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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Portugal Scotland Denmark
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[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.