1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

none Group 2 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions. England, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the spot. Standings main WDL Group 2 Q 2 ITA ITA ENG ENG FIN FIN LUX LUX 5 0 1 18 4 5 0 1 15 4 2 0 4 11 16 0 0 6 2 22 #ccffcc A complete Matches 13 June 1976 FIN 1 – 4 Report ENG Paatelainen 27 Pearson 14Keegan 30 60Channon 56 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium 24,000 Alfred Delcourt (Belgium) 22 September 1976 FIN Report 7 – 1 LUX A. Heiskanen 15E. Heiskanen 22 27Rissanen 51 61Heikkinen 54Mäkynen 82 pen. G. Zender 52 Helsinki, Finland Thime (Norway) 13 October 1976 ENG Report 2 – 1 FIN Tueart 4Royle 51 Nieminen 48 London, England Eriksson (Sweden) 16 October 1976 LUX Report 1 – 4 ITA Braun 86 Graziani 24Bettega 44 81Antognoni 50 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Dörflinger (Switzerland) 17 November 1976 ITA Report 2 – 0 ENG Antognoni 36Bettega 77 Rome, Italy Klein (Israel) 30 March 1977 ENG Report 5 – 0 LUX Keegan 9T. Francis 58Kennedy 65Channon 68 79 pen. London, England Bonett (Malta) 26 May 1977 LUX Report 0 – 1 FIN A. Heiskanen 57 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Amundsen (Denmark) 8 June 1977 FIN Report 0 – 3 ITA Gentile 8Bettega 56Benetti 81 Helsinki, Finland Helies (France) 12 October 1977 LUX Report 0 – 2 ENG Kennedy 31Mariner 90 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Jarguz (Poland) 15 October 1977 ITA Report 6 – 1 FIN Bettega 29 38 59 62Graziani 45Zaccarelli 71 Haaskivi 67 Turin, Italy Dudin (Bulgaria) 16 November 1977 ENG Report 2 – 0 ITA Keegan 11Brooking 80 London, England Palotai (Hungary) 3 December 1977 ITA Report 3 – 0 LUX Bettega 4Graziani 11Causio 56 Rome, Italy Maksimović (Yugoslavia) Notes External links Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF 2 Category:1976–77 in English men's football Category:1977–78 in English men's football Category:1976 in Finnish football Category:1977 in Finnish football Category:1976–77 in Italian football Category:Italy at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Category:1976–77 in Luxembourgian football Category:1977–78 in Luxembourgian football