UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 1

Group 1 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 1 consisted of four teams: Romania, Czechoslovakia, Wales, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Romania, who finished above Czechoslovakia on goal difference.

Final table

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Romania 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 9  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9  Wales 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 5  Finland 6 0 1 5 1 16 −15 1

Czechoslovakia  — 1–1 1–0 1–0 Finland  0–4 — 0–4 0–1 Romania  2–1 3–0 — 2–0 Wales  1–3 3–0 0–0 —

Matches

Czechoslovakia  v  Finland

7 October 1970 18:00

Czechoslovakia	1–1	Finland
Albrecht  31'		Paatelainen  41'

Letenský stadion, Prague Attendance: 5,549 Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

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Romania  v  Finland

11 October 1970 15:30

Romania	3–0	Finland
Dumitrache  28', 42' Nunweiller  77'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 36,584 Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

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Wales  v  Romania

11 November 1970 16:30

Wales	0–0	Romania

Ninian Park, Cardiff Attendance: 19,882 Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

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Wales  v  Czechoslovakia

21 April 1971 19:30

Wales	1–3	Czechoslovakia
R.Davies  49' (pen.)		Čapkovič  78', 82' Táborský  80'

Vetch Field, Swansea Attendance: 12,767 Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Romania

16 May 1971 17:00

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Romania
Veselý  88'

Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava Attendance: 38,207 Referee: Fernando dos Santos Leite (Portugal)

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Finland  v  Wales

26 May 1971 19:00

Finland	0–1	Wales
		Toshack  54'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

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Finland  v  Czechoslovakia

16 June 1971 19:00

Finland	0–4	Czechoslovakia
		Čapkovič  12' Pollák  16' Karkó  84', 89'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 4,658 Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

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Finland  v  Romania

22 September 1971 18:30

Finland	0–4	Romania
		Iordănescu  25' Lupescu  37' Dembrovschi  55' Lucescu  64' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 2,084 Referee: Pius Kamber (Switzerland)

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Wales  v  Finland

13 October 1971 19:30

Wales	3–0	Finland
Durban  10' Toshack  53' Reece  89'

Vetch Field, Swansea Attendance: 10,301 Referee: Kaj Rasmussen (Denmark)

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Czechoslovakia  v  Wales

27 October 1971 18:00

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Wales
Kuna  60'

Letenský stadion, Prague Attendance: 20,051 Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)

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Romania  v  Czechoslovakia

14 November 1971 14:00

Romania	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Dembrovschi  26' Dobrin  51'		Čapkovič  50'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 63,583 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

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Romania  v  Wales

24 November 1971 14:00

Romania	2–0	Wales
Lupescu  9' Lucescu  74'

Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest Attendance: 35,251 Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

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.