1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

UEFA Group 4 for 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 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 defending champions. Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Northern Ireland. 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 4 Q 2 NED NED BEL BEL NIR NIR ISL ISL 5 1 0 11 3 3 0 3 7 6 2 1 3 7 6 1 0 5 2 12 #ccffcc A complete Matches 5 September 1976 ISL Report 0 – 1 BEL Van der Elst 73 Reykjavík, Iceland Carpenter (Republic of Ireland) 8 September 1976 ISL Report 0 – 1 NED Geels 42 Reykjavík, Iceland Mulhall (Republic of Ireland) 13 October 1976 NED Report 2 – 2 NIR Krol 64Cruyff 66 McGrath 4Spence 88 Rotterdam, Netherlands Martinez (Spain) 10 November 1976 BEL Report 2 – 0 NIR Van Gool 29Lambert 52 Liege, Belgium Prokop (East Germany) 26 March 1977 BEL Report 0 – 2 NED Rep 19Cruyff 65 Antwerp, Belgium Gonella (Italy) 11 June 1977 ISL Report 1 – 0 NIR Albertsson 33 Reykjavík, Iceland Glöckner (East Germany) 31 August 1977 NED Report 4 – 1 ISL Van Hanegem 15Geels 18 89 pen.Rep 35 Sigurvinsson 68 Nijmegen, Netherlands Hirviniemi (Finland) 3 September 1977 BEL Report 4 – 0 ISL Van Binst 15Martens 20Courant 60Lambert 65 Brussels, Belgium Thime (Norway) 21 September 1977 NIR Report 2 – 0 ISL McGrath 67McIlroy 76 Belfast, Northern Ireland Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) 12 October 1977 NIR Report 0 – 1 NED W. van de Kerkhof 76 Belfast, Northern Ireland Garrido (Portugal) 26 October 1977 NED Report 1 – 0 BEL R. van de Kerkhof 4 Amsterdam, Netherlands Partridge (England) 16 November 1977 NIR Report 3 – 0 BEL Armstrong 42 74McGrath 58 Belfast, Northern Ireland Konrath (France) Notes External links Group 4 Detailed Results at RSSSF 4 Category:1976–77 in Belgian football Category:1977–78 in Belgian football Category:1976–77 in Dutch football Category:Netherlands at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Category:1976 in Icelandic football Category:1977 in Icelandic football Category:1976–77 in Northern Ireland association football Category:1977–78 in Northern Ireland association football