UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 7

Group 7 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 7 consisted of four teams: Yugoslavia, Netherlands, East Germany, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Yugoslavia, who finished two points above the Netherlands and East Germany.

Final table

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 —

Matches

Netherlands  v  Yugoslavia

11 October 1970 14:30

Netherlands	1–1	Yugoslavia
Israël  49' (pen.)		Džajić  22'

Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 56,200 Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

Luxembourg  v  Yugoslavia

14 October 1970 19:30

Luxembourg	0–2	Yugoslavia
		Bukal  44', 62'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

East Germany  v  Netherlands

11 November 1970 18:30

East Germany	1–0	Netherlands
Ducke  56'

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden Attendance: 30,089 Referee: Curth Liedberg (Sweden)

Luxembourg  v  East Germany

15 November 1970 14:45

Luxembourg	0–5	East Germany
		Vogel  21' Kreische  29', 36', 39', 78'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg Attendance: 3,795 Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Netherlands  v  Luxembourg

24 February 1971 20:30

Netherlands	6–0	Luxembourg
Lippens  26' Keizer  53', 80' Cruijff  59', 69' Suurbier  83'

Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 38,117 Referee: Faik Bajrami (Albania)

Yugoslavia  v  Netherlands

4 April 1971 15:00

Yugoslavia	2–0	Netherlands
Jerković  8' Džajić  84'

Stadion Stari plac, Split Attendance: 15,563 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

East Germany  v  Luxembourg

24 April 1971 15:00

East Germany	2–1	Luxembourg
Kreische  31' Frenzel  88'		Dussier  90'

Stadion der Freundschaft, Gera Attendance: 11,276 Referee: Hugh Wilson (Northern Ireland)

East Germany  v  Yugoslavia

9 May 1971 15:00

East Germany	1–2	Yugoslavia
Löwe  70'		Filipović  11' Džajić  20'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 94,876 Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

Netherlands  v  East Germany

10 October 1971 14:30

Netherlands	3–2	East Germany
Hulshoff  25' Keizer  52', 72'(*)		Vogel  10', 82'

Stadion Feyenoord (De Kuip), Rotterdam Attendance: 48,037 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

(*)NOTE: The Dutch third goal is also reported at 63'.

Yugoslavia  v  East Germany

16 October 1971 14:30

Yugoslavia	0–0	East Germany

Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 2,340 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Yugoslavia  v  Luxembourg

27 October 1971 14:30

Yugoslavia	0–0	Luxembourg

Stadion pod Goricom, Titograd Attendance: 10,022 Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Luxembourg  v  Netherlands

17 November 1971 20:00

Luxembourg	0–8	Netherlands
		Cruijff  4', 14', 60' Keizer  7' Pahlplatz  12' Hulshoff  37' Hoekema  54' Israël  82'

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 12,561 Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

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.