1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

none Group 4 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 host. Albania, East Germany, Finland, and Romania. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals. Standings RankTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points1GDR6501183+15102ROU 19656411174+1393FIN6114321−1834ALB 19466105313−102 Matches 21 June 1972 FIN Report 1–0 ALB 1946 Toivola 13 Helsinki, Finland Lööw (Sweden) 20 September 1972 FIN Report 1–1 ROU 1965 Rissanen 86 Nunweiller 52 Helsinki, Finland Eksztajn (Poland) 7 October 1972 GDR Report 5–0 FIN Kreische 26Sparwasser 68 86Streich 70 76 Dresden, East Germany Radunchev (Bulgaria) 29 October 1972 ROU 1965 Report 2–0 ALB 1946 Dobrin 38Dembrovschi 41 Bucharest, Romania Vamvacopoulos (Greece) 8 April 1973 GDR Report 2–0 ALB 1946 Streich 62Sparwasser 69 Magdeburg, East Germany Helies (France) 6 May 1973 ALB 1946 Report 1–4 ROU 1965 Bizi 87 Dumitru 12Dumitrache 25 57 pen.Țarălungă 72 Tirana, Albania Raus (Yugoslavia) 27 May 1973 ROU 1965 Report 1–0 GDR Dumitrache 53 Bucharest, Romania Linemayr (Austria) 6 June 1973 FIN Report 1–5 GDR Manninen 88 Streich 7 30Löwe 44Ducke 75Kreische 83 Tampere, Finland Kazakov (Soviet Union) 26 September 1973 GDR Report 2–0 ROU 1965 Bransch 42 64 Zentralstadion Leipzig, East Germany Scheurer (Switzerland) 10 October 1973 ALB 1946 Report 1–0 FIN Rragami 25 pen. Tirana, Albania Angonese (Italy) 14 October 1973 ROU 1965 Report 9–0 FIN Dumitru 6Marcu 8 42Sandu 25 65Dumitrache 45 63Pantea 55Georgescu 81 Bucharest, Romania Emsberger (Hungary) 13 November 1973 ALB 1946 Report 1–4 GDR Gjika15 Streich 5 35Löwe 62Sparwasser 77 Tirana, Albania Bonett (Malta) Notes External links Group 4 Detailed Results at RSSSF 4 Category:1972–73 in Albanian men's football Category:1973–74 in Albanian men's football Category:1972–73 in East German football Category:East Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Category:1972 in Finnish football Category:1973 in Finnish football Category:1972–73 in Romanian football Category:1973–74 in Romanian football