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UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 5

Group 5 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 5 consisted of four teams: Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, and Denmark, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Belgium, who finished two points above Portugal.

Final table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Belgium 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–0 3–0 2–0
2   Portugal 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 1–1 — 2–0 5–0
3   Scotland 6 3 0 3 4 7 −3 6 1–0 2–1 — 1–0
4   Denmark 6 1 0 5 2 11 −9 2 1–2 0–1 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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Denmark  0–1  Portugal
Report João   40'
Attendance: 17,317
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Scotland  1–0  Denmark
O'Hare   13' Report
Attendance: 24,618
Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
Belgium  2–0  Denmark
Devrindt   17', 37' Report
Attendance: 9,697
Referee: John Carpenter (Rep. of Ireland)
Belgium  3–0  Scotland
McKinnon   39' (o.g.)
Van Himst   57', 85' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 13,931
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
Belgium  3–0  Portugal
Lambert   14', 64' (pen.)
De Nul   75'		 Report
Attendance: 26,921
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)
Portugal  2–0  Scotland
Stanton   22' (o.g.)
Eusébio   83'		 Report
Attendance: 35,463
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Portugal  5–0  Denmark
Rodrigues   17'
Eusébio   42'
Baptista   47', 49'
Sandvad   87' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 16,391
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
Denmark  1–2  Belgium
Bjerre   76' Report Devrindt   65', 75'
Attendance: 27,266
Referee: Kåre Sirevaag (Norway)
Denmark  1–0  Scotland
Laudrup   43' Report
Attendance: 37,682
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)
Scotland  2–1  Portugal
O'Hare   22'
Gemmill   58'		 Report Rodrigues   56'
Attendance: 58,612
Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)
Scotland  1–0  Belgium
O'Hare   6' Report
Attendance: 36,500
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)
Portugal  1–1  Belgium
Peres   90' (pen.) Report Lambert   61'
Attendance: 53,577
Referee: Kenneth Howard Burns (England)

Goalscorers

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There were 27 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  • "1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. 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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