UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 2
Group 2 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 2 consisted of four teams: Hungary, Bulgaria, France, and Norway, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Hungary, who finished two points above Bulgaria and France.
Final table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — |
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Norway ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Iversen ![]() | Report | Bene ![]() Nagy ![]() Karlsen ![]() |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 16,090
Referee: Adrianus Boogaerts (Netherlands)
Goalscorers
There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tsvetan Atanasov
Bozhil Kolev
Atanas Mihaylov
Petko Petkov
Mladen Vasilev
Stefan Velichkov
Louis Floch
Michel Mézy
Hervé Revelli
Jacques Vergnes
Antal Dunai
Péter Juhász
Lajos Kocsis
László Nagy
Lajos Szűcs
Csaba Vidáts
Ola Dybwad-Olsen
Tor Fuglset
Olav Nilsen
1 own goal
Jacky Novi (against Hungary)
Geir Karlsen (against Hungary)
References
- "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.