemil  43'		Ziu  22'

İnönü Stadı, Istanbul Attendance: 39,000 Referee: János Biróczky (Hungary)

Albania  v  West Germany

17 February 1971 14:30

Albania	0–1	West Germany
		Müller  38'

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,082 Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)

Turkey  v  West Germany

25 April 1971 15:00

Turkey	0–3	West Germany
		Müller  43', 47' Köppel  72'

İnönü Stadı, Istanbul Attendance: 38,097 Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (USSR)

Albania  v  Poland

12 May 1971 16:00

Albania	1–1	Poland
Zhega  32'		Banaś  7'

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,182 Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

West Germany  v  Albania

12 June 1971 15:30

West Germany	2–0	Albania
Netzer  18' Grabowski  44'

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 44,833 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)

Poland  v  Turkey

22 September 1971 15:15

Poland	5–1	Turkey
Bula  33' Lubański  62', 73', 90' Gadocha  69'		Nihat  83'

Stadion Wisła, Kraków Attendance: 20,241 Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Poland  v  West Germany

10 October 1971 12:00

Poland	1–3	West Germany
Gadocha  27'		Müller  29', 64' Grabowski  70'

Stadion Dziesięciolecia, Warsaw Attendance: 63,300 Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Albania  v  Turkey

14 November 1971 14:00

Albania	3–0	Turkey
Përnaska  22', 57' Pano  64'

Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana Attendance: 18,159 Referee: Iván Pláček (Czechoslovakia)

West Germany  v  Poland

17 November 1971 15:00

West Germany	0–0	Poland

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 60,448 Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

Turkey  v  Poland

5 December 1971 14:30

Turkey	1–0	Poland
Cemil  52'

Atatürk Stadı, İzmir Attendance: 57,794 Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

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.