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 two of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.
Standings
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | |
2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | |
3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | |
4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 22 | −20 |
13 June 1976 | Finland | 1 – 4 | Helsinki, Finland | |
Paatelainen |
Report | Pearson Keegan Channon |
Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium) |
22 September 1976 | Finland | 7 – 1 | Helsinki, Finland | |
A. Heiskanen E. Heiskanen Rissanen Heikkinen Mäkynen |
Report | G. Zender |
Referee: Thime (Norway) |
13 October 1976 | England | 2 – 1 | London, England | |
Tueart Royle |
Report | Nieminen |
Referee: Eriksson (Sweden) |
16 October 1976 | Luxembourg | 1 – 4 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | |
Braun |
Report | Graziani Bettega Antognoni |
Referee: Dörflinger (Switzerland) |
17 November 1976 | Italy | 2 – 0 | Rome, Italy | |
Antognoni Bettega |
Report | Referee: Klein (Israel) |
30 March 1977 | England | 5 – 0 | London, England | |
Keegan T. Francis Kennedy Channon |
Report | Referee: Bonett (Malta) |
26 May 1977 | Luxembourg | 0 – 1 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | |
Report | A. Heiskanen |
Referee: Amundsen (Denmark) |
8 June 1977 | Finland | 0 – 3 | Helsinki, Finland | |
Report | Gentile Bettega Benetti |
Referee: Helies (France) |
12 October 1977 | Luxembourg | 0 – 2 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | |
Report | Kennedy Mariner |
Referee: Jarguz (Poland) |
15 October 1977 | Italy | 6 – 1 | Turin, Italy | |
Bettega Graziani Zaccarelli |
Report | Haaskivi |
Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria) |
16 November 1977 | England | 2 – 0 | London, England | |
Keegan Brooking |
Report | Referee: Palotai (Hungary) |
3 December 1977 | Italy | 3 – 0 | Rome, Italy | |
Bettega Graziani Causio |
Report | Referee: Maksimović (Yugoslavia) |
Notes
- 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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