1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] England, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the spot.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Italy 6 5 0 1 18 4 +14 10
2   England 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 10
3   Finland 6 2 0 4 11 16 −5 4
4   Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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Finland  1 – 4  England
Paatelainen   27' Report Pearson   14'
Keegan   30', 60'
Channon   56'

Finland  7 – 1  Luxembourg
A. Heiskanen   15'
E. Heiskanen   22', 27'
Rissanen   51', 61'
Heikkinen   54'
Mäkynen   82' (pen.)
Report G. Zender   52'
Referee: Thime (Norway)

England  2 – 1  Finland
Tueart   4'
Royle   51'
Report Nieminen   48'
Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)

Luxembourg  1 – 4  Italy
Braun   86' Report Graziani   24'
Bettega   44', 81'
Antognoni   50'
Referee: Dörflinger (Switzerland)

Italy  2 – 0  England
Antognoni   36'
Bettega   77'
Report
Referee: Klein (Israel)

England  5 – 0  Luxembourg
Keegan   9'
T. Francis   58'
Kennedy   65'
Channon   68', 79' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Bonett (Malta)

Luxembourg  0 – 1  Finland
Report A. Heiskanen   57'
Referee: Amundsen (Denmark)

Finland  0 – 3  Italy
Report Gentile   8'
Bettega   56'
Benetti   81'
Referee: Helies (France)

Luxembourg  0 – 2  England
Report Kennedy   31'
Mariner   90'
Referee: Jarguz (Poland)

Italy  6 – 1  Finland
Bettega   29', 38', 59', 62'
Graziani   45'
Zaccarelli   71'
Report Haaskivi   67'
Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)

England  2 – 0  Italy
Keegan   11'
Brooking   80'
Report
Referee: Palotai (Hungary)

Italy  3 – 0  Luxembourg
Bettega   4'
Graziani   11'
Causio   56'
Report
Referee: Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

Notes

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  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.
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