1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

Group 4 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Northern Ireland. 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  Netherlands 116510113+8
2  Belgium 6630376+1
3  Northern Ireland 5621376+1
4  Iceland 26105212−10
5 September 1976 Iceland 0 – 1 BelgiumReykjavík, Iceland
Report Van Der Elst  73' Referee: Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)
8 September 1976 Iceland 0 – 1 NetherlandsReykjavík, Iceland
Report Geels  42' Referee: Mulhall (Republic of Ireland)
13 October 1976 Netherlands 2 – 2 Northern IrelandRotterdam, Netherlands
Krol  64'
Cruijff  66'		 Report McGrath  4'
Spence  88'		 Referee: Martinez (Spain)
10 November 1976 Belgium 2 – 0 Northern IrelandLiege, Belgium
Van Gool  29'
Lambert  52'		 Report Referee: Prokop (East Germany)
26 March 1977 Belgium 0 – 2 NetherlandsAntwerp, Belgium
Report Rep  19'
Cruijff  65'		 Referee: Gonella (Italy)
11 June 1977 Iceland 1 – 0 Northern IrelandReykjavík, Iceland
Albertsson  33' Report Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
31 August 1977 Netherlands 4 – 1 IcelandNijmegen, Netherlands
Van Hanegem  15'
Geels  18', 89' (pen.)
Rep  35'		 Report Sigurvinsson  68' Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
3 September 1977 Belgium 4 – 0 IcelandBrussels, Belgium
Van Binst  15'
Martens  20'
Courant  60'
Lambert  65'		 Report Referee: Thime (Norway)
21 September 1977 Northern Ireland 2 – 0 IcelandBelfast, Northern Ireland
McGrath  67'
McIlroy  76'		 Report Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
12 October 1977 Northern Ireland 0 – 1 NetherlandsBelfast, Northern Ireland
Report W. van de Kerkhof  76' Referee: Garrido (Portugal)
26 October 1977 Netherlands 1 – 0 BelgiumAmsterdam, Netherlands
R. van de Kerkhof  4' Report Referee: Partridge (England)
16 November 1977 Northern Ireland 3 – 0 BelgiumBelfast, Northern Ireland
Armstrong  42', 74'
McGrath  58'		 Report Referee: Konrath (France)

Notes
  1. 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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