1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Football tournament qualification stage Group 1 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. Cyprus, Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. 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. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner. Standings main WDL Group 1 Q 2 POL POL 1928 POR POR DEN DEN CYP CYP 1960 5 1 0 17 4 4 1 1 12 6 2 0 4 14 12 0 0 6 3 24 #ccffcc A complete Matches 23 May 1976 CYP 1960 Report 1 – 5 DEN Michael 10 Simonsen 14Tune-Hansen 19Rasmussen 21Bastrup 51 76 Limassol, Cyprus Dudin (Bulgaria) 16 October 1976 POR Report 0 – 2 POL 1928 Lato 49 77 Porto, Portugal Kitabdjian (France) 27 October 1976 DEN Report 5 – 0 CYP 1960 B. Nielsen 54H.M. Jensen 60 pen. 64Røntved 68 pen.Kristensen 75 Copenhagen, Denmark Coiling (Luxembourg) 31 October 1976 POL 1928 Report 5 – 0 CYP 1960 Deyna 24 pen. 40Szarmach 25Boniek 58Terlecki 76 Warsaw, Poland Müncs (Hungary) 17 November 1976 POR Report 1 – 0 DEN Manuel Fernandes 69 Lisbon, Portugal Aoussi (Algeria) 5 December 1976 CYP 1960 Report 1 – 2 POR Stylianou 74 pen. Chalana 36Nené 76 Limassol, Cyprus Ghita (Romania) 1 May 1977 DEN Report 1 – 2 POL 1928 Simonsen 50 Lubański 7 55 Copenhagen, Denmark Mattsson (Finland) 15 May 1977 CYP 1960 Report 1 – 3 POL 1928 Antoniou 13 Lato 26Terlecki 40Mazur 82 Limassol, Cyprus Ashkenazi (Israel) 21 September 1977 POL 1928 Report 4 – 1 DEN Masztaler 27Lato 38Deyna 62Szarmach 81 Nygaard 66 pen. Chorzów, Poland Rainea (Romania) 9 October 1977 DEN Report 2 – 4 POR Røntved 45 pen.A. Hansen 88 Jordão 15Nené 35Manuel Fernandes 61Machado 79 Copenhagen, Denmark Azim Zade (Soviet Union) 29 October 1977 POL 1928 Report 1 – 1 POR Deyna 36 Manuel Fernandes 61 Chorzów, Poland Eschweiler (West Germany) 16 November 1977 POR Report 4 – 0 CYP 1960 Seninho 11Chalana 35Vital 58Manuel Fernandes 71 Faro, Portugal Jursa (Czechoslovakia) Notes The Goals given to Henning Munk Jensen in the 5–0 defeat of Cyprus were in fact scored my Henning Jensen a different player. External links Group 1 Detailed Results at RSSSF 1 Category:1976–77 in Cypriot football Category:1977–78 in Cypriot football Category:1976 in Danish football Category:1977 in Danish football Category:1976–77 in Polish football Category:Poland at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Category:1976–77 in Portuguese football Category:1977–78 in Portuguese football