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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 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   West Germany 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 0–0 1–1 2–0
2   Poland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–3 — 5–1 3–0
3   Turkey 6 2 1 3 5 13 −8 5 0–3 1–0 — 2–1
4   Albania 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3 0–1 1–1 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Poland  3–0  Albania
Gadocha   19'
Lubański   83'
Szołtysik   90'		 Report
Attendance: 12,260
Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)
West Germany  1–1  Turkey
Müller   37' (pen.) Report Yavuz   15'
Attendance: 52,204
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
Turkey  2–1  Albania
Kurt   4'
Turan   43'		 Report Ziu   22'
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: János Biróczky (Hungary)
Albania  0–1  West Germany
Report Müller   38'
Attendance: 38,082
Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)
Turkey  0–3  West Germany
Report Müller   43', 47'
Köppel   73'
Attendance: 38,097
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (USSR)
Albania  1–1  Poland
Zhega   31' Report Banaś   6'
Attendance: 28,182
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
West Germany  2–0  Albania
Netzer   17'
Grabowski   45'		 Report
Attendance: 44,833
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)
Poland  5–1  Turkey
Bula   32'
Lubański   62', 73', 90'
Gadocha   69'		 Report Yayöz   83'
Attendance: 20,241
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Poland  1–3  West Germany
Gadocha   27' Report Müller   29', 64'
Grabowski   70'
Attendance: 63,300
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Albania  3–0  Turkey
Përnaska   22', 53'
Pano   64'		 Report
Attendance: 38,159
Referee: Iván Pláček (Czechoslovakia)
West Germany  0–0  Poland
Report
Attendance: 60,448
Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)
Turkey  1–0  Poland
Turan   52' Report
Attendance: 57,794
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers edit

There were 30 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  • "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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